A Grudge Match On Cap Formentor.
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- Опубликовано: 2 май 2024
- I have a score to settle with the famous Cap Formentor route on Mallorca. Last year it beat me but this year I was ready to take it on and show it who is boss!
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So different from my first visit in March 1962! Much of the road was single track, very tight hairpins and apex gradients! Only small coaches allowed, had to reverse back to get round curves! Hitched a lift back to Pto Pollensa on back of an old Lambretta, interesting! Roger in Spain 76. Well done to you once again
Tip, when you don't want to ride over the mountains on your way back: There is a ferry from Platya Formentor to Port de Pollenca, which conveniantly skips the climb 😁
Thanks for the tip. I didn’t know that. I may have to use that ferry at some point!
So what if the ride wasn't easy? All that matters is that you conquered the ride! You go, Leonardo!!!
I got through it!
I've been watching you for a while now and I past you on the road..1 minute 36 seconds into the clip, glad you did the lighthouse.
You've had an enviable start to this season, and it has stood you in good stead for rides like this one. Lovely to see your achievements recently.
I’ve certainly been very lucky.
Well done Leonard, nice ride and nice vlog. It certainly bought back memories of riding with you there last year.
Thanks Philip. Hope you can join us next time.
Brilliant, Leonardo! You're always that bit better off after a tough climb than before it.
I’m always happier after a tough climb!
Well done Leonard! You always produce excellent content.
Glad you enjoy it!
It’s spectacular but tough ride to the lighthouse. I was over there for the 312 and rode out to it on Wednesday when the weather was fantastic.
Congratulations. Thanks for sharing the adventure here!
Thanks for joining me.
Congratulations - My brother and I did this ride one week ago in not so good weather and as you experinced the cars at the lighthouse were an issue but the cold wind in truth was worse. The roads have improved since I last rode this route and the road surface in the tunnel has improved immensley and it has also been lined because last time water was dropping form the roof. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for taking us along.
Glad you enjoyed
Wow, nice ride!
It was!
I went in late September, left Alcuida at 7am for my rides and had the roads virtually to myself, it’s stunning at that time of day with the sun just up, soft light and hardly any people.
Nice! I get my hire bike at 9am when I get there at Pollensa in a week or so, so plan to use the first day to "acclimatise" by doing either a jaunt to the La Victoria area past Alcudia and maybe go up Sa Batalla, but away from pressure points like this and Sa Calobra , can also get the bike fit dialled...But from Pollensa will do Cap Formentor hopefully with a 6-7am start as the sun rises, as the road isn't shut to cars etc until the day after I leave! (I may take some lights, was wondering in seriousness about a night ride up there to catch the sunrise from the lighthouse! No idea if they shut the road at dark though??)
Absolutely amazing video as usual... Thanks for the upload Leonard!! 😎👌🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
A very good ride indeed Leonardo, and yes, you showed it who was Boss! Well done! I've done that ride twice and loved it - but I'll never do it again if the traffic is that heavy (both cars and bikes). It looked a little too much for my liking. I guess I've been lucky with late season, early morning starts. Thanks for the vlog!
Yes, early morning is the way to go with that routeя
Well done, it’s a lovely ride.
Many thanks!
Great effort, you smashed it🚴🚴
Thanks. Not sure I smashed it, though.
Hooray great job 👏
Thanks.
This has given me the appetite to get back to Majorca , I do prefer October time to visit for the cycling, great video Leonardo well done fella 👍
You should!
Well done! Always feels good to come back and conquer the ride that bested you last time. And feels good to see that you’ve improved too.
Loads of people! I’d be tempted to carry a rucksack of bolos to deal with people who got in the way :)
Hey Kevan, not sure what a bolo is!
Oops. Bolas, not bolos. Not sure if a typo or brain glitch (thinking police acronym BOLO ie be on the lookout for)
@@chrisconnors7418 I still had to Google them.
In the late 80s we had to make and then use them (on targets, not on anything living) for an advanced wilderness survival class. I always thought they’d be handy to stop pedestrians from blithely blundering in front of bicycles :)
Well done Leonard. 1100 meters is a good climb in my book.
Hey Steve, it’s quite a climb for the distance but we did a similar amount on one of our Italian rides to avoid the dogs.
@@jollygoodvelo I was wondering how those compared. Either way, it looked painful.
Well done Lenard!
Thanks Bruce.
Thanks an interesting ride you've now ticked that box..
I’ve done it a few times now but this one was more important to me.
Well done! I was there last week and traffic was busy, but not as bad as during your ride. It would be great if they would extend the closure of the road from the beach to between 1st of May and end of September (which they are talking about).
I would love to ride when the road is closed to cars.
One for the bucket list, bit hectic though with tourists and traffic (Like Masca in Tenerife...or day I say it even the NC500 on the Bealach na Ba!!), wonder if a VERY early start would be better to avoid the masses...? Great job bagging it this time!
I think early is the way to go until they close the road to cars and busses.
Bumped into you on a hill on the Isle of Wight - Was just heading off with the gang but great to see you in the wild. Hope you had a good ride, mine was a little slow with some beginners in our group but we had a great day. I have uploaded a video but did not manage to capture you. What an amazing decent here and a little big longer and bigger than the IOW, plus great you made it up this time. I must admit it looks a bit crowded with coaches etc but looks lovely. I am certainly to head over there to try this one off-season at some point.
Did we say hello properly? Hopefully we did! I chatted to quite a few people. Yes, had a good ride, thanks but the rain made it a little damp. Hope you enjoyed the ride too.
@@jollygoodvelo We were just heading off, so I only got to shout out but yes it was wet. I somehow managed to dry-off between soakings though, so at times it was great. Its my second ride on the route and next year I may abort if the weather looks rough :). I will follow you to Majorca instead but I noted they also had bank holiday rain.
@@fittonbikes Yed Mallorca was very cold and wet this year.
Nice ride! Not to be defeated in the second go.
I wasn’t going to let it beat me.
Well done Leonard!
Thanks.
The other side of the Island is not so scenic but a hell of a lot less crowded. Starting to look crazy in recent times up that end of the place..
I’ve only ever driven in n the southern part and it’s very quiet compared to the north
Went there in the 90s when I was a young gun, fantastic riding, mostly pro teams and training camps back then a fraction of the amount of cyclist
I imagine in the 90s it was pretty quiet. I can see it’s got a lot busier in the last couple of years.
thanks god you are in UK few days a year man! you are so life loving man! ;-)
Sadly it’s more than a few days. These videos show my travels. I’m not sure anyone is interested in my local routes anymore.
@@jollygoodvelo oh, I am so sorry for you ;) however looking at your videos, you might not have enough time this year to ... visit UK ;-)
@@zyghom I’ve heard the UK is a nice enough place…apart from the weather.
@@jollygoodvelo ;-)
Perfect weather to have some mountains.. and, naturally, done and dusted easily! 🤗 Soon we’ll see You to do British Lake area hill races! Showing to those steep ascents who really is The Boss! (Not Bruce anymore!!) Well done.. 👍
Maybe one day!
Not easily at all.
Start from Pollenca at 0800 and you have the ride to yourself more or less, even on busy days.
well done Mr Lee - the Boss returned :)
I do try.
Welldone lenard
🖖 Hello, I'm also a heavyweight like you and I know what it means to carry your own weight to the Cup Formentor and bring it back. 🙌🏼👏🏼 you mastered it super. I subscribed to your channel, I like what you do - Greetings your bike Fritz
I did Cap Formentor last year and thought the ride back was easier than ride out to lighthouse. Might be perception but it's something I thought at time. As an aside, my photo is at Formentor lighthouse.
There is a lot more downhill on the return le, apart from the climb back up the col du cruetta.
@@jollygoodvelo Yes correct so my point is (which I should have made previously) is basically if you can get to lighthouse then good chance be able to make return OK. When I did it last year, I had a cold(always got an excuse) so once I got there I was slightly concerned about return leg but was fine. Just a heads up for those thinkng about doing it really.
Chapeau
Thanks.
Good memories, but a little jealous. Nevertheless, I wish you all possible joy and pleasure on the bike.
Come and join us next time.
Another trip abroad unable to work does pay well
I am basically a full time RUclipsr thesedays
10 deg C is exactly 50F by the way. A little quirk of English-Metric conversions. More comments after I've seen it all. So there was a payphone at the lighthouse then? With all those cars, it would be temping to grab hold of one and get towed for a bit! Ever seen "Breaking Away"? I was riding this morning and it would of been so easy to do that with this one little pick-up truck from a light, just at my last two miles or so. One thing with all the traffic, cars, and people, you aren't going to get stranded someplace if you had a mechanical breakdown or accident. Someone would give you a lift even if you assumed 98% are overly self-centered pricks. The views looked very nice and I think the cooler temps might of been appreciated on the climbs there. Pizza, I do love it. And I've been back to those after self-denying it from last fall to March. Still haven't made my own again yet, just frozen. Lately I've been hitting early mornings between around 5:40 and 6:10, with the temps hovering at the same 50 degrees F. Had an awesome one today. Felt so strong on the bike, and with all the climbs, I felt like I could just go on and on. Did roundabouts twenty miles today.
I don’t think there was a pay phone at the lighthouse. What made you think there was??
@@jollygoodvelo Well, that looked like that was where everyone showed up for an end point and scenic view, and you said you had to call someone for a lift last time also. Why wouldn't there be? But really, I know you wouldn't go anywhere or do anything without your cell phone, so I was just making fun halfway. Halfway not since I'd expect there to be one to use if I needed to make a call. They are really supposed to have those in place for people to use. Ripping them all out is stupid in the extreme.
@@jollygoodveloLike Rod Stewart says, "I Was Only Joking".
Lovely route, I've done it last week for the first time. Were you at the Repsol garage last Friday? We were doing Sa Calobra, I think I've seen someone like you.
I was indeed at the Repsol garage last Friday. Stay tuned as it will be my next vlog. You might see yourself!
Great, I will look forward to it 😊 I was thinking about saying hello but wasn't sure it's you and didn't want to disturb 😊
@@repo4 I’m always very happy to say hello.
Leonard, can you tell me what saddles you use, thanks
I just ride the saddles that come with the bikes.
Glad you got a good position, I could bore you stupid on that subject, luv the vid too matey 👍
Hi do you realise at 9.53 you are on the wrong side of the road? Can be dangerous, good vidio.
They have two way cycle lanes so it’s not really the wrong side of the road.
Far too busy for it to be enjoyable for me personally.
It was very busy but an adventire
Yes Mallorca is far too busy. I live on the mainland there are much better places to ride where there are no cars and you won’t pay an arm and a leg for a coffee.
Wow looks lovely, accept all those pesky cars and tourists in the way😂
Mallorca too busy. Much better places to ride on the mainland.
You get about Leonard , have you taken your pension tax free lump sum ? 😂
I wish.
Don't know why people cycle on the Puerto Pollenca to Alcudia road on the left hand side of the road after the ring road island against the correct flow of traffic. It is not laned as in the port cycle track. Seen to many crashes caused by cyclists doing this .
IT'S BLOODY DANGEROUS!!!!
The cycle lane is two ways and is on the left hand side of the road as you cycle from Port Pollensa to Alcúdia. Granted, it does ensure and cyclists are directed to the right hand side of the road after a few kms.
@@jollygoodvelo I have been going to Puerto Pollenca for 34 years. You seem to have missed my point. I know the cycle lane is used from the Port to the island of the ring road is 2 ways. However after that it resorts to one lane with the lane on the sea side being to riders in the direction of Alcudia to Puerto Pollenca. You were traveling towards Alcudia on the wrong side of the road at 9.50 there is an arrow pointing towards Peurto Pollenca.This is why I said it was dangerous and the cause of many head on collisions
@@sofagough4456 I seriously doubt anyone deliberately rides on the wrong side of the road. It’s interesting that it only seems to happen at that one particular place on the entire island. I would suspect it’s the complicated two way system coming out of Pollenca confusing people. I too have been coming to Mallorca for over 20 years and never had any issues until that cycle lane was introduced.