This week, Dan Lloyd & Si Richardson discuss how many of us might be making a fundamental mistake with our cycling, focusing on power not speed… We dive into why some of the most physiologically-gifted riders never get the results you’d expect, whilst others, with less power, are amongst the world’s best! 🚴♂️💨
Plus, we cover cycling glasses with built-in A.I, a GCN shoutout in a parliamentary debate, hack/bodge of the week, AND, an update on knitting while cycling. 🤣
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00:00 – Welcome to the GCN Show!
00:55 – This week in the world of cycling
02:22 – Speed, not power, is what wins races
16:59 – Cycling Shorts
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18:59 – More cycling shorts!
27:40 – Hack/Bodge of the Week
32:55 – Caption competition
34:42 – Comment of the week
39:10 – This week on GCN
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37 Comments
What are your thoughts? 💭 Do you think more about speed and efficiency, or more about power? ⚡
Speed, power…. I definitely missed out on both! Cracking show as always .
Conclusion: The most efficient rider is the laziest rider with the biggest motor.
Caption Competition: A “prideful” smile from one beast to another.
I like to do the full Clarkson: speed and power. I have done the same Sunday 60k circuit over the years as well as club runs. My fastest average speed of 29.8kph had a 2 hour power of 190W and a 29.2kph average had a 2 hour average of 245W. I found this a bit odd.
Or Dan could dye his hair to match Vincent's.
Talking of lookalikes I was thinking that Dan looks like Arthur Shelby from peaky blinders
Increase your speed by turning on the auto pause and taking plenty of breaks during the ride. Also it helps to start your ride at the top of a hill and end it at the bottom. Just kidding. I don't even display speed on my head unit but I do have a "standard" hour ride that I've tracked over several years
Caption: Tim Merlier is the mane man at Paris-Nice.
PLEASE leave Vincent Van Lloyd in your GCN Show studio background!
Is GCN app coming back soon?
Watt’s a power meter?? Ideal for those easy ride days ie don’t go over X, as for juniors an odd tool at that age there naturally getting stronger not necessarily pulling more watt’s, just pedal harder into the wind and enjoy the breeze
#captioncompetition "One day, Timba, everything the yellow touches will be yours."
There is the thing that is in all sports, your head!! How many athletes quit because the dont fit themselfs in the pro role, adjusting to that kind of life can be very very daunting!!!😮😮
Always love all the comments about how the quality and production values have gone up since GCN went back to being independent – I assume non of these commenters saw any of the documentaries on GCN+ 🤷♂️
#captioncompetition: If I told you I wasn't the fastest, i'd be lion
Pidcock was a moron for waiting.
#captioncompetition one man, one lion, big pride
The art of slipstreaming is totally lost on most people. The amount of amateurs and pros I see just riding on the wheel rather than finding the pocket is astonishing. There’s so much to be gained from clever positioning. Even if there’s just two of you.
"Rather than the wax on my chain!" Little dig at Olly there Simon? 😂
Caption : "Just another two Lions to go and I can play for England"
If there were more riders like Marianne Vos in the women's (kinda) pro peloton… that sport might actually be interesting to watch. But there's not. So it's not. I love it when she pips cocky / inexperienced riders RIGHT on the line in big races. Always brings a smile to my face. That should be a thing (if it's not already): "You totally just got Vossed!" (meaning you celebrated and eased up too soon–and lost on the line).
Pet Peeve……@19:42 is not a Catch 22 situation Simon…
People always use the phrase incorrectly!
Chapeau to the Van Gogh gifter. It is a looky likely… and one the funniest thing I’ve seen. Brilliant!
I mustafa won the race
As a new racer doing okay so far I think efficiency is huge. I weigh 59kg and my FTP of 3.9 w/kg is both mediocre and low in the absolute sense, about 230W. It’s not worth me putting in a solo attack or sitting on the front. I don’t have the raw power. My general strategy revolves around reading the race and doing as little work as possible. Find the biggest least aero looking guy and sit behind them. Rest whenever possible. My short duration power numbers are pretty decent, about 16 w/kg for 5 seconds and 7 w/kg for a minute. If I need it, I’ve got it, but my goal is to not use it. Conserving energy is like a minigame, a fun challenge! I think it helps to see it that way.
Excellent analysis. I think Peio Bilbao is a good example of a rider always in GC top 10 general without a single attack or tacking any kind of responsibility. He has even managed to win stages thanks to the effort of rivals
Enjoy the show. But perhaps you could remove Pogacar saying “Now it’s time for cycling shorts”. Would be nice to see other riders
Wonder if those that smash their Zwift results (as discussed around the 9min mark) is that the riders are great on a static bike in "lab" conditions. But when it comes to the real world and environmental factors they can't adapt. Lack of functional training.
#captioncompetition Paws-itively proud of this win!
The metric you are overlooking is the “technology “ that is above your shoulders. Experience, knowledge, wits, reading the race. Biggest “power” comes from brain power.
20:58 Over here in the Canada, Ontario is pronounced On-tare-e-oh. Cheers. 😉
congrats what’s safer than a super safe bike race? Not having the race at all… Doesn’t sound like a win to me…
Caption competition: Timy, keep winning, and I am Lion-U all week.
Caption: "You can't hide your lion eyes." 😀
The shit we do in P.E tho like wtf is ancient egyptian ball tackling ceremony 💀
I'm pretty sure I passed that guy going up lookout just a few days ago haha