- From the scorched earth in
Woodside, South Australia,
welcome to the GCN Show.
- Welcome to the GCN Show.
- Coming up this week,
can going vegan actually
make you a better cyclist?
- We also have news from
the Tour Down Under,
proof that people like
cycling more than driving.
- And what could well be
the biggest racing news story of the year,
even though it's only January.
- What's that one?
- Come on, mate, don't be modest.
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- This week in the world of cycling,
we learned that American
champion Ruth Winder
has come out of the
winter with the best form.
She took the overall title
at the Santos Women's Tour Down Under
following a stage win in
a game of cat and mouse
involving the intermediate
time burners on the final day.
Speaking of someone else
who is on top of their game,
we also learned this week
that Dan's still got it.
Yeah, finishing 10th in the 15th round
of the Wessex Cyclo-cross
League at the weekend,
and not only that,
also bunny hopping the
barriers whilst doing it.
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- [Spectator] Come on, Dan, come on!
- As you said Si, still got it.
Should we roll that again
in slo-mo for the skills.
- Was that real time?
- Yeah but it was at the top of a climb,
the barriers.
- Oh, okay.
We probably don't need
to watch it in slow-mo,
- Well let's save it--
- That was enough.
- Save it for extreme corners, shall we?
We also learned this
week that 73% of people
who commute to work by car
would rather be teleported instead.
On the other hand only
35% of SOV commuters
would rather swap their
bike for teleportation.
- Suggesting then?
- Suggesting that most people
actually really enjoy riding
their bike to work and back.
More on that very cool study
coming later on in the show.
- Yeah, after a very hot topic.
So, the recent Netflix
sensation, "Game Changers",
portrays a really compelling
case for living life
on a plant-based diet,
including the documentary featuring a load
of high-profile athletes who feel
that their diets have contributed
really positively to their performance.
So, we thought we should
probably find out a bit more
from a cycling perspective,
given that almost all of the world's
top professional riders are omnivores,
could they, and by extension
the rest of us, benefit.
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- Hi, there.
- [Barista] Hi, there.
- Hi, could I get a flat
white and a Cortado, please,
- Absolutely.
- With oat milk.
- Yes, of course.
- Yeah, thanks, should we go upstairs?
Who better to ask then,
than Nigel Mitchell,
who is the author of GCN's
"Plant-Based Cyclist" book
and also a nutritionist.
You've been working in
professional cycling
for what 20 years, Nigel?
Yeah and most recently with
EF for the last five seasons.
Now, Nigel, I get the
impression that you wrote
"The Plant-Based Cyclist"
from a perspective
more of how and why you
can be a successful cyclist
on a plant-based diet and not
with the sense that it will
completely revolutionize your performance
but having watched "Game Changers"
and even with a cynical head
on, it's quite compelling.
So, has the entire world talk
basically gone plant-based
over this winter?
- I mean it's a really
really interesting point
that you raise,
and it's definitely had an
effect in the world to a cyclist.
Absolutely every single
rider that I'm talking to
is looking at reducing the amount of meat
and animal foods within their diet.
- [Si] I suppose the question that is,
given that there are some, you know,
some claims about how, you know,
it could revolutionize performance
and unlock hitherto
untold levels of ability,
if we saw a Grand Tour winner
with a proven track record
like for example a Chris
Froome or an Egan Bernal
or a Tom Dumoulin become plant-based
would you expect to see them improve
or stay the same or I
don't know get worse?
- Yeah I mean I personally believe
that we wouldn't see an improvement.
- Okay.
- [Nigel] We would only see an improvement
if there is some deficiencies
in their diet at the moment
that they are not getting
because they're not getting
enough of these nutrients from plants.
- [Si] Okay.
- [Nigel] But for them
to perform at the level
they're performing and the
quality of food that is delivered
by will to the teams,
I would doubt very much
that they're not getting
enough of these nutrients.
So, I do not believe that there would be
an increase in performance.
If they can get everything right,
I do not believe there would
be a reduction in performance.
- [Si] So why don't you
think then that there
could be a benefit to performance?
You know, some of the things
that were talked about was,
you know, I think like less
information and you know,
like suppression of testosterone
from ingesting like milk,
those kind of things which, you know,
I think that the science to back it up
is limited and non-existent
but still it's their
claims that were made.
- Yeah, I mean and they make
really strong, as you say,
compelling claims and I think that within,
when we're looking at how
people are tending to eat
in the Pro Peloton at
the race as part of the,
you've got two aspects of it,
there is one, you're saying
that having all of these plants
will give you super nutrients
and then on the other side, as well,
you're saying that
having these animal foods
actually reduce the
performance of the athlete
and really from the from
the real research evidence
point of view,
I'm struggling to actually
see the real evidence that
having some animal food in their mounts
that like the Pro Riders are eating
would have such a negative effect
and one more to say I do
believe that if you're
deficient in these
vegetables, in these plants,
you will be lacking in some
nutrients that would have
a negative impact on performance.
So, an example that I'm quite
interested in at the moment
is around the eye
looking at the macula part of the eye
which is really dependent
on some micronutrients
such as lutein and the carotenoids
and so if you are not having
these type of vegetables
then that can affect the
performance of your eye
which can affect performance overall.
- So, I realize that eating carrots
can actually help you see in the dark?
- Absolutely.
I mean how many rabbits
do you see with glasses?
(laughs)
No but being serious,
these foods provide the
nutrients that we need
for the health of our eyes,
and what I only see working
with professional riders
is that when they're at the Grand Tours
they are getting a lot of these nutrients
so one of the things that's very popular
in the Professional Peloton
is a lot of vegetable juicing.
- That's actually not too bad.
- [Nigel] So, you know the
chef's can be getting through
ten kilos a day of vegetables
for the juice for the riders.
There's always salad and so
that the riders are getting,
as a rule, a lot of really focused,
plant-based nutrition as it is.
- [Si] "The Plant-Based
Cyclist" book has been
really successful, it's been brilliant.
Has that taken you by
surprise a little bit?
- It has a little bit because, you know,
this is really quite a niche book
and I believe we're now
on our third print run
and it's only actually been
out about six or eight weeks
so it did take me a
little bit by surprise.
But, actually the book,
the idea for the book
was really brought about
by GCM viewers,
so I suppose they have
some ownership within that.
So you know the old thing about it was
we were doing videos about recovery
and all we were talking
about was animal protein
and people said, "Well what
about vegetable protein?"
And so that made me go away,
look at it, research it,
so the viewers themselves
really was the spark
for the book so we
shouldn't be over-surprised.
- So, it's fair to say then, perhaps,
that there are some
really compelling reasons
to have a plant-based diet
but from a performance perspective
it's not going to actually break down
incredible barriers unless you've got a
poor diet in the first place
but a poor diet is a poor diet
whether you're eating plant-based
or an omnivorous diet.
- Absolutely and I don't
really like to use the word
'good' and 'bad' and 'poor',
but I think that what
we're talking about is
what is appropriate for what
people are wanting to do
and that there is that danger
and people always talk about it,
of people just, you know,
just because somebody's
on a plant-based diet
doesn't make it healthy,
so you can switch from having,
if all you do is you
switch from having meat
to having non-animal
foods but just more of it,
just means so you're going
to get the nutrients in,
we know that one of the
things that's very popular
is a vegan sausage roll
but that doesn't mean to say that that is
nutritionally beneficial
and the whole part of what
I was trying to do with the book
was to empower people to be able to make
the most appropriate
choices for themselves
on both the theoretical and
a practical level, as well ,
with the recipes that's
included in the book.
- Cool, nice, thank you very much.
And now we know Dan that
whether you've gone plant-based
or not it won't actually affect
that top ten performance from the weekend.
- Although I can improve that
if I get myself a cross bike
and time my warm up better.
Also I was just at the end
of a big training block, see.
- Also, you seem to wearing
a lot of clothes for,
a one hour effort.
- I feel slightly overdressed.
(laughs)
Thought I'd be pro, you
know, take it casual.
- [Si] Yeah, now someone
who isn't overdressed
is John Cannings who, once
again, has been the lucky one
to travel out to Australia
to film the season
opener of the Tour Down Under.
But unfortunately this year there has been
both a literal and metaphorical cloud
hanging over the event.
- We are of course talking
about those horrible bush fires
that have been affecting
large swathes of Australia
as a number of brands
actually and riders have been
using their profile to raise
money for the affected areas.
Amongst them is EF, Education
First's, Lachlan Morton.
- Now, Lachy, I don't need to explain
to the viewers out there about what's been
happening in Australia with the bush fires
'cause I think it's been
publicized worldwide
but I understand you've been doing
your own little bit of fundraising
could you explain what exactly
you've been doing with that?
- Yeah, I mean obviously it's
like pretty dire situation
for a lot of people,
so I was trying to look at what I could do
just to raise some money so
I just did a few bunch rides
in and around Sydney.
Anyone who raised over $500
I went and rode with them,
which like, but yeah for me it's easy,
'cause I'd be out riding
anyway you know so like
it's like this it's a pretty small thing
I could do compared to
what a lot of people
were having to do,
but yeah it was great, we
could raise some money,
ride bikes, so,
it was nice to see like the
cycling community in Sydney area
sort of come together and
yeah we got out and rode
and raised a bunch of
money, so it was cool.
- Before we finish with the
Tour Down Under, quick reminder,
you can watch the women's
Santos Tour Down Under
as live on the GCN racing youtube channel
where you'll also be
able to get live coverage
of the men's race,
all six stages or as live
if you miss it at the time.
- Yeah that's right.
Very good actually for
whetting the appetite
for what will be undoubtedly
one of the biggest events
in the cycling calendar this year.
Ollie's Hour Record attempt
is now less than a month away.
He's getting nervous, isn't he?
- I'm not surprised.
- Anyway, let's have our weekly update.
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- Alright guys I'm just
down at Newport Velodrome
doing a bit of training
but I thought I'd give
you a quick bike check
and an update on my bike
that I'm going to be
doing the Hour Record on.
So, this is it but it's not finished.
I know it looks very fast as it is
but we're going to make it even faster.
So it's a BMC track machine
which is the same frame
that Rohan Dennis used
but at the front, at the moment,
I've got this Mavic 5-spoke in,
we're going to swap that for a disc wheel
which has lower drag
when you're going faster.
We've also got the cockpit at the front,
this is kind of stock from
AeroCoach at the moment,
but we're going to make
a custom molded one
that's specific to me
and that will make the front
end more aerodynamic as well.
And then the chainrings,
at the moment it's got a 52x14
which is the same ratio
that Eddy Merckx used
but we're going to put a
bigger chainring on there
that's solid,
this is going to be a bit more aerodynamic
and also it puts the chain
through a less tight angle
so there's less friction
in the drivetrain.
Also got my nice Aero Speedplay pedals on,
they're staying on there.
But yeah, I mean she's fast as she is now,
so with the modifications
we've got planned (whistles)
it's basically going to pedal itself.
Hopefully.
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- It is now time for your
weekly GCN Inspiration
where you submit your
inspirational cycling photos
or videos using the GCN App.
Three prizes as ever, those
prize this week being Si,
third-place?
- Caskets!
- Yep, second place?
- Jersey!
- first place?
- Is another Jersey, weird,
and matching base layer.
- Great, so without further ado.
- Or just something you
can wear to the gym.
- Yeah or to the Christmas party.
- Maybe you could wear it to
the gym (laughs), just saying.
- All right, in third
place and then therefore
winning the casket, it is:
- DorinMantoui
- "Zero degrees, no snow, yay."
- [Si] Yay, I like that that
is a absolutely cracking photo.
- [Dan] We had some good
weather over the weekend
here in the UK.
- [Si] We did, it looked even
nicer than that, brother.
That's a banger of a photo,
right, so there we go,
a casket winging its way to you.
Second place was this from Dish Soap,
"The Loop", from Tucson, Arizona.
Now, that is inspirational
at that moment, Dan,
'cause one day soon even
riding in the United Kingdom
will look like that.
Maybe not this month,
maybe not next month,
probably not the month
after that or after that
but at some point this
year we'll get a day.
- What is that a designated bike path
because if it is I'm not
sure anywhere near me
is going to look like that anytime soon.
- That's a good point.
- If that's surely too
narrow for American cars.
(laughs)
Meanwhile, the winner,
and therefore receiving
the Fan Kit Jersey and base layer is,
AG Jones, "After bike
riding the Cornish coast,
my 9-year-old son and I
decided to head for the beach
in January to see the sunset.
Don't worry, he turned around
before he reached the sea."
What an epic shop that is.
- [Si] That is amazing, isn't it?
- [Dan] Once again showing
that we are suckers
for sunrises and sunsets.
- That's it and there we are
banging on about the weather
in Tucson, Arizona,
and actually that is
in the United Kingdom.
So there we go, fantastic.
- Well-deserved winner this week.
Don't forget to get involved by uploading
your photos and videos to the app.
We've got an honorable mention
though this week, haven't we?
- We do, it's not often we
get an honorable mention.
- No, that honorable mention goes to,
let's just find out, Geraint.
"I love watching my shadow
when I cycle sometimes
and even though the shadow
is behind the rider here
I like the way it stretches
out behind him or her."
- [Si] I like that as well, Dan.
That is a very nice sketch.
- [Dan] It is, yeah,
no prizes for sketches
though unfortunately,
but if it's good enough you
might get an honorable mention.
- Yeah, so now, but just to clarify
when we said "Geraint",
it's not Geraint Thomas, unfortunately,
and we know this because he's also written
that he rides a Mojo as
opposed to a Pinarello F12.
So, that was a bit of a
disappointment, wasn't it?
But still, thanks for sending it in.
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- It's now time for Cycling Shorts.
- Cycling Shorts now,
and we're going to start
with that teleportation study.
Two academics from Utah State University
Prasanna Humagain and Patrick Singleton
have looked in to
perceptions of travel time
and how much people enjoy
their chosen method of travel
based on a large
cross-section of commuters
in Portland, Oregon.
- [Dan] Basically if you just want
to get to your destination you
would choose teleportation.
- Yeah, you would.
- Whereas if you actually
quite liked that journey
teleportation would be rubbish.
So it was quite interesting to note
that a lot of walkers and cyclists
tend to favor the commute.
In fact, more walkers even than cyclists.
- Yeah, although Dan, it's either that,
that they like the commute
or they're just technophobic,
literally scared of teleportation.
'Cause, you know, ear would
end up in like your forehead
when you got to work.
- They actually asked
that question in the study
and only 9% of people
said that they were afraid
of the technology.
Which is quite a similar
percentage I think
to disc brakes versus rim braids.
On the other hand 17% of the people
simply didn't seem to
get the survey, did they?
Because they said that
teleportation is impossible.
- (laughs) Yeah, I
definitely wouldn't teleport,
I'd still rather ride to
work I think most days.
Get a lot fitter riding
compared to teleportation.
- I don't really see the point
in answering the question.
- Why not?
- Teleportation's impossible.
- Well, yeah, there we go.
Right, now one of our
favorite professional cyclists
in recent times, Ian Boswell,
had a horrific crash during
Tirreno-Adriatico last year,
suffering from a concussion
that took an awful long time
to recover from,
so much so, in fact,
that he has had to retire
from Pro Road racing.
- He has, but he's now about
to embark in Gravel racing.
- Oh yeah.
- He announced this news
actually in the first episode
of what looks like is going to
be a very cool series of videos.
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- Now whilst we're talking about gravel
clearly it is the latest
hot topic in cycling,
so much so, in fact,
that according to an article on Velo News,
national governing body USA
Cycling have been meeting
with Gravel race organizers to
see if they can get involved.
- [Dan] I'm not sure about you, Si,
but my take from that article
was that the answer was "No".
- [Si] Yeah, pretty much.
- There's another interesting
one actually on Road.cc
about a very exciting meeting between
the UCI and the organizers and founders
of L'Eroica about a
potential gravel series.
- That's right, now initially
it sounds really promising,
doesn't it, Dan?
Longer races potentially
through the night,
no race radios, no team
cars, new and unknown roads,
but then it all starts to get a bit weird.
- So much so, in fact,
that we had to check
the original Italian
article to make sure that
it wasn't a hoax.
So, no head units, no climbing gears.
- [Si] Yeah, bit pointless.
- And a ban on any riders
with less than 6% body fat,
so there's nobody there, it
looks so unhealthy, it's scary.
- [Si] (laughs) I don't get that.
- Yeah, count me out, I would.
- Yeah, right now, we
should finish Cycling Shorts
with this story that we
found on Ciclismo a Fondo
about Colombian rider Julian
Quintero who was racing
the Tour of Guangzhou last year
when a local rider riding
for a small Chinese team
rode up alongside him in the Peloton
and said, "Hello, dad,"
- And apparently he is indeed his son,
a son that he never knew existed
until very recently and the result
of what we shall say was
a short term relationship
at a training camp 18 years ago.
- Now, Quintero fair play to him
seems really quite pleased with this
and he has said that he's
absolutely going to play a part
in his son's life now he knows about him.
- Fair play, although he must be petrified
going on to other former
training camp destinations,
wasn't he? (laughs)
Worried what he's going to find.
- Well, yeah.
Fortunately, Dan, or
unfortunately at the time,
none of my training camps were like that
so I can travel around
the world without fear.
- It is now time for hack
forward slash bodge of the week.
If you'd like to get
involved in this segment,
all you need to do is
upload your hacks and bodges
either in video or photo
format to the GCN app.
The first one this week
comes in from Brent Baker.
"I ride here in Canada
year-round and I despise
riding with gloves,"
- [Si] What, that sounds mad!
- [Dan] I know, "so I made these pogies
from an old 7 mm wetsuit.
Haven't had cold hands since
nor have I had to use gloves."
- Wow, well Dan, that does
sound like a hack, doesn't it?
- [Dan] It sounds like a hack to me
but I don't mind using gloves.
- [Si] No, I don't either.
Well, they're actually, you know,
if there was an option of not
using gloves, I'd take it.
Leave it to a Canadian to do that.
You know, I've read an article about
like the biggest snowfall in
24 hours or something in Canada
it was like 80 cm of snow.
- Oh yeah I saw a picture
of somebody that opened
adoor just to a wall of snow.
- Yeah.
- I tell you what that looks
like proper winter there,
doesn't it, not like
those videos that we do,
when we try to tell people
how to dress for winter.
- After all, skin's waterproof.
- It might be waterproof
but it's not that warm.
- Right there, next time
we'll have some pogies.
Right, next up we've got this
one turned in from Pawelbob,
"Spotted this bike in Shanghai."
Now, I know what you're
thinking, that looks pretty rude.
The thing that we're wondering
is why there's a plastic bag
over the rear derailleur.
- I mean those tri-spokes
look quite happy, don't they?
- Gold mine.
- Helicopter blades there.
But yes, please answer the
question in the comment section
down below if you've got an answer to that
'cause we have no idea.
- No, but now I kind of think that maybe
I do need to put a plastic
bag around my rear met
when I leave my bike at the station.
- Yeah, it wouldn't rust.
Right, moving on, we heard
this from Daniel Pana,
"Thief Protection 2.0."
This is amazing.
I can't quite figure out
how the saddles come out
and this bar that goes on
the other side of the bar
that he's locked it up to then
slips back into the seat post
because you still need a down tube.
More questions for our viewers to answer.
- Absolutely, hopefully we've
got some crank engineers
working on this as we speak, Dan,
'cause well, apart from
looking terrifying,
it would be effective thief
protection, wouldn't it?
- [Dan] Yeah, well I'm
saying hack for that
before I know the answer to how,
in fact, I'm not sure
we said 'hack or bodge'
for the previous one,
'bodge' for the previous one before that
and we said 'hack' for the
first one, right moving on.
- Okay, next one, got from Dan Dan,
"Born to be wild these days."
And yeah that does look like
a quite cool easy rider,
doesn't it?
- [Dan] Dan Dan had to use that username
because I already had Dan (laughs)
- Right and we had this
one come in from Bkommuter,
"Here's a puzzle for you,
when is adding weight to
a bike and using tape
and zip ties not a bodge?
Answer? I've got an
answer ready for this one.
When you need to balance your bike
the child seat on the back so you can
commute to school every day
but your front rack still
hasn't been delivered.
Two things Si hates, but will
he let it go for the kids?"
- Well, no 'cause like, bodging
something onto your bike,
'cause you haven't taken delivery
of the part that you need
I mean that's a bodge
isn't it, not a hack?
- [Dan] Yeah.
- Anyway, just to clarify zip ties,
like a zip tie, per se, I
don't have a problem with.
What I have a problem with is a zip tie
being essential to your bike,
like when manufacturers are like,
"Oh, we'll just stick it to
the frame of the zip tie,
no one'll know it or mind,"
that's what I don't like.
Anyway, this last--
- Thanks for the clarification.
- That's right, mate.
This one from Leeboy180,
Dan, this is frankly terrifying,
"I was on a cycling holiday in France
when I came across a cafe which sold
these great stained
glass-filled bike components."
Now, admittedly it does look great,
but look at that disc
brakes is so dangerous,
that rotor has been embedded
in a solid piece of rock,
that looks like some kind of
granite, if I'm not mistaken,
- Yeah, what chance does
my calf muscle stand
if it goes through rock, like that?
- Well they're not chiseled
from granite anymore,
are they, Dan?
- Then we had this one sent in by Deano,
"Solved the issue of where
to stick the front wheel
when using a suction cup bike rack.
I have 12 mm through bolt,
so a SeaSucker knob won't do the job."
- [Si] There we go, hack,
and not a zip-tie in sight.
So, yeah I'm thinking that
is a pretty good hack there.
- Right, that's all for
this week's Hacks and Bodges
but we need your help
because over on the GCN app
we've already got next
week's Hacks and Bodges
for you to vote on.
I know that loads of you get frustrated
whether we deem things a hack or a bodge.
- And get things completely wrong.
- So, now's your chance to
show us that we are wrong
and we'll be reading out the
answers and the votes next week
- Yeah if you want to find
the GCN Show in the app
or in fact any of our weekly shows,
when you get to the main page
you can scroll along that
little bar at the top
until you get to 'Shows.'
When you click on there
you'll find the GCN Show
and underneath it will be
all the posts from this week
and all the posts from next week, as well.
- Also, if you go to Extreme Corner
you'll find me bunny
hopping over some barriers
(laughs) in a cyclocross race.
- It's like a dusty corner
of the app with cobwebs
and stuff like that,
tumbleweed rolling across it.
(upbeat music)
It's time now for Caption Competition,
that point in the show where
you get a chance to win
a much-coveted GCN Elite water bottle.
All you got to do is
write a caption to a photo
that we're about to give you.
As ever, we're going to
start with the results
from the last week.
Dan, you weren't here but
I think I filled his shoes
admirably actually, no pun intended there.
Yeah can I tell you what my caption was?
- Yeah, go on.
- "Ashoo!"
(wind blows)
- It's two shoes, not a shoe.
I mean apart from now that would
have been absolutely genius
I'd take my hat off to you but
it's not factually correct.
But we did have a genius one come in from
Colin Forsythe who is this week's winner
of the Elite water bottle.
His caption is, "Fabio does
a little sole searching
to figure out how to reduce
his carbon footprint."
- I've got to hand it
to him that is genius,
that is absolutely genius,
probably Top 5 captions
of all time, I think.
- I reckon so, out of 367 shows.
And have we always had the
caption photos at the beginning,
though did we?
Anyway, moving on,
this week's photo comes
from the Tour Down Under's
press conference with
Rohan Dennis, Richie Porte,
and Mads Pederson, the world champion.
We should get you started,
"Richie Porte unhappy about
having to get a fake tan
after losing commuter challenge."
He does look remarkably similar
to you just before Christmas
- [Si] He does, doesn't he, yeah.
- Looks lean though watch
out for Richie Porte
in the Tour Down Under.
- Super lean.
- Could the King of Willunga
win the overall standings
this year?
- Well, I don't know.
(upbeat music)
- We shall shortly be informing
you as to what's coming up
on GCN over the next week
but before we do, as ever,
a few of our favorite comments
from the previous seven days.
Starting with this one
underneath James and Mark's
bike-packing in Patagonia video,
- [Si] That was good.
- [Dan] Aditya Shetty, "That
awkward high-five or side hug
moment between James and Pablo 11:42 is me
every time I meet someone new on a ride."
Did look a bit awkward, didn't it?
- [Si] It did, just
what was James thinking,
you don't hug like people
you've never met before.
- James hugs everybody,
I mean, he knows me,
it's still awkward.
- Well, I've got a no-hug policy,
even with poor old James.
I'm just like, no.
- Only on special occasions.
- Yeah, yeah that's true.
- Not every bloody morning.
- No, exactly.
Anyway, right, next up, we've
got this one from underneath,
"Should Cyclist Go to the Gym,"
Richard Brabbs said,
"I love the way their legs look buff
and their arms look like a
piece of wet celery," (laughs),
and then NOMA,
"One look at Simon and GCN
answers their own question, yes."
Which, yeah fair enough.
Sometimes wet celery is
really good for performance.
- Yeah, well Jon Cannings
also commented on
that very same video,
saying, "It makes me want
to go and pump some iron,"
and looking at his legs
outside those Slazenger shorts
I think maybe he's well-advised to do so,
not that I can talk, obviously.
- [Si] Yeah, he's probably
also advised to go to
Richie Porte's tanning salon, isn't he?
Again just to fit in
with the locals (laughs).
- Underneath "How to Use Nutrition
to Enhance Your Training,"
there were a lot of very similar
comments under this video,
weren't there, but one of
them that we picked out,
was from Daniel Ellis,
"I've been watching GCN videos
for nearly seven years now
and I don't think I've
seen any new presenter
to be so natural so
quickly as Conor and Manon.
I mean, it's taken Si and
Dan years to get good at it."
There's a compliment
in there somewhere, Si.
- There is, yeah.
- He is implying that we're good at it now
but I would agree with you, Daniel,
they were absolutely fantastic
in their very first video.
We kept saying, "It's much
harder than it looks," didn't we?
- Yeah we did, yes.
- Slightly arrogantly.
- And yeah now we've been rumbled.
- Fights like a foolish.
- Fortunately for everyone out there
Conor and Manon are going
to be cropping up in
videos regularly on the channel from now,
so it's great, isn't it?
- It is, yes, right.
Coming up on the channel
over the next week
starting on Wednesday,
where we're going to show you how to write
your own training plan.
Might not be quite as
difficult as you think.
On Thursday--
- Am I presenting? (laughs)
- Yes, worst things to
say to a pro cyclist,
"Oh, you look healthy,"
(laughs)
is amongst them,
no one said that to Richie Porte recently.
Friday, packing for your
next adventure ride.
- That's right and then on Saturday
this was frankly terrifying,
how to manage your weight
like a pro cyclist.
EF, Education First
nutritionist Nigel Mitchell
came in and put me through my paces
of what a new recruit to a World Tour team
would go through.
Then on Sunday, we've
got a day in the life
of a pro cyclist at training camp.
Ollie was fortunate
enough to go and see AG2R
and spend the day with Oliver Naesen.
Not sure whether Naesen knew about that
before Ollie arrived
but anyway he did let him hang out.
- Yeah I bet Ollie dropped
them all with all the training
he's been doing for that Hour Record.
- Why, I bet he did, yeah.
- Then on Monday of course
it's the raging new show
over on GCN Racing.
Tuesday were back in the
set here for the GCN Show
but don't forget live coverage
of the Tour Down Under
where you can watch it
as live if you're asleep.
As it's almost the end of the show
it's time for Extreme Corner
which this week of course
I'm very excited about
because it's now me
bunny-hopping barrows in slow-mo
(upbeat music)
- Come on, Dan, come on.
- (coughs) That's probably all
we got time for of that clip,
haven't we?
It's going to take ages if we
watch it in slo-mo (laughs)
Right, thank you very much for watching
the GCN Show this week.
As ever, of course, please give us a like
and also share this video.
- And if you would like
to watch some more videos,
if you haven't already seen this next one
you've got to watch it.
It's Mark Beaumont and Hank
over in Patagonia bike-packing,
looks fantastic and you'll
find it just down here.
