The rabbit chaser - has to take off and chase anyone who passes them. The one who never looks back - drops everyone and/or rolls through lights just as they go red, but never realizes they left everyone behind.
Two personalities missing from this list is the "General." The guy who knows it all and feels he must control the group ride. And the "drafter." The person who always rides in the slipstream and never takes a turn at the front. :-)
The General, I love that. I recently hooked up with a local group and did a ride and not 15min in, the General stopped and BERATED in curse words another rider. I decided then and there never to ride with them again.
Proud to be a 'fair weather cyclist'. Living in the southeastern US that isn't hard to do. I've had more than enough rain riding and see no need for it. We have so much beautiful weather here there is absolutely no need to ride on poor days. Oh, I'm also a 'civilized start time' rider. Those 6am riders can have it.
Very well done! Humorous and well played by Connor and Hank. Good choice to show and not tell - you were both spot-on demonstrating each type of cyclist!
This corresponds perfectly with the video on group rides and why I don't like group rides. Riding solo I can pee, stay at home, train as much as I like and no risk of crashing because of overenthusiastic group members.
You forgot the one who turns up late and/or unprepared. The whole ride is spent fighting the many small fires from their lack of prep; didn’t eat, didn’t check tyres, bought wrong clothes etc.
you missed out squeaky, the maintenance free cyclist. you might not see them but you can hear their lube free, filthy chain, misaligned brakes, wheels rubbing etc etc
I used to be stereotype No. 1, but then I found out about Continental's Gatorskin tires and they've been an absolute blessing, worth every penny, I am now No. 5 😂
Same here. I switched to hard shell road tires seven years ago and only had 1 flat! That flat was earlier this summer, riding through a bad neighborhood (that I rarely ride through) and ran over some glass. The first set of hard shells lasted 5 years and no punctures at all!
Does everyone else get that air pressure panic thing after fixing a flat? I get that for sure. Most flats changed in a ride, 3. Two the day before. The 3 turned a 100 mile attempt into a 30 ish mile abort. New tires shortly after.
They got the Crasher right with Hank but shouldn't he have been the puncture cyclist too after his trip with waaaay more punctures than tubes? And of course EVERYONE knows who the data scientist of GCN is.. cough the Professor cough. 🤔😂
I think there are two more opposing types: - The tweaker: forever tweaking their bike, position, kit, nutrition etc (and telling you about it!) - Anti-faff: The person who never adjusts or even cleans/oils their bike.. they just cheerfully power through in a squeaky/inefficient carefree way
Don’t forget the “wishful thinker” who sets off with the fast group only to get dropped 10 minutes in and ruining it for everyone else bc it’s a no drop ride.
You don’t choose to be a bar bagger, the bar bags choose you. I always thought some bar bags looked ridiculous, especially seeing them on road bikes, but now entering my 30s with not a hope of competitiveness left, I’m starting to think of cycling more as an adventure than a sport, and if it means another bag on the nearest road bike I own, so be it.
Great video Team GCN. Great acting by Conor and Hank. Loved it, and absolutely bang on with your choices. I'd probably say I am, or have been, a little bit of all of them over 40yrs of cycling. BTW. You missed out a couple: 1. The self-entitled/I own the road/I know my rights/I hate drivers/I'll ride three abreast no matter what the conditions, road rage rider. 2. The new bike, new kit, new tech every year cyclist. Latest this, latest that, lightest this, lightest that.....
What a banger. Reminded me of the funny videos years ago wich had like Si and Matt in Speedos. Absolutely loved it 😄 Typ 4 is rare in times of strava 😉
Funny!! Lol saw myself as crasher, pee man, and warrior. My riding friend was warrior, and crash, and secret trainer lol. He is at one crash to my two. Slippery surfaces are my weakness. Wooden bridges, and painted stripes avoid and treat with caution.
We've got a #2 in our group, he's got 3 lungs, 2 for breathing, 1 for talking. Also got a #3 who went the wrong way (and up a 6 km climb) on the way to his own house ! Also, more and more of us are turning into #8's as we all get older.
Missed the "big fat bloke at the back", who's like a tortoise in treacle on the ascents but somehow an absolute rocket on the descents. With the exception that I don't have the nerve to descend that fast, that's the rider I am :D
Last weekend, I was No. 3. I have never stopped and turned around so often in a ride. And from time to time when I see another cyclist in the distance, I‘m No. 10 and have to „reel in the break“.
People always ridicule me that I’m equipped with a top tube bag as well as a big saddle bag for stowing away all my tools and spare inner tubes. I even carry a small lock and power bank just in case. 😅
The fact those are the same bike model and the geometry is so different because of the connor's size is just amazing. The air sniffer of that orbea orca is 3 times the size hanks is. All those marketing propaganda are so much different not only from brand to brand, model to model, but in the same model aswell
Secret Trainer. . I really am only getting the ride to and from work, 30 minutes each way, but I mix and match the training styles I use. I also have no real tech to monitor but I go from old routines from before . The time I get when not working is really a chill ride session. . lol
A cross between 1 & 10. I can get the Kevlar lined bulletproof tires and still somehow manage a puncture every other ride. Definitely got a guy who never shows up (5), the guy who always has to pee and a gear head among my buddies.
Just came back from my LBS. The attendant had the usual snooty attitude they all seem to have. A video on the different type of bike shop workers would be funny. The guy I encountered was definitely the elitist. There's also the fixie purist. I'm sure you all will come up with more.
I could add a fair few to that list! The "on point with the latest cycling trends" rider! The "every year bike upgrade" rider! The "Rapha Catalogue equipped" rider! The "coffee aficionado" rider! The "I could've been a pro" rider! The "I've ridden with..." rider! The "yeh I can do 100miles in the hills no problem" rider! The list goes on and I'm sure I've met them all! 😂😂😂😂 What kind of rider am I? I'm the "I've planned another wicked route" rider! 😂😂
You forgot the "I don't need to be prepared because nothing ever happens to me". Frustrating part about those ones, is that they never flat, bonk, get lost,...
I honestly didn't realize that Conor and his bar bag were going to end up the stereotype. I thought it was going the other way: "are we going camping?"
Top tip: Slow down the chatterbox segment if you can take it to realise the pitch has changed not the speed. At least you get to hear hank sound like a toddler. :)
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What type of cyclist are you? 👀
The one who's bicycle is always spotlessly clean.
I am the secret trainer,i can help going as fast as i can and it’s killing me haha
i am the "bar bagger" except i use frame bag :D
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secret trainer and data scientist
You missed the Strava-segment hunter. He goes super hard on easy rides suddenly because "there is a segment here".
watcha calling me out for?
The temptation is real
I am strava segment hunter😂
Me fr
It was an easy ride right until that live segment kicks in…
The rabbit chaser - has to take off and chase anyone who passes them.
The one who never looks back - drops everyone and/or rolls through lights just as they go red, but never realizes they left everyone behind.
that's absolutely me!
Hahahaha we all know a few of these! 🚦
Alternate title - Top 10 reasons to ride solo.
The bonker, the one who always runs out of gas and just waves goodbye.
guilty!
Me too
That’s me!
Two personalities missing from this list is the "General." The guy who knows it all and feels he must control the group ride. And the "drafter." The person who always rides in the slipstream and never takes a turn at the front. :-)
Also don't forget the person who always got dropped after his turn at the front 😂
Both are usually rolled into one 🙂
Hahaha yes! Two classics 🙌
WHEEL SUCKER!!!
The General, I love that. I recently hooked up with a local group and did a ride and not 15min in, the General stopped and BERATED in curse words another rider. I decided then and there never to ride with them again.
Proud to be a 'fair weather cyclist'. Living in the southeastern US that isn't hard to do. I've had more than enough rain riding and see no need for it. We have so much beautiful weather here there is absolutely no need to ride on poor days. Oh, I'm also a 'civilized start time' rider. Those 6am riders can have it.
Probably the GCN video that made me laugh out loud the most!!! 😂😂😂 Well done lads! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Hahaha glad you enjoyed it! 🙌
haha nice one miguel, glad you enjoyed it!!
Agreed!
Sad to say I didn't even smile..... normally I love GCN videos. But this one just wasn't for me. Sorry guys
Very well done! Humorous and well played by Connor and Hank. Good choice to show and not tell - you were both spot-on demonstrating each type of cyclist!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Which sort of cyclists are you? 🚴
This corresponds perfectly with the video on group rides and why I don't like group rides. Riding solo I can pee, stay at home, train as much as I like and no risk of crashing because of overenthusiastic group members.
Not that I'd suggest creating a group of two with you, but I feel exactly the same. Solo riding is the way forward.
You forgot the one who turns up late and/or unprepared. The whole ride is spent fighting the many small fires from their lack of prep; didn’t eat, didn’t check tyres, bought wrong clothes etc.
you missed out squeaky, the maintenance free cyclist. you might not see them but you can hear their lube free, filthy chain, misaligned brakes, wheels rubbing etc etc
Watched it twice, loved it. Connor is the tall cyclist that you can't see over or around, so you have no idea what's in front of you!
Hahaha he's great for slip streaming!
haha the double decker bus!! Thanks for watching!
Hilarious! Don't forget all the hybrid combinations of these types such as: Chatterbox Data Scientist and Crasher Warrior!
Guilty
Youv'e got to watch out for the hybrids!
I used to be stereotype No. 1, but then I found out about Continental's Gatorskin tires and they've been an absolute blessing, worth every penny, I am now No. 5 😂
Same here. I switched to hard shell road tires seven years ago and only had 1 flat! That flat was earlier this summer, riding through a bad neighborhood (that I rarely ride through) and ran over some glass. The first set of hard shells lasted 5 years and no punctures at all!
This was me too. Now am the guy getting dropped or cramped up.
Vittoria zafiro i havent punctured in almost 3 months 😊
Hard shell really works
Took my Gatorskins for a ride this morning!
You forgot number 11, the guy with too much cash. Awesome video and a side note I'm the old guy riding an Aethos.
I feel like all of my friends are the warrior. "I'm whooped, not riding hard today." Puts me in the red for the next three hours 😂
Easily the best GCN vid to date! Cannot catch my breath laughing!
We love this! What would you like to see next? Once you're done laughing that is 😂
The No Drop Dropper. Kind of like the Warrior, but they are the leader of a no-drop ride.
You forgot the type like me - the Wheel Sucker (The guy who sits at the back of the group to stay in the slipstream and avoid any heavy effort.)
Ha ha! Im guilty of this one.
How about the opposite of the warrior?? 'The sloth'....
Go out for a known fast pace ride and they constantly complain it's too fast 😂
That same guy always claims that he can average 18+mph in zone 2.
Does everyone else get that air pressure panic thing after fixing a flat? I get that for sure. Most flats changed in a ride, 3. Two the day before. The 3 turned a 100 mile attempt into a 30 ish mile abort. New tires shortly after.
with tubeless and running low pressures, I always assume my tire is flat when it isnt :D
Connor is the guy you want to sit behind when going into a headwind. 😂
They got the Crasher right with Hank but shouldn't he have been the puncture cyclist too after his trip with waaaay more punctures than tubes? And of course EVERYONE knows who the data scientist of GCN is.. cough the Professor cough. 🤔😂
GCN - Global Comedy Network!
A lot of these types disappear when you ride alone. Just me and my bike computer, that's how I like it.
Your the loner then? kinda like me :)
Plus this was so much fun to watch. . Great job to the both of them for their dedication to us the viewers. . .
Fabulous funny video, saw myself in about 4 of those 😆😆 and my cycling friends too, I think Connor is the bar bagger 🤩
I think there are two more opposing types:
- The tweaker: forever tweaking their bike, position, kit, nutrition etc (and telling you about it!)
- Anti-faff: The person who never adjusts or even cleans/oils their bike.. they just cheerfully power through in a squeaky/inefficient carefree way
Don’t forget the “wishful thinker” who sets off with the fast group only to get dropped 10 minutes in and ruining it for everyone else bc it’s a no drop ride.
I've also done this but I usually last at least 20 miles.
You don’t choose to be a bar bagger, the bar bags choose you. I always thought some bar bags looked ridiculous, especially seeing them on road bikes, but now entering my 30s with not a hope of competitiveness left, I’m starting to think of cycling more as an adventure than a sport, and if it means another bag on the nearest road bike I own, so be it.
The quiet one. I usually don't like talking much during my rides.
I love the "I had a hard ride yesterday" cyclists 😅
GCN is taking over youtube's bike platform out here and i love it
In my long cycling life I’ve met and rode with the same type of characters mentioned.
Warrior Connor should be revisited regularly, so funny 😂 I mean Connor when in character :D
Great video Team GCN. Great acting by Conor and Hank. Loved it, and absolutely bang on with your choices. I'd probably say I am, or have been, a little bit of all of them over 40yrs of cycling.
BTW. You missed out a couple:
1. The self-entitled/I own the road/I know my rights/I hate drivers/I'll ride three abreast no matter what the conditions, road rage rider.
2. The new bike, new kit, new tech every year cyclist. Latest this, latest that, lightest this, lightest that.....
Very funny. Best GCN video I’ve watched, thanks.
rofl ... No.1 already triggered me :D
No.8 made me laugh the most :D
I'm a little bit of No.9 :D
Well played. You should get an Oscar for this!
What a banger. Reminded me of the funny videos years ago wich had like Si and Matt in Speedos. Absolutely loved it 😄 Typ 4 is rare in times of strava 😉
The one who goes too hard at the beginning of a long ride and ends up in bits halfway through…😂
Funny!! Lol saw myself as crasher, pee man, and warrior. My riding friend was warrior, and crash, and secret trainer lol. He is at one crash to my two. Slippery surfaces are my weakness. Wooden bridges, and painted stripes avoid and treat with caution.
More of a problem if you ride disc brakes. Those things lock up much more easily than rim brakes.
The Data Scientist! Awesome video. I laughed all the way through this.
OMG, this episode is so spot on. Funny AF!
I think these, more than cyclist types, are cycling features, because many may appear within the same cyclist.
We've got a #2 in our group, he's got 3 lungs, 2 for breathing, 1 for talking. Also got a #3 who went the wrong way (and up a 6 km climb) on the way to his own house ! Also, more and more of us are turning into #8's as we all get older.
The Scriptwriter, the one that always comes up with a plethora of reasons to forfeit a club ride
Missed the "big fat bloke at the back", who's like a tortoise in treacle on the ascents but somehow an absolute rocket on the descents.
With the exception that I don't have the nerve to descend that fast, that's the rider I am :D
Last weekend, I was No. 3. I have never stopped and turned around so often in a ride. And from time to time when I see another cyclist in the distance, I‘m No. 10 and have to „reel in the break“.
Bar bagging. Spares for spares. Extras just in case. Back-up spanners, socket set, torque wrench, chain, links...
You guys have a very good sense of humour 😂😂😂
“I only bought 3 inner tubes with me this ride” 😂
When Hank turns into and almost hits Connor, had me in pieces. I don't know why that was so funny but it was 😆😂🤣
This was short but very sweet! I'm the Bar Bagger, (I'm also a bad navigator but I never volunteer to be the navigator, so that's not really me)😉
🤣 I recognise myself in a few.., I wont say which 🤫 Awesome videi guys 😂😂
Number 6 all the way. Before switching to a new road bike, I also used to carry a chain repair kit and tools after suffering a chain snap mid ride.
Wait...people stop riding to pee? You mean the chamois isn't meant to act as a diaper? 😵💫
What's more worrying is that some people don't stop 🤢
I usually like to ride alone, but when I’m in a group I’m definitely “The Chatterbox”😂
The moment Connor pulled a truck out of his bag, I feel that 😂
People always ridicule me that I’m equipped with a top tube bag as well as a big saddle bag for stowing away all my tools and spare inner tubes. I even carry a small lock and power bank just in case. 😅
Excellent list. Maybe another list is needed which would include; “the exaggerator” and “the Onesupman”
The fact those are the same bike model and the geometry is so different because of the connor's size is just amazing. The air sniffer of that orbea orca is 3 times the size hanks is. All those marketing propaganda are so much different not only from brand to brand, model to model, but in the same model aswell
found myself immediately. . . much to my chagrin 🙄. Awesome video lads!
Well done. I am a solorider with abit of the scientist and fair weather cyclist.
Connor is a good actor by the way.
Secret Trainer. . I really am only getting the ride to and from work, 30 minutes each way, but I mix and match the training styles I use. I also have no real tech to monitor but I go from old routines from before . The time I get when not working is really a chill ride session. . lol
Hank and Conor are the perfect team!
A cross between 1 & 10. I can get the Kevlar lined bulletproof tires and still somehow manage a puncture every other ride.
Definitely got a guy who never shows up (5), the guy who always has to pee and a gear head among my buddies.
Conor is a definitely a bar bagger. He loves bags as much as his kids.
The lurking Leprechaun is ALREADY the master drafter of the GCN presenters......
If I'm honest, Conor is my favorite gcn presentator.
Brilliant video guys, think I'm cyclist no 5.🌦😎👍
Hilarious! Brilliant, thank you GCN…….
One of the best videos!! Great times!!
You've done my day😂
The Zwifter: Even during perfect weather I always ride Zwift. I only ride outdoors a few times a year, but I’m on Zwift 5X a week.
Just came back from my LBS. The attendant had the usual snooty attitude they all seem to have. A video on the different type of bike shop workers would be funny. The guy I encountered was definitely the elitist. There's also the fixie purist. I'm sure you all will come up with more.
The aspiring pro, who is sponsored by the LBS is another type. There's the extra friendly guy who wants you to join the next group ride.
Absolutely hilarious!! Loved that 😂
Coner is the tall, funny guy. I do enjoy his content.
Thank you!
So funny!! Part 2 Please!
Usually I'm not a fan of "N types of X" videos, but this one was hilarious! I'm type 3 all the time, not just when cycling 🤪
ha thank you, glad you enjoyed it! I think I've been every one at some stage... or still am !
I've been cycling on and off for 25 years and never had a puncture. I caulk it up to being 130lbs, but I figure one day my luck will run out.
so funny - I choose to ride with a chatterbox - it stops me having to cycle along telling my legs to shut up.
Our group has a few warriors, which automatically turns the rest of us into drafters. I'm leaning towards fair weather rider myself.
I could add a fair few to that list! The "on point with the latest cycling trends" rider! The "every year bike upgrade" rider! The "Rapha Catalogue equipped" rider! The "coffee aficionado" rider! The "I could've been a pro" rider! The "I've ridden with..." rider! The "yeh I can do 100miles in the hills no problem" rider! The list goes on and I'm sure I've met them all! 😂😂😂😂 What kind of rider am I? I'm the "I've planned another wicked route" rider! 😂😂
You forgot the "I don't need to be prepared because nothing ever happens to me". Frustrating part about those ones, is that they never flat, bonk, get lost,...
The “climbing specialist” who has to prove a point and drop everyone on the group ride every time there is a hill
I'm already waiting for the pt. 2
How about the 'loner' always rides solo, everyone sees him out on the road but no one knows who he actually is.
I turn my friends into bad navigators when I'm the one who makes a dodgy route, and they have to try to decipher it on their tiny Garmin screens 😂
I honestly didn't realize that Conor and his bar bag were going to end up the stereotype. I thought it was going the other way: "are we going camping?"
Here we have the Bluetooth Riders. Users that attach a wireless speaker to their bikes and blast music to the entire group.
I am guilty of being 2. chatterbox and 3. poor navigator. I own my faults. 😂
I hear you ... Never ride with other people 😊
What's hilarious is you can tell they recorded one segment after another
I identify most with type number 6 except that my bag only has food and toy trucks and none of the maintenance stuff :P
Top tip: Slow down the chatterbox segment if you can take it to realise the pitch has changed not the speed. At least you get to hear hank sound like a toddler. :)
The mountain biker just getting in miles. ✌
The warrior had me weak 😂😂😂
#11 The Spitter or nose blower (you get stuck behind in a peloton), #12 The Coach (who doesn't follow his own advice)
hilariuos :D Love it!
I’m that one guy with the budget bike from the 90s