Crossing the Alps, climbing the legendary Madeleine, the Télégraphe, the Galibier, Col d’Izoard, the Col de Vars & the Cime de la Bonette! No more legendary 480km of riding & 12000m of climbing?! From Lake Annecy to Menton on the Mediterranean, Si took on the Inferno!
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25 Comments
Which epic rides are on your cycling bucket list? Big or small, we'd love to know 👇
I did thr same ride but in a more enjoyable 5 days. And a much, much less expensive bike.
4th overall 👏👏👏👏👏
incredible bike. Not a massive disc brakes fan but the titan colour combo with steel discs looks so good.
Wearing all black is not a good idea, it absorbs the most heat compared to other colors.
Was that a small marmot that Si had under his jersey?
Good lord; the cinematic shot at 11:57 is incredible…wow
This was epic, though for 17000 usd you could get a pure climbing bike way below 6.8 kg. I don't think that I would need this budget if I had an opportunity to have my dream bike built. Moots bikes are beautiful but so expensive. As for my bucket list of climbs, it is any big climb in the pyrenees. I have not been there yet.
A wet curvy descent with cars around – I was a nervous wreck from the safety of my sofa…. 😨
Sy, this might be your best video yet. You summed up the joy and difficulty of every epic ride I've ever done. I so wanted to be pacing you up the last hill, shouting encouragements. Well done sir!
Hats off on that, tremendous achievement. You had to make stops and still came 4th!. The ride looked brilliant.
Epic ride and great video – is there a link for a gpx file? This is on the bucket list!
Well done 👍🏻
Thanks Si for talking about the Turini and the Cime on the way down back towards Nice. I visited there in 2022 and it was epic, came up the other way from Menton via Col de Braus and it was mind blowing. Felt like a million miles away, considering I live in California.
Thanks Mike
Always love your videos. Very inspiring. Keep up the good work x
AWESOME!
I saw this film on GCN+ and signed up straight away for this year's event. Every time im on my bike now i think how far into the inferno i would be. Im not a climer, and the time cut worries me, but the film was so inspirational I just have to try.
Don‘t get me wrong but that bike is mad ugly😂
What a beast! 😮
Amazing, one day wish to ride those climbs
Wow that must be a very long bike
What a video ! I'm an endurist and just by watching this I want to buy a road bike. Thanks a lot
I loved the video! It reminded me of the Cent Cols Challenge and similar emotions one experiences over such long days. Si should give CCC a try sometime!
I'm very impressed of this challenge, and of course incredible impressed also of all your other challenges. I understand that you on the road have to tell us who don't know how hard this climbs really is, because 12000 m climb is crazy hard. But I think that you normally have to give yourself some small talk and feedback to boost the head, because I don't think you are telling your selv how tired you are because you guys are professional to your fingertips. And I think you are using some different psychologically clever tricks you have been teached from yourself or an sports psychologist. I still remember some lines from a crushingly dry man with silk scarf who was our sports spyshologist many decades ago, and these lines are helping me at least as much after I became invalid fighting in a wheelchair as in the running and fighting against Swedes, Finnish and even some Brits in older days😅.
Awesome !! ..