@@sportbikejesus Because ebikes are mostly ridden by newbies who lack the bike handling skills of fast, experienced riders. Also, so us regular bike folks can have fun beating them on the flats and downhills, when we will never beat them on the uphills!
@@sportbikejesus I agree that it’s arbitrary. That said, I don’t really want to have people buzzing by me at 20mph on a shared use path if they are using electricity or not. On unoccupied paths or the roads, I’m all for the freedom of going as fast as you feel safe.
@@13squared2009 Yeah, the issue lies in how it gives newbies a false sense of confidence. Anyone with the fitness to ride >30km/h on the flats earned that through a lot of time on the bike, whereas any idiot on an unrestricted ebike can ride >40km/h without any proper bike handling experience. I've almost been hit so many times by old people on dodgy ebikes who don't know how to brake properly, and I've watched people run red lights at 4-way intersections on unrestricted ebikes doing >50km/h. An ebike sharing service just came to my city a few months ago, and already a lot of the bikes show signs of being crashed because even the 25km/h limit is dangerous when many of the people riding them haven't ridden a bike in years. I live on a steep hill and I cringe every time I see someone blasting down it on a share bike with very mediocre brakes without a helmet and weaving all over the road because they obviously aren't used to the speed. It's only a matter of time before some idiot gets hurt and then restrictions increase, just as they did for electric scooters in my municipality last year.
@@sportbikejesus There is a time honored solution to that. My lady is a non-cyclist, but I can ride my guts out on the front of our tandem and we're always together. Around here, there are lots of ebike newbies who can't hold a line to save their life, and dolts riding Class 3 ebikes at 25 mph on bike trails. There will always be dolts, so making it easier for the dolts to ride faster ebikes just makes it worse for everybody else. If somebody wants to go fast, they can get a motorcycle license and ride on the road.
absolutely had a great laugh watching the chasing-Phil-scene there, and yesss we need some Mitch stats next vid too coz Mitch sounded toast af hahahahahahaahahaha
Phil, you rock man. Straight up. That's a lot of KOM in one day. I have a side bar observation I'd like to make though. For years now, you've been 'redefining' cycling in your own way and on your own terms. So much so, that you might have been 'privateering' before privateering became a thing. (And here comes my observation) It's funny that now, your brand of cycling has been fully embraced by JV and the EF crew with their 'alternative race schedules' and so on. It makes me a bit salty on your behalf that you were left out in the cold while other dudes get the full support of a pro cycling organization to do pretty much the same exact thing. (Absolutely nothing against said dudes... But JV? Now I can better understand your grumpiness.) As always; love your channel and thank you for all you do!
Haven't tuned into your vids in a while, Phil, but had to drop into the comments to say, your legs are looking SWOLE AF. Whatever program you've adopted is definitely paying dividends dude. Keep crushing it!
There's a book called "The Quotable Cyclist" which has a bunch of, you know, quotes from and about cyclists. One of them was a conversation in the car following Atle Kvålsvoll on a steep climb in one of his Tour duPont years . It went a bit like this: (driver looking at speedo) he's doing 18, 19 journalist passenger 19kph on this hill? That's impressive "No, MPH". I think athletic stuff in Metric, then noticed Phil's numbers and noticed the "MPH"
I did Reseda once, nowhere near those speeds. Not a lot of fun going up. For long north-south in those mountains west of the 405, give me Topanga Canyon Blvd any day.
Yo Phil! Great content, I need your help with the following. Slowly but surely I'm enjoying climbing hills nowadays, it's an awesome challenge and very rewarding afterward with a cold IPA lol Question, what is the best pedaling technique on hills? I've heard to so many variations, will it be pushing down or sweeping? Or something else I haven't read about, thoughts?
Pushing as hard as you got at a self-selected cadence, whether in the saddle or out of it. Pedaling technique is very individual, but everyone produces ALL their power during the push (it's even called the power phase). No-one actually generates power by pulling on the pedal upstroke or "sweeping" - at best they minimize their losses a little by lifting their foot enough to overcome its own weight, but there's not real evidence that this is at all effective. If you want to improve your cycling technique, then by all means get some rollers and practice smoothness, staying on one line, and doing some high cadence drills. But beyond those things which I consider to be basics, there's no evidence that sticking to a particular pedaling style will do much of anything.
dude, where are your sleeves? everyone knows you can't be a serious bike rider in a tank top. you can however be a triathlete. next thing will be jorts or something...lol. keep up the good work.
Before even watching anything beyond the intro I'm already thinking "The god of uphill KOM's is wondering how he'll stack up to a crit racer's uphill KOM? ok. lol". On another note, do you have any featured events for people to ride and hang out with you? You should come to Ontario, Canada
To the DR fans who think this looks dirty: I am world class, and he doesn’t know what performance looks like. I wasn’t even that good as a pro and I can name 20 clean riders are capable of this or better. They’re just racing and not on TH-cam. If you want to know who’s the good guy here, look up DR’s rape allegations-or consider the idea of vegan who cares about animal rights but doesn’t know how to treat humans. Anyone else with dumb comments because a TH-cam troll told you gets blocked. I’m sick his harassment and it’s pathetic that folks believe him.
@@worstretirementever I'm HARDLY a Karen, Get a grip yourself. You filmed yourself running a stop AND posted on youtube. We all do it from time to time but I'd think you'd be savvy enough to edit that bit out. You're a role model for people and showing yourself running a red/stop is pretty lame. Better edits next time, mmkay?
"Shout out to Mitch for keeping up on the Rad Power". "You haven't seen the footage yet" Time to upgrade the Rad Power. 🤣
On Rad controllers you can unlock an extra five mph pretty easily, not sure how much it will help on hills tho
@@sportbikejesus Because ebikes are mostly ridden by newbies who lack the bike handling skills of fast, experienced riders.
Also, so us regular bike folks can have fun beating them on the flats and downhills, when we will never beat them on the uphills!
@@sportbikejesus I agree that it’s arbitrary. That said, I don’t really want to have people buzzing by me at 20mph on a shared use path if they are using electricity or not. On unoccupied paths or the roads, I’m all for the freedom of going as fast as you feel safe.
@@13squared2009 Yeah, the issue lies in how it gives newbies a false sense of confidence. Anyone with the fitness to ride >30km/h on the flats earned that through a lot of time on the bike, whereas any idiot on an unrestricted ebike can ride >40km/h without any proper bike handling experience. I've almost been hit so many times by old people on dodgy ebikes who don't know how to brake properly, and I've watched people run red lights at 4-way intersections on unrestricted ebikes doing >50km/h.
An ebike sharing service just came to my city a few months ago, and already a lot of the bikes show signs of being crashed because even the 25km/h limit is dangerous when many of the people riding them haven't ridden a bike in years. I live on a steep hill and I cringe every time I see someone blasting down it on a share bike with very mediocre brakes without a helmet and weaving all over the road because they obviously aren't used to the speed. It's only a matter of time before some idiot gets hurt and then restrictions increase, just as they did for electric scooters in my municipality last year.
@@sportbikejesus There is a time honored solution to that. My lady is a non-cyclist, but I can ride my guts out on the front of our tandem and we're always together.
Around here, there are lots of ebike newbies who can't hold a line to save their life, and dolts riding Class 3 ebikes at 25 mph on bike trails. There will always be dolts, so making it easier for the dolts to ride faster ebikes just makes it worse for everybody else. If somebody wants to go fast, they can get a motorcycle license and ride on the road.
Pretty sure I'm still recovering from those efforts 😅🤯
Get yourself a 500mm zoom lens. 🤪
@@LouieBaLLz 😂
We need to see your heart rate too!
absolutely had a great laugh watching the chasing-Phil-scene there, and yesss we need some Mitch stats next vid too coz Mitch sounded toast af hahahahahahaahahaha
Over 400 watts at 110 cadence! For that long! That blows my mind!
You need to do a bike path KOM collab with backwards hat Dylan since he's a teammate now!
Extremely true
Phil joined team Hyper Gain Beast Mode?
@@vsportsguy Jukebox
Please don't underestimate the inspirational value of crushing MFer's in brutal KOM beat downs.
In fact, I might go for one tomorrow!
We need a reaction from Philip W ! Manifest yourself.
Phil, you rock man. Straight up. That's a lot of KOM in one day. I have a side bar observation I'd like to make though. For years now, you've been 'redefining' cycling in your own way and on your own terms. So much so, that you might have been 'privateering' before privateering became a thing. (And here comes my observation) It's funny that now, your brand of cycling has been fully embraced by JV and the EF crew with their 'alternative race schedules' and so on. It makes me a bit salty on your behalf that you were left out in the cold while other dudes get the full support of a pro cycling organization to do pretty much the same exact thing. (Absolutely nothing against said dudes... But JV? Now I can better understand your grumpiness.) As always; love your channel and thank you for all you do!
I mean you’ve hit a lot of points here that I’ll save for a book, so I’ll just say thank you
@@worstretirementever I’d read that
I made Phil's video! Well my name did... #5 on the Vanalden KOM
you lucky SOB, look at the weather you got in LA, i am from Canada and i don't remember how it feels to ride outside
When Phil's uphill speed is your downhill speed. Kuddos, Phil, a great way to start off your season.
Haven't tuned into your vids in a while, Phil, but had to drop into the comments to say, your legs are looking SWOLE AF. Whatever program you've adopted is definitely paying dividends dude. Keep crushing it!
Not my arms though?
@@worstretirementever as noodley and aero as i'd expect them to be
Well there’s one thing I have in common with Phil besides cookies, is a pair of identical socks… that should be good for a KOM this weekend… 🙃
Watching you dance on those pedals is truly a thing of beauty!
i use all these hills for hill repeats on runs and rides! fun to see you take em down! nicely done, phil!
Phil looking super lean and fast as fuck 👊. Love to see you back in this form!
Ah, the motor assistance on the RadWagon is limited to 20 mph max. That was all Mitch at the bottom.
There's a book called "The Quotable Cyclist" which has a bunch of, you know, quotes from and about cyclists. One of them was a conversation in the car following Atle Kvålsvoll on a steep climb in one of his Tour duPont years . It went a bit like this:
(driver looking at speedo) he's doing 18, 19
journalist passenger 19kph on this hill? That's impressive
"No, MPH".
I think athletic stuff in Metric, then noticed Phil's numbers and noticed the "MPH"
Great shots, great edit. Very solid efforts on the KOMs.
Strava flags me as a walker on climb KOMs ☹
You're still a remarkable athlete, Phil. This was a blast to watch.
Phil - you are a beast on that bike - well done!
I don’t miss much about LA. But, I do miss riding there! Nice work on these KOMs!
So impressive to watch.... you videos are getting better also! LOVE LOVE LOVE your channel Phil!!! :D
Well that looked sufficiently ouchy! Great work! Hope it all pays off during your season!
Love these videos. Entirely tangential, but mention of Reseda immediately brought to this Brit’s mind Tom Petty’s Free Falling (edit for typo)
Same!
crushed it! wish I could make KOM look easy.
Is Mitch ok? 😂
Thanks Phil....lots of watts for a long time ....you are a machine !.........Peace
He's back....Great stuff.
I did Reseda once, nowhere near those speeds. Not a lot of fun going up. For long north-south in those mountains west of the 405, give me Topanga Canyon Blvd any day.
Nice work Phil and CameraDude.
We need stats for Mitch too
Gonna have to get Mitch a class 3 ebike
Back in BUSINESS
I like the cameraman on the ebike, zero emission KOMs.
Way to go Phil, you are a machine!
Phil crushing it! Yes!
And my Wahoo Auto Pauses when I climb steep hills because of how slow I am. Well done Phil.
Good stuff, loved the editor's notes!
Awesome Phil!!!
We're going to need a bigger e-bike.
WOW great job Phil
Do you unlock a special badge on strava once you’ve been flagged as a vehicle? I’d pay extra for my profile pic to be a little diesel truck.
Game keeper turned poacher! Love these 👍
Hey Phil, are those your numbers or Mitch on the Rad bike?
dumb question but are you rocking the 140 or the 150mm short nose?
140 is wide enough for me
How light is Phil's bike? Like 12 lbs?
I like the editor!
So I LIKED the problem footage. Do more. Turn the camera to the side etc.
Territory claimed!
vehicle; e-bike et al ;-((
this perf was real!
have you ever tried "Mirador de Ezaro", Spain, North, 15% ?
Man the roads look to be so great!! Uk 🇬🇧 BS potholes are awful by comparison
Love the KOM vids
Reminds me of COPS where the Dodge Challenger outruns the helicopter camera crew in the skies, zoom!
th-cam.com/video/W9eLpH513po/w-d-xo.html
Get your cameraman a faster ebike lol. I do love how you were both dying at the end of that last one... collective suffering is good for the soul. 😂
Yo Phil! Great content, I need your help with the following. Slowly but surely I'm enjoying climbing hills nowadays, it's an awesome challenge and very rewarding afterward with a cold IPA lol Question, what is the best pedaling technique on hills? I've heard to so many variations, will it be pushing down or sweeping? Or something else I haven't read about, thoughts?
Pushing as hard as you got at a self-selected cadence, whether in the saddle or out of it. Pedaling technique is very individual, but everyone produces ALL their power during the push (it's even called the power phase). No-one actually generates power by pulling on the pedal upstroke or "sweeping" - at best they minimize their losses a little by lifting their foot enough to overcome its own weight, but there's not real evidence that this is at all effective.
If you want to improve your cycling technique, then by all means get some rollers and practice smoothness, staying on one line, and doing some high cadence drills. But beyond those things which I consider to be basics, there's no evidence that sticking to a particular pedaling style will do much of anything.
You...fast, bro....
Sick!!!! Far Out Mon!!
“I’m gonna go a little bit easy” pushes 451 Watts for over 5 minutes😅
Rim brakes = koms
Good job Phil way to kill it 👏
the getting dropped footage is great hahhahah
Reseda is brutal.
Next time the editor should go in a motorbike. Liked the video.
Great 🎶....
Insane
Do your e-bike sponsors authorize you to outride their bikes on video?
I need some of those cookies 😜
Loved it.Editors comments 😂 #gomitch
Strava doesnt automatically flag you, someone would of had to have flagged your activity. Perhaps someone salty they lost the KOM.
would *have...but yes it does.
Not in this case though.
nice power
I’m out of breath watching this
Mesmerized by Phil's noodly climbing arms.
Damn!!!!!!!!
love it
Do you use the Shimano S-Phyre?
Yes! 2 years now. Nice shoes
Where does one get a skinsuit like that? Brand?
theblackbibs.com/collections/mens-suits/products/the-black-time-trial-suit
Legen... Dary!
🐐
Can i ask which power meter you to confront with mine?
Shimano
Dura ace?
Yes
Slacker!!!! Only 3?
Is this the first time your shoulders have been exposed to sun?
Stay out of my neighborhood!
Def would not outrun my e bike #bafangmiddrive #surly. 600 watts def impressive. Way to smash
Rookie numbers, I get up to 15 Koms in a ride. Although they only require 8w/kg for 1 or 2 mins with the occasional 10w/kg for 1 min.
dude, where are your sleeves? everyone knows you can't be a serious bike rider in a tank top. you can however be a triathlete. next thing will be jorts or something...lol. keep up the good work.
Crocs?
Hey! This isn't UCI legal - you went elbows on bars (on the third one at least)! :D
Before even watching anything beyond the intro I'm already thinking "The god of uphill KOM's is wondering how he'll stack up to a crit racer's uphill KOM? ok. lol". On another note, do you have any featured events for people to ride and hang out with you? You should come to Ontario, Canada
👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♂️🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
3 koms?! clicked so fast my arm snapped 😁
too much dairy?
I’m gonna go lie down and cry myself to sleep now
Rim brakes, good boy
this dude is on the sauce
To the DR fans who think this looks dirty: I am world class, and he doesn’t know what performance looks like. I wasn’t even that good as a pro and I can name 20 clean riders are capable of this or better. They’re just racing and not on TH-cam. If you want to know who’s the good guy here, look up DR’s rape allegations-or consider the idea of vegan who cares about animal rights but doesn’t know how to treat humans. Anyone else with dumb comments because a TH-cam troll told you gets blocked. I’m sick his harassment and it’s pathetic that folks believe him.
Phil did you run a stop on that last segment, with a cop at the intersection no less? I thought running stops was a no-no?
The number of Karens commenting on me rolling a 4-way stop at 8 mph is completely insane. Cars roll this at twice the speed all day. Get a grip
@@worstretirementever I'm HARDLY a Karen, Get a grip yourself. You filmed yourself running a stop AND posted on youtube. We all do it from time to time but I'd think you'd be savvy enough to edit that bit out. You're a role model for people and showing yourself running a red/stop is pretty lame. Better edits next time, mmkay?
@@johnandrews3568 *role
@@johnandrews3568 a stop isnt a red
@@notreally2406 actually legally it is the same thing, but thanks for splitting hairs.
Riding stronger than tour riders...okay dude 😂
Get off of DRs channel before you choke on a banana
in Australia the STOP signs apply to bicycles too.
In America they only apply if you stop.
Puh, lucky he was not riding in Australia.
Neato
apparently if you call Phil out for breaking the law, he calls you a Karen. People have KOMs flagged for such douchebaggery. Just saying.
@@tommyrq180 😂