When is Cat 5 vs Pro Cyclist? 😏

As great as actual racing is for motivation and focus, it's these rides that are the most fun. Rapha used to call it gentlemen racing. Great to see you enjoying the journey, man!

The sight of your snot dripping is the most relatable thing I’ve seen in a cycling video 😂 I hate it when that happens to me

That was pretty damn entertaining to watch. I love watching Jeff race, but this was racing for the rest of us normal humans! Well done!

You don't have to aspire to be a cat 5. You're there already!

Great video! definitely would love to see more of this

Thanks for the video. This is a good reminder that doing structured training and putting in some hard efforts can make a big difference in our riding/racing.

Thanks EJ. This was fun to watch.

This was fantastic. Would love to see it again. You definitely had home field advantage. The next one should be a little closer. Your buddy knows the roads a little better, and I’m sure he will get a few weekday rides in on the trainer before the next race now that he/you see you have such a great cheering section.

Great vid. Reminds me of racing my friends on our home course. Obviously you cant do this on the regular but its great content, nothing means more than bragging rights between friends. Well done Luke and EJ in those wet conditions! +1 subscriber

Austria here. Stumbled across this video today. Really enjoyed two friends hitting hard it pro peloton style. This is what is is all about. Insta-subscribe. Got some monster alpine climbs for you over here!

home ground advantage Need to see an Oregon Challenge. good fun vid guys

Great video guys. Good fun!!

Luke's off-center computer is so triggering for my OCD! Great video...

Nice! Luke needs a pre-ride on these courses though!

Cali aka sunny state yeah right :-D Kudos for you both to ride in such shit weather looks like playing bikes between two good friends very much fun.

It’s ok to wear Adidas socks with a Rapha kit as a Cat 5, but don’t even think about trying that as Cat 4 😂

Awesome video as always Ej. we spoke a bit on your last vid. I actually went out for my first race of the season this past weekend and only my second or 3rd race total. It was a omnium style race with a road race which I won solo from a breakaway with 2k to go and won the time trial as well and a crit Sunday where I took 4th and was able to secure the 1st overall. Great way to start the season off and very motivating to keep training still under a year of riding. Keep it up man looking forward to more videos and maybe even race with you one day 💪🏽💪🏽.

awesome, I might have to go try the route

Great video, entertaining and relatable, thanks...

Finally an upload! 🥹

Great video!

Viewers won. That was fun.

That was fun content!

I've definitely experienced similar problems with the routing on my Wahoo. I almost always have the route map displayed such that I can see on the map where I need to go and generally ignore the directions the computer is giving me.

8:16 lmao he points out the hole and he runs right over it

Riding in the rain is the best! As a Texan it is a rare treat

great video.

Well that was fun!!

Awesome 😎

Another awesome video EJ! Loving the content and watching your progress (as I try to improve my fitness along side you). I have a non fitness related question, pertaining to clothing. How do you find your rain jacket, does it breath, any advice on purchasing? Clothing can be so pricey and would love to know your thoughts! Thanks!!!

I think luke should bring his saddle a little bit forward from how extended his leg is at the bottom of his pedal stoker.

"This suits Luke's style way better than mine, so I kept attacking".... noooonononononono

That was fun! But do it again on foreign desert turf (Arizona) where there is no home field advantage.

great idea and great video guys. can I ask which software you used to put the wattage on screen?

i want much more

Dude, get some lights.

Good vid, fun climbs. 30% is mad

Shout out Alyssa (sp?) for making all of this happen!! Nice video, y'all.

Panoramic highway 9:03 in the rain attacking by going into the car lane while a car is trying to overtake. Super dangerous section. Before passing your friend look back to see if it’s clear. Lived off this road and that section is heavily trafficked.

5k miles a year for 8 years only gets you weekend warrior status?

10:43 Suddenly a wild EJ appears!

what's the rule on rolling stop signs?

Wait, does norcal stand for north California?

Wanna watch it now, but must save some content for the trainer ride. 😂

Bro sounds like that boxer that fought gervanta Davis...Rolando Romero 😁

This makes me feel so lucky to be living in Barcelona. A day like that would be a no ride day.

Yeeeah foreshore

No blinky lights in poor weather?

Awesome stuff...more of this! Makes me want to go outside but...north east...there is a bunch of white stuff all over the road...not sure what that is...

Cat 5 = weekend warrior

You racing Livermore or Cherry Pie crits?

Fuuuuun video

That so called "cat 5" rider is not a cat 5, he's above that, he's a natural with a powerful engine still in development. With just a few months of training he'll be beating lots of riders who have been riding and training for years but don't have the engine. In no time he'll be racing the higher categories.

Isn't the only difference between a Cat 5 and a weekend warrior that one of them holds a license?

Only 3 - 5.5% climbs?! I'd be sitting right on the other guys' wheel (not a few metres behind like Luke...) enjoying a decent draft until a sprint at the end, where by then you hope they've tuckered themselves out by sitting on the front the whole time..... :)

thirty plus years ago we called certain groups cat four then five and citizens, simple put i whaled all of those, i whaled many of those, i even whaled some cat one twos, all in the expanse, there's likely been a very bottom barrel weak hernia citizen that dropped a cat one in a sprint or maybe even a few, that barrel has likely been few and far between but in the whole expanse

first!!!

Great video!