The second he started that KOM attempt and all the traffic came out of no where, like The Truman show. That's an omen right there, I would choose another hill.
He tried to catch Phil's tempo for a few seconds and there was a clear visible moment when he gave up. I can imagine what was running in his head... something like "Let's stick with this guy. He will pull me up. Damn, he goes fast, but if he can go, I can too..." ...and 10 seconds later: "...how the hell he does it?!!!" :D
@@Rotoped64 yea he tried, but top marks for even thinking he could put more power than he was before that. Phil is a monster so anyone else I see on the video can hang even even for 5 seconds that's impressive to me.
after listening to you describe why it wasn't perfect I was worried, then I saw all that traffic......now I feel like the friend whose buddy just told him he got engaged to the girl everyone hates and who is terrible for him, and I just have to sit by and watch it play out! :(
I'm really looking forward to your Everesting, but I'm wondering if you haven't alked yourself into this route being good. Looks dangerous to me especially for someone who is very fatigued. Would hate to see you get injured. Best of luck whatever you decide.
Props though, just to keep up you’d probably have to do 600 watts for a couple of minutes. And props for making sure when you asked about the grade you made sure you didn’t sound out of breath. It’s an art!
Agreed, the cargo van delivering packages, the random gawking suv, indicates there's more than enough traffic during the day to cause bottlenecks, delays, potential danger. Logistically, it would not be my first choice
Definitely not suited for Everesting. The descent is way too sketchy and will kill you if you go down 75 times brakeless. Don't do that. I'm sure there are better hills. Ask you old Columbian Pro Mates. I'm sure there is something ideal there. Or places like bolivia or Peru. They have some remote wide straight and steep roads.
Gear ratio can be computed from your cadence and speed, but it would be cool to have that separated out (just to watch how dialed in you have your shifts). [Congrats on engagement/house!! You've made this year a little better, you deserve those smiles]
What an absolutely inhuman and masochistic thing to put yourself through, seriously, it's bloody insane! Thank heavens there are nutters like Phil to entertain us mere mortals! Good luck Phil.
@@Brutal3nforcer Nice catch, it's a Dyono. This looks way too close of a normal road bike. No wonder what the buyers expect to achieve with "stealthy" E-bikes like that... They are just lazzy rich people that want to appear as fast riders.
@@simonrano8072 another user had commented that you can hear the motor whine just before he asks the gradient. poor lad probably had to pedal for the first time 😂
I'm joining in on the herd's sentiment that it's a sketchy road. The 55 mph descent with traffic near the bottom gives me the willies. I also hope you didn't blow your spot up too badly.
Thanks for taking us up another hill in California, Phil, and I think you have found a good one for your next attempt. And at the start of the year-end GCN Show, they talk about you--whoop whoop--and the others who have subsequently climbed faster than you--boo hiss. And I grin but it was great seeing their nod to all the Everesters.
I would love to meet up with Phil next time I visit L.A.,he's very inspiring,I love all his antics and obsessions with KOMing all these Hills,we got a few in NY also.🤔👍👍👍👍
8 watts/kg for 3.5 minutes...wow. Dropped the e-biker. Still, Everesting on a 3.5 minute climb with a 50 mph DH with no shoulders and too narrow to pass when traffic is going both ways? Yikes.
OMG you kept your bottle cages on?!?!? :) Super-impressive, but I was amazed at the amount of traffic, not just vehicles, but even one paper-boying bke. It may be challenging to let it go on the descent all day.
Pros taking KOMs on strava sucks. Retired pros still training 20h+ a week stealing the remaining worthwhile KOMs is the second worst thing. At least from my perspective as a 50y old who struggles to train 7h a week. Plenty of sour grapes to go around.
Phil I hope you see this - are you going to have traffic spotters at the bottom, middle and top of the course and some kind of team radio set up during your attempt? I feel like you need to get radio notifications of cars coming up the course during your descents. Be careful and go get it Phil 💪
I am thinking at the start...too much traffic...15 houses you will have to time that right between deliveries, gardeners, etc. would be cool if you can get some support.
Kinda late to the party because I couldn't think of any segments that might qualify, but when I was watching this I remembered there's one stretch of Bohlman near here that's remarkably straight with a consistent 10-11% grade for about a mile. This segment covers the middle section www.strava.com/segments/6092593 but you can extend both ends by a ways with pretty much the same road conditions. There's one intersection that you have perfect visibility for going downhill, I think maybe one driveway, and basically no car traffic at all. It's also nice and shady in case you're doing it in the summer. Either way good luck on the everesting!
Hey Phil, why hasn’t anyone used a hill (or a pair of hills) with a saddleback profile? ie a hill on either side of a valley. So you are only turning at the top of each hill, that way there would be no energy wasted at the bottom braking to turn plus there’d be a little added momentum at the start of the next ascent... A pretty tall ask finding this, but surely this would be more energy efficient? 🤘💪
@@wallacedavidg You must live somewhere extremely flat, right? As of 2020 I have 5271 combined km (2200 km running, 80 km swimming and the rest cycling) and I have gained almost the same elevation as you with close to half the distance.
The descent looks dangerous to me.....aren’t there too many driveways, traffic near the junction and a building site? I love a fast downhill....but watch out! Ride safe! 🤞👌
I was watching out for the flat bit, and then I realised that "flat" in Phil's world is roughly as steep as my local super-steep hill. Also I just did the math, and for that power-to-weight I'd have to put out a kilowatt. Definitely not going to be sustaining that anytime soon...
it's weird how in california(?) few roads have sidewalks, like the infrastructure is created for motorists, but not pedestrians. if you dont have a car you are quite limited as to where you can go
Well, we dont know when this guy started his day or when he is gonna call this day. Early in the morning Malibu is pretty cold. North Hollywood had 9C this morning. I like wearing leg warmers when it's 9C outside. PS: Good job Phil!
Regardless of leggings, I'll never understand dressing in all black when idiot drivers have enough trouble seeing someone fully clowned out in multiple colours + lights.
@@getoutsidewithsimon8180 🙋♂️ agree. I use my headlight during the day and they don't give a f about that as well. Didn't know DMV gives DL to blind ppl...
You can estimate the gear ratio from the speed, cadence, and assumed wheel diameter (ratio = 8.538*s/(c*d), where s is speed in mph, c is cadence in rpm, and d is wheel diameter in meters). For example, assuming a wheel diameter of 0.672 m, cadence of 79 rpm, and speed of 9 mph, the gear ratio is about 1.448. I'm not sure whether Phil is using standard or compact gearing, but 39/27 = 1.444 (a common standard ratio), so that would be my guess in that instance.
@@michaelpolakowski7301 or guesstimate ( chainring teeth count ÷ cog teeth count ) x 7.1 = speed at 90 rpms ...then you adjust off that number (x .9 = 81rpm...x .8 = 72 rpm...x.7 = 63 rpm) 39÷27=1.444 x 7.1 = 10.25 ...x .9 = 9.2mph A good practice is to learn the 90rpm speed of most of your common gears as it is the sweet spot of efficiency
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You know it’s bad when the 9% appears to be a false flat on-screen
i completely missed the false flat.
I was thinking the same. Kept thinking to myself, where is the flat portion he mentioned, LOL. Anytime thought was nope was still about 14%. OUCH!
You also know it's bad when you see single digit speeds but the watts are over 500.
The second he started that KOM attempt and all the traffic came out of no where, like The Truman show. That's an omen right there, I would choose another hill.
Fair play to the other guy, he was also putting out some serious watts now.
especially since he was zig zagging up the road before phil passed him ,lol
He tried to catch Phil's tempo for a few seconds and there was a clear visible moment when he gave up. I can imagine what was running in his head... something like "Let's stick with this guy. He will pull me up. Damn, he goes fast, but if he can go, I can too..." ...and 10 seconds later: "...how the hell he does it?!!!" :D
And Phil, your KOM time? #fanswannaknow
@@Rotoped64 'pulling' up 16% gradient?! It's every man for himself when it comes to that 🙂
@@Rotoped64 yea he tried, but top marks for even thinking he could put more power than he was before that. Phil is a monster so anyone else I see on the video can hang even even for 5 seconds that's impressive to me.
75 times?!!! I’d rather cut my feet with a blunt spoon and climb an Everest made of salt. Insane.
🙄
LMAO!!
Yuck. I'd rather pull my teeth with a hammer and punch.
after listening to you describe why it wasn't perfect I was worried, then I saw all that traffic......now I feel like the friend whose buddy just told him he got engaged to the girl everyone hates and who is terrible for him, and I just have to sit by and watch it play out! :(
I'm really looking forward to your Everesting, but I'm wondering if you haven't alked yourself into this route being good. Looks dangerous to me especially for someone who is very fatigued. Would hate to see you get injured. Best of luck whatever you decide.
The guy in front is swerving all over the road and then relaxes at the top but then sees him and instantly goes high cadence 😄
This is a normal phenomenon...worldwide...🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@tinted87 yes
@@tinted87 happens to me too sometimes lol, then i realize and then my cadence back down :)
Me getting passed by Phil
Me thinking I can keep up with a retired ex Pro.
Me not realizing it’s Phil.
Lol
Props though, just to keep up you’d probably have to do 600 watts for a couple of minutes. And props for making sure when you asked about the grade you made sure you didn’t sound out of breath. It’s an art!
@@mikeburton8426 he was on a e-bike...
aannnnnnd then suddenly it's the most heavily trafficked road in LA.
Are you sure that's going to be a safe downhil for Everestingl? Looks like some potential problem spots.
Agreed, the cargo van delivering packages, the random gawking suv, indicates there's more than enough traffic during the day to cause bottlenecks, delays, potential danger. Logistically, it would not be my first choice
Ja, definitely looked busy, especially right at the bottom. Hate to come into that traffic at 55mph
Definitely not suited for Everesting. The descent is way too sketchy and will kill you if you go down 75 times brakeless. Don't do that. I'm sure there are better hills. Ask you old Columbian Pro Mates. I'm sure there is something ideal there. Or places like bolivia or Peru. They have some remote wide straight and steep roads.
Should be ok. He's only going 55mph after a massive effort. Every time. Egads.
Strava advises you only gave it 97% effort. Poor show.
Lame, huh?
Everyone’s a critic 😂😂
Too much traffic, Phil. You'll have to do it on an early Sunday morning or something.
Exactly what I was thinking...Sunday...no couriers
that traffic though... and the green honda parked on a 25%er
7:01 you can hear the e-motor on the Pinarello
Gear ratio can be computed from your cadence and speed, but it would be cool to have that separated out (just to watch how dialed in you have your shifts).
[Congrats on engagement/house!! You've made this year a little better, you deserve those smiles]
What an absolutely inhuman and masochistic thing to put yourself through, seriously, it's bloody insane! Thank heavens there are nutters like Phil to entertain us mere mortals!
Good luck Phil.
That looked painful! Awesome work, Phil.
I look forward to seeing your new Everesting record.
Does that guy get a “ a held Gaimon’s wheel for 3 seconds” t-shirt?
on an e-bike
@@Brutal3nforcer Nice catch, it's a Dyono. This looks way too close of a normal road bike. No wonder what the buyers expect to achieve with "stealthy" E-bikes like that... They are just lazzy rich people that want to appear as fast riders.
@@simonrano8072 another user had commented that you can hear the motor whine just before he asks the gradient. poor lad probably had to pedal for the first time 😂
@@Brutal3nforcer he will soon discover that legs create heat when you pedal for real and get rid of the legwarmers XD
I was wondering if that was an ebike cause if not he would need to put out upwards of 400 watts which is still a lot of power
I'm joining in on the herd's sentiment that it's a sketchy road. The 55 mph descent with traffic near the bottom gives me the willies.
I also hope you didn't blow your spot up too badly.
Phil is maybe the worst person to draft off of on a hill, lol.
@@pope406 he wasn’t even hanging on
@@pope406 you must be fun at party hahaha
@@wawanlapandua actually I am
@@pope406 "Can I hang on to your Bach wheel? Just for a minuet"
@@pope406 he didn’t have time to ask..he was dropped almost instantly. Phil wouldn’t answer him anyway with where his head would be at at.
Thanks for taking us up another hill in California, Phil, and I think you have found a good one for your next attempt. And at the start of the year-end GCN Show, they talk about you--whoop whoop--and the others who have subsequently climbed faster than you--boo hiss. And I grin but it was great seeing their nod to all the Everesters.
I would love to meet up with Phil next time I visit L.A.,he's very inspiring,I love all his antics and obsessions with KOMing all these Hills,we got a few in NY also.🤔👍👍👍👍
8 watts/kg for 3.5 minutes...wow. Dropped the e-biker. Still, Everesting on a 3.5 minute climb with a 50 mph DH with no shoulders and too narrow to pass when traffic is going both ways? Yikes.
So you train here in Colombia...
A man of culture indeed!
Congrats and welcome to this beautiful Nation!!
The great thing about Tanners Ridge road (current record location) is that it ends at a gate; there is no traffic. Come to Virginia!
Nice work! All KOM videos from now on should feature a regular person for comparison 😜
Well the guy did seem even better than a regular person. Probably much better.
For reference, that was a regular person ON AN E-BIKE!!!! 7:01
OMG you kept your bottle cages on?!?!? :) Super-impressive, but I was amazed at the amount of traffic, not just vehicles, but even one paper-boying bke. It may be challenging to let it go on the descent all day.
04:28 The guy switch-backing was a nice touch. Yeah, we get it, it's steep Phil... it's steep. (Looking forward to you getting the record back!)
Keep pushing, no matter how many tries it takes off camera. Its those efforts that count.
That hill is not safe to Everest in my inexperienced opinion
"WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT IN PROGRESS" "Please encourage the cyclist." [???] signs are the order for the day.
When are you doing the Everesting? Also, as someone who rides in the area, do you think you could leave at least 1 KOM for the rest of us mortals?
Pros taking KOMs on strava sucks. Retired pros still training 20h+ a week stealing the remaining worthwhile KOMs is the second worst thing. At least from my perspective as a 50y old who struggles to train 7h a week. Plenty of sour grapes to go around.
@@eugeneswanepoel877 Not many 50+ athletes even close to these pros and retired pros. It's an entirely different domain. Why let it bother you?
@@tristanwhite8411 Good point, thanks.
Hah, Pinarello dude was going for it after Phil passed him!
and you can see why he got dropped immediately, what a difference in cycling
@@samulihirsi riding bikes is hard.
Strong work 👍 ......have to agree with others though - doing 55 mph down that hill would be downright dangerous and asking for trouble
I would struggle to just get up it. Good luck if you decide to do it on that climb
Quite amazing how much power you can generate seated. I have to stand at anything over 400W's and I'm not doing that for long.
Phil I hope you see this - are you going to have traffic spotters at the bottom, middle and top of the course and some kind of team radio set up during your attempt? I feel like you need to get radio notifications of cars coming up the course during your descents. Be careful and go get it Phil 💪
I think that's a good idea
i finally tried a 26% grade hill here in socal. couldnt even get to the top. scary as shit going back down.
I am thinking at the start...too much traffic...15 houses you will have to time that right between deliveries, gardeners, etc. would be cool if you can get some support.
The look when he says "that has the current record" rofl..
Kinda late to the party because I couldn't think of any segments that might qualify, but when I was watching this I remembered there's one stretch of Bohlman near here that's remarkably straight with a consistent 10-11% grade for about a mile.
This segment covers the middle section www.strava.com/segments/6092593 but you can extend both ends by a ways with pretty much the same road conditions. There's one intersection that you have perfect visibility for going downhill, I think maybe one driveway, and basically no car traffic at all. It's also nice and shady in case you're doing it in the summer.
Either way good luck on the everesting!
Hey Phil, why hasn’t anyone used a hill (or a pair of hills) with a saddleback profile? ie a hill on either side of a valley. So you are only turning at the top of each hill, that way there would be no energy wasted at the bottom braking to turn plus there’d be a little added momentum at the start of the next ascent... A pretty tall ask finding this, but surely this would be more energy efficient? 🤘💪
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Thats not legal for "everesting" - These are the rules everyone seems to be playing by: everesting.cc/the-rules/
So did you get the KOM? What time?...... dont leave us hanging
He got it, deets on Strava say 3:26 👍
@@MichaelDreksler thanks bro. tried to find the ride he did but got lost in all the rides he's been hammering. thank you
Can't belive I had to scroll so far to find this comment...
75 times up that hill and gradient, ouch😭 That Pinarello rider didn’t get much of a drafting benefit. Strong effort Phil.👏👏
Wow. I was wanting to look, and the link took me there. You've logged 441000 metres of climbing in 2020!! That's an insane amount.
the international space station is at 408kms
winston cat - 2020 is my biggest year on my bike. 10,080 km with 44,820 m, my profile would look like a pancake (a small dollar size) next to Phil's.
@@wallacedavidg I just passed 200,000 m today. Felt pretty pleased with myself. Until.... ;-)
@@carlosgaspar8447 Oh my! When you put it like that!
@@wallacedavidg You must live somewhere extremely flat, right? As of 2020 I have 5271 combined km (2200 km running, 80 km swimming and the rest cycling) and I have gained almost the same elevation as you with close to half the distance.
Far Out Mon and to think it was only a year ago You were Hittin de Deck in T Town!!
The guy on the pinarello was paperboying! Love it.
"The good news is I only have to do this 75 times". That's not good news, Phil, that's hell on earth.
That much traffic at the bottom would worry me A LOT. With 75 descents there's a lot that could go wrong.
and nice that you found it in your backyard!
I didn't catch the official time, but reckon it's about 3:30 Nice work Phil! I'm rooting for ya.
3:26 min. www.strava.com/activities/4435345619
You should also have an average human being in the middle of your KOM. This way you get a real sense of how hard you are working.
YOu mean like every KOM he tries? I think that's actually a fantastic idea... lol
You are looking super fit right now man!
No Strava final time? Guess I'll have to look it up.
yeah thats what I was thinking
What gears where you using to climb the hill?
The descent looks dangerous to me.....aren’t there too many driveways, traffic near the junction and a building site? I love a fast downhill....but watch out! Ride safe! 🤞👌
Go ahead and get it Phil.
@5:25 Phil destroys an orthodontist
on an e-bike no less 7:01
@@nycLPplayer Whaaaat?!?! You are right!!
Also, what gearing are you using? 93 rpm at 10 mph is a 36/30?
138 vertical meters, you'd need to do it 65 times for an Everest.
Feel sorry for the guy paperboying up the hill when you blow by.
I was watching out for the flat bit, and then I realised that "flat" in Phil's world is roughly as steep as my local super-steep hill.
Also I just did the math, and for that power-to-weight I'd have to put out a kilowatt. Definitely not going to be sustaining that anytime soon...
You found your segment, Phil. Go for it!
I feel sad. The intro should stop when the garage door is closed.
The intro music, to be more precise, PHIL
Time??? Did you get it?
Awesome Drum & Bass track! Who produced this track?
it's weird how in california(?) few roads have sidewalks, like the infrastructure is created for motorists, but not pedestrians. if you dont have a car you are quite limited as to where you can go
Truer words were never spoken. Or typed or whatever.
Santos Ranch Road in Pleasanton Ca.. they might open the gate for you.
This video made me really happy
So rude of that white van not you give you a tow. Also, I love all the rubberneckers gawking. Maybe they've never seen the stars and cookie stripes?
Oh cool, I rode Trancas once kinda on accident(: it’s a grind for sure!
Great news!
Gotta love the dude paperboying up the hill then thinking he's going to make it a race for a minute or so.
you gotta aero tuck, every second counts!
I'm super disappointed that the cube van driver didn't scream obscenities at you.
Haha @ the guy who wanted to take a free lift :D Made my day
Other guy trying to keep up on his Disc Brake Army Tank LOL
How’s that ism carbon saddle? I was looking to upgrade my ism 4.0 to the full carbon version and save the 100+ grams. Would you recommend it?
The car was having a hard time keeping up. And that random dentist.
I thought the dentist did pretty well. Plenty of “old hands” wouldn’t get up there like the dentist did.
@@somnumna2606 To be fair, he was on an e-bike.
Doing that once is enough. 75 times is crazy town!
Good luck on everest round 2!
Liking the drum & bass soundtrack. Who is the artist?
whats your gearing? how do you train to sustain 10-11mph on 15%+ climbs what kind of training regiment
Hope there is less traffic at the bottom on the day of the attempt!
Love the dude at 5:10 that thinks he’s going to get a free draft to the top. Nope. Didn’t realize what was happening.
Dressed for winter in Vermont guy: "I'm gonna jump on this guy's wheel. OK, I'm actually not gonna jump on this guy's wheel."
No shit. Who needs leg warmers in Malibu, on CLIMBS?! Good gawd, that guy needs to HTFU.
Well, we dont know when this guy started his day or when he is gonna call this day. Early in the morning Malibu is pretty cold. North Hollywood had 9C this morning. I like wearing leg warmers when it's 9C outside.
PS: Good job Phil!
Regardless of leggings, I'll never understand dressing in all black when idiot drivers have enough trouble seeing someone fully clowned out in multiple colours + lights.
@@getoutsidewithsimon8180 🙋♂️ agree. I use my headlight during the day and they don't give a f about that as well. Didn't know DMV gives DL to blind ppl...
@@alexgrytsenko85 Exactly, the whole "I didn't see you" really means "I didn't look"
Is there a simple way to transpose your power and other data on the video screen like Phil does here? Is it a particular software?
Did you get the KOM Phil? Oh and it's always good to pass an E bike!
That road looks super dangerous for the downhill part, way too many garrage doors and cars
The way he spins at 15% is how I spin going down San Vicente 🤣
LMAO! "I only gotta do it 75 times."
Phil is super strong, diesel power!
What was your HR? That was a monster effort. Wow.
I reckon this isn't the hill he's doing it on and is just trolling us
Hopefully
You need a loop course.
I wish there was a "what gear you're in" up on the screen, I'm curious what you are using for some reason.
You can estimate the gear ratio from the speed, cadence, and assumed wheel diameter (ratio = 8.538*s/(c*d), where s is speed in mph, c is cadence in rpm, and d is wheel diameter in meters). For example, assuming a wheel diameter of 0.672 m, cadence of 79 rpm, and speed of 9 mph, the gear ratio is about 1.448. I'm not sure whether Phil is using standard or compact gearing, but 39/27 = 1.444 (a common standard ratio), so that would be my guess in that instance.
@@michaelpolakowski7301 or guesstimate ( chainring teeth count ÷ cog teeth count ) x 7.1 = speed at 90 rpms ...then you adjust off that number (x .9 = 81rpm...x .8 = 72 rpm...x.7 = 63 rpm)
39÷27=1.444 x 7.1 = 10.25 ...x .9 = 9.2mph
A good practice is to learn the 90rpm speed of most of your common gears as it is the sweet spot of efficiency
Man, that's a brutal climb.
That's the most cars I've seen on Trancas ever!
Did I miss the results or do we just have to go to strava to see?
Sorry Phil, I just did it in 3:25. A car counts, right?