Conor. I did enjoy Hank’s weird new sport somewhere between a cyclocross and triathlon. What’s he going to call it because hill climbing while running in socks is a mouthful?
This is the funniest episode yet. Conor’s legs whipping round like a cyclone and Hank running about in his socks. Just practically spat my coffee across the room 😂
Yhea you get the feeling that the guy with the longest legs in the world was given the spinning option for a reason and it wasn't just that Hank loves pain apparently.
I watched it at 1.5x speed, and Conor spinning was one of the most beautiful, frantic things I have ever seen. Hank looked like he was complaining for no reason though! With all that running, and all those dips in the water he's done previously, you'd think Hank would appear on GTN more often.
What’s most impressive here is that you picked a course that made it so suspenseful and close with multiple lead changes. That’s not that easy. You chose a great course that made it fun to watch.
another impressive thing about that course, at the start the set off about 150 yards from the tennis courts of my school! crazy that gcn are set in bath where i live lmao
@@vongdong10 Funny, I did exactly opposite. I rode four years in road shoes/pedals, then both needed replacement. So I just swapped my mtb pedals to my road bike and never going back to road shoes. Easy walking on stairs or street/cafe - no need to put covers to jersey pockets and shoes. And I don't see any performance or comfort loss. Beside that people who do both road and mtb can invest in just one quality shoes.
That was a fun, if inaccurate comparison, Would love to see a race where you had to stay above or below a certain cadence but you could still gear shift within those limits. Great seeing Hank and Conner giving it their all. Was not expecting Hank to ditch the shoes, that was awesome.
Its very gratifying watching Connor grind up that hideous hill leading towards Monkton Farleigh despite being in his easiest gear - makes me feel less rubbish for struggling so much with it!
Can’t say which strategy is more efficient or faster, but watching Conor’s Spider Crab legs spinning away with hummingbird cadence is definitely funnier.
As a fixed gear rider y grind uphill and spin fast down, however, you choose a gear ratio that works... using 50/11 is too hard, Hank should have used 50/18. Same thing for Connor a bit higher gear. There is a gear ratio where the technique matters more than if it’s high or low...
@@tomasdecamino8522 Exactly. And given that you are going to spin more you adjust your seat height to reflect that. A bit up and forward in my case compared to my multi-gear bike.
Great show, does explain how useful the 2-by system is for normal cyclists like us. I switched to one by SRAM for almost two years and now back again with the trusty ultegra, can feel the difference in climbs. Thanks GCN for the show! 👍🏾
GCN: next time, single gear challenge! Manon has to be in! mutliple riders, same bikes, same tyres! Weight divided by 25 will give a ratio you should use. Then it will be interesting ;) Who's going to win?
Funniest GCN segment! Definitely interesting experiment. This also corroborates another hypothesis that flat landers/spinners are better at hills than hill climbers/grinders on flats.
It was fun just watching, the most fun I had watching your videos I can only imagine doing it. Good idea. I had so much fun watching, I really L.O.L. Laughed out loud. 👍
Absolutely. Not only that but a more realistic gear 50" v 90" and mid rider on a70" gear bike . But that wouldn't do would it ? What next crash a caravan like top gear ?
Very interesting race setup, I knew from the very beginning that spinning would reign supreme over grinding a hard gear, however the grinder had to do “2” disciplines cycling & running whereas the spinning guy stayed on his bike the entire time. So one guy did a semi triathlon & the other a circuit race. Did was fun to watch nevertheless @Global Cycling Network ✔️
I guessed spinning by a hare but would love to see a third competitor, one that got to use all his gears. How much did they sacrifice by staying in one gear?
The experient would have been more interesting, wenn not the gear, but the average cadens was the measure. The one would cycle at an average of 50-60 prm the other one at 120 rpm. I think this would be far more interesting for this topic. But all in all great video!
Love this one GCN! Good effort Hank. Would Si vs. Hank- (bc similar body size/weight - on the same bike(2 ring) setup be a better test? With Si limited to the top half of gears and Hank to the lower half?
I think all at GCN deserve a big thumbs up for every video. They’re obviously constrained at the moment...so no foreign trips, team bus tours and the like. However, to keep creating quality content locally, I think, is even more challenging. Well done GCN!! 🚴♂️💨💨👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Simon, we are trying pretty hard to keep new and exciting videos coming every day, and it's always appreciated to read that people are enjoying it. ❤️
Fantastic video! Glad the higher cadence won. Brilliant how it was so close. Another video trying to break Hank and he survives! Cheers for the laughs fellas.
LOL!!!! Really enjoyed this one guys. I thought Hank would take it, but I have to admit it was a nail biter to the end. What gear combo was Conner in, 34x30? I'd hate for you both to do this again, but you needed a control to compare against. You should have let Ollie race with you both using his full gear range. Poor Ollie, you've been too hard on him lately. LOL!
Cool idea, i'm not sure the execution was perfect though, it was too extreme. Maybe make the "grinder" not go above 70rpm, and the "spinner" can't drop below 100rpm or something like that? On the steepest hills that'll be near impossible, but again, maybe not use the extremes to keep it more measurable. Or do hill repeats with the same parameters? So much potential for more fun.
Joined Dan in the non-cycling, management ranks? These vids are fun but do miss Si and Dan's level headed input, at times. Many viewers got a little fed up of Top Gear getting a little ridiculous, hope this doesn't happen to GCN
The setup should've been like 1x and limited gearing at the back, where the spinner use the smaller chainring and the easier half of the cassette, while the grinder uses the bigger chainring and the harder half of the cassette. Sticking to singlespeed doesn't prove anything from a practical point of view.
A bit late to the video but here's my idea: they could use a 2x drivetrain, but one of them has to be stuck to the smaller chainring while one is stuck to the larger one. Alternatively, they could use 1x drivetrains with diff size chain rings, i.e. one is on a 34, one is on a 50-something, and if there's someone else who'd participate, they'd use maybe a 42. They could still use the whole range at the back, though.
While that was good for a laugh, I'd be curious to see the same test done on more gentle hills on which Hank might not have to get off the bike and Conor could pedal down the other side.
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Who did you think would win the race?
Conor, bacause Hank's knees would melt
Conor Spinner has the double-advantage of spinning faster uphill and freewheeling downhill nearly as fast as Hank Grinder.
Conor. I did enjoy Hank’s weird new sport somewhere between a cyclocross and triathlon. What’s he going to call it because hill climbing while running in socks is a mouthful?
Conor won hands down. Poor Hank I don't think managed to cycle up any of the hills. 😂
Hank
I feel like a better test would be to allow shifting but limit the cadence. Hank would have to stay 100 for example.
Came here to say this. The video is a bit of a dumb test, even if it is funny
+1
As they say, the main goal of this "test" is just trying to break Hank.
Was going to say the same. This 'test' is pointless, stupid and no valid conclusions can be drawn from it.
Sadly since long time GCN is providing excellent entertainment but very litte actually useful informaton
This is the funniest episode yet. Conor’s legs whipping round like a cyclone and Hank running about in his socks. Just practically spat my coffee across the room 😂
Yhea you get the feeling that the guy with the longest legs in the world was given the spinning option for a reason and it wasn't just that Hank loves pain apparently.
I watched it at 1.5x speed, and Conor spinning was one of the most beautiful, frantic things I have ever seen. Hank looked like he was complaining for no reason though! With all that running, and all those dips in the water he's done previously, you'd think Hank would appear on GTN more often.
Haha thought he was going to take off like a helicopter
The whole episode reminded me of the movie “Dumb and Dumber.”😂
Ahhaha
hahahah
What’s most impressive here is that you picked a course that made it so suspenseful and close with multiple lead changes. That’s not that easy. You chose a great course that made it fun to watch.
another impressive thing about that course, at the start the set off about 150 yards from the tennis courts of my school! crazy that gcn are set in bath where i live lmao
@@conradhyde4318 the global in their name stands for England
This video is a great advertisement for mtb shoes
For sure, and for derailleurs as well. 🤣
Nah, I started with MTB shoes then tried road shoes. Never going back. Cleat covers are a thing for road shoes.
The only thing you ride is BMX.
Or flat pedals.
@@vongdong10 Funny, I did exactly opposite. I rode four years in road shoes/pedals, then both needed replacement. So I just swapped my mtb pedals to my road bike and never going back to road shoes. Easy walking on stairs or street/cafe - no need to put covers to jersey pockets and shoes. And I don't see any performance or comfort loss. Beside that people who do both road and mtb can invest in just one quality shoes.
Hey look, they're both pulling a Chris Froome!
Underrated comment right here.
i saw a vid saying chris froome has a motor on his bike
I've been watching GCN for over 5 years and I can't remember a more exciting race.
That was a fun, if inaccurate comparison, Would love to see a race where you had to stay above or below a certain cadence but you could still gear shift within those limits. Great seeing Hank and Conner giving it their all. Was not expecting Hank to ditch the shoes, that was awesome.
Should have had SPD pedals - the shoes would have made the walking and running much more efficient.
I always enjoy these Giraffe and Spaniel videos.
What Sport Burns More Calories? Running Vs. Cycling Vs. Hank
Manon should've included Hank in her video last week lol 😂
Its very gratifying watching Connor grind up that hideous hill leading towards Monkton Farleigh despite being in his easiest gear - makes me feel less rubbish for struggling so much with it!
Trying to remount in 50-11 half way up Brassknocker was pretty good for a giggle.
This by far the most amazing race I’ve ever seen in GCN!
Yesterday 900w to carry all that load, today 800w. Hank is pushed to hard 🤣🤣 #SaveHank
Absolute class!! 😂
#SaveHank indeed. His knees must be shot to hell after those two challenges.
#SaveMe #SaveHank
#savehank
I haven’t laughed this much since COVID started. Thank you for the cheer.
Next on GCN - Who is faster on cobble stones, a cyclist with 28mm tires at 90psi or Hank on bare rims? Stay tuned. 🤪
LOL
Can’t say which strategy is more efficient or faster, but watching Conor’s Spider Crab legs spinning away with hummingbird cadence is definitely funnier.
Imagine watching this not knowing what they were doing. Seeing someone spinning like hell on the flats and then someone running in socks up hills
"I'm a climbing WIZARD!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great to see everyone training to beat Si.
Q: "Does spinning or grinding work better?"
A: "Which terrain does the race END on?"
Yes, this was up there with the best of GCN. Well done both of you but Hanks run at the end was brilliant.👍🏻
Genuine edge of your seat viewing. Loved it. Well done lads, especially the editor!
One of the best videos I’ve seen in a long long time! Genuine laughter 😂😂Excellent work GCN!
Thank you islanders - you manage to make our continental cycling winter fun . staying almost passive and motivated - watching YOU makes it possible
I feel like limiting the cadence is such a logical way to approach this test but GCN you do you😂
Thank you for inspiring me to get on my bike this quarantined day. Conor and Hank are a hilarious duo.
Hope you had a great ride Monica
That was ridiculously awesome! Haven't laughed so hard at a GCN video, well done guys!
It's the most thrilling and exciting ever filmed by GCN by far (LOL)...KUDOS to you both, Hunk and Conor!!!
As a single speed rider, I have no choice but to grind the uphills and spin the downhills
As a fixed gear rider y grind uphill and spin fast down, however, you choose a gear ratio that works... using 50/11 is too hard, Hank should have used 50/18. Same thing for Connor a bit higher gear. There is a gear ratio where the technique matters more than if it’s high or low...
@@tomasdecamino8522 Exactly. And given that you are going to spin more you adjust your seat height to reflect that. A bit up and forward in my case compared to my multi-gear bike.
Guys.. Whats your gear setup ?
I just use 1x chainring 38 and 11-36 sproket, its feel spining for me.. Whats you sugest for me for chainring teeth ?
A page right out of a Top Gear episode.
It’s dawned on me (I’m slow) that GCN is TOP GEAR for cyclists.
You wing nuts! That was hilarious and probably my favorite show you guys of done this year. LOL well done
You guys ROCK! I love watching you guys right now. I can't ride much but great to have some entertainment during this slow period.
Hanks ability to casually bunny hop a road bike at speed ( 11:40 ) is the biggest flex.
essential skill, man.. practice!
There’s just something about watching Hank suffer that really makes my day.
Great show, does explain how useful the 2-by system is for normal cyclists like us. I switched to one by SRAM for almost two years and now back again with the trusty ultegra, can feel the difference in climbs. Thanks GCN for the show! 👍🏾
That was great! Great sportsmanship & two excellent guys, great job!
It’s now like watching Top Gear challenge with you two on your crazy challenges. Brilliant well done. Oh and spinning (sorry Hank).
GCN: next time, single gear challenge! Manon has to be in!
mutliple riders, same bikes, same tyres! Weight divided by 25 will give a ratio you should use. Then it will be interesting ;) Who's going to win?
Manon vs si ?
Luv'd this video . . . laughed and smiled through the whole video, another great one from GCN.
The drama of an intense murder mystery! Kudos to Hank's fitness!
Would love to see this done again in a slightly less unrealistic way. Cap/minimise each rider at a specific cadence. Entertaining just the same
Funniest GCN segment! Definitely interesting experiment. This also corroborates another hypothesis that flat landers/spinners are better at hills than hill climbers/grinders on flats.
Interesting second point! Absolutely lots of evidence for this too
I'm genuinely laughing my ass off. These two are just 🤣😂 I never thought watching cycling related content could be so fun!! hahaha!
Really enjoyed this one, so funny watching Connor spin away like that 😆
Conner's "No, No, No"s are hilarious!
“Yess...grinding wins”... it ain’t grinding if you’re running!!!
This is literally the craziest, the funniest and apparently the funnest of your videos.
It was fun just watching, the most fun I had watching your videos I can only imagine doing it. Good idea.
I had so much fun watching, I really L.O.L. Laughed out loud. 👍
Next it Grinding VS Spinning. Let’s have them switch.
Absolutely. Not only that but a more realistic gear 50" v 90" and mid rider on a70" gear bike .
But that wouldn't do would it ? What next crash a caravan like top gear ?
Very interesting race setup, I knew from the very beginning that spinning would reign supreme over grinding a hard gear, however the grinder had to do “2” disciplines cycling & running whereas the spinning guy stayed on his bike the entire time. So one guy did a semi triathlon & the other a circuit race. Did was fun to watch nevertheless @Global Cycling Network ✔️
Absolutely hilarious and entertaining challenge! Please do more!
Absolutely hilarious, thank you GCN
First thing asked in a pre-production meeting: So how do we make Hank suffer?
hank is the new lasty
GCN has already admitted this is true, lol
we saw Manon and Heather Bike agaainst runner who burnt more calories, so Hank must have doubled the burn count ;)
So cool
Great effort from Hank running up those hills!
Very enjoyable
Absolutely great video!! Keep it up GCN 🙌🙌
I guessed spinning by a hare but would love to see a third competitor, one that got to use all his gears. How much did they sacrifice by staying in one gear?
Spinning is definitely faster. 🥰 HIME!!!
Onoda!
Killer race, killer video! Dont remember ever laughing that much for utube video...
What a brilliant race! Awesome guys! Well done!
“Alright Mo Farrah!” Bahahahah!
love these 2 guys sense of competition, made for a really fun video, was smiling all the way through watching it
I love GCN! Laugh out loud funny. Thank god for gears is all i can say!
Interesting experiment, and also quite funny! You all are always entertaining! I thought Hank was going to explode! 😁
The experient would have been more interesting, wenn not the gear, but the average cadens was the measure. The one would cycle at an average of 50-60 prm the other one at 120 rpm. I think this would be far more interesting for this topic. But all in all great video!
Love this one GCN! Good effort Hank. Would Si vs. Hank- (bc similar body size/weight - on the same bike(2 ring) setup be a better test? With Si limited to the top half of gears and Hank to the lower half?
Would love to see that 🚴♂️
Great job! Really enjoyable this chapter!
Guys you are entertaining as hell! :D I enjoy a lot this type of your content. The best
Surprised Connor didn't turn into ET spinning that hard
Wait was ET spinning or was it Elliot?
11:42 LMFAO that air time tho
Thanks guys! That was an enjoyable and funny race to watch. 😂👍
I think all at GCN deserve a big thumbs up for every video. They’re obviously constrained at the moment...so no foreign trips, team bus tours and the like. However, to keep creating quality content locally, I think, is even more challenging. Well done GCN!! 🚴♂️💨💨👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Simon, we are trying pretty hard to keep new and exciting videos coming every day, and it's always appreciated to read that people are enjoying it. ❤️
This reminds me of when Si and Matt did a race up a hill in their largest gear lol
Laughed so hard seeing Hank running in socks with the bike on his shoulder! Great episode!
Fantastic video! Glad the higher cadence won. Brilliant how it was so close. Another video trying to break Hank and he survives! Cheers for the laughs fellas.
I loved this video. Connor's max rpm was mind blowing! Kudos to both contenders!
What do you guys at GCN HQ have to chose Hanks challenges.... Hank Roulette, spin the wheel and see what Hank does this week.
"You have to unplug your gears" "I'lll take my batteries out" must be nice...
Great video, brilliant effort from both Connor and Hank.
That was lots of fun to watch!
Those shoes tossed cost more than my bike...
James "The Pain" Lowsley-Williams
One of the best video and challenges in cycling world!!!
LOL!!!! Really enjoyed this one guys. I thought Hank would take it, but I have to admit it was a nail biter to the end. What gear combo was Conner in, 34x30? I'd hate for you both to do this again, but you needed a control to compare against. You should have let Ollie race with you both using his full gear range. Poor Ollie, you've been too hard on him lately. LOL!
Great episode. Wasn't a simple course, and it was long enough to make the data worthwhile. Honestly figured Hank was gonna take it.
Cool idea, i'm not sure the execution was perfect though, it was too extreme. Maybe make the "grinder" not go above 70rpm, and the "spinner" can't drop below 100rpm or something like that? On the steepest hills that'll be near impossible, but again, maybe not use the extremes to keep it more measurable. Or do hill repeats with the same parameters? So much potential for more fun.
Agreed about the execution of the idea, the guy with the high cadence was grinding up some of the hills anyway.
There is an old vid about that. I think this video don’t want to be a real test. It wants to be more entertainment
Brilliant!! My favourite GCN video !!😂😂😂
This is so much fun and exciting to watch.. racing without shifting each other's gears makes it more challenging 😊
Two guys work well together. Would love to know Conor's Irish back story. Has Si disappeared?
Joined Dan in the non-cycling, management ranks? These vids are fun but do miss Si and Dan's level headed input, at times. Many viewers got a little fed up of Top Gear getting a little ridiculous, hope this doesn't happen to GCN
This was golden!
Great video lads I was knackered just watching the effort 👍.
this is so entertaining. Thanks GCN.
The ultimate cycling cadence race: spinning or running?
The setup should've been like 1x and limited gearing at the back, where the spinner use the smaller chainring and the easier half of the cassette, while the grinder uses the bigger chainring and the harder half of the cassette. Sticking to singlespeed doesn't prove anything from a practical point of view.
A bit late to the video but here's my idea: they could use a 2x drivetrain, but one of them has to be stuck to the smaller chainring while one is stuck to the larger one. Alternatively, they could use 1x drivetrains with diff size chain rings, i.e. one is on a 34, one is on a 50-something, and if there's someone else who'd participate, they'd use maybe a 42. They could still use the whole range at the back, though.
Great race really enjoyed it and very informative 🏴
Glorious insanity! You guys need to have a word with the local tourist board- it looks like cycling heaven round there!
While that was good for a laugh, I'd be curious to see the same test done on more gentle hills on which Hank might not have to get off the bike and Conor could pedal down the other side.
Could do with a GCN does science version of this: changing gears allowed but one averaging 60rpm and the other 100rpm.
Sadly since long time GCN is providing excellent entertainment but very litte actually useful informatons.
Funniest one yet! Lost my marbles when hank was still trying to pedal that steep climb what a monster!