How I FINALLY Rode An 18-Minute 10-Mile TT (52km/h Average)!

[@gcntech]

What cycling goal are you currently working towards? 🚴 Let us know in the comments below! 👇

[@budbud2509]

" I'm not especially talented " ................ Then does an 18 min 10 ...... Fantastic result Olli !! ........ Note to self ....... forget the Olli gets dropped jokes !!! My first 10 at over 40 years was 24 mins ( hangs his head in shame ) Anyway I'm trying to train for the Etape do Tour , my 3rd one Lets see how that goes by Dec ..

[@OmaGerlinde48]

Surviving my first 100km ride... 😅

[@PoulHansenDK]

30 km at 60 minutes :-)

[@zanperko3932]

Getting the FTP to 350w for as close to 1h as possible.

[@johnstrac]

Getting home with someone to talk to !

[@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling]

I think you guys need to revisit that video series from a few years ago where Simon had to battle against multiple presenters whilst on his TT back. I think it is about time that Ollie had his chance of taking the crown.

[@bubblesezblonde]

quite agree

[@gcntech]

Not a bad idea!

[@williamsylvia3962]

Agreed! I love these TT videos. I actually ended up buying a TT bike because of them and it’s now my go-to ride whenever possible. #gcntech #gcnshow

[@kris.monroe]

Please do!@@gcntech

[@huntos83]

@@gcntechyeah this needs to be done!

[@andrewmcalister3462]

What I love about this video is that is not a “how to” of riding an 18 minute TT, it is Ollie just naturally bubbling over with excitement and just a pure love of cycling. Yes, he has deep dived into a lot of nerdy detail in his quest, but his passion for it is just absolutely genuine. ❤ Did Ollie even have a script for this vid?

[@peterslater7791]

ollie - i remember when the "dropped" jokes started happening at GCN and i truly admire how you quietly have just dug in and improved - and improved - and improved! and now you're on top. massive kudos to you.

[@gcntech]

Thanks for the lovely comment! He really is smashing it!

[@jonasvieth]

Hard work always pays off

[@peterharrington8709]

And we're really only talking about two years aren't we? Have to wonder... is there more to come still!?

[@CarlForde]

nb: don't make Ollie mad

[@rathieshan]

Dr Ollie is great. I love him as a GCN presenter. But his excitement in this episode is undoubtedly the most excited I have seen him. Well done Ollie. Great episode.

[@gcntech]

Glad you enjoyed it! He really comes into his own when geeking out on tech!

[@kasplantje7277]

So, this guys did not only train for his longest ride ever he also trained for his fastest ride ever. Well that is impressive. Well done Oliver.

[@gcntech]

Double whammy! Ollie has been smashing it 🙌

[@busterbrown2905]

I know the effort involved to achieve this time over 10 miles. I used to compete in 15 km TT’s and could not come close to that. 24.12 my best time. Ollie you are no longer an amateur cyclist. Well done.

[@gcntech]

Let's get him signed 😉

[@dropatrain]

Oli forget all this tech faff, if you want to do 10 miles in under 18minutes just find a 10+ mile downhill segment mate. I did 10mi in 17:37 going down Haleakala and I barely pushed the pedals! Simple as

[@ridealoha2717]

Kudos Ollie! Love reaching goals.... Set some more!

[@gcntech]

Sub 18? 😉

[@williamm3542]

Bravo, bravo, bravo..........................Ollie is a fantastic role model for us "everyman" riders. I love watching his success.

[@Aashiek]

Well done Ollie, you’re on a roll. It’s amazing how the fundamentals of achieving a goal stay the same between sports. I followed many of the same training and preparation rules when aiming for a sub 3 hour marathon.

[@gcntech]

Good luck! Ollie has been smashing it

[@nosalad695]

This is very impressive, to be able to do PB TT then go and do a 1000 k event takes dedication especially from a nine pro, inspiring to all of us trying to achieve a personal goal. Way to go Oli

[@tonycrabtree3416]

A 1000 k? 640 miles? OOF!

[@gcntech]

He's a trooper that's for sure!

[@GCNuser123]

cheers! has certainly been a challenge training for those two very diffeeent goals this year!

[@TobyDarnley]

The fact it’s 10 MILES at 52 KILOMETRES per hour, is really bugging me…

[@ashleythorpe7933]

One of my biggest pet hates, that. Mixing units is a VERY BAD IDEA

[@PaulThomo]

Happy to see this video as i know you were ao happy with your ride and the time done in my event. Glad to have helped in a small way! 😁

[@GCNuser123]

thanks for putting it on!! 👊👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@tomcosgrove7240]

Hi Ollie, great ride on the F11/10, and thank you for sharing what you did, especially the training. I am trying, in my 50s, to beat (with “all the gear”) the club record I set on a steel-frame road bike without tri-bars etc back when I was a teenager. I didn’t get into the Hemel Hempstead event you did the 18 in, but I rode Tring a month later in the VTTA event and got just 24 seconds shy of my lifetime PB!

[@GCNuser123]

that’s mega!!! well done!🎉

[@stephenmoore4651]

Well done Ollie. I still remember your CW Sub-Engers 49-24 min, 25 mile TT from a few years back.

[@AlexSewell0]

Congratulations Ollie, what an achievement!! An inspiration 🎉🎉

[@petedannatt]

Brilliant. That would have beaten the national record up until 1992. Great planning and execution.

[@crbondur]

Dude! That's an impressive achievement! Kudos on seeing the results of your hard work.

[@238949]

Lovely, genuine, honest video, so impressed with Ollie showing us his love and enthusiasm for cycling

[@icthysfischlein]

Thanks for this Olly, applied the "go harder on the hard bits..." tip and took my PB straight from 31 to 33kmh. Just need to swap in the 58-aero-chainring for better chain alignment, and 52kmh is on the horizon. We've got this... Cool, entertaining video!

[@pauloosterhout]

Congratulations on your achievement and then turning it into another great video. Superb job. I wish to formally retract all my previous posts about you being dropped in various GCN videos. I meant those comments to be light hearted ribbing. But in retrospect they seem needlessly cruel and misplaced. Ollie you proved me wrong and I apologize. Rock on brother! 🤘

[@dpottermaine]

Love the enthusiasm! Love hearing Ollie’s personal thought process for maximizing his performance; I felt like I was in his head.

[@domiken8097]

More of this TT content please!!🙌

[@gcntech]

Our pleasure!

[@aarondcmedia9585]

What a great, informative video. Thanks Ollie, much appreciated.

[@gcntech]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! For another exciting challenge against the clock, check out '24Hrs' on GCN+ 👉 gcn.eu/24hrs

[@matt_acton-varian]

My local course is quite sporting, and my PB I set this year was 25:23, which was nearly a minute faster than my previous (26:19). Next year I want to go sub-25. I had an iffy day in prep, so if I feel better I reckon I should nail it. I am going to run a disc cover on my rear wheel next year for the first time too.

[@gcntech]

Awesome! Sounds like you are going to smash it, when is the race?

[@matt_acton-varian]

@@gcntech My club course runs 4 Tuesday evenings starting late April (3 weeks between events) so multiple opportunities to aim for it. So a while away yet, got a few hill climbs to get through then starting the base miles training.

[@Choccytube]

This is really motivating for me as I've just got the Wahoo Kickr and I was slightly worried that I'm spending too much time on it, but I find it easier to be consistent and train efficiently. I still get out on the road, but my goal is to get as fit as possible over the coming months and this just accelerates that process. Congratulations on that fantastic time, really happy that you have ticked off one of your goals Ollie...

[@WingsOfMetal]

Impressive and as usual great to see your enthusiasm for the sport coming through in this video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@stephenmorris6202]

Passion and planning. Brilliant.

[@GCNuser123]

glad you enjoyed!

[@charlesblithfield6182]

Congrats Ollie. I’m impressed, really am. I like how you broke the goal down backwards like in Dan Bighams book, Start at the End.

[@gcntech]

Thanks for commenting Charles! 🙌

[@msPaulaA1]

CONGRATULATIONS!!! And Whoa 🤯 mind blown thanks for the tips.

[@russellbridge]

Immense effort Ollie - well done! Great analysis too, many thanks. Now get back in the velodrome for another hour attempt - 50km easy!

[@gcntech]

Now there's an idea! 🤔

[@obikedog]

Definitely love videos based on experiences of people setting goals and striving to better themselves. More of this! (And less of the lately-ubiquitous "vs" videos please!)

[@kevinhoffmann3713]

'Not especially talented' Ollie you have improved so much we can no longer make the joke about you being dropped. Proof that hard work and analysis of one's training really do make a difference.

[@jeremyedwards3612]

Great video. Really intelligent, concise content. Genuinely useful.

[@MegaH4NS]

Beautiful bike and great performance. The helmet size information is very interesting and a bit stressful. Makes one wish they had booked a date in some wind tunnel. 👍

[@gareth500]

Hard luck sliding out yesterday Ollie. Come back next year in this shape and a course record beckons. How about a medical tech show about recovering from grazed skin etc.

[@GCNuser123]

Thanks pal!

[@donaldyoung8866]

Well done Doc… personal satisfaction is a great thing for one’s self being…. Chapeau!

[@67tamustang83]

Ollie is so down to earth and humble. Such a fun and interesting presenter. Great WKG too Ollie! I mean where 90% of the people in Zwift make 5wkg all day everyday because they all seem to weigh 120lbs, he wouldn't be able to hang on in a B race; but whatever right? 😅

[@mikeakers1327]

Simply , amazing achievement. Great kit, but I bet tons of hard work. Not many people could do this in the world

[@universe-juice]

Thats awesome Ollie! I recently got my 3 mile commute down to 12 minutes. Now thats downtown Louisville, ky at rush hour. Is pretty good. Got in the door of work faster than my neighbor that left at the same time in his truck. 👋 Unfortunately the ride was a little dangerous and cant do that everyday because i might die. But lets say once a week, ill role the dice and try to get that time down to 10 minutes

[@gcntech]

Be safe out there!

[@universe-juice]

@@gcntech will do 👍

[@sparx550]

Really outstanding achievement Ollie. Bravo.

[@lilfinch92]

You’re beaming, Ollie! Chapeau, you’re an inspiration!

[@jascollinscork]

Cracking video Ollie VERY informative !! Delighted you met your goal!! Your kit looks mint but I’d like to know more about your TT suit! Please race someone else on the old TT route Si beat ye on??OR they race you???

[@mottohorn]

Thank you Dr. Bridgewood!

[@StuartMossTV]

Most inspirational GCN video yet. Well done Ollie 👏🎩🎩. #Legend

[@gcntech]

Thanks Stuart! Maybe he should try it on the Giant?

[@StuartMossTV]

@@gcntech yeah 😃, if he can go that fast on the Giant I would be doubly impressed!

[@DDGB08]

Great job! Thanks for sharing your achievements with us.

[@leonbroekx]

To me this is the best GCN video ever.

[@gcntech]

Wow, thanks so much! What else would you like to see us do?

[@leonbroekx]

@@gcntech I love all time trial related content best. I would like to see GCN make more videos about the pro teams/riders like (Remco EV, Ganna, Kung, Bissegger, Reusser, Dygert, Van Dijk) who develop and test equipment and training methods aimed at TT. I understand that this can't be released while the have an advantage over others, but you could film it and release it later (asap).

[@DeveryAndrews]

Congrats Ollie, thats a respectable power output IMO and very helpful info!

[@markwu3121]

Well done! 👍👍👍Bring me so much inspiration!

[@toddalbert8342]

Great work and presentation! It was long and technical and interesting so a winner!

[@Sutlore007]

I would say the last 1000km ride is more epic! It is also my goal to finish 1000km within 3 days in Audax event in my country.

[@teamofsteve]

A 1001km ride is even more epic

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@teamofsteve1002km, anyone?

[@gcntech]

Good luck!

[@ShadowzKiller]

Congratulations. Could you please make a video series where Ollie builds a budget TT bike? I think it's fair to say that most people can buy at least the helmet and skinsuit or get something tailored; however, that bike is financially unrealistic, honestly. If you get the position the same, then you could do a video to your time and see how much the technology can help. This video could then offer a list of upgrades in order in terms of cost performance.

[@GCNuser123]

did it a few years back! have you seen it?

[@amishrider]

Its easy to waych the Pro teams, and GCN ex-pros, and feel that the performance gap between them and us normies is insurmountable. But you have shown that with dedication and consistency the gap can be closed. I can't imagine there's much between you and Si now. I wonder who would be the GC contender in a GCN team?

[@peterharrington8709]

I think Hank has said that Ollie has been besting them all for some time now!....

[@philipk4475]

Si was at around 5.5 w/kg at his peak I believe, and he could probably get back to 5 w/kg (if he isn't there right now) with a few months of focused training

[@nockee]

He was playing around on mywindsock with a cda of .169. That’s an absurdly low cda. Not much higher than the best world tour pros. I’m guessing he is in that range. Crazy stuff.

[@TheGlynja]

I haven't raced since the early 1990s but the best I ever managed was 22:56!

[@zanperko3932]

for that era it is super well time.

[@gcntech]

Not bad at all!

[@rudolphpyatt4833]

Congratulations, Ollie! I’m hoping you will get to try this on a three speed IGH as I suggested elsewhere. Well done!

[@ethangodridge6833]

Chapeau Ollie. Aiming for 50kmh before the year is out. Beta fuel nootropics gel in the warm-up for me. Also a slush if it's warm.

[@gcntech]

Good luck!

[@ethangodridge6833]

@@gcntech Got a chance on Thursday nights TT.

[@rachelharvey71]

Ollie for Prime Minister his commitment to improvement is a value that is something we should all aspire to ❤

[@CatManDoSocial]

Very well done Ollie. Congrats and I really appreciate the video.

[@gcntech]

Thanks so much!

[@davidzof]

I used to ride 22 min 10s on a flat course on a road bike and no helmet. What I found worked was not going harder where the race is harder as Ollie says but going hard all the way around. It is simple really.

[@gerrysecure5874]

Minor semantic correction, power above threshold up to VO2max is not anaerobic (according to San Millan), it is a historic misnomer, there is plenty of oxygen, its just fast twitch muscles producing lactate due to poor aerobic efficiency. I sort of can confirm that (N=1), my O2 uptake goes up perfectly linear with power up to MAP (maximum aerobic power). BTW, Coggan got this one right calling Z5 VO2max zone and Z6 aneaerobic zone. It's really amazing how historic errors persist in all areas of life. The fact that you have to go harder on slow sections and easier on fast ones is not really news either. Minimize the time you are below average is key.

[@timoerjomaa8514]

This was such a great video Ollie and congrats for the achievement!

[@gcntech]

Thanks a lot!

[@PedallingThroughTreacle]

Ollie - can you please explain how you managed to find a coach? Or any of us regular folk could find an online coach that can help us with our own development? Its hard to know where to begin.

[@seanconolly3088]

You are talented 👍 great video thanks for the information

[@jonathanfroggatt5865]

Well done Ollie that’s fantastic effort 💪 I would love to see you do some road racing and see you get a win

[@bikeanddogtripsvirtualcycling]

Idea for a future GCN challenge video (would involve GCN worldwide - not just UK). So the idea is to take an iconic ride from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America & South America (so 6 rides) This would be split as 4 hill/mountain climbs and 2 flats. There would be teams of 4 riders - so there would be two riders from each team doing a double ride Flat route is a minimum 40k Winning team completes all 6 routes first. rules. the same person from each team cannot ride both flat routes The routes can be ridden in any sequence, eg hil, hil flat, hill, flat hill however the next ride can only be started after the previous rider completed their turn would have to be done on an indoor platform such as rouvy and the starting time could be chosen randomly so that there is no bias towards UK or European operatives

[@zanperko3932]

Top stuff! Keep it up with challenges and remarkable cycling undertakings :)

[@gcntech]

Thanks! We made a film on GCN+ cycling the furthest we could in 24 hours! Check it out here 👉 gcn.eu/24hrs

[@nickbell6435]

I think bike handling/cornering is massively underrated. I’d consider myself a pretty poor bike handler to be honest, can’t MTB for toffee, slow descender etc etc but I recently did an Ironman and found myself was catching lots of people on turns who were then blitzing me on the straights between them. I was even having to push before braking zones to pass people who were particularly bad bike handlers and then opening a gap through the turns that they’d inevitably close on the straight and so on.

[@woodworks2123]

Great achievement Ollie, I love how you do the hard training work but mix it with the pure bike geekery. Do you think if you threw the rule book out the window and used something like a cadex for example how much difference that would make, or a recumbent, not a faired one. Would be great to see just what is possible, same route, any bike allowed. Keep up the great videos and achievements, your smashing it at the mo!

[@gcntech]

Oooo interesting! There could be a video in that 👀

[@woodworks2123]

@@gcntech I'm trying to figure out how to build a double geared bike like the insane bike land speed record bikes but with the choice to use it or just the regular gears with another derailleur for those long flats. 10 miles on something like that, be hard but fast.

[@Moradude99]

This is why I road raced and always thought TTs were shit. Thanks for reminding me. Well done on the pb btw.

[@101francis101]

I always thought that a flat power for the course would be the fastest, so that’s interesting to learn it is actually faster to push harder into the wind and on climbs. Presumably on a longer ride a consistent power is better from the point of view of not “blowing up” with too much high power riding.

[@jodywarrington32]

Yes, go harder into the harder sections and go easier/recover in the faster sections

[@101francis101]

@@jodywarrington32 does make sense as more power is more effective on climbs especially when aero drag is less of a factor.

[@jodywarrington32]

Absolutely. If we came from a pure, let’s increase FTP approach we would not have achieved the end goal.

[@101francis101]

@@jodywarrington32Presumably “going easier” still isn’t an easy pace? Something like 110% ftp on the harder sections and 90-95% for the easier ones? Just as rough estimate? 😬 Easy to get hung up on numbers but I love my power data 😂

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

Fitting this amazing achievement was done on a Canyon.. an amazing bike.

[@FLG8r]

love the combination of imperial units and metrics .... got to break out the calculator/conversion charts

[@GCNuser123]

16.1km!

[@crypto_que]

Dr Bridgewood is a professional rider. Being able to sort out the savings in watts between Med vs Large helmet via wind tunnel testing makes a person a pro. Irrespective of National/World/Olympic Achievement.

[@stum5033]

Great video! I would be interested to know, Ollie, whether you did all your turbo training intervals in the TT position? I can’t find good advice on this but I think the answer is probably that we should train as we intend to race, so yes!

[@ChrisWagner-bh3vn]

strong work Dr Bridgewood.

[@secretagent86]

Congratulations!!!

[@chirpy999]

Ollie, great vlog, whats Bertram muesli?

[@poststuff2]

Ollie, you are a talented rider.

[@nickwatson2213]

Hey Ollie, very impressed with the 18 minute ride. i just want to make a point on safety, i think you should have used LED lights on your TT bike, you're all in black low profile and going fast, you've very vunerable on the roads, especially the dark Wye road, i'm an older guy and just see the danger more now. I was in Denia, Spain recently and all the pros have backlights on, even in full sun. just have a think.

[@joelecho]

Ollie, does this tool discussed at @10:00 mathematically derive that pushing hard into wind is better than with tailwind, in addition to going hard uphill? I know that you know this, but the reason that it's faster on a climb, for example, to push harder when it's steeper (therefore slower) is that aero drag increases exponentially with velocity, whereas the extra drag of rolling resistance increases pretty linearly with velocity, and the amount of energy that it takes to overcome gravity on a climb is fixed based on your total system mass, so the rate of that energy output is directly proportional to your rate of ascent. So essentially in that case, it's more about working hard when you're moving through the air more slowly, rather than when you're moving slowly relative to the ground. Usually those would be the same, (and it's possible it still is and you just made a verbal typo) but it also stands to reason that the lower the CdA of the bike and rider, the faster you would have to be going before the intersection of rolling resistance and aero drag occurs, and with a smaller drag coefficient, aero drag would increase at a slower rate per unit of velocity, so is it the case here that you're so aero on the time trial bike that the extra rolling resistance is the driver of that? Does the lower CDA number make such a difference that the lines intersect at that much higher of a speed? Because if you have say, a 10km/h wind, and you're biking at 50km/h (round number for easy maths) at constant velocity, your WIND speed into the headwind is 60km/h, and it's 40km/h with the tailwind. Wouldn't you be better off riding a couple km/h slower into the headwind, so you'd be going say 48 with a wind speed of 58, and then going 52 with a wind speed of 42 when you have a tailwind? This would also be more even pacing from a wattage perspective, which is also likely more physiologically efficient (as blood lactate, too, is exponential). My hunch based on my understanding of the physics is that you'd be better off pacing such that you're going a little harder with a tailwind (or at the least, pushing the same watts) as it's really going to be air speed that matters, however I'm open to the idea that at certain speeds, CdAs, Yaw angles, etc, it could work differently. Curious to know your thoughts. :)

[@robertgreiner4703]

Congrats to that superb performance. Chemists always achieve goals very analytical, right😉? I find it interesting that you have a quite high body position with a round back. Did you wear a RULE28 base layer? Did the Castelli perform as fastest suit on you? RIDE ON ✌

[@gregvassilakos]

I love you too, Ollie!

[@heioni]

impressive pace my friend

[@michaelsommer2892]

Congratulations on completing your TT mission, Ollie! 👏 I noticed you were wearing your Whoop during one of your indoor sessions. Is this your main source of heart rate or do you also wear an additional HR sensor around your chest? I was wondering what the variance is between the two and what you make of it. Maybe you could do an in-depth video on Whoop for training specifics like this @gcntech. Personally, I don't use the wristband on my Whoop for training, but rather the arm sleeve, which gives me much better and more consistent HR data. Wondering what your experience is.

[@markbradshaw4960]

Nice one Ollie. Marginal gains for the (talented) every day rider. 👏

[@THeALpHaZ39]

The number of tabs open on Chrome at 1:06 keeps me awake at night 😳

[@andrekelley82]

Nice to see I'm not the only one disturbed by that 😀

[@AlySayuki]

Didn’t notice that before but now see that ☺️!!

[@GingerBoy1974]

Well done🔥. Have you got a link to the bike check video? Wondering on your height and crank length

[@alastairmerrill9349]

What's the TT goal for next year Dr B - a sub 18 minute 10? A great achievement, but as usual, you're being too modest. Even before you broke the 5w/kg barrier, you were a very accomplished amateur, but in 2023 you've really taken your performance up anorher level altogether 💪

[@marcosrodriguez3124]

Nice one Olie! Would love to see yoir detailed training plan. In trainingpeaks.

[@BozoTheBear]

Great stuff, Ollie! Is there a video of your sub-19 ride?

[@Dramboli]

CDA is absolute world class! 👏🏻

[@matcharlie2379]

How many of your training sessions did you do in TT position v sat up?

[@redauwg911]

wow that TT bikes over 15 grand😮

[@sharkyrider6444]

Thanks mate, I really enjoyed your info and insight, lets see if this soon to be 60 year old can use it? Cheers

[@Dabelgi]

Love this vidéo with Ollie i learn many think !! I Hope i to a pb next week on a tt event . Can’t it possible to have a video Of How trainning for a tt event ? The ollie bike it a single power meter or double ?

[@Solidfreeman01]

Very good! Congratulations on that!!! And now 55 next!

[@MrGarycoww]

Great job Ollie 👍👏

[@dereknalley]

Ollie has gone from the king of getting dropped to the king of GCN.