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This is a great effort and inspiring ! ❤❤

Great effort - I do this side of Leith week in week out, great to see the elevation profile from a birdseye perspective.

I'm 66 and cycled up Sa Colobra on a normal bike so think about comments about having to do it on an e-bike...

Legend! Impressive archivement

Great Video

Great video, great effort and fully agree with clincher, thanks.

Sa Calobra is absolutely beautiful and there is no reason to try and ride it in a minimum possible time. Better take it slow and easy and enjoy the scenery. 😂

Yeap, I've been through most of those struggles on my various Everestings over the years. Not being able to eat anymore is a brutal one. And you kinda have to be used to going the distance and doing the long hours to be able to pull off something like this. Nonetheless, kudos on giving it a good old go, in spite of everything you've got going on in your life. A huge ride. I hope you'll get the chance to have another go and show that hill who's boss.

Genuine

HOLY man u give me motivation to keep push even harder ty i on fire with you video :D

Great job brother!

Good video¡ Keep it up. New subscriber from Spain. Love ur mentality

Nice video and nice words you have shared! I’m happy to see your beautiful point of view about what cycling is for us. Congrats for your PR and keep going :) greetings from mallorca

G’Day great effort and reflection. You’ll get it done next year. Cycling is never easy that’s why we love it. I did mine over the 4 weeks. The O2 Vam rim brake nice ride. Arrogance turns to Respect 🚴

I had to stop at 4600hm could not sit for any longer. would never be able to do 9 hours, i planned with around 15 hours.

Life lesson. Very inspirational.

Great effort man! 5000m is still a great one. I'm sure next time you'll achieve it! I just subbed! I did complete my first everesting last week on Alpe du Zwift live streamed, hard as hell but the satisfaction at the end is unbelievable!

Bravo 😃💪🦵🚴‍♂️🚴

Great effort, Gareth. We always need to keep pushing ourselves.

Fantastic effort. I know you'd have preferred to have smashed it, but this video is a more interesting piece of content. We can all see you are fit, dude. So, getting a glimpses at the struggle is very insightful. Looking forward to the next one.

Great video. ❤

Hi Gareth, I love when you said that cycling is climbing. Living in the Alps I couldn’t agree more. Doesn’t it bother you to have rim brakes for going downhill?

Looks like you took in too much solid food, have you tried sugar water?? I run 110g sugar and some salt in each bottle, can run 93% ftp for 100km without stomach issues, bonking or craving food

brutal!

Yes, Yes, Yes - representing the RIm brake!

Love your videos man. Capture what cycling is about for so many fanatics with day jobs.

If I had to give one piece of advice that you didn't quite touch on, it would be be realistic about your power, do some calculations on power/speed/rpm and don't be ashamed to slap on a granny gear. Being able to keep a reasonable cadence even towards the end where your power is fading is so important. Great video!

Good video and better luck next time Gareth. I did this last weekend on Zwift in 13 hrs and it was tough. I can’t seem to order a jersey on the website. I hope Le Col haven’t run out already ☹

Chapeu mate, always love your challenges and tips

You’ve inspired me to get disc brakes and tubeless ❤

First time viewer. Video was well shot and edited. Congrats on the attempt. 10+ gradient climbs are brutal.

Want to try this next year! How much power / w/kg do you think you'd need to be able to do this? Or do you think it was all will power?

Is this the Le Col Aero Pro Jersey? How do you like it and would you buy it again? Same question about the bibs as well :D Incredible effort btw. - I'm in around 5k but doing it through the month instead of a single climb, as I don't think I would be able to sustain it. I applaud your take starting around 34:15 :)

In the words of James Cameron, "Failure is an option, but fear is not."

incredible. brings back so many bad memories. well done

I asked in my local club if anyone was willing to give this a try. I could not find anyone. I could have try it myself if I knew a suitable climb for that. I knew from the beginning that I needed a very long climb with sub 5% gradient but did not know any. So now I am sticking to completing the challenge in a month with my usual cycling routine. I am half way there, it will be close finish. I may need to push at the last week if I come short of it. Great video, it made my day. Thanks!

What an incredible effort. Huge kudos, as always. Super proud, but not at all surprised. 💪

gear ratio?

Great effort Gearing seems a little heavy

Don't be put off by trying to record x time outdoors. That's for zwift up the alpe where the playing field is more even. That has it's flaws also. Outdoors, climbs aren't remotely similar. Different lengths, gradients, road quality, how supported you are, bike weight, possible traffic, weather, more reps is more time spent turning round top and bottom - the list of variables goes on and on.

Such a tremendous effort mate, love the positivity throughout! Think it’s a lesson for us all to realise it’s ok to fail! We can always come back stronger. Cheers for the video

Wow

Amazing video! Thanks for posting. You’ve inspired me! I’ve been to Mallorca a lot but always avoided SC because I’m afraid to find out what my best effort would be… at least for now… TrainerRoad got me on the right path..

You a goat 🐐🙌🏿

i recently stumbled upon your instagram page and i just wanted to say thank you for the message you are sending. i had been struggling to find my place in the sport again after a breif departure, and just needed to hear someone speak my mind and to remind me why I ride my bike. I fully agree on your philysophy toward life and how mundane and easy it is for many of us today. I would have burnt out long ago at my day job if it werent for cycling to simulate a more physically and mentally demanding senario which i find otherwise missing . Maybe that dark tunnel you go to when you are sitting at 200 BPM and holding on to dear life is inherent to counter act the symptoms of depression that come from the mundanity of today's life where survival is almost garunteed. Or maybe i just like the idea of zipping round on my bike in lycra. Either way, please keep up the good work and looking forward to your next video.

Great video!!!!

Nice more videos🤟👍😁

Amazing. My PB is 48:53 and im back on the island this year, would love to break the 45 mark

Rim brakes when every second matters for sure!

Great video, inspiring and so introspective