Manon Lloyd: Cycling has a lot of benefits and I mean a lot. Keeps you fit, you get to go fast,
you get the freedom, you got the café stops, you get to travel. The list goes on.
Conor Dunne: But cycling isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Oh, things can go a lot worse than you
expected when you left the comfort of your own home. Crashes, punctures, getting soaked with
rain. It doesn't all go to plan, does it? Manon: You've had a terrible day,
haven't you, Conor? Conor: Man,
I've had an absolute nightmare of a day. It didn't
finish any better really than it started. Manon: Well, in this video, we're going to shine
some light on those moments worth forgetting about in hope you can try and avoid them.
Just don't try being like Conor. Oh, I had the last coffee at the café too. They haven't got any
more coffee in, sorry. I hope you didn't want one. Conor: That's it. That's finished me.
[music] Conor:
Just uploaded my Ride Man on and I'll tell you what, I got a power PB on that ride.
Manon: Really? Conor: Yes.
Manon: I wonder if I did. Conor: I'm really proud of myself.
Manon: What? It's gone. Conor: Oh no, it didn't--
You haven't lost it, have you? Manon: I definitely saved it.
Conor: Oh no. Manon: This has to be the
number one worst way to end a big ride especially for me anyway. When you've hacked away for hours,
you've been sprinting for those segments, pushing up the climb, doing power numbers
that your friends are going to be impressed with. Conor: You get home from your ride, you click
upload but the file isn't there. It's gone. It's vanished. There's nothing worse is there.
The thing is, if it's not online, it doesn't count. It's not [unintelligible 00:01:44].
Manon: It's true. Conor: All that hard work,
no way to prove it, man. I'm sorry. You'll have to go back out and do it all again.
[music] Conor:
I tell you what, man, and one of the best ways to finish a ride is when you stop at
your favorite café stop. [crosstalk] Manon: Oh yes, I love a café stop.
What are you going to go for today? Conor: I'll tell you what, I'm getting some
carrot cake. Maybe three slices. Manon: Three?
Conor: And plenty of coffee. Manon: Of course. Of course, coffee.
Conor: But equally, one of the worst things that can happen when you get to your café
and it's closed. Oh no. Manon: Oh Conor, it's happened.
Conor: Oh no. Manon: Devastating moment when the café is shut,
and the next café is 10 miles away. We're not going to make it.
[music] Conor:
One of the third worst ways to end a ride has got to be finishing on top of a climb.
Manon: Definitely. I lived on top of a climb once and there was just no flat way home.
Had to go up a 10% climb just to get home. Conor: There's nothing worse than zigzagging
your way up a climb at the end of a ride, legs in pieces, suffering so much. It's got to be
one of the worst ways to finish a ride. Manon: It was one of those climbs where
you had to put a fair amount of power in just to get up. You just couldn't go easy and the
last 10 minutes for me should be a nice easy cooldown, not getting your heart rate up to 180.
Conor: I've walked up a climb once. Manon: Really?
Conor: Yes, I did a Froome. In fact, come on. Manon: Conor.
Conor: Wait for me, Manon. Manon: Come on.
[music] Manon:
Next up, there's nothing better than going out on your bike in the nice dry weather. Let's
just say, I'm a fair weather rider. You, Conor? Conor: Me too, Manon. I only ride in the dry these
days. There's nothing worse than heading out on your bike thinking it's going to be a nice bright
day of sunshine, dry weather, and then 10 minutes from home, the heavens open and it pours down.
I was about to say that actually talking of which, time for a rain cape, I think.
Manon: I forgot my cape. Conor: I mean you could borrow mine.
It's probably too big for you. Manon: Oh thanks. No, no,
it'll be fine. Are you sure? Conor: Yes, yes, and what's worse,
wet muddy roads, to make a nice clean bike. Absolutely, filthy.
Manon: Not only that but you end up looking like a drowned wrath.
Conor: You do. Manon: I do anyway.
Conor: You do, and the last 10 minutes of your ride, all those muddy roads--
well you're going to have to clean your bike. Just because of those 10 minutes.
Manon: Stand down in the rain, washing your bike. Conor: Adding chores to the list.
Manon: Hard work being a cyclist. [music]
Manon: There is nothing worse than bonking on a ride and for those of you who are unfamiliar with
the term bonking, it's when you completely run out of energy. You feel like you can't pedal anymore,
and you're never, ever going to get home. Thankfully, it doesn't really happen to
me anymore. I've got quite good at not bonking. Conor: Yes, I think we've all been there, haven't
we? Bonking, I mean it is a brutal experience. I remember when I was 16. I bonked so bad at the end
of a ride. I just got off into the verge and lied down. Called my mum to pick me up. She couldn't
find me, so it was a long three-hour wait. An old lady took sympathy on me and made me a cup of tea.
I think I'm bonking now as well. [music]
Manon: Now, ending your ride with a crash is a pretty terrible way to end a ride.
I probably shouldn't admit this but I actually did finish my ride with a crash once. It was
very embarrassing. I tried to jump onto a curb and totally messed it up,
ended up on the floor. There was cars around, people on the pavement, and they all started
staring at me. I had to get back up on my bike and pretend I was absolutely fine but
I was not okay. Jeez, Conor, are you all right? Conor: What happened there? Oh, crashing isn't
ideal at any point in your ride, so please do try and avoid this and especially pay attention
when you get into the end of your ride. Oh, sore in the morning after that one.
[music] Conor:
Hands up if you've had a mechanical when you're out on your bike.
Manon: Oh, me. Conor: Yes, me. It's bound to happen
to you at some point in your cycling journey, be it a snapped chain from too much power.
Manon: Don't lie. That's not happened to you. Conor: Yes, it's never actually happened to
me that one but I have had a lot of punctures, I tell you.
Manon: Yes, lots of punctures. It's absolutely devastating when you're out on your bike,
you're enjoying it, you're motivated to get it done, and then it ends because you've got
a puncture and you've run out of tubes. You have to sit on the side of the road and ring for help.
You all right, Conor? Conor: Punctured, Manon.
Manon: You got a puncture? Conor: Yes, punctured.
Manon: Well, I'm going to carry on because-- Conor: Manon, I haven't got a pump.
Wait for me. Manon, I need a pump. Manon: It's not too bad when you get a mechanical
in a village with a nice café but when you're in the middle of nowhere and it's raining,
it's rather miserable. Conor: Nothing else for it. I have to walk home,
haven't I? You decided to puncture on me after all we've been through, all we've been through.
[music] Conor:
Are you sure this is the way, Manon? Manon:
I think so. It's where my map is telling me to go. Conor: It looks like a bigger road on the map
than the route you showed me. Manon: Yes.
Conor: There's nothing worse than getting lost out on a ride, especially when you're getting
close to the end, isn't it? Manon: I know.
I hate to break it to you, Conor, but I've run out of water and I've run out of food.
I'm not sure I'm going to make it home. Conor: I know. You said this ride would be
two hours long, it's already turned into a four-hour ride.
Manon: I'm going to ring a taxi. Conor: I'm shattered. Yes, get a
taxi. There's nothing else for it. Manon: What a rubbish ride.
Conor: If you planned it a little better,
we wouldn't have got lost, would we? Manon: You plan it next time.
Now, we've only just scratched the surface on this. I'm betting you guys
have encountered some gems when out on your bike. Conor: The more obscure, the better. Please let us
know in the comment section below what's the worst way you ever ended a ride. Well, me and Manon
actually finished on quite a high note today. Manon: Yes, cheers.
Conor: Cheers, Manon. Got a little white chocolate number there that I'm going to enjoy.
Manon: Chin-chin. [00:07:55] [END OF AUDIO]