Hill Climb Racing! FULL GAS Cycling Up LEITH HILL & Porlock Toll Road ft. KOM hunt tv & Ed Laverack

[@bjjnewb2134]

Bravo 👏🏻 nice result, keep climbing these hills and you will earn the nickname Phill ‘ the mountain goat’ Lovett

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Newb Cyclist thanks Wayne - as ever for your kind words! I have quite a few more beautiful climbing vids stacked up ... so Phill the Goat Lovett it may be! 🐐

[@ryanisserow7521]

Great video Phil, amazing climb at Leith Hill and up Porlock😀

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Ryan 🙏 and thanks hugely for your support ! Good luck with the studies instead of the Everest this weekend 🍀

[@ryanisserow7521]

Bike Racing Without Mercy It’s my pleasure. Thank you so much👍

[@DavidRaynham85]

Great video, 2 superb efforts. Nice to see Paul make an appearance at the end too.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers David - super kind of you, and thanks for your support. Yes - Paul you and I hit the Alp for your original 4W/kg PB up the Alp - and he’s even stronger on the bike in real life 💪.

[@markbentley4343]

Great efforts Phil and the video productions are just getting better and better :)

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much for you support, Mark and very kind comment - Jayne is super chuffed! We love making the vids - and plenty more to come 👍

[@samuelj.turton6069]

Absolutely fantastic to see these two events, cracking performance's Phill, Charlie is spot on only your second hill climb and already doing incredible, more experience under the belt 👌 Onwards and upwards 📈 well done Sir 👊

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Samuel J. Turton Thanks Samuel 🙏 - thats super kind of you. I was very pleased with Leith, and you’ll see I redeemed myself on Porlock Toll... Well done again on your FTP increase 👌

[@KelvinNewman]

Not saying Phill is the nicest man in cycling but him saying thank you to every spectator is very on brand!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Ha ha 😂 - I wasn’t able to say thanks on Leith! Was great racing you Kelvin 👌 and look forward to doing so again on Zwift or a climb

[@KelvinNewman]

Bike Racing Without Mercy have you ever used RGT? they have the magic roads feature where you can create a race on pretty much any road with a GPX file with some pretty decent auto generated landscapes. I’m considering creating a bit of a mini series of races on classic UK climbs. Might have to try and twist your arm into racing!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Kelvin Newman hi Kelvin - and indeed I like RGT - it’s a nice simulation 👌But it’s not easy to live stream it due to the way the screen fills my computer and won’t let me get to the other apps needed . I think it’s getting an update. But yes will be nice to race soon

[@leebaxter8654]

Good going Phill. Good to see paul hamblett in the flesh, and going fast on the hill climb. You have also set me a marker for next year. 👍

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Lee - so good to see people in real life who you’ve met virtually 👌. And for sure - Leith is a big power climb - and will suit you well. Big gear smash fest 💪

[@KOMHuntTV]

11:24 & 14:10 She sure walks fast! 😂 Great video Phill & Jayne 👍👍👌👌👌

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Genius spot 👀 - was an amazing week 👌. Thanks so much 🙏

[@jaynes6813]

The editor’s eye in evidence again - like a hawk 😊

[@malcolm3370]

Enjoyed the video, great effort Phil.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much for your support for the channel, Malcolm 🙏 - loved these events 👌

[@edlaverack]

You learnt so much from just 2 proper hill climb events (vastly different to Strava Segment Challenges). Hearing you dissect the effort on Leith where you thought you pushed too hard was bang on, and it takes so much to be able to travel, do a 5min effort, travel, then do a 20min effort. Motorhome is needed for optimum performances I reckon :)

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Ed 🙏. I’ve just ordered an F1 Style Motorhome 😁. Agreed it’s very different hitting a hill climb from a standing start with all the nerves and pressure vs a rolling start into a causal KOM attempt . Have the taste for it though ... need to bring up my 2-5min power 💪

[@jaynes6813]

He better be joking about that motor home......... 🤣

[@gazwagon4843]

Big winnebago, you two Bullet and Scott, hill climb adventures. At least you'd have someone to keep your hair tidy 👍

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Gazwagon 😂😂. Genius Gaz ! Would have to be a very large Winnebago with a special wing for me to get some peace and quiet 😁

[@TheDomLouis]

Congrats Phil! Loved the overlay on the 1st climb. Pity it wasn't on the 2nd. Great result all round!!

[@TheDomLouis]

Is the hill climb competition over the full 6kms?

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much Dominique 🙏. And yes Porlock is the full 6.4km - and we considered the power overlay for it. But it was pretty steady at 310W for the first 3.5km and 250-300W for the second plus I’d posted the full 19min climb of Porlock in a recent video ahead of the event - with power overlay (was beautiful - check it out ) 👌

[@TheDomLouis]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy Will do. Might sign up for this pain locker, next year :)

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

TheDomLouis highly recommended - it’s a lovely feel good village event 👌👌

[@zaahierstanley955]

Well done Phill ... like the ladies said it's only your second hill climb. I know you set a very high standard for yourself. You certainly doing well... strength to strength

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much Zaahier 🙏 - really appreciate your support . I was a bit disappointed with my performance at Porlock - but very happy with the Leith climb. And had some excellent climbs during the week - all to come 👌

[@AlejandroMallea]

Congratulations on your first hill climbs, and also on that milestone of 2,000 subscribers! Steady growth for the channel, steady growth for your FTP as well :)

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Alejandro Mallea thanks so much on both counts Alejandro 🙏 - and also am extremely grateful for all your support along the way 💯🙏. Hope you are settling well - and I did mention to Ed that you had DM’d him about the coaching 👍

[@AlejandroMallea]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy Thank you! I just finished suffering my first week of training with the new coach :) Give me a few months and I'll be joining you in some of those races, though I prefer the short ones, not the brutal ones you do :)

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Alejandro Mallea amazing - you’ll really start to appreciate the improvements after about 4 weeks👌

[@simonbrown3993]

Great vid and smashing effort on both hills

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much for all your kind support for the Chanel Simon 🙏. And for sure - Leith in particular was a big gear smash fest - loved it 💯💪

[@MarkyMarkZwifts]

Great video Phill and superb efforts on the hill climbs 💪

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Mark 🙏 - the Leith Hill was one of my best efforts to date ! All in 💪

[@MarkyMarkZwifts]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy How does the Zwift Leith Hill compare to the real thing, is it close if trainer difficulty is set to 100%?

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Mark Alford good question👌. I run a 32 cassette on the rear in real life, and reckon that 100% TD on Zwift is reasonably close - but still a tad easier. If anyone is running 50% -75% TD on Zwift and has a 28 in real life they will have an unpleasant shock when they hit double digit gradients! In real life with a 32 I need to get out the saddle once the gradient gets above 10-11% - because I run out of small gears to spin. If Zwift is set at 75% I can stay seated and spin all the way up the Radio Tower on the 13-16% gradients. But at 100% TD (which is what I’ve been using on Zwift the last 6weeks) I’ll be standing because I run out of small gears. So on balance Leith Hill is pretty realistic at 100% TD - but probably still understates the brute force needed to overcome the steeper ramps. Also the Zwift graphics don’t quite do justice to just how pretty the real climb is. All said - I’m super grateful to have a virtual training app that’s as close as it is. It’s down to rider choice to turn up the TD 👍

[@jinx6493]

Beautiful countryside, nice to see you smoothly negotiating the hairpins and BIG gratz on 2k subs!! Well deserved and when you’re a global KZbin sensation don’t forget we were here at the start! 😁😂🍻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Jinx - hugely appreciate your kind support 🙏. Has the WattBike landed? And for sure - I won’t forget 💯

[@andyolsen4517]

Great vid man keep up the good work !

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much Andy - really appreciate you kind support 🙏👍

[@ryanisserow7521]

2nd... Congrats on 2k subs Phil

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Ryan 🙏🙏 super kind of you - really appreciate all your support for the channel

[@ryanisserow7521]

Bike Racing Without Mercy It’s my pleasure, keep up the amazing work👍

[@tonystrange7224]

Great effort on the hill climb Phil. And yes it's always super stressful when you're running late for an event. I always aim to get there an hour before so a proper warm up can be done. And yes I think I'd you're going to do a lot of hill climb racing a lighter steed is required. Good excuse for a customs build 😉

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

That was the intent Tony - but poor planning on my part and then forgetting my cycling shoes put paid to any warm up let alone a recce 🤪. And I was shocked at how much the Colnago weighed - so I reckon I can be a bit more competitive with the Wilier .... got it back today... but the rear derailleur got broken in transit...

[@lorddilego6805]

Congrats on the 2k subs, Phill! Well-deserved! :) 3:27 Wait, are you an actual cycling celebrity now? Do people generally know who you are nowadays? :D 12:13 I've seen this sequence now from so many different angles, yet it never fails to put a smile on my face. :) Nice to see Paul himself featured after seeing in the chat and on Zwift. Good ride, Paul! But Phill (!!!), couldn't all the his and hellos wait until you were on your way down the climb rather than up?! xD

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks so much for all your insight and support, Lord - am so grateful for the community we are building 🙏. You should know from the live streams that I’m decent with the speaking at threshold watts - for the first 15mins or so, and in reality I should have gone less hard in the first 3.5km.......... will I ever learn 🧐. With Scott on the deck you will always get multiple angles on angles 😂😂

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Omg Phil, if you can speak to the locals on a hill TTyoure not going full gas 😂😂 well played on the 2 race days 👍 looks like super fun (and suffering)... really nice job with #117 on the upper slopes, after he came past you were matching him all the way to the finish.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Chris - it was a small victory to keep Fin reasonably close at the top of Porlock! Believe it or not - the first 3.5km I went too hard on Porlock (average 310W) and then had to lay off and regroup ... The Hill Climbs are a lot of fun - not as full on as the outdoor crit races (I expect less enjoyable if you have a chance of a top 10!!) 🤪

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Bike Racing Without Mercy interesting - it looks a bit shy of a 20min effort so similar to an ftp test, where I guess you’d expect to manage 310w avg (cca 294w ftp), give or take some decrease of ftp, that was riding around 105-110% which is about right for the length of the effort. One thing on the polarized approach I noted, holding high Z4 or just above ftp for long durations became harder than the stuff in Z5 or above that I was training specifically for I.e. short 5-8min Vo2 intensity.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Chris Clarke thats really interesting about the polarised blunting the zone 4 endurance a little. The Wednesday before the Porlock climb I completed 20mins outside at 303W - but deliberately didn’t drain the tank in the final 5mins - and oddly enough the day after Porlock I rode the climb again at 303W - but didn’t go as deep at the beginning. I reckon my FTP is c290W. Also I’ve found that an all out max max effort like the one on Leith Hill blunts me a bit the day after - even though it’s only a sub 5min effort !

[@GiorgioCoppolaCycling]

2k subs 💪

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers for all the support Giorgio 🙏😊

[@shaunedwards4362]

Nice video Jayne..and you as well I guess Phil.gotta learn to handle that adrenaline on the first couple of mins..comes with practice I'm sure.at least it wasnt a 1500w sprint 🤦‍♂️

[@BehindtheKOM]

😂😂😂💪

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Well put Sean! And per our conversation last night - 53rd is 52nd of the losers ! Luckily the 1500W sprint isn’t in my armoury ....and nor even 900 😂.

[@Richz2]

I wouldn't be too disappointed Phil. Interesting that you said that you felt you went a bit too hard at the beginning and tailed off at the end. Have you watched BikeRadar Hillclimb series? They have some useful tips, one of which was about pacing and not posting your best power right at the end. Top effort and good luck on the next one.!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Richard - I’ve watched a few of them, but not that one - will check them out. I do tend to have my good and bad days outside: In the crits over the winter I found one weekend would be stellar and the next a bit of a struggle! The hill climb was the same - happy with Leith (especially now you told me I was right to drain the tank and not be super strong at the end😊) but I knew better on Porlock - and ignored my own pacing strategy 🧐

[@agnesrosalinde]

Super video. Really nice to see the real version of Leith Hill. Did you both share an accommodation with Ed and Charlie? Looks great. What a diffrence in atmosphere between Leith Hill and Porlock. Leith Hill seems nice too, but at the Porlock hill climb it looks as if the people and cyclists of the Exmoor villages had come out. As a sixty year old with near copd longues (stupid ex smoker me) I know the burning feeling all too well, Phill. Especially when it is colder. 18 somewhat 💪💪💪👍👍If you think you can do better it is an extra reason to return next year, isn't? Thank you both for this video.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

As ever thanks so much for your lovely kind comments and support Agnes🙏. Yes we stayed in the same house in Porlock (it had separate bathrooms etc). The burning lung feeling was very acute - and I was still coughing the day of Porlock! So sorry to hear you have to deal with that . Minehead and Porlock were so so welcoming and created a wonderful atmosphere for the event 👌. And Jayne and I stayed in Porlock the rest of the week - so in the next vids you’ll see some more climbs (and I did have a second full gas tilt at Porlock Toll Road - albeit didn’t film the effort ! ) . Will definitely be back next year 💯

[@agnesrosalinde]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy I am looking forward to those video's again!

[@SILVERSNOWMAN72]

Entertaining video Phil, loved it. Hill climbs are brutal.....you did great mate but I could tell you thought you could go faster. Dont be tough on yourself, I know youll turn around for a positive performance boost!! What happened to the Willier light bike?

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Thanks Wayne 🙏 - i very much appreciate all your support for the channel. And for sure - I went too hard at the beginning on Porlock and tailed off (hit it much better in terms of power the next morning though 😁). Loved climbing Leith - proper smash fest 💪. I got the Wilier back today!! But the rear derailleur got broken in transit - so back to the shop.... and am waiting to see if the spokes are ok....

[@SILVERSNOWMAN72]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy you'll be unstoppable on the Cento!!!

[@GiorgioCoppolaCycling]

Great effort up the climb but that clip in 😂😂

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Yep - another disaster....My record is 20secs at a crit earlier this year.... and yes...I do practice 😬

[@GiorgioCoppolaCycling]

😂😂 20 seconds.... chasing from the gun

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Giorgio Coppola Cycling yep - 500W for 40sec just to get back into the Peleton .....to the smell of matches being burned 😁

[@GiorgioCoppolaCycling]

Bike Racing Without Mercy ouch 😂😂

[@elijahkwon422]

Was watching this on the turbo when you gave me a ride on, thought I’d open up the KZbin app and leave a comment down here🙂

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cheers Elijah - hope your studies are going well! Still looking strong on Strava!

[@CameronOgilvie1]

I'm spitting blood if I do a hard effort with no warm up. I need 15 minutes or so when the weather is cool to ramp up the exertion. You will get a better result with a proper warm up!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Yes - doesn’t surprise me, Cameron ! It took about half a week to get rid of the cough it cause me! And next time the planning will be better - and the warm up will be accommodated! Hope you will soon get to perform live 🤞 - over here in the U.K., it’s not looking like we’ll get to that until 2021

[@CameronOgilvie1]

@@BikeRacingWithoutMercy I suspect what little career I had is now over. Good times.

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Cameron Ogilvie hang in there Cameron - the pent up demand for live performance is likely huge, and there will come a time when people will be allowed and desperate to listen to your talent 🤞👍