The Final Hour | Ollie's Hour Record Attempt
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 02. 2020
- Come the man, come the hour - and this is going to be a significant hour for Ollie as he attempts to beat Eddy's 1972 benchmark of 49.431km ridden in just one hour. Will the training pay off? Will a bling track machine and tons of aero tech allow Ollie to cheat the wind and come up trumps against one of the greatest of all time? Whatever happens, it will be over in an hour...
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Thanks for the kind words and comments everyone. Really glad you enjoy the content.
No resting on your lorrels Ollie. Next. Another day awaits.
I'm a relatively new cyclist and I'm eating up any and all content I can on the sport. This is some of the best material I've seen or read yet. While I'm not attempting hour records, I think we can all relate to those times when we're pushing ourselves beyond our perceived limits.
I had goosebumps watching your final lap. Thanks.
Well done mate, I've enjoyed the journey with you, all be it from the comfort of my sofa! Hats off to you pal.
Congratulations Ollie! You have inspired me a lot since your first videos!!
Months of no beer. Must be a tough pill to swallow for no record. But good effort mate :-)
That was one of the greatest amateur sporting achievements I've ever seen. Merckx said it was the worst thing he'd ever done and Wiggins hated it, chapeau and double chapeau Ollie, what an incredible performance. Well done is insufficient.
Hats off to Ollie but lets not forget that both Boardman and Obree were amateurs when they started duking it out for the hour record. IMHO, Boardman's hour record in the superman position that he did in Manchester in 96 should stand as the current record.
Lance with doping... quit training from it
As a fellow "physiologically unremarkable amateur" I have to say that was absolutely amazing! YOU brother have inspired this middle aged American, who started exercising again to stay off medications, to keep going with a smile. OLLIE, OLLIE, OLLIE!!!!
: Stay strong Nathan!
Nice!
thats great matey. what meds? arthritis?
47 kph is still a massive achievement given the fact that he ended up only 4 percent slower than Eddie Merckx, with just 3 months training as an "ungifted" amateur rider. You really upped your game as a cyclist - with a little help on the tech front - and we all know how hard it is to achieve only little gains when you've reached a certain level.
Exactly, even using a dumb trainer on zwift i only manage 41.5 Km in 1 hour
@@wawanlapandua still very good. no need to put yourself down, 99.9% of all humans on this planet can't achieve it.
I wouldn't compare it to Merckx, as Merckx road on a traditional track bike. I would compare it to some other attempts by professionals, like Marc Dubois setting a Swiss record at 48.337, less than a km better than Ollie. There are some serious attempts just below or above 50K/hr setting national records, like Wojciech Ziolkowski in Poland, Gustav Larsson (Sweden). Ollie can proudly stand in between those guys.
thanks for the spoiler
Absolute magic. In my books Ollie you are a STAR ! The fact that you really had nothing to gain is truly inspiring, which makes the commitment to the project and seeing it through to the last second all the more admirable.
But he did gain.. I'd say a lot.
You may not have beaten Eddy but to beat the other legend Jacques Anquetil (47,493) is a heroic achievement.
Allister Lovett thanks for pointing that out! Thatâs mad! đđŒđŠ
But thank you for that spoiler!!! đĄ
@@jenslundberg410 Reading comments and not expecting spoilers. :D
@@jenslundberg410 you were silly enough to look at the comments before watching?
It was blatantly obvious that there would be spoilers here so it's your own fault.
Gustav Meyrink what??? You have no clue have you? If you use CZcams on ipad the comments show up without you have any option to hide them. So you can take your comment and shov it up...
HOLY $#[+!!! ... NVM Merckx's Hour, Ollie just BEAT Fausto Coppi's Hour by Almost 2 KMS! That Record stood for 14 YEARS until Jacques Anquetil beat it in '56. But WAIT ... Ollie even BEAT Anquetil's Record by almost 1.5 km!!! Hell even Anquetil's DISQUALIFIED (probably drug induced) 2nd Record 11 yrs. Later was STILL SLOWER than Ollie's.
"The 48 km. Barrier" wasn't even Broken till '67 and has only been broken by 3 Pros:
Ferdi Bracke
Ole Ritter
Eddy Merckx.
C'mon GCN ... You should have MENTIONED this in the Video!
"Came up Short" ... My @$$ ...
Ollie Kicked MAJOR @$$!!!
DAMN That was IMPRESSIVE!!!
EPIC RIDE OLLIE!!!
This comment deserves a GCN like, Ollie!!
The current world record is 55.083km. 47.593km is 86.4% of that pace. Astoundingly good for an amateur!
@@DMalek It's too brash for a like from me.
Yes but aero.
"OLLIE, OLLIE, OLLIE" did anyone else choke up a little after that? Such a great video GCN, one of the best to date!
And such a salt of the earth guy...
Great effort! This just shows how cycling is really about the athlete, not the equipment. Eddy had a steel round tubed bike with drop bars, box section rims and even flat pedals, and still went 2km/h faster, that is insane!
I noticed he beat the time of Anquetil. What does that suggest? Also Merckx rode at altitude, which is a substantial difference. I think the technological and training advances are clearly apparent in allowing an amateur to touch greatness.
And crazy to think boardman went 56kmh on a bike!!!!
He didn't beat the great and underrated Ferdi Bracke (48.093) either, who broke the record in Rome (hence, at low altitude), and did so 5 years before Merckx.
@@christianmatheron6444 Nicely said, I think the same. Incredible feat regardless
Thanks for the correction.
Great job Ollie, 3 months without a pint. Now that's mental toughness!
My salute to this! o7
Well done Olli. I was there with my son and daughter and we really enjoyed it ! Magnificent đ
I really loved seeing all the people supporting Ollie.
yup, cheering people and Hank, that was really cute! Ollie you've got good friends
I loved that pint and crossword I was doing. Never knew you captured it on film though.
This is one of the best things I've seen in cycling, let alone GCN, in quite a while. Congrats Ollie for embracing the challenge and going for it.
Right on Ollie! You're a hero to all us "less than gifted" amateurs. Its the effort that counts. Caught me in my cackles. đđ
âPhysically unremarkable amateurâ I spit my coffee on my ipad when I heard it. lolol.
Just a casual 300 watt FTP whilst my ass which has been training for 2 years is only at 255 watts.
assuming the weight of something like 65 to 70 kg, his wt/kg is something around 4.2-4.5, which is equal to a strong althelete but probably not the one taking the top 5 place of 'power' challenges, like zwift cat. A races (where strategy does not matter)
that was strangely emotional. i can't think of anyone i would watch trying to do an hour record more than Ollie. it was both beautiful and rather humbly put. thank you for this. special !
For some reason this got me kind of emotional. I know how hard the struggle towards a goal can be. You made and you gave it your all. That's inspiring!
Same.... But for all the right reasons. Amazing effort that man!
That was brilliant. Happy for Ollie. What an amazing achievement and what the hell, 47493m in 1 hr? That is world class. Gosh, that was so inspiring.
Holder of the GCN hour record UNTIL........ Dan Lloyd dons a speed suit and rips around fueled by pork scratchings and ale đđ
Congratulations, mate, you are in a small handful of athletes; an Everest and an Hour Record, you put a lot of other riders to shame.
What is a Everest?
ToykoVersace accumulating the same vertical distance in one ride as you would if you were biking up Everest. Basically you find the steepest hill in your area and bike up and down it for a day; itâs a suffer fest.
@@anthonymigash583 I wouldn't necessarily do the steepest. One that doesn't have steep gradients would work a lot better actually :) As you can get up with a sustainable effort.
@@dvaneg98 .... or you can do an vEverest on Zwift ... I made a single attempt so far and made it halfway before I bagged it - Zwift disconnected me so i glad i put in as i was absolutely crashed out ... I'll try it again but I'll do it when I not coming off a 10 hour workday thinking I can then do 12 more hours on the bike ... that was a serious mistake!
@@anthonymigash583 Thanks, sounds crazy. My track bike has a 50 15 gear ratio and tour with 400 altitude metres is already hard enough
29mph for 1 hours is amazing - for 10 mins is amazing!!!! Wow
Thoroughly enjoyed this series Ollie! As a physiological unremarkable individual who has come into athletic pursuits quite late but fallen in love with cycling and all the tech and exercise science that goes with it, itâs so awesome to be able to watch a non-pro have a crack at something like this.
What an effort! 47km/h+ for an hour... thatâs a brilliant achievement in itself.
I bet you enjoyed that first beer đș afterwards.
This is so inspiring. And so gutsy. To start from scratch and announce to the world your intention. That takes guts. My hat is off to you sir. đ
You Legend, Ollie. Loved the series. What an inspiration. Well done.
Really inspirational Olly, an epic training effort that shows everyone, no matter what level, that they can achieve more than they thought. It also puts into perspective just how incredible Eddy's hour was nearly fifty years ago. You're a star Olly. What's next?
This has been such a great series. Thank you for bringing this to life and congratulations to you and the entire production team.
Nothing less than awesome. I truly admire your dedication and effort...as well as your respect for the man, Eddy.
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Teddy Roosevelt
SEAL CYCLE good quote!
This right here. Perfect quote for this. Anyone who hasn't attempted this should not dare criticize or question.
That's my favorite quote. I think of that when I find myself worrying about the criticisms of others. I also think of this quote before I criticise others works.
Amazing quote...
A lot of sports "fans" could stand to heed these wise words.
This feels so motivational , GCN is just magic , one day i'l look back and remember the boom of data GCN gave me throught my first years of cycling.
Absolutely incredible! Man I was smiling from ear to ear and getting emotional watching this! Congratulations, Ollie! Well freakin Done! I applaud you.
That was amazing! I loved the whole series and this was the perfect culmination!! Thank you so much Ollie and team!!!
No beer for 3 months? Thats an achievement in itself! :) jokes aside, amazing effort! Congrats
One word describes this series is âepicâ. Nice one Ollie.
Love this whole video series! You've taken on some huge challenges, and being a "Physically unremarkable amateur, this one is the best so far. Inspirational for the rest of us physically unremarkable amateurs. Truly an epic journey that you've given us a look at. Looking forward to your next challenge, it'll be good whatever it is.
I think its the best group of videos GCN have done, it was great watching the progression, and the tech stuff, and of course the final attempt, huge effort,
Good job, Ollie! That was by far my favourite GCN series!
Absolutely bloody amazing man.
You are absolutely right to be proud of yourself mate. Itâs not just an incredible hour that you produced , itâs the incredible last three months you produced and dedicated yourself to.
Then amongst all that you remained the humble and great guy that we all love to see each week.
Well done champion !
Congratulations Ollie, loved the series and thanks for taking us on that journey. Its what makes you a great presenter huge challenge physically and mentally but with effortless ability to tell the story. Well done you.
What a production and what a presenter, this has been a fantastic series to follow. Good to hear your mental state and preparation for working through the pain. Your a star fella, enjoy the rest. All the best Andy
One of the most exciting and emotional YT videos I have ever seen. I felt like I was on the start line at the beginning.
Incredible ride Ollie, I think everyone was willing you to do it just to give that hope to all us normal riders that we can all improve with focus and commitment, what an advert for the Sufferfest and commitment :-)
Awesome effort Ollie, loved watching this series and I was almost convinced you were going to beat his distance. It doesn't matter though, you approached it in the right way and will never forget the experience. Well done and brilliant!
Looked forward to this and it did not disappoint - an amazing mental and physical effort that really brought out the Yorkshire grit. Nothing more inspirational than seeing someone a bit like yourself do something so difficult.
Ollie you sir are a beast! My heart was in my throat as you were getting ready to start.
All of the effort and dedication that you put into this is truly awesome. It has been the best series that GCN has ever done. I'm so proud of you. Things like this are the reason you are my favorite presenter. You bring heart and humor not to mention dedication to what you do. Well done you.
Joshuavoice29 thanks mate. Really glad you enjoyed it
The whole thing just astonishes me!! Congratulations Ollie. You'll probably never really know how many people will be inspired by this. Thank you.
Just fantastic. Watching the preparation videos and the actual attempt. Well done and very inspirational. Great job Ollie!
What an incredible effort Ollie đȘđ»đđ» Iâve really enjoyed watching your journey. Youâre such an inspiration!!
This and the whole series of videos for this challenge have been absolutely fantastic. Congratulations on a savage ride and associated journey to this point. Would happily watch a long form version of all parts together!
great ride, man! thumbs up! incredible, that Eddie did his one without aerobars at almost 50Kmh... what an animal back then....
I wonder if you could calculate what power he must have been putting out to be able to do that with his gear at the time.
@@seanoleary771 and in additon the higher friction in his components due to the materials, plus non aero frame + wheels... non aero clothes...damn it still gets even more impressive.. though great performance by Ollie as a NO pro
@@seanoleary771 Not sure but i think i heard once an estimate of around 430 watts
@@seanoleary771 Ollie said it in his very first video starting this campaign, when Connor rode with the wig and helmet. 440 watts for an hour is what Merckx did.
@@seanoleary771 they calculated at 430w.
GCN should make a full documentary of this attempt for TV. This is very motivational.
Brilliant effort Ollie, loved watching your journey and I could feel those last few laps with you! Awesome!
Super-impressive effort regardless, you need to be strong both physically and mentally to even have a crack at this; training, tools and tech all take a back seat in comparison!
Hank's voice breaks tho XD
Congratulations Ollie, this was a great series from GCN. You may havenât beat Eddy, but you came really close. I really hope there will be a part 2 of this series.
Inspirational effort Ollie, really enjoyed following this. Your updates etc leading up to this am sure have inspired a lot of people. You and the GCN Team keep up the great work. The channel is something I look forward to watching. Now go and enjoy a slice of pizza and a beer, well deserved. Chapeau!!
An absolutely exhilarating series from GCN and in my book, by far the best and most inspirational, I had goosebumps at the start.... Well done Ollie, you are an inspiration to us regular Joes, well done.
Unlucky mate, you're still the best thing on GCN. Keep the great vids coming
Friggin awesome Ollie! What an effort and super happy for you. That is a serious achievement. Have really enjoyed all the build up to this event and all the GCN banter. Great job. Now, what next???
Absolutely outstanding! What an accomplishment, Iâm proud of you, Ollie! Thanks for doing this Ollie, GCN, et al!
Well done Ollie, an inspiration to younger and older riders alike that with hard work you can achieve PB's. Great journey and series!
Great effort mate . Just how fast could Eddie have gone with all that aero help!! Mind blowing. Still incredible effort from you Ollie
Nic Christie the help that Eddy did have however might have made the same difference
@@portakalcan Drugs
Eddy is the greatest of all time. All I'm saying is WITH all of the aero help Ollie had, if he was on the gear EM was on back in the day he'd probably have come a lot closer.
That was a friggin amazing effort! I know you didnât achieve the goal you set but man I was fully stoked when I saw your results. Bad ass, and your reflection at the end was awesome. Triple thumbs up!!!
So proud of Ollie! What an achievement. Kudos to you for the dedication it took to get physically, mentally and emotionally fit to do this. Hope you enjoy a few beers and your favourite meal after that!
I'm proud of you Ollie you are my hero. Watching your improvement over the last three months, is nothing to sneeze at.
go Ollie blooming well done for all of that just so wished we could of got there to see it all happening, keep up the training and your smash it soon and i would like to hope we can be there to see you do it
That was a fabulous effort, and wonderful that you have shared the preparation and insight of your training! Thanks!
Great effort Ollie, for the Hour Attempt and the 3 months training. Itâs the journey not the destination. And what a fantastic, inspiring journey this has been. Respect!
What an excellent series! Well done for everything and I actually had a tear in my eye watching how you felt about it all at the end as weâve all watched you train and seen how much it meant to you! Inspirational.
Simply awesome. This video is everything I love about GCN!
Truly inspirational. The best challenge that GCN has undertaken. Ollie you are clearly a hell of a lot more than a gifted amateur. This is something that you will be able to show your future grandchildren. Chapeau Ollie
One of the best videos Iâve ever seen - a great wrap for a really inspirational series. Very excited to see Ollieâs next goals!
Great effort.
To bad you didn't make it.
But it's a great job.
And it has been so fun to follow this series.
Keep up the great work.
Well done, Ollie - that was incredible. You should be very proud of your achievement. Total respect đđ
Great effort! I really enjoyed watching this whole series. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation.
Congratulations Ollie! I really admire your acceptance of the challenge, commitment and courage to do this.
6:20 lovely voice crack
Absolute incredible effort. The commitment and dedication you put into this challenge is amazing. Congrats on you ride.
First GCN video to make me legit cry tears of joy. Well done sir, you're a true inspiration for all of us. You should be deeply proud of what you accomplished.
What a fantastic effort. The lead up to the day, the training, the high tech clothing, the wind tunnel testing, the whole thing was well put together. Getting so close to Eddie's time is remarkable and a great achievement.
Brilliant effort Ollie. You certainly put your heart and soul into that, chapeau đđđđ
Fantastic achievement, I am so impressed and inspired. Thank you!
Really enjoyed following the journey from start to end, great stuff and bloody well done Ollie !
Great Job Ollie!!! Can tell how emotional you are about your amazing accomplishment. Amazing when all of the hard work put in during the preparation is realized and you put it all on the line when it counts. The self satisfaction and pride really shows through.
This video, this whole Project gives me chills. Ollie, such a fighter. Well done, Dr. B. Congrats to GCN for this project. Wow...
Absolutely inspirering. Great work Ollie đ
Brilliant! Loved every moment today and loved every related video beforehand. Ollie you are an inspiration to us all! Thank you for being you. Cheers!
Wow, wow, wow!!!! Followed the lead up preparation and just watched the MONSTER effort! Chapeau! Best show ever! Keep up the great work, Ollie...oh...and GCN. Best on the U-tube!
"I got leaner" bit of an understatement there ollie lad ive seen more meat on a butchers apron good effort you mad bugger bet that first beer will taste awsome
Absolutely amazing. Great ride Ollie. This is what cycling is about. You put the work in and gave it YOUR best for a solid hour. The race is with yourself and you are a winner!
From all of us at The Sufferfest, congratulations on an absolutely epic ride. Your dedication, focus, and trust in the process is truly inspiring. Ultimately, it's not how far you rode that matters, it's how far you've come as an athlete over the past three months. You know you can dig deeper, go harder, and overcome self-doubt to accomplish truly remarkable things. We're proud to be a part of your journey. Remember: once a Sufferlandrian, always a Sufferlandrian. Hats off to you, Dr. Bridgewood.
Well done, Ollie. So proud of you for making this attempt and coming so close. You are remarkable.
And we all need a hype man like Hank, who supports us and even gets a little choked up for us.
Great series, lads.
Ollie, very inspiring for all of us. From a fellow chemist, you were definitely in a pi star state!
Wow CONGRATS Ollie for this great effort, amazing work, even without beating Eddy.
And itâs also amazing how The Sufferfest can do this but struggling completely with something easy like a Apple TV app.
What a fabulous achievement and what a great story. Thanks Ollie. In addition to all you gained from this, you should also know, and be proud of the emotion you inject in all of us who watches and enjoy your videos, stories and projects. You guys are great! Thanks for all the great work, thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers, MC
Kudos to this. It's inspiring all in general. Keep it up mate and also the whole GCN crew.
Good job !
You know so much more than you did three months ago
No amount of money could buy that.
Excellent work!
One of the best videos yet.... including the lead up videos... pure class
totally inspiring! Thank you Ollie and best wishes from Malaysia!
That was an amazing series and fantastic effort. Thanks to the sponsors of Ollie and GCN to bring this to us. Well done!