Worst Retirement Ever Short - Malibu KOM with Power - LA Sucks for Cycling

[@bunkerman99]

I love watching this guy ride. I'm 63 and just trying to be the best old man I can be. Cheers Phil, thanks.

[@robbchastain3036]

Glad to see you back on the road, Phil, and away from the track. And thanks for showing us this climb and telling us that pop stars live along those roads. And congrats on your KOM, you were smoother than a trucker at a truck stop playing a driving video game at four in the morning. Keep your feet on the pedals, Phil, and keep climbing with the stars!

[@whataLife77]

I appreciate your will and determination to make it back to the level of fitness you are currently at. I'm sure it hasn't been easy. Thank you for your content and for helping with Chefs Cycle No Kid Hungry. Looking forward to where you go from here. Many Blessings Phil!

[@Phillyisalwayssunny]

~470 watts at 154 bpm. Well, damn

[@maxanderson2925]

The blood is thicker than syrup so it’s no real surprise

[@maxanderson2925]

chuck lacey it was an allusion to the conspiracy theories that he’s not natural

[@WanderingSword]

@@x-raymind7778 blood thick due to e-poh

[@firstnamelastname9013]

185 for me but that's not bad for my age : (

[@xMaggostx]

@@x-raymind7778 My max is 191

[@duleprof]

Nice to see you recovered.

[@derekcravenPT]

Good to have you back in full battle mode & humour! Love the Factor bike.

[@tedallenwolff]

You're back Phil! YOU ARE BACK. I love watching these KOM challenges of yours. Seeing the incredible wattage output and hoping you'll accomplish your goal. This is a great channel.

[@gamby16a]

That sustained wattage is just madness. Makes me want to cry over my last ramp test. Pros are cut from a different cloth.

[@bocaraka]

its called juice

[@Culbret]

13mph on a 13% grade... makes me want to puke just watching

[@jerryavalos9610]

Former pro rider, that's why. Us mere mortals will never do that.

[@tomgarner5965]

@@jerryavalos9610 we might do it. But for 3 seconds

13 mph on EPO

[@tunaficiency]

Yeah and I thought 13 mph on a 6% was good this needs an x rated certificate ( if there’s one guy who isn’t on epo it’s Phil )

[@tunaficiency]

Yeah I’m certain you’ve got to trust someone

[@danielwoolf5104]

Nice work, Phil! Great to see your crushing it again.

[@cameronking1872]

Your heart rate control, To me, Is extremely impressive! Very controlled efforts. It’s always within -/+5bpm or so and never spikes more than that or less than that. Seriously, That’s outstanding.

[@carlshap]

I started riding when I lived in Baltimore! Learned to love rollers up there in northern Baltimore County.

[@williamevans5018]

Haymarket!!! Jared and Curtis will love you! Great guys too

[@steveflor9942]

Helluva ride. 821ft of climb in 7.4min. So, you were climbing at 110.95ft/min. Phenomenal! That's a great road to cycle. From the top, can continue down Decker Canyon or left to the "Snake" part of Mullholland. I've done many rides in that area. Great job!

[@davidpeters7447]

My old stomping grounds in the 80’s. You flew up decker canyon.

[@campocat]

It is hard to see how hard this canyon is, it my favorite spot too in my later years I only brought my track bike, two bikes was just nuts on the plane. This video is going down and at 14:43 that climb always redlined me. Phil makes it look so easy. Kanan is a masterful slog also. I met Captain America there one year, he asked me what are the good rides and I told him Decker Canyon and Hidden Valley. I asked where he was staying and he said in his car, and I replied; "YOU TOO!!! He was with Floyd. I love Phil's comment of Bike Fit Companies and Why do the pro's use Tucson for winter training???

[@NickOats]

It would be great to have some more post commentary over the video like what you were thinking/feeling at the time.

[@robbchastain3036]

Or at least whistle Eye of the Tiger.

[@jjwa5410]

"I was getting really fucking tired" on repeat.

[@billincolumbia]

So nice to see you back, Phil. Also, Jason H took a few of my KOMs in Houston, but once I saw that he was sponsoring you, all was forgiven. :)

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Glad your back to it Phil!!

[@paulseandaniels5031]

Well Done Phil! Great to see you come back from your crash. This is great motivation showing age is just a number! What we put in we will get out! 😁 Keep it up!

[@donaldryder5534]

I don't know why I find these boring follow-videos so hypnotizing, but I do. Thanks for sharing!

[@jimihendrix731]

The wattage is impressive for sure but even more impressive and interesting is just how steady and consistent his heart rate is throughout this effort.

[@yuriziryukin1909]

Welcome back, Phil!

[@jaeross3484]

I got 190 BPM by just watching this video...

[@chrisjenkins1]

It's amazing looking at this data and comparing myself. 500w for a minute feels very hard to me and you held it near that for the whole climb. Kudos

[@malmsey1541]

He's not natural though

[@jkuboc]

@@malmsey1541 450W for a bit more than 7 minutes while being rested in an one all-out effort? For an ex-pro such as Gaimon it's nothing spectacular. The best I've ever done was 436W for 5 minutes at the weight of 65kg. I was never a pro, smoked from the age 13 till 21 or so and honestly I don't think I am particularly gifted. And obviously, never came across doping as well in my life. So yeah, such numbers are absolutely achievable for someone who spent cycling for well over a decade at the professional level. You'd be surprised what a structured training over many years can do. People here should stop this nonsense about him being doped.

[@yamalink1891]

Great editing and humor! The truck bathroom...

[@bbbernardooo]

Lovely stuff, good to have you back chap, picked up the pn 3.0 after last season vids - works a charm on the TT!

[@hoterichoney344]

The humor is top notch! "That's my job."

[@MarkARebuck]

446 watts for 7:24. Let's see... The longest I've average 446 watts is 1:28. My max power over 7:24 was 295 watts. And I weigh 50 pounds more than Phil. I gotta start eating more cookies.

[@AB-fh9zh]

It's all in the data.

[@bernardoarguelles2602]

Yeah, we have to assume that, it's not the cookies it's because they're pros. Or ... that's why they are pros.

[@mathewrose2951]

I use the -100watts rule to see if I'm fit. I can do 346 watts for 10 minutes without too much drama, so I'm good with that. Anywhere within 100 watts of what a pro does should make an amateur happy.

[@philipk4475]

I can put out that power for that duration, but I'm 20 kg heavier

[@Edmond347]

Good to see you back on the bike, Phil.

[@rodtimmons]

2nd lol Glad to see Phil totally back from the track crash!

[@richardlake5459]

Phil you are an animal, a really, really skinny animal but still. You make cheetahs look slow and fat.

[@byrondixon4648]

Classic KOM video - love it.

[@jshepard5840]

Thankfully I'm safely tucked away in FL where mountains (and even steep hills) are non-existent. It's fun watching others do them though.

[@heytreacle]

I like how you need two screens now and still struggle to fit all the sponsors in. Boy, you must have sat in a lot of meetings.

[@somnumna2606]

What an animal. Big watts for a sustained period. Not bad for a retired old fella. Nice Vid.

[@miguelmendoza1003]

Awesome Phil, I have to try to climb Westlake,

[@dougturner2036]

Both inspiring and depressing.

[@AdamJStoryDC]

I've ridden up Westlake many times. That's INSANELY fast.

[@kishascape]

@@jandrefilms get a 750 watt ebike lmao

[@debelizmaj1203]

This video deserves more views!

[@kovar2344]

Nice! You got it Phil!

[@ReVoltaire]

Am I imagining this or is Phil pushing a significantly bigger gear at lower avg cadence than previously? Here he seemed around 80 avg cadence and on many previous climbs over 90 avg. Or was it something specific about this grade and relatively short distance that led to a bigger gear approach?

[@ahmettopal6301]

Is HR sensor wrong?

[@OBoile]

yeah, his HR goes down throughout the effort. That makes no sense.

[@deancochran5287]

Something must have stopped working...as fast as he was going with the gradient of the road, his hr wouldn’t go down.

[@jshepard5840]

@@deancochran5287 No, you mean YOUR heart rate wouldn't have gone down. You just don't understand the conditioning that these elite athletes have. They are able to recover their heart rates in seconds where you and I would take minutes to do the same.

[@deancochran5287]

Mr S Full gas at 9% is not “recovery” territory. This is not a point in the ride where hr would ever go down.

[@adamsmith8283]

@@deancochran5287 Doesn't RPM come into this?

[@د_محمد_شاهين]

Impressive list of sponsors. You've done good. You could slow it down a bit at the end so we can read it without pause.

[@stijndeklerk]

Can you let us know what saddle is on your bike in this video?

[@TheRushpuppie]

How do you put out those watts??????

[@Raptors0524]

Edward it’s called juice 😂

[@VaibhavTipnis]

The grade-o-meter seems to be lagging quite a bit behind the footage.

[@fernandog.aguirre2791]

You r one lucky guy! How much do you weight? 125 lbs...?

[@matthewchong2629]

Why do you wear a chest strap HRM as well a whoop device?

[@TarmacSkin]

Dude ! Werent you hospitalized from a crash six months ago? Ive seen people with ingrown nails and (according to them) it takes them a year to get back in shape..

[@worstretirementever]

8 months 😘

[@kohli12]

Skinsuit looks sick!!

[@Bokuma01]

How does your HR not increase when you get out the saddle?

[@KD_cycling]

That top tube is not a chair Phil

[@augustchamot9097]

Nice kit 👌

[@hansschotterradler3772]

Question about your cadence. It seemed low at times while in the saddle. Wouldn't it be more efficient to go 90 or more?

[@darinsteele7091]

if it's only that short of a time their is no point in spinning fast to save energy, you may as well mix some hard grinded gears in there.

[@Skw-lincs]

You're a machine!! An absolute machine!! kudos and much respect.

[@palmer3977]

How heavy were you when going for the KOM?

[@TheMASDrummer]

33kg

[@YouNeedToHearThis]

I finish my rides with a 4% grade 0.5 mile climb to my house and it nearly kills me after even a 10 mile ride. This is just stupid insane to me.

[@chrismoreman2289]

What is the watch you're wearing?

[@worstretirementever]

It’s a whoop!

[@SergioCristancho]

does the climb head south? is weird see the map upside down

[@tomorlowski4814]

Sergio Cristancho, Yes, from Westlake/Thousand Oaks towards the beach is heading south.

[@buzzman4860]

Phil, Do you have your eyes on any specific KOMs in Mississippi when you get here?

[@craigvanrenterghem4578]

great new intro!

[@virgopaul1]

Great video!

[@brendonnoble3296]

That camera makes the road look so flat. You got to work out a way for it to look steeper.

[@troycollett8540]

That was awesome

[@kylethatcher5828]

Wow, nice job! i'm excited for this years videos. I have a question about heart rate. first, i know everyone's HR is different, but how close were you to doing your max effort for that amount of time? did you have more head room as far as HR is concerned? I know that your focus is watts/time, not HR, but i am still curious. I'm obviously not anywhere close to you in terms of fitness and conditioning, but i've had several rides where my average HR was 170 for over an hour. is that common for you as well? or do you get to a point where sustained effort near max power output doesn't necessarily mean you are close to max HR? thanks for the hard work you put in.

[@buzzman4860]

Based on his power he was riding at the upper limit of his VO2 max. He is a master of managing his effort. Heart rate is irrevalent in comparing efforts between 2 people.

[@diawestTV]

well, noone would call this dude lazy but :) woudn't it be 6.xx min if HR in 170-180 area? just interested in how ex-pro body works, that's all thanks

[@hebrews11vs5]

I think him trying to speak at the end says it all. Perhaps Phil has been training a lot recently and has some fatigue in him. That is to say he can put out good power (even for him) and his heart is not really able to beat very fast. I know for me, when detrained or tapered I can hit the high heart rate but when I have been training a lot I can make good power but my heart rate never comes up real high. My heart is almost not able to. Low hr doesn't just mean low o2, it may mean your heart is super strong and pumps way more blood per beat than someone with a higher heart rate. That was a real hard effort by Phil, I just don't think he could have pushed much harder. Not on the day. Perhaps if he tapered a bit more for it and then he could have done faster and perhaps more with the higher heart rate you suggested 170-180

[@sa3key]

Come out to Temecula area and crush the KOM’s we have out here. #LosGatos

[@firstnamelastname9013]

Good job !!!!!!

[@ewanhutchison112]

Anyone else notice his right foot/heel kicking out during/near the top of the upstroke?

[@worstretirementever]

I’m still compensating from my crash on the right side. Shoulders a little twisted and it trickles down

[@dellerbeller]

Phil you're a beast.

[@JustinMayfield]

Hr data is broken

[@TalonMerlin777]

I'm fixin' to move to Calabassas just so I can get dropped by pros doing double my speed in the Winter.

[@adamstanwick1487]

Cookie monster strikes again 👍

[@sureshchinnappa2290]

Well done

[@allthingsTechrelated]

Beast mode.

[@SergioCristancho]

0:37 *trolls!*

[@pingpongballz5998]

The current Bachelor Peter is from Westlake

[@talabaskictube161]

That is 6.6w/kg acording to bike calculator!

[@spin2win721]

Fukin A... bruh you’re a beast lol. Great job!

[@doubik2]

i think your ave hr should have read 159? i think you only hit 169 briefly during the video.

[@markt.788]

That’s too many watts...

[@lesflynn4455]

Suffering like a dog. Nice effort mate. I'm surprised you didn't soil that skin suit inside and out.

[@geehee]

I need a pair of those sunglasses! What are they, and can you hook me up!!!! 🙌

[@TheTubaEmporer]

Love that helmet!

[@AdventuresomeOutlook]

If you listen really closely you can hear his little electric motor running

[@mullrump2]

WOW

[@MrSmoothasf]

Holy shit balls

[@TheMASDrummer]

Bruh I can do 450 watts for like 2 minutes

[@stuartdryer1352]

Wow. You regained fitness fast.

[@jase2990]

I have seen more meat on a pretzel 🥨, I should hope u can smash a few KOMS Weighing 5stone dripping wets 🤣

[@Frankthegravelrider]

How the heck did your heart rate stay so low? what on earth... what's your lowest resting Phil?

[@malmsey1541]

Cause he's on epo mate

[@veterinarius7646]

First :P

[@evanreeves5966]

You should move some of talking into the KOM attempt. A silent KOM attempt with a bunch of wind and engine noise isn't that interesting.

[@NicholasStewartfilms]

Bro its all about seeing him bang it out

[@hebrews11vs5]

I was just as glued to the screen 😂

[@Tanioti.m]

27 cyclists are a bad climbers