@@redpilledpatriot8484 really man? you think he sits there and decides to walk the extra distance and put in that extra effort while doing these long-ass rides because it will equate to more self-gain or a few more interactions? He is passionate about his videos and his viewer base and goes that extra mile to get those good shots because it's something he cares about.
@@grantdoyle1259 PS, Im not saying he doesn’t have a passion... but that’s besides the point, folks often get into an income that involves their passion.
@@grantdoyle1259 of course I think that, he has ads, and in his description he has multiple links for selling goods to MAKE MONEY, for PERSONAL GAIN. You are so damn obtuse and naive that even with the dude turning this in to AS A MATTER OF FACT multiple different ways to make money you still don’t think he does it for personal gain, you’re the definition of obtuse. Even to the point where you can’t understand a concept as simple as when one does quality work and content one gets more views and therefore money.
I loved the end of the vid where VC shows himself going back to retrieve the cameras stationed for the ride-by footage - call me weird, but each time I see those beautiful shots 7:05 I can't help but think about the extra effort he endures to get the capture, ride back, grab the cam, and continue on. The Devil's in the details! Love it all.
you need a go pro that comes back to you like Thors hammer, can't wait for the impossible route doc! Good luck, don't forget to leave the cast iron skillet at home ;)
Dude, love the oval on my MTB! I tell everyone, climbs and accelerations out of turns is where I feel it the most. Best of luck on this ride. Looking forward to the vids!
That’s a good idea to get ovals on one bike for starters and using a MTB as a test platform. After spending 2500 on the Dura-Ace groupset for my road bike, I feel like it would be more of a commitment to swap the crankset there versus trying oval MTB rings
Great edit, I love how you have a theme with the music and video. Works throughout the video and different for each video. Fantastic work on the edit. Would love to know how you get such clean sound without wind noise. Thanks for the content, can’t wait for long form trip video.
Anyone else notice the great dynamic range on this video (at least watching in 2K), really shows the majesty and beauty of the ride. Great content as always VC!!!
Fantastic video. Every time I watch, it makes me want to go for a ride. I’ve thought the same thing about the o ring. I really need to try it. Looking forward to the Death Valley adventure! Luv ya.
Hi, just found your channel. Vegans rule💪🙂 Swapped to an AB 40t oval X 11-40 grx for my do everything bike, CX-Gravel-Road😮👍 Your comments totally match my experience! Sooooo smooth, maybe helps that I’m a strong mountain runner, but seated climbing compared with my riding buddies, I’m just killing them now! And they are getting pissed with me going on about the ‘oval’😂 (lovin’ your backing music)
Thank you for taking the time to do these videos... The amount of time you take to set up the GoPro,,Ride..then come back and get the Go Pro and even talking about the editing time. LOVE EM
What a beautiful film. Beautiful scenery, beautiful bike and a fantastic choice of music. Perfect for a late Sunday night in bed in freezing cold Poland!
The last minute of this video was the best. Was thinking the whole way through “You got to show us picking up your cameras.” and then you did! Great video as always.
SPIDER? Tyler, no idea if you will see this or even care but man at 10:14 in this vid it sure looks like you have a big ass spider on your right shoulder! Maybe I’m seeing things, dunno, but great content as always. Thanks for taking the time to share your work with us!
Started riding oval years ago using Shimano Biopace when they first came out. Rode for the first time with them on and never looked back. That was in 87 when I was 15 and still on oval today. Good luck on the Impossible Route and thanks for the content.
If your videos were going to be shown in IMAX theaters, I WOULD GO IN A ⚡️ Seriously this video is somehow of an EVEN HIGHER quality than the ridiculously high quality of all your videos. It's not just better equipment. It's better artistry.
You’re always super kind Brian. I’m working on making this upcoming Death Valley video be an actual “FILM”. I want it to be the best quality story I’ve ever produced.
@@TheVCAdventures Thanks for the reply Tyler. It's my pleasure man. Your Death Valley project sounds so epic, even for you. Happy riding, have a great trip, and looking forward to seeing your film 🎥 💥 💥 💥
I have had oval on my MTB and Gravel/Road bike for 4ish years: Smooths out the torque delivery big time. Biggest difference I have notice is in the tech and when ever traction is needed most. Instantly noticed on zwift how much oval smoothed out my watts delivery. Never going back to regular rings.
Welcome to the oval club! Every time I ride normal chainrings it feels like an invisible force stopping my leg at the top where I’m the weakest. It sounds like bs but it’s crazy how it feels when coming back
These vids are gettin’ better each time. So cool! You’re putting the norm right up there. Thanks for the great content each time. Looks like a blast making it..
So I got a power2max power meter for my mountain bike which forced me to change from a standard chain ring to a 4 bolt chain ring. I decided to go oval and give it a shot and the first ride same thing as you. Took it to a trail for a couple quick laps and a couple times I looked down and was going 1-2 mph faster than I expected. I did a few hard as I could push 15 second sprints and the bike was a missile. No joke at the end of the trail is a straight line sprint and the second one I did I was going 4 mph faster at the end than I normally do, I thought it was a mistake and looked again on Strava and it was there too. I've never been the type of person that thought you could buy power, but that's what the oval ring feels like. I almost feel like I cheated myself out of training harder, just go buy an oval ring.
Totally get it, bought a Wolftooth oval about 5 months ago and was totally shocked by the smooth character and possible power increase. What I can say for sure was that my HR was down a bit over a very familiar course ridden multiple times in similar conditions. Not like old Biopace, will be on my bike for the Gravel Locos 150 for sure.
Ye look here VC, these vids your doing are real great 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Been watching yer stuff for a good while now, wondering about all these shots, it’s just crazy how you set up the camera, cycle back, do the shot, then cycle back again to pick up the camera! Just crazy. Thank you so much for yer vids. I’m looking real forward to Death Valley, if yer could get a move on with that please 😁. Big respect to you Vegan Cycling Crazy Man, properly looking after subscribers 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻🥳
I support you as long as you wont be using an oval lens. Have them on my TT and love them too. Great job for trying them out and loved the vid!! The music was so well chosen. Love from Holland!
I have compact ovals on my climbing bike Cervelo R5 and round on my aero road bike S5. I can't really feel the difference if anything I find the round smoother as that is what I have ridden for years , the different i have found is unless you spend for ever fine tuning the front the change is iffy, works well now. I would not bother again, glad they work for you.
I have used oval rings for a long time. I'm a big guy...so they really make a difference in my hill climbing...like you said, it smooths out the stroke...I find it easier to maintain higher speeds with the oval as well.
Oval chainrings, sure, but you're in serious kook territory with the oval pizzas, too. And I grin and say good for you, Tyler, you and your bud getting all wild west buckaroo. And you already have the soundtrack, cool. Happy trails!
Rode oval on my MTB back in the early 90’s when they were set up so the oval was in the wrong part of the pedal stroke. It was weird. So glad Rotor revisited and got it right! Still riding round since then though. Looking forward to impossible route 2 - journey into the furness, or whatever it going to be called😊🔥
really really appreciate the content you're putting out but all those camera angles and perspectives... man you're a champ i wish you the very best of luck and success in all you do
Your idea of cold and gloomy is vastly different than mine. That being said, from the south shore of Lake Superior I could use some of your cold and gloomy and that beautiful country landscape. Enjoy the next 8 days!
My first road bike, over thirty years ago, was a Miata brand and it came with Shimano BioPace chainrings. It wasn't pointed out to me by bike shop sales person. I didn't even know what I had for several months after buying the bike and just noticed the word "biopace" on the side of the large chainring while cleaning the bike. Some TH-cam vids explain how re-orienting the chainrings from their original position will actual give you more benefit.
My front derailleur hangar broke and Cannondale wouldn't fix it. So, I was forced to go 1x on my road bike. And, oval rings were the result. I think I can tell the difference? Especially going up hill. I think? But, I figured it might just be the hype - placebo effect. I'm glad they're making you happy though.
My best friend always talks about how difficult it was to walk through death valley on holiday. You´re going to freaking ride through it. For 8 days. Good luck man!
Thank you for the video 👍When I was a young racer in 1988 I used Shimano Ultegra Biopace rings which where oval 👍.I don't know why Shimano discontinued this technology 🙁
If you're running 1x then you shoulda absolutely run oval. My experience is exactly the same as yours. It eliminates the dead spots in the pedal turn over and your cadence naturally accelerates on the spots where you have an effectively smaller crank to smooth the power out. I find myself constantly climbing in a higher gear than i should because its so easy to turn the cranks over.
I prefer having oval chainrings, too. They help me feel considerably less fatigued during and after rides, especially if there's lots of climbing. I choose Absolute Black oval chainrings for my bikes.
Wow, selecting a camera spot, setting up the camera, going back and riding by the camera, going back to retrieve the camera, repeat over and over. This must make the ride take 5 times as long. And editing all of it when you get home. Great job!!!
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Man, massive effort setting up all those shots, thank you for going thru all that trouble for us!
He’s doing it for self gain like the majority of utubers with large sub count.
@@redpilledpatriot8484 really man? you think he sits there and decides to walk the extra distance and put in that extra effort while doing these long-ass rides because it will equate to more self-gain or a few more interactions? He is passionate about his videos and his viewer base and goes that extra mile to get those good shots because it's something he cares about.
Vlogging like a Boss
@@grantdoyle1259 PS, Im not saying he doesn’t have a passion... but that’s besides the point, folks often get into an income that involves their passion.
@@grantdoyle1259 of course I think that, he has ads, and in his description he has multiple links for selling goods to MAKE MONEY, for PERSONAL GAIN. You are so damn obtuse and naive that even with the dude turning this in to AS A MATTER OF FACT multiple different ways to make money you still don’t think he does it for personal gain, you’re the definition of obtuse. Even to the point where you can’t understand a concept as simple as when one does quality work and content one gets more views and therefore money.
Good luck dude on impossible route! Do us proud. 🙌🍍
Finishing it is proud.
@@roadglide absolutely.
“It’s cold, it’s gloomy” cut to sunshine and blue sky’s. lol you need to come to the uk for some proper cold and gloomy...
I loved the end of the vid where VC shows himself going back to retrieve the cameras stationed for the ride-by footage - call me weird, but each time I see those beautiful shots 7:05 I can't help but think about the extra effort he endures to get the capture, ride back, grab the cam, and continue on. The Devil's in the details! Love it all.
turns a 5 hour ride into a 6 hour ride. And how many pairs of cleats does he wear out from all the walking to set up the camera and go get it again?
I wish you’d just say whether you like the oval rings or not!
He said it: He was blown away !
I think he does
you need a go pro that comes back to you like Thors hammer, can't wait for the impossible route doc! Good luck, don't forget to leave the cast iron skillet at home ;)
Bro, what he needs is a domestique. If it helps, you can call him Mjölnir😋
I think that's called a drone XD
Dude, love the oval on my MTB! I tell everyone, climbs and accelerations out of turns is where I feel it the most. Best of luck on this ride. Looking forward to the vids!
That’s a good idea to get ovals on one bike for starters and using a MTB as a test platform. After spending 2500 on the Dura-Ace groupset for my road bike, I feel like it would be more of a commitment to swap the crankset there versus trying oval MTB rings
“I have a phobia of horses... I’ve gotten better over time... [horse sputters].... f*ck!!”
I laughed so hard when I just saw this part
"That was embarrassing" - everything about that scene was brilliant. Your ability to self-deprecate just at the right moments is masterful.
Great edit, I love how you have a theme with the music and video. Works throughout the video and different for each video. Fantastic work on the edit. Would love to know how you get such clean sound without wind noise. Thanks for the content, can’t wait for long form trip video.
Soo excited to see you and Jeremiah again!! But that horse 🤣😂
loved that "gotta get the camera"-montage! solid vid! looking forward to everything that is to come!
That was a great edit, btw.
One benefit of those Rotor rings: helps your pedaling technique/feel/and gearing choice on standard rings.
Meh there OK I guess
Anyone else notice the great dynamic range on this video (at least watching in 2K), really shows the majesty and beauty of the ride. Great content as always VC!!!
Fantastic video. Every time I watch, it makes me want to go for a ride. I’ve thought the same thing about the o ring. I really need to try it. Looking forward to the Death Valley adventure! Luv ya.
Hi, just found your channel. Vegans rule💪🙂 Swapped to an AB 40t oval X 11-40 grx for my do everything bike, CX-Gravel-Road😮👍 Your comments totally match my experience! Sooooo smooth, maybe helps that I’m a strong mountain runner, but seated climbing compared with my riding buddies, I’m just killing them now! And they are getting pissed with me going on about the ‘oval’😂 (lovin’ your backing music)
Thank you for taking the time to do these videos... The amount of time you take to set up the GoPro,,Ride..then come back and get the Go Pro and even talking about the editing time. LOVE EM
New gear, gonna CHANGE everything... Lol I love it, so true
Your fitness has never been better, your team is great, you have a natural talent for making great films, bike is amazing, your gonna do great🏆
What a beautiful film. Beautiful scenery, beautiful bike and a fantastic choice of music. Perfect for a late Sunday night in bed in freezing cold Poland!
The last minute of this video was the best. Was thinking the whole way through “You got to show us picking up your cameras.” and then you did! Great video as always.
SPIDER? Tyler, no idea if you will see this or even care but man at 10:14 in this vid it sure looks like you have a big ass spider on your right shoulder! Maybe I’m seeing things, dunno, but great content as always. Thanks for taking the time to share your work with us!
Started riding oval years ago using Shimano Biopace when they first came out. Rode for the first time with them on and never looked back. That was in 87 when I was 15 and still on oval today.
Good luck on the Impossible Route and thanks for the content.
The real pro tip here is the Hardcore History w/ Dan Carlin plug.
a VC video! What a great start to the weekend
The camera pick up finale made me laugh.
I run absolute black oval on my diverge and love it. I will never go back getting ready to put one on my mountain bike.🤙
can't stress enough how much I appreciate your videos from Vermont much love thanks VC!!!!
If your videos were going to be shown in IMAX theaters, I WOULD GO IN A ⚡️
Seriously this video is somehow of an EVEN HIGHER quality than the ridiculously high quality of all your videos. It's not just better equipment. It's better artistry.
You’re always super kind Brian. I’m working on making this upcoming Death Valley video be an actual “FILM”. I want it to be the best quality story I’ve ever produced.
@@TheVCAdventures Thanks for the reply Tyler. It's my pleasure man. Your Death Valley project sounds so epic, even for you. Happy riding, have a great trip, and looking forward to seeing your film 🎥 💥 💥 💥
Not only do we get bike crazy but also a beautiful presentation and great music, thank you, Dude.
I have had oval on my MTB and Gravel/Road bike for 4ish years: Smooths out the torque delivery big time. Biggest difference I have notice is in the tech and when ever traction is needed most. Instantly noticed on zwift how much oval smoothed out my watts delivery. Never going back to regular rings.
Frickin God’s Country man. The scenic aspect of rides is so therapeutic. Nice work!
Welcome to the oval club! Every time I ride normal chainrings it feels like an invisible force stopping my leg at the top where I’m the weakest. It sounds like bs but it’s crazy how it feels when coming back
Luv my Rotor 2in power with oval Q rings on my road bike...I think everything you said is pretty dam spot on 👍
These vids are gettin’ better each time. So cool! You’re putting the norm right up there. Thanks for the great content each time. Looks like a blast making it..
OMG you made my day at 4:54 Nice video Tyler love your channel
So I got a power2max power meter for my mountain bike which forced me to change from a standard chain ring to a 4 bolt chain ring. I decided to go oval and give it a shot and the first ride same thing as you. Took it to a trail for a couple quick laps and a couple times I looked down and was going 1-2 mph faster than I expected. I did a few hard as I could push 15 second sprints and the bike was a missile. No joke at the end of the trail is a straight line sprint and the second one I did I was going 4 mph faster at the end than I normally do, I thought it was a mistake and looked again on Strava and it was there too. I've never been the type of person that thought you could buy power, but that's what the oval ring feels like. I almost feel like I cheated myself out of training harder, just go buy an oval ring.
That closing sequence of picking up the camera from others shots was fun, great idea.
the weather looks great, love the scenery. Pretty lucky to get that. Nice video. Thank you!
love ❤️ your gravel setup
Totally get it, bought a Wolftooth oval about 5 months ago and was totally shocked by the smooth character and possible power increase. What I can say for sure was that my HR was down a bit over a very familiar course ridden multiple times in similar conditions. Not like old Biopace, will be on my bike for the Gravel Locos 150 for sure.
I loved the 'Camera Pick Up' aspect
Dude, thanks for all the inspiration and work! Finished my first gravel race today, your inspiration helped,.
Remember Shimano Biopace?.....had triple oval rings on my first full rigid MTB in the early 90's.
yep. they 'almost' had it right. think there was an issue that's been developed out in the new models. granted they look the same.
Love the scenery and the music!
Such a beautiful ride. I love how you do all your climbs twice.
Can't wait sforza the vlog of your next adventure .
Enjoy the death Valley ride !!!
I just LOVE your videos… I can't wait to see the full documentary. Best of luck!!!
Ye look here VC, these vids your doing are real great 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Been watching yer stuff for a good while now, wondering about all these shots, it’s just crazy how you set up the camera, cycle back, do the shot, then cycle back again to pick up the camera! Just crazy. Thank you so much for yer vids. I’m looking real forward to Death Valley, if yer could get a move on with that please 😁. Big respect to you Vegan Cycling Crazy Man, properly looking after subscribers 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻🥳
I just started running an absolute black oval on my XC Mtb a couple months ago . I’m happy to know I’m not the only Dork in this world 👍
I support you as long as you wont be using an oval lens. Have them on my TT and love them too. Great job for trying them out and loved the vid!! The music was so well chosen. Love from Holland!
really appreciating the little bit of family element in the vids
Haha, cool to see you doing the camera pickups at the end.
Love these scenic country ride video’s you do.
good luck on the impossible route, looking forward to the vids.. loving the outtakes collecting the camera
11:35 Oval pizzas too :D Very cool video. Loved the music!
Great video, Tyler. Cine, color, story. Awesome.
I have compact ovals on my climbing bike Cervelo R5 and round on my aero road bike S5. I can't really feel the difference if anything I find the round smoother as that is what I have ridden for years , the different i have found is unless you spend for ever fine tuning the front the change is iffy, works well now. I would not bother again, glad they work for you.
That was a truly beautiful video VC, very professional! 🤟🤟💪
I have used oval rings for a long time. I'm a big guy...so they really make a difference in my hill climbing...like you said, it smooths out the stroke...I find it easier to maintain higher speeds with the oval as well.
Oval chainrings, sure, but you're in serious kook territory with the oval pizzas, too. And I grin and say good for you, Tyler, you and your bud getting all wild west buckaroo. And you already have the soundtrack, cool. Happy trails!
Love the outro. Big respect for this video doing it as a one-man show. This is really stuff.
Nice ride. Like the rings. Impossible ride sounds great. Take care and stay safe, Al
Rode oval on my MTB back in the early 90’s when they were set up so the oval was in the wrong part of the pedal stroke. It was weird. So glad Rotor revisited and got it right! Still riding round since then though.
Looking forward to impossible route 2 - journey into the furness, or whatever it going to be called😊🔥
I’m just guessing but I think you might like the oval Tyler!! Great shooting by the way. Awesome. Thanks a bunch.
Absolute Black oval on my hard tail. Great stuff
Many years ago I had a Shimano biopace crank on my MTB and I loved it! nice to see the oval crank is still around :)
This is completely different. Biopace was not timed right.
really really appreciate the content you're putting out but all those camera angles and perspectives... man you're a champ i wish you the very best of luck and success in all you do
I’m glad u added the last min and a half because I was going to ask that 😂
B roll game on point. 👌 Lion’s Mane on pizza next level. Now I gotta try an oval ring. So influential. 👍
Your idea of cold and gloomy is vastly different than mine. That being said, from the south shore of Lake Superior I could use some of your cold and gloomy and that beautiful country landscape. Enjoy the next 8 days!
My first road bike, over thirty years ago, was a Miata brand and it came with Shimano BioPace chainrings. It wasn't pointed out to me by bike shop sales person. I didn't even know what I had for several months after buying the bike and just noticed the word "biopace" on the side of the large chainring while cleaning the bike. Some TH-cam vids explain how re-orienting the chainrings from their original position will actual give you more benefit.
Oval for the WIN! Been running them for 8 years and like you, I noticed the 4% gain right out the gate brah! 🤘
ive been using ovals for over 2 years and i really do love them, hard to describe to someone but they are just amazing
My front derailleur hangar broke and Cannondale wouldn't fix it. So, I was forced to go 1x on my road bike. And, oval rings were the result. I think I can tell the difference? Especially going up hill. I think? But, I figured it might just be the hype - placebo effect. I'm glad they're making you happy though.
Love your positive attitude men
My best friend always talks about how difficult it was to walk through death valley on holiday. You´re going to freaking ride through it. For 8 days. Good luck man!
Thank you for the video 👍When I was a young racer in 1988 I used Shimano Ultegra Biopace rings which where oval 👍.I don't know why Shimano discontinued this technology 🙁
Keep the hair and keep rocking the chill riding shirt.
Ive got Absolute Black on my BMC TeamMachine and i love them too
Thoroughly enjoyed that!👍
Some rides you just have to stop and smell the cow pies my friend 😎
If you're running 1x then you shoulda absolutely run oval. My experience is exactly the same as yours. It eliminates the dead spots in the pedal turn over and your cadence naturally accelerates on the spots where you have an effectively smaller crank to smooth the power out. I find myself constantly climbing in a higher gear than i should because its so easy to turn the cranks over.
Sounds like a nice plan 😄 good luck and always enjoy your ride! 🖖
Feeling some serious VC love here. Awesome work - don't mind the horses!
I put an oval on my single speed. Total game changer
Love your content so much, there's no way u can improve anymore.
I prefer having oval chainrings, too. They help me feel considerably less fatigued during and after rides, especially if there's lots of climbing.
I choose Absolute Black oval chainrings for my bikes.
Dig the western vibes with music. Felt like I was watching “Vegan Young Guns” 😂... killing it dude!
Your horse scare made me lol. I'm the same way about moths. Everythings fine...., until they fly!
You get me, bro.
Still the best creator on the tube.
Yea!
Came back today just to watch the comedic genius at 9:30
dude im sold, next time i had to change my chainring its going to be oval!!!
I use oval on my MTB a 34T Sram and I love it...but I cant on my gravel because is a Ebike
Love your videos 👊
Yes I’ve ridden oval rings on a 90’s Raleigh Massif
Man what a great vid, scenery was just amazing!
Diggin the vlogs once again . Keep up man, love you bro’.
The first guy I remember really using those Oval rings to great affect was Bobby Julich. They're supposed to be pretty cool.
Wow, selecting a camera spot, setting up the camera, going back and riding by the camera, going back to retrieve the camera, repeat over and over. This must make the ride take 5 times as long. And editing all of it when you get home. Great job!!!
Heyhey, I totally love your videos, they are super inspiring. This one makes me feel like i need to get an Oval ring :D Greetings from Hungary