Yeah I don't think that's possible cause I've only gone 74 and I live in the mountains and there are a lot of good hills but a mountain bike and an amateur rider isn't enough
im lucky for not crashing since once i almost lost control of my bike going 73 km/h down a hill and i didnt have a helmet. safe to say now i wear a helmet
Greg Robson I am with you. I am 56 an just got a speedo on the bike. The first thing I did was rip down a local hill. Only hit 51k, but then went down a better hill closer to 60k. Got to get 70k. I hit 100 several times as a teenager. Still young at heart and love zipping down hills - cheers
@Mirek Boss, yes, the Fox Hole, on aero race bike, big ring sprint from before the top with a tail wind. I tried other times (part of Rad Am Ring) when there was no tail wind and didn't get above 88 kmh. Wind makes a huge difference.
Exactly why so many people hate us cyclists. Doing faster speed downhill than cars/motorcycles on 2 way open road, overtaking while doing it, knowingly pushing the limit...
I'm not convinced a higher gear on something that steep would matter; you're simply not all that aero when pedaling at high speeds. Getting into the best-possible aero position makes more and more difference as speeds get higher. And you guys were going at very high speeds. :-)
If my mate has 4 more tooth than me and is pedaling while descending I always need to pedal even when I'm aero as f*** I mean, there are many circumstances and 2 or more tooth come quite handy
I used to live on the front range in Colorado and remember getting pretty desensitized to fast descents, I look back with vague horror at some of the things I did
Hank, So true. I grew up there, now in Utah until I move back. Anyone who rifs on discs is from kansas, literally or figuratively. Btw, a lot of that descending was on rim brakes and only had a tire blow off twice now that I think back(Alu rims). Colorado, carbon rims, rim brakes. Bad combo. Just asking for trouble. I hope you're on discs these days. Take care man
The fastest i ever cycled was 109km/h (68mph) and i was slipstreaming a truck on a dual carriageway, it was stupid, but extremely fun. As for downhill riding, 110km/h was my maximum speed. As you get older, the fear kicks in. There's no WAY I'd do that now.
15 years ago, when descending Mont Ventoux on my MTB, I was going something near 80 kph, overtaking cars, without glasses. I even wouldn't do that again now...
Dan RC damn, I am currently still quite young 15 years old and I go downhill alot on my mountain bike, no helmets, v brakes, no eye protection and just no protection at all... Besides a shirt and short... Fastest I went was 90 km/h... And I survived but after the ride I decided to sprint on a 1 km flat road, completely no turns or anything and I did a bunnyhop and my stem couldn't hold my steerer in place and I crashed very hard I was bleeding on both of my hands knees and elbows...it was painful but I did not scream...(dont know why, but I go silent when it's pain)...and a few cyclist past me and just pedaled away... I still had a 3 km walk back home... Nobody helped... Whatever...
Wear a helmet... I get it might not be cool or comfortable, but like seriously... especially if you're down-hilling and you're all alone, if you were to crash into a tree or rock, hit your head, and had a concussion or worse you would not only be hurt but all alone. Also brain injuries are pretty terrible. road rash is inevitable, it happens to everyone and it heals, but a brain injury might not and no one wants to be fed through a tube.
Ricardo Ramos I once crashed at 42km/h on a curve, flat terrain in "paralelo" (Google it if you're not Portuguese), luckily I was on a mountain bike so I couldn't go much faster and it was a small bridge. As me and my friend tried to get close to the KOM (we knew we wouldn't take it obviously) I ended up with a really bad burn, because I didn't do the turn properly my knee scrapped itself on the floor and I had a friction burn which made almost not able to walk for a week. At least I got 4th place All time and my friend 7th place and I got a life lesson
in the USA there was the Kim Flint thing. I play loop music, so used to be on his forum it's spooky b/c he' still listed on Strava. I don't use any of that tech
11:00 makes my testicles literally encase themselves in some sort of protective shell and then disappear up into somewhere in my large intestine, shaking, and crying.
I did 70km/h on a mtb yesterday. I always make sure to inspect my bike before going downhill. As long as the bike feels steady I feel comfortable and nothing will happen
To reply to both of you: My bike is very well maintained and I have trust in it, it's comfortable and steady. Maybe that is the problem because I don't do 50km/h too often. My normal speed on a flat road is 30-35 km/h and up to 40 if there is tailwind or a slight decline. 50 km/h is in a situation where I encounter a downhill that's enough to bring me up to that speed and I do not pedal. If my speedometer shows more than 50, I start pulling the brakes. Pair of Tektro HD-M285 brakes provide the stopping power with 160 mm rotors.
Not sure why but this is the video that got me into cycling, Literally bought my first road bike a week after seeing this video and that was 2 years ago. Still to this day once in a while I come here to get sweaty palms watching this decent.
Wow 😳 that was the best decent I’ve ever seen….the road was nice and long and pretty smooth…..my heart rate went up watching as your brake pads melted but you didn’t hold back much you crazy arse! I loved watching this epic ✌🏻❤️
I am glad your buddy is ok. Quite the holy shit moment when he passed you!! It is good that you guys made it down having a blast. An aero disc bike is in order for a ride like that. I made it to 83kph on a hardtail mountain bike on a hard pack gravel road. I think hitting 98kph on a road bike on a twisty narrow road would be something, and it looks like you guys were doing 70-80kph or higher for a good portion. I don't even think I hit 80kph on my road bike yet. Thanks Man, I appreciate the vid. Good scenery, but somehow I doubt you really looked around very much to take it all in. lol
Thanks for the upload. I’ve been training on climbs and descents and have learnt a lot from your videos. Your technical descents are inspiring and I’m now overtaking my more experienced training buddies! Much respect from NZ.
@@nemo6884 yes. Pro's aren't the same as regular people though. Pro riders get new wheels and don't ever have to worry about wear with any components. Amateur riders buy a set of wheels and have them for years, so they are the ones that will have the problems. Heating up a carbon clincher and having it fail from the resin heating up too much is the single reason we now have Disc brakes. No more using a wheel as a brake.
Awesome vid. Love those long fast descents. I hit 100 km/h coming off Lake Mountain here in Victoria Australia. it was both terrifying and amazing at the same time. It was a goal of mine to hit 100 km/h. I've done it now but wont try it again. its mental fast and way to dangerous.
Vincent Bayliss especially if skippy takes an interest. had one in the Grampians run alongside me, after that I took it easy and saved energy for going up!
I got to 90 kph on the Nurburgring, and I only weigh 63kg and it's only a short descent. But that was a closed, one way circuit and only for a couple of seconds. On an open road and after a big effort, I don't think I'd be so necky!
Gavin Hodgson I just did Rad Am Ring at Nurburgring a couple of weeks ago. Went around nine times. Hit 108 kmh on Foxhole descent according to Strava. Middle of the night. Good fun.
Disk brakes fail too. Happened to me, the hydraulic fluid boiled away on a long descent and I had a huge crash since I couldn’t slow. Never had rim brakes fail on me.
I feel for him. I’ve never hit that speed, but a few days ago as I was moving about 20mph across an intersection, an SUV turned into me from the oncoming traffic (and then left me in the street). Accidents are never fun and recovery is painful.
Tried 98 km/h on Fulcrum racing speed wheels almost 10 years ago with cork brakepads. Now that was scary! luckily it was just a short very steep straight so I didn't have to do much braking. I think aluminium brake surface is still to be prefered in these very long downhill rides and I can't wait to ride in some mountains on my Dura-ace c24's!
Ja hoor, daar gaan we weer: ik zit heerlijk te genieten van een mooie fietsfilm met enkel de geluiden die daar bij horen maar helaas kan ook deze gast het niet laten. KUTMUZIEK!!! Jammer, prima video verder.
This is one of the most rad videos I've ever seen!! Those brake handles are awesome. This is pretty much equivalent to the "Isle of Man TT" but for speed biking, lol
I crashed at 50km/h and had my front rim damaged. The brake surface looked like a sharks teeth and my for was completely split in half. I had cuts on my knee and alot of deep wound on my side. It surprises me that your friend could still ride the bike home just fine without much wounds
That sounds bad dude!! Well he didn’t ride the bike home! His front wheel was in 2 pieces, check the video of “the complete story” of this weekend to see the aftermath from the crash!
You serious? Carbon rim brake will always suffer from poor brake performance and overheating issue no matter how manufacturers improve their design. Disc on carbon is a good choice considering braking power, safety and money saving.
I'm enjoying some herb and watching this, they go well together. A mini flight experience. I'm really glad though that your friend was ok. Ive done racing, early 90's and have seen some crashes and at 98kmh, that can be really bad. Great video.
Why so many people hate us cyclists. Doing faster speed downhill than cars/motorcycles on 2 way open road, overtaking while doing it, knowingly pushing the limit...
Man, everyone on a vehicle, whether it has a motor in it or not, pushing the speed limits and invading the other side of the road gets the whole crap and hate on them. It's not a trend, and it's not a hate-on-cyclist thing neither. The guy who crashed could've collide an upcoming car and he could've died. And the person behind the wheel could've gone to prision, but even if not, could you ever forget the fact that you hit and killed somebody?
pretty impresive i love this guys i love cyclings luckily that guys is a real climber reaching a 98kmph is really terrifying but at the same time its great 2017 end of 2017 i was riding a fixed gear in philippines aurora baler reaching 95kmph it was a miracle and i was just 15 years old with my friends
I'm glad your friend survived. It was not fun lost control when going 98km/h. It's a beautiful descending, but I would not go faster than 85k/h anymore 'cause it's just too scary to break when higher than that speed.
I also like descending fast... to be honest, in the minutes before your friend's crash, you both risked more and more. Several times you had no free view in front of you. Your friend had a lot of luck to survive. In my opinion he braked too late. Concerning your overheating brakes, I probably would have tried to use the rear brake more often ,if possible, for saving the dying front brake. Maybe I would have tried to produce aerodynamic resistance with my body on straight road sections to lower the speed peaks. On the other hand... this is a great video of an an epic descent. I never climbed the Ventoux- now I can imagine, why this climb is so famous. Good luck ...Greetings-
Glad he wasn't badly hurt. And also glad that disc brakes are now available on all canyon road bikes. Was quite a problem to get one two years ago where the Inflite was the only one but that was the best decision to go with them ;) Maybe that's an option for you when it's time for the next bike ;)
Glad nobody was seriously hurt! 👌 Exactly why DISC are superior to any other form of brake on a bicycle. for long high-speed descent disc brakes are the only way to go. And in fact a good hydraulic dropper post will add another layer of performance and safety by lowering CoM and aero drag. 👍 you will see this will be standard equipment in the future...
Hello, I'm from Brazil and I watched the whole video and I was impressed with the speed achieved is really impressive, unfortunately I would not have the courage to do the same but I found it very cool, congratulations to the video and the beautiful region of your country
If I were to do this, I would want; a full face helmet, neck brace, hip pads, elbow, pads, knee pads, shoulder pads, the road closed, pot holes fixing, special tires and I still probably wouldn't go anywhere near that speed. You guys are fucking mental/suicidal :P
Awesome ride, I was with you the whole way. My max is 54.3 MPH, i was in Rochester, NY. For this descent I would get Disk Brakes. I wopuld've also used that cold mountain water to cool those brake pads, or even the rims. God Bless and be safe!
Amazing footage, thanks for sharing! I have the Aeroad and get one hell of a squeal on the brakes running Zipp wheels. I wonder if it the direct mount brakes too.
I remember back in the late 80s early 90s , out on a ride with a friend we was on a down hill , we did 62mph , was a short down hill of about 1 and a half miles !
Ouch. Brakes are touchy things, especially at speed. Anyway, at least he walked away from it. Other than that, great ride all round. I found myself leaning around the corners. Luck
Great Video. I am new to road bike from MTB. I just did a 6km -9% decent last week, totally scared by the rim brake. Waiting for Aeroad Disc. Hope they will make it next year.
Speed, Heat, Friction, all combine to create Brake Fade! I’ve reached 110 kilometers Per Hour and crashed, was in the Hospital for 3 weeks! A car cut me off, went 300 meters off a mountain cliff, lucky to be a live! 6 months of Recovery and Rehabilitation, was training for a Road race! I use to Race Cat 1 UCI Road Cycling for 4 years!
When the light catches the road, and you see it's full of huge pot-holes, and then you realise the rider is crunching over them at full tilt? Yeah nah. Not safe.
Not sure what stubborn beginner means but basically... road bikes don't have very good breaks. You get up to speed and you're essentially a brick that can't stop. Locking up rears is also very easy and happens a lot.
ok thx for your advices :D. I don't realy trust rear brake for this reason, i prefer front braking and putting all my weight behind, i find this more effective.
+Jasper Verkuijl Hi, i cant believe that you never took any spare pads, the 1st time i hit this mountain descent it really woke me up as a rider, its not particularly technical but the road surface changes due to the weather and at 110km/h+ it can be tricky as hell with that loose grit kicked up from the cars on the edge of the road, i enjoyed the fact that our racing heroes cycled the very same road i was, great vid m8.
I wonder if it would be of any use to occasionally spray one’s brake rotors down with a bit of water from a water bottle, to cool them via evaporation.
I can't do it anymore myself, too old. This is the first vid i've seen that shows what a real descent is like with all the shaking. Hard to see straight and feels like you're in another world.
Everyone’s talking about “oh you’re lucky to be alive”… bunch of wussies, this is awesome! I’m new to bikes but an experienced motorcyclist, these speeds are well within reasonable limits in my opinion. Nice riding!
"well within reasonable limits" - "bunch of wussies" you should think about your wording. It's not a race, the road is not closed for normal traffic, one little lane groove or oncoming traffic (maybe a motorcycle that cuts the curve...) and the game is over for you (and maybe innocent others too). It is a question of responsibility for oneself and especially for other road users. If you want to test the limits, take part in a race or go to the race track, it's as simple as that.
@@Zwiesel66 Riding at that pace, you accept the risks. And if you know where your limits are, it's not as scary/risky as you think. Personally I ride a motorcycle at about 70% max of the limit of what I think the road/equipment/my skill can handle, which allows for 30% performance for emergency maneuvers. Someone who can ride a bicycle this smoothly/comfortably on the street like the guy in the video, I'm assuming he's doing the same thing.
Well your buddy´s speed is not 98 km/h at the crash, but it makes the story more dramatic. Lucky guy! Made the same mistake descending to Malaucene, but manege to safe my bike AND my life. Ventoux is a dangerous playground.
Even on the 'express bikes' section of Canyon's website, where they boldly advertise the bikes as being ''shipped within a few days'', do they renege on delivery times. In reality, in Canyon speak, it transpires 'a few days' is a euphemism for 3-4 weeks or maybe longer. Shifty bastards. They did this to me last year when ordering an Aeroad which I eventually gave up waiting for, pulled out of purchase, and instead bought a Ribble Aero 883. Admittedly, not quite as refined as the Canyon Aeroad but a better quality frame and better quality carbon nonetheless.
I've literally just taken delivery of a new Canyon Endurace Di2. It is without question the best 'winter' bike I've ever had. Despite it being an 'endurance' bike it has a very racey geometry indeed. If I add my deep section Enve Ses 4.5's it feels like an all out race bike. Once I've sold the Ribble I'll order an Aeroad in the new year.
Just for correction, in March of this year 2018 Canyon opened its US Warehouse near Encinitas and their shipping is almost overnight if they have it in stock. (I bought an Endurace in April and it shipped next day and arrived in two days to Idaho)
@@PInk77W1 Since I changed to disk brakes 7 years ago I would never go back. Almost no maintenance you change pads and clean the rotor once in a while that's it. Works in every condition, pads auto adjust, braking power is insane you can lock your front wheel with little effort at a tarmac, no more black powder all over your bike, pads can easily last 10000km+. Yeah I guess I am over with putting my live in the hands of 2 small plastic sticks. If he had disc brakes this wouldn't happen... And to your question I've never had a problem with them ever and I ride quite a lot every year so for me they are perfect.
Exalith is allround performance. Going downhill Mount Ventoux 90km/h is not normal. So for best performance you need rims for that doesn't overheat, so a quality alu rim is the best together with brakepads that can handle the weather on that day. Now the proos have full carbon weelsets but they also use classified custom brakepads for the fastest guys that can go for 100$ a pair or more.
GT Kim have you got any powermeter indications to prove the huge wattage? as far as i know noone became a better cyclist with fast descending ...climbing is some other story
Yep. Faster descenders are not necessarily better cyclists, but more skilled. You will find out trying to ride downhill fast takes so much effort, not only because of the pedaling, but also the body position. Check his Strava log above and see his estimated power or the wattages of other people with power meters in the same segment. Besides, the fact that he caught up his mate who was certainly pedaling, and his shifting gears.
GT Kim the heavier wins going down, the better trained wins going uplhills. That's why i maintain no interest or admiration for someone going fast downhills, when i have deep respect for someone with expert climbing techniques
Jasper, nice vid. Yeah, Ventoux descent gets you sur la plaque right away. Glad your bud came out Ok. I have been fortunate enough to ride that beautiful mountain twice. Second time was lucky to catch it on a not windy day but almost bought the farm on the descent through the tight twisty steep part. Was riding a rental with calipers. I ride a disc brake bike set up moto, front brake on the right(what I'm used to from moto racing days), which I had with me on the first trip. As you know, things get real hairy real quick. Went to scrub a little speed and went for the front brake, which was the rear, causing it to break loose for a split second entering the curve. Thought I was done for, but saved it though. Never did get those bibs clean, had to retire them. Can't wait to do do it again. Amazing we live to tell these stories. Morals to this one, 'no more rental bikes for me' and 'discs rule'. Safe travels. Peace
I hit that speed many times as a teenager. Once on an old 10 speed with a warped rear rim. Also a group of us on a school trip, got ahead of the rest tucked an let it rip. T-shirts cut off no helmets doing 90-100k on school trip. Try that now...LOL Currently top speed has been 60k down a shorter steep hill, old beat up mountain bike. Think I need to revisit 100k, definitely need to tune up the ride and brakes
I remember riding the Monte ventoux when I was 10 or 11 with my shitty old mountenbike up and down with my moms comuter because it already had discbreaks( like 20 years ago). Was a hell of an experience. But we didn’t get faster than like 70ish.
My latest video, comparing PRO vs BEGINNER!! th-cam.com/video/bvg0i8tsgKQ/w-d-xo.html
Seems like most people in the comments section have done around 100kmh on their daily commuter bikes at one point or another 🤔
Yeah, a lot of hot air blowhards, dimwits, and BS artists. Internet is a magnet for that type. LOL
86 in the French alps on a Mountainbike - close enough
90 kmph on my b'twin 150€ mtb
Yeah I don't think that's possible cause I've only gone 74 and I live in the mountains and there are a lot of good hills but a mountain bike and an amateur rider isn't enough
@@poopenfartenhehe6687 MTB tires have too much resistance and they are not at all aerodynamic but it's still possible around 80.
How lucky this guy is !!!!!! how lucky !!!!
It happened to me at 74 km/h, and i was in coma, transferred to emergency
Lucky guy !!!!!!
im lucky for not crashing since once i almost lost control of my bike going 73 km/h down a hill and i didnt have a helmet. safe to say now i wear a helmet
I have 12 speed
Any brains damage
i crash once now i have scar in my face
Always wear protection!
The best camera angle on road bike
can plz someone tells me where excactly the camera is placed?
@@dantespyrospanagiotopoulos3853 on the stem i believe
@@dantespyrospanagiotopoulos3853 best is garmin dual mount
Stem
11:04 is when is crash :D
Thx ^^
You da real mvp
You are the type of guy that should have a great and high salary job because of your heroic comments. Lol
@@s1mpleniko488 ahahahah
Thank you
You chose an excellent filming angle. Able to see the brakes/handling and where you're going.
Totally insane! When you get to be older than 50 you will look back and realize how insane you were...if you live that long!
ben dunn really? I'm 54 soon and did 108 kmh two weeks ago. Nurburgring, closed roads.
Greg Robson I am with you. I am 56 an just got a speedo on the bike. The first thing I did was rip down a local hill. Only hit 51k, but then went down a better hill closer to 60k. Got to get 70k. I hit 100 several times as a teenager. Still young at heart and love zipping down hills - cheers
@@grobson4 on Nürburging Nordschleife? On bike?
@Mirek Boss, yes, the Fox Hole, on aero race bike, big ring sprint from before the top with a tail wind. I tried other times (part of Rad Am Ring) when there was no tail wind and didn't get above 88 kmh. Wind makes a huge difference.
Insane no... stupids yes.
Never overtake on descents at that speed! Unless it's a race on closed roads this can go so wrong. Guy was lucky!
Stupid but lucky. There were so many places that the cars could come from the side of the road that is like playing Russian roulette.
Exactly why so many people hate us cyclists. Doing faster speed downhill than cars/motorcycles on 2 way open road, overtaking while doing it, knowingly pushing the limit...
All it takes is one car at the exit of this turn.
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High speeds doesn't stop me from trying to overtake someone on regular rides. Than again, im a crazy untamed racer lol
9:12 when you want to ride faster but it already is the smallest gear...
Jasper Verkuijl I know those feelings.. I'm riding a 50/ crank too
I'm not convinced a higher gear on something that steep would matter; you're simply not all that aero when pedaling at high speeds. Getting into the best-possible aero position makes more and more difference as speeds get higher. And you guys were going at very high speeds. :-)
Jasper Verkuijl But if you are slip streaming behind someone and you want to overtake you have to pedal
If my mate has 4 more tooth than me and is pedaling while descending I always need to pedal even when I'm aero as f*** I mean, there are many circumstances and 2 or more tooth come quite handy
rekt
Bruh going 60 km/h is already giving the adrenaline rush that I don't like and this is going 98 km/h? Wish I could be that daring
That was not 98kph...closer to 65-70 kph...
@@adrians.7489 yes definitly. At no Point they were over 70
I went 70 km/h on an old mtb from 2005 with cable rim brakes down an mountain
My fastest speed Is 80 kmh down a Hill in Italy
@@hmm8602 i do It with a road bike
I used to live on the front range in Colorado and remember getting pretty desensitized to fast descents, I look back with vague horror at some of the things I did
Hank, So true. I grew up there, now in Utah until I move back. Anyone who rifs on discs is from kansas, literally or figuratively. Btw, a lot of that descending was on rim brakes and only had a tire blow off twice now that I think back(Alu rims). Colorado, carbon rims, rim brakes. Bad combo. Just asking for trouble. I hope you're on discs these days. Take care man
The fastest i ever cycled was 109km/h (68mph) and i was slipstreaming a truck on a dual carriageway, it was stupid, but extremely fun.
As for downhill riding, 110km/h was my maximum speed.
As you get older, the fear kicks in. There's no WAY I'd do that now.
That is stupid... but tempting :)
Dan RC thanks for including mph bro :)
15 years ago, when descending Mont Ventoux on my MTB, I was going something near 80 kph, overtaking cars, without glasses. I even wouldn't do that again now...
Dan RC damn, I am currently still quite young 15 years old and I go downhill alot on my mountain bike, no helmets, v brakes, no eye protection and just no protection at all... Besides a shirt and short... Fastest I went was 90 km/h... And I survived but after the ride I decided to sprint on a 1 km flat road, completely no turns or anything and I did a bunnyhop and my stem couldn't hold my steerer in place and I crashed very hard I was bleeding on both of my hands knees and elbows...it was painful but I did not scream...(dont know why, but I go silent when it's pain)...and a few cyclist past me and just pedaled away... I still had a 3 km walk back home... Nobody helped... Whatever...
Wear a helmet... I get it might not be cool or comfortable, but like seriously... especially if you're down-hilling and you're all alone, if you were to crash into a tree or rock, hit your head, and had a concussion or worse you would not only be hurt but all alone. Also brain injuries are pretty terrible. road rash is inevitable, it happens to everyone and it heals, but a brain injury might not and no one wants to be fed through a tube.
crash at 11:00
Gesù You are a fake I'm Jésus Christ
Looks like too much rear braking applied.
Grazie a dio.
Gesù cheers that saved a lot if time, and the crash wasn't even that good
Ty
All for a pr on strava
abel carval strava kills people
Ricardo Ramos don't drink and drive
exactly! :D #whateverittakes #thatshowwinnersdoit
Ricardo Ramos I once crashed at 42km/h on a curve, flat terrain in "paralelo" (Google it if you're not Portuguese), luckily I was on a mountain bike so I couldn't go much faster and it was a small bridge. As me and my friend tried to get close to the KOM (we knew we wouldn't take it obviously) I ended up with a really bad burn, because I didn't do the turn properly my knee scrapped itself on the floor and I had a friction burn which made almost not able to walk for a week. At least I got 4th place All time and my friend 7th place and I got a life lesson
in the USA there was the Kim Flint thing.
I play loop music, so used to be on his forum
it's spooky b/c he' still listed on Strava.
I don't use any of that tech
11:00 makes my testicles literally encase themselves in some sort of protective shell and then disappear up into somewhere in my large intestine, shaking, and crying.
Why "literally"?
@@fh5102 because that’s what happens.
I don't feel comfortable doing 50 km/h on my MTB on a downhill road. This is just insane, hats down!
I did 70km/h on a mtb yesterday. I always make sure to inspect my bike before going downhill. As long as the bike feels steady I feel comfortable and nothing will happen
To reply to both of you:
My bike is very well maintained and I have trust in it, it's comfortable and steady.
Maybe that is the problem because I don't do 50km/h too often. My normal speed on a flat road is 30-35 km/h and up to 40 if there is tailwind or a slight decline. 50 km/h is in a situation where I encounter a downhill that's enough to bring me up to that speed and I do not pedal. If my speedometer shows more than 50, I start pulling the brakes. Pair of Tektro HD-M285 brakes provide the stopping power with 160 mm rotors.
did 80 kmh on a trek fuel ex 8
I’ve gone 75 mph…
In my car
@@jayasmrmore3687 cool
story bro
Not sure why but this is the video that got me into cycling, Literally bought my first road bike a week after seeing this video and that was 2 years ago. Still to this day once in a while I come here to get sweaty palms watching this decent.
Wow 😳 that was the best decent I’ve ever seen….the road was nice and long and pretty smooth…..my heart rate went up watching as your brake pads melted but you didn’t hold back much you crazy arse! I loved watching this epic ✌🏻❤️
Teacher: the homework won't be very long
The Homework: *his shadow*
That was good
I am glad your buddy is ok. Quite the holy shit moment when he passed you!! It is good that you guys made it down having a blast. An aero disc bike is in order for a ride like that. I made it to 83kph on a hardtail mountain bike on a hard pack gravel road. I think hitting 98kph on a road bike on a twisty narrow road would be something, and it looks like you guys were doing 70-80kph or higher for a good portion. I don't even think I hit 80kph on my road bike yet.
Thanks Man, I appreciate the vid. Good scenery, but somehow I doubt you really looked around very much to take it all in. lol
I've been there doing 40 mph on a hardtail mountain bike, you hit some washboards and it'll damn near shake you unconscious.
As a young man I descended down with a max. speed 96 km / h. I will not repeat it again ... Never... Now All Mountain biking is better for me...
Thanks for the upload. I’ve been training on climbs and descents and have learnt a lot from your videos. Your technical descents are inspiring and I’m now overtaking my more experienced training buddies! Much respect from NZ.
Rim brake carbon clinchers are the worst idea in the world.
Yup
iirc Jasper was on Cosmic Carbone Exalith.... Exalith ceramic coated alloy rim and carbon fairing apparently make for crappy heat dissipation.
So the tour de france was won on the worst idea in the world the last years ?
@@nemo6884 yes. Pro's aren't the same as regular people though. Pro riders get new wheels and don't ever have to worry about wear with any components. Amateur riders buy a set of wheels and have them for years, so they are the ones that will have the problems.
Heating up a carbon clincher and having it fail from the resin heating up too much is the single reason we now have Disc brakes. No more using a wheel as a brake.
@@nemo6884 and also, Pogacar was even on Disc for most of the tour this year.
Awesome vid. Love those long fast descents. I hit 100 km/h coming off Lake Mountain here in Victoria Australia. it was both terrifying and amazing at the same time. It was a goal of mine to hit 100 km/h. I've done it now but wont try it again. its mental fast and way to dangerous.
Vincent Bayliss especially if skippy takes an interest.
had one in the Grampians run alongside me, after that I took it easy and saved energy for going up!
I got to 90 kph on the Nurburgring, and I only weigh 63kg and it's only a short descent. But that was a closed, one way circuit and only for a couple of seconds. On an open road and after a big effort, I don't think I'd be so necky!
Gavin Hodgson I just did Rad Am Ring at Nurburgring a couple of weeks ago. Went around nine times. Hit 108 kmh on Foxhole descent according to Strava. Middle of the night. Good fun.
bro your camera mount is epic spot:>) thanks for upload this video kicks ass.
Yeah I like it too! I have lots of footage from this angle!! Check it out
and thats why I switched to discs this year. it's just peace of mind to know, that there are no melting pads or melting glue on the tubulars.
Disk brakes fail too. Happened to me, the hydraulic fluid boiled away on a long descent and I had a huge crash since I couldn’t slow. Never had rim brakes fail on me.
I feel for him. I’ve never hit that speed, but a few days ago as I was moving about 20mph across an intersection, an SUV turned into me from the oncoming traffic (and then left me in the street). Accidents are never fun and recovery is painful.
Holy crap! Hope you are ok man
@@jasperverkuijl nothing broken, just a lot of bruises and scrapes. :)
A flat tire at that speed will not be good
samuel Chaviano better start braking
Why would you get a flat tire?
@@dennisn.9583 anything rough on the road or like a sharp item can puncture
CyberCraft no shit
@@CyberCraft Great knowledge
How the hell did your friend survive?
at which point of the video is the crash
11:02
davidoffon1 yeah thay was bad
DSRT888 dont know
he was breaking until he lost control.
holy $h**... glad your friend is alive!
He is lucky as shit
My like third decent ever was a steep one with a speedbreaker near the bottom
And guess who didn't see the speed bump?
This guy↖
Tried 98 km/h on Fulcrum racing speed wheels almost 10 years ago with cork brakepads. Now that was scary! luckily it was just a short very steep straight so I didn't have to do much braking. I think aluminium brake surface is still to be prefered in these very long downhill rides and I can't wait to ride in some mountains on my Dura-ace c24's!
Ja hoor, daar gaan we weer: ik zit heerlijk te genieten van een mooie fietsfilm met enkel de geluiden die daar bij horen maar helaas kan ook deze gast het niet laten. KUTMUZIEK!!! Jammer, prima video verder.
98km/ph and survived - must be a miracle!
hello simple programmer fanboy
@@israeladesanya262 Hello :)
Amazing! Thanks for taking us along.
This is one of the most rad videos I've ever seen!! Those brake handles are awesome. This is pretty much equivalent to the "Isle of Man TT" but for speed biking, lol
I crashed at 50km/h and had my front rim damaged. The brake surface looked like a sharks teeth and my for was completely split in half. I had cuts on my knee and alot of deep wound on my side. It surprises me that your friend could still ride the bike home just fine without much wounds
That sounds bad dude!!
Well he didn’t ride the bike home! His front wheel was in 2 pieces, check the video of “the complete story” of this weekend to see the aftermath from the crash!
using v-brakes at highspeed downhill XD
You serious? Carbon rim brake will always suffer from poor brake performance and overheating issue no matter how manufacturers improve their design. Disc on carbon is a good choice considering braking power, safety and money saving.
actually that guy spelled brake correctly
Yeah, wait until your disk system breaks on a crash or something like that. Then, we'll talk about saving money.
Or your carbon rims cracking on a crash .
true discs are better on a carbon rim. On a steel or alu rim rim brakes are fine
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I'm enjoying some herb and watching this, they go well together. A mini flight experience. I'm really glad though that your friend was ok. Ive done racing, early 90's and have seen some crashes and at 98kmh, that can be really bad. Great video.
wowww..incredible descent, make sure wear yoour seat belt ...rock and roll
Why so many people hate us cyclists. Doing faster speed downhill than cars/motorcycles on 2 way open road, overtaking while doing it, knowingly pushing the limit...
i dont know man really, i used to ride my road bike on the street and driver horn at me and told me to ride on cyclepath lol
I knew everyone hates everyone when it comes to travel on public roads.
Man, everyone on a vehicle, whether it has a motor in it or not, pushing the speed limits and invading the other side of the road gets the whole crap and hate on them. It's not a trend, and it's not a hate-on-cyclist thing neither. The guy who crashed could've collide an upcoming car and he could've died. And the person behind the wheel could've gone to prision, but even if not, could you ever forget the fact that you hit and killed somebody?
golferchin76 Because car drivers hate anything with 2 wheels on the road while they hide in they hide in there cars
11:00 that’s why and it wasn’t even a race.
pretty impresive i love this guys i love cyclings
luckily that guys is a real climber
reaching a 98kmph is really terrifying but at the same time its great
2017 end of 2017
i was riding a fixed gear in philippines
aurora baler reaching 95kmph
it was a miracle and i was just 15 years old with my friends
I think its ridiculous that 300.000 people including me want to see a human probably crashing really hard with a bike.
I'm glad your friend survived. It was not fun lost control when going 98km/h. It's a beautiful descending, but I would not go faster than 85k/h anymore 'cause it's just too scary to break when higher than that speed.
I also like descending fast... to be honest, in the minutes before your friend's crash, you both risked more and more. Several times you had no free view in front of you. Your friend had a lot of luck to survive. In my opinion he braked too late. Concerning your overheating brakes, I probably would have tried to use the rear brake more often ,if possible, for saving the dying front brake. Maybe I would have tried to produce aerodynamic resistance with my body on straight road sections to lower the speed peaks. On the other hand... this is a great video of an an epic descent. I never climbed the Ventoux- now I can imagine, why this climb is so famous. Good luck ...Greetings-
Glad he wasn't badly hurt. And also glad that disc brakes are now available on all canyon road bikes. Was quite a problem to get one two years ago where the Inflite was the only one but that was the best decision to go with them ;) Maybe that's an option for you when it's time for the next bike ;)
I would be at the water stop when you finished.
Glad nobody was seriously hurt! 👌
Exactly why DISC are superior to any other form of brake on a bicycle. for long high-speed descent disc brakes are the only way to go. And in fact a good hydraulic dropper post will add another layer of performance and safety by lowering CoM and aero drag. 👍 you will see this will be standard equipment in the future...
Hello, I'm from Brazil and I watched the whole video and I was impressed with the speed achieved is really impressive, unfortunately I would not have the courage to do the same but I found it very cool, congratulations to the video and the beautiful region of your country
Awesome video! This angle makes it seem so realistic. In fact I was reaching for my brakes the whole time.
If I were to do this, I would want; a full face helmet, neck brace, hip pads, elbow, pads, knee pads, shoulder pads, the road closed, pot holes fixing, special tires and I still probably wouldn't go anywhere near that speed. You guys are fucking mental/suicidal :P
Yeah pretty much xD
One of best descent videos out there
Fastest i ever got was 95 kph on my old Cannondale CAAD 7 with Mavic Ksyrium SSL wheels.
this is kind of nuts.. thankfully for him everything went fine but on such a small road, with upcoming traffic, everything can go batsjit pretty fast.
One mistake or mechanical failure and it's like jumping out of a moving car at 50mph.
Awesome ride, I was with you the whole way. My max is 54.3 MPH, i was in Rochester, NY. For this descent I would get Disk Brakes. I wopuld've also used that cold mountain water to cool those brake pads, or even the rims. God Bless and be safe!
When you get ready go down on that descent always have new brake pads and make sure there are very clean including the rims...
What amazing video 👏👏👏👏👏👏congratulations
999,598 views SO CLOSE !!!
Do we have to have the Bradley "Jiffy Bag" Wiggins advert at the beginning of all these videos?
I wonder how a 100kph on a bicycle feels. My maximum speed is still only 63kph
Amazing footage, thanks for sharing!
I have the Aeroad and get one hell of a squeal on the brakes running Zipp wheels. I wonder if it the direct mount brakes too.
I remember back in the late 80s early 90s , out on a ride with a friend we was on a down hill , we did 62mph , was a short down hill of about 1 and a half miles !
Cracked front wheel and still descending, God was with you guys
My wheel wasn’t cracked. Just got brakes.
@@jasperverkuijl Ooh I meant the other guy, thought you mentioned that :)
Ouch. Brakes are touchy things, especially at speed. Anyway, at least he walked away from it. Other than that, great ride all round. I found myself leaning around the corners.
Luck
full excitement of race . i enjoyed you video
Why you using 3 spaces instead of 1, like this
I envy you. Mont Ventoux is my dream...
Great Video. I am new to road bike from MTB. I just did a 6km -9% decent last week, totally scared by the rim brake. Waiting for Aeroad Disc. Hope they will make it next year.
that's when you need disc brakes....I would have melted my carbon rims..
not so sure, Van Aert overtook Alaphillipe on rim brakes on the Poggio descent using rim brakes. Braking technique helps a lot
@@pjetrs yes but no Lol... They only use that specific bike for a little periodo of time, and never ride it again
@@pjetrs Van Aert also threw that wheelset in the trash can afterwards after he worn out the brake track.
Cuz u noob
that’s why you buy cosmic slr with exalith braking rims
Speed, Heat, Friction, all combine to create Brake Fade! I’ve reached 110 kilometers Per Hour and crashed, was in the Hospital for 3 weeks! A car cut me off, went 300 meters off a mountain cliff, lucky to be a live! 6 months of Recovery and Rehabilitation, was training for a Road race! I use to Race Cat 1 UCI Road Cycling for 4 years!
When the light catches the road, and you see it's full of huge pot-holes, and then you realise the rider is crunching over them at full tilt? Yeah nah. Not safe.
Awesome video! Great POV....felt like I was on the bike.
my heart stop at 11:00 , he used the rear brake?
Have you ever been on a road bike?
i'm a stubborn beginner
Not sure what stubborn beginner means but basically... road bikes don't have very good breaks. You get up to speed and you're essentially a brick that can't stop. Locking up rears is also very easy and happens a lot.
ok thx for your advices :D. I don't realy trust rear brake for this reason, i prefer front braking and putting all my weight behind, i find this more effective.
Chances are, it can be front too. I used a Right front set up.
+Jasper Verkuijl
Hi, i cant believe that you never took any spare pads, the 1st time i hit this mountain descent it really woke me up as a rider, its not particularly technical but the road surface changes due to the weather and at 110km/h+ it can be tricky as hell with that loose grit kicked up from the cars on the edge of the road, i enjoyed the fact that our racing heroes cycled the very same road i was, great vid m8.
Why can nobody spell 'brake' in 2017...???
spokest don't be an ignorant. English may not be ones first language.
break !!!
When you can brake, you break. ;)
Whoops - I meant to say "when you can't brake, you break."
@@Swampster70 you can edit that now.
Curious what your thoughts are on the Super? Also, what's the final weight on that build? Thx
My usual speed on mountain bike is 45-50km/h flat surface, that's enough for me
lol what a load of bs
@@djdelarosa25 its not bullshit doing over 40kmh on flat on mtb is not hard for fit people
I wonder if it would be of any use to occasionally spray one’s brake rotors down with a bit of water from a water bottle, to cool them via evaporation.
You'll bend the rotors. Not smart
beautiful descending.
I can't do it anymore myself, too old. This is the first vid i've seen that shows what a real descent is like with all the shaking. Hard to see straight and feels like you're in another world.
Everyone’s talking about “oh you’re lucky to be alive”… bunch of wussies, this is awesome! I’m new to bikes but an experienced motorcyclist, these speeds are well within reasonable limits in my opinion.
Nice riding!
🤙🤙💪
"well within reasonable limits" - "bunch of wussies" you should think about your wording. It's not a race, the road is not closed for normal traffic, one little lane groove or oncoming traffic (maybe a motorcycle that cuts the curve...) and the game is over for you (and maybe innocent others too). It is a question of responsibility for oneself and especially for other road users. If you want to test the limits, take part in a race or go to the race track, it's as simple as that.
@@Zwiesel66 Riding at that pace, you accept the risks. And if you know where your limits are, it's not as scary/risky as you think. Personally I ride a motorcycle at about 70% max of the limit of what I think the road/equipment/my skill can handle, which allows for 30% performance for emergency maneuvers.
Someone who can ride a bicycle this smoothly/comfortably on the street like the guy in the video, I'm assuming he's doing the same thing.
Well your buddy´s speed is not 98 km/h at the crash, but it makes the story more dramatic. Lucky guy! Made the same mistake descending to Malaucene, but manege to safe my bike AND my life. Ventoux is a dangerous playground.
10:58 : 98km/h, so your friend should be at 105 at least.
I think that speed is given before braking ( as u cen see, he brake to give a place for his friend ), so his friend may not ride 105 as u wrote.
Maybe a good advertisment for the new disc brakes??
Even on the 'express bikes' section of Canyon's website, where they boldly advertise the bikes as being ''shipped within a few days'', do they renege on delivery times. In reality, in Canyon speak, it transpires 'a few days' is a euphemism for 3-4 weeks or maybe longer. Shifty bastards. They did this to me last year when ordering an Aeroad which I eventually gave up waiting for, pulled out of purchase, and instead bought a Ribble Aero 883. Admittedly, not quite as refined as the Canyon Aeroad but a better quality frame and better quality carbon nonetheless.
No. I ordered my Aeroad last august, and got it after 1 week. That Ribble is classes inferior to the Aeroad.
I've literally just taken delivery of a new Canyon Endurace Di2. It is without question the best 'winter' bike I've ever had. Despite it being an 'endurance' bike it has a very racey geometry indeed. If I add my deep section Enve Ses 4.5's it feels like an all out race bike. Once I've sold the Ribble I'll order an Aeroad in the new year.
Chris James The Japanese Carbon Frames are very high Quality I got an entry level Sava with the Japanese Frame. Very well built bike and lovely shape.
Ribble Carbon is not high quality. How are they so cheap? Basically Chinese carbon
Just for correction, in March of this year 2018 Canyon opened its US Warehouse near Encinitas and their shipping is almost overnight if they have it in stock. (I bought an Endurace in April and it shipped next day and arrived in two days to Idaho)
You don't get to decend exciting places every day and only live once so go for it! Just keep alert and make sure and bank nicely into the corners 😎🤙
Brake pad completly melted, yet some cyylist still say there is no reason to upgrade to dics brakes. Make sense.
Well most of us dont ride 90kmh on a bicycle
Yeah because disc brakes never have a problem and are perfect.
@@PInk77W1 Since I changed to disk brakes 7 years ago I would never go back. Almost no maintenance you change pads and clean the rotor once in a while that's it. Works in every condition, pads auto adjust, braking power is insane you can lock your front wheel with little effort at a tarmac, no more black powder all over your bike, pads can easily last 10000km+. Yeah I guess I am over with putting my live in the hands of 2 small plastic sticks. If he had disc brakes this wouldn't happen...
And to your question I've never had a problem with them ever and I ride quite a lot every year so for me they are perfect.
Amazing video. But what is the first piece of music. It's so trippy
I crash too month ago my speed is around 60-80 kph without helmet and i have only wounds
Probably My luckiest day
Me I just crash 2 weeks ago at a 45km down hill on a road bike now my right flank of my leg is opened fracture
Please wear a helmet
Can plz someone tell me where the camera is placed on the bike? Excellent video!
On the handlebar
Thanks Jasper,excellent video edit,music,camera and sound effects!
i only got half way through the video and had to change my underpants! wtf
John Smith twice
Exalith is allround performance. Going downhill Mount Ventoux 90km/h is not normal. So for best performance you need rims for that doesn't overheat, so a quality alu rim is the best together with brakepads that can handle the weather on that day. Now the proos have full carbon weelsets but they also use classified custom brakepads for the fastest guys that can go for 100$ a pair or more.
And how many calories did you burn during this ride? i guess no more than ten.. No watt consumed
If you seriously think there was no watt consumed, you don't even know how to descend properly.
GT Kim have you got any powermeter indications to prove the huge wattage? as far as i know noone became a better cyclist with fast descending ...climbing is some other story
Yep. Faster descenders are not necessarily better cyclists, but more skilled.
You will find out trying to ride downhill fast takes so much effort, not only because of the pedaling, but also the body position.
Check his Strava log above and see his estimated power or the wattages of other people with power meters in the same segment.
Besides, the fact that he caught up his mate who was certainly pedaling, and his shifting gears.
GT Kim the heavier wins going down, the better trained wins going uplhills. That's why i maintain no interest or admiration for someone going fast downhills, when i have deep respect for someone with expert climbing techniques
There is no technique to climbing. It's just fitness.
Jasper, nice vid. Yeah, Ventoux descent gets you sur la plaque right away. Glad your bud came out Ok. I have been fortunate enough to ride that beautiful mountain twice. Second time was lucky to catch it on a not windy day but almost bought the farm on the descent through the tight twisty steep part. Was riding a rental with calipers. I ride a disc brake bike set up moto, front brake on the right(what I'm used to from moto racing days), which I had with me on the first trip. As you know, things get real hairy real quick. Went to scrub a little speed and went for the front brake, which was the rear, causing it to break loose for a split second entering the curve. Thought I was done for, but saved it though. Never did get those bibs clean, had to retire them. Can't wait to do do it again. Amazing we live to tell these stories. Morals to this one, 'no more rental bikes for me' and 'discs rule'. Safe travels. Peace
😂 yeah I did downhilling on a reverse brake bike once.... bad idea your muscle memory is too strong.
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while watching this video my heart rate went over 100! you're really crazy dude
I hit that speed many times as a teenager. Once on an old 10 speed with a warped rear rim. Also a group of us on a school trip, got ahead of the rest tucked an let it rip. T-shirts cut off no helmets doing 90-100k on school trip. Try that now...LOL
Currently top speed has been 60k down a shorter steep hill, old beat up mountain bike. Think I need to revisit 100k, definitely need to tune up the ride and brakes
Amazingly. .Creazyyyy
I remember riding the Monte ventoux when I was 10 or 11 with my shitty old mountenbike up and down with my moms comuter because it already had discbreaks( like 20 years ago). Was a hell of an experience. But we didn’t get faster than like 70ish.
Damn, that was a crazy ride. what an after rush that must be.