 So welcome to my parents place. You can see they've got a magnificent view here and I've come here today because school holidays in Australia at the moment and my kids are at home as a result and To try and do any type of film or video pitch at home right now is impossible. There's too much noise going on So I've come here today to do a two and a half thousand dollar road bike versus a ten thousand dollar road bike and As it turns out I forgot you can see in the corner over there There's a house being built next door. My parents are actually moving out of this place They're about ten minutes from where we live on the Sunshine Coast in about six months time moving over there and as a result There's people with nail guns and all sorts of stuff happening sporadically So you're probably going to hear a bit of noise. So I've given up on the pitch inside and I also left my printed off pitch at home as well and I'm really struggling in front of the camera at the moment To talk properly to communicate which you might pick up a little bit in this little video that I'm doing here So please excuse that and I think there's a reason for it, which I'll explain shortly But while I've got a bit of quiet time I wanted to use the opportunity to share with you the truth about starting a cycling YouTube channel And I feel like this is a good time to do it because the channels recently hit a bit of a milestone I think milestones are probably a hundred a thousand Ten thousand which is what this channel is just hit then fifty to fifty thousand a hundred thousand etc So we've just hit ten thousand the channel is growing quite rapidly at the moment I appreciate and want to thank everyone for their support In recent times we're growing about two to two hundred and fifty new channel supporters every single day the thing it took me Three months to get my first two hundred and now every day. There's two to two hundred and fifty new channel support is unbelievable So thank you to everyone for your support But the truth about starting this cycling YouTube channel and The truth is I absolutely Bloody love what I do here right from when I had a few subscribers to now and Really the reason for that is you know came up here to the Sunshine Coast before we moved up here to stay with my folks Programmed same time last year April 2018 So I had so much stuff going on in my career I was doing bike chaser, but I started doing all these other things and I was getting out of control So I came up here for some time out and my old man helped me put a few things into perspective and two months later We started or I started this YouTube channel I mean July 2008 or June 2018 I started it and the thing that came out of the discussion with my old man because he used to work as a business coach after he retired is Like what I want to do in my career and what I want to do in my career is pretty simple I want to promote the activity of bike riding bike riding over the past ten years has given me so much better physical health better mental health I know it helps with inner-city congestion taking traffic off-road and I a lot of people don't think that's a big one I do because I absolutely hate traffic. So the YouTube channel enables me to promote the activity of bike riding getting more people riding Making the right purchasing decision, etc. So I absolutely love it for that reason I've also had this creative part of my brain, which I don't think I've ever really been able to unleash Until I started this YouTube channel. So the truth is I absolutely love what I do here And I love the fact that I'm getting a lot of support from people such as yourself So thank you so much. The flip side is now is always a flip side is in recent times. I'm feeling a little bit cooked You know the I'm putting a little bit of pressure. I know that's only on myself to publish two videos a week To you know scripts thinking about them There's a lot of time in front of the computer editing videos and which I absolutely love that all but I feel like now because it's school holidays And you know, I'm struggling to communicate a little bit in front of the camera I'm feeling a bit fried in the head. It's a good time for a bit of a time out. I'm going away with the family next week I'm going to put the laptop away put the phone away and just hang out with the kids We're just going to go bike riding and go to the skate park and go to the beach For a full week. I think I'm going to even leave my phone completely at home and just have some time time away time out So this will be the last video I publish on this channel for two weeks But I plan to come back in two weeks time refreshed and hopefully Ready to go with some bigger and better content for you road bike reviews training tips You know some vlogs sharing Alice's journey in the Noosa triathlon Etc. So before I wrap up. I just wanted to quickly Show you this book. I've recently read it. I got it from a publisher here in Australia This guy still Bishop. He is an Australian cycling legend If you are into if you want to get into racing or if you've been racing and you're looking for some Motivation to get back into racing this book it will inspire you to get into racing or get back into racing There's a lot of little micro stories in this book, which I found to be very very motivating and Still actually retired and came back and went on to be a world champion on the track. So there's no affiliates here I'll put a link below. I gave away one of these to one of my channel patrons Michael And also just on my patreon account Quickly it's $7 USD a month So if we're doing giveaways over there and additionally I'm doing some extra content So this video right here. I'm going to be doing an extended version of this video over on my patreon So I'll link to that below but to wrap up. Thank you to everyone for your support in recent times I absolutely love what I do here I love that I'm getting a lot of support from people out there for the channel and I hope to catch you all in two weeks time