Fat Cyclist Vs Sa Calobra

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Жыл бұрын

Fat Cyclist Vs Sa Calobra
I'm the first person to admit that I am heavy cyclist and because of this one reason, I have avoided riding up the legendary climb of Sa Calobra on Mallorca.....until now.
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@karlwright5784 Жыл бұрын

Fair play. Non cyclists will never understand how hard it is climbing mountains. especially in heat. Chapeau sir

@mrx89vienna Жыл бұрын

and also cyclists can't unterstand how difficult it must be to go up this mountain with this body weight.

@henrikh484 5 ай бұрын

Guys, just go there by boat port de soller to sa calobra is approx. 1 hour, no decent and you get to cycle back to port de soller which is a nice trip too.

@shannonmccafferty3778 Жыл бұрын

That made me a bit teary, Leonard. The photobomb was quite special and the touch on the shoulder and what sounded like words of encouragement from a stranger were moving. That little extra push always helps. Proud of you. Congratulations.

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Shannon.

@TheDaern Жыл бұрын

I also found the riders on Mallorca to be universally friendly and helpful. Short anecdote: After returning from Sa Calobra back to Pollensa, I'd been chasing my son (we had matching club kit) for a few miles but he hooked up with a pair of junior riders and were gunning it. I'd had enough, and as we were nearing home I sat up and let them go off. Next thing, I felt a hand on my back and a Spanish rider pushed me back onto the group before departing with a cheery wave. I didn't have the heart to tell him that I was turning off half a mile further up, but I still very much appreciated the gesture. Likewise, on every tough climb we did, riders that passed me (sad to say, there were more than a few!) all gave a friendly hello and often a few words of encouragement as they went by. It cannot be understated how much this helps to revive flagging legs, especially on some of the longer climbs, and I never stopping being enchanted by it. Can't wait to return!

@lindapilkington2687 Жыл бұрын

You did amazingly. Love your positive attitude. My head takes over on climbs and my mind tells me to stop. You’ve inspired me to keep battling 😊

@ruprecht9997 Жыл бұрын

Climbing beyond 8-9% gets painful real quick, even on lowest gear on my MTB. Below that, it's about finding a suitable rythm, keeping cadence high to relieve strain on knees, varying gears as the steepness naturally varies. At some point, my mind too starts creating ever more compelling reasons to stop. I pushed a bit too hard yesterday, and felt a real longing for the summit and the bite of chocolate and water I was going for.

@DanThomo Жыл бұрын

Super impressive mate. You're an inspiration. Previously competed in strongman and managed to work my way up to 136kg, been on the bike commuting around 11 miles each way a few times a week for the last month and seeing stuff like this makes me want to keep going! All the best.

@sanoroo Жыл бұрын

This was award winning stuff. Your commentary in the midst of the climb actually inspires. Forget the Coronation. This is what people should watch this weekend. Long live King Leonard.

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gordon.

@simon84uk Жыл бұрын

As a heavy rider, I know how hard that must have been for you, huge well done for getting up there! The whole trip has been amazing to see.

@bikepackinguk Жыл бұрын

Probably the best KZfaq video I've seen this year.. Chapeau

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

That’s made my day. Thanks Brian.

@derekskinner6255 Жыл бұрын

Honesty and humility are your hallmarks; hats off to you. Awesome 🚴‍♀️

@fencedmusic113 Жыл бұрын

You mate are an inspiration. The things you achieve just by going out and riding your bike. None of this 'you've got to have the latest kit/gear' or a 10k bike. Just with good old enjoyment the achievements will come. You've certainly inspired me to get back on the bike after a long lay off & sign up for an event ride. Not to win or get a fast time (it's a charity ride) but to just get out there, enjoy it & have the sense of achievement that comes with just doing it. Thanks mate & no doubt I'm not the only person you've inspired with your channel 🖤

@harewoodm Жыл бұрын

I see myself as a cyclist covered in "whale muscle" more than a fat cyclist. Lol. I have been avoiding all hills and then you post this...time to cl8mb my fears. Great video

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

I like that. Yes, definitely time to face your climbing fears.

@freeridefried Жыл бұрын

Just came back from Mallorca. Best place to road cycle in the world. The real heroes are all of those riders with weight issues! Both physically and morally! Shout out!

@anthonyR13 Жыл бұрын

Very inspirational and very well shot. It actually feels like the viewer is making the ascent with you, such is the atmosphere you create. You must be very proud and certainly one for the memory banks. Chapeau ...

@tedallenwolff Жыл бұрын

Fantastic effort. Those hairpin turns looked especially steep. Magnificent scenery, wow, what a ride.

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Two of the hairpins at the top were very steep indeed.

@andrewbotto6802 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. I love your honesty about your cycling. Keep up the good work. Full respect to you.

@seamusbolton215 Жыл бұрын

Well done, your videos were my inspiration to get back on a bike after more than thirty years, thank you

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Glad you are back on the bike. Enjoy!

@KatieKookaburra Жыл бұрын

Leonard! You did absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!!! It's not an easy climb.. but how beautiful is it? Super happy you finally did it! Well done. I'm in Mallorca if you're still around! Be great to have a brew :)

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Katie, as you know it’s quite a climb. I also think I let it’s reputation put me off a bit as well. Sadly, I’m no longer in Mallorca but it would have been wonderful to have met up. Hopefully at some point.

@cyndytri Жыл бұрын

We all stand to learn a lot from you. Fantastic work, what an accomplishment!! 🎉

@danhardisty1 Жыл бұрын

I just watched something that has truly inspired me. That attitude at the beginning told me you were ready for this, it left me no doubt. Then to watch you do it with your friends, well that made my day! Thank you.

@m.t.keepmoving4137 Жыл бұрын

Well Done Leonard! thanks for sharing this challenge with us, inspiring!!

@Cameron_Jeffers Жыл бұрын

Brilliant effort Leonard. Congrats on completing Sa Calobra. It's not for the faint hearted!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cameron, it certainly isn’t but it’s definitely one to tick off the bucket list!

@eddiefogg1856 Жыл бұрын

Well done Leonard, great climb, great video. Thanks for sharing.🤗🚲😎👍

@wareysbeen9287 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing…. You captured exactly how I feel when I tackle big climbs…. Cheers.

@kevinlambright283 Жыл бұрын

Great video Leonard! Amazing effort, and you did it, what an accomplishment, love it.

@ianross5019 2 ай бұрын

Chapeau! Nothing can describe the feeling of conquering something so iconic. I think I detected a little bit of a cheeky grin on your face as the realization dawned that you’d done it! Well done.

@tinniswood2577 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Leonard and beautifully filmed as always.

@leonardlynxx Жыл бұрын

Oh my god!!! this video is brilliant, this is just the inspiration that I need I was never a fan of climbing until now, but I now know what I must do so thank you for sharing this...........

@richcrompton6891 Жыл бұрын

Awesome effort Leonard. Best one yet! I knew you could do it 🏆💪

@criptiphelper1971 3 ай бұрын

Great inspiration, thanks for the video and congratulations on the climb 🙌

@kevelliott Жыл бұрын

Well bloody done, Leonardo! Brought back memories of the Umbria/Tuscany trip in September, '22. I remember those grinds...then the beer at the top!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. I’m in Italy right now.

@CleanDogz Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing a great video of the climb, very inspirational

@paulfletcher8795 Жыл бұрын

Awesome ride Leonard. I have done that climb a few times and it’s both a physical & mental battle. Well done 👏

@chrisshea4582 8 ай бұрын

Fair play Leonard! I'm heading out in a few weeks to tackle the climb, I found your video looking for motivation, job done. Well done, and thank you!

@patrickparisienne1917 Жыл бұрын

So happy for you Leonard! I can understand the trepidation, tis is a great springboard to take on other climbs in the future!

@stephencharles6932 Жыл бұрын

Totally brilliant, my hearty congrats on this Royal day of days. A first rate achievement. I can totally empathise this climb. I hope to get to Majorca from south France this autumn for a first cycling visit. For me in the hardest moments I just focus on keeping the wheels turning at whatever low speed I can manage...keeping breathing under control. And thinking of the exhilaration ahead when it is all over.

@nickpatten5263 Жыл бұрын

Awesome achievement 😊 Well done and a brilliant video to boot. You’re an inspiration to many including me. Thank you

@emissivity Жыл бұрын

Great video Leonard and very well done on achieving this...even harder having to give your commentary. hope you had a well earned beer after.

@waelabdelrhman1419 Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your determination and dedication, well done Leonard 🎉, well done mate

@thery900 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. Stumbled upon this channel and I’ll definitely subscribe. Very motivating 👍

@rmarkf Жыл бұрын

Brilliant effort Leonard, well done 👏 bucket list climb ticked off 👍

@RichardDennys Жыл бұрын

Chapeau!! Amazing effort and very inspiring!

@ruprecht9997 Жыл бұрын

Great effort. Level road is great, but I do love a good climb. Did a 35km / 400m workout yesterday, and need both today and tomorrow to recover, before doing some light cycling on Monday :-) You did a great job psychologically, chugging along against pain and against the looming hill!

@M4VERICK1982 Жыл бұрын

Chapeau! I’ve done it, it’s incredibly tough. Super effort mate

@johnjong1584 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Very brave, especially after your Cap Formentor experience. I've been close to entrance (starting from Alcudia, but didn't have the guts to go for it. After my Mallorca 167 last week I know I can do it. And your video adds to my belief. So there will be another visit to Mallorca and I'll have the serpent for lunch!

@terencegreene4278 Жыл бұрын

I like it

@mortenthenorwegian2875 Жыл бұрын

Well done and congratulations! A few years ago I was at a spinning class and saw a video of Sa Calobra. I didn't even own a racing bike then, but dreamed of riding there. Now I've done it three times. Every time from Palma city. Maybe there will be another time. This gave me inspiration.

@simonclare5422 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Leonardo, superb vlog, well done mate. Did it last year and was tough but rewarding. Well done and well filmed as well

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

It was definitely rewarding

@terry9164 Жыл бұрын

Chapeau Leonard you conquered something you never thought you could do after 20 years and never gave up you will inspire many people. I did the the climb in March and got a bit emotional and shed a few tears afterwards such an iconic climb. Well done and thanks for sharing your story 💪👏👏👏🚴‍♂️😎👍

@TomJordans 10 ай бұрын

Inspirational! Congratulations and thanks for the video.

@janicemunn Жыл бұрын

Leonard… I hit like before I watched the video because I already know it’s gonna be another great one. I just finished my own daily ride.

@simonrees776 Жыл бұрын

Quality effort. I did it last Monday and it's a very tough but beautiful climb. Well done.

@gregallen1160 Жыл бұрын

Great effort and determination. Keep up the good work 👏👏

@celestesulliman3140 Жыл бұрын

Another inspirational ride! thanks for sharing :)

@kellyfromiowa1849 Жыл бұрын

What a victory for you!! I am older than you and heavier than you, yet you are my inspiration to get back out on my bike after a 20 year+ hiatus. Well done my friend, well done.

@TheDaern Жыл бұрын

Great video and well done! I rode it with my son a month or so ago and I can very much relate to the "maybe the road will be closed" feeling! You want to ride it, but you know it will be tough. In the end, the road was open and the ride was fantastic! We rode early morning (7am depart from Pollensa!) but even then there were riders out and you get loads of support from others on the climb, with cheery, friendly shouts of encouragement all of the way up. A wonderful climb and surely one of the most amazing roads in the world - definitely a box ticked! Nice one :-)

@AGMTB. Жыл бұрын

Great effort, mate. Definitely earned my subscription! 👍

@Playmaker_08 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic stuff! Cheers Leo.

@jasonmateus924 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome to watch. I have been mountain biking for 33 years now and JUST picked up road biking, this is very inspiring

@manilamartin1001 Жыл бұрын

Next level video. Thanks for putting so much effort

@shropshirecycle Жыл бұрын

This is a great video, you really have given a different side of cycling, its always seems to be cylcing videos with glory & epic rides, views, this is probably the first video I've ever watched which truly resonates with the real ordinary cyclist..well done Sir 🎉🎉

@robertgiles1071 Жыл бұрын

Well done Leonard, a great achievement. I've done it a couple of times, the last in 2019 at 72. Rode there and back from Puerta Pollensa and did the climb in 73 minutes.

@DonnyDonnMendoza Жыл бұрын

Chapeau Mr Lee!!! You did it!!! Mahussive challenge that you’ve completed & it goes to show that it’s doable; inspirational!!!

@patrickorourke152 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant is all I can say brilliant as a fellow bigger rider I felt your pain going up that hill and was delighted to see you make it to the top you can do any ride now brilliant

@femiomole Жыл бұрын

Many congratulations. Great effort. That looked and felt tough. I chickened out of it last year but you have inspired me to go for it at the next opportunity. Hats off to you sir ❤🤗

@ayre961 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic effort Leonard 👏👏

@alan_f22 Жыл бұрын

Ah you absolute legend!! Well done & thanks for the motivation!

@elizabethwood395 Жыл бұрын

Well done. I did it years ago (in my glory days), Absolutely brutal. Your film really captured how beautiful Majorca is for cycling.

@boruchlen Жыл бұрын

Really great to have watched that. You are as much of an inspiration as ever. Wishing you all the best

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Boruch, it was a tough ride but I felt fantastic when I had done it.

@roadbikerider7 Жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff 👏👏. You are an inspiration 🤝

@JSC131 Жыл бұрын

Well done Leonard brilliant effort and content 👏.

@AlexStar030 Жыл бұрын

Well done. Really admire the determination and positive outlook.

@edlaverack Жыл бұрын

Hats off to you Leonard. An inspiring film and a tremendous achievement!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed. Didn’t you have the Sa Calobra KOM at one point?

@edlaverack Жыл бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo Mr Tom Pidcock has it now 😁

@TheMadHatter1330 Жыл бұрын

Absolutley outstanding effort. Well done 👏🧡

@markkettle762 Жыл бұрын

Well done Leonard and team, that was a big effort and great video too.

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@gavinstubbings4271 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic effort plus a great video

@LastGreenBear Жыл бұрын

Super! Great job Leon!

@adamtady9288 Жыл бұрын

Finnaly good youtube recommendation for a video worth watching big respect keep going 💪

@iancraig2507 Жыл бұрын

That was an awesome effort. Well done.

@duanebosch9508 Жыл бұрын

WELL DONE! Such an incredible road. My wife and I stayed in Soller a few years ago. Rode from Soller up Puig Major. Did Sa Calobra and back. Death bed memory.

@MumfordJim Жыл бұрын

You are an inspiration! We are going to be in France riding in June (live in the USA). Nothing like that in the US, but really looking forward to biking in Europe again. We a doing 3 ride all relative easy. Normandy Loire Valley Bike & Barge Seyssel to Lyon But we are in our 70s and we really enjoy riding in Europe. Love watching you ride Leonard. Great videos!

@encarnalaguia3154 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!! You have done it !!🎉 I’m from mallorca and sa calobra is in my bucket list !

@rikuwilson3407 Жыл бұрын

Good work! Great video!

@JoeBManco Жыл бұрын

Very inspiring. Thanks for the video.

@yakoridesagain Жыл бұрын

Hugely impressive. You truly are the ELOD! MASSIVE kudos Leonard.

@danir1241 Жыл бұрын

That's very inspiring!, Leonard, very well done! I don't use to comment on KZfaq videos, but this deserves it, being a cyclist myself I know how hard those climbs can be, specially Sa Calobra; I've been to Mallorca in the last 2 weeks to do the Mallorca 167 km and didn't take my chances at Sa Calobra; you inspired me to face the challenge next time I'm there. All the best to you!

@Mr2fiveone Жыл бұрын

Awesome effort!! Thank you for sharing, congrats!!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@nathanb324 3 ай бұрын

What a legend, first time I’ve stumbled across your channel and I’ve instantly subbed

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video and I really appreciate the sub.

@chrisgreenwood7884 Жыл бұрын

Absolute hero. Well done boss, amazing effort!

@tonyjefferys4300 Жыл бұрын

well done Leonard as another heavy cyclist that is something I could only dream about, chapeau.

@terryb392 Жыл бұрын

Kudos Leonard, excellent effort 👍👍

@martinih5825 Жыл бұрын

Just shows what can be achieved with a positive mindset, very inspiring, well done & thanks for sharing 👍

@MatzeKel Жыл бұрын

As a regular visitor to your channel I send you a great respect. I am a heavy rider, too, and I climbed Alpe d´Huez, Stelvio twice and several other mountains on my bike. I know, what it means to go up a hill with a little additional weight. Again, chapeau, my friend...

@icklegrangeplombier8051 Жыл бұрын

Chapeau, great video. Excellent achievement 👏

@Fifi09121 Жыл бұрын

This is amazingly inspiring! ❤ Thank you for sharing and showing us that even if overweight people can do incredible things

@62Lori Жыл бұрын

Chapeau Leonard. I did that 7 years ago. Can’t imagine doing it now, knee says no! Great achievement. Lori

@ThePensionerAdventurer Жыл бұрын

Hello Leonard, Congratulations on beating the climb, excellent stuff. Take care. Paul,,

@michellesgoldberg Жыл бұрын

Great job Leonard! It's hard to explain how challenging climbing is for us big folk, but you did it!!!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Michelle. Sometimes all we can do is grit out teeth and just get on with it.

@zyghom Жыл бұрын

man, that smile at the end... - NOTHING ELSE MATTERS! CONGRATULATIONS man! I was "pushing" with you ;-)

@IsaacS1 Жыл бұрын

I did this climb last week, yes it was hard, but so rewarding to complete, what a way to earn your strips! Well done! 👏👏

@gatton225 Жыл бұрын

Inspirational Leonard. Bloody brilliant effort.

@LIFE_ToBeContinued Жыл бұрын

Well done and how wonderful to see Oscar and Alan along with you! We don't have a Sa Calobra but some good climbs as you know!

@jollygoodvelo Жыл бұрын

Cheers Tim. We all had a great day on the bikes.

@brianp10c83 Жыл бұрын

Nice work Len. Way to go