LA's Best Group Ride | Pros show up and drop everyone
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- LA's favorite Sunday ride had a few hitters show up and we were there to film it. Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Phil Gaimon (Jukebox Cycling), Cormac McGeough (Wildlife Generation), and Jonny Brown (Miami Blazers) quickly established themselves at the front. Taylor Dawson was there to provide footage from inside the group while Bucky and I were filming from the moto. On screen data from Sean Quinn.
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Damn. This is how they should show all bike rides on tv. Great job.
fully seconded we need this level of coverage more often!
Agree…the standard tv coverage is boring. But maybe the pros on WT don’t want to reveal their power output
That was pro level coverage! Loved the added "in group" camera footage... Eurosport should employ Taylor and get him to ride key parts of the TDF!
Nice job Safa was an awesome video
Nice video, Safa. Always a fun ride but you got the whole hit squad to show up and it was a blast that week.
you guys run a lot of stop signs and lights. How come?
@@govbradford Snitch.
@@govbradford lmao
the fact phil ran that red light at a busy intersection but made a "watch this before i die" video is hilarious and ironic
My exact thought
Thats mild compared to Terry B or Lucas Brunelle, Phil needs to meet up and film a Hotline haha
monster track type shit🤣 this aint anything compared to what usually happens on the monstertrack
@@whatislifebro Some of those wildcat NYC races are absolutely beyond the pale to watch. And honestly they make cyclists look horrible.
That’s a big intersection to run a red on. Wow.
11:03 - big 👍for stopping on the RED
Yeah. It gives us cyclists a bad reputation when some people don’t care about traffic rules. We should follow them just as cars do so people accept cyclists on the road.
That was risky and probably had the drivers who witnessed it shaking their heads.
yep moronic not to stop i dont get it why do so many cyclist do this shit it is public road you wanna get fucked by car or something jesus just stop follow your local state traffic rules and do not put others in danger in this scenario more yourself
I'm pretty sure EF wouldn't like to see him running the lights.
yeah, for some reason I am one of those super visible rider in my region so if I end up run over the rule it got a huge ripple effect very fast.
I can’t imagine the type of shape you have to be in to be having a casual conversation at 178bpm lmao
Max heart rate is dictated by genes and age.
No big deal if your 25 years old.
i recall chimpings of such past decades decades, i recall a commentator once chimped of a rider in at least a pretty dam tenacious interval at a clip of a length "is he going to start breathing through his mouth yet" really through the ages (fifty seven and a half here) ive been pretty proficient at that, doing some massive intervals/sprints without gasping like a wild gibbon in heat, recalling else I've done the big sprints with the some big cats were i had heavy breathing and sometimes not so laboring of breath in the big sprints/intervals
Depends what your max HR is....
If it was 220 178 isnt that higgh.
If its 180 178 isnt talkable
@@karl8805 you printed "178 isnt that high" "178 isnt talkable", now my memories of else, decades decades ago i had some of the speedometers/odometers (past couple decades i havnt even had those), i never, never have used any of the heartmeters, i recall I've been dam good at pushing some pretty fast strong stuff (high gears, high cadences) and I've been one that has been dam proficient/efficient at not gasping mouth open like a wild gibbon, at certain pretty dam fast strong clips, yeh i too have had some gasping mainly during my elite hill sprints and elite crit sprints we did, im poking that some that have had the very higher heart rates quite possible could still at least murmur some bit of talks, for mere example, at said heart rates, likely some have managed to yell "hold your fucking line!!!!"
This is so sick safa. Its so well done. I really enjoy watching these videos dude. Bravo
Glad you enjoy it!
370 for 30 minutes doesn't sound that crazy until you see the constant 500 watt surges. Mad impressive.
it is absolutely sick amount of powert to hold for 30 min for about 99% of fit, lean amateurs.
Bro climbing is the most humbling thing in the world. I'm a big fella at 210lbs and I never shy away from hills, but I'm creeping up them. Watching y'all rip 15+ up climbs consistently is just wild to me. Always inspiring. Also, new King Gizz song for ya, Gila Monster 👌
Shit, they were at 20-22 mph on the 3-4% grade. I'm lucky to break single digits.
They weight 130lbs...
@@robrobinson1454 Lol right I was a little modest in my 15+. RIPPING it up these climbs!
Well, to be fair Quinn is a pro racer and Phil is an expro. I gotta say the rest of the pack isn't that far behind though
@@TheGazavman its still one of the hardest things to do.
For the first 6 min I was like. How is he being able to close those gaps?? And then I saw the motorbike shadow... hahaha Great vid!
Oh thanks I am not the only one to not being completely dumb. He is clearly on a motorbike and delete the sound. What a fake.
Phil Gaimon lamenting/preaching about drivers breaking the law or driving dangerously (in other videos) while flying across burning red lights with cars passing. That's hypocritical.
Exactly what I was thinking
Ditto
You can’t be America’s Cyclist Dad and clearly break the law like this.
Every video is this.
Complete phony
You can't advocate for road safety for cyclists AND run red lights. What the hell was he thinking!?
You can’t spell phony without a P and and H….
Wow, holding 450-500w on that first climb is admireable! 💪
💉
this is your best content imo, bringing the action and sacred space of the group to life on camera. The only other TH-cam that I feels captures this well is Terry B alleycat races, but this is on a whole new level. Please more local group rides and road races SAFA! Pray 4 Speed!
true. i always wonder why (or if) the riders on Terry's channel ride competively beyond NYC.. some of them should for sure.
It bummed out watching Phil run the full red light!
11:08 Good job Phil Gaimon by running that red light. That's how you immediately throw the last bit of respect for cyclists out of the window.
Go and race your bike if you can't stand clicking out of the pedal for some of the most obvious traffic rules.
No one cares. Join the police academy and go patrol the stop lights, Karen. You are a true warrior of justice!
@@roadcyclist1 I race my bike, so I don’t need to do this kind of stupid actions. I organize a race myself, so I enable racers to go full out in a safe way. On top of that, I’m a captain of my bike group. I make sure they stay safe and I cross roads when I know the whole group can make the crossing. Come and race in Belgium and show me how much of a man you are. You”ll be crying and praying to finish your first race here, and running lights will get you between 6 planks quite rapidly.
I watch these videos and am humbled. Unbelievable sustained power on those climbs! Great camera work btw
Incredible production Safa. Pro teams / tv race coverage should produce these types of video for hard practice rides / group rides / race recaps.
Damn @11:03 annoys me... Phil Gaimon is going though the red light but then he makes yt vidoes about crazy car drivers who hate cyclists and attack them... After seeing that I would be the first one who would stop the car in front of Phil and explain some things to him. So stupid behavior. Especially since he knows he is being filmed by Safa and this will be seen by everyone. Want to go fast thought crossroads? Sign up for some race... And 18:15... Wtf. This is completly unecessary. Want be first on the climb? Then crush some watts...
Ikr very dumm
The reason car drivers hate cyclists is hypocrites like Gaimon.
Hes on a bike though. Who will he be killing if he makes a mistake?
@@cormacmcgeough2122 That's true, but still, such moves damage the reputation of cyclists, especially in the eyes of drivers. And we already got a quite bad reputation :) At least in some countries.
@@Karollenart LA drivers could care less mate.
The cycling scenery is the only thing I miss about living in LA. Latigo, Stunt, Fernwood, Tuna all on my best climbing descending list.
That climb looked so intense, great content Safa.
Thank you 🙌
I want to know who forgot to lube their chain...
I've been watching your videos since forever - this, however, is a whole new level. It's great to actually be in amongst some top pros out riding and getting a sense of how fast they are through being only inches away. Loved the front and back cameras on the moto, and the Eurosport-style rider name-labels. Great filming by Safa and Taylor. Unfortunately you've now set your own bar pretty high -really want to see more of this style!
18:16: Stupid move! Then we wonder why drivers hate cyclists.
Cycling ASMR at its best Safa! Who had the power meter, whose breathing are we listening to?
Sean Quinn, the EF rider
Gaimon always lecturing about dangerous driving....blasting through reds on group rides? Seems pretty stupid...
Live data from the front of an elite group ride is awesome content and very humbling
It's actually insane how strong Phil is at his age 37 and not on tour anymore.
👴🏻⚡️💪🏻
37 is not old, much less when keep training and in shape,
@@JOSEANTONIO1979 you just don’t see a lot of 37 year olds on tour. Also, he’s carrying the load with a current tour professional. I get his training load is probably just as high but his power is impressive
dude is doped out of his mind why do you think he was blackballed from pro cycling 5 years ago
@@KushPizzaSleep ? What lol? He has never done any kind of hgh or doping. He pride himself on being natural. He literally has a bar of soap tattooed on himself because he’s clean
Im in two minds about running reds, is it ever not an unnecessary risk? I think, being extremely cautious, it can be done safely. I run reds when i know for a fact there are no more cars coming, if you make a driver pull the breaks, you failed in my book. In group rides is a red flag. On your own, well, who will even know you did it.
No sense of self preservation. This is why bike riders have a bad rep.
Nice Phil, complain about how bad the drivers are, that they hate cyclists etc, then care less about burning through red lights with traffic around... makes sense, got to "win" the local group ride.
I don't entirely disagree, but it's not a zero sum.
@@MMCM yeah I'm not trying to act all holier-than-thou and that I never run redlights, but there's a time and place. And in a "semi" busy intersection, with vehicles around, it just looks bad. The argument that LA drivers "don't care" is ignorant and selfish. Out of a handful of cars that saw it, there's probably one person that was indifferent to cyclists, and now they see that, and they turn anti-cyclist. And it's just a cumulative effect with so many roadies around, and that's how you get so many people hating on cyclists. I don't know, I'm in my 40s now, so maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy already... But also my other point with an ex world-tour cyclist, running lights like that to stay away from local riders on a group ride, makes me just feel embarrassed for him...
Left turn arrows don’t count, they’re never going to trip the magnetic sensors anyways.
@@vagabond23 I agree, it would be better to just follow the rules where possible (eg if the lights aren't going to change then you'll have to jump them)
I don't like the "someone might see it and hate cyclists" argument though. Drivers and cyclists don't share the same responsibility/risk, nor are cyclists a monolith making collective decisions.
I realise it's human nature to an extent to group people, but I just don't want to be one of the people encouraging that grouping if that makes sense.
Showing his true colours.
What the piont of going on group ride if your going to drop everbody and end up with just a few group of elite riders.they might as well set off on there own elite ride.
Insane! I would have suffered a heart attack in the first 20 secs of the initial climb!
Ladies and gentlemen, the moment has finally arrived! We are pleased to announce the winner of the Oscar for Best Group Drop Ride Cinematography.
And the Oscar goes to... drumroll... "Nichols Group Ride | Everyone Is Getting Dropped Today"
13'10 Casually removes jacket with no hands on the bars at 30mph 😂👍
its easier to ride a bike without your hands on the handlebar if you are fast
Yeah respect for being able to blast out massive watts, but having a squeaky ass chain basically negates that. Sad really. Amazing video otherwise.
More videos like this SAFA. 🤩
I'm so confused. The one doing the video is on a motorbike, so why am I hearing shifting and huffing and puffing hard when he was chasing the lead group cyclists? 🤔
The cyclists are mic’d up dude 😑🙄🙄🙄
Dudes cranking 20+/- MPH on 3% grade - legit. 15:08
On Muholland or Laurel Canyon too - whew.
I remember Saf's earlier videos and seeing where this channel came from and where it's at now to where it's going is amazing. Safa, thank you for bringing us GENUINE cycling content. Just dudes and ladies that love to ride bikes. A TH-cam first in my opinion. Loving the work!
world class footage, thank you safa again for another amazingly executed and organized video, also ad free. I felt like I was there
Why is your shadow of two dudes on a motorcycle? Why the breathing?
"rim brakes, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose "
Lmao if they were safe enough for chris froome to pedal in the super tuck at 100kph what makes u think they're "dangerous" at a fucking Sunday group ride?
Clearly you missed the entire context/movie where this quote comes from bro ✌️
You guys are so lucky in California, i'm so sick of the winter here in Montreal !!
Same here in Sweden!
@@ChristianNorling jag förstår dig haha, jag har bott i Stockholm de senaste två åren ^^
Soon tho! 🌞
@@mbozar7572 Ja snart så, dock inte just nu, speciellt inte i sthlm 🙈 Bor i Enköping strax utanför och det är typ ingenting i jämförelse just nu haha
Running a red light at 11.10 mins . That's bad , really bad . Shame on you Phil Gaimon and Taylor Dawson . Then wrong side of the road at 18.15 ! Zero tolerance for this kind of behavior . Kind of crap you expect from kids . I stopped watching after this and wont be subscribing needless to say .
That’s why cycling is great it makes you feel like a kid
so awesome, more of this please. Love the heavy hitters
cookie man running red lights 🤏🤏🤏
This is better coverage than a live pro event. Impressive work on the video.
I have lived in la for a few months and did this ride. I was decently fit about a 4 w/kg guy and this ride is a ripper... absolutely crushed me
Damn already got my work out in for the day! I feel exhausted after watching this 😂
Blowing throw that light was sketch… and gives all cyclists a bad name. This is why drivers hate us.
I'm sure you've seen a driver blow a red. Do you hate all drivers?
@@SAFABrian i’m an avid road cyclist and I stopped doing group rides like this. It gives us all a bad name.
@SAFABrian that's a stupid comparison 🙄 If u hit a car who's going to be on the deck??
The whole SAFA team is great. Thank you for this wonderful content.
Haha, I started watching only from few minutes into the race on the TV (so without reading the video description), thinking, wow SAFA is very fit managing to close those gaps like nothing… Then seeing 400W-500W for some minutes and almost 190bpm I started being suspicious, I mean he is fit but this is slightly different level :D unreal…
Kudos to Taylor for keeping up with this freight train that was running full steam.
Skipped every pull lmao
watched this twice whilst doing my vo2 workout for the day. thanks!
Nice work!
"With the rim brake bike!"
Running the red, asshole move
Amazing video, until the running the red light. PHIL, COME ON? Sean has a career to think about, good call on putting thatt foot down and waiting for green.
You are a true warrior of justice. Please, for the sake of the world as we know it, go patrol the stop lights around the world and stop these evil doers!!
I wouldn't be able to catch up with these monsters even on my ebike 😅
SAFA that the filming is FIRE bro! Keep up the awesome job! Love watching this type of riding.
Dude....Intense. Went really well with this week's FTP workout on the smart trainer... Hope to see more of these. Great to ride to indoors bro! Thanks $1M
THEEEE ride in LA! Awesome seeing PRO #'s on Mulholland. Unreal!
Wait, what? There is video evidence of SAFA Brian going up-hill?!
Woo! I got a cameo at the end! 😂
Fuuuuuck, I’ve been going left at the house with the yellow hummer on nichols for years, not knowing the fun but was to the right 🙈🙈
woof, that's so rad. love to see the heavy hitters at the front after seeing everyone else putting in solid work - really contextualizes how much of a beast that climb is (i'm local and have almost had a heart attack on nichols more than once, at way fewer watts than these guys)! love to see phil gaimon just blasting up. rad video and coverage! thanks for posting!
Maybe offer a second audio track.
Phil Gaimon running red lights in an attempt to "win" the group ride. Again. All talk about cyclists safety but safe riding doesn't apply to him apparently. Be better Phil.
Yeah, he will have another opportunity for an ad on his channel: "get an insurance, as a cyclist you could be hit by a car at any time"....
its their ride to do what they want, no one seems bothered by it.
Anyone who claims they never run a red light on a bicycle, really doesn't ride bicycles all that much. It happens. If it's a t-junction I don't slow down at all.
And though its early morning that is one of the busiest intersection on mulholland (laurel canyon) the left side people come in super fast racing to the valley.
Don’t worry he is clean just magic cookie watts
Camera guy rode strong too!
guy was riding a motorcycle
Steel tubes still a reliable standby. Grew up surfing but in my late 20s I got fed up with fighting for crumbs. Got into cycling because as soon as you step out of your door, you can have as much as you can handle.
that chain needs so lube; great video otherwise!
This just shows how insanely fast and fit pros are. And, with all respect, these are not anywhere close to top-flight pros. What even a middling rider on a World Tour team would do doesn't bear thinking about.
How if meet a car when speeding on the other side at a high speed?!
The pace they have during the climbs are incredible! I usually go by reds if light to no cross traffic. Those guys straight rolled the dice on that lol
Great footage. Though I prefer my Safa sending it on two unpowered wheels.
why are you huffing and puffing while you are on a motorcyle?
From someone complaining about US and A healthcare(is it there?), nice red light jumping :D
I seriously would like to know how you think it's ok to post this? How many stop signs, how many times passing on the left, crossing the double yellow and just overall bad behavior that reflects on real riders. These guys should be ashamed of themselves as should the motorcycle "rider". There are group ride videos on here that show good behavior not this selfishness.
Shame on you and the sponsors of these losers.
I’m disappointed at the stop sign and light running. It makes drivers angry and they could take that anger out on a 13 year old kid on their bike for the first time. It’s not cool to promote blatant lawlessness. Phil is literally doing nothing to promote cycling in the eyes of the motorist. They hold the keys to our lives whenever we ride. I can’t imagine what he does when the camera is off.
Hahahaha....I love how you equate Phil running a red light to a motorist now wanting to take out a 13 year old kid. Good grief...go find something to do with your life.
Does anyone know how he integrates the ride info into the video?
idiots is my initial thoughts. people in cars already loathe cyclists. this only makes it worse. I bike ride a lot. in the uk if you did that you'd probably get someone follow you just to get a scalp.
Love the front group of 5 that 3 are riding on rim brakes except the pro rider and one other rider, which makes me curious if the pro would be too if given the option.
Nice to see some love for the rim brake bikes.
As a fixie rider I enjoy road bikes and own a leader my next bike will be a Scott
This footage is absolutely incredible. Can’t take my eyes off it.
Uci should employ some fare good cyclists who can film and put cameras on them and enter the tdf for like the last 50km and see if they could keep up with the pros
Makes the suffering look cool ! 21:11
Great vid. This was fun to watch. I often wondered what guys talk about when they're climbing that fast. Camera work and sound was top shelf.
Attacking throughs street lights is sickk!!
can anyone tell me what’s on the back of the guy riding a red specialized? it seems like a motorbike suit
Gaimon running that light was so lame.
Top. 🚴🏼♂️🚴🏼♂️🚴🏼♂️🚴🏼♂️Brasil.
Damn! I would have had to stop 10 times just to wipe off the sweat from my face and sun glasses.
Oil the chain
I got tired just watching 😅😂
18:16 What a savage attack by the guy on the red S-Works
10:28 dont get dropped Taylor
This was a great filming job!
How on earth you were catching your breath when the shadows showed that you were in the motor bike?!