Tequila!!! I'm serious! A little swig fights lactate acid and elevates the heart. It's known as the "Power Alcohol" because it gives you energy. And Dan just drinks boring beer. Think how far the Cervelo Test Team could have gone if they knew about Tequila..........
This really didn’t work on the turbo - almost choked on the steak and spilt the Claret. #askgcntech what’s the best way to clean red wine off carbon wheels (and my socks)?
@@ElonMuckX on a power lifting podcast, the athletes were talking about how a shot of liquor is just enough to make you feel like a super hero so you can hit your one rep max. It's not completely unfounded to take a belt of tequila like you suggest. alcohol is another energy source!
depends on the ride. I'm getting ready to do a gentle recovery ride so I'm having water and black coffee and that's it. But if I'm doing more, eggs and bacon with a fatty coffee. I like putting cream, butter and cacao butter in my coffee. If the ride requires prolonged bouts of high intensity I'll target those with carbs. Usually in the form of dates or Picky Bars. I'm in the states where I don't think we get Enervit. If it's a steady state ride, I fuel with fat bombs and nut butters.
Uni: You should really study for your courses My brain: Nah, let's watch Ollie Bridgewood eat cold steak with his hands while riding a bike. Me: Yeah sounds about right.
@@Fa0404B I'm not sure if that's GCN's way of saying hopefully Ollie could help you with that in your courses... or that you shouldn't listen to Ollie, but people with the right knowledge.
Clearly the retro gears were more demanding to muscular system rather than cardiovascular, hence the belief in high-protein diet. And wine? Just helps the digestion of steaks. Also would have appreciated Dr.Chem. Bridgewood get more into biochemestry of nicotine and how nicotinic acid (niacin) has become a vital part of energy drinks
Fascinating look into the history of cycling, good jokes and a presenter who is very happy to demonstrate the "hydration" habits of the past! Awesome video 😂😂👍🏼
My wife walked in front of our TV and heard a bit of Ollie's info about old school approach to the recovery:“ I am going for a run. And then I will recover like that pro, what was his name, Eddy Merckx, with red wine, that is a good approach!" :-)
That is pretty much the lifestyle I like to live during the summer holidays. Going for a long ride, having a nice steak after, then drinking some wine and smoking a good tipless "Roth Händle" with my friends.
Love from the east coast, love the cylcling videos just what I need to get it going the blood I love it. I always watch these before I go out and get my body moving. I always watch one of these, and then put up my heavy playlist like Delta Parole, Three Days Grace, System and then I just go haaaaard!!!! Tactic hasnt let me down yet.
At L'Eroica in Tuscany the food stop near Siena offered up red wine, as well as raw eggs, to get you into the spirit of the Good Old Days. I think that might have been authentic but the excellent ribollita white bean stew at the stop before the biggest climb of the day made that climb feel even bigger. And this is the second GCN video about cycling food where stroopwafels (aka Food of the Gods) are conspicuous by their absence.
Alcohol and the bike allways makes me think back to the 2012 tour de France. French TV were following the Europcar team behind the scenes that year with a daily video diary. This meant that every day you could watch the team neck a load of red wine over diner. After Wigo had won he had an interview with France2 on the champs-élysées and they gave him a pint to celebrate - which he studiously didn't drink saying "thanks but no thanks, I've got a time trial to win in a couple of weeks time". Wonder why French cycling hasn't been succesful at the tour...
Brilliant Video idea!! Fun thing for a winter-solstice-ride ... or as a wager : can you ride like eddy merckx? - with 5 steaks and 2 bottles of red *lol* would be an hour record to keep that all in for an hour
Great show, thanks! I also very much enjoy a glass or two of wine for post-ride recovery, I am very sure I get lots of benefits from it. However, I very much doubt that the heroes of those days were drinking Chilean wine 🤣
I’m a minute in and giving this video a like purely based on Ollie using a Denby Halo bowl to have his breakfast from. I’m a firm believer in fine crockery making a meal. Chapeau Ollie
thanks to GCN I eat so muchj more on my rides and never get the dreaded "bonk"anymore - I also find the post ride recovery drink for any ride over 90 mins an absolute life saver for my tired 42 yr old body!
i am around 98kg, i have a mtb with 50mm tyres that is a bit to small for me , i am 186 cm and startet cycling like 6 month ago , last run was (35km 680 meters of climbing)1 banana , 1 nut bar, 500ml water 500ml tea ,500ml sprite , 1 pork tongue, 1 hot choloate with a espresso shot, 1 scoop of vanilla icecream and the thing i liked most was the PORK tongue ;D
I'm 68 , work /still/ as auto mechanic , heavy work . Few years back I realized that eating only once a day works for me . Everyone thinks I'm crazy . Tea with honey and milk in the morning , at work only water . When I get home , quarter of cabbage , 2 big potatoes . Throw it in pressure cooker . Piece of fish , or chicken on the side . Wash with almost a bottle of red ..... No I'm not kidding . Bunch of grapes and maybe 2 slices of all grain bread with some cheese . Same when riding /except the red/ however I did Cypress Mtn. in West Vancouver "juiced up" . I qualified for the World Championship Gran Fondo last year . From Vancouver to Whistler in 4 hours ... Met Simon in Whistler . Too bad not happening this year . But to be honest when I'm at work I could eat more than anybody else ..... But my brain is OK with my routine . I really enjoy my dinners because my gut is not full . When I sleep I do not need fuel . So what I ate last night fuels me for the next day . Oh and Vancouver to Whistler on one or 2 bottles of water . 2 only if it's hot .... Is that weird ? Feel GREAT .
Free form amino acids like BCAA's, l-citrulline malate and beta-alanine work amazingly, along with 20 grams or so of dextrose and/or a mix of HBCD (highly branched cyclic dextrin) even in lower than normal dosages. Tolerance mapping (learning your own dosage requirement for your own body) takes a lot of time to get right, too.
One of the best, Ollie. However, I should point out that one of the greatest athletes of all time never bothered with any of this nonsense. Jocky Wilson is sadly missed.
I had a buddy when I was in the Marines that always smoked before a run. He insisted that is opened up his lungs and helped him to breath better. LOL! I've seen him light up a cigarette while running a PFT. It was hilarious seeing him run along with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Little did I know. He was just old school.
Eroica vintage bike rides celebrate the days of Coppi and Bartali. Food stops include delicious meats, cheeses, fruits, and, yes, wine. It seems to work for thousands of riders over demanding 150K courses. Perhaps not a race, but a very enjoyable way to experience a day on a steel bike, up and down mountains and over gravel sectors. At the finish? More of the same food and drink.
The steak was more of physiological thing they think it works so they feel it works and regardless energy is still energy steak is still better then empty stomach plus wine and beer help distract them from pain protein and alcohol stupid and ridiculous as it may seem is still better then nothing.
I want to see the follow up were Hank and Ollie do a zwift race, to prevent drunk driving. Hank on the retro diet and Ollie on the modern one. It would be fun to see.
We can't forget, after a ride or especially a race...our leg muscles will have been torn microscopically from the work we've done on them and to recover stronger, you want a high protein level meal to aid in rebuilding those muscle fibers. Carbs can be your second thought directly ride or race! Chocolate milk is great for a quick serving of protein!
Videos get no better than this. Thanks GCN. I’ll abstain from the cigarette. Thanks !!!!! Absinthe shot maybe. Get some extra power in. Meat definatey gives you power. 6 steaks for breakers.
That Barefoot wine Ollie is drinking is sometimes the only wine you can get at gas stations here in the US. It's the most God awful wine, but does pair appropriately with gas station pizza or a stale taquito.
What do you eat and drink to fuel your riding? Let us know👇
The Classic GCN flapjack (wi peanut butter) recipe still works wonders y’know!
Tequila!!! I'm serious! A little swig fights lactate acid and elevates the heart. It's known as the "Power Alcohol" because it gives you energy. And Dan just drinks boring beer. Think how far the Cervelo Test Team could have gone if they knew about Tequila..........
This really didn’t work on the turbo - almost choked on the steak and spilt the Claret. #askgcntech what’s the best way to clean red wine off carbon wheels (and my socks)?
@@ElonMuckX on a power lifting podcast, the athletes were talking about how a shot of liquor is just enough to make you feel like a super hero so you can hit your one rep max. It's not completely unfounded to take a belt of tequila like you suggest. alcohol is another energy source!
depends on the ride. I'm getting ready to do a gentle recovery ride so I'm having water and black coffee and that's it. But if I'm doing more, eggs and bacon with a fatty coffee. I like putting cream, butter and cacao butter in my coffee. If the ride requires prolonged bouts of high intensity I'll target those with carbs. Usually in the form of dates or Picky Bars. I'm in the states where I don't think we get Enervit. If it's a steady state ride, I fuel with fat bombs and nut butters.
I only smoke when I'm on fire ~ Ollie Bridgewood 2020
But an ad right in the middle of the punchline?! :-(
Classico!
I laughed out loud at that comment.
"I only smoke when I'm on fire" cracked me up. 🤣
Me too, Ollie has his moments 👌🏻😅😂
Smoking cigarettes has been replaced by vaping, is England that far behind?
Ollie makes what would otherwise be a rather dull topic very enjoyable.
"Coffee wasn't widely drunk pre-race..." and probably everyone was drunk post-race.
Wine and steak for breakfast, I am going to adopt this whether I am cycling or not.
😄😄
I wish your digestive system all the best
@Martin Kelly thats exactly the sort of genius innovation that cycling needs 👍
@Martin Kelly that is the best.
‘Quinoa if you’re feeling particularly middle class’ - might be the funniest thing ever said on the channel
Which is weird, because in South America it's peasant food or pig feed... It's just clever marketing, like Lobster, Diamonds, Kale 🤷♂️
@@santiandres5177 Is Kale posh?!
I would have agreed, but then I got to the "I only smoke when I'm on fire" line 🤣
@@gcn Not posh, but now it's treated as some amazing SUPERFOOD
As a member of the middle class, I avoid quinoa, because it is too expensive. I found it amusing as well.
Yes, kale is posh.
Uni: You should really study for your courses
My brain: Nah, let's watch Ollie Bridgewood eat cold steak with his hands while riding a bike.
Me: Yeah sounds about right.
Hopefully, you are on a sports nutrition course Fabian!
@@gcn no, it's Ollie's job to teach that ;)
@@Fa0404B I'm not sure if that's GCN's way of saying hopefully Ollie could help you with that in your courses... or that you shouldn't listen to Ollie, but people with the right knowledge.
A challenge today would be to reduce the amount of plastics for food during a ride. Would be interesting to get ideas from gcn on that.
Clearly the retro gears were more demanding to muscular system rather than cardiovascular, hence the belief in high-protein diet. And wine? Just helps the digestion of steaks.
Also would have appreciated Dr.Chem. Bridgewood get more into biochemestry of nicotine and how nicotinic acid (niacin) has become a vital part of energy drinks
Did Ollie have the idea to ride a €50 bike up a steep mountain after making this video?
Ok. All jokes and pithy comments aside. I love these history-based episodes. Keep up the great content Ollie!
Ollie having a cold steak flapping on the bike, why is this the funniest video of the year
Fascinating look into the history of cycling, good jokes and a presenter who is very happy to demonstrate the "hydration" habits of the past! Awesome video 😂😂👍🏼
On of the best GCN videos ever..actually cannot think of any better. Great job!
Thanks for sanitation and water treatment, can understand why alcohol was choice as they were more sterile
Ironically im eating chips and drinking beer while watching this ..
Luckily we have just started beer, chips and banter season! AKA Cyclocross season
Mtb year round = too much of all alcohol and lots of greasy foods
It’s called carb loading. You’re all good.
I'm eating steak!
This has to be one of your best videos ever! Informative, funny - it had everything!
Ollie seems to be enjoying the wine further into the video you go.. I wonder why 🤪
Fantastic video! Love to learn more about the sport‘s history, particularly if made so hilariously!
I just smashed out 50 miles in the rain this morning. It's half one in th afternoon and now I have a glass of red in my hand, guilt free, Cheers GCN
And have another - one for each leg.
Cheers.
Imagine the whole peloton being completely pissed these days, that would be so funny 😆
no mention of the radler? inconceivable!! i mean, the name literally translates into cyclist.
My wife walked in front of our TV and heard a bit of Ollie's info about old school approach to the recovery:“ I am going for a run. And then I will recover like that pro, what was his name, Eddy Merckx, with red wine, that is a good approach!" :-)
I have never been able to find a bike with a decent cigarette lighter 😎
Awesome Ollie! Very entertaining and informative! Fascinating history!
Crazy thing is the stages in the TDF were massively long back in day as well. Maybe good to allow give more digestive time 😝
That is pretty much the lifestyle I like to live during the summer holidays. Going for a long ride, having a nice steak after, then drinking some wine and smoking a good tipless "Roth Händle" with my friends.
A pint for breakfast is out these days. Sad.
eh !!!!!!! where do you live ??????
I had to take a triple look at that "vintage" footage of Hank! Great job on the colour grading!!!!!
(And Mark)
What a banger of a video! Brilliant
Ollie 2020: "i'm not going to smoke a pre-race cigaret because i only smoke... when i'm on fire".
GENIUS!!!
He seems to say "oatmeal" with a Swedish accent, not an American one.
...I hope this doesn't change the nutritional value of it 😂
@@kati2426 Only bears eat "porridge".....everyone else eats oatmeal b4 their rides.....
it sounds kinda Texan to me, you know, the guys from the south
Do you mean gröt? That‘s oatmeal in Swedish ;)
Hey ya'll, in Texas we have rolled oats for breakfast. Bet Ollie doesn't know the plural of ya'll 🤠. Just kidding Oliver. Good video.
I cannot imaging getting SCHLOSHED on a bike ride! That sounds like a challenge made for a fraternity
Me and my peloton do it yearly. Bar hopping on commuter bikes. So much fun man. Great memories with guys that are like family.
Lamp chops, steaks, brioche rolls...definitely my preferred diet for long distance rides, but admittedly hard to eat 😅
I’ll bet technical decents were WAY MORE exciting with wine for “hydrating” during a ride...if not for the spectators, definitely the riders
The best food video since the one about what not to eat on a bike with Simon and Matt!
When he said Oatmeal I was dying 😂
Love from the east coast, love the cylcling videos just what I need to get it going the blood I love it. I always watch these before I go out and get my body moving. I always watch one of these, and then put up my heavy playlist like Delta Parole, Three Days Grace, System and then I just go haaaaard!!!! Tactic hasnt let me down yet.
The morning cigarette has been replaced by Wake-and-Bake in the gravel community. Warms up the lungs.
At L'Eroica in Tuscany the food stop near Siena offered up red wine, as well as raw eggs, to get you into the spirit of the Good Old Days. I think that might have been authentic but the excellent ribollita white bean stew at the stop before the biggest climb of the day made that climb feel even bigger. And this is the second GCN video about cycling food where stroopwafels (aka Food of the Gods) are conspicuous by their absence.
Fantastic video. Well done
Alcohol and the bike allways makes me think back to the 2012 tour de France. French TV were following the Europcar team behind the scenes that year with a daily video diary. This meant that every day you could watch the team neck a load of red wine over diner.
After Wigo had won he had an interview with France2 on the champs-élysées and they gave him a pint to celebrate - which he studiously didn't drink saying "thanks but no thanks, I've got a time trial to win in a couple of weeks time".
Wonder why French cycling hasn't been succesful at the tour...
I love history while chugging red wine. Brilliant
Brilliant Video idea!! Fun thing for a winter-solstice-ride ... or as a wager : can you ride like eddy merckx? - with 5 steaks and 2 bottles of red *lol* would be an hour record to keep that all in for an hour
Great show, thanks!
I also very much enjoy a glass or two of wine for post-ride recovery, I am very sure I get lots of benefits from it.
However, I very much doubt that the heroes of those days were drinking Chilean wine 🤣
Fried egg, couple of slices of toast with camembert and pickle and 2 coffees before a ride, good to go for at least 100km after that!
Such a great video!! V v funny....ollie is quality!!!!
Information + fun, the best combination. Ta again Ollie!
Those miniature bottles of wine do fit in a small backpack well.
Regular sized bottles of wine fit neatly in a bottle cage.
Excellent story Olli!!
Ollie's 'American' accent reminds me of the 80's TV show Dallas.
I’m a minute in and giving this video a like purely based on Ollie using a Denby Halo bowl to have his breakfast from. I’m a firm believer in fine crockery making a meal. Chapeau Ollie
For the love of all watts, cut the steak into strips my man. They had knives.
Great content! Loved the Paleo drunk diet :)
Cyklists had more fun earlier. Dan Loyd had loved that time.
thanks to GCN I eat so muchj more on my rides and never get the dreaded "bonk"anymore - I also find the post ride recovery drink for any ride over 90 mins an absolute life saver for my tired 42 yr old body!
How many bottles did it take to get this right?
All of those shots of you drinking happily.
Keto before it was the new diet on the block! You had me at red wine!...
Great vid. Thank you
i am around 98kg, i have a mtb with 50mm tyres that is a bit to small for me , i am 186 cm and startet cycling like 6 month ago , last run was (35km 680 meters of climbing)1 banana , 1 nut bar, 500ml water 500ml tea ,500ml sprite , 1 pork tongue, 1 hot choloate with a espresso shot, 1 scoop of vanilla icecream and the thing i liked most was the PORK tongue ;D
When I'm on holiday I maintain a strict Eddie Merckx diet.
I want to see a 100k GCN race one dream with retro diet and one with modern :D please do that
I'm 68 , work /still/ as auto mechanic , heavy work . Few years back I realized that eating only once a day works for me . Everyone thinks I'm crazy . Tea with honey and milk in the morning , at work only water . When I get home , quarter of cabbage , 2 big potatoes . Throw it in pressure cooker . Piece of fish , or chicken on the side . Wash with almost a bottle of red ..... No I'm not kidding . Bunch of grapes and maybe 2 slices of all grain bread with some cheese . Same when riding /except the red/ however I did Cypress Mtn. in West Vancouver "juiced up" . I qualified for the World Championship Gran Fondo last year . From Vancouver to Whistler in 4 hours ... Met Simon in Whistler . Too bad not happening this year . But to be honest when I'm at work I could eat more than anybody else ..... But my brain is OK with my routine . I really enjoy my dinners because my gut is not full . When I sleep I do not need fuel . So what I ate last night fuels me for the next day . Oh and Vancouver to Whistler on one or 2 bottles of water . 2 only if it's hot .... Is that weird ? Feel GREAT .
But Gatorade et al. say we need 500 /1000 ml of sugary drink per hour to keep our blood glucose level stable during excercise...
They should bring back scavenging for food in cafes. I think that would be hilarious to watch in modern racing
How does his food bag remain staying at the back? My single strap bag will eventually shift to my front as if nature dictates it.
I love Shen you Say 'de rigueur' french in the texte ! Hope for you that wine was goog enough ! Phil from Paris
Free form amino acids like BCAA's, l-citrulline malate and beta-alanine work amazingly, along with 20 grams or so of dextrose and/or a mix of HBCD (highly branched cyclic dextrin) even in lower than normal dosages. Tolerance mapping (learning your own dosage requirement for your own body) takes a lot of time to get right, too.
That was so much fun to watch.
Loved watching Ollie get HAMMERED during this video. I bet he needed dozens of “takes” to get it just right! Brilliant video. 😂
I wonder if Ollie's handle bar tape is still smelling like that steak he ate.
Really nice video!
One of the best, Ollie.
However, I should point out that one of the greatest athletes of all time never bothered with any of this nonsense. Jocky Wilson is sadly missed.
I only smoke when I'm on fire...that epic line .. perfect for any blockbuster motion picture 🔥😎
I had a buddy when I was in the Marines that always smoked before a run. He insisted that is opened up his lungs and helped him to breath better. LOL! I've seen him light up a cigarette while running a PFT. It was hilarious seeing him run along with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. Little did I know. He was just old school.
Eroica vintage bike rides celebrate the days of Coppi and Bartali. Food stops include delicious meats, cheeses, fruits, and, yes, wine. It seems to work for thousands of riders over demanding 150K courses. Perhaps not a race, but a very enjoyable way to experience a day on a steel bike, up and down mountains and over gravel sectors. At the finish? More of the same food and drink.
The steak was more of physiological thing they think it works so they feel it works and regardless energy is still energy steak is still better then empty stomach plus wine and beer help distract them from pain protein and alcohol stupid and ridiculous as it may seem is still better then nothing.
As an American Ollie's constant attempts at the American accent make me chuckle. Now I want J-Pow to break out his Brit-poke-fun accent
Okay when are we going to get another episode of #GCNcyclinghistory great episode cheers
You know, after watching the GCN video of the old Tour stage, ridden on retro bikes... that sort of explains the boozing.
We needed to see Ollie interviewed after riding all day eating meat and drinking wine.
when i used to race in the middle 2000s i always ate at least 200 gr of pasta for breakfast before a race. worked beautifully
8 mins in - Ollie eating a steak in slow motion with some extra special snot sauce haha!...
How many takes 🎥 did Ollie make this film have 🍷🍷🍷🍷 ha ha , taxi for Ollie
I want to see the follow up were Hank and Ollie do a zwift race, to prevent drunk driving. Hank on the retro diet and Ollie on the modern one. It would be fun to see.
If I even think of having a glass of wine before a ride i fall asleep at the first tree.
We can't forget, after a ride or especially a race...our leg muscles will have been torn microscopically from the work we've done on them and to recover stronger, you want a high protein level meal to aid in rebuilding those muscle fibers. Carbs can be your second thought directly ride or race! Chocolate milk is great for a quick serving of protein!
I didn't know that I'm a retro cyclist, because I still carry wine during some rides, to keep me hydrated... And fun.
Bring back the retro days!!!
Just coffee? Not GCN special brew @ £ ?? a bag, available now over on the GCN shop?
Cheers!
like a child palming that steak. had me rolling 🤣
Eddy Merckx on modern nutrition would have broken the sound barrier.
Just how many takes did you go through when doing the wine drinking shots 😜😜😜
5:31 why did you cut to a picture of Si when you said “a lot of top athletes...”?
How many cyclists choked to death on their steaks while cycling? 😂
About five
I bet they cut steaks in more reasonable sized chunks, instead of chewing through it as is.
Videos get no better than this. Thanks GCN. I’ll abstain from the cigarette. Thanks !!!!! Absinthe shot maybe. Get some extra power in. Meat definatey gives you power. 6 steaks for breakers.
That Barefoot wine Ollie is drinking is sometimes the only wine you can get at gas stations here in the US. It's the most God awful wine, but does pair appropriately with gas station pizza or a stale taquito.
8:57 ollie used to seasoned the entire bag with a freezing steak if it's on alps
Salud
Cheers from NYC
We should see more of GCN with wine 😎👌