Can We Burn 10,000 Calories In A Single Bike Ride?

[@Vii_DT]

10/10 Story & Script 10/10 Cinematography 10/10 Colour Grading 10/10 GCN

[@gcn]

Thank you.

[@james989]

Agreed brilliant video.

[@DeadRook]

10/10 Suffering

[@unsane21games53]

I might try this but on a mtb

[@weenig1387]

0/10 Legshaving

[@JiaSound]

I burned almost 10k calories a day for 40 days in a row, when I crossed the northern US on my bicycle doing a century per day on a fully loaded bike, and I weighed 270lbs at the time (I had trained up for them, and had come down from 350lbs). I love ultra-distance riding!! - - I have only been cycling for about 3 years and my longest bike ride was 153 miles at almost 17 hours. At this point, I am pursuing other sports more intensely, but I lost about 150lbs thanks to cycling, and specifically this channel for teaching me!

[@gcn]

That sounds like some absolutely epic riding, Jose. Thanks so much for supporting the channel!

[@JiaSound]

@@gcn Anytime! You guys enabled me to take control of my life and health. You inspired me, and made it so I could geek out on riding technique, and nutrition. I will always support this page!! 😇🤓😆😆 I am a content creator, video editor, and producer. I usually make stuff for my clients, but now I'm going to start making my own health content! I started Vegan Body Building, and want to make a series specifically on cycling if you are obese, and how to train up to become an ultra distance cyclist from there specifically. There are so many series on fit people teaching others how to workout. Where as I know first hand the struggles they are going to face. I'm sure there are others out there that made a series like that, but I don't care. I wanna help people like you helped me, even if it is just one.

[@mrmetall63]

This is amazing...keep going with new habits and a healthy new lifestyle...good job my friend.

[@Chris-ci3lu]

@@JiaSound Got a name for the channel yet? Sitting at about 300 right now, wanting to drop to about 240. Would love to hear about the struggles of a big guy wanting to lose weight to help me out. Used to be about 220 a few years back, but thanks to a back injury, depression, and beer, my motivation has been f*** all.

[@andyhaochizhang]

Not to take anything away from your epic ride. I’m under the impression they are trying to burn 10k kcal from purely cycling (their calculation uses power delivered to the bike), so the total calories they burned for the day is probably 12-13k kcal.

[@Culbret]

Try the bikes we can’t afford, interview the racers we won’t get to meet, and torture yourselves in ways we just aren’t willing to do. I love GCN

[@dannyhanny1191]

Agree, except for the 'bikes' part ... Do wish they'd ride the bikes we can afford a little more often, but then - as all being retired professional racers - they do deserve to ride the best. What I think I need is the "Affordable GCN Channel." ;-)

[@petermilsom5638]

no reason you can't ride for 14 hours, or 16 hours or whatever. Explore Audax and/or Randonneuring in your country. The UK has an active scene, and does the US, and many other nations. You, too, can have the sore butt and the rubber legs from riding from dawn 'til dusk ;-)

[@maxxxiq]

Great idea! Wait... this sounds like Grand Tour for cyclists. )))

[@OctogonOxygen024816]

@@dannyhanny1191 GCN AZ; For the affordable cycling tech

[@oliverkim334]

Every challenge is self obtained by will

[@Claymanlol]

We have a roadrace in Norway which starts in Trondheim and ends in Oslo, called Styrkeprøven (translates neatly to "the strenght test"). Its approx 540 km long. I did it as a 15-year old in 2006 together with my dad and granddad, with an avg pace of 27 km/h, or 20hrs 17mins. And I can totally relate to the feelings you describe when you are having stops and breaks. You just dread getting back on the bike, but you know you have to. We only had short stops every 80-100k to stack up food and go to the toilets. Night racing is crazy, especially 12-14 hours in. Man that was such a mental experience. Would of loved to know my stats in terms of avg watts and calories. Anyways, great video and really really really cool production. Love your vids to death.

[@horiabass]

That's great! Amazing that your father and your grandfather were with you and finished together. You are lucky to go through that experience.

[@mylespenman6094]

what? at age 15 you rode 540 km? and at 27 km/h! mate , that is amazing.

[@brendonnoble3296]

Totally ridiculous and absolutely unnecessary, I love it.

[@ethancook1202]

i agree

[@Platalol]

Congratulation you just passed a day1 on the Transcontinental race :D

[@gcn]

Haha thanks Stephane!

[@casualguy393]

About 2 weeks left to go.... If you are really really really really fast.

[@KandiKlover]

That’s about what mark Beaumont did on his around the world in 80 days trip.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

@@gcn Can the entire GCN crew do a *combined* month's worth of endurance riding while wearing weighted clothing to simulate living in 1.5x Earth's gravity? All types of bikes are allowed for this challenge... even tandems, e-bikes and mountain bikes.

[@bassmandudge]

I tried this but got the concept all wrong... I sat on my bike for 22mins watching this video and consumed 10000 calories... i feel great ...if a little sick.... Oh and in absolute awe of what you achieved.....

[@stustjohn]

Ha ha! Brilliant reply!

[@runnerfive972]

actual lol

[@jbruner182]

THat is AWESOME haha, but yes.... not the point :)

[@briseboy]

Not at all observing with any conscious intent of noting changes in the riders, I was shocked by what looked like noticeable mass loss in James as he was interviewed some way in. My background has to do with observing phenotypic differences, & must have kicked in due to there being significant change. Eating is so fun, and certainly looks as if many former pros ordered private McDonald's franchises for personal use only. Many must have had years of such satisfactory fun after such a career switch. Only the autopsy table will tell all - Which area of the bike did you sit on, by the way?The whole, or a particular part - frame, one wheel per cheek, what?

[@greenpedal370]

Love it!!!

[@CameronOgilvie1]

The cine work is approaching feature film quality in spots. Awesome job GCN!

[@ekkoinverted]

Please make a vid of how you felt the next day 🙏

[@chefsolidOriginal]

100% this needs a follow up :-D

[@shinobi111782]

how to recover after 10000 calorie ride...

[@michaelhilbert6919]

Exactly what I was thinking. The day(s) after must have been terrible. How do you best recover from something like that?

[@theraven3758]

Agreed, a follow video of the next day is needed. And if we really wanted to be cruel, a video of a recovery ride the next day. Lol

[@EviLNox8]

12 hours of sleep, an hour of yoga and a bag of doritos.

[@willemvdk4886]

The montage, lol. You guys are funny! And quite insane. I've done 7 hour rides before, I know how they feel. The thought of having 4 hours left at the 7 hour mark seems excruciating.

[@pobg]

To think we get top quality content like this for free..... everyday...... unbelievable Jeff. Well done lads and thanks gcn

[@gcn]

Cheers buddy! Glad you enjoy it :)

[@DuncanInUK]

When my mate said it would be a quick recovery ride

[@DylanJohnsonCycling]

Bodybuilding fitness channels will do 10,000 calorie challenges and they’ve got to be way off because cycling is a constant aerobic effort and those guys will just do random exercises all day with rest between. I’ve found most calorie counters are way off but a power meter doesn’t lie. Nicely done!

[@cliffordromina3527]

Nice one!

[@Witty..UserName]

The bb challenges are usually just eating x amount of calories... Not burning them I thought.

[@ltu42]

A power meter only tells that they've put out 8.4 MJ of work (199W * (11*3600 + 44*60)s). The amount of calories burnt is still a vague estimate. And, BTW, Strava, Garmin devices etc. use the rule of thumb that 1kcal burnt = 1kJ mechancal work put out. So Si and James might be 16% below their target.

[@nathanbaribeau2833]

Cheers mate! I once worked with (weight lifters) body builders. They can flex all day long, do silly pectoral dances, then complain about walking up two flights of stairs.

[@backpacker3421]

There's no way anybody is burning 10k calories lifting weights in a single day. Even if you're lifting heavy, it just isn't happening. The physics and math don't back it up. Assuming perfect efficiency, lifting 100 lbs a distance of 2 feet burns 0.06 nutritional calories (kcal). Even if you account for heat loss and the mechanical inefficiencies of the human body, 10k calories in a day is beyond belief.

[@emileewatson4845]

ive only just started getting into exercise, watching videos like this is so motivating since I can barely ride a bike for 30 minutes currently. I'm more into running than cycling but seeing how strong and dedicated you guys are is very inspiring for me :)

[@mhe8545]

Love it! All of you are great presenters. You each bring your own twist to the road. Makes me want to get out and ride!

[@johnpotter4555]

I think GCN has just invented a new film genre called " cycling noir".

[@ajlong404]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@daveyboy79]

Average of 199W, that's 2W higher than my most recent ftp test, don't be so modest with your achievements.

[@dazzershell]

Once I wanted to beat my 1000 squat challenge, i have done it in 1 hour with approximate power of 213W (body weight without legs was measured, sitting on libra, and power then can be calculated wery easy). But when I was trying to maintain that power on climb with mountainbike, i was out of fuel wery quickly. We have 800m long 7% climb, it is 56 meter height, moving body and bike mass uphill with 10km/h is near 200W. I cant take into account all factors, I have no powermeter and want to ask, is that measure method taking place, have you calibrated your powermeter, or checked it by such weird experiments? How big is the difference?

[@horiabass]

@@dazzershell the human body is more efficient at running or when doing multi joint exercises where it can recruit more muscle groups, so if you exert 200 watts while running or squatting, it's likely you'll average less while riding, I'd guesstimate 150 watts at the same heart rate, which are further reduced by things like drive-train and tire friction. There's not much science and tests on this, just some independent experiments but I agree it's an interesting topic.

[@piaseq]

200W is a very low figure for a trained cyclist. For example my HR range is 38-173bpm. When I'm pushing out 200W my HR (currently) holds at about 110-112bpm. It goes up to 154bpm when I hit my FTP of about 330W. And I am not a pro. Just amateur rider in his late 30's. Telling you this just to give you the big picture. Lets be clear that I totally respect your result.

[@BombedNevada]

I was about to give up. Then there was the montage.

[@TheDfsgdfgdg]

I don't have a witty comment worthy of being read out on the GCN show but bloody hell that was a good video

[@gcn]

Thank you.

[@CherokeeFlyer67]

this is hands down one of the best GCN videos of all time

[@Misanthrop39]

Last year August, I've ridden Japan coast to coast (from Aichi-ken to Fukui) in around 15 hours on a Cannondale Slate. Carrying a luke with a tent and some clothes. In the second stop halfway through, my legs started to ache. But the real pain was heading back home 24 hours later after barely sleeping. Butt, sole of the feet and hands were hurting so bad that I had to take a train. It was hardcore, and I have never felt so sore. But would do it again! The scenery and pleasure to ride on roads that feels like a wide bike path, just for you, pays really well!

[@andymerriman7932]

The production quality of this video is epic. Easily my favorite GCN video ever

[@carldev03]

Amazing job boys! @17:15 Si, oh my head those bars are slammed, no wonder your back was destroyed. For such a long day where speed and dstance are not a concern a more comfortable bike would have been way better.

[@FinnThomsen]

I've done 9 hours and 6500 calories. This is another level. Top notch boys.

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

3 hour 18 minutes and 2956 calories, is what you get with Fatbike in woods.

[@theawantikamishra]

@@mr.wizeguy8995 fatbike is a type of bike??

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

@@theawantikamishra Yes it is best bike for wood trails.

[@adamgriss2025]

Sheer lunacy and keep these videos coming! Some say that with every watt expended on a bicycle, Jeremy Clarkson's piles get more inflamed.

[@02hunter64]

If that were true I’d be on my bike now and stay on it till I collapsed.

[@mihneaeusebiu]

relate your mind with good people and good things cuz i have to google it ;)

[@brianbinz1381]

Great effort guys! I've come to know all too well the "drunk" feeling ollie described. Ive done many days in the saddle just like this one, but always solo. Must be nice to have friends crazy enough to ride with you like this. Much love from Washington state!

[@rubaiyatu]

Next: GCN does PBP (the Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur: 1,200Km in 90 hours).

[@nthonyholden]

would LOVE to see this.

[@rw62195]

Just came here to say - they've got to try randonnuering!

[@christianaristizabal7396]

Agreed, needs to happen. This year is your chance GCN!

[@aurora1024]

Agreed! Nice brevet guys!

[@willarmitage]

I'd love to see GCN does an audax

[@Erndogggg]

This GCN network I recently stumbled upon is my favorite KZbin thing right now. Great stuff all around.

[@gcn]

Aw thanks Ernesto! Glad to have you here.

[@ninjastellar]

The amount of time, mental challenges and hard work (and flashcards xD) that was given for this video is impressive and inspiring. I hope this gets recognition it deserves. Well done guys! Legends! 💪🔥🚴‍♂️

[@oliver_hall]

Never commented before. Amazing video guys, best yet. Great challenge, and very engaging to watch, fab video editing too, and amazing montage!

[@gcn]

Thanks for taking the time and your support!

[@traildoug415]

Great work guys. GCN video of the year contender and it's still only February.

[@BrentonChan]

Standing ovation!!! My back side is a little sore just from watching.

[@johnnyloco11]

Yes. If you are James Hayden on the TCR! On day one he burnt 13500

[@Tazmaniac610]

Would be interesting to know the total calories you ate over the course of the day!

[@janatlmb2770]

It doesn't matter. correct me if I am wrong. Your body can only absorb 120-240 kcals/h as some say (during the exercise, ref missing). Glycogen stores is say 2000. Well you better have some fat reserves. Not to much some 600g if fat. You want to be fat met adopted burning that 1g/minute. Then you're fine to do it in 10h. But with no reserve so you can collapse and get in life treating state.

[@jeghaszesrrez9174]

@@janatlmb2770 what the fuck are you talking about , "your body can only absorb 120-240 kcal/h" , thats the dumbest shit ive heard in so long , dumber than karens

[@vecrum2030]

Jan atLMB I never heard such a stupid thing man😂😂

[@Mybwain]

@@jeghaszesrrez9174 I think they mean that amount of calories can be absorbed whilst also exercising. But that's just a recommendation on carbs by my research. How many calories do you think a person could eat whilst simultaneously burning them at a reasonable rate? I don't think it's that high. Usually people want to sleep after eating large high calorie meals. They also said "some people say"

[@und3rcut535]

Jan atLMB 5th year mes atudent here this information is wrong

[@hjshoon5244]

Well done! Man, job as a GCN presenter is getting Super tough.. everesting, unofficial climb world record, sufferfest, 10K calories and more. What next? Cycling on magma, breaking record on ice? Anyways it’s interesting to see Hank chose a madone for such Long ride. The isospeed must be very good

[@ehtikhet]

God damn the quality over here has gone through the roof! Incredible stories!

[@aeriegrove]

You should do a science laden video about recovery after something epic like this

[@mitchellsteindler]

Lay down, foam roll, go for a walk, ice anything that hurts. Done!

[@keiji293]

how you film these videos really amaze me! I have to see a behind the scenes video!

[@paraicj]

This is the kind of quality mad content we like to see!

[@Enigma71559]

I have an answer for one of James' questions. THIS is my favorite GCN video of all-time!! Awesome job to the guys for the ride; and the production crew for the amazing finished product!

[@neildmoss]

Brilliant! There's very few GCN rider challenges where I've watched and gone "I could do that!" or "I've done that!" but this is one. I heartily recommend the Le Mans 24H Velo race on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans. I managed 682km solo (drafting of others is allowed), and Strava says I burned 17,000 kcals! James is spot on about the cloudy brain feeling (tip: power naps), and watching Si contemplating how much more he can eat and drink brought flashbacks too. Cracking stuff. Fancy a challenge in 2020, GCN?

[@RutledgeFishing]

MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS!.!.! One of the best you guys have ever done from all aspects. It is honestly mind boggling how you guys completed that ride.

[@someguy9520]

Love those longer videos where the presenters push their limits. Like the everesting of Ollie. Inspires me everytime to give my best every time I go on the bike

[@wazzup105]

I just love stupid plans. Way to go! ( also awesome helmet hair :-))

[@radimvavrecka3481]

13:13 Si, your hair looks amazing. Thumbs up for your effort guys, I've done longer ride with friends but at only 118 average watts so your 197 watts sounds like a proper torture.

[@broony77]

Great video all round. Epic challenge, great cinematography, great presenting. Been around that area but without a bike, fantastic scenery and lovely roads.

[@roboticzamat]

As mental as it is....I kinda want to try it myself...even if I just manage half. lol Awesome work, guys, inspiring!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@roboticzamat]

My personal record was a little over 4,600Cal in a day. Just checked. Dang....might try to aim for an 8000 then come the warmer weather. lol

[@MAGAIVER]

I've done it more then once on particularly long off road rides. It is an interesting experience seeing how far you push yourself.

[@frosts1956]

15:08 i thought i was watching Abroad In Japan for a second then lmao

[@lesterestrella3801]

How to tag @abroad in Japan here?

[@ChrisP978]

He did cycle 2000km across Japan on a terrible bike, so crossover potential maybe? :)

[@WaechterDerNacht]

great video! looking forward to see the "how to cope with the worst muscle soreness of your live" video :-P

[@dantelobue]

GCN, this was The best video you guys have mad. I've watched it now 3 time and keep getting goosebumps. I dont know wht else to say than great work! You guys keep killing it with them little documentaries!

[@gcn]

Have you ever ridden far enough to burn 10,000 calories? 😱

[@이창석-k2p]

Nope never😱😂

[@skriuttutt]

Yup! Vätternrundan in Sweden. 300 k. If you stay out of the groups you easily burn 10 kcal before the finish line. You should do it as a challenge next year!

[@bollo7745]

Zürich -Zermatt 👌

[@gefloigle]

No, but I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they’re not much bigger than two meters.

[@arondavidvilagi]

On my longest ride I burnt 8400 calories, so no.

[@atulkundu8287]

This is my go to video whenever I need any motivation or some solid entertainment video. I hope that one day I'll be able to burn 10000 calories in a single ride. One of the best video on KZbin, like ever.

[@makkomise]

Nothing beats that feeling when you ride all day and come home all tired and sore but still somehow you feel like million bucks. I came close to this last year when i rode 300k. 8999 calories burned (according to wahoo anyway). Have longer ride(s) planned for this year so maybe that 10k gets beaten aswell :D

[@peter_smyth]

You should have ridden another few metres to clock up OVER 9000!!

[@makkomise]

@@peter_smyth Haha, should've!

[@pascalos78]

Wow!! Do you own a power meter ? If yes, what average power ?

[@makkomise]

@@pascalos78 I don't, sadly. Kinda wish i had, but can't afford one.

[@antonbell3177]

great vid and funny too. the cafe legs bit near the start with syncronised arghhs cafe legs got me ! :-)

[@TheWaxChainFanClub]

Incredible. Well one lads. Unfortunately I can feel/look that tired after about an hour.

[@MaxRothFitness]

Michael McDermott you aren’t that fit then lol

[@TheWaxChainFanClub]

@@MaxRothFitness I have a congenital heart defect, LOL

[@MaxRothFitness]

Michael McDermott then it’s not even a fair comparison

[@jasoncartwright710]

Spent the day watching a load of GCN videos and had to go and relax cause this even made my legs feels sore watching it! Epic achievement and would love to see more of these kinds of videos. Keep up the good work

[@THEJaManes]

I wouldn't say its normal, but I still respect it.

[@lloydChristmas-j6n]

Kudos. I just completed a 230 mile ride in 17.5 hours in the saddle and the Garmin calculate just shy of 9kcal. I found eating anything, after a while, very difficult to do. At points I was struggling to do 80w, but I took a page from Mark Beaumont’s book and reminded myself that when it’s good, it will get worse and when it’s bad, it will get better. Love watching other people torture themselves like I do!

[@Calum_S]

Doesn't want to go too far from base, then announces a route in Spain. I didn't see that coming.

[@sisaktamas]

Calum Spencer doing it in Britain, in January, 80% of energy is for generating heat - they would have been over with the ride in 3 hours! Ask Mark Beaumont.

[@mathieumansire372]

@@sisaktamas whats a jacket , also you wont feel the cold

[@heliumtrophy]

I can barely muster up the energy to cycle to the shops and back let alone do something like that. I have an enormous amount of respect to you for attempting it nevermind DOING it. Keep up the good work.

[@excatholic6392]

Great video! This Will be my GCN favourite!

[@yosoypatrick]

I did the Rapha Manchester to London in 2017 and this was my hardest ever day on the bike, I just had a peak at my Garmin details from this ride and I apparently burnt 8600 calories, it took me the best bit of a week to recover, so you guys have my utmost respect for your efforts here.

[@nickhumphrey4833]

Im pretty sure ive done this I rode from burnley to blackpool and then to whitby about 215 miles in a day 21 hours in preparation for john o'groats lands end. longest day ive done 230 miles in scotland. biggest mistake I ever made when I did the first trip- was I packed a load of sausage rolls into my framebag, had them in york. OMG i nearly died they are not race fuel

[@bigring6424]

I hate to break it to you but you probably didn't. They are putting out pretty serious POWER. It's not about the distance or time alone. You were 16.6 km/hr. Let's be generous and say you were stopped 20% of the time, then it's 19.7 km/hr, but only 17.5 hrs of riding. The reason that's still a generous estimate is 20% higher speed is 20% less time, but the power increase is much more than 20%. Ok, so 19.7km/hr is, well, let's assume you're not light, maybe 90kg, then that's about 73 watts!! (which is puny, but not bat AT ALL for that kind of hours). So that's 1,277 watt hours. As they showed at the beginning, 10,000 calories is 2,324 watt hours. Assuming there were some hills and wind maybe you did a bit more, but probably still not there. Not meaning to break your bubble, just to say that what they did is REALLY hard.

[@nickhumphrey4833]

@@bigring6424 your speculating what I did not do. Im speculating what I did do "im pretty sure Ive probably done this." I don't know it absolutely. I know im a pretty good rider im not going tell what my abilities are because you don't know me your speculating about that. Do you actually know better than me? no you don't know for sure. I might be completely crap and produce 1 watt an hour an be a complete weakling. Im telling you ive probably done that if you wanna believe me thats up to you

[@bigring6424]

​@@nickhumphrey4833 I'm using the numbers you gave, and my estimates are pretty solid given the assumptions stated, but indeed there were some assumptions. I was reasonably generous with those but yeah, maybe you took 6 hours of breaks (which would increase not decrease calories for the ride) and did hard intervals uphill and against the wind on knobby mtb tires in a super upright position. Either way, it was an amazing ride.

[@alicepayne5051]

You guys are nuts.... well done! Thanks for showing us, so that I never need to find out for myself. Thumbs up.

[@DirtyBunnyAdventureCycling]

Hi guys, endurance rider here. Two bits : First I think Katherine probably burned over 10K calories riding the DK last year? And she did it with a smile. #GravelRiderGrit Second, I've done it before. "Ride Across Wisconsin" in 2016. According to my numbers I rode for about 14.75 hours (straight thru, with stops), and burned 11,450+ calories riding literally across the state of Wisconsin. I wasn't the first finisher, not by a long shot, but I can tell you it can be done. And if you want more stats : 7,302 ft elevation, 178 miles (286.65 km), Avg speed 14.1 mph (22.7 kph) and riding a HEAVY aluminum cyclocross bike with 700x32's. And I'm already signed up for THIS year's Ride Across Wisconsin (225 miles / 362 km going from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan, 1 day) Gonna be an interesting ride!

[@Chasenyx]

Sounds awesome, good luck man!

[@michaelb1761]

If you ever want to come out to the west coast, we have some beautiful rides in the Sierra ranging from 100 to 200 miles with 10,000 feet to 20,000+ feet of climbing. Gorgeous mountain views though. I doubt anyone will ever catch me riding much over 100 miles in a day, though.

[@SeeYouUpTheRoad]

It’s quite routine for me to do a 100 miler with 10,000 ft of climbing or more. We have a series of 23 - 200 milers here in California ranging from easy ones with 10,000 ft to the hard ones with 20,000 feet. FYI - I put on unsupported 200 milers with 20,000 - 25,000 feet of climbing. This one will be held in June 239 miles just shy of 27,000 ft - every event organizer has to have something to market with "The greatest..." "The hardest..." "The most..." and so on :-) ridewithgps.com/routes/29272217

[@SeeYouUpTheRoad]

Dat Otter - come to California for my Double Century

[@lucky2227]

Trans Am Bicycle Race, try riding back to back days for more than 2 weeks, the ultimate challenge.

[@strangnet]

Can we look forward to a GCN presenter challenge next summer: Vätternrundan in Sweden? 300 km.

[@myangelzerotwo5837]

15:07 “hears montage music play” thinks of abroad in japan cycling episodes

[@Muler3627]

I don't know if you've got new editors, new filmers, or what - but this and James's "meet the presenter" video is really another level of production for GCN. Brilliant stuff.

[@brendonnoble3296]

Who burnt more calories? You or Olie on the Everesting?

[@randalldominguez4720]

Brendon Noble exactly wha I was thinking

[@2ndchance576]

My question also. Inquiring minds want to know......

[@MrHockaluger]

Or Katherine on the Dirty Kanza.

[@d.gwebster1109]

According to Ollie's Strava page he burned 10,200 Calories with 197W weighted average for 15 hours 17 minutes. Hank and Si could've saved themselves a lot of pain with a little research.

[@CWGable]

@@d.gwebster1109 whoever weighs more burned more assuming all else is equal.

[@jamesmccann3228]

I’m old and pretty new to riding. I went out yesterday and did 60 miles and change at an average of 14.2 or 14.3 mph. I was out, obviously, for over 4 hours. There were times during that hot mess that I had to have serious words with myself. These two, in the saddle for a whole day, are, as far as I’m concerned, living legends... amazing effort gents. Inspirational.

[@PhilipClare]

@12:30 love the helmet hair Si!!

[@rajeshmohanty2070]

Mr Sim Eienstein right there!!!

[@Mububban23]

That was mental. Amazing effort guys, and another great effort from the production team too

[@henrikkarlsson8522]

Next video: Simon and James does the 10000 calories in a day eating challenge

[@peter_smyth]

People that do the non-stop endurance races, such as TCR, sya it's an eating race, as they struggle to get in the energy needed to sustain themselves cycling almost non-stop for a week.

[@nikblyth8047]

@@jameslowsley-williams4243 check out Beard meats food on KZbin for 10000 calorie eating challenges.

[@dc8890]

Surely they probably DID eat 10,000 calories during this day because how else did they have the energy to keep riding? If they didn't eat 10,000 calories then their bodies would have to start burning fat. The reason they at lots of food in this video was to get the calories that they were burning on the bike, obviously!

[@user93634]

Just did a mtb bikepack race that was 382 miles through the swamps of central Florida. Did it in 62 hours 52 minutes 24 seconds. Burned 33,431 calories. That is over 11,000 calories a day. Slept only 4 hours the entire race. It was the most suffering I have ever experienced in my life. I would never change the experience for anything in the world. Congrats guy's, well done!

[@wangshuishui2121]

This video re-lived the horrid time i have had last november when i did my first ever Audex 200.. but once done, the satisfactory of having it in my memories is immense.. P.S. Audex singapore.. im still waiting for my medal!! :(

[@Adam-vi5qp]

Awesome job guys, I did the 3 Peaks Challenge in Melbourne Australia last year and worked out I burned around 8,000 calories during the race so can appreciate how hard this was to do. Keep up the great videos

[@Gumpa2]

If GCN would ever put out a long documentary film for cinema, I would watch it! Great videos, much fun watching you guys do these challenges!

[@dugldoo]

Excellent effort, James and Si! But you may not be the first GCN presenters to do 10,000 calorie rides. For her Dirty Kanza ride Katherine was in the saddle almost 16 hours, road a heavier bike on really rough gravel for over 200 miles, and had a fierce headwind for the last half of her ride. The finishers who published their data typically showed 10,000 + calories. Then Olie's Everesting effort was also around 10,000 calories. You four and Emma ought to put together a Dirty Kanza team. We'd love to have GCN back in Kansas! Doug, Wichita KS

[@gcn]

Good point Doug! Ollie did beat us to it with his everesting and the DK200 came out at 9200 (albeit with the last 5 miles cut short!) so I was close with that too. I think I'd need an E-Gravel bike to keep up with those three at a Team DK though! Katherine

[@awildtomappeared5925]

hey Si, when you try the 11,000 calorie challenge, flip ur dam stem up so your back doesn't hurt so bad xD

[@cliffordromina3527]

He could also try tilting the saddle forward.

[@charlesborlase2238]

higher position will be less aero...burning more calories. less efficient the better.

[@planetdiego]

You photographer and editor just blew it out of the park. Great work.

[@TriRussell1]

“Oh man, that’s a great question!” was stated a lot.

[@Bearded.Wonder]

Holy Cow! You two dudes are nuts, but kudos on completing the effort! Also, really enjoyed this style of video. Very nice.

[@slade50000]

Beauitfully produced, well done lads.

[@wurstachim]

amazing video! way to go and congrats on this feat!!! even more: the way you bois are whining really got me excited for my upcoming cross US bike pack

[@harsdensus88]

This episode is stunning guys! Love it!

[@nicoschulz9589]

These videos always motivate me to get on my bike, thank you gcn and all the presenters!

[@brewbearz1136]

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

[@kilianbader9786]

Wow gcn Videos actually get better again. I really enjoyed a lot of what you made in the last time

[@weenig1387]

If Si would have known there would be so many close up's of his legs, maybe he would have shaved them? :P

[@mattobrien8718]

Great vid guys. Content was spot on and totally awe inspiring. Production, best one you've done yet. Really well done guys . I dof my helmet to you. 👍

[@LaZyGuN23]

It would be comically hilarious to see like a personal video of the day after

[@sushmapandrangi7282]

This is absolute madness yet so inspiring.. hats off guys

[@deans2239]

next vid - Can Ollie burn 10000 calories in one RUN?

[@elsholz2365]

rip knees

[@tktspeed1433]

@@elsholz2365 about 4 marathons in 1 go

[@TheKaryo]

@@tktspeed1433 not impossible some have done it would be interesting to see but unless he has done ultramarathons before I don't think he can do it realistically but seeing the training for it alone would be interesting

[@kevinknutson7205]

Simon's hair and far off stare towards the end of this video reminds me of Richard Hammond post-crash on Top Gear. That half shocked/half traumatized look. Cracking effort gents. Few people could get into the headspace neceesary to gut out an epic ride like this.

[@stefangspan5935]

I burned 10.800kcal at the Ötztaler Radmarathon 2018

[@sailingintosunshine]

@@girlsdrinkfeck austria is one of the many countries that use "," as decimal seperator.

[@bjornbaron5940]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Give me a break, dude,!

[@sailingintosunshine]

@@girlsdrinkfeck South Africa is somewhat english and they mainly use decimal comma.

[@sailingintosunshine]

@@girlsdrinkfeck a lot of them emigrated, but a substantial part of the population in south Africa is still white. Not that that has to do anything with this

[@khaki.shorts]

@@girlsdrinkfeck Not a British channel, its a "Global" Cycling Network channel that is based in Britain.

[@juliancromwell6909]

Great vid... Loved the montage,proper old school montage music as well : )

[@maxbates8856]

During my longest ultra endurance cycling event I was in I burned 26,000 calories in the span of two consecutive day of cycling as a vegan. Which equates to 13,000 calories burned The first day and another 13,000 calories burned on the second day.

[@fraancetate8759]

and?

[@andrewmillar818]

Had to mention being a vegan for no reason at all.

[@Daniel-ng8fi]

@@andrewmillar818 haha, I was going to say the same thing

[@legostopmotionbybarrelprod3523]

What did you eat after the first ride?

[@fgildenhaar]

Impressive! 26000 kcal (vegan), that's a lot of fibre :)

[@roye2479]

That was epic! si & hank are my new heroes, but mark beaumont is still the king

[@brandonrittenour5905]

"I've run out of flash cards." Last thing I'd expect to hear from a cyclist on a long ride.

[@Lillee1969]

Hands down the most monumental effort lads! Top job!