Why You Should Take It Easy & Enjoy Cycling Slowly!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Simon Richardson and Jack Thurston could not be more different when it comes to cycling. For Si nothing beats smashing it round his local "lung-buster" bike route and smashing KOMs and PBs. Jack, however, takes cycling in the slow lane to the next level, stopping at all the sights, even taking a thermos full of tea with him! But could Si learn a thing or two from the slow cyclist? Jack thinks he can, and takes him on his local route to show him why slow cycling is so great!
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I'm a cycling commuter! Slow cycling twice per work day! It's a great daily workout!
Jack Thurston is a great addition to GCN+!
only when going uphill :D
1 day go hard, next day go slow or don't gernerally do like you feel.
the last weeks it was around 35-40°C here. you bet i didnt go full out.
but not riding wasnt an option either. so go like you feel.
and landscapes are usually very beautiful in late summer. so enjoy.
I was almost expecting a video with Russ from The Path Less Pedaled!
Haha, great channel.
GCN going Party Pace!
lol! Yeah, first few frames it looked like him! I love his channel, as he's 'anti-flash' and would be a gas to cycle with. I think there's far more of we 'tourists' than there are canary crooners.
Yeah. Shout out to Russ!!
I think even Russ is to techy for Jack 😃
At last! Some common sense. The wonderful thing about this video is that it is inclusive. When I was younger every ride was a time trial and now i usually follow this way of cycling with only the occasional all out lung buster. The photos taken monthly from the same place are a great way to get a perspective of both time and place. Enjoy cycling everyone.
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Living in Europe taught me to stop measuring the quality of every ride by my average speed. Cycling is a very dignified means of traveling and experiencing the world.
this is what i do with my mountain bike
exploring, taking in the surrounding nature, stopping at awesome locations
This would of been my comment exactly
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I loved this video. I’m pretty competitive with myself, but honestly it’s nice to have a reminder that cycling is more than just watts, mph, finding ways to drop 50 grams of weight.
Work hard, but if you’re obsessed about mph as a recreational rider you’ll suck the fun out of it. I promise nobody I know gives AF about my watts, but I know plenty of people who would love to hear about the preserve I rode to or the waterfall I saw in my route.
We're glad you loved it, William! It's definitely nice to mix it up from time to time - less miles per hour, more cafe stops per hour!
@@gcn Quality over quantity!
God, this so much. You get the Strava heroes chasing an high average. Nothings enjoyable. Just doing your pan in.
love the slow pace of cycling especially going outside the city and having nice coffee and food on the roadsides.
@@JamSa85 Well, yes. But there's a fine line between really having a ball and "not enjoying it." Most cyclists I've known love suffering! Elevated heart rates tap into the primeval hunter instinct all mammals share. Cycling is a natural come on! These two gents here were pedaling at a sprightly pace, not exactly sloughing off. Which of course is the whole point, right?
For some of us (70+)this is the way we cycle. None of your Lycra speed merchant jobs, just some gentle pooling around the local lanes. The only time I break a sweat is when it’s getting close to closing time - the cafe, that is! Enjoyed Simon’s epiphany...
It doesn't matter how you cycle, as long as you're cycling!
@@Sidowse The kitchen closes, when the kitchen closes! 😅
I was slow in the prime of my life.
This is why I ride! I'm never going to win a race but I love the sights, smells, sounds, and the feel of being outdoors rolling through the countryside.
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this is almost a dutch cycling experience, we only have an upright bike, so we cant go for speed.
but it's the same riding around just for the ride, nice weather, some quiet dunes, an old forest, and a nice refreshment in a small village pub. lovely cycling day
Finally a video at my level of riding.
Brilliant,
As a photographer myself, stopping to get a photo is one of the joys of being on bike, (I did the same when I rode motorcycles)
I love being outside and on the bike I can hear, see, feel and experience what is going on.
Cheers.
Should check out the "Slow Cycling" films on GCN+.
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To me this is real cycling. No pro cosplaying, just getting out into the world under your own power and enjoying it.
I know there are plenty of other cycling channels that feature this style of riding but I would love to see GCN do more videos like this.
The Slow Cycling series is one of my favourites on GCN+. More Jack, please!
They’re a good watch. I’d love to cycle in the UK.
I try to do a mix. I go cycling every day, and I spend most days trying to go fast, but I like to go slow on the most scenic rides every ounce in a while. It’s great to find a balance between fast cycling and stopping to smell the roses once in a while.
Me too!!!
Im exactly like Jack if im out on a ride. I take my time nice and slow savoring every pedal stroke, stopping under a tree to enjoy a snack and a drink. Maybe thats why i love to ride solo so much. Thank you for this beautiful video guys.
"Savouring" is an excellent term. This isn't 'fast food'...it's a delicious meal, and tasting every morsel and digesting slowly is what the system needs.
Yep, riding solo is so much better 👍
Agreed that it’s great to do this solo, but if you find someone else to sit under a tree with it’s pretty sweet. Happy (slow) riding!
Finally a GCN video I can relate too, I'm not a "slow" cyclist but I don't race either so I would class myself as a slow cyclist under that circumstance.
I found myself on a lost lane last week and it was a great experience and you do feel like you're in the middle of knowwhere.
Most of my cycling is slow cycling. I like to turn the wheels, look around, enjoy the birds. dog walkers, sunrise. I'll pause along the way to look. I'll venture off to explore. I'm not racing anyone. I don't care about improving my average time (although I do care about improving my hill climbing skills).
Finally a video not about chasing strava records and such. Good stuff young Simon. As always a big thumbs up!
Absolutely one of your best and most meaningful videos! I just wish you had made the video a little longer and more in depth. Everyone, young to old, competitor and non-competitor needs to remember that biking is as much about relaxing and enjoying the outdoors as it is about performance. One must never loose sight of this truth of bicycling!
Allan R. Leach - Kentucky, USA.
Finally! a video that brings the power and beauty of biking back to the real world. More of this coverage please.
This is actually become my top most favorite video on this channel. So much calmness and actually coming back to the real essence of cycling. Thank you very much
Finally, a video that is not about bloody racing, trying to get more aero, or improving your FTP. A video about fun and the joy of cycling. Can we please for goodness sake have more like this?
I went “slow cycling” on some of the routes that I see from various UK presenters. I met shop owners, bakers, farmers, barkeeps, and so on. Smiles, waves, and good times.
Beautiful as always, great production! Thank you! GCN one of my fav cycling network. Great work, great quality vid.
I've only recently found this channel but it is fast becoming one of my favourites. A little over a year ago I had my 2nd hip replacement mid 30's. Since that time I have really gotten into cycling. I really appreciate the range of topics that are covered on this channel, but this one hit bullseye for me. I enjoy discovering all the routes and scenery out there. I'll scan open street map, look for quiet trails and lanes and pick my next destination. I'm sure I'm not alone on this but from time to time thoughts can feel quite heavy. Nothing soothes them more than just getting out on my mountain bike and slow rolling from time to time to either see a family of Deer in the woods, a hidden stream, an old avenue of trees or appreciate birdsong at sunset. I love cycling.
I partake of slow cycling whilst climbing mountains in Colorado, USA. Great images for GCN Inspiration!
Sounds incredible! Keep those submissions coming!
Cycling has really helped with my mental health. Slowing, appreciating, breathing, noticing and feeling the wind and the sun, enjoying moving is really important for me.
Just like the GCN+ documentaries, this short is an absolute gem. Wonderful framing of your gorgeous English countryside married up with soothing music really brings out the feeling of slow cycling-taking your time and enjoying your surroundings without a rush. That’s it. I’m coming over to ride with you all. Thanks for this great video.
This inspired me to do more slow cycling and enjoy the nature.
That was a great video. Really enjoyed this. I guess because I'm just starting to get back into cycling after an 18 year break from even owning a bike. This is exactly the kind of riding I am looking forward to. Thanks for this video.
This is one of the most inspiring videos I have seen in a while
Si and Jack.... I will always make time to watch their adventures. Love the fact that Si is a bloody good rider (better than most of us watching GCN) and is so cool about doing, and enjoying, the slow bike touring, tree hugging, flower smelling, chill rides Jack conjures up..... Thanks.....
A video that speaks my language. I love long slow musing rides. I always get dropped on group rides not because i cant go fast but because it makes me sad to miss the sensory plesures that a slow ride offers. Every year i do at least one 1000+ ride strolling across some new part of the usa.
Cycling is more than gear and the tech but the views and friends along the way! Love this presentation style
A huge thumbs up from me. I'm a UK expat, left as a child to emigrate to Canada, and the UK countryside has never left me. On gigs back in the UK (my family returned forty years ago, but returned to Somerset and Devon, cycling there is magnificent) I used to glory in cycling the back lanes from one destination to another, and this vid captures why.
True story, cycling from the Blackdown Hills to just outside of Williton: "Excuse me Sir, I'm looking for the turn to get to Bicknoller". Answer: "Well you've got to go up to the main road, turn left, then right, etc, etc". I stated: "But I want to take all the lovely back lanes". Answer: "Well if you don't take the main road ('A' road) you can't get there from here".
That's when I started buying the OS 'Pathfinder' maps (1:15,000 1 don't know if they're still available) and a compass and found the profuse amount of glorious back lanes than many Brits don't seem to realize exist.
And perhaps it's just as well. Some hadn't been driven on for years save for a local farmer.
I can't state how much this vid has awakened magnificent memories. I might be back there next Summer, I must...
Kudos to cutter and editor for finding the exact appropriate vibes with music and sequences. More of that kind! Too often similar joys of rides got quite disturbed by inappropriate beats and hectic of sequences. But now I can sleep well and dream of some flowing countryside stroll, wherever there are lost lanes. Thumbs up!
Brilliant. Absolutely love this. Thanks guy! Fallen in love with cycling all over again. 🚴🏼
What a great episode! It's very refreshing and uplifting. Just makes you pick up your bike and ride these lost lanes. Keep it up GCN!
This was an outstanding video!!! I must say this is the part of cycling that is ALWAYS forgotten y the “FAST CROWD GET THERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE”. There is a peace and majesty of the journey seeing the sights and savoring every bit of it. Actually ‘enjoying’ life.
I bookmarked this video to definitely watch again later.
What a great video. This is exactly the kind of cycling I think would really do me good. This channel has inspired me to get back on the bike and start cycling to work. I have dyspraxia, a movement, balance, and coordination disorder, which makes cycling much more challenging. Many people with dyspraxia can't ride a bike at all. It would be amazing to see a video about other cyclists with this, or similiar conditions along with tips to help improve. Signalling to turn, in particular, is extraordinarily difficult for me.
Finally, a video I can emulate on my Brompton.
I have really enjoyed the Slow Cycling videos on GCN, keep ‘em coming please.
I get so caught up in average speeds, and maintaing a consistant heart rate. That a lot of the times, I fee like I missed the ride. It dosen't always have to be about going as fast as you possibly can. But just getting on a bike and going, Jack made a great point, it can be harder to slow cycle. I'm gonna try slow cycling.
This is a pleasant watch, GCN! Thank you for postin' it, eh!
I'm a mountainbiker, & I do slow biking a lot esp. when exploring routes & trails that are new to me. Each photo that I take while on the way is also a full stop to simply "absorb" the sensible stuffs around you, & enjoy 'em as they are. Arguably, doing so adds fun to such a biking experience!
Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #RideOn #KeepBiking
Great video! Liked how Jack said he was willing to try fast cycling at the end of the video and was eyeing Si's race bike. That's a fair trade and both are fun!
So lovely seeing Si back out there hugging a tree again! 😍 I must remember to add that to my rides!
You should, it fills you with joy (and leaves)!
@@gcn With autumn fast approaching the leaves won't be a problem soon!😉
Absolutely on point. I started cycling as a way to get away, and to this day that's how and why I ride.
Slow Roll cycling, Toodling aroundis mostly my preferred speed! I do it shopping, touring and Ride Leading level 2 club rides. We do it taking seniors to 'get the wind in their hair ' with the electric assist Trishaw for the local Cycling Without Age programme here in Hamilton! You get to explore the summer seasonal roads. You get to notice nuances of nature when you aren't with focus just on the wheel in front of you. More of this excellent content please and kudos to Si for being braveenough to try! (And to hug a tree!
Luv this idea .. enjoying the scenery and the surroundings
I work out in those lanes everyday. Then am able to cycle around new lanes I find while working. Fair play you guys made my local area look awesome. Suppose the sunny weather helped. 👍🏴
This video really resonates with me. I live on the Isle of Wight and the country roads are glorious. There’s something quite peaceful and relaxing about stopping and taking it all in. I like to ride my bike as fast as I can and love the local TT. However, nothing beats a flat white and a glorious site.
PS, Si your thermos flask is a pearler.
Si, the best thing you've done. Amid the pressure to produce content, the commercialization and product placement, I think this little pause is actually deep and important. Well done.
It’s a good advert for Jack’s books. They are excellent 🙂
I've gone from a Time ZXRS to a Tout Terrain Metropolitan with 14speed Rohloff hub and carbon belt drive. It's well over twice the weight of the carbon bike and much more fun as I have to earn every mile I ride on it and get a lot more time to notice things as I pass them. I love it! Edit: Forgot to add I also like to stop and take photos and now have a pair of horses that I can call over and stroke on one of my regular rides along the forest way. :)
Slow cycling is the only riding we do. We're older and like to explore and occasionally tour. We always stop for picnics, sometimes carry a flask of tea, and always explore the quiet lanes. Some of our rides are quite long and in a 4 to 12 hour day we might go 60 to 100 miles but more often 20 to 40. We carry lightweight chairs which I thoroughly recommend. Taking time to unpack your chair ensures comfort and encourages taking a little longer on those stops in the seldom viewed beauty spots that abound. Great item for us non-racing folk. 👍
This and the slow cycling videos on GCN+ are the best things you do on GCN. More please.
This was a great video. Thank you!
I got back into cycling in Jan 2020 after my last dog (Mackie) died. I’ve done 2500 miles since, despite the background of multiple surgeries in the last 10 years, and being 67.
Always being competitive I initially was always pushing pushing. Trying to beat my last time. Targeting too many miles.
I have learned to just take it easier. I enjoy the rides more. My arse and wrists don’t hurt so much and, if they do hurt, it is obviously time for another coffee and maybe a bun.
GCN to my mind is getting better as it is embracing more than just high speed ultra light Lycra clad cycling. I enjoy the high speed stuff but enjoy the variety of off road, recumbents, cargo bikes, and plain mad stuff. More power to your knees. Thanks.
One of the most inspiring videos you guys have ever made... love it😃
Thank you so much 😀
Going for half an hour bike ride and coming back being more refreshed. I can relate to that.. This is a very nice segment. Thank you GCN
This is the real purpose to cycling,fresh air,new views,getting some fitness,improving mental and physical health. Spot on,you can keep your stravas and lycra,slow is good😄👍
I love jacks cycle routes. During the lockdowns, I cycled a lot out to one of his routes near me in London. Such a discovery that I could escape out to the country so easily.
Absolutely brilliant video, I love going out and getting PBs but also, l love stopping and taking a photo or three, just to prove you've been there...massive 👍👍
Wonderful, and just how I ride. My brother and I recently completed Land's End to John O' Groats in the UK mainly using back roads and bridleways. It was super and we got to see and learn so much about the beautiful British countryside.
That was an epic film, loved it ! :)
This is why I also do bicycle touring and have a dedicated bike for that job. Nothing beats seeing the world roll past on two wheels crossing landscapes unexplored by you.
Finally a video that fits right in . I always take my camera just in case . I know is extra weight but I'm always on a hunt . Canon R5 with a 100-500 mm RF . I wish I could ride those places in England , so beautiful. Greetings from Los Angeles.
What a fabulous video celebrating the joy of cycling.
I was you back when dinosaurs ruled the planet (late '70s) and now I'm your pal. I ride a Specialized Roll 2.0 single-8, upright, with mirrors and fenders and lights everywhere (and bikepacking racks front and rear) and am departing on an around-the-world trip next April with a planned pass through Iowa in time for the RAGBRAI's 50th running. One of the hardest things for me was what your friend noted: slowing down is hard! I raced as a young adult and I'm used to running every gear to the top speed you can get! It took me months to slow my ride to between 10 and 12 MPH and now I enjoy riding along just looking at my surroundings.
I'll be in your part of the world in 2023...
...tooling along at a leisurely 12 MPH. :D
Stay safe out there!
Wow! Truly the Zen part of cycling. Love it!
I am a slow cyclist. Mostly on the part of me being overweight and asthmatic lol, but still I rarely ride faster than 12mph (19kph). If that means it take me 4 hours to ride 20 miles (32km) so be it. Still develop a strong body, even when riding at a jogger's pace, and you get to see the scenery more with your eyes up than with your head down to tuck into the wind.
I can't wait for our city to finish their sections of the local Greenway project, that way I can have a nice, uninterrupted 47 mile (76km) trip through 7 cities. Just fill a backpack with 4.5 liters of water and ride until I can't ride anymore.
Thanks for watching it, Aaron!
Love this! Got myself a Brompton a few months ago so as to ride at a more leisurely pace but to also drink in the views by taking in more scenic vistas. My Colnago is still around for the faster paced rides. Thanks Jack!
Great video. Really inspiring.
I go to the gym (occasionally) and to the odd training run so that I am a little fitter to enjoy Slow Cycling. Great video.
Greetings from Sri Lanka! I really enjoyed the video. This is how I love to spend my weekend. Really enjoyed the picnic at the cemetery and the lush green scenery! The scenery here is mostly paddy fields and coconut lined beaches.
Gosh, "Lost Lanes", what a concept. What a treasure to have such nice places to ride
In the first lockdown, when we had to stay close to home for our exercise, I started to take my MTB out for rides rather than my road bike. I discovered a whole network of lost lanes and trails on my doorstep. Now, 2 years later, most of my riding is on the lanes and trails away from traffic, soaking in the surroundings.
That was a great video I do like a slow ride as well. I have a 1962 American from Schwinn bicycle company it has a sturmey-archer 3 speed hub. It’s a blast to ride and take in the beauty of Mother Nature has to offer.
Ladies and gentlemen, Si's first and last slow ride. I have friends like Si, can't ever be bothered to stop for a break or to admire a view. Always training for some non-existent race. I follow the polarized training method, so while I do have a few days a week where I do intervals and ride much harder than normal, 80-90% of my time on a bike is at base effort, and it makes the rides so much more enjoyable. I live in the country in Central Florida, so there are some great views to be had on my daily rides. My advice to everyone would be to take at least a few days a week to slow down, build some base fitness and enjoy the views.
Yeah, but people might see you and think you aren't a professional racing cyclist out on a 'training ride'.*
*I'm guilty of this
@@graememorrison333 Even at my base fitness pace, 17-19mph on a flat road, people think I'm moving pretty quickly. Oh yeah, and I'm 58 years old and stopped caring what other people thought about 41 years ago when I left high school. Lastly, I'm about 90kg, so nobody confuses me with a pro cyclist.
Not sure Jack even thinks about base fitness
You must fear for your life with the terrible drivers in Florida.
@@welbyncastro9169 Actually where I live it’s not so bad. Lots of back roads/country roads. Especially on the weekends I can ride for miles sometimes without seeing a car. I worry more about stray dogs really 😂🐕
Very refreshing, I need to do more of this for sure.
..as a weekend warrior myself..i do 80-100+km every sunday..aside from doing squat at home when im not riding my bike😊..this is what cycling is all about for me..just enjoying the nature💞 i love the content!
Beautiful!!
wonderful! I loved this.
That was really good, a lovely change of pace, and in my view 'proper cycling', what cycling is all about. And the odd challenging climb on other rides.
Absolutely love this video. I have all the deep rim carbon stuff, lycra etc etc and for me gravel riding is my slow riding, love it!
We're glad you enjoyed it! Trying to get the most from every part of cycling is what makes it so great!
Love those films! One reason I joined GCN+
Love this, I still push hard up hills and decend quickly, but quite often after an accent when all the dopamine and stuff is kicking in I'll put on some music and cruise along slowly taking in the countryside, one of my favourite things to do. Also his idea of brew stop is similar to me stopping to roll up a joint😂
As boys, my brother and I used to travel from Newport to the Skirrid and Llanfihangel Crucorny into the black mountains = great rides and fond memories of 45 years ago
Mon-Fri I do shortish, say 20-25 milers full pelt. Saturday or Sunday, particularly Sundays, I slow ride - not for recovery, although I think it works that way - visit historic churches or places of interest, get eggs from farms, even ice cream from some farms. It’s a wonderful for once not thinking about PR’s or anything much. Only problem is hedge cutting season on ‘lost lanes’. But it’s just a great experience and I’d heartily recommend it. Almost every village has something fascinating about it, every hill a view. Greetings from South Shropshire/North Herefordshire/Mid Powys border!
There was a magazine about 30 years ago Bicycle Rider dedicated to this kind of rides .. each issue brought some of the best bike tours in the world. Sometimes on race bikes, sometimes on touring bikes. Stopping at cafes, wineries... Sort of National Geographic on bikes.
Love this 👌 #slowcycling #partypace definitely has its place in my life ❤️
I am an mtb'r, love trails and dirt etc., but honestly, isn't this what most of us do most of the time? Thank you for this real world cycling video.
Living in rural Warwickshire, I have my fair share of lost lanes all around my village. During these summer months I've been cycling these lanes three times a week in the evening after work. Its a great way to relax and it makes me sleep alot better at night. A stop for a drink from my water bottle is mandatory and take in the beautiful countryside smells and sounds.
I rarely get over 20 mph. Slow cycling is great fun!
👍👍👍Perfect! I'm from Sardinia, where we've Only narrow roads!
I think it's good to have a mix of both, or focus on different aspects during different times of the year (structured training during the summer, taking it easy during the winter)
Outstanding video-this is what (almost) only a bike can do.
Slow cycling is just a form of mindfulness. At times like we are experiencing at present, we could all do with a nice slow cycle in the countryside
Well said
A change is a brilliant thing. I tend to go head down all the time on road bike. Sometimes I get frustrated because I went hard but ended up slower than I thought I'd be. So I get on the grav-grav bike and go out for some views and get in touch with the ride and views. And all is good in the cycling world again!
Ahh, the holly and the ivy got me thinking about Christmas.
On a ride with mates last year some of us saw monster trucks and stopped briefly to admire them. Incredibly one with his head down watching his numbers on the garmin totally missed them. Slow cycling is good for the psyche.
Yep, this is my kind of cycling. It can be down country lanes or around the town cycle paths, there are always plenty of interesting things/places to see. Many of the tiny villages I go though have dead end lanes and I have started cycling down them just to see where they end up.