The Steepest Climb In The World: Can We Make It Rideable?

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2 жыл бұрын

Last year Ollie tried (and failed!) to climb what could very well be the steepest road in the world. That got us thinking, could tech help him? We sent him back to Bamford Clough to find out. With a steepest section of 36.5%, would Ollie finally be able to conquer this brutal climb?
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@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know of any climbs you'd like to see Ollie take on?

@n00bm4str69 2 жыл бұрын

Us Filipino viewers would love to see you do the "Black Wall" challenge here in the Philippines. The gradient at its highest is 35%

@gordoncharles8372 2 жыл бұрын

Come to sunny St. Lucia...lots of mountain rides for you to enjoy...like Majorca but possibly shorter. BTW I correct my information to read 41.8% not degrees in terms of hill steepness. Ollie we have amazing sandy beaches too....just saying again

@zimmejoc 2 жыл бұрын

There's one in Hawaii I'd like to see him challenge--Waipio Valley Road. Send him next January. . . . . . P.S. Ollie didn't ask me to suggest a trip to Hawaii in January.

@stephenrenshaw9500 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make Ollie Everest that climb please 🙂

@drjwbriand 2 жыл бұрын

get in touch with jeremy and come on over to the usa and do the mt. washington climb. as tough as it gets with a nice coupie hunded yards of dir at the top. you'll have to wait till august though to try to avoid snoe, a constant at least 25mph wind and temps in the 30's! best wishes, enjoyed this video!

@bluntandy 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the hill my dad went up to school both ways was much steeper. Plus it was always raining or snowing and into a headwind

@ofwolfandmanii 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather use to tell me his bike never had tires so he rode it on just rims.

@kacy750 2 жыл бұрын

Andrew! you must be my brother, because my dad did the same thing!

@uk-expat 2 жыл бұрын

We ‘ad it tough…

@kratkidokumentarci224 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, wanted so say the same and at the same time i knew so.eone already said it haha

@zimmejoc 2 жыл бұрын

my dad would do that, but he only had one leg. His other leg was off starting a profitable business.

@oliviernoir6669 2 жыл бұрын

5:32 Congratulations - it is always hard to imagine how steep a climb is when you watch it on TV, but the bench shot gives a pretty good idea of how brutal it is.

@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to convey steep ramps sometimes

@jcnbw01 2 жыл бұрын

"I wasn't trying to get up there fast... I was just trying to get up. The speed you go is the speed you go." - me, pretty much on every climb. Aces climb Oli!

@johnwaugaman358 2 жыл бұрын

Canton Ave., Pittsburgh, 37% and cobblestones! See Dirty Dozen, Pittsburgh

@Thecyclingbusdriver 2 жыл бұрын

Good effort, I went up there the other month, got to the bench and couldn't go any further, it's brutal! Funny thing is I walked up the rest and still ended up 150th out of around 400, clear sign that plenty of other riders have failed

@Alphard_adventures 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely pissed myself when you tried to start Ollie… thanks I needed that … well done by the way 😂👍🏼 oh by the way when are you planning to Everest this climb 😂😂😂

@AG-el6vt 2 жыл бұрын

It's a 100m climb, so 'only' 88 laps should do the job!

@Alphard_adventures 2 жыл бұрын

Come on Ollie get this Everested 👍🏼😂

@Seppster58 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Ollie!!! I have gained so much respect for you over the year or so I have subscribed to GCN. Always shows us the lighter side of things even if the challenge is tough. ❤

@AG-el6vt 2 жыл бұрын

Fair game Ollie, a 35/33 gear ratio is still harder than my own compact 34/34 :D You needed a gravel/MTB drivetrain!

@xosece 7 ай бұрын

Ollie is a hero. That's something road bikes are lacking imho, easiest gears for climbs like that. My road bike is also 34/34 but on some place I'd be grateful to have something more akin to 34/50, it's mountainous (1035m, 1100m mountains at most), but it's very hilly

@robertkee7534 2 жыл бұрын

So you are normal after all, well done for trying and trying again. That was Ridiculously steep. That is steeper than my roof, it's only 33%

@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe we should try send Ollie up your roof next?

@petermitchell5240 2 жыл бұрын

I love that you included the failed attempts. Nice video as always

@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - it doesn't always go right on the first attempt that's for sure!

@sethgriffiths6539 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see "the Feather" attempt that and leave a KOM throw down!

@katherinelangford981 2 жыл бұрын

Whoah. And i felt gassed on my first ride of the season today when we had to cross a FLAT grass path that just turned to mud. Quads were on fire and I could barely breathe. Walked because we got stuck. Y'all are beyond next level at GCN. Pure power houses.

@johnkinder9041 2 жыл бұрын

Superb video, well done Ollie. Loved the failed starts in the beginning.

@307weasel 2 жыл бұрын

There's always the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea climbs in Hawai'i, evidently they're the longest and hardest (respectively) climbs in the world. They're even on the same island, so you can try for both on the same trip!

@Mububban23 2 жыл бұрын

4:08 kudos to the editing team, the music was *chef's kiss* perfection for the beginning of that little montage 😀

@MozOnBikes 2 жыл бұрын

2 personal hardest climbs I’ve done that I think are worth considering in the UK. 1st Constitution Hill in Swansea, average near 20% but with serious steep little kickers but the killer is its cobbled nearly the entire length. 2nd are the 2 climbs out of Millook south of Bude in Cornwall, particularly the north bound direction. The road is typically Cornish narrow with debris/gravel in its centre section so you can’t weave side to side for gradient relief for loss of traction. Also in sections it’s soo steep 39% if my wahoo is to be believed that it’s hard to not wheelie or wheel spin. I think I’ve failed this climb over 50% of my attempts. But it sure does reward you on a beautiful summers morning with breathtaking views.

@halszary6078 2 жыл бұрын

I live on constitution hill and can confirm it's a beast

@MozOnBikes 2 жыл бұрын

@@halszary6078 I used to as a student, Woodlands and then Oaklands terrace 🤙

@halszary6078 2 жыл бұрын

@@MozOnBikes Haha nice man, current student and I'm on montpelier. Gotta make the most of having such a gnarly climb on the doorstep haha

@bobrong9645 2 жыл бұрын

@@halszary6078 I used to live in Montpelier terrace! Have to admit I never tried Constitution hell on my bike and always cheated through Rose hill.

@JeremyLawrence-imajez 2 жыл бұрын

My Mum used to live at top on Constitution Hill and run up it as a kid to go home. Tough as it is, this climb is much, harder. Constitution Hill is also easier since they repaired it with nice new cobbles and no holes.

@davidslater6672 2 жыл бұрын

Great effort Oli, and many thanks for your Bambi on ice impression at the beginning😅

@georgehugh3455 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ollie, for this climbing vignette - it was hilarious!

@djrlloyd 2 жыл бұрын

Nice camera work at the end with Ollie coughing and wheezing under a sign saying ‘Quiet Lane’. “Ollie mate, can you just recover silently please?” 😂😂

@Kommentierer 2 жыл бұрын

I was once on a really steep climb on gravel in my lowest gear (34-36). Grip was not the problem, but the low gear made me bringing so much torque to the wheel, that my front wheel would take off sometimes.

@garysladek9110 2 жыл бұрын

Ollie you are my hero. i have only watched you try and start, epic!

@ThisIsJoe07 2 жыл бұрын

Ollie - well done with the Rifleman’s Creed and Full Metal Jacket paraphrased quote… “… there are others like it, this one is mine. “ That is also how I feel about my bike, there are others like it, but…😁

@UloPe 2 жыл бұрын

To me it’s always surprising when you convert the incline percentage to degrees it doesn’t *sound* so bad (e.g. 20% is just over 11°) yet when you stand at the base of a 20% hill it looks like a freaking wall…

@bigmichael6156 2 жыл бұрын

and 100% is 45°

@AJackal 2 жыл бұрын

@@bigmichael6156 Thanks, I never looked at like that, and it seems obvious to me now 😄

@nikispaniki 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t they say snow won’t stick to a face over 70*? On top of a 40* ski slope it always looks like a cliff. I think cycling up steep climbs is one the hardest athletic pursuits one can do. A 20% hill is brutal

@thomasmcginnis3783 2 жыл бұрын

"There are others like it, but this one is mine." Ha-hahhhhh! That made me laugh out loud. Great tribute.

@danproposkanovovski 2 жыл бұрын

You're a beast. The hardest I've done is 1km at 12% average (maxing out at 25%) and that was hell. Can't imagine a road that's 50% steeper.

@quarkonium3795 2 жыл бұрын

Where I live we have a very similar road except it’s 1.5 km, 13% average, and 25% max (steepest quarter mile was around 18%). I could feel my heart beating through my ears an the blood rushing past my face was deafening. I was moving at about 5 kph and it took nearly all of my energy to keep upright (and I was using a 34-32 gear)

@cg.maniac 2 жыл бұрын

Well you guys need to visit the Himalayas. Some places we have slopes that have almost a 100% gradient 😂... Thanks to the fact that the entire region is a sinking zone and our roads often sink...

@AlistairLattimore 2 жыл бұрын

@Ollie, out of interest what gear ratios do the two hill climb pros use as a comparison?

@cg.maniac 2 жыл бұрын

@@AlistairLattimore I use a 36 front and 46 back for climbing. But the main issue is that there isn't mutch traction while climbing the hill and also if there is enough traction then the front wheel starts rising making the bike wanna tip over backwards. So it's kinda scary and also I haven't been able to climb slopes higher than 70%. I once encountered one at 86% and I tipped over and fell 😂

@tbag1989dc 2 жыл бұрын

@@quarkonium3795 i can understand you, i have done 0.7 km at 13% (39-30 gear) i was so out of energy that i decided to stop when i mistook a tree for a man

@TheNovaNorm 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!! Well done, mate!

@ajc_7 2 жыл бұрын

0:00 the "previously on gcn" gets me everytime, so funny, watched it 5 times over and over again 😂😂!!

@jrvaden 2 жыл бұрын

Hills are a big reason I went with the GRX group set. 46-30 chainring and 11-34 cassette.

@yengsabio5315 2 жыл бұрын

You have strong legs with the available gear ratio you have, mate!

@Schradermusic 2 жыл бұрын

You can go 46-34 in the front and 11-34 in the back with Shimano 105. I have it set up like that on my Cyclocross bike.

@drjwbriand 2 жыл бұрын

you'te a trooper bro! i've got a bike set up only for climbing with an old campy daytona rd wih the 11-34 and a 26 front ring. i can haul my 265 lb carcass up almost anything with that set up-well almost anything!

@yengsabio5315 2 жыл бұрын

@@drjwbriand That still is a heavy load, my mate! Wow!

@skooterbrah 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should have brought Blake Sampson along for the ride... Now that would have been really interesting.

@mitchrich5015 2 жыл бұрын

“I probably should have swept this bit’. Literal lol 😂

@hughdearnley8043 2 жыл бұрын

Still way overgeared. I find that mountain bike gearing of 38-24 front and 11-40 rear is suitable for myself, an older but fit recreational rider. Road bikes are commonly sold with gears only slightly lower than pro racers, but I put out less than half their power

@Tethysmeer 2 жыл бұрын

True, I plan to build a road bike with 46/30, 11-36. Want high cadence climbing.

@pbandjosh 2 жыл бұрын

Agree completely. 53/39 is just not enjoyable, for me, for recreational riding, and I'm quite fit. I don't need to go 80kph downhill, but I do like to be able to climb without exploding my knees. In past couple years I sold my oldschool 53/39 with 11-28 bike and now have a gravel bike with 46/30 and a 34T cassette. I have yet to need a higher gear than 46-11 even descending on pavement, but man do I love the 30-34. My new road bike will be a compact double with a 34 or 36 rear cassette.

@QwertyUser1983 2 жыл бұрын

50t-11t rear and 22t-32t front on my Kloss Enroute, a retro roadbike. That the only way I can travel anywhere in my hometown in Bogor, Indonesia. No flats here. ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶

@michaelb1761 2 жыл бұрын

@@QwertyUser1983 That's even bigger gearing than my mountain bike, 11-42t rear and a compact 36/26 on the crank, which is what I used for the steepest climb that I've ever tried, and it was definitely not as steep as the one in this video.

@QwertyUser1983 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelb1761 Well, 100 kg round me + 10 kg weekly groceries + 15 kg bike with pannier cage rack, Those big gearings are super helpful (*♡∀♡)

@accolade37 2 жыл бұрын

I will probably never attempt a climb like that, but I learned a few things about bike technology and trail building from watching this video. Thanks!

@michaelcarter9933 Жыл бұрын

Great work. Way to go.

@rachelharvey71 2 жыл бұрын

That looked brutal fantastic effort Ollie :)

@mathewrose2951 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, 2% can be unrideable if there's enough rotting leafmeal covering the surface of the road. That road was still unclimbable until he busted out the broom.

@yengsabio5315 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

Is the broom the best value for money tech upgrade we've ever used?

@238949 2 жыл бұрын

So funny but so lovely to see Ollie make a twit of himself and let us see it on camera , love that man

@peterthomas8053 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it. When Ollie says "can't clip in", I had flashbacks to Matt.🙄😂

@TheBClark88 2 жыл бұрын

I've walked up this (before it was re-paved) and that hurt - props for getting a bike up it!

@The_Cotswold_Cyclist 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing effort Ollie 👏 chapeau! You need that GCN bike with helium in the frame, and a bit of porridge for rear end compliance!!😜👍😁😁😁

@satellitetvIreland 2 жыл бұрын

There are 2 great climbs in Cork City, Ireland St. Patrick's hill which is relatively short and Fair hill which is a lot longer. Would love to see you attempt both

@richardmcnally2056 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding. And if we die from a heart attack on our bike, that’s not so bad compared to all the other slow and horrible ways available to the average person. Never stop.

@joegamas1194 2 жыл бұрын

Ollie you did it, you did it mate !!! Congratulations we’re so proud of you 👏 you right…it looks so deceiving I can feel your pain all the way over here…lol….great job 👍💪

@tombreen7927 2 жыл бұрын

Well done man !!!

@chrisbaum998 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Ollie! Way to conquer you past cycling demos!! You should challenge all GCN presenters to see who is the fastest up that monster!!!

@son-tchori7085 2 жыл бұрын

Shimano FC-RX600-11 46-30T + MicroShift SB-M110 MicroShift CS-G113 11-46T + Shimano RD-M8000-SGS (or Shimano RD-M9050-SGS)

@markc17 2 жыл бұрын

I've tried twice and couldn't keep the front wheel on the tarmac, lost all steering then just toppled sidewards in one of the gullies. The physics of it seemed even tougher than the effort to be honest.

@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 2 жыл бұрын

With my old-timer, superlight carbon 33 gear MTB, I had some very steep hills (one pawed) in woods near my former home, and in the lowest gear, fearing to fall backwards going up (I couldn't even start on a flat road in those gears, and obtain enough speed to be able to ride!), I could just manage to go up, with my lungs outside! Also with a huge wear on chain and chainwheel.

@Velo1010 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 GREAT JOB!

@kevinwalpole3273 2 жыл бұрын

I did a climb with very similar stats by the entrance of Partnach Gorge, Garmisch. Like you, I've ridden many of the big climbs but this was the hardest I've done. Took a whole day for my breathing to feel normal again!

@90DatteRo 2 жыл бұрын

That is a pretty steep one!

@apm9507 2 жыл бұрын

Hand this challenge to GMBN and EMBN too!

@josschippers7089 2 жыл бұрын

That easier gear you swapped to, is my normal gear and sometimes want it even easier than that. so chapeau!

@tn9274 2 жыл бұрын

the failed starts really crack my laugh out 🤣

@vincentnadon 2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Bridgewood hitting the fence is the best part 🤣🤣🤣

@doxielain2231 2 жыл бұрын

Music choice is on point this one. You don't really get a sense for how steep it is until you see that bench on a concrete platform jutting out.

@scottrider7271 2 жыл бұрын

I am in Taiwan... lots of 9-20% sustained climbs.... I run a SRAM 11-36 cassette and a 52/34 Dura ace crankset... YES IT WORKS....needed the long cage r8000 rear mech... works perfectly for up and fast down.

@tonyhoff86 2 жыл бұрын

I want that sign-off every time.

@andycotton162 2 жыл бұрын

I know this challenging road as I don't live far from it, so when at the start, you said about getting better tech, I was expecting you to turn up with an e-bike!

@piotrkol91 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that is BRUTAL! There is a climb in Poland near me - not as steep but a bit longer. 1km at an average gradient of 20% and a 100m long section of steady 30% gradient in the middle. It is ridiculously hard to ride the entire climb without stopping. I sort of can but at the same time can't imagine going up 36,5% :) Cheers from "Rzeźnia w Laskowej, PL" :)

@xosece 7 ай бұрын

which drivetrain do you have if that's not asking much? And on what kind of bike?

@piotrkol91 7 ай бұрын

@@xosece Standard Ultegra 6800: a 52/36 crankset and a 11-28 cassette. Managed to do the whole thing on my third try, had to bail on the first 2. My average speed up that climb is 7km/h and it's pretty tough to keep upright hehe :) Cheers!

@xosece 7 ай бұрын

@@piotrkol91 that's impressive! Sometimes I wonder how some people make it. Something I miss in road bikes is having more options for easier gears, something like having the typical road bike chainring (34-50T or whatever) but something along the lines of 48T or 52T in the sprocket. While I prefer to grind rather than spinning, at certain hills, I'd be still grinding in a 34-48 gear....

@robbiedevine8518 2 жыл бұрын

hat's off to you for doing it in that gear ratio. I've done sustained 36% on forest service roads in the US on a mountain bike, but we were running a 22 cog up front (aka granny ring) and a 36 in the back. I think my knees would explode going above 1:1

@williamburke5233 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. My trance with a 30 front 50 back says we got all day. Can't wait to get a road bike.

@marty197666 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Full Metal Jacket reference! Best movie ever! I bet if there were some doughnuts at the top you'd get there!

@aaronedgeart 2 жыл бұрын

High praise, smart to sweep this time too!

@DrAlafro 2 жыл бұрын

What a legend! Hats off for Ollie!

@michaelb1761 2 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up immediately for the film reference, "there are others like it but this one is mine." Is that part of your prayers every evening when you go to bed?

@craigfritz5411 2 жыл бұрын

This is me on my 36x28 at 15%. Good man Ollie and thanks for including the false start bits.

@faithfuljohn 2 жыл бұрын

Have you heard of the Waipio Valley hill (in Kona Hawaii)? It elevates 270 metres in 2km, it averages 25% grade peaking at 45% at points. It's proposterous

@SteveWeltman 2 жыл бұрын

Ollie should consider riding 3 hills in the Palos Verdes peninsula in California. You can go south on either Crenshaw Blvd and have some fun on that climb (about 3 miles of climbing at about 20-22% closer to the top) and then descend on Hawthorne Blvd towards the Pacific ocean, make your way to Palos Verdes Drive East and concur the switchbacks (about 17-25% for 2.5 miles of climbing). And it's moderately warm for the summer. Have fun climbing! I'll bring my bungee cords so I can follow you.

@MrJcpollo 2 жыл бұрын

Fun challenge! Ditch the roadie shoes and slap on SPD's. It took me decades to realize the obvious: the double sided SPD's pedal interface is hard to beat. You would have launched within the first couple attempts. And yes I now ride SPD's all the time and could care less what the roadie fashion police thinks. :) Glad you made it up! Thanks for the fun video! And really... ditch your look cleats ;)

@brannmacfinnchad9056 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo. My meager offering is the Hatcher's Pass Summit in Alaska. 1.5 miles of 13% avg, washboard gravel. This is the last bit of 5 miles with 700m elevation gain (the rest is paved). Maybe send Si for that one...gorgeous ride, about 15 miles of backcountry gravel road in Willow, passing by old and current gold mines.

@BTcycle 2 жыл бұрын

Starting off on the incline with no speed/ momentum, I was afraid for Ollie falling over clipped in. Thank God he has a faster reflexes than I do. Cheers, Ollie.

@s23bho38 2 жыл бұрын

Well done our kid. Proper champion is it.

@billkallas1762 2 жыл бұрын

I used to have a climb (20% for 1 km) at the turnaround of a fast group ride. I'd be the last up, every week, because I'd do it in a 39x23 (low gear) to stress my legs.

@krokatoamonster7365 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Come to San Francisco, CA US where it is very hilly with some grades are 30% or more; but views are great. Just watch out for the cycle jackers and muggers in some parts of the city & you’ll be ok.

@craigfullbrook7219 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to break it to you Ollie, I walked up Bramford Clough today quicker than you cycled up it. I will happily admit it was a near death experience, taking this course record on Strava was hard work and I’m sure it’ll be short lived! Chapeau for taking on the climb it is indeed savage!

@DMcTyke 2 жыл бұрын

Good effort, but were you wearing your cycling shoes and carrying your bike over your shoulder?

@craigfullbrook7219 2 жыл бұрын

@@DMcTyke no I wasn’t but rather cycle up that hill than walk it again this video or pictures don’t do it any justice

@Progfan1965 2 жыл бұрын

Well done Ollie, I attempted this 2 weeks ago and was thwarted by a snapped chain, To be fair I was about to give up when the chain snapped. It’s brutal, but I’ll be back at some point with lower gearing and fatter tyres, although I doubt I’d get much further.

@chrispelyk 2 жыл бұрын

Well done !

@ericclaire-helenerfletcher9433 2 жыл бұрын

Ollie needs to get more climbing in ,and also the clipping in mishaps had me thinking of Matt Stevens , great impression Ollie.

@gcntech 2 жыл бұрын

Bit of a throwback 😂

@stewarthinsley6995 2 жыл бұрын

Valiant effort ollie 👌👌 how many meters of climbing is that ???

@jayshockey5461 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Ollie!💪🏻👊🏻👏🏻👍🏻

@r.davies2702 2 жыл бұрын

Fair play Doc 👍

@stevenrimmer2982 2 жыл бұрын

HWY 308, Osaka, Japan. Heading east - 2.5km, long stretches @ 20%, some short stretches @37.5%, never dropping below 15% for the whole thing. Aptly nicknamed the dark pass! There are many vids on youtube for this one. It's on my bucket list.

@johnsasser8167 2 жыл бұрын

someone make this boi ride mtb for the next year hahaha, love ya dude!

@cmpremlap 2 жыл бұрын

36.2% at it’s steepest, all on dirt. Another is 41% section on maybe a 1/4-3/8 mile overall climb, feels like eternity and you will taste you lungs. All Mountain bike climbs. Brother, we feel your pain. You are a machine. Nice job! We have some real leg busters here in SF Bay Area. The first one I mentioned is a dirt climb that is roughly 800’+ (maybe 900’) gain in about 1 mile. Probably 6 other climbs that are ridiculously difficult and will make you pray for death ☠️ as well. Good times! 😃

@beeballman62 2 жыл бұрын

Great Job ! I would like to see the heart rate data, probaly scary stuff!

@jassaljs 2 жыл бұрын

This was truly brutal 🍻

@gordoncharles8372 2 жыл бұрын

OLLIE....you mentioned suggesting a steeper climb somewhere warm....on the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean we have a short hill in a community development which registers at 41.8 degrees on my element bolt at its steepest point. You are welcome to visit, confirm and attempt it. Ps I have a mountain bike with a 32 front and 52 rear in case you need it...just saying Regards Gordon Charles

@oliverbridgewood3929 2 жыл бұрын

sounds incredible!

@janvanrookhuijzen8309 2 жыл бұрын

Degrees or %? If 41,8 degrees it's an amazing challenge even with a 32/52.

@gordoncharles8372 2 жыл бұрын

@@janvanrookhuijzen8309 Good question...I would have to check my wahoo bolt...however this bike computer registers gradient is what I read...and I did it twice for good measure

@gordoncharles8372 2 жыл бұрын

@@janvanrookhuijzen8309 Ok I can confirm that it is 41.8% my error

@janvanrookhuijzen8309 2 жыл бұрын

@@gordoncharles8372 still crazy steep!

@Yuniel_Quevedo Жыл бұрын

I love this video, i love climbs

@brad146 2 жыл бұрын

Was expecting some cometary on the way up Ollie 😆👍👍

@Mr.JuhobAdventureTV Жыл бұрын

Good job mate nice

@ShimmeringOrb 2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see Ollie try the actual, Guinness Book of Records, steepest st in the world - Baldwin St, Dunedin, NZ. Not so pretty or warm but it would be fun to watch Ollie flounder on that one also.

@fuzzi1002 2 жыл бұрын

I rode, many many years ago, a brutal (paved) climb in Italy (near Lake Garda). It was with the Mtb already very borderline, from the gear ratio and from the lifting of the front wheel. If I remember correctly, the whole climb lasted a 3/4 hour with almost no piece to rest

@magicknight8412 2 жыл бұрын

19% is the most I can manage at my limit! Well done Olly !

@SPMech1 2 жыл бұрын

Well done ! ! ! ! ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@MilesCobbett 2 жыл бұрын

In Santa Cruz CA hills ( old former Redwood logging trails now blacktopped) in the 1970's I prided myself on climbing every road on my TDF Ferdi Kessels Reynolds 531 racing bike,frame #32. Front Campy chainset 53-41, rear Malliard cluster was a 13-21. I trained 400 miles a week on the steepest roads I could find up and down our coastline

@9118693223 2 жыл бұрын

ollie did it this time. good job !!! this road does not seem to be so busy .

@donaldyoung8866 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Doc….. if I remember Matt Stephens did a how to clip in Video 😜

@turbosalsa 2 жыл бұрын

Well done 👍🏾

@gabordusa 2 жыл бұрын

Try Punta Veleno over the Lago di Garda, from Assenza! It has the steepest 5 kms in Europe. Although the view is amazing, just as the surrounding area.