Cycling Up The Steepest Road In The World | Ffordd Pen Llech
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2019
- Guinness World Records officially confirmed Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech as the steepest climb in the world. Ollie and Hank went to Wales to ride up the record breaking hill and see if they could take the Strava KOM...
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How does this compare to the steepest roads around you?
I live in the netherlands.... onze big flat.
I was going to measure how steep my local hills are, but you'd get a protracted reply.
I rode with Dan on Sat while he was testing out his new Supersix Evo, he's properly strong. I wonder how much quicker he would have been on his super light climbing bike rather than his aero bike?! There's another great climb in North Wales called Gwaenysgor hill (The Wall). Not quite as steep as this one in Harlech at 'only' 33%, but it's longer and rather gruelling. The view from the hillside is rather splendid too.
Went up a road last week that was over 5km long at 14% average but the road surface was nowhere near as good as that Welsh hill. The Bastille in Grenoble also looks steeper than that hill.
There are definitely steeeper streets around where I live in Switzerland: www.strava.com/segments/20373626
“What he doesn’t know is that I’ve changed his gear to a 3923!”
Me: *laughs like I have any idea what that means*
Changed his front chainrings from 50 and 34 teeth to 39 and 23 teeth to make it easier to climb
cameron robertson I still don’t know what that means but at least it was easier for him to climb
@@ahahm3 Are you ready for a big nerdy explanation you didn't ask for? Gears are all about ratios. And those ratios indicate how many turns of the rear wheel you will get for each turn of the cranks. lower ratios give more torque and climbing ability, higher ratios enable more speed to be achieved.
Let's talk about those ratios: A ratio of 1 to 1 or 1:1 is 1 turn of the cranks giving one turn of the rear wheel. This would be a pretty good gear for climbing. If you had a 23 tooth chainring up front (on the crank) and a 23 tooth sprocket at the back (on the rear) you would have this 1:1 ratio - as 23 and 23 are equal, the ratio is 1:1. Now, a high gear like 50 tooth ring up front and 10 tooth sprocket at the back, gives a ratio of 5:1. You get 5 turns of the rear wheel for each turn of the cranks, but you'd only really be able to use this on the flat and downhills. This would be top gear on a lot of bikes
So as Cameron said, swapping his front chainrings for smaller ones gave the bike lower gear ratios across all gears, making it easier to climb
hydorah Ah, I get it a bit
cameron robertson no, he’s saying he’s changed it (from a now common 50/34 chainset) to a 53/39 chainset and a 23 tooth as the lowest gear on the cassette. This used to be standard racing setup and would have made it really difficult to go up any steep hill, let alone this one...
600W? that man can single-handedly power an RTX gaming rig...
Absolutely no one will get this but me lol
@@noahmitchell3833 And me. PC master race checking-in. 😎
I need my KW power supply. MOAR powerz!
Mallchad : even the cheapest electrical drill you can buy in a DIY store is more powerfull...😂😂, the human body isn’t a very strong powerhouse.
@@Sibbe2560 *sigh* it's a joke. naturally the human body cannot maintain a reasonable power output for any useful time. But this man can power a computer. for a minute. assuming 100% efficiency.
They obviously haven’t seen how steep my grades decreased during year 3
What happened in year 3?
@@gcn Lol, I think he means School grades, since they closed the school's, grades dropped heavily.
@@gcn Stays in year 3.
He's faster than me uphill when I'm going on a flat, straight road lol
Don't forget that his bike costs over 5k and more...
@@bl7rs 5k more to save 0.5-1kg. What does it change? 99% people would loose to him if he had a supermarket MTB vs proper climbing bike.
Actually that looks like the System-Six HiMod Dura-ace Di2 model bike, so those are about $11,000 usd....
KALA -7- MATA and he’s an ex pro ahah
Same here....I am glad I can bike let alone be at the top
The phone says 36 DEGREES.
36 DEGREES is significantly different than 36 PERCENT...
HOW DOES NO ONE ELSE KNOW THIS?!?
Maxwell Greene apple for you
@@GuinessOriginal no, degrees does not equal percent!
Did anyone do maths at school around here? y = mx + b where m is the slope rise/run?!?
JBMP that's apple for you. Shit
And that guy is supposed to have a phd...
How many plot twists can you fit in one video?
GCN: Yes
How many memes can RUclips run into the ground?
RUclips: *YES*
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It was called the world's steepest street for a few months. After a recheck, the record has now been given back to Baldwin Street in Dunedin New Zealand. It is the world's second steepest now, and I suspect will stay this way.
San Francisco reputedly has steeper streets than Baldwin Rd. Because Guinness says one thing does not make it absolute fact.
A road in Pittsburgh, PA also is in the running for the steepest as is an unpaved road in Hawaii.
Must be my eyes as I age but the ine in Ireland just looks….meh…whatever.
The gradient has to be taken at the centreline of the road.Baldwin St has it but there's a road in Italy which is over 40% gradient.
BREAKING NEWS: Baldwin Street in Dunedin NZ has just regained its title.
Looks like a trip to NZ when all this isolation is over. 😁
True, Baldwin Street has got again!
@@davidgandar2021 yep, this road had the steepest corner, but Baldwin is steepest in the middle and straight, no gimmicks ...
SquishyBiker Its about the overall steepnes, I think.
Yep! Confirmed that this welsh street measured the gradient on the inside of a corner, which bumps up the steepness a lot and isn’t indicative to what you’d actually experience when using the street
Adam Morris i live in dunedin
That "steepest road on the wOOOrld" Jeremy Clarkson style was on point!
My thoughts exactly.
Not really … Way too fast. You need at least a 4 second pause between …. road… and … in the world.
Did Mt. Washington in New Hampshire USA 20 years ago. Steel bike, 53/39 with a 11/24 in the back. INSANE!
Back when you had to produce your own testosterone.
Those were the days.
@@plusbonus1165 hahaha 20 years ago was the height of synthetic testosterone boosting.
That's nine miles of up to 22%. It's only open to bicycles for the annual hill climb event. Yea sure you did.
This was one of the better GCN episodes. Very funny. Insanely impressive.
That black Cannondale though... Damn fine looking machine.
Ollie's initial history lesson is so enthusiastic, it made my day.
Those Welsh pronunciations were amazing. Well done. Thank you for such a sterling effort.
Great clip thanks guys. The castle in the background is amazing and would surely inspire riders. Cheers from New Zealand.
When I saw this news story this morning my first thought was literally "I wonder what that's like to cycle up", lol.
RUclips Rerun in a new modern style, well played GCN... well played!
What a treat! Thank you for posting!
I appreciate Ollie’s commitment to walking up that hill in cycling shoes 🤣
Used to walk up this climb to the pub back in the 70s , brutal ! Also been up the one in Dunedin.
Watching it, I reminded of an uphill that almost killed me. And it was "only" 18% steep.
1:16 “Depths of winter” 🤣😂 🇨🇦 laughs
T BZ bruh your climates different. No one cares
imwellshook Aww you have a bad day? 27 people seemed amused at least. You must be a real pleasure at parties. Smh...have a good weekend princess. Oh, and reeeelax
T BZ at parties no one really brings up how there winters different to another winter
imwellshook The fact you don’t understand the concept of being ‘analogous’ tells me everything I need to know. Not only are you a twat, you’re not a very bright one either.
T BZ You wouldn’t be laughing with 3 months of continuous rain 😭
I used to go on my road bike a fair amount. There were some fairly steep streets to go up where I lived. I couldn't pedal straight up them even in the lowest gears, but I got really good at traversing back and forth to go higher and higher. When I made the turn I would accelerate a little to gain some speed. Doing this, I could then get to the top and go on my way.
Hasn’t this video already come out?
We had to make some changes, you might have already seen it already.
Yes, put on a few months ago. I think it's just been reloaded because the hill has officially been recognised as the steepest in the world, beating the climb in Dunedin, New Zealand
Bill of Rights and the USA had airports during the war of independence
Excited about video that just got uploaded
Looks familiar, checks upload date. Checks out.
Hears them talk about February...
Checks Description. Checks out.
Checks sanity... checks out?
Goes to the comments which are all new comments and had to actually dig for a second to find out that weirdly enough, I'm not crazy, and yes I have seen this before.
Thankyou, thought I was losing my mind haha
This is the video of 2019! Ollie and James you are Kings! It had everything and give me the biggest smile see over and over again :).
This is a rerun. This video was already uploaded months ago!! WEAK!! E-Bike? Why not buy a motorcycle? Same thing isn't it?
That is the sense of humour the have in the video who make the video and in the end when nr Evans come in hugh speed and broke Ollies sheating KOM Dreams. 😂
Went to Harlech on holiday a few years ago and cycled up there. By chance came across this video today and found out how steep it is. It is brutal!
You guys are Awesome! Love the videos!
That CannonDale Bike is so beautiful. If I win the lottery, I will buy one and hang it in my front room.
Phillip Woody Shepherd same!!
Baldwin St has reclaimed the record as the steepest street!
That's what I was thinking .....
As of 7 November 2019, the Guinness Book of records corrected their mistake. Baldwin St was always and still is the steepest street in the world.
Superb filming. First time I've seen the Harlech street actually *looking* steep.
Stealing KOMs on an e-bike? Shameless!
It was still good that they just use e-bike instead of motorbike,
@@jeffrey2839 There is plenty of KOM's held by individuals who forgot to turn off their GPS while they rode their cars. Half their ride is on a bike, then it looks like they jump in their car and head somewhere I.E the market. But forget to turn off their GPS. Mostly done with the App as opposed to a dedicated GPS device.
E-bike Ride is an activity type on Strava. If someone leaves their GPS on while in their car, they should use the Strava facility to Crop the activity. If they do not do this, other Strava users can Flag the activity.
Roadie on a mountain bike lmao.
Dan Lloyd has enter the chat
The new results confirmed Baldwin Street, NZ has the steeper gradient of 34.8%, compared to Ffordd Pen Llech’s gradient of 28.6%.
but they measured the gradient? how is that possible
Baldwin Street in New Zealand reinstated as the world’s steepest street
It's the most cinematic video I watched on this channel.
who remembers when Lasty would do these climbing videos
Bring Matt back!
This is the video that im finding in the past weeks
I really like your humour in this episode :-)
I would really want a classic bike from you guys even if it is just a scrap bike, that would do. Love the content
I live in the Fenlands. I thought hills were a myth until I saw this.
More than just bridges out there you know Colin!
Living in Dunedin, this climb looks significantly easier than Baldwin street. Despite the gradient it is much shorter than Baldwin street which would take around 3 minutes to complete.
Fun video guys, good work
Love your humor.
reupload as they have officially changed the steepest hill in the world to this one in wales from the one in NZ.
That ain't no road, that's a skinny arse lane lol
It’s not even a road
it dont even have house my hometown dunedin at least has house stupid whales
hahahaha cue the bitter kiwis lol
@@cehlers41 As a kiwi theirs nothing to be bitter about, that's a lane. 2 houses, And congrats to the welsh for finally winning something.
Ollie surely wants his job as TDF commentator with als his historical knowledge
He could give it a go! Rob Hatch would take some beating with his historical knowledge AND his fluency in 4 languages!
that was entertaining. thank you.
A road on Mt Lookout Square in Cincinnati gets my vote. I was in good biking shape then, on a Schwinn 10 speed, pedaled standing up, and barely was able to keep going.
I suppose the words "steepest street" are important, but Via Scanuppia in the Dolomites would seem to be more difficult @ Max 45%, Ave 18.5% and 6.9 kms long
Definitely Dolomites has some serious Steep Streets
Im freaking out. What do the percentages mean?
@@vittocrazi fucking steep, that's what
better to see it in real time. No perspective of difficulty slowed down
Very funny, thanks mate.
I was there not that long ago.... first time cycled up that road back in 1984 🙀
I'm a mega fan of Ollie.
And the rest of the people aswell...
there was 36 DEGREE on the display thats way more then 36% ;)
Anno Nym Exactly. That’s around a 72% grade.
@@MatthewWunderlich how many percent equals to 36 degree?.
@@gangsterkadakhuduga6531 73%: www.calcunation.com/calculator/degrees-to-percent.php
@@MatthewWunderlich thanks sir.
There any android applications to calculate it?.
@@gangsterkadakhuduga6531 Dude, you're just taking the tangent. It's called the calculator app. Don't be lazy.
The road to our other house is like this. I just got my bike and it's a blessing to downhill but hell for uphill, what I do is runup in fast gear then slowly changed to slow before hitting the climb so I still have the force
None of the roads near me, in Alton, Illinois, USA, are that long but several of the streets here are well over 40 degrees for 2-3 blocks (some 300+ meters) making it a serious challenge as well as training ground. I'm years out from tackling them, myself, and never see anyone cycling the steeper parts but I think Dan could appreciate it. By the way, the steeper streets are mostly brick laid in the late 1800s to early 1900s so that cars and city vehicles can keep traction (even when it is dry), NO ONE attempts them when they are wet.
I once biked straight up a hill off-road with a gradient of 28%. It was really hard to keep my front tyre on the ground.
3:07 I don't even know what he's on about 3923
Thats the funny part 😂
WRONG! New Zealand’s. Baldwin Street has been determined officially to be the steepest street in the world “The new results from Guinness World Records confirmed Baldwin St has the steeper gradient of 34.8 percent compared with Ffordd Pen Llech's gradient of 28.6 percent.”
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It was an outrage that they were ever awarded the tittle,
Yeah yeah yeah, they know. Everyone's telling them. Don't make NZ look like a douche by rubbing it in. There's plenty of comments like yours already here.
@@numbereightysevenYou're a bit sensitive an't you lol
First thought that comes to my mind is that it must have been fun getting a set of road-surfacing equipment up that road.
And that was me also checking reality along with everyone else. Deja vu
My wife has an e-bike, actually exactly the one Ollie rode, she pulls and paces me on steep climbs, i find it as a great training method for climbing, got definitely faster at climbing since then 😁
Awesome! This is so cool.
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Now that is a real cycling challenge. None of this fast descent videos we keep seeing. Going uphill is a real challenge. This reminds me of Philly's infamous "Manayunk Wall" that has always been a bane to many a cyclist.
I cycle from grindelwald to kleine scheidegg !!! That's great style😁
0:37 Glimpses of a young Jeremy Clarkson :P
Showing the flaw of Strava with that E-Bike. KOM means nothing nowadays
this
There is a completely separate activity category for e-bikes now, so they even have their own segments. If you suspect an activity has been done on an e-bike and you actually care enough, just flag it and it will automatically be removed from leader boards.
Yep my point exactly
Tim Wong tbh I don’t care enough 🙃. It just spoils a bit of the fun of Strava. I’m off now to buy an ebike and clean up 👑
Yeah... good point. Really sucks the fun outta chasing those KOMs when you suspect it was done on an e-bike.
I don't even like cycling BUT this is great content.
thanks for the history lesson
It doesn't look as steep as going up Baldwin St but it's got lots of corners so it's hard to compare by video. Baldwin street is a steep straight, much better for rolling Jaffa races or killing yourself in a wheelie bin! I'm a kiwi Baldwin with welsh roots but I think Dunedin takes the prize here
"What he doesnt know, is that I swaped his gears out with a 29-33. LOL"
Yea I dont get it
Usually like a 50-39, made climbing easier for him, also referring to the front chainrings. Im an MTBer but that’s what it means
39x23 is the lowest gear you'd get on a setup with 53/39 chainrings and a 11-23 cassette in the back.. the kind of setup you only use for flatland riding LOL.
Usually you'd go with a compact chainset for this kind of crazy stuff, 50/34 with 11-28, 11-30 or 11-34 in the back depending on how strong you are and preferred cadence.
Essentially he swapped his gears for the worst possible (modern( combo for climbing.
Been there, done that hill in 1990, at the age of 35 - I was fit then!
Good on yer Men of Harlech!
I always judged it steep when i was out of the saddle and the front wheel comes off the ground.
@Dakota Long
I did Ffordd Penn Llech in the 1980s when it 2 way and signed 1 in 2 1/2.
I had to rest my belly on the handlebars to keep the front wheel down. It's the only hill I have had to do that on.
It would be great if you could link to the Strava segment in the description.
My legs are leaving my body just watching this
Awesome !!! I wouldn't even want to go down it !!!! LOL
I live in NZ.... properly pissed that we've lost the title, but no hard feelings, Wales. With that said, that street looks crap compared to ours. Only one side of the road is actually 37% because it's on a corner. The other side is much less steep. Our road is straight and much longer, so it's much better.
It also doesn't have any turns where you lose speed and momentum so easier.
That’s almost 80% grade on that segment. 100% grade (1:1 horizontal to vertical) is 45 degrees. 36 degrees is 36/45=80% grade on that segment. I think the road as a whole is 40% grade but that segment is crazy. 40% grade on any segment is already fairly crazy.
Is this a reupload as I swear I watched this a couple of months ago
I think you did, with the same mistakes!!
@@robinclarke4734 what
Hooray for Baldwin Street Dunedin, got it again!
I love just the way they talk
I notice on Strava that QOM for this is Jessica Evans. Wonder if that's his wife? If so, that's a power team!
progeocaching it is! And yes they are!
Yes correct Dan Evans wife
Extremly impressive! 36 degrees is in fact 40%. I was wondering if it would be more efficient to run up the hill instead of biking it. At that incline due to traction limitations and the weight of the bike it may not help you that much to be on a bike instead of on your feet. While running you have more direct access to your glutes than while biking I assume but I am not sure. Maybe something to try. :-) :-) :-) (I am sure that if there was big water or mud puddles to cross during the climb then no contest running is the way to go. :-) :-)
I’ve been to harlach castle loads of times
here in the philippines we have our highest point, it's about 7,400 ft above sea level. And the grade is about 34% and it's a LONG way to the top (strava)
We actually own the second house on the right, with the red gate, and since kids have had to walk up it!
Nice! hopefully the title helps the local area!
Wow, they must be strong then!
Sorry, title has been returned to it's rightful home. Dunedin NZ. You'll have to come on down as soon as the doors open again!
So weird to see Harlech on GCN. Many happy memories
Love hill climbs. A few weeks ago I biked up Apex mountain road in the Okanogan valley, Canadian cycling magazine called a top 5 most difficult climb in canada.
10k took me 2 hours 😆 on a 27 pound bike and on strava out of 110 women I'm dead last and can't wait for round 2. The bad I missed out on the fill hill climb strava by 0.3 k 😭😭😭
INT MILK BRILLIANT 👏🏼👏🏼
New Zealanders:
"You think that's steep!"
*sheep
*Colombians
Lake Tahoe haha
😂
San Diego bankers and golden hill , mission Bay, and spring valley hills are laughing lmao ...
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! 🚴🏼♂️💨
Nice skid! Oh ,whats that slapping sound coming from the back wheel. New tyre, been there
Where is Tom last when you need him!!!
This is an old video. Because they don't ride with Kask helmet anymore.
Haven't biked up local San Francisco roads, but i've jogged up some of the steepest. It was brutal.
Seriously steep hill in pendine about 2/3rds of a mile straight up like to see you cycle that, I used to live in pendine and it was tough
Fortunately we don't have so steep uphills, only downhills.
YPO6 that’s... that’s not how that works...
@@andrewmayer2443 r/woooosh
@@alankus9540 r/whooooooooooosh
And there's me having problems going up the street
0:02 The Breton anthem 😍😍😍
I was a bike messenger in Seattle. this looks like a walk in the park.
Hi Ian this is my dream Job !!!