The word “penultimate” is annoyingly overused by commentators.
I wish races would broadcast live power metrics of each rider they show on TV. For example: riders in a break; ITT and TTT’s; sprints…
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I think it’s misused too, often referring to the last climb instead of the second to last climb.
Joe
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agreed, EXCEPT, i do like the sleep tracker on the garmin watch. its blatantly obvious how much alcohol affects my sleep and it took wearing the watch to really point it out.
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EDIT: I share this video primarily for the ‘hot takes’ offered by the hand-built bike crowd. PLP traveled to the MADE bike show in Portland last week to cover it. The show featured a good cross-section of hand-made bike builders – MOOTS, Wilde, etc.
PLP posed a good questions to this audience – what are the most over-rated and under-rated cycling trends?
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meh, path less pedaled is so biased against roadie/racing at least from what I saw before I hid the channel lol
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I mean racing and training is definitely not the focus of that channel
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What you may see as bias against roadie/racing I see as general ignorance of that area, in favor of focus on touring, casual riding, retro styling, etc.
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OK, I don’t follow the channel closely (but I do watch some of his vids) and never got that aspect from what I saw. In those instances, is he blaming the event for what is actually his poor planning and such?
If I recall he and his spouse tried using TR to prep for Unbound and fared poorly.
He blamed the weather, the wind, and his own lack of training due to MT winter/spring. Nothing blaming the event IIRC. I don’t know if he was underprepared but the videos he made leading up to the event sure seemed like he and Laura were putting in the work. “Alt-cycling at party pace” isn’t going to be a workable strategy for a 200 mile gravel race unless one really truly confronts the idea that they’ll be out there for 20+ hours - which I don’t think they really did.
His real claim to fame is being the most hate-watched non-road cycling channel on Youtube. I have no idea why he makes people so irritated but he does. They even bullied him out of the Bicycle Counter Culture Slack group which if you know anything about that group, is both hilarious and crazy sad.
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Thanks for the context. I 
at also being a fellow MT rider that did what I needed on my trainer to be ready for events this year despite the terrible Winter & Spring seasons. I get that he is pointed in a different direction than I am overall and may not want to toil away like I do, but weather is a poor excuse these days IMO.
I’ve followed them loosely since shortly before they started their Brompton tour. They seem like nice people who have a general disdain for performance-oriented cyclists and cycling products that comes off as morally superior and cloying in his videos.
You now have me curious about the Bicycle Counter Culture Slack group. Is it worth checking out?
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I remember seeing some of his video about Unbound. I don’t recall watching about their preparation. Obviously they’re focus is the party pace but at unbound you definitely need to go in knowing it’s going to be a long day. But honestly, if they came in unprepared they would be far from the only ones.
It had no idea he’s so hated. I get performance cycling isn’t his thing and he’s made the occasional weigh weenie comments and the like but I guess I haven’t watched enough videos where I got the idea that he had a disdain for performance cycling. I get it’s not his thing. Maybe I just don’t watch enough of his videos. I only watch them if he’s talking about a product I’m interested in
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I also think it depends on what you are looking for.
My friend is the epitome of “party pace” and really resonates with PLP. Sends me a bunch of his videos all the time, which I usually lack interest in.
That does remind me of why I enjoy Hardtail Party videos… he’ll flat out say “yeah, I’m bringing a full suspension next time I ride that”. Recognizes that there are certainly better tools for certain trails and conditions.
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Handmade frames are overrated.
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In that same vein - tubing specs for steel bikes are important. There are way too many neophyte custom builders working with steel who read one Richard Sachs article from the 1980s and decided they could just pick whatever tubing and not disclose the wall thickness or butting profile.
Yeah Sachs or Nobilette or Kirk can mix and match and make a great frame. Guy/Gal who is barely on their 10th frame? I want to know what you’re using and why.
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I had no idea other people weren’t fond of PLP. Hard to put my finger on it, but something just rubs me the wrong way about his channel. I had to tell youtube to stop recommending it after I watched him say he was gonna ride 100 miles on this video and he just gave up 2/3rds of the way through? I can’t remember the details exactly but it just seemed like someone without a ton of skill or grit on the bike. Maybe I got the wrong impression though.
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I mean he’s into the party pace and bikepacking biking. More prioritizing being on the bike for pure enjoyment rather than performance or grit. Not that those type of cyclists can’t have grit but I can totally see the attitude of just stopping when you’re not enjoying the ride anymore rather than grit your way through it
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