Awesome video! It worked out as I expected. A bit more agility from the youth, and more overall power from a seasoned adult rider. Next time, add in a 40 year old!
Nice showing, H. I feel you were a little handicapped on the climb with those wet conditions. Hopefully you get an invite back in better conditions and you can show them what a national climbing champ can do…
Well done both boys but hats off to Harley. Only 14 years old and he was equal on time with Oli in the TT. And wasn't he rock solid in the track stand?
I like how you already "round up" your 31 down to 30, Hank :) Awesome episode, I always enjoy how good you are presenting "outsiders" to the actual episode.
Good effort, gents. When I climbed Alpes D'huez last year, I saw a father and son cycling down Alpes D'huez, I was halfway up at this point. 20 minutes after reaching the top, the boy who must have been no older than 12 reached the top of Alpes D'huez, absolutely ridiculous! The new/next generation is going to be interesting for the sport. I think we will see some really talented cyclist. Great content as always, GCN! 👏🏼
Hank, you're a brave me. I coach high school mountain bikers and they always put a target on my back. I try to stay ahead of them as long as possible, but by the time they are Oli's age, there are a few of them have me beat. Way to represent the well aged demographic. Proud of you.
17-19 is such a tricky age for cycling: You´re very very young, but yet you´re actually very close to sub23 competition, meaning: if you´re talented, you´re likely to be very good already, and the improvements you´ll make in the following years could carry you to a succesful carreer, however development is not the same for everyone and sometimes a good Junior just won´t become a good pro or viceversa, other times an average junior will just go pass everyone in like a year. That´s why I say: the first thing is to love the sport! and everyone that wants it should give it a go!
This was an absolute awesome video, awesome tough challenges, I would definitely love to see Oli & Harley back for more interesting challenges , awesome job Hank 👍👏💪
Concerning the capability, this was exactly the result I would have guessed. The peak performance of the body is somewhere around the age of 18. Very nice video!
An excelllent episode. Hank, your enthusiasm is as always very contagious. BTW my track stand pb is 10 minutes and something. But it is an very old personal record
@@gcn This PB is from my teenage times when I was practising it regularly. Now I wouldn't last but several seconds. 🙂 It's an art that needs to be practised, at least in my case.
Well done guys, I'm sure the youngest would've made the climb if not for tyre slip! When you know that's happening trying to compensate is distracting imo! Great little challenge, maybe try something similar I the future in better weather? 👍👍👍
Awesome Video Hank ya had your hands full with them two, good job lads making an old man feel older. Now it's time to see if Manon is faster then a 9th grader.
One thing popped up in my mind is how stupid crazy your body changes between 14 and 18 years old!! Your whole build changes and the fact that you're training during that time just amplifies this. So if you're training as a kid, by the time you're 14 all you'll have learned is srategy an how to properly handle a bike... After that, hormones explode and that's when you start seeing big power numbers!! Great vid as usual!! Get them back on anytime!!!!
I bagged a club hill climb cup one year but the glory was taken away with the realisation that a junior rider was one second faster than me. On reflection, it seems a bit unfair that he wasn’t eligible for the win.
This is where the UCI needs to step in with RULES. Having been beaten by many a child on climbs in sportives, I would like to see the UCI introduce a minimum weight for children in sportives. Perhaps add weights to them to protect my fragile ego
It's a brutal one! We've tackled it previously in a video with some former national hill climb champs. You can check out that vid here 👉 gcn.eu/SteepestClimb
What a cracker of a video. Wait until Oli gets the hair tuft out of the MET helmet. Next challenge: Can they eat as much as Conor? Are they more aero than Dr. Bridgewood?
I have an actual 9th grader at home, my grandson. He's fifteen, lean, and much taller than me. I suggested that we could go on the bike path this afternoon, if it's not raining. I think I'll take my steel bike, (so I've got an excuse).
At a guess I’d say Harley struggled on the climb due to weight, on a climb like that some of the power surely must come from weight as well as strength, and I suspect he is barely 40kg. Great effort though
At 14, I was on a Halfords Olympic 26 x 1 1/4", 5 speed youths sports tourer. It weighed 13kg. That bike got me to school and did 50 mile Sundays. At 14, a person is ending their second life stage, Youth. Child and adolescent were 1 & 2. At 14, skeletal and muscular structure are still developing. Too much of one activity will shape the body accordingly. Did you know, it is an offence to stand stationary on a pedestrian crossing. Rule 191 states: “You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines.
Do you want to see Oli & Harley back for another GCN video? 👇
Yes, they were great. But I'd also still like to see more diversity in the guests you feature 👍🏽
Awesome video! It worked out as I expected. A bit more agility from the youth, and more overall power from a seasoned adult rider. Next time, add in a 40 year old!
Definitely!
Fantastic! Good on gcn!
Yes get oli on a cx bike. I've watched him lap me in races😅
Thanks, Hank and Oli, for a great day filming. I thoroughly enjoyed it 👍
Woop woop
Nice showing, H. I feel you were a little handicapped on the climb with those wet conditions. Hopefully you get an invite back in better conditions and you can show them what a national climbing champ can do…
You should repeat this test every year for the next 20+ years 😂
Hahaha that could make a very funny bench mark 😂
Well done both boys but hats off to Harley. Only 14 years old and he was equal on time with Oli in the TT. And wasn't he rock solid in the track stand?
Love to see these 2 youngsters with such confidence, up for any challenge and really enjoying their cycling. This is surely what it’s all about.
Say it louder for those at the back 🙌
Well done Hank. You engaged well with those 2 brilliant kids! Good episode 🚴♀😀
We wonder why that is... he's a big kid really 😂
@@gcn If a man hasnt grown up by the time he is 40, he doesn't have to. That's the law. 🤣🤣
I like how you already "round up" your 31 down to 30, Hank :)
Awesome episode, I always enjoy how good you are presenting "outsiders" to the actual episode.
Good effort, gents. When I climbed Alpes D'huez last year, I saw a father and son cycling down Alpes D'huez, I was halfway up at this point. 20 minutes after reaching the top, the boy who must have been no older than 12 reached the top of Alpes D'huez, absolutely ridiculous! The new/next generation is going to be interesting for the sport. I think we will see some really talented cyclist. Great content as always, GCN! 👏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
If they were going "down" as you went up, how did the boy reach the top with you.
@@stevek8829 he saw them at the top, @tonyBobb5209 probably took a 20min break or something while up there
I knew it would be between you and Oli. Harley is still developing both natural and in cycling expertise. Great video!
Some real potential though 👌
Hank, you're a brave me. I coach high school mountain bikers and they always put a target on my back. I try to stay ahead of them as long as possible, but by the time they are Oli's age, there are a few of them have me beat. Way to represent the well aged demographic. Proud of you.
That was fun! The moment hank unclipped while sprinting though 😲 I would have gone down. Great job recovering from it, hank.
Hahahaha this could of been a very different video 👀
That was a nice save - it would be very easy to throw yourself off balance and Hanks' years of bike handling served him well there.
LET’S GO HARLEY!!! Proud to say that I know you 😉
Kudos to 14 year-old Harley who did so well in the TT. But how are we to get our heads around an Ollie who doesn't get dropped?
Harley cheering Oli up the climb was awesome! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
This was so good hahah. Good job Harley and Olli for taking Hank on.
Harley has a good poker face - true cyclist 👍😎
Very entertaining video! Great job Hank, Oil and Harley!
They gave him a real run for his money!
Keep bringing these kids back!!
Yes! What a great trial :) I will be watching Oli and Harley's futures! (Yours too, Hank...)
Hanks future is full of silly challenges!... you know where to catch them 😉
Thanks to Harley ,Oli , James and crew ! Looked like fun...Hank wasn't encased in ice , or buried in mud ,..............this time .
Chapeau to everyone but mostly to Harley for pushing through
Love it! Come back in 5 years, and let's see how things have changed?
50km/h at 14 years old 🤯 I struggle to hit 35km/h, although that's on a hardtail MTB with 2.3in tires
Britain's got talent. Massive talent 🙂 Well done, lads! You too, Jimbo 😉
Hard work all around on this one 🙌
17-19 is such a tricky age for cycling: You´re very very young, but yet you´re actually very close to sub23 competition, meaning: if you´re talented, you´re likely to be very good already, and the improvements you´ll make in the following years could carry you to a succesful carreer, however development is not the same for everyone and sometimes a good Junior just won´t become a good pro or viceversa, other times an average junior will just go pass everyone in like a year. That´s why I say: the first thing is to love the sport! and everyone that wants it should give it a go!
Involve the youths more plz. It is heartwarming to see em loving to cycle and would like to see them get some coaching.
Had Oli winning but Hank, very respectable showing!
What incredible maturity from Harley. Really impressed by the lad.
A GCN video that's not an ad! These are so much better than your ad ones.
Loved this! Great to see the young guns coming through!! Hope racing in the uk gets its act together and gives them a great base for the future
These two were flying 💨
This was an absolute awesome video, awesome tough challenges, I would definitely love to see Oli & Harley back for more interesting challenges , awesome job Hank 👍👏💪
lets see some more! juniors vs beginners doing some sort of delivery challenge.
I like that this was a friendly positive competition. Good show to all 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Good filming Hank good watch
Hank is a great mentor we all need in our life!
Good on ya Oli! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💥
Great video GCN. Amazing riders... even the OAP.
Great video guys. I see future GCN presenters here!! Love the content.
These kids are lucky. When I was 14 I had a Raleigh Grifter with 3 gears in the handle.
Concerning the capability, this was exactly the result I would have guessed. The peak performance of the body is somewhere around the age of 18. Very nice video!
Great spirit, loved it! Great play to all of 3!
Awesome! Love to see the future of sport.
It was fun watching three guys having fun, great video.
Excellent video top work chaps and great to see the future of the sport being included
An excelllent episode. Hank, your enthusiasm is as always very contagious. BTW my track stand pb is 10 minutes and something. But it is an very old personal record
Wow very impressive! What do you think you could hold now? 👀
@@gcn This PB is from my teenage times when I was practising it regularly. Now I wouldn't last but several seconds. 🙂 It's an art that needs to be practised, at least in my case.
Kids did a great job! Kudos to them
I come 4th in my house as the most important person ranking, so great your man got better than me in a CX race.
Epic efforts all round
"Blow the world by storm" - I do love a mixed hyperbolic metaphor! Nice one Hank
Kids were awesome and very personable. I'm most impressed. 👍
Last time an Ollie went up this climb he got dropped before he even started 😂
I still can’t track stand lol 😂 these kids would destroy me!
Well done guys, I'm sure the youngest would've made the climb if not for tyre slip! When you know that's happening trying to compensate is distracting imo! Great little challenge, maybe try something similar I the future in better weather? 👍👍👍
We're sure he'll be back when the roads dry up... hold on to your KOMs 😬
if harley’s this good already i cant wait to see him in a year
Awesome Video Hank ya had your hands full with them two, good job lads making an old man feel older. Now it's time to see if Manon is faster then a 9th grader.
Great video, two outstanding young lads, I hope their parents have put a bet on them winning one of the Classics in the future.
Brilliant video
Entertaining! Young guns are so talented!
One thing popped up in my mind is how stupid crazy your body changes between 14 and 18 years old!! Your whole build changes and the fact that you're training during that time just amplifies this. So if you're training as a kid, by the time you're 14 all you'll have learned is srategy an how to properly handle a bike... After that, hormones explode and that's when you start seeing big power numbers!! Great vid as usual!! Get them back on anytime!!!!
Absolutely amazing work you three!
My daughter is 14
I'm a stronger ride than her
But she rarely rides
Set the bar low enough and I can pass
I bagged a club hill climb cup one year but the glory was taken away with the realisation that a junior rider was one second faster than me. On reflection, it seems a bit unfair that he wasn’t eligible for the win.
and to think, they've got years and years to catch you
I love to see if 14yo in all aero Vs GCN and pro (GCN (normal gear) and pro not in aero)
Imagine being as fast as a junior world champion or a WT pro and being overlooked, I know someone. ..Oli does too
they've got some lovely bikes
kids get so much bad press, two fantastic young men, great to see
use miles per hour and miles distance. That is what we use in the UK
Oil vs Andrew Feather climbing episode?
Awesome riding, Guys! I'd love to see more like this. The Young Guns made Hank work.
Hank might need a few rest days now 🥵
😂😂 I'm sure they will "blow the world by storm" Hank. Don't worry about coming second, a stitch in time has a silver lining....
This is where the UCI needs to step in with RULES. Having been beaten by many a child on climbs in sportives, I would like to see the UCI introduce a minimum weight for children in sportives. Perhaps add weights to them to protect my fragile ego
Cool video! I'd have loved to do this with my cycle buddies if I had any.
They are definitely better cyclists then I will ever be
You should do a video on the 60+ beasts. That’s so humbling when they come past you 😆
Good sports the bunch of them! That climb looks brutal, please send Mr Feather up it?
It's a brutal one! We've tackled it previously in a video with some former national hill climb champs. You can check out that vid here 👉 gcn.eu/SteepestClimb
@@gcn still love watching Ollie B's solo attempt, so funny but he did it
So much fun to see new faces and challenges! Now but the kids to do a overnight gravel bikepacking trip with ubcle Hank!
I think now it’s time for Ollie vs. Oli!
How about a long climb next time, between 800m and 1000m metres. I reckon Harvey would beat Hank
Great video
What a cracker of a video. Wait until Oli gets the hair tuft out of the MET helmet. Next challenge: Can they eat as much as Conor? Are they more aero than Dr. Bridgewood?
Let’s go Oli 💪 absolute animal!
Bamford Clough, hurts looking at it. Done it twice on me trike and it hurt like a hurty thing.
Trackstand though, I can do them 😅
Great idea, loved it.
I have an actual 9th grader at home, my grandson. He's fifteen, lean, and much taller than me. I suggested that we could go on the bike path this afternoon, if it's not raining. I think I'll take my steel bike, (so I've got an excuse).
I'd have liked to have seen the power everyone put down in the first challenge.
Stars of the future 💪
Fab video. #teamhank
Age is showing up! Juventud divino tesoro!
You need to move GCN Megabase to Sheffield! All the videos from The Peaks would be much more convenient
awesome
They certainly gave Hank a run for a his money 👀
Jesus if my heart rate didn't take a jump watching this. I need to sit down.
At a guess I’d say Harley struggled on the climb due to weight, on a climb like that some of the power surely must come from weight as well as strength, and I suspect he is barely 40kg. Great effort though
Fun ride! Hank tried to pull a Bertrand and crash it!
At 14, I was on a Halfords Olympic 26 x 1 1/4", 5 speed youths sports tourer. It weighed 13kg.
That bike got me to school and did 50 mile Sundays.
At 14, a person is ending their second life stage, Youth. Child and adolescent were 1 & 2. At 14, skeletal and muscular structure are still developing. Too much of one activity will shape the body accordingly.
Did you know, it is an offence to stand stationary on a pedestrian crossing. Rule 191 states: “You MUST NOT park on a crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines.
Young guns like them continue to keep cycling going!
That 14y/o's helmet costs more than my single speed
Good job hank!!!
I don't have to watch the video, the answer is no. No, I'm not faster than a 9th grader.
Tes...a lil mountain bke/bmx competition would be fun
is it really a count down if there is no beep beep beeeeep ? asking for ... a friend ;)