I love that you're just chatting it up at 4 w/kg. My new goal.

"You suck! Eat a steak!" got me good... also... where do all the snot rockets go?? I just blow them into my towel and then continue to wipe my face with it.

VC, thank you. I’m 62 years old putting in on average 400-500 miles per month on my new Pinarello Prince. I’m in a management position with 75% travel. So use your educational, entertaining and motivating videos to keep me going on the road. Mahalo my friend Scott Rogers, Scottsdale AZ

Tyler, the Gravel bikes were roughly 30 seconds slower on that ride... give or take. I rode a Gravel Bike also cause this is not a mountain bike route... it is a gravel route. Some of Zwift idiosyncrasies.

Mega effort and all good training, regardless of the result. You still did it 10mins quicker than me and I was on a MTB 😂

Wow. That was great races. 2 race in a row on the jungle circle is fantastic. Way to go.

Hey!!!! You are doing just fine!!! Stop being so hard on yourself!! You have a whole community of people that love you!! Keep doin you and crushin it, BRO!!!

Good on you for putting the cam down, editing, making youtube vids... I have two little ones myself and just joined a cycling club. Just going out for a Saturday ride for 3-4 hrs with da boyz is hard enough on the wife to take on Saturday Morning til afternoon. Family first bro!

I think part of what you describe at the end is what plays into the underdog success complex where those with nothing to lose end up bettering those with prior success who feel the pressure to perform and repeat their prior success. Either way so glad I found your channel - its a breath of fresh air to see someone be honest with their viewers (ignore the haters).

Also...That fricken effort!!! OUCH!!! Great job!!!

Very inspiring! Cannot wait for a hard Zwift session tomorrow

I don’t understand why a gravel bike is not the better choice for a gravel race? Seems like in my mind you did make the right choice

R. Massey killed it man, holy crap. And VC recovering at 4w/kg is nuts.

Can't wait for that video end of February 🙌🙌😍😍

Damn, I thought you timed your sprint really well, geez 800+ watts you where putting out. I did that ride today with mountain bike- no where lol 😂 near what u put out!! Your an animal

You had the technique, but it's computerized to his advantage. Even though second place in a race like that is a winner in my book. Great ride! Yours truly, Rough Rider.

Btw, in your MTB race 0.1mi to finish, it looked like you started your sprint at 1000W, but it was only there for a split second and you didn't build up or stay up. I kept seeing 8-900W and then just before the finish you were coming down to the 700W range. So, your sprint looked more like a decrescendo vs crescendo/sustained. Play that sprint like a musical note hitting a long note getting louder and louder just before the finish. Keep it up bro!

Are you using a mtb cassette on the Kickr?

"If I can't drop a mountain bike in a sprint then I need to reevaluate my life" -VC Minutes later gets dropped by a mountain bike in a finish line sprint lmao

That was an awesome effort! Then to jump back in for another!?

Blueberry Crisp Clif bars !! Absolute favorite but not sold in Quebec ! With the pandemic I’ve been struggling to get them from the US. Very very sad

Keep practicing that timing, you have the watts to get away... the question is when vs how long you need to stay away, and go kill it in the climbs where you have even more strengths.

5 w/kg and no problem talking about your personal life... badass! How many hours of footage did you shoot per day during your train like a pro challenge?

That’s impressive

I was in that very same race. Took me 1hr40. lol. I think I must have been lapped whilst on lap 2.

Funny I didn’t even think which bike to ride, and was on a road bike and the minute we hit the dirt I noticed most were on mountain bikes. Kind of made me question if I should do the stage 7 another day.

I just got a new Kickr and I have a question 😊 What exactly is making that noise on the turbo do you know. Mine does that too and it's quite loud but can't figure it out. It sounds like a rubbing noise. Is it front derailer? 😊

@The Vegan Cyclist ... it sounds like you need new headset bearings on your Felt. Sweat probably wrecked them. Highly doubt sweat did anything to the carbon. Though constant use on the trainer might have fucked up the fork steerer. Also, get your mate Travis over to train for a few days. He'll fix your screwed up gear indexing on the Schwinn.

Was epic!

To be honest, at least in real life, a lot of times I can sprint harder on my mountain bike than my road bike. To me it's more of a natural position to be in where you're not all stretched out forward, and the flat bars give you a shit load of leverage to pull up on the bars during the sprint. I'd say the knobby tires and shorter gears are the limiting factors for me on the mountain bike, but even with that on my full suspension bike I've done a sprint from stand still and held like 27 mph for about half a mile on the little road section I use for sprints on my road rides.

It’s been a full month since I’ve heard someone say “Full Gas”😉

Tyler if he was waiting that long to sprint at the end... best know he is a strong sprinter. You're only shot was going long range and hoping his v02 couldn't keep up with yours.

I wonder if you had gone from a bit further out it may have got a bigger gap? The final few hundred feet were back on dirt but before was pavement where the cross bike should be faster . Good effort!!!

That was awesome! Nice job!🤙

Every zwift race I do ends like that. I'm pulling away and I think I'm clear. Then sniped at the end. Every time without fail.

These lappers are like Dean Wilson 😂😂😂😂🤙🏾

Putting out a decent effort on this stage and I couldn't keep up. Busting my A$$ until half way thorough I realized I was on a road bike and going slow AF. Finished on the road bike b/c stubborn.

So, if someone hypothetically wanted to get a PR on the Jungle Lap, but wasn't wanting to race, would it be cool to go full gas with the front group in the draft for the first lap and then fall off into a zone 2 spin for the rest of it? Asking for a "friend" . . .

How many miles you riding a week now, mate?

To echo a few others I was watching and wondering why no MTB. I suspect your result would have been much better.

Dehumidifier bro 👍

When I watch videos like this, I don’t understand why anyone would waste money on Peleton. This seems like a much better option for a cycling workout.

That was entertaining! Lame course, but that was fun to watch.

I forgot about the phrase “Give her the Berries”.

How much do you weigh?

Can't believe you didn't switch to MTB for second one

Why don’t Zwift go full on metric and kilograms?

Dude, you gotta learn to let things go. You didn’t get the MTB, so just ride what you have and get a great workout. Tolle: “Accept each moment as if you chose it.”

Shawn whites cousin?

went too early both times no?

It's so painful to watch you don't switch to MTB on 2nd race.

Dude, gift me a bike as I have watched all of your train like pro vlogs every day without skipping ads

Why race on gravel with a road bike?? That's why you lost!! Pick the right bike next time.

You sat on the guy's wheel for two laps, and then complained when he attacked you. Take a pull. Glad he beat you, you didn't deserve it. Try that in a real race and see how far that gets you. Most likely in the ditch.

I'm a big fan of you and your videos. But I gotta say, it's really disappointing to hear you dog Zpower like that. Especially as someone who has such a big audience. It hurts us who use it. It's not as inaccurate as you think, given you have a recognized dumb trainer. Zpower reads the SPEED sensor for the watts. Cadence is an option. I use Zpower and run both sensors, as well as a HR monitor(to get all the numbers). As a new rider with a little fitness, I have an ftp of 175 @2.3 watts/kg. I used Zpower to test it. When I tested with a power meter, it was close. Off by about 10-20 watts. The Zpower actually showed LESS power than the power meter. There are plenty of comparison videos out there as well. Anyway, food for thought. Still a big fan!

Also you should try ebike on you kicker :) .

They should add flat tires not just pedestrians and cars.