Worst Retirement Ever - My Favorite Place in LA: Griffith Park KOM and Tour

[@metalmaxx36]

Hey Phil, that's my first youtube comment ever. Just what to thank you for the best bike channel ever. I always waned to have a road bike, but they are crazy expensive in Brazil. My primary sport is rock climbing, but after I started watching your videos last year I got so motivated training in my old mountain bike that I decided to by a road bike. After months of hard freelancing I have my bike. I'm training like crazy and chasing KOMs all around. So thanks man, you gave me the final push in achieving my childhood dream of being a road biker. Hope I can attend to a cookie fondo one. I've you ever come to Brazil and want a bike tour around São Paulo, count on me. Cheers!

[@beecoal]

Love the “behind the scenes” of the KOM Muhney provided. Was always curious how the experience was for us mere mortals that might be riding with you.

[@michaelb1761]

"With" being a relative term.

[@mndyD9]

Muhney’s candid look at riding with Phil was perfect lol. Also kudos to him for putting that sticker on his bike 😂 Love these your videos! Makes me actually want to visit LA! Lol

[@AnothrGtrPlyr]

Thanks for giving Griffith a shout out, Phil. It doesn’t get the respect the Santa Monica mountain courses do, but it’s a great place to ride.

[@SkepticCyclist]

There is also a local mountain lion in Griffith Park.

[@gamby16a]

45 seconds at 624 watts. Hilariously strong final kick! Just incredible.

[@nickv.7181]

Yeah after averaging 380-something for 15 minutes that's pretty ridiculous!

[@billylovesbikes4851]

LA is such a cool place to ride. I am in central Ohio where my views are cornfields, barns, tractors and more cornfields

[@247MS1]

I really enjoyed this video. Lovely mix of fast bike riding, Best Retirement Ever and humour. Thanks Phil (& MIchael)!

[@temporalsoliton]

Love these tours of socal climbs. One of my favorites is PV hills (which Phil has the kom for the switchbacks). The roads along the ocean are nice but the view from the friendship bell in San pedro before the people arrive is great. It also has the most picturesque basketball court in the same park as I've ever seen.

[@andygendron]

Learning a lot about Los Angeles, interesting variety of riding options.

[@Jarek.]

Thank you for getting us to all these iconic places! (even only virtually)

[@gordontarpley]

I run and ride there all the time. One of my favorite spots.

[@nickv.7181]

Same. Right in my backyard basically. Special place.

[@stefankirchfeld9203]

Great video, accessible to many riders of all skill levels....the shot of “this is how a KOM Phil feels like” was a great idea!

[@andrewstight]

Go in the observatory. It’s a great date. It’s like 10 bucks and you just watch a video about how small we are in this ever expanding universe. Talk about a subject that the sparks fly.

[@norafabiana]

Great video, Phil! You hit all the Griffith Park hotspots. I'm sharing this with my non California, non USA family so they can see where we ride :-)

[@ryannelson9256]

6,728 people have ridden up that hill nearly 50k times, on Strava alone, and Phil can just go out and smash the KOM like that. Absolutely spectacular, and I loved seeing the drive-by destruction as Michael Muhney films Phil shredding past. Brilliant!

[@mikeb9303]

your quarantine buddies have epic mullets, awesome

[@kimdon1066]

Great video. Love the insight into how the rides are filmed.

[@zingerbox6842]

That was a beautiful rendition of Bob Dylan

[@johnbailey520]

Love that climb to the observatory. Crossing coyotes with dead rabbits hanging from their mouths is not unusual. The road is in horrible shape in parts and the crowd at the top is normally heavy. Some great views. I miss driving old bread trucks full of camera equipment to shoots up there.

[@robbchastain3036]

You were Speed Racer up that climb, Phil, really impressive. And thanks for showing us these climbs, all of 'em in the Land of La.

[@turboshed1]

I can't believe it took you so long to do Griffith Park!

[@worstretirementever]

Took a pandemic to make me stay home. So much great LA content coming up

[@DerFilmgucker]

Great inspiration. I went there this AM, shouted: "Phil made it" to the film security guards. They immediately danced in excitement!!

[@DerFilmgucker]

Joking aside, Phil's KOM is remarkable if you consider the road conditions on Mt. Hollywood. It begs for a gravel bike. Sand patches, potholes, you name it. But that applies only for the "no cars" roads. The regular streets are really good. For LA.

[@nickv.7181]

@@DerFilmgucker north side of Mt Hollywood is pretty clean, especially if you know the lines. To me the hardest KOM to take up there would be Vista del Valle (from Commonwealth to top). That one has all kinds of obstacles, including several deep sand patches, sharp rocks, potholes, and also people (near the helipad). So easy to have a full-gas effort interrupted on that climb!

[@marcwallace]

Michael said we'd get back to the big dog and a game ad came on my screen with crazy action, a raging river, etc. I thought it was a joke for a moment.

[@anthonyfisher9538]

Never been inside? What? Phil it's cool too see, you gotta do it man.

[@rudiberden1088]

Thank you for the nice tour of Griffith.I started riding around there 20 years ago. I hadn't ridden for 8 years and due to the pandemic started riding again. Even signed up on Strava where I found out you're more than twice as fast then me. You must have a really good bike, wink wink.

[@emersoncardenas6899]

The vlog is so inspiring Phil. When are you covering Beachwood, Mt. Lee Drive to the "Hollywierd" sign, and Lake Hollywood?

[@chromebomb]

I LOVE GRIFFITH PARK!

[@kitten-inside]

Cookie time is the most important meal of the day. Especially an earned one.

[@Stiitchjones]

Indeed...me like cookies!

[@tonygSDWR]

Phil, do yourself a favor and go inside the observatory. It was quite fun, not to mention the vintage vibe.

[@krishanunandy4605]

Hey Phil! Heads up - the Hollywood sign and it's likeness is trademarked, which is ironic given your fear of Bob Dylan.

[@jradjones1430]

Awesome video good job keep em coming !

[@rileyanderson4692]

Dude! you gotta get inside the observatory. Just pop in the first room, almost as good as the outside and you don't have to lose sight of your bike..

[@jsanchez9293]

right now its closed. I rode out there last week actually out of a whim, not expecting it to be open, it still it was a nice ride.

[@lesflynn4455]

Great video guys, it's especially amusing to be called an arsehole by a cop sitting on his ass doing jack shit. Thanks for the insight on Phil's KOMs Mr Muhney. I look forward to these videos where you guys cruise LA on your rides.

[@Anza_34832]

Kudos to Michael!

[@deheckler]

"Your tearing me apart". RIP James Dean

[@Dustin_Crops]

Hey Phil, ever think about riding up Baxter in Echo Park or Eldred in Highland Park?

[@nickv.7181]

Eldred is ridiculous!

[@BruceChastain]

looks amazing! I would love to go later in the day when the sun is down. Btw Phil you already are famous!

[@felicetanka]

Beautiful LA merci

[@Brando2428]

Do Elysian Park next and L.A river =) It takes me 14 minutes from gate to gate up mt hollywood ;P

[@Brando2428]

btw f**k the previous kom holder. Saludos Phil!

[@samsonitte]

Sticker Phever! Phil probably has talked dozens of people into regrettable tattoos too!

[@josephalbanese1393]

Such a great video!

[@markconnelly1806]

I think the lady on the bike was actually waiting for Phil on that climb. She was not even breathing hard. :)

[@SamoanPr0]

Don’t worry Michael, I too try to make sure everything is tucked and going well under there

[@noahbirdrevolution]

When I lived in Atwater & wanted to get away from the roommates this was my spot.

[@andrewfehrsen]

You should look at getting an insta360 one r camera. Compact and just film with the camera pointing wherever then can reframe the shots in post 👍🏼

[@socaljoe]

You were so close to the Los Angeles River (@ the Zoo or @ Victory Blvd.) it's a too bad you didn't mention the connection. It's such a great tie in to the park and can be a nice addition to the GP ride

[@nickv.7181]

Damn dude, seeing your video of Griffith is making it pretty tough for me to stick with my decision of moving to ATL. I've lived right beside Griffith for several years now and it's like my backyard playground. It's just such a special place. I'm honestly not sure I can go through with the move now. Damn you Phil!

[@dylanshobe]

Please go to Mt Rainer park you'd love it there!

[@parkerterlaak2154]

Is Pecos Bill's still over by Griffith Park? Man their spicy chopped beef sandwich

[@sandysleigh6066]

That 'howdy'hit different. In a good way of course 😌

[@bighammer3464]

Love that sticker😬😬

[@carlstatham594]

Great video. Why is your sky blue? Is that pollution? Here in London it's grey, light grey or dark grey and sometimes very dark grey.

[@guywelch656]

Birdy Mahtats what are you talking about

[@CommaCam]

Lol, now that's funny.

[@Mysiamesecatblue]

After riding the park so much feels funny watching an intro video on it hah

[@hadrian2]

What camera do you use for “selfie” filming?? The quality of images are great!

[@BruceChastain]

good question. I guess it's a gopro with selfi-stick

[@edwindeuning2922]

Go to Dodger Stadium next, are there any KOM opp's for Phil at Chavez Ravine/Elysian Park???

[@nickv.7181]

Yeah, a few good segments in Elysian...the longest of which is a couple miles with a steep (and quite long) wall at the end of it.

[@justinbouchard]

When you said KOMming it sounded borderline demonetized bahahha

[@DanielSweden]

Mike is doing a tour of his own Griffith Park in the begining there 😂

[@2muchfanene]

Love your video🤙🏾

[@jgrefrath]

Weird that you didn't mention the previous KOM holder, until I looked to see who it was..

[@worstretirementever]

Yeah I treat that guy like voldemort

[@udak909]

Hey Phill! Great content with a huge pinch of comedy, loved it! It would be nice if you could do a video about breathing technique, your's seems rapid and strong but not desperated (the opposite of mine). TIA!

[@5veRodriguez]

I look at these guys and I’m like, “damn, I suck at climbing”

[@Stiitchjones]

If you lived in areas like this it would make you a better climber...I'm in Florida so a lot of Flat roads.

[@lunastrat]

Otherwize known as trash can hill. (unless they've repaired it, the pavement is pretty rough in spots.)

[@nickv.7181]

"Trash Truck Hill" is actually the counterclockwise segment of Griffith Park Dr from Travel Town to the north side base of Mt Hollywood. "Reverse Trash Truck" is the clockwise segment of Griffith Park Dr from Crystal Springs to the same point. The latter has a few bumps but mostly pretty smooth.

[@n8p275]

Whats with Phil's helmet straps, are they different/twisted? Looks kinda comfy

[@toddyaso]

Getting to Griffith Obs is a nightmare

[@jamesswinney7484]

Love how an X pro with a successful KZbin channel says being in a commercial will be the thing that makes him famous

[@Scohen415]

Was just there this morning! Its to bad the horse people are the best complainers. The dirt road to the hollywood sign is the best way to get there and totally do able on a road bike. Getting there from there very bottom always makes me nervous since its so steep and so much lost tourist traffic. Plus the mountains of horse poop everywhere make the area not smell the best.

[@donovanbray]

What sunglasses are you wearing? I love them!

[@worstretirementever]

Goodr!

[@donquijote2256]

When will the cookie jersey be restocked?

[@MichaelAmster]

More singing Phil. How does it feeeeeeeeeeeel

[@SrSacaninha]

I've been there, but I could have swore it was in Los Santos...

[@kris.monroe]

So, long time fan but have yet to hear an opinion: when it comes to cookie time, if you would be so kind, describe what you look for in the perfect cookie? Soft, hard, gooey, half-baked, crispy? Always curious. Keep up the healthy retirement!

[@BruceChastain]

great video! I saved these places on my google maps "want to go" favs. Btw Phill I'm heading over to Brasstown Bald, highest point in Georgia next week, I see you have KOM up there, we'll see if it stands in a week or so. jk about that last part of course.

[@kentblackburn412]

Any thoughts on what’s happening behind the Thomas and Froome headlines?

[@andrerodriguez7603]

I did a Budlight commercial there once in my youth, 30 years ago. They scouted cyclists out of the once famous Griffith park training ride. The park rangers hate cyclists, so they killed that ride decades ago. Was one of the best training rides in L.A. at the time

[@johntr76]

What are those sunglasses Mike has?

[@rawveganperformance]

Nice to see all of that not only from GTA5 😂😂😂

[@stuarttarry1780]

They look like good cookies!

[@dustin2dust351]

Dude climb Baxter street in La.

[@nickv.7181]

Eldred! 33%!!!

[@dustin2dust351]

Yessss!!!!!

[@cyberjulle]

what helmet are you wearing?

[@KDS14601]

Way back in the 80’s you didn’t ride some of those closed off roads to the observatory alone. Good chance you run into some shady people that wanted to steal your bike.

[@derekcravenPT]

Mate, you’re famous already for many of us ( keen cyclists), you don’t need Hollyweird!

[@azrielwasser2010]

New Glasses!

[@Timtimzi]

I guess Phil got rid of his other chinese bike real fast. I already forgot the name. The Factor sounds like it's on rim brakes as well based on the footage. Haven't been on this channel for a while.

[@billincolumbia]

The previous bike was Nove, I think.

[@alexanderconradie3007]

Have you ever wanted to share a beer with someone you have never met? Damn...that is the way how I feel about Phil...

[@om1kron]

god what time did you do this, was it like 85-93 degrees during this?

[@nickv.7181]

Looks like it was about 2pm. But this was on Aug. 7th so was a bit cooler...probably about 75 degrees.

[@edmarkey4057]

Muhney's no slouch! What's his best time on the climb?

[@nickv.7181]

Muhney's (M$$$) best time on that segment is 21:19.

[@liamcollins8565]

As soon as you said Greek theatre I had to listen to if I had $1,000,000 since it references it.

[@calvinmiguel4405]

That’s not fair...the gate was open due to filming and you didn’t have to take the 8’ dirty path! Otherwise, I don’t think you get that KOM...😂

[@dets]

Hydro shaving helmet!

[@dopeone700]

Is that a gilet???

[@dopeone700]

Okay... you didn't film this yesterday when it was 105

[@carlosgaspar8447]

what's with dissin' bill, he was on colombo.

[@drsus0]

La zoo is awesome btw,,, for a place jailing a animals… but they’re mostly animals that would be dead in the wild anyway… so theres that. 620 watts at observations climb… yeah.. im usually barely pedaling by then .

[@2WheelsGood.01]

Phil, I'm obviously not qualified to give you any advice on cycling but it sounds like most of your breathing is through your mouth? Nasal breathing provides up to 20% more oxygen absorption. Obviously takes some training since it's restrictive but maybe worth it?

[@tomt5386]

According to my deep, deep research......Griffith ain't even close to being the 2nd largest city park.

[@Mysiamesecatblue]

Yeah that KOM is still f’ed. 😅 nice 👍

[@scootosan]

"I told you".....hahah

[@alanbeauregard4074]

PR for the mayor and governor since everybody is bailing out!!!!

[@julianarbelaez3620]

Hi Phil, Absolutely no disrespect to u or anything but if you claim to be clean, and I’m not making any unjustified claims that you’re on enhanced cookies or whatever, then why don’t you just get tested properly and eliminate all doubts about your power numbers? Just wondering

[@db613]

Ah the real reason you wear mirror sunglasses, so we don't see your drunken cross-eyes post KOM 😂