G’Day well done good sir what an amazing effort. A hole in one. What climb is next guys 😜🚴💪 On flat pedals too 👍 It looked the perfect day and a bottle of bubbly at the end 😊
As we say in 🇫🇷, 🎩 Steeve for such an impressive effort. Having climbed the Alpe many times, I can relate. Even when you have several thousands Km of training, Alpe d'Huez really hurts. Watching Steeve climbing such ease (without lipless pedals), is amazing . Bravo !! Kind cycling regards 🎉🚵♂🎉
Thank you sir. I will pass that on to Steeve. And yes, it always hurts, but more for the ones that has’nt trained. Before the first time for me I lived on the trainer the whole winter😉 But I love that climb. Almost as much as Mount Ventoux❤️
@@solstormarna Agree + easier on the mental side when you know what gradients to or remaining km to expect . Great to see passionate cyclists. I assume you have already experienced other cols in the area, such as Galibier, Croix de Fer. On the Maurienne side, I recommend you Lacets de Montvernier & col de Chaussy ..superb pastoral road carved into the mountain
@laurentHK Yes, I’ve done Galibier and Croix de Fer but I have’nt tried the Maurienne side yet. I have read about them and tjey are on my must do list❤️ So many lovely climbs and so little time… Maybe we see each other down there this summer😉
Great effort man. I did it three times in my 20s with quite a lot of training and around 90 kilos. Didn't need breaks but it's a really tough one. At the first try I had around three months of training before. Now in my 50s I did it two times on my wahoo smart trainer on the rouvy app. Still without breaks but it took me around 40 Minutes longer. Just came back to mountain cycling last September after 25 years and had around 1200 km training on the road. Would love to go to the real Climb again this year. It's a must climb for every cycling enthusiast. It's a lot of pain but also a lot of fun and excitement.
Hey there and thank you🤗 Well, there was an absolute need for breaks but considering Steeve had no training nor previous experience i suppose that was okey😉 I started biking a little bit more than 10 yers ago and I have just come to love the climbs in the alps. Alpe d'Huez is an absolute favorite but there are so many so still many to explore. Like you I am in the mid 50s and I usually spend the winter on my trainer (lives in Sweden) and then try to go south during summer to explore the mountains. And yes, the climbs come with pain but also with a lot of satisfaction and always a stunning experience🌞 A nice day to you sir.
@@solstormarna Thank you. I was three times in the France Alpes from 97 to 99. I did most of the big climbs there like Iseran, Galibier, Bonnette, Madeleine, Izoard, Agnel, Croix de fer and a bunch more and also Mont Ventoux from Bedoin. Still a few left on my list and I also would love to go to the Pyrenees one day. I'm from Austria so we have a lot of great climbs too. My aim is to do all European passes above 2000 m which are traversable for motorised vehicles. There are 64 of them in France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Spain. I'm planning to go to Italy to the Dolomites in May and maybe to France again in September. Wish you a nice day too.
I am a bit youger but a low more heavy i did it last year, If you pace yourself is should be possible for almost all people just dont push to hard :) i am there again this summer and i think i will go up it again (mabey even a couple of times) but also some real nice colls close by so lot to choise
@jur606 yes, there are a lot of Cols to choose between. My favourite is probably Col de la Croix de Frere, from Le Bourg de’Oisans. And yes, pacing is everything. At least for me that’s around 100 kg🫣
@@solstormarna aorund the same weight hope to get some less weight this summer (where going back this summer so can do them again :)) i did col d ornon part of col d Croix for a part was to hot that day and started to late did came till about half way in (befor the road dropp back down after village) aftewr that you get a pretty good pice and then last is steeper. But also col d solute to village the Nortre Dam) is pretty punchy and dark tunnels
@@jur606 Yep, recognizes your description about the heat. I think that the heat sometimes are the hardest part when biking down there. I always try to start as early as possible and get back to lunch. And who knows. We might meet there this summer;) Have a nice day🌞
Hey there. Steeve mainly do golf but he has tried mtb in a social setting a few times the last three years in the flatlands where he lives so, not really. But, and this is the but that I think made it possible for Steeve. He grew up in Switzerland and hiking in that area could've given him some type of basic fitness that still after many years lives in the background. Neither of us that were there thought he should manage more than the first 2-3 turns but as they say, the rest is history;)
Hey there and yes, we who have been down there and biked for a few summers absoluteöy agree. Non of us would even had considered to try without a preseason on the trainer…
Hey and thank you. I an sorry to say but I don’t remember. Steeve had a rental bike and I think it was 34 in the front and 32 at the back but I can remember wrong. And absolutely yes, forza the pirate!
Impressive! This would be nearly impossible for most leisure cyclists without specific training. You say Steve has not ridden a road bike before. Has he ridden any kind of bike? Any other sports beside golf.
Thank's and hey🌞 He bought an mtb three years ago. He has ridden this a few times each year in the flatlands where he lives but that has more been like social trips and not bike training. As seen in the videos he has not come to the stage when using with cleats. And no, to my knowledge no other sports in adult age.
Well, you better have a second look. He did not have any cleats since he did not know how to use them. When we rented his bike the rental guy tried to rent him some shoes but we did not think it was a good idea to try to learn how to use cleats when having these steep sides😜 If you look more carefully you can see that the pedals were flat plastics and that he used ordinary soft walking shoes😱 The sound of the cleats in the end of the video is from my clicking out when arriving to the top.
@@elselaursen8316 just the way you looked on the bike. The fact you drank from your water bottle so effortlessly while climbing a 10% grade. Your leg and calf muscles are way to defined for someone who doesn’t ride. Doing that climb takes much more than mental strength. You should be commended for finishing. May I ask what your time was?
Well, I did not take the time when I was just the ”guideance” guy but as Steeve said in the video, around two hours. And you don’t have too bike to get calves like that. I know since I bike pretty much and have calves like a marathon runner. Steeve that you saw in the video made his second time on a roadbike so I am very sure that you can get those calves somewhere else.
@@solstormarnato be honest, I'm also struggling with the notion of "no previous road bike experience" - a newbie doesn't drink from the bottle like that, grabbing it, drinking and putting it back effortlessly, all while pedalling uphill the very edge of the road, going straight. The sprint at the end looked better than beginner, too. Maybe he is an absolute freak of nature, I don't know, but this is definitely way more than any untrained person can dream of doing.
@@alex.pozgaj Hey there. To start with, I think he is a freak of nature. I had a working title of the video that included genes... About the drinking, well, I have no comment on that. I suppose it is not that hard to handle a bottle but harder to drink and I was surprised of how well he did that. But the sprint, nja, he did great during the circumstances but I don't agree that it look like he has done that to much before. I was most surprised by the fact that he was able to put up a sprint after that extreme effort(but fun though). But I also cheered a lot to wake him up😉 And as I has written before. He was an absolute beginner to road bike but he has tried mtb and has ridden social mtb rides in the flatlands where he lives 3-4 times each year the last there years (since he bought it) so I think it is from there he got his technique. Have a nice day sir🌞
Excellent video! I'm 67 and live in the USA. We need challenges, and this has " my" legs burning!
Thank you sir🤗 And yes, we all need challenges and if Steeve can, I bet you also can! And it is great fun trying😉
Great done steeve, ignore the toxic keyboard hero's, you did it and that is an archievement to be proud of ❤
Thank you❤️. And that something that’s always good to keep in mind when being on social media😉
G’Day well done good sir what an amazing effort. A hole in one. What climb is next guys 😜🚴💪
On flat pedals too 👍
It looked the perfect day and a bottle of bubbly at the end 😊
Thank you🤗 Well, we are thinking of possible upcoming challenges. We let you all know as soon as we landed our thoughts😉
Superb!! Absolute Respect for a job well done!
Thank you sir🤗 I will forward your encouragement to Steeve😉
Thanks - you guys are an inspiration !
Thank you🤗 And your comments are truly inspiring to us. We need to think about what to challenge Steeve with next time😉
@@solstormarna
👍🏾 Challenging you to a round of golf at St Andrews with a rental set of golf clubs & wearing trainers, isn't it ? 😏
Yepp, I suppose that is a good comparison🤪
As we say in 🇫🇷, 🎩 Steeve for such an impressive effort. Having climbed the Alpe many times, I can relate. Even when you have several thousands Km of training, Alpe d'Huez really hurts. Watching Steeve climbing such ease (without lipless pedals), is amazing . Bravo !! Kind cycling regards 🎉🚵♂🎉
Thank you sir. I will pass that on to Steeve. And yes, it always hurts, but more for the ones that has’nt trained. Before the first time for me I lived on the trainer the whole winter😉 But I love that climb. Almost as much as Mount Ventoux❤️
@@solstormarna Agree + easier on the mental side when you know what gradients to or remaining km to expect . Great to see passionate cyclists. I assume you have already experienced other cols in the area, such as Galibier, Croix de Fer. On the Maurienne side, I recommend you Lacets de Montvernier & col de Chaussy ..superb pastoral road carved into the mountain
@laurentHK Yes, I’ve done Galibier and Croix de Fer but I have’nt tried the Maurienne side yet. I have read about them and tjey are on my must do list❤️ So many lovely climbs and so little time… Maybe we see each other down there this summer😉
Great effort man. I did it three times in my 20s with quite a lot of training and around 90 kilos. Didn't need breaks but it's a really tough one. At the first try I had around three months of training before. Now in my 50s I did it two times on my wahoo smart trainer on the rouvy app. Still without breaks but it took me around 40 Minutes longer. Just came back to mountain cycling last September after 25 years and had around 1200 km training on the road. Would love to go to the real Climb again this year. It's a must climb for every cycling enthusiast. It's a lot of pain but also a lot of fun and excitement.
Hey there and thank you🤗 Well, there was an absolute need for breaks but considering Steeve had no training nor previous experience i suppose that was okey😉 I started biking a little bit more than 10 yers ago and I have just come to love the climbs in the alps. Alpe d'Huez is an absolute favorite but there are so many so still many to explore. Like you I am in the mid 50s and I usually spend the winter on my trainer (lives in Sweden) and then try to go south during summer to explore the mountains. And yes, the climbs come with pain but also with a lot of satisfaction and always a stunning experience🌞 A nice day to you sir.
@@solstormarna Thank you. I was three times in the France Alpes from 97 to 99. I did most of the big climbs there like Iseran, Galibier, Bonnette, Madeleine, Izoard, Agnel, Croix de fer and a bunch more and also Mont Ventoux from Bedoin. Still a few left on my list and I also would love to go to the Pyrenees one day. I'm from Austria so we have a lot of great climbs too. My aim is to do all European passes above 2000 m which are traversable for motorised vehicles. There are 64 of them in France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Spain. I'm planning to go to Italy to the Dolomites in May and maybe to France again in September. Wish you a nice day too.
@soon_to_the_moon That was a nice challenge that I might borrow from you😉
Will we see Steeve in the Tour de France in 2025? I hope so and Mont Ventoux awaits you Steeve!
I will forward this to Steeve;) And with that guy, you will never know😜
so much respect
Thank you sir, most kind of you🙏
Congratulations, Well done!
Thank you sir🌞
Well done!!….You do not have the calf’s muscles of a regular cyclist….I’m impressed 👍
Thank you. No, that’s a golfers calf’s😉
Care descending in the Alpes is can be very tricky
Thank you sir. Yes, you need to be careful not to brake to much nor to little🫣
Well done Steeve, 😎
Thank you sir🤗
NICE WORK!!!
Thank you sir🙏
Great effort as an ex golfer and a 67 year old cyclist I’m hoping to do it this year, I’ve climbed it virtually on Zwift over 100 times.
Thank you sir🙏 And than you are very well prepared! Hope you have a nice trip and that you remember to enjoy❤️
I am a bit youger but a low more heavy i did it last year, If you pace yourself is should be possible for almost all people just dont push to hard :)
i am there again this summer and i think i will go up it again (mabey even a couple of times) but also some real nice colls close by so lot to choise
@jur606 yes, there are a lot of Cols to choose between. My favourite is probably Col de la Croix de Frere, from Le Bourg de’Oisans. And yes, pacing is everything. At least for me that’s around 100 kg🫣
@@solstormarna aorund the same weight hope to get some less weight this summer (where going back this summer so can do them again :))
i did col d ornon
part of col d Croix for a part was to hot that day and started to late did came till about half way in (befor the road dropp back down after village)
aftewr that you get a pretty good pice and then last is steeper.
But also col d solute to village the Nortre Dam) is pretty punchy and dark tunnels
@@jur606 Yep, recognizes your description about the heat. I think that the heat sometimes are the hardest part when biking down there. I always try to start as early as possible and get back to lunch. And who knows. We might meet there this summer;) Have a nice day🌞
Bravo 👏👏👏 Great effort 👍👍
Thank you sir🙏
Well done!
Thank you sir🙏
Well done! It looks like you have more than golfers fitness . Do you do any other kind of exercise?
Hey there. Steeve mainly do golf but he has tried mtb in a social setting a few times the last three years in the flatlands where he lives so, not really. But, and this is the but that I think made it possible for Steeve. He grew up in Switzerland and hiking in that area could've given him some type of basic fitness that still after many years lives in the background. Neither of us that were there thought he should manage more than the first 2-3 turns but as they say, the rest is history;)
is it tougher than Stelvio ??
Hey. Sorry to say that I have no idea. That climb is still on my bucket list and hopefully on Steeves as well😉
As an untrained (slightly) overweight and short YMCA basketball player I can confirm this was a great achievement.
Hey there and yes, we who have been down there and biked for a few summers absoluteöy agree. Non of us would even had considered to try without a preseason on the trainer…
WELL DONE, AND USING CAMPAGNOLO, TOO!
WHAT GEARS DID YOU USE GOING UP?
THANKS
FORZA MARCO PANTANI!!!
Hey and thank you. I an sorry to say but I don’t remember. Steeve had a rental bike and I think it was 34 in the front and 32 at the back but I can remember wrong. And absolutely yes, forza the pirate!
Impressive! This would be nearly impossible for most leisure cyclists without specific training. You say Steve has not ridden a road bike before. Has he ridden any kind of bike? Any other sports beside golf.
Thank's and hey🌞 He bought an mtb three years ago. He has ridden this a few times each year in the flatlands where he lives but that has more been like social trips and not bike training. As seen in the videos he has not come to the stage when using with cleats. And no, to my knowledge no other sports in adult age.
super effort man Kudos
Thank’s. I will pass that on to Steeve. We all thought that it was a heroic effort he performed👌
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😎🏴
Thank you sir🙏
To clip in like that going uphill, he has lots of road bike experience.
Well, you better have a second look. He did not have any cleats since he did not know how to use them. When we rented his bike the rental guy tried to rent him some shoes but we did not think it was a good idea to try to learn how to use cleats when having these steep sides😜 If you look more carefully you can see that the pedals were flat plastics and that he used ordinary soft walking shoes😱 The sound of the cleats in the end of the video is from my clicking out when arriving to the top.
He didn't have clip ins. Do you just make stuff up for the fun of it?
Golf👍
Då hänger du med upp nästa år 😉
@ Eller så tar du upp golfen igen 🙃
@@elselaursen8316 just the way you looked on the bike. The fact you drank from your water bottle so effortlessly while climbing a 10% grade. Your leg and calf muscles are way to defined for someone who doesn’t ride. Doing that climb takes much more than mental strength. You should be commended for finishing. May I ask what your time was?
My response should have been the OP
Well, I did not take the time when I was just the ”guideance” guy but as Steeve said in the video, around two hours. And you don’t have too bike to get calves like that. I know since I bike pretty much and have calves like a marathon runner. Steeve that you saw in the video made his second time on a roadbike so I am very sure that you can get those calves somewhere else.
Hole in one baby 😊
Haha! Tha was a very good description😉
It's not a difficult passage. It's only 994 difficulty points...
Yepp! That's one way to see it😜
Not his first, or even second time on a road bike. This video is BS
Hey Steven Meyer. On what basis do you ground your claim?? Please enlighten me with your knowledge;)
As you can, his knowledge is.....
Steven is mad that he can't do it himself. That is what leads to comments like these.
@@solstormarnato be honest, I'm also struggling with the notion of "no previous road bike experience" - a newbie doesn't drink from the bottle like that, grabbing it, drinking and putting it back effortlessly, all while pedalling uphill the very edge of the road, going straight.
The sprint at the end looked better than beginner, too.
Maybe he is an absolute freak of nature, I don't know, but this is definitely way more than any untrained person can dream of doing.
@@alex.pozgaj Hey there. To start with, I think he is a freak of nature. I had a working title of the video that included genes...
About the drinking, well, I have no comment on that. I suppose it is not that hard to handle a bottle but harder to drink and I was surprised of how well he did that. But the sprint, nja, he did great during the circumstances but I don't agree that it look like he has done that to much before. I was most surprised by the fact that he was able to put up a sprint after that extreme effort(but fun though). But I also cheered a lot to wake him up😉 And as I has written before. He was an absolute beginner to road bike but he has tried mtb and has ridden social mtb rides in the flatlands where he lives 3-4 times each year the last there years (since he bought it) so I think it is from there he got his technique. Have a nice day sir🌞