I'll HAVE TO COME BACK! Greenville, South Carolina - Paris Mountain - Worst Retirement Ever

Fun trivia...there is a Greenville in every state.

The terrain between the 2 Greenvilles is like Mountains vs. Sea. Greenville, NC is as flat as flat can be. There is the one climb that is 1.3 miles @ .60%

Phil an A+ for the efforts! As an amateur cyclist and now Suffering from COPD (from Gulf War and Somalia) I am amazed at the Pro's setting these Challenge Records! If they had this in the 80 to 90's I would have chased them daily! ja ja ja Keep Going and Never Quit, Never Surrender! OORAH

Great to see you come out our way Phil!

We did a ride camp in Greenville 4 years ago. Even stayed at the Embasssy Suites! Great riding area and I was surprised by how active the downtown was. I agree – would love to go back again.

I used to be a food delivery bike courier in Greenville! Still live relatively close by (about 40-50 miles, I could ride there and home). I spent a lot of time rolling those streets, but unfortunately only used strava for when I was working and not on my personal rides. Now I use it on personal rides and have heavily considered riding over there and claiming some KOMs for myself. I also never rode Paris mountain, but I have left a lot of rubber on the swamp rabbit trail! Glad to see you stopped by and had a good time! So close on the KOM!

Very cool! My in-laws live in Hendersonville, NC and Greenville is only an hour away. Will def have to give this a go when I come visit next time. Congrats again on the wedding!

Greenville SC is a great town. Butler is a local legend for sure and this video was awesome.

I really dig that your family is involved!

I was lucky to visit Grenville several times from the UK with work before the pandemic and was very impressed. Nice rooftop bar on top of the embassy suites. I go back in a flash if I had the chance.

Paris Mountain is my local trails near my house. Done that road climb thousands of times. You gotta do the Assault on mt Mitchell now man.

I just imagine someone showing up to Greenville NC and looking around like that John Travolta pulp fiction meme 😂

Phil kicked my butt on his recon ride!

Spartanburg, 30 miles from Greenville, is expanding one of its waking/biking trails through the downtown area. The extension is almost complete and will have the first curb protected bike lanes in the state . There is an MTB park on this trail. The trail will eventually connect to other trails in and around the city into a larger trail system. A criterium bike race is held in Spartanburg in the spring. There are MTB trails in and around Croft State Park in Spartanburg and a race called the Stump Jump is held in that area in the spring on an 8 mile course.

I'd like to see the world famous Saluda Grade north of Greenville, SC turned into a greenway. Would make for a fun cycling challenge for all levels of cyclists.

Dear Phil, I understand your attitude and the sacrifices you´ve made for it. I just want to let you know that i like this attitude very much. All the best to you and your family from Europe. Lars

Greenville is such an amazing city.- gotta try this now....my daughter is there for school.

Just imagine all those other cyclist on the climb, just grinding away, then BAM!! the cookie man passes you at triple your speed. Must be very deflating.

Hey Phil, are you going to head up and do a ride with Dylan Johnson? Brevard is like only 50 or so miles away. I find it really interesting how progressively bike oriented the southern states are compared to say like, CA or OR or WA.

Loved it! :)