This is hands down my favorite channel. I have never obviously met Phil in person but seems to be a super humble person with a great sense of humour. Keep up the great content mate!
Phil Gaimon Add me to the list of people.... I love your channel. Not to take anything away from the GCN but your humour and storylines are cooler. Your Vancouver episode got me hooked. If you’re ever in Muskoka region I can get a bunch of rabid cyclists to take you up and down some hills here on the edge of the Niagara escarpment.... or we can all just go out for cookies and beer.... whatever works. How’s the new bike working out? Impressions so far?
Another great video, love the backing music for the climb and a top effort. Bit grim about cycling safety in Florida though 16:08 - road surface like all the roads in the UK.....holes, holes and more holes.
Phil, loved your content and outlook prior to watching this video, but, now learning that you went to UF and spent a lot of time riding the Gville, I dig you even more. I was just back up there and rode out on 241 to Millhopper Road and remembered how much I love riding there. Keep up the content-you are inspiring me to want to climb even though I am down in flat Southwest Florida. I-75 overpass, here I come!
Great breakdown of Florida and the Florida experience, but you forgot to add running into a potbellied Québecer wearing speedos, a tank top, and flip flops at the shopping mall for the complete “La Florida” experience😂😂😂
Ohhhh, Sugarloaf brings back a lot or memories. I live only 15 miles or so from there, and I've climbed it a couple hundred times at least during the 25 years I was in racing. I think back to the state road race championships held there several times in the early 90s. 10 laps and 10 climbs up Sugarloaf for cat 1,2 men. In 91 I attacked on the 2nd lap, with a small group coming with me. By the 8th lap I was by myself off the front, when John Lieswyn and Mark Swart caught me at the base of Sugarloaf with 1 1/2 laps to go (The S/F line was at the south end of Sugarloaf Mt Rd, near CR561A). I was too fried to stay with them on the climb, but had a big enough gap on everyone else that I hung on for 3rd. Disappointing, but then Lieswyn went on later that year to be part of the 4 man team to set a new US national record in the 100K team time trial, breaking the 2 hour mark. The next year I attacked on the first lap, again a small group coming with me, dropping off one by one till only one other rider, Steve Franco, managed to hang on. Then in the exact same spot as the year before, Carl Sundquist and another rider caught us just as we got to Sugarloaf with 1 1/2 laps to go. Steve got dropped, but I still felt good and managed to hang on. I stayed with Carl and the other rider till we got to Sugarlaof again on the final lap. This other guy had puked water just before we got there, so I figured he was pretty much done, and he did get dropped immediately as we started to climb. Then about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way up, as I sat of Carl's wheel, I saw him swift to one harder gear, stand up, and slowly pull away from me. I just didn't have enough left to stay with him. By the top he had a good gap on me, and ended up winning, with me getting 2nd. Another disappointment, but he would have kicked my ass in a sprint finish anyway, as later that year he was in the Barcelona Olympics representing the US in the individual pursuit on the track, and I was one of the worst sprinters in Florida. Ah, memories.
Guttenplan's stern admonishment after the sprint shows how real friends talk to each other. Even though Phil was a straight up pro and national champ, he wasn't afraid to call him out. Kudos
Hey, nice vid. I grew-up in Orlando and rode out to Clermont quite often on a 1970 Centurion back around the turn of the century. A technical note to know about Sugarloaf... Britton Hill, in the Panhandle, is actually higher at 345 feet, but there's almost no discernible prominence. Sugarloaf is the highest point in peninsular Florida at 312 feet, and has the highest prominence at 245 feet. So, for all intents and purposes, this is the "mountain" in Florida.
...that dually pickup with the unnecessary last minute swerve pass (17:43)..... Congrats on the KOM :) I was surprised to see something over 10% in Florida, even if short. Liked the vid.
Wowo Man I wish I would have known you were here I would have loved to meet you bro👍.I live here in Howey-in-the-Hills where SugarLoaf is I ride that thing all the time but not as fast as you 🤪 you killed it .. I hope to see you next time .. thanks for visiting..
I’m Canadian. I just learned about boiled peanuts two weeks ago when chatting with a friend from Georgia. He sent up a few “can’s” of boiled peanuts in brine. Boiled peanuts in the shell in a can, in brine. I don’t even know what to say about that. The old fella you ran into is the colonel of boiled nuts. Bien Fait!
I grew up in Florida, and then moved to New York. The first time I came back to Florida, I made a point of stopping for Cajun boiled peanuts. Probably the best thing in Florida.
Wrong. The further away from the coast the more southern you get. So you can go pretty far south in Florida and as long as you’re like 90 minutes from the coast, you’ll be in the South.
We had our team camp in Clermont and we were doing drills all day where we would have a partner who flatted and it was our job to pull them back onto the group. They flatted my partner right at the steepest part of Sugarloaf and I had to pull him back on from a standstill.
in the early nineties a friend and I would do the long drive from Sarasota out to there once or twice a month to ride the "hills" and this was where the State championship road race was held. Even though I was in great shape when I did that race I cramped so bad on that hill I had to stop right there. There were also a couple hills closer to Tampa in , I want to say, San Antonio people called "bunny ears" ? I'm pretty sure I still had a 42x21 at the time! :)
I'm sure this has already been said, but at 9:20, those are Sandhill cranes. Never even heard of "blue cranes". There are Great Blue Herons, but those are um...blue, not brown.
Sugarloaf need to be repaved in the backside of the road. If you are in the heavy side like me will get pinch flat easily. Love that area. Specially when get to road number 2 in howie in the hills.
Well i am from Cuba all my family live in Miami but i live in PA and follow all your videos i have beautiful road here in bucks county and a lot of people love ride in this area.
Love it Phil. Getting in some air miles!!!... Talking of which... Do you know how hot Adelaide is going to be next month?.... And are you planning to ride in Queensland... Gold Coast?
Epic Phil!!! Please please please come to Fort Lauderdale, lots of flat, fast rides down here and it will be a pleasure to have you ride with the dudes here!!!!! Cheers dude
Boiled peanuts by the side of the road? Very cool. Being in Clermont and not visiting the Orange Tower? Not so cool. Nevertheless, you're vlogs are always big fun.
"Florida isn't the south?" If Florida isn't the south I don't know what is. I guess he means southern, but it is if you meet any native Floridians. And if anybody's curious the highest point in Florida is 300 ft, so all of the climbing most cyclist in Florida do is up bridges.
@Phill Gaimon I can't believe you were in FL riding Sugarloaf Mountain, I road that numerous times last year as a Floridian... I'd have loved to meet you T___T
Is the Florida cyclist death rate high because of Florida man or because of the number of cyclists/all year riding? Is it 50/50 as to the high rate? It would be interesting to know.
The weather has a lot to do with it. Also a large number of those deaths are probably people riding a bike out of necessity and not understanding the rules of the road.
I did worked in Clermont for a few months and they are a few neighborhood with hills that kick 17%. I did one and damage my rear wheel with my fatty ass.😣😅
Man I tried for two years. Lots of interviews but no offers. I started working on this and my events while I was hunting, and then there was a point where those became full time and I didn’t need a job anymore.
Sleeveless and off-road? You are really bending the boundaries my generation misunderstood, gravel was "road" since DeGrange the assassin included Galibier ;;;;
I should probably preface what I'm about to say with the fact that I love Phil Gaimon's channel and content (especially the earlier stuff) but I do have one issue with the dude.... and this should go without saying....taking a lead out on most KOMs is not ok. If you know the KOM was taken in competition where dedicated domestiques were going all out then fine, get your buddy to do a lead out for you. Otherwise KOMs are time trials and taking a lead out compromises the sportsmanship and integrity of the effort. If shortcuts are your thing here's a few others you can try... EPO, Salbutamol, Motor Pacing, &*^% it just do it in your car. To be fair to Phil he did put that he took a lead out in the title of his ride which is as good as an asterisk. My two cents.
How to wear a helmet tutorial....1. Lose your straps as far as possible 2. Do not care about the rest! 3.Wipe off the brain from the streets by your friends ! Happy cycling !
This is hands down my favorite channel. I have never obviously met Phil in person but seems to be a super humble person with a great sense of humour. Keep up the great content mate!
Thanks Tim! Hope to meet you someday
Come out to Malibu for the Cookie Fondo! Phil’s even better in person!
Phil Gaimon
Add me to the list of people.... I love your channel. Not to take anything away from the GCN but your humour and storylines are cooler. Your Vancouver episode got me hooked. If you’re ever in Muskoka region I can get a bunch of rabid cyclists to take you up and down some hills here on the edge of the Niagara escarpment.... or we can all just go out for cookies and beer.... whatever works. How’s the new bike working out? Impressions so far?
Sandhill Crane.
Better known as “Ribeye in the sky”.
You climb 14% grades faster than I can ride flats.
Another great video, love the backing music for the climb and a top effort. Bit grim about cycling safety in Florida though
16:08 - road surface like all the roads in the UK.....holes, holes and more holes.
Phil, loved your content and outlook prior to watching this video, but, now learning that you went to UF and spent a lot of time riding the Gville, I dig you even more. I was just back up there and rode out on 241 to Millhopper Road and remembered how much I love riding there. Keep up the content-you are inspiring me to want to climb even though I am down in flat Southwest Florida. I-75 overpass, here I come!
Great breakdown of Florida and the Florida experience, but you forgot to add running into a potbellied Québecer wearing speedos, a tank top, and flip flops at the shopping mall for the complete “La Florida” experience😂😂😂
Ohhhh, Sugarloaf brings back a lot or memories. I live only 15 miles or so from there, and I've climbed it a couple hundred times at least during the 25 years I was in racing. I think back to the state road race championships held there several times in the early 90s. 10 laps and 10 climbs up Sugarloaf for cat 1,2 men. In 91 I attacked on the 2nd lap, with a small group coming with me. By the 8th lap I was by myself off the front, when John Lieswyn and Mark Swart caught me at the base of Sugarloaf with 1 1/2 laps to go (The S/F line was at the south end of Sugarloaf Mt Rd, near CR561A). I was too fried to stay with them on the climb, but had a big enough gap on everyone else that I hung on for 3rd. Disappointing, but then Lieswyn went on later that year to be part of the 4 man team to set a new US national record in the 100K team time trial, breaking the 2 hour mark. The next year I attacked on the first lap, again a small group coming with me, dropping off one by one till only one other rider, Steve Franco, managed to hang on. Then in the exact same spot as the year before, Carl Sundquist and another rider caught us just as we got to Sugarloaf with 1 1/2 laps to go. Steve got dropped, but I still felt good and managed to hang on. I stayed with Carl and the other rider till we got to Sugarlaof again on the final lap. This other guy had puked water just before we got there, so I figured he was pretty much done, and he did get dropped immediately as we started to climb. Then about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way up, as I sat of Carl's wheel, I saw him swift to one harder gear, stand up, and slowly pull away from me. I just didn't have enough left to stay with him. By the top he had a good gap on me, and ended up winning, with me getting 2nd. Another disappointment, but he would have kicked my ass in a sprint finish anyway, as later that year he was in the Barcelona Olympics representing the US in the individual pursuit on the track, and I was one of the worst sprinters in Florida. Ah, memories.
Please tell me someone made fun of those helmet straps!
Best music during the climb!
Guttenplan's stern admonishment after the sprint shows how real friends talk to each other. Even though Phil was a straight up pro and national champ, he wasn't afraid to call him out. Kudos
Hey, nice vid. I grew-up in Orlando and rode out to Clermont quite often on a 1970 Centurion back around the turn of the century. A technical note to know about Sugarloaf... Britton Hill, in the Panhandle, is actually higher at 345 feet, but there's almost no discernible prominence. Sugarloaf is the highest point in peninsular Florida at 312 feet, and has the highest prominence at 245 feet. So, for all intents and purposes, this is the "mountain" in Florida.
Great video. The "birds" are Sand Hill Cranes.
...that dually pickup with the unnecessary last minute swerve pass (17:43)..... Congrats on the KOM :) I was surprised to see something over 10% in Florida, even if short. Liked the vid.
Wowo Man I wish I would have known you were here I would have loved to meet you bro👍.I live here in Howey-in-the-Hills where SugarLoaf is I ride that thing all the time but not as fast as you 🤪 you killed it .. I hope to see you next time .. thanks for visiting..
I’m Canadian. I just learned about boiled peanuts two weeks ago when chatting with a friend from Georgia. He sent up a few “can’s” of boiled peanuts in brine. Boiled peanuts in the shell in a can, in brine. I don’t even know what to say about that. The old fella you ran into is the colonel of boiled nuts. Bien Fait!
I grew up in Florida, and then moved to New York. The first time I came back to Florida, I made a point of stopping for Cajun boiled peanuts. Probably the best thing in Florida.
just moved to tampa this month and needed this to find some riding places around here...gracias
Brofessor _ San Antonio is great too!
Hey man hit me up we can ride the Pinellas Trail sometime
That post car crash story, love that takeaway. Thanks.
Wrong. The further away from the coast the more southern you get. So you can go pretty far south in Florida and as long as you’re like 90 minutes from the coast, you’ll be in the South.
We had our team camp in Clermont and we were doing drills all day where we would have a partner who flatted and it was our job to pull them back onto the group. They flatted my partner right at the steepest part of Sugarloaf and I had to pull him back on from a standstill.
Thanks for hosting, Gutt. Another fun one, Phil.
Thank you!
in the early nineties a friend and I would do the long drive from Sarasota out to there once or twice a month to ride the "hills" and this was where the State championship road race was held. Even though I was in great shape when I did that race I cramped so bad on that hill I had to stop right there. There were also a couple hills closer to Tampa in , I want to say, San Antonio people called "bunny ears" ? I'm pretty sure I still had a 42x21 at the time! :)
I'm sure this has already been said, but at 9:20, those are Sandhill cranes. Never even heard of "blue cranes". There are Great Blue Herons, but those are um...blue, not brown.
It’s awesome that you were in the area to ride. Florida winter riding is the best!
Sugarloaf need to be repaved in the backside of the road. If you are in the heavy side like me will get pinch flat easily.
Love that area. Specially when get to road number 2 in howie in the hills.
Phil mega vid start funny as fook great commentary on next door shop obsessives. I'm glad you enjoyed the pics of bag strap in their bed
wow I lived near Orlando for years and didn't know about Clermont being anything for cyclists.
adding w/kg overlay would be awesome. i can show you how
Great staff. When you coming to Switzerland 🇨🇭 again?
Oh GAWD! I'm from Florida and the cycling truly sux. (Which is why I now live in Germany... The cycling is much better!) Great effort Phil! YOU ROCK!!
Well i am from Cuba all my family live in Miami but i live in PA and follow all your videos i have beautiful road here in bucks county and a lot of people love ride in this area.
I used to live in Quarryville PA and Lancaster.
My old home. Right in the feels....
Hahaha I hang out at Caddy's from time to time. I hope you got a chance to ride the pinellas trail Phil!
I don't remember seeing any of those houses on Sugarloaf!
a climb in Florida? I live in Florida and didn't know it existed
Phil, what seat do you use? Love your vids.
Love it Phil. Getting in some air miles!!!... Talking of which... Do you know how hot Adelaide is going to be next month?.... And are you planning to ride in Queensland... Gold Coast?
Was waiting for some mention of how dangerous cycling is in Florida. Eff that place.
My fave vid so far
Epic Phil!!! Please please please come to Fort Lauderdale, lots of flat, fast rides down here and it will be a pleasure to have you ride with the dudes here!!!!! Cheers dude
Lots of KOM’s for you to try and steal
Soo, i really want to see this documentary about the plants
That hill made me want to die. I saw your strava and was confused how you even went that fast.
PED'S
That kit.... amazing. Way to take the Loaf!
You realize you’re going to have to do a tri at some point, right? Go join VC for the Olympic he does every year.
Now go and watch Seth and Alex try and ride this climb, Phil is the superior species.
Have a GPS file on an good routes there? Heading down this winter.
Shout out to Roanoke VA and Starlight Apparel!
Those power numbers were silly
Boiled peanuts by the side of the road? Very cool. Being in Clermont and not visiting the Orange Tower? Not so cool. Nevertheless, you're vlogs are always big fun.
I call those birds prehistoric people. They are here at the same time every year. They are very loud.
That hat! I need it.
What was the background music at 20:12. Great! No disrespect meant, but I´m a musician and a bike rider . Love your vlog!
"Florida isn't the south?" If Florida isn't the south I don't know what is. I guess he means southern, but it is if you meet any native Floridians. And if anybody's curious the highest point in Florida is 300 ft, so all of the climbing most cyclist in Florida do is up bridges.
Phil, you hit north fla people dead on the money. Lol pickups and chewing tobacco. Great to see you make a video in my home state.
Damn it, Jim , I'm a domestique not a botanist!??!
@Phill Gaimon I can't believe you were in FL riding Sugarloaf Mountain, I road that numerous times last year as a Floridian... I'd have loved to meet you T___T
You Must try to Ride in Miami with a lot of Crazy Bike Enthusiast. There is a cool bike Scene and min. 3 Times a week Group rides!
Phil - Thanks for sharing a great ride with us on CZcams. Enjoyed it very much.
Thank you!
Love it. Any plans for Iowa/Nebraska/Kansas?
Ohio?
@@edwood7741 Was thinking the same... but then remembered that there are Actual Mountains southeast of Columbus.
Welcome to Phil's gun show 😆
Someone please tell that guy to fix his helmet straps, terrible! :P
Is the Florida cyclist death rate high because of Florida man or because of the number of cyclists/all year riding? Is it 50/50 as to the high rate? It would be interesting to know.
The weather has a lot to do with it. Also a large number of those deaths are probably people riding a bike out of necessity and not understanding the rules of the road.
We got some locals here who are coming up on your kom
Does that really kick up to 13% in Florida?😅
I did worked in Clermont for a few months and they are a few neighborhood with hills that kick 17%.
I did one and damage my rear wheel with my fatty ass.😣😅
i love guys that ride side by side in solid yellow roads.....they make it so easy for the rest of us
Wow 110 cycling deaths per year? How many cyclists are there in FL?
About three fiddy
I thought he couldn't sprint? He's climbing that thing at like my 5or 10 second power!
First comment. You're a beast Phil!
Phil, do you have a job outside of this show?
Man I tried for two years. Lots of interviews but no offers. I started working on this and my events while I was hunting, and then there was a point where those became full time and I didn’t need a job anymore.
Phil Gaimon that’s awesome that you still do what you love! Keep up that killer content👍🏼
Thanks!
Yo this dude looks like fucking Jim Carrey no lie
Spying on Dave's form for USACrits lol.
Sleeveless and off-road? You are really bending the boundaries my generation misunderstood, gravel was "road" since DeGrange the assassin included Galibier ;;;;
Update: Someone got you by 2 seconds on March 31st this year. Come on back.
Sugarloaf 💪🏾🏁
Im in South FL right now visiting my parents, without my bike - my life is in shambles. Send help. #payattentiontome
I feel for you dude. I’ll help you kill 20 min here how’s that?
@@worstretirementever my eyes got the workout they needed. Thanks for being in the giving spirit this Holiday season.
Xo
The birds are egrets
Sandhill Cranes
He's too nice a guy but you just want to clown him for his helmet straps....
I would really like to watch the video, but the sound is so bad I had to turn it off :-(
Power through it’s worth it
you roadies are nuts...ya all need to come over to MTB side..trees don't move or try to run you off the trail..
Left Florida 33 years ago, I'm sure I'd have been a statistic if I had stayed.
I should probably preface what I'm about to say with the fact that I love Phil Gaimon's channel and content (especially the earlier stuff) but I do have one issue with the dude.... and this should go without saying....taking a lead out on most KOMs is not ok. If you know the KOM was taken in competition where dedicated domestiques were going all out then fine, get your buddy to do a lead out for you. Otherwise KOMs are time trials and taking a lead out compromises the sportsmanship and integrity of the effort. If shortcuts are your thing here's a few others you can try... EPO, Salbutamol, Motor Pacing, &*^% it just do it in your car. To be fair to Phil he did put that he took a lead out in the title of his ride which is as good as an asterisk. My two cents.
I threw up in my mouth watching this effort.
Plant scientist! Ha ha ha etc
How to wear a helmet tutorial....1. Lose your straps as far as possible 2. Do not care about the rest! 3.Wipe off the brain from the streets by your friends ! Happy cycling !
Yikes dude
Noisy truck your riding in. Must be all the old, half blind drivers killing the cyclists.
A lead out for a Strava segment? Cheater!
Crikey - poor audio quality. Had to quit.
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