With Gas Station Cyclist, I feel like I'm watching a bike race, but listening to a surf competition. Love it!

Every time gas station says the word 'Like' I took a shot. I'm now dead.

Gas' laughing sounds like a kettle when the water has boiled

"Eat Trash, Ride Fast" is the mantra we need for 2020.

I enjoy both formats. I like the longer videos with this format to see more lulls in a race. And I like when you skip to lesson learning moments when you solo commentary. I don’t even race but I’ve learned a lot for group rides. Thank you

I am the guy in the black and yellow with yellow socks who chased back onto the group after the attack and as a note, I crashed the first lap and felt like shit in the 94-degree day. First off I want to say your wind direction is wrong, look at the flags after the start fin, the whole start/fin section was pretty much a tailwind. The team in the yellow and the blue had made friends before the race and was more like a 6 man team and refused to do any work when their guys were off the front. The whole race I knew they would do nothing on the backside so there was no reason to chase. At one point on the backside, I had an HR of 130 and was doing 150 watts. When I attacked I was just hoping someone would want to do more than 150 watts. The winner of the race was up the road and the 2nd place guy was friends with that team. If you want more footage of this race let me know, I hated this race and refuse to post my video.

Listening to gas voice bring me happiness i look forward to waking up and watching a vid with his kettle wheezing laugh.

That Peter Sagan’s elbow reference at the end killed me lmao

I love Gas's "Yo". One thought I had was at the beginning, when gapped off, if the pack is split then usually it's a matter of survival so everyone works together. Don't gutter those you're working with. Maybe half the road, to get rid of the tail gunners, but the ones taking pulls, you don't want to discourage them. Ditto in a break, initially if you want the break to work it might help to let others sit on. Of course, once someone attacks, or someone gutters, or in some sense the truce is broken, then you immediately gutter.

Gas' voice is like Chills of cycling "number fiiiive"

This duo is the best of your channel. I think I’ve said it before but I find your critique and knowledge the most enjoyable to hear, and Gas stations inputs I feel resonate with the layman and provide anecdotal humor and relief. Don’t change a thing. Hopefully some Gas Station videos about how and when you attack from 3k or 1500 would be nice for us non sprinters

The commentary on these videos is excellent and you guys are hilarious together! I don't even race but it's entertaining and informative as hell to hear experienced riders critique these races. Thank you from "one of the 7" lol

Love the format and chatting boys, keep it up!

I love this style of video. The laughing and jokes make it fun to watch.

It's a great day when there's a gastationfoodcyclist feature. Definitely keeps it fresh.

10:25 There's an attack similar to how you said you'd play it on this course, Jeff. You could see people wanted to chase it but the headwind was kicking their asses lol.

Love your vids, I personally really enjoyed the longer footage and almost podcast-like vibes in this episode.

Road Crew! Local St Louis Bike Shop being represented!

Definitely enjoy the podcast-style commentary!

Good vid! I like the chill vibes of this vid

Gasstationcyclist is for people. Much love!

Both styles are good, the more casual style you guys seemed to talk more about racecraft and ideas, which I enjoyed. Some good tips I will take with me when messing around on my local loop. I really enjoy hearing the unfiltered thoughts of sports pros, especially this sport there are a lot of tidbits that will very much make you faster just by knowing them. When I get into it with local people (friendly competition) I use some of the race strategies and pretty much always it works out because the other often person isn't being smart when they ride. Given this is IL with basically no bike culture or enthusiasm for it. Anyway... Maybe sometimes (content depending) this casual format works and others a more formal one is needed (like if your trying to hammer in a specific point). Always interesting, always good vibes! Keep on riding!

Woke up this morning needing some entertainment before work thank god

@10:26 they do exactly what you were recommending in a previous lap. You said use the corner to create separation, and slingshot around, because nobody is going to want to chase you in a headwind. I don't think they ever pulled that guy back. Interesting video as the pace and style was very different from a lot of the other crit videos, even higher levels.

I live in south of Sweden. Down here we ALWAYS have at least 5 meter / second wind (18 km/hour). I live in Malmö and here the wind is from southwest 9 out of 10 days. Malmö are on the right side of Öresund (sea between Denmark and Sweden) and I always have headwind when I ride home. "Headwind is the best training budy, bud will never be your best friend"!

The attack at 10:23 won the race no? Basically did what you said a few minutes earlier... big attack just before the headwind, and took advantage of the disorder in the pack. No one wanted to bring him back in the headwind.

The new style podcust s also awesome

It looked good. With a heart rate that high, trying to ride full on the last inch of the road can not be easy. Nice move to try the lead out.

The way these guys are unorganized in their riding is really messing with my zen OCD thing man.

Great video. More gas station food cyclist.

I was in the p1,2,3 race the wind shifted more to the right and it was super guttered after the first turn.

gas sounds like he's got that gas gas

I love your voice! Please marry me! And as a Cat3 in Europe, the way they ride, whitout the wind support, is veryyyyy weird. Even in Cat 4 or 5, they ride with the wind over here. However unless you are part of a big team (5 or 6 riders during the race), there is not much "team play" in Europe.

Finally someone with a high max heart rate like myself. Max of 215 here. Tempo runs are fun.

Also being at this race.. you draw some nice tidy Arrows for the wind but honestly the directionality of the wind was very weird and changing.. i think the trees around the park were causing differences in the direction at various locations.. a little bit.. it was just very strange wind..

I think that his intention of letting the gap open up at about 17:50 was that the other riders would brake too much before the curve or that they would take super slow lines like they did in the earlier laps. Unfortunately they kept their speed this time, that is why he had to close the gap again.

take a shot every time this rider checks behind his back

Gasstationfoodcyclist is for the people

Gas sounds like he wears cargo shorts and has braces

What do you use to check the wind in places you don't know?

I wanted to go to that crit so bad but I live just a bit too far away 😭

Can you pick a video from your channel that shows the best example of attacking? Not too much power so you blow up but that “smooth attack “ that you always reference to . Thanks!

Return of the Bouncing Fred on the Hoods :) And 307 is faar too low on the front

Nice lead out.

Yes I like this format. lol. Especially if it's significantly easier for you to make.

Is John wearing 4H gloves? Farmer tough? Great video, great commentary plenty to learn off this.

Dig the format, keep it up! Or.. at least change it up as you've done. Good stuff as always :-)

"EHHHHHHHH" that laugh...

i enjoyed the laid back longer videos without editing

I woulda saved a bit of juice to flow smoothly and accelerate through the final corner carrying momentum through the turn sweeping right at the same time to "safely" shut that door on the right without slowing down and causing a pile up. Flow like Water.... -Bruce Lee

What, no Cat 5 salute? :-D

I'm a fan of your channel...! Should you ever make it to the midsouth, particularly Memphis, you have a bike you can borrow and you'll drink free (OMG, I offered that to a cyclist...I'll never recover financially).

Yo Jeff, just curious, what's your resting heart rate before a race or series? I almost stop or can't pedal anymore when my hbpm goes to 185 btw lol

Wind IS the defining feature of Iowa.

Vielen Dank!

Are these kinds of crits in the UK?

GSFC sounds just like Tony Hinchcliffe to me. Lol.

Shutting the door is solid advice. However, I don't think there was an opportunity to shut the door. It looked like a great smart move by the rider who punched that gap. Very smart early attack by that rider, imo. I think John was probably expecting the sprint to open up at 200m, not just off the turn.

can you do crits with a performance hybrid bike?

I think they missed an attack earlier in the video where the rider was on the right hand side and took off. I don't think I ever saw him again after that attack.

I really wish someone had footage of the P/1/2/3race there was a crazy crash!

To be fair, it's easier to label yourself "not the fittest rider" when you hover around the 350W FTP range :)

I love gas station food cyclist's voice more than I do my own mother

What's make you a sprinter ? I think i am a sprinter, i measure 1m72 (5.64 ft), weigh 74 kilos (164 lbs),FTP of 256W, 3.4 w/kg. My peak power is 1330 watts and my average power on a 5 seconds sprint is 1278 watts. Climbing is pretty difficult for me and i hate climbing.

You've got the opposite direction on the wind. Check out the Belgian flag @ 12:55

I like that Wisconsin accent that creeps up every so often, dontcha know?

Probably Iowa and Kansas are the two best states for getting guttered and learning to echelon. Hardest RRs I've ever done were fast and flat around Iowa City - anything over 15mph wind will destroy most of the field. Huge midwest farmboys going to the front and smashing it. Dogfight. Dude was giving space to the other rider so they could work together. I'd keep away from the one big blue guy with the terrible fit - he's going to be all over the place and push you into the curb - very unbalanced. Clearly a sprinter.

Hey can someone explain to me why the riders should hug the left side on the stretch of road near the finish line? Jeff talks about it alot but I may be missing the point. Is it because crosswind is coming from the right side and therefore no rider can hide to my left (since it's grass)? But people can still hide directly behind me right?

This guy has the heart rate of a hummingbird

Is there a way to determine which way the wind is blowing when you are riding?

Number 307 has some big watts in his legs

After 500m in a leadout, why look back at all? He should have been heads down, emptying the tank to make it to the last corner; the sprinters job is to keep the wheel. +1 to the "in the drops" comment - if you're working for the last corner and accelerating out of it to give the guy behind you a gap to sprint into, you should be in the drops.

John was looking down at the end because he wanted to know how close his heart was to exploding. 210 bpm?

If the wind arrows on the screen would have been correct he would have absolutely nailed the final corner. From the corner it was still 320 meters to go. If it would have been a cross tail wind, more cross than tail like the arrows indicated, the rider passing on the outside would have provided the perfect sit for John's buddy who could have winded up his sprint closer to the finish. Going by the comments it was a proper tailwind and the arrows were incorrectly placed. This wind direction justifies the criticism of not closing the door. But Jeff and Chr/Gasstation didn't know that. So while they're usually spot on, I don't agree with them this time.

The break away always gets caught.

Do you reckon it's possible to race some steel bike in crits like this?

wow I’m in a video lmfao

I recorded my cat 4 race at the same location.. i want to send you the video. Currently i already have a KZfaq video up, but i could put mine on private if needed?

Gas's laugh sounds similar to Matt Chat's

*pontificate counter: 1* which isn’t that many but still

Hot damn, can i marry Gas' voice?

Yo!

Alt title. How to go from first place to last over 50m on 1 corner.

Are you into Zwift? Maybe while you can’t ride outside you should try it.

@gasstationfoodcyclist is my favorite instagrammer. His voice is my favorite and he reposts me and has given me the title of the "Ice Cream king"

When are you able to race again

Got a get a chest cam please

Try to take a shot every time GSF says "like".

Is this a weak/ slow cat 3?

The tittle of this video should be: His First BIG Butt FAT 3 Race...Getting the Final Corner all Wrong

Are we aloud to submit MTB footage

Would you do the same if we submit mountain bike footage ?

I'm new to cycling crits. You mentioned being on the opposite side of a back-side tail wind. That doesn't make sense to me. Don't you want the wind pushing you? Sincerely, confused.

did gas station cyclist just said "you know like" 5 times in 4 sec?

does shutting the door means crush them out? Kappa

I would be shocked if Gas doesn't live in a van

this has 4/5 race vibes not cat3

Chris from Family Guy

At the end you guys say it may not be a good thing "kosher" with other riders to "lead out" someone not on your team. I'm new to cycling/racing, since they are friends isn't that enough to be quote teammates...and why is that a big deal...just curious? Who cares if you don't have matching kits or whatever....*shrug* lol.

Gaaaaaasss