What you failed to mention was that he went on a ride before this, did 38km with 1340m elevation and hit 5 KOMs. Then a couple of hours later he does this impossible climb. What an absolute machine
He had to warm up. That is a dream bike! I'm still waiting to set up my Raleigh RXM with the Ekar groupo. I'm mightily sure I won't be affording those wheels though.
I worked with Andrew (Feaths) for a few years. He is the most humble and nicest guy you could meet but built like a machine. Seeing him in vids and being National Hill Climb champ is amazing and deserved. (If you read this it's Dean)
30% is already very hard on a mountain bike. I do a race here in the vineyards north of Vienna that has some short sections at around 30.
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@@patricklaureys9238 30% is hard even on foot, let alone on a bike. But it's all about gear ratios, and being able to learn forward, XC bikes are great at this
Yup no whining or complaining, he just goes and does. Of course he used the right gear too! No fumbling putting his cleats which is just an amateurs move. :)
I road up a hill once which is probably around a 60 degree incline and barely made it up and its only about 100m long. I can't imagine ever trying this that goes for 7km. But I only have a mountain bike and just go on rides every now and then for a bit of exercise.
Feather is simply amazing; a creature made of different stuff, and most incredible is his humility. Off the charts talent and impossible humility in the same person. Truly epic. How many others could make that climb? A handful if that on earth. Wow!! Thanks for this video!!!!!!! : )
That he is even able to talk during and after the climb is astonishing. My tongue would be tangled up between the spokes and my longues would be left behind on the pavement. Ridiculous. Well done sir! 👌🏻
All top notch endurance athletes can do it. Those long distance runners can still talk and seemingly breathe normally when they are close to collapsing. I guess it's cus their co2 tolerance and HRV are so ridiculous, it is never their lungs/ heart but the muscles that give out , same as someone useless like myself doing push ups or squats.
I don't think anyone but Andrew and a few other top level pro hillclimbers are doing that with gravel gears. Even Andrew said it was not possible on road gears. I think for retired pros like the GCN crew even they would need MTB gears to have even a chance at that. Us mere mortals would need an e-bike
I do live in Trento, just 5 miles from the Scanuppia climb. So happy you came back for another try. I hope you also got the chance to test your climbing skills on other of the beautiful mountains we got here nearby. Anyway well done to Andrew for the effort and Ollie for the usual ironic approach
Wow! Absolutely incredible achievement! It must rank as one of the great cycling achievements. Ok, it's not a 3-week grand tour BUT IT'S STRAIGHT UP A MOUNTAIN! For almost 5 miles! Thanks Andrew for taking it on, thanks GCN for setting it up. This one will be hard to top!
That was an impressive feat. Take a look at some of the roads on Madeira, so many 1st & 2nd gear climbs in a car, never mind a bike. An example is Rua da Barreira in Funchal at 45%, though there are plenty of alternatives all over the island.
Great video guys. I went to Cooper’s hill ( The Cheese run ring any bells?!? ) just to stand in awe of its 45% degree steepness and could not even walk it let alone ride ( an electric ) bike up it !!! Great science in this explanation. If only I could turn back the clocks to when this was a piece of cake! And we had heavier bikes in the early 80s and no helmets or gloves!
The way the bike dances every spin on the steep corner section is crazy. I cant imagine how strong his heart is. Feather made this climb look easy. Damn
When even the Andrew Feather straying left and right on the climb, I know for sure that the climb is only suitable for four legged climber aka mountain goat than any human powered machine. Superb climb and great video.
Fair enough - but next time you might as well try it standing up as long as possible- most of Feather's ride seemed to be out of the saddle ;) Thanks for the reply. Love watching your episodes here in Vancouver BC.
Ollie, at the start that was the most wicked laugh I've ever heard. 🤣 "Well done" is an understatement for Feather, absolutely incredible effort. The correct bike and set up maybe but wow amazing. 👍🏻
10:26 was it the plan all along to not ride the Scanuppia (full climb) route on strava? looking at the screenshot i think andrew feather instead of taking a hard right on the 6km mark, he continued to ride straight ahead, which was mostly on the same altitude.
The man is not human! He’s so calm and collected after climbing up that wall!! 👏💪 Maybe Ollie should try it on the same bike and see how far he can get?
We love your videos!! Thank you for taking us along on your journey’s. Friendly reminder, it’s really hard on Big T’s spine (and painful ) when you sit him up on his booty even if you are holding him under his front legs. 😊
To quote Jeremy Clarkson: "What a machine!" I'd guess the only way to find even harder climbs would probably be to go to the Andes, Himalayas or Karakorum, those however would come with totally different challenges.
as someone who multiple times as a child experienced coming to a hault on a steep incline and then feeling that panic as you begin rolling backwards before the inevitable "twist & faceplant"....44% scares me. 🤣
Looking up the times and power numbers on strava from other people, I can definetely say Ollie could have managed it with easier gears. Ideally you could fit a 34 inner chainring to Alex's super gravel GRX 1x setup So, how many likes would you need for us to see the re-match?
Yeah I didn't think 38-44 was that easy, my MTB has 32-46 easiest gearing and it might take me all day, but I can climb up some pretty gnarly stuff, and I'm rubbish. Give a super fit rider some even easier gearing and they should manage this climb.
I'm a local and basically everyone I know who has ridden up Scanuppia has used a MTB. It's not impossible with some good fitness, I'm planning to do that with my hardtail using 30x44 gearing and my FTP is about 4w/kg
@@gcn well I personally love these hard challenges as they provide inspiration and put my sad abilities into perspective making me want to try harder! Perhaps you could send Andrew to Alpe D'huez to take on Pantani's incredibile record 😉
Just looked at the Strava for the climb, I cannot find him? One time in the top ten is 2019. Others foreign names 🤷🏻♂️👍🏻 ah I see him on segments of the whole climb getting KOM, but not KOM for the full climb. Unbelievable riding
That looked utterly brutal. The steepest I have been up is a 33% section of about 300 meters on a 2km climb… any further and I would have been off… no idea how he got up tht. Superman.
Great video. I’ve climbed some very steep grades on my bike (much shorter distances). I think the greatest limiting factor and risk is not strength, but almost flipping backwards from pushing on the petals and exerting torque on the back wheel.
I don’t recall ever seeing Ollie take defeat that badly. You would think he’d be use to it by now. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 . Props to Andrew. The strength and stamina to climb that is impressive. 👍🏼
Genting Highlands, Malaysia This 19.6-mile climb rises approximately 3,608 feet in just 10.5 miles, according to Climb by Bike. The road is mainly zigzagging, with several steep and sharp bends in the first and last few miles. The average gradient is 12 to 20 percent.
I think 45% is right about there on gravel tires, Andrew actually broke the back tire loose for a split second. Maybe a MTB tire could grip on a little steeper
At 8:24 there's a shot through the trees, presumably to show the steepness. The problem is the trees are all leaning backwards, indicating the camera isn't level and the steepness is being exaggerated in this shot. I don't believe anyone would think this isn't one very steep ride, so I don't think it's necessary to emphasise that steepness even further. Trees are always a giveaway as they generally grow straight up, no matter what slope they're on.
The trees in the shot aren't even the same angle as each other, proving that they don't necessarily grow straight upwards on a slope. Also everything tends to look less extreme on video so camera tilting can be done just to compensate.
That video was really mesmerizing! This is unbelievable! I'm going to call Guinness and see if we can get The Feather a world record! I never would have been able to afford to travel as much as I did without Mighty 🤛🏽 Travels 🤟🏼 Premium.
What a beast! He was taking the apex of the curves, not going wide! And it even looks hot with no breeze Ollie’s laugh as Feather departed was pure evil…
Insane. Also makes you curious what all of the world's best climbers would be capable of doing here (as in, not those on Strava, but the pro riders). Utterly insane to be able to even make it up there.
@@gcn My money would be on Dan as he's well versed in the dark arts and would effortlessly ride by them on an e-bike whilst trash talking them as did so!!
I must say, it's been many years since I've seen hips stay out, bike upright, wow! A form found only in the best/hardest races, from the greatest racers, such as Giro De Italia! Bravo mate, bravo! Pay attention kids! Form!
to be fair we don't see how long he takes to recover you always have that bit after you crest the hard bit of the climb where you have to keep going but you're recovering from the effort before you can pick up the pace again during the easier portion. you probably see it in the ride data if it's public. I don't use Strava so I'm not sure how much is publicly visible.
Feather is an absolute hill climb beast! I don't even want to imagine the power he outputs on a flat. Great inspiration to get better and better though.
Would love to see you try Vallejo & Broderick in San Francisco. It's the steepest sidewalk in SF! There's also Filbert Street between Leavenworth and Hyde which is a straight gradient of 31.5%
What other climbs would you like to see Feather take on?
Pozza San Glisente
A climbing challenge where Feather does 10 huge climbs in a day and see how he can deal with it?
Olympus Mons.
La stentaria, near the Zoncolan (but waay harder)
sugondese
Hardest climb ever and he leaves the default 'Lunch Ride' title on Strava. True class.
Gold
Chad
lmaooo
Savage
And he did a morning ride before lunch.
What you failed to mention was that he went on a ride before this, did 38km with 1340m elevation and hit 5 KOMs. Then a couple of hours later he does this impossible climb. What an absolute machine
and the temperature was very high it seems
I need to try harder.
He had to warm up.
That is a dream bike!
I'm still waiting to set up my Raleigh RXM with the Ekar groupo. I'm mightily sure I won't be affording those wheels though.
You don’t expect him to do this climb without a warm up do you?
Perfect warmup for a pro
feather: oh no a hairpin! this is the last hairpin i wanna see!!
also feather: *attacks the hairpin's steeper inside line*
Yes, he certainly wasn't taking the easy line at times.
KOM 'they gave me a script' Feather
I worked with Andrew (Feaths) for a few years. He is the most humble and nicest guy you could meet but built like a machine. Seeing him in vids and being National Hill Climb champ is amazing and deserved. (If you read this it's Dean)
Idk man, I know quite a few humble and nice guys. Not sure if you’re guy is the most humble or nicest
@@aleyorch44 I know a guy who is even more humbler
@@derLenno fukkk. Well you got me there
Can we take a second to appreciate the men that built/paved this road?
I can’t even begin to imagine how hard 44% feels like. Hats off to you, Feather 👏🏽💪🏽
On MTB it's easy to find steeper, but there's usually a lack of grip. I wanna try it!
30% is already very hard on a mountain bike. I do a race here in the vineyards north of Vienna that has some short sections at around 30.
@@patricklaureys9238 30% is hard even on foot, let alone on a bike. But it's all about gear ratios, and being able to learn forward, XC bikes are great at this
@@patricklaureys9238 Could you tell me the name of the race? I live close by!
I have went up a few hills that exceeded 20% but they were long most were a few hundred feet at most
Insane climb! Feather made it look easy and then was so humble when he absolutely crushed it. He always seems so chill and down to try anything!
Yep, like how he was humble and such a good sport, yet yeah, he slam dunked that. Those gradients are insane.
Yup no whining or complaining, he just goes and does. Of course he used the right gear too! No fumbling putting his cleats which is just an amateurs move. :)
9:53 - he was not taking the "don't blow up" lines
You’ll always seem chill if your resting heart rate is 12 bpm 😂
When you can see that a climb is crazy steep on screen, you know it has to be mind bendingly steep in real life!
For real! 🥵
@@gcn fr
It looks like torture even just WALKING this up haha! That guy is INCREDIBLE! Respect!
It's pretty mind blowing stuff 🤯 We struggled to stand on this incline!
Just watching this is torture!
It's all about tiny small steps!👍
Luckily with walking you can chooe from an infinite amount and variety of 'gears' and not the preselected 27 or so😅
I road up a hill once which is probably around a 60 degree incline and barely made it up and its only about 100m long. I can't imagine ever trying this that goes for 7km. But I only have a mountain bike and just go on rides every now and then for a bit of exercise.
Camera footage doesn't portray inclines very well. In person it must have looked even more extreme.
Feather is simply amazing; a creature made of different stuff, and most incredible is his humility. Off the charts talent and impossible humility in the same person. Truly epic. How many others could make that climb? A handful if that on earth. Wow!! Thanks for this video!!!!!!! : )
absolutely insane climb ! 🚴 🤯
Lloydy's getting nervous now about us getting to 100K likes! 😅
@@gcn Would his attempt interfere with beer drinking???
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"It gets easier from here..."
read that as "it gets less stupid steep from here". There, fixed it for you.
Hats off to Andrew, what a monster.
Goes from impossible climb to hard climb😂
Still ridiculously steep, just not unbelievably steep…
That he is even able to talk during and after the climb is astonishing. My tongue would be tangled up between the spokes and my longues would be left behind on the pavement. Ridiculous.
Well done sir! 👌🏻
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@@toobes100 no...cmon dude
All top notch endurance athletes can do it. Those long distance runners can still talk and seemingly breathe normally when they are close to collapsing. I guess it's cus their co2 tolerance and HRV are so ridiculous, it is never their lungs/ heart but the muscles that give out , same as someone useless like myself doing push ups or squats.
GCN, you're at 100k likes. It's Dan's time to shine
Riding down this without flying over the handlebars would be a challenge in itself 😮
Not easy in any direction 😬
I honestly didn't think he'd make it. Just fabulous! Hats off to you, Andrew!
This is one of the most incredible feats of cycling achievements ever. What an athlete! Congratulations Andrew Feather.
It's been road by hundreds of cyclists before just saying amateurs too.
@@aiden1064 no lol
@@aiden1064 Quite true even in this clip another cyclist can be seen doing the same feat!?😮
@@keithroberts5611 Pretty sure that was the cameraman on his electric bike.
*turbo* electric bike!
That is one savage climb! Hats off to Andrew! Now, let's see the GCN presenters please. 😊
Race time! With the GTN and GMBN crew, perhaps? And maybe the local hiking club.
The can not make it :D
I would love to see him bomb down that 😆🤔
I don't think anyone but Andrew and a few other top level pro hillclimbers are doing that with gravel gears. Even Andrew said it was not possible on road gears. I think for retired pros like the GCN crew even they would need MTB gears to have even a chance at that. Us mere mortals would need an e-bike
I'd like to see a GCN race. Allow gearing as ridiculous as 30x51 if need be.
I felt every pedal stroke! That was insane climbing and sheer power! Wow!!!
Where is the ebike comparison using a 75 year old lady?
LOL😂
I do live in Trento, just 5 miles from the Scanuppia climb. So happy you came back for another try. I hope you also got the chance to test your climbing skills on other of the beautiful mountains we got here nearby. Anyway well done to Andrew for the effort and Ollie for the usual ironic approach
There is a little more to come from our little trip to Italy in the coming weeks, so keep a look out 🙂
Is it still banned for cyclists? A friend of mine rode it about 20 years ago before the ban came in.
@@davidzof as far as I know is still closed. But as you can see it can't be climbed for "us" roadies living on planet Earth...
@@davidzof Yes, without special permission it is banned for cyclist. I'm from Trento.
@@scartezz1 Too steep for me anyway, and I've ridden some steep climbs in Italy.
Wow! Absolutely incredible achievement! It must rank as one of the great cycling achievements. Ok, it's not a 3-week grand tour BUT IT'S STRAIGHT UP A MOUNTAIN! For almost 5 miles! Thanks Andrew for taking it on, thanks GCN for setting it up. This one will be hard to top!
No one's taking that KOM anytime soon, hat's off to Andrew!
Oooopppss forgot to press start on strata!! 😬😬haha he could do it again anytime. Dudes a beast.
Maybe, MAYBE Jonas Vingegaard?
@@gcn If you guys can manage to get him up there! That would be lit!
That was an impressive feat. Take a look at some of the roads on Madeira, so many 1st & 2nd gear climbs in a car, never mind a bike. An example is Rua da Barreira in Funchal at 45%, though there are plenty of alternatives all over the island.
Would love to see Feather take on the full Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Not as steep but extremely long and up to massive altitude.
Or Haleakela
Well done to Andrew for his effort but especially for his humbleness and attitude. Chapeau
crazy how he's taking the tighter/steeper line. what an absolute mad man. all my respect to Mr. Feather.
Great video guys. I went to Cooper’s hill ( The Cheese run ring any bells?!? ) just to stand in awe of its 45% degree steepness and could not even walk it let alone ride ( an electric ) bike up it !!!
Great science in this explanation. If only I could turn back the clocks to when this was a piece of cake!
And we had heavier bikes in the early 80s and no helmets or gloves!
The way the bike dances every spin on the steep corner section is crazy. I cant imagine how strong his heart is. Feather made this climb look easy. Damn
Feather's capacity for recovery is astonishing. Amazing effort!
When even the Andrew Feather straying left and right on the climb, I know for sure that the climb is only suitable for four legged climber aka mountain goat than any human powered machine. Superb climb and great video.
i’ve never seen him zig zag before! it’s crazy
Hmmm, Ollie - if it was just the gearing holding you back why didn't you just have a go after Feather on his bike?.... 😄🚵♂️
@@charlesjungclaus the bike was too small. such a shame. i was gutted. 😂
Fair enough - but next time you might as well try it standing up as long as possible- most of Feather's ride seemed to be out of the saddle ;) Thanks for the reply. Love watching your episodes here in Vancouver BC.
Ollie, at the start that was the most wicked laugh I've ever heard. 🤣
"Well done" is an understatement for Feather, absolutely incredible effort. The correct bike and set up maybe but wow amazing. 👍🏻
Passed through Trento a few weeks ago during TCR... I am glad I never put that into my route! Brutal... great job!
10:26 was it the plan all along to not ride the Scanuppia (full climb) route on strava? looking at the screenshot i think andrew feather instead of taking a hard right on the 6km mark, he continued to ride straight ahead, which was mostly on the same altitude.
The man is not human! He’s so calm and collected after climbing up that wall!! 👏💪 Maybe Ollie should try it on the same bike and see how far he can get?
@@ax1066a-ghd2 I'm sure he did. Maybe a later video. If not I'm sure he did
his fitness is in the elite category
unfortunately feathers bike is too small for me 👀😂
Ollie didn’t want to put Andrew to shame…
I really really wanna see Lloydy take this on. C'mon guys give this video a thumbs-up 👍 Been a while since we've seen the legend in a video!
Spread the word 😅🙏
Oli tried this with a 40/42? That’s insane!
And that’s an incredible effort from Feather. Seriously impressive riding.
Yes, Ollie's gearing was nonsense. I would have try that climb with a 34t chainring and a cassette up to 50 or 52t.
@@qzrnuiqntp " ...50 OR 52t."
LOL Everybody knows 50t is for woosies. 53t, although 52t is acceptable.
@@WattsOnTheUp eh?
@@a1white If you can't read sarcasm, or don't have a sense of humor, go away.
@@WattsOnTheUp 😅
We love your videos!! Thank you for taking us along on your journey’s.
Friendly reminder, it’s really hard on Big T’s spine (and painful ) when you sit him up on his booty even if you are holding him under his front legs. 😊
Chapeau! Incredible ride, astonishing fitness!
Man is full on recovering on 10-15% gravel gradients. You're an animal, Feather!
The guy’s a freakin’ legend!!! What pure talent, skill, graft, and mental endurance this guy has. Totally in awe👏
That was just out of control, I can't believe he didn't put a foot down at all!! Andrew Feather is the GOAT
To quote Jeremy Clarkson: "What a machine!"
I'd guess the only way to find even harder climbs would probably be to go to the Andes, Himalayas or Karakorum, those however would come with totally different challenges.
as someone who multiple times as a child experienced coming to a hault on a steep incline and then feeling that panic as you begin rolling backwards before the inevitable "twist & faceplant"....44% scares me. 🤣
Looking up the times and power numbers on strava from other people, I can definetely say Ollie could have managed it with easier gears. Ideally you could fit a 34 inner chainring to Alex's super gravel GRX 1x setup
So, how many likes would you need for us to see the re-match?
Yeah I didn't think 38-44 was that easy, my MTB has 32-46 easiest gearing and it might take me all day, but I can climb up some pretty gnarly stuff, and I'm rubbish. Give a super fit rider some even easier gearing and they should manage this climb.
do you want to share the power numbers?
@@sophocles8761 you can look up yourself, around 250 for around an hour. No idea about weight and gear of riders
I'm a local and basically everyone I know who has ridden up Scanuppia has used a MTB. It's not impossible with some good fitness, I'm planning to do that with my hardtail using 30x44 gearing and my FTP is about 4w/kg
It’s bigger than a 44 as it says 44 on the second last cog if you pair the video
Feather content is the currently the one I enjoy the most. He is just a great guy and such a ridiculous climber.
Thanks! What should we challenge him to do next?
@@gcn How about an everesting record? Some weeks of training featured in the GCN show with a stand alone video of the actual attempt 😁
Speechless! Best video you've ever made. I was willing him up just to believe that it was possible. Fair play!
High praise - thanks! What would you like to see more of from us?
@@gcn well I personally love these hard challenges as they provide inspiration and put my sad abilities into perspective making me want to try harder!
Perhaps you could send Andrew to Alpe D'huez to take on Pantani's incredibile record 😉
No rim tape to save weight, but there's weight enough to spare for a mounted camera to get that Pinarello chainstay shot @ 7:08
Such a class! He made it so easy even the climb is brutal. Great equipment and talent!💪
I've been up steeper climbs than that, when my hobby was rock climbing.
This the best suspenseful video GCN has done, so much fun watching. Congrats to Feather, I don’t blame Dan for being reluctant.
Admit it, did you think he stacked it? (we fell for it too) 😅
Good effort from camera man even on an ebike absolute beast of a climb
The cameraman is also a machine 💪
Sheer grit, sportsmanship and Feather... you rock.
That gent is an absolute MACHINE!!! That was done effort, the video does it no justice. Bravo 👏🏻
Just looked at the Strava for the climb, I cannot find him? One time in the top ten is 2019. Others foreign names 🤷🏻♂️👍🏻 ah I see him on segments of the whole climb getting KOM, but not KOM for the full climb. Unbelievable riding
That looked utterly brutal. The steepest I have been up is a 33% section of about 300 meters on a 2km climb… any further and I would have been off… no idea how he got up tht. Superman.
Sounds Hardknott-esque 😌
Congrats to Andrew, breathtaking climb, jaw-dropping :). I admired that he didn`t sweat much for such a savage climb and lack of swearing too :).
Oh my word, I almost fell off my chair seeing him get up this climb! Wow, what a machine !!!! Chapeau !
Great video. I’ve climbed some very steep grades on my bike (much shorter distances). I think the greatest limiting factor and risk is not strength, but almost flipping backwards from pushing on the petals and exerting torque on the back wheel.
This guys will be the first person who Drives up to the top of the Mount Everest. Amazing Clib! Clean driving
That's what I think climbs look like and feel like when I ride them, except they are only 10 or 12%. I can't even imagine riding this, amazing!
Respect!!! I love the bit where the cameraman is zig zagging on an ebike in turbo mode!
The beast takes on the beast and conquers it..... Well done Mr Feather. HUGE respect.
best comment...😎👍
Stumbled across this in my feed and WOW!!! THAT GUY IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Great video!
All I can think of is how amazing it would be the other way around! Insane feat though, geez!
Top work! We all knew he was going to do it, but he looked absolutely effortless! (Thanks to the power of editing!) Bravo flying feather!
We don’t think it was guaranteed! He is a beast though 😎
Amazing effort on the climb, Mr Feather; I think the descent would be terrifying.
I don’t recall ever seeing Ollie take defeat that badly. You would think he’d be use to it by now. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 . Props to Andrew. The strength and stamina to climb that is impressive. 👍🏼
Such a bad loser
Ollie's effort was damn good for an amateur. Remember Ollie has never been a pro, his background is in journalism, not pro bike racing.
4:07 That's not a rock wall, those are human skulls
He not only did it, he was also able to put together a meaningful sentence during that and multiple of them after that. Pure insanity.
In awe - the man’s a legend. It’s so steep I spilled my breakfast wine just watching.
This is insane, what a beast!
Have you noticed 10.3km/h average???
No words, congrats 🤘🏻
That's about 400 watts average.
I was sweating just watching Andrew Feather do that. It’s ridiculous, he’s ridiculous, in a good way. Total Legend!! 🙌👏
That was amazing!! Great job and video!!🚴🥵💯
Genting Highlands, Malaysia
This 19.6-mile climb rises approximately 3,608 feet in just 10.5 miles, according to Climb by Bike. The road is mainly zigzagging, with several steep and sharp bends in the first and last few miles. The average gradient is 12 to 20 percent.
You should do a challenge to see what's the steepest % you can ride up - with artificial ramps perhaps
I think 45% is right about there on gravel tires, Andrew actually broke the back tire loose for a split second. Maybe a MTB tire could grip on a little steeper
Nice idea, thanks!
I felt sick and out of breath just watching it, what a legend 👏
Us too!
FASTEST GCN PRESENTER ON THAT CLIMB PLS!
So, Lloydy on his moped?
At 8:24 there's a shot through the trees, presumably to show the steepness. The problem is the trees are all leaning backwards, indicating the camera isn't level and the steepness is being exaggerated in this shot. I don't believe anyone would think this isn't one very steep ride, so I don't think it's necessary to emphasise that steepness even further. Trees are always a giveaway as they generally grow straight up, no matter what slope they're on.
The trees in the shot aren't even the same angle as each other, proving that they don't necessarily grow straight upwards on a slope. Also everything tends to look less extreme on video so camera tilting can be done just to compensate.
Another great video 👍
I’m looking forward to Saluda
I’ve enjoyed working with this group
mad props to feather man can't imagine my legs after 3mins on that climb
you don't need 3 mins, except you are very trained. One is enough.
He’s truly a legend…
That's it I'm off the booze for a week to prepare for my local 8% killer climb 😀. Brilliant video! 👏🏼
For the hardest paved climb, it looks like it’s missing the pavement. Can’t believe Andrew did that!
the fact that he can keep and keep going is so impressiv .. endurance madnest
Dude is a machine!
He is a bit of a legend!
That video was really mesmerizing! This is unbelievable! I'm going to call Guinness and see if we can get The Feather a world record! I never would have been able to afford to travel as much as I did without Mighty 🤛🏽 Travels 🤟🏼 Premium.
fwiw you have to pay money to Guiness to be entered in their record book
What a beast! He was taking the apex of the curves, not going wide! And it even looks hot with no breeze Ollie’s laugh as Feather departed was pure evil…
Full send!
Nice effort! With 38-44 it is so hard! Luckily full climb KOM is still alive. 🙏😁
Insane. Also makes you curious what all of the world's best climbers would be capable of doing here (as in, not those on Strava, but the pro riders). Utterly insane to be able to even make it up there.
I would think that hillclimb specialists are better at this than most pro riders.
I hope he gets an award or something for climbing the most steepest mountain
This might be my new favourite GCN video. An insane challenge, awesome bike and honest enthusiasm in the presentation by Ollie. Keep up the good work!
Thanks - what would you like to see us do next? 🤔
A Dan Lloyd, Adam Blythe, Robbie McEwan, Orla Chennaoui showdown is required….
Right!
@@gcn My money would be on Dan as he's well versed in the dark arts and would effortlessly ride by them on an e-bike whilst trash talking them as did so!!
Olly is the type of guy to Shazam the Wii sports intro
Crank it UP! He’s always playing it at the office…
SO CLOSE TO 100K LIKES
*GET TRAINING DAN !!*
I must say, it's been many years since I've seen hips stay out, bike upright, wow!
A form found only in the best/hardest races, from the greatest racers, such as Giro De Italia! Bravo mate, bravo! Pay attention kids!
Form!
I'm so impressed by how quick he retrieves his strength and breath after the main effort!
to be fair we don't see how long he takes to recover you always have that bit after you crest the hard bit of the climb where you have to keep going but you're recovering from the effort before you can pick up the pace again during the easier portion. you probably see it in the ride data if it's public. I don't use Strava so I'm not sure how much is publicly visible.
top level climbers have ungodly endurance
Feather is an absolute hill climb beast! I don't even want to imagine the power he outputs on a flat. Great inspiration to get better and better though.
That was completely mental - phenomenal climbing regardless of the tech ! Would love to see Dan Lloyd do it 😉
You know it - spread the word 🙌
Add physical. Those thighs are strong
Would love to see you try Vallejo & Broderick in San Francisco. It's the steepest sidewalk in SF! There's also Filbert Street between Leavenworth and Hyde which is a straight gradient of 31.5%
Absolutely incredible ride.well done mate👍👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊