Cycling In SWITZERLAND Is INSANE! (Europe Trip Part 2 - Daily Vlog #15)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @olivergroning6421
    @olivergroning6421 2 года назад +112

    As a Swiss and avid cyclist, the things you see in this video are sometimes just 'a day off' for us. We should never forget how blessed we are living (and cycling) here.

    • @Syndicate6363
      @Syndicate6363 Год назад

      Hey Oliver I’ll be in Intelraken next week . What kind of bike should I rent? Any recommendations

    • @olivergroning6421
      @olivergroning6421 Год назад +4

      @@Syndicate6363 That depends of course on the routes you want to cycle and your fitness. For the tours around the lake of Thun and the lake of Brienz (very nice with the spectacular Giessbach falls) or to Lauterbrunnen and up the Lauterbrunnen Valley an all terrain bike is perfectly o.k. If you like to climb (e.g. to Saxeten, Grindelwald) then a mountain bike (or E-mountain bike) is o.k.
      Google “flyingwheels” for good rentals and on “komoot” you will find great tours around Interlaken. Enjoy and hopefully weather will be great.

    • @PhenomTheOne
      @PhenomTheOne 7 месяцев назад

      HI Oliver, do you know the Name of the Tunnel?

    • @olivergroning6421
      @olivergroning6421 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@PhenomTheOne Hi, the Valais is not exactly my home turf, but I am pretty sure that it is the tunnel at the ‘Lac de Mauvoisin’. It is a great mountain biking region south and above the city of Martigny.

  • @PK-qq1lz
    @PK-qq1lz 2 года назад +39

    Now I'm even more proud to be a Swiss guy! Thanks Tyler for this. My absolutly favorite YT channel.
    The sound on the descents was just great! Greetings to YB... he's a great guy.

    • @patrickrohr9314
      @patrickrohr9314 Год назад

      Yep

    • @ThomasIsBored
      @ThomasIsBored 9 месяцев назад +1

      I'm German and even I'm proud now. The alps are an amazing place and I love them

  • @pfg2707
    @pfg2707 2 года назад +6

    This was a beautiful video, close to tears hearing your water jug analogy. I had a 2 full jugs moment with my youngest daughter descending Col du Galibier for the first time. I followed her wheel with happy tears rolling down my face. Thanks Tyler

  • @Sequensy
    @Sequensy 2 года назад +30

    Went to Austria once which has similar scenery so I can definitely understand your excitement. Also so nice to have random wells with super clean & drinkable water next to the road in some places. Nature is just so beautiful in that region of Europe.

    • @raymonddelange5974
      @raymonddelange5974 2 года назад +1

      Europe is beautiful everywhere !

    • @wawbagel
      @wawbagel 4 месяца назад +1

      @@raymonddelange5974not all of Europe is like this. Only some parts. I think west cost USA has it all though. California is probably the best place in the world when it comes to climate and nature diversity.

  • @PierreAlainMaire
    @PierreAlainMaire 2 года назад +6

    Definitely good options on your bucket list ! How did you choose ? Lovely words from your wife.
    Here's a list of the locations I recognized :
    Châtel - Morgins - Col des Portes du Soleil - Champéry
    Martigny - Col des Planches - Col de la Croix de Coeur (the "hut") - Verbier
    Tunnel & waterfall : Lac de Mauvoisin
    Tour de France at Megève

  • @garthTurningCranks
    @garthTurningCranks Год назад

    Awesome Vid and yes, I want to move there.

  • @jacobschoolfield3543
    @jacobschoolfield3543 2 года назад +11

    Bro.. please don’t stop making these. Watch them every morning before work. Been very motivating in a very unmotivating winter thank you 🙏

    • @TheVCAdventures
      @TheVCAdventures  2 года назад +2

      Unfortunately there is only 2 more daily vlogs. BUT, I’m motivated more than ever to keep creating on a more consistent schedule. I need to catch up on the family time without spending 6-8 hours a day editing 😛

  • @danielgassmann4915
    @danielgassmann4915 2 года назад +5

    STILL best content on RUclips. To highlight anything from this VLOG would be "unfair". Simply a masterpiece in its entirety. It's as simple as that.

  • @johnwalsh8157
    @johnwalsh8157 2 года назад +2

    Video sound is always so on point - I know, random observation, but it makes such a difference! Every time you emphasize the importance of your family, it makes me realize that much more how much I treasure my time with my kids and wife. I need to take that time alone that you’ve given yourself - my wife tells me to do so but I don’t as I feel like it’s taking too much time for me. But you are helping me to understand just how important it might be to have an epic trip like this to then give me that much more reason to treasure my time with them. SO glad I found your videos. Thank you!

  • @bicivini
    @bicivini 2 года назад +4

    Makes me happy see you discovering Switzerland and appreciate it so much. Living in the Swiss mountains with my 2 boys and doing everything on 2 wheels (road, gravity, 4x etc) - it feels normal. Awesome to see your perspective and look at things a different way. Much appreciated and feel welcome the next time - would be glad to be your host and show you guys around! Cheers

    • @bicivini
      @bicivini 2 года назад +2

      And btw - we call this self responsibility in Switzerland. We are a country of 4 official languages and different cultures. There is nowhere in Europe more foreigners living - nevertheless, most perceive us as not so open minded - this principle works since some hundred years very successfully: live and let live everyone - as long as they make their share of what needs to be done. Actually the US constitution is to a major part based on the principles of Swiss democracy (sorry, just a short round in history 😅). Again - love your mission and work. Keep on going strong 💪🏽

  • @marcuspascale4902
    @marcuspascale4902 2 года назад +11

    Holy Shit, I got goosebumps and got a little teary-eyed on that descent, what a view, how inspiring that must have been.

  • @_no_namecat5_816
    @_no_namecat5_816 2 года назад +2

    absolutely amazing, ngl, i hope that everyone can feel the love and share the love you have not only for cycling but most importantly for your wife and beautiful family

  • @gmccmemberk
    @gmccmemberk 2 года назад +1

    This two-part series about Europe ranks among my very favorites of all your vlogs. Thanks!

  • @johnc5188
    @johnc5188 2 года назад +1

    Have been watching your channel for a long time. Your story telling with video has made you a must watch. Bucket list rides for days in Switzerland.

  • @aidanmahony1681
    @aidanmahony1681 2 года назад +8

    So about a month after you were in Portes du Soleil, I went with my family. My brother and a few friends have visited many times over the past 20 years or so. Summer and winter. You describe how it feels to be there so well. After Covid and some other issues my bro and I managed to scrape together some cash to take the sting out of it and we got a chalet for 22 of us..all family parents grandparents cousins aunts. Some more came and camped and some random hippies joined too. My bro and I wanted to share the place with those we love. It’s special there. Imagine riding down these mountains on an MTB with your 10 year old son, or horses with your daughter and niece. What I’m saying is go again take your family

  • @topbanana4464
    @topbanana4464 2 года назад +5

    Dude, your vlogs have become so awesome that I almost feel like I'm there, you really have mastered this medium. Goose bumpy stuff from the beginning.

  • @DavidLamon
    @DavidLamon 2 года назад +5

    My training terrain ! So nice to see you riding here 💯💯💯

  • @kinza999
    @kinza999 2 года назад +3

    Great film again. Made me laugh filming arguably the world's greatest landscape in portrait 😄

  • @Powerwashincrocs
    @Powerwashincrocs 2 года назад +4

    Man, I look forward to these videos every day

  • @gtnelson2004
    @gtnelson2004 2 года назад +1

    This is my favorite vlog you’ve ever made. Love the family content too!

  • @matthewbenger8355
    @matthewbenger8355 2 года назад +65

    Would disagree with your statement about being zero regulations in Europe. We have many, they are just different. USA wouldn't let you ride through that tunnel for fear of someone sueing that state/region whatever where as europe that's your own risk (to an extent) and nobody is liable. USA is more built for cars.

    • @mario.221
      @mario.221 2 года назад +2

      In Austria we have a lot of restrictions riding in certain tunnel's

  • @SeteNove
    @SeteNove 2 года назад +4

    Another banger of a video! I had the chance to visit Interlaken Switzerland a few years ago. One of the most beautiful places on the planet. All I could think about was how I wish I had my bike with me. I did get to go paragliding while there with my daughter so that was pretty epic.
    Tyler, now that you are an international man of mystery you guys should ride the length of Taiwan in as few days as possible and end with climbing up Wuling using the Taiwan KOM challenge route.

  • @im_jrzapata
    @im_jrzapata 2 года назад +1

    I do believe and understand what you mean. My wife is super supportive of all my cycling nuttiness. I've done some epic races in some epic places and when I finish the event and see her at the finish line that feeling is greater than crossing any finish line. Havng a supportive family is definitely priceless.

  • @tomasperformancepodcast
    @tomasperformancepodcast 2 года назад +9

    The feeling in the end (with the family) is because sharing your joy with them multiplies it!
    (at least that’s how I feel about it 😊)

  • @jandqu
    @jandqu 2 года назад +2

    There are so many great cycling loops in Switzerland. Even my local loops near Zurich offer great views of the Alps and Switzerland has this tendency of paving even the smallest roads, so it's easy to get away from traffic.

  • @iwanyarmastaja3072
    @iwanyarmastaja3072 2 года назад

    Literally, the amazing feelings you can give through your videos take my breath away!
    Dude, I'm laughing and almost crying with you here. So much inspiration...... I have nothing more to say to anyone........
    You're just the best ever.

  • @Stoo61
    @Stoo61 2 года назад +1

    Ah those first mountains above Champery, Les Dents du Midi, I have them incorporated into a tattoo. I lived in Morzine for 2.5 years and they were probably the most spectacular things you could see in the Portes du Soleil (among many). Lovely stuff.

  • @richards4422
    @richards4422 2 года назад +1

    When you have a loving family, no matter where you go Tyler, nothing is better than coming home.

  • @chriscook4130
    @chriscook4130 2 года назад

    I'm almost tearing up. Man, great edit. Happy that you share this with us. I've got my Alpe d'Huez, Ventoux, etc. dreams... as we all do, but this is cool.

  • @rck812
    @rck812 Год назад

    great video and great journey. you are one lucky person to feel so fulfilled.

  • @SteveBrill
    @SteveBrill 2 года назад

    Absolutely EPIC! Great vlog and lovely poignant moments that make you think about your life in the universe. 👏👍

  • @whitebr1
    @whitebr1 2 года назад

    Tyler, you are cor-rushing it with these videos! Super dope! So much fun to be a subscriber!

  • @pmcmpc
    @pmcmpc 2 года назад +1

    There are even more beautiful passes and valleys than the ones you saw in Switzerland. Some of them are absòlutely mind blowing.

  • @steelytail
    @steelytail 2 года назад +2

    That tunnel is amazing, like Tyler said, there's not much to stop you jumping into the water flow and falling 100s of metres to the lake below. We rode through it as part of a 3 day ride around the Grand Combin. We can from the Fenêtre du Durand at the border between Italy and Switzerland. The whole trip was gobsmackingly beautiful.

  • @greatvedas
    @greatvedas 2 года назад

    I am rarely watching vlogs or documentaries these days. I find them boring and not engaging.
    But this vlog from your Tyler (as always), kept me glued and I finished watching in one go. Thanks for such great content, I had jaw dropping moments.
    Also an important observation for myself is, afaik there are no fancy cameras in this entire episode. But the way you tell the story, and the stunning journey you did, is top notch.

  • @TermoneenyCC
    @TermoneenyCC 2 года назад

    The Alps are pure amazing with so many epic climbs, I cant wait till my next trip.

  • @Cyclist18
    @Cyclist18 2 года назад

    You hit the nail on the head. No matter what I get to do on the bike (Nothing as remotely cool as this), the pull of the family will always be bigger.

  • @joshmagrum3552
    @joshmagrum3552 2 года назад

    my toddler loves your videos! He's 2, signed "more" when the last one was over. 😜

  • @andreashertig1869
    @andreashertig1869 2 года назад +3

    cheers from Switzerland! ❤

  • @williamevans4147
    @williamevans4147 2 года назад

    My all-time fav VC video!!!! Thanks

  • @LeZinZin95
    @LeZinZin95 2 года назад

    Truly inspiring content, you just keep on delivering! Thank you

  • @jwellner
    @jwellner 2 года назад

    Thanks! This video made me appreciate living in Europe and be able to ride these roads next summer! All exited and motivated to start training for the Gran Fondo's next year! 😄

  • @grumpywoodchucker
    @grumpywoodchucker Год назад

    Amazing trip man. Glad you got to experience that! But the best part was the reunion with the fam!! ❤

  • @alphahxr
    @alphahxr 2 года назад

    Epic, just epic! I wish I didn’t have to get back to my family, that would have been an awesome ride with you guys!

  • @FH-cj7nm
    @FH-cj7nm 2 года назад +3

    Being from the very south of Germany i sometimes take those views and scenerys for granted - but when i see someone from overseas like you blown away by those landscapes i realize that for Most of the people its Not :)

  • @trwilliams22
    @trwilliams22 2 года назад

    Such a great episode! Thanks VC!

  • @DJPaulSticks
    @DJPaulSticks Год назад

    I lived there for three years. I miss it so much. Probably the most beautiful place on earth. ❤🇨🇭

  • @Elsiew12
    @Elsiew12 2 года назад

    Awesome video!! FILL YOUR JUGS!!!

  • @overweightbadger
    @overweightbadger 2 года назад +1

    We go mountain biking in that area every year and it definitely resonates when you say how do you go back to normal riding after this I don't touch my MTB for a whole month when I'm back! Swapping it for the road bike next year and get some cols ticked off! Loving your videos this month been amazing!

  • @packingadventures
    @packingadventures 2 года назад +1

    Tyler my answer to your questions was: YOU DON'T GO BACK !!
    I Happyly move to the Alps 14 years ago . Thanks to highlight the awesomes of this place.
    You are killing it with this videos!🤙🤙🤙 by the way totally dreaming on ride your part of the world 😉

  • @juanvicenterojasmachado9132
    @juanvicenterojasmachado9132 2 года назад

    Great trip Tyler! Like your logical points of view....Keep it up

  • @Greg.Sutton
    @Greg.Sutton 2 года назад +1

    Nailed it with the calorie tracking. It taught me two things 1). Hidden calories (eg the oil you cook in) and 2). Portion control. I always calorie count now when i am trying to trim down for a mountain trip.
    Oh yeah and Pyrenees / Alps - yep mindblowing! I especially like the Pyrenees it altered my world bike riding perspective when i went for sure. I am lucky less than 2hrs on a plane away for me.

  • @TheTacticalathlete
    @TheTacticalathlete 2 года назад

    Glorious gravel descending wow

  • @pcdude2394
    @pcdude2394 Год назад

    What I love about cycling is that I takes me to places I can only see from a car on the road.

  • @Momentumunboun
    @Momentumunboun 2 года назад

    I agree 100%, having visited Switzerland a few times in my life, it really is something out of this world!!! 😊

  • @jaimeroberto3188
    @jaimeroberto3188 2 года назад

    I had the same feeling when I was riding near Nice and Monaco. The scenery is so beautiful the climbing doesn't seem so bad.

  • @sanjinoliveira4464
    @sanjinoliveira4464 2 года назад +2

    Ok, you definitely have seen one of the best sites of Switzerland :)

  • @MrDetectorist
    @MrDetectorist 2 года назад +1

    if you lived in freeport florida haha, it would be hard to go back to riding my loop from that. Keep it up

  • @MiltIV84
    @MiltIV84 2 года назад

    absolutely incredible views!

  • @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed
    @HarryTzianakisTheGodOfSpeed 2 года назад +1

    That was awesome!

  • @torstenswart3911
    @torstenswart3911 2 года назад

    Vc looking low key shredded 😮‍💨 keep up the work dude 🔥

  • @dishboy14
    @dishboy14 2 года назад +3

    After a month of riding across Spain in October it was a real adjustment going back to riding in Canada. I also think your next adventure abroad should be Spain! :)

  • @johnnydarko8031
    @johnnydarko8031 2 года назад +1

    I believe you.

  • @PatrickDelorenzi
    @PatrickDelorenzi 2 года назад

    Man switzerland looked so dope! Thanks for the tip on olive oil

  • @KelGhu
    @KelGhu 2 года назад

    Touching video! Thank you!
    I'm a bit disappointed you didn't do the vineyards of the Lavaux and bike around Lake Geneva. Do that next time! ;P

  • @coletamburri425
    @coletamburri425 2 года назад +3

    Why ya think is so unbelievable that your family is the most important part of your life? Rest assured, Tyler, the healthy among us feel the same way. You're doing it right.

  • @LUISREYES-cf1op
    @LUISREYES-cf1op 2 года назад

    Beautiful video in everyway possible.

    • @LUISREYES-cf1op
      @LUISREYES-cf1op 2 года назад

      Hey hope all is well, Happy New Years, question for you which rocker are you using on your training set up you sound very happy
      with it, thanks in advance.

  • @albertoguerra3351
    @albertoguerra3351 2 года назад

    Cool adventure! Switzerland is beautiful! I just didn't like that three frames effect on the video tho. Anyway guys, your trips are awesome 👍

  • @bennetthasty7886
    @bennetthasty7886 2 года назад

    That’s literally “glorious” ❤

  • @swisswildpicsswp3095
    @swisswildpicsswp3095 Год назад +1

    I live like an hour from there, and never, ever thought to go cycling in the mountains. I love to ski, though

  • @Feline-friend007
    @Feline-friend007 Год назад

    There are some nice spots along the norweigian coastline, as far as cycling goes. Though i hardly think you would get better than ridng in the alps. I would like to do that trip, and fill my days with endless rides.

  • @cregou
    @cregou 2 года назад

    FUN IN MOTION ! 😀

  • @Quentwo
    @Quentwo Год назад

    16:07 is the "Mauvoisin" dam in Val de Bagnes. Great place to hike (or ride...). The sound of the waterfall inside the tunnel is crazy. Was there completely alone, a few years ago, & I still clearly remember how I felt while walking inside this tunnel and when I saw what's after it...

  • @standish250
    @standish250 Год назад

    Dude, I know you're not lying about the family feelings. I have 4 kids now, 8 yo to 1 yo. In January 2022 my wife and I got to go on a 10 day trip to Hawai'i, our first trip with no kids. We're runners, so did a 6 hour race at a winery, explored various trail systems, see the volcanoes multiple times, and, I hiked Mauna Kea. We got to check out a ton of vegan places, go whale watching, really do anything we wanted with no care about what time it might be or what was to come next. The freedom was so foreign to us. Still, as time marched on, we started wanting nothing more than to have our kids with us to share the experience. I didn't feel the need to go home, just to transport my kids to me. We take a lot of trips with the kids and they're often not the most relaxing vacations because you're always on and need to care for the family...but I also wouldn't have it any other way.

  • @sebastianquintana3248
    @sebastianquintana3248 2 года назад

    Summer is beautiful everywhere up north.

  • @redwoodJB
    @redwoodJB 2 года назад

    I love that you use the same ratio of 10 miles to 1,000 feet of climbing as a base line for a ride. We do that in Humboldt in order to compare how much harder a ride will be compared to "normal".

    • @BikePappy
      @BikePappy 2 года назад

      I couldn’t resist converting this to Canadian. By your standard, I reckon about 19.25 metres equals 1 kilometer - so we’ll call it 1 to 20 to keep it simple. The Alpé is about 1000 meters which would equal 50 kilometres. Seems about right, effort-wise.

  • @ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος
    @ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος 2 года назад

    This year i went to 🇨🇭to ride my mtb, fell in ❤️too with that scenery

  • @Anza_34832
    @Anza_34832 2 года назад

    Seems like 🇪🇺 opened your eyes. Great!
    BTW: Many of us “euros” love the States (Rockies etc.)

  • @justinofboulder
    @justinofboulder 2 года назад +1

    I appreciate you, brother!

  • @jacques-yves
    @jacques-yves Год назад

    I try to figure out where was the tunnel "de la muerte" you had to ride under a dam... Maybe it was at the Lac de Mauvoisin. Or under the Vieux Emosson dam...
    I live in Strasbourg, not the same area, but I know quite well the massif which is just in front the place you were, on the other side of the Rhône, and that we see very well on your shootings. I sometimes go hiking at altitude there, or running on trails. But I ride a bike now, and you gave me some ideas ; your video is inspiring.
    Thanks.
    By the way, I once had a journey with my fam that took me through Visalia, Three Rivers, Grant Grove Village... So I can easily imagine your own environment. And it is wonderful.
    By the way #2 : yesterday I rode with Phillip Gaimon… on my home-trainer (a workout that he's created for the system I use). So, we have the same friends
    😃

  • @ozgur4670
    @ozgur4670 2 года назад +1

    Next year you should come with your family. And also you can come to experience Belgium and Netherlands. Roubaix and Ronde parcour for the impossible route in one day :)

    • @BikePappy
      @BikePappy 2 года назад

      That would be fun but I’m not sure that it would be enough of a challenge for these guys. I would say that the Flandrien Challenge in one day would be something to try, but Ollie already did it. I still can’t wrap my head around that. It’s a massive accomplishment.

  • @damFr
    @damFr 2 года назад

    Thanks for your videos. Happy you came to Europe at last. By the way altitude is meters and distance kilometers ;)

  • @aidanmasterson50
    @aidanmasterson50 2 года назад

    Abbey choir music and epic bike rides, just somehow and I still don’t know how, it worked……brilliantly…..

  • @AndrejendrA
    @AndrejendrA 2 года назад

    thank you for sharing

  • @davidp7414
    @davidp7414 2 года назад

    I travel a lot for work. I often find myself in amazing places and my biggest wish is to have my wife along to share it.

  • @doddsalfa
    @doddsalfa 2 года назад +1

    Unusually good music on RUclips video

  • @Filthy_Rich_556
    @Filthy_Rich_556 Год назад

    Dude, dinner looks fire. It's funny how different diets suit different people. I was overweight and had high cholesterol. Believe it or not, I went strict carnivore and ate nothing but meat. I had ribeyes for lunch, or like a pound of bacon. I lost 40 lbs in 6 weeks. I started adding in fruit and veggies and keeping my carbs healthy and I've kept it off for a year. And with the weight loss, came a drop in cholesterol.

  • @AlexPeka
    @AlexPeka 2 года назад

    The grass is literally greener in Switzerland. Lots of tourists in the main towns but with a bike it's easy to get off the beaten track!

  • @ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155
    @ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 5 месяцев назад

    Alps are special. It is the combination of nature and human cultivation over the centuries. Even the houses often fit into the landscape and don't look like foreign objects. I once read that it was inspiration for Tolkiens Middle Earth.

    • @deinHELD1
      @deinHELD1 4 месяца назад

      You‘re right! Tolkien visited with only 19 years the swiss alps in 1911 and took lots of inspiration of the Lauterbrunnen-valley and the Jungfrau region in his descriptions of Middle Earth.
      BTW so did Walt Disney …visiting Zermatt in 1953 and opening the Matterhorn in Disneyland 1959.
      The only natural ressources we have infinite here is great views… (as long as we protect it and integrate ourself into the nature.)

  • @vagabond2551
    @vagabond2551 2 года назад

    Best video ever
    Loved it

  • @tednruth453
    @tednruth453 2 года назад +1

    "Cycling" is a "nationality"......without borders......all welcome.....✌️

  • @conniesometimes
    @conniesometimes 9 месяцев назад

    High af and that descent changed my life

  • @HomeInBeing
    @HomeInBeing 4 месяца назад

    So nice 😮

  • @kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853
    @kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853 Год назад

    What a beautiful film😅

  • @scottamy404
    @scottamy404 2 года назад

    So much nice!

  • @ofacefan
    @ofacefan 2 года назад

    so amazing it doesn't even look real

  • @ankjaers
    @ankjaers 2 года назад

    I wish you could experience more of the epic cycling countries in Europe

  • @tomasperformancepodcast
    @tomasperformancepodcast 2 года назад

    Multiple goosebumps!

  • @purplesprout5774
    @purplesprout5774 2 года назад

    Wow, just wow! You have found your Nirvana

  • @duartelima3210
    @duartelima3210 Год назад

    watching this video makes me not want to go to work tomorrow and just go outside to ride