SBT HLL CLMB (Steamboat Gravel Hillclimb) - Worst Retirement Ever

I'm not a gravel racer, but I've had fomo seeing all of my friends at some of these events over the years. SBT hosting a hillclimb was a perfect chance to check it out!
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[@kjl42]

Shout out to causally meeting Bottas! Love how involved he is in the gravel scene. 🏎️

[@MitchBoyer]

A hill climb event featuring Valtteri Bottas? This is too good 🙌

[@grvlevents]

😉

[@benthilwind6908]

He was at a Scottish gravel race a few weeks ago too ..The Gralloch trying to get into the worlds

[@farizrd]

F1 race winner, bike racing winner too

[@Moving_Chicane]

Please get Bottas in our canyons when he's in off season! Great / fun video! Safe travels!!!

[@mathewemden2068]

Thank you for your editing on the hug-cam with the ladies. It's nice to see that you noticed that and edited it appropriately. I think this speaks a lot to the caliber of person you are.

[@stephencolton299]

So nice to see Biju. Last time was one of the impossible routes. Great guy - good cook😅

[@grvlevents]

So good Phil! Thanks for un-retiring and interrupting your regularly scheduled vacation to party with us.

[@tripw9424]

Shout out to the Team Lager kit from Halfway Crooks brewery in Atlanta, GA @9:24

[@joanneleyva4942]

More of this type of fun, wacky non-roadie type events and videos Phil!

[@the_lime_]

These past few episodes have been amazing, 10/10

[@roadglide]

Never mistake a Retired Pro’s intrinsic need to beat each over having fun. You can say verbally or in your mind to yourself all day otherwise. “Having fun”, is when you’re riding with us mere mortals. 🙏🏻 I missed the part where you didn’t bring your XTR and Shimano MTB S-Phyre’s and instead brought road shoes for accepting Speedplays 😂

[@samj1185]

I ran 35mm tires for a while. Finally got tired of rear pinch flats (even running tubeless) and put on 40mm. So much better. Just as fast, more grip, more confidence in large gravel, etc. Loving the change.

[@Tri_littlewhit]

So fun riding with you, my girlfriend and I where there as Barbie and Rainbow Brite. Great recap. Was at WTF, and will be back to lone pine next year!

[@WeirdNeville]

Barbie outfit was outstanding!!

[@stephenauckly]

Awesome saying hi to you right after you got the Josh from Silca hug. It was a great weekend in SBT.

[@01FozzyS]

Valtteri though. I would have fanboyed.

[@grvlevents]

Come on out next year

[@raymondherrick1942]

Great vid!!

[@JasonJanelle]

Phil probably knows this but just in case, those were grasshoppers, not dragonflies. Great video man 😊

[@larrylem3582]

owls = mourning doves, haha

[@Bill-cy2cy]

Super fun! Would be great to see more of these type of videos.

[@BobBroeking]

Love the blond gal rider at the top in the Barbie roller blading outfit - just saw movie today...

[@AaronPressman]

So awesome. Ps tried to do Mt Washington last weekend. After all the drivers went up, they cancelled it and the rain day was rained out too. No Mt Washington hillclimb this year.

[@Matsek2]

There is skijump running hillclimb in Lahti Finland called: Red Bull 400.

[@donjonjr1]

Phil needs his cookie monster costume for this one

[@gravelociraptor]

That HLL CLMB is probably the most fun spectating I have ever done! Missed you out there on the black course Sunday. Next year give it a go! There are plenty of hills on that course for you to smash.

[@lifelong5425]

Always fun with you Phil....take care.

[@dsmhiggins67]

Nice and wholesome

[@celyda2]

I was like 'Did he say Valtteri Bottas'? IT'S VALTTERI BOTTAS!!!! Also, the first bike race I ever saw was a crit in downtown Chicago where Pete's dad and uncle battled Lemond for the win. I think one of the Stetinas won in a two up break with Greg. Greg went to Europe the next month. It's a great foggy memory. Yeah, my two favorite sports are bike racing and F1.

[@markdragovan9466]

I was actually in that race and I randomly road next to Lemond for about 1/4 lap.

[@edwardrevin]

If it makes you feel better, my XTR pedals and cleats got jammed up with mud too on that bastard climb. Great to see you there and meet you, briefly, at the Silca booth!

[@kawabus]

Go Phil 🚴✨✨

[@dropatrain]

knew it, as soon as i saw those ski hills i knew ya boy wanted to ride up them

[@marcfarrelly5944]

Another race for the bucket list

[@h8ter1927]

I still think Peewee Herman should have won the costume contest, but I might be biased 😂

[@bpinsf]

Love the hug cam!

[@mrrollers]

Great video as always, but that picture of Valteri in the Mercedes uniform is at least two years old - he drives for Alfa Romeo now.

[@daniels.2720]

@mrrollers > As the UnOfficial Phil Gaimon Media Rep, I'll go ahead & answer for him > Phil: " what's a F1 ?? (( just kidding Phil ))

[@spencebikes]

Bottas is living his best life

[@AB-fh9zh]

Best race I've seen all year.

[@roberteltze4850]

Took me a while to figure out the LeMons start. I thought they were saying LeMond start and thought it had something to do with Greg LeMond.

[@PedalaCapitala]

really cool event, shame about the weather, would never have considered bike parking strategy before a race haha :))

[@Real28]

Bottas!!! That's amazing!! And as Duff Man 🤣🤣🤣 I love seeing my F1 fans here.

[@johnmetz1702]

I was hoping you would have had a go at descending Little Moab from the Quarry. Good times!

[@trwilliams22]

At least the event organizers didn't shuffle the bikes prior to the start!

[@grvlevents]

Hmmmmm.... that gives us an idea for next year

[@trwilliams22]

@@grvleventsthe secret is to not tell the participants ahead of time

[@larrylem3582]

What if you found that your bike was gone? hahahah It could be like musical chairs.

[@trwilliams22]

@@larrylem3582 From what I have seen in the past, you find a bike with the correct pedals for your shoes and close enough size. Its terrible. Its wonderful. Its definitely amusing.

[@larrylem3582]

Bottas as a Simpsons fan, hahahaha!!!!!!

[@utube7930]

Greg LeMond start 🤣

[@michaellundquist6072]

Looks like fun! Nice to see you repping Woodinville Whiskey. By the way, their rye is bette! You need to get up to Washington State and ride. Maybe take a crack at the Hurricane Ridge KOM!

[@ernie12man]

Hug Cam! 🎉😊

[@Moishe555]

The guy who finished last thinking "please blur my face cookie dude...not my proudest moment..."

[@meatmotorendurance]

You don't get those hugs at a road event!

[@yumyumhungry]

Passed through steamboat on the tour divide and immediately wanted to live there. It's a bike mecca and everyone uses them for transportation

[@michaelstoecker4178]

Sweet!

[@bobschrank473]

Looks like a ton of fun and more of the hug cam please! But, you guys put whiskey in your old fashioneds? Weird....

[@davidwilson192]

Love the colors of that Jukebox helmet! Is it something that can be bought or is it fully custom?

[@benthilwind6908]

😂😂😂 ahaha fkn excellent what a sick race

[@edgerat]

HugCam™ is my favorite part of KZbin today.

[@jayobannon5359]

Did you clean your cleats before the return downhill?

[@jonathanzappala]

last time I saw Towl(i)e in colorado, he didn't look like that.

[@BlueMoonday19]

Excuse my ignorance, but do they have Decathlon in the US?

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

Bottas was there! I heard he was a keen cyclist.

[@matteomacri427]

Casual Bottas appearance

[@timw9024]

BIJU ❤

[@hernanhernandez3861]

Maybe next time a relay with Mike Woods doing the running bit. Actually he can do the climbing bit too....

[@tomfitz3324]

Fun video that gave nice perspective to a great event, but most everyone knows that Speedplay road pedals suck in any mud. I have been locked in and locked out of them due to mud, more times that I can count… great otherwise, but never in the dirt….

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

Does this mean you going to be at Mid South 2024?

[@blandyroo]

dragonflies? those are grasshoppers

[@mogulmayhem]

shut up dragon flies

[@teclo1057]

cycling must be so much fun for you now its not your job

[@JMcLeodKC711]

[@hansschotterradler3772]

Better to use SPD pedals

[@DreweZanki]

Hug Cam - I'm dizzy

[@jonathanhill9920]

Like for Hug Cam®️

[@bobbymunro8395]

AMY KIMBER IS HER NAME!

[@bobbymunro8395]

Amy sais you are her favorite pro rider. She Strava’d the hug. Lol.

[@windmillcancersurvivor2568]

All these poser wanna be's are phony. Phil my money is on you. You run like the wind and no one can beat you!

[@noahbirdrevolution]

Reggie Miller!

[@filipnessler2132]

First one to comment

[@miggyflo4545]

Get this man a cookie, I think we know a guy.

[@jimbaumli8809]

"Jess's inferior half Alex" 😆

[@beccabochenek]

The female birthday racer that you didn't know her name is Amy Kimber from Grand Haven, MI. @athleticmentors

[@rider65]

Every pedal stroke you pull up you're losing efficiency on the downstroke. Proven studies Medline and elsevier. It's physiologically impossible to be 100% efficient on both the downstroke and the upstroke at the same time so either you're focusing on the downstroke and creating more power or you're losing power on the downstroke because you're focusing on the upstroke. Now that you're riding a mountain bike, ditch the clips and go to Flats. You will improve your pedalling efficiency and you will understand on how to take advantage of all your potential power on the downstroke Phil.

[@markmonroe7330]

This was great. One hell of a fun retirement if you ask me.

[@Parraka]

Anyone else catch the lady dismounting the double crown fork bike on the way up lol what was she thinking

[@MorganBrown]

One man's HLL is another man's HELL 😂

[@Anza_34832]

@3:16 Bijou!! 👨🏻‍🍳👍

[@automat8]

"LeMans" or "Lemond"? The former rather than the latter. Also, great Steve McQueen movie.

[@nathanmartin952]

Bottas at 4:30