Hi Mike, I did the Sustenpass today after watching your video many times. The video made me dream, and today I just felt happy after this climb! Just amazing and personally so enriching. Many thanks for sharing this dream! Linda
I used the live in the area and the Sustenances was epic. It ws my farewell ride when i left.. It started snowing once we got above InnerkIrchen. Thank goodness the Swiss have cafe's all over the place. I hope when you were in the area you shot video of the Grosse Schidegg. It's much more difficult and very little traffic other than local farmers, cows, and the occasions PostBus blaring it's horn to the tune of william Tell overture. The view at the top of the Eiger is unforgettable.
Just finished my trainer session.. and had this one as a dessert! :) What a road.. what a scenery.. wow, just wow! Epic ride without cars and smooth tarmac.. Oh, that is something to wait while living in a "ice-box" for four more months... Love those climbs! :D
Did the other side of the Sustenpass in the Alpenbrevet like u said, awesome climb and the 27km down the side is in this movie is alot of fun after 150+km's and 5000 meters of climbing!
Simoncelli: Do not be discouraged it's true the weather in England is wet and rainy but that never stopped me from cycling. What I did had two road bike one with fenders for when it was raining and the other for dry and sunny days. I was living in Cambridge for 15 years.
@@marcomunoz7597 Salud hombre, I have been living in Spain for the last three years so I am finding it hard to get out on the bike. Work gets in the way too! Merry Christmas dude
For me the Susten from Innertkirchen is one of the absolute most beautiful passes in Switzerland. Right up there with Gotthard (from Airolo, see Giants of the Swiss Alps video), Grosse Scheidegg (from Meiringen, still waiting for a video, it is spectacular and hard!) and col de la Croix, Pillion and Mosses (see other Col Collective video). Build as a military road in 1938-1945 it is not on a main traffic axis. The inscription close to the top (8'09") says "In ernster Zeit dem Frieden geweiht : In grave times dedicated to peace" . This has the advantage that on a weekday motorized traffic is quite low. On weekends however the traffic can be intense due to tourists. Thanks so much for this magnificent video, as all the others it helps to get over the winter season.
I lived in Merirngen for 2 yers and the Grosse schidegg was my Saturday ride.. Light traffic, beaitufl scenery and some crazy steep sections. When Tour De Suisse climbed the Schidegg in 1999 there were kOM points 2/3 of the way up the climb at the crazy steep section. I miss riding the are and all the wonderful people who lived there.
Staying in Meiringen is better but you should mention the short climb when coming down from the Susten or Grimsel. That can be a PITA when doing the big tour. Please also do Grosse Scheidegg, even more impressive!
@@Sandman_TV cool, I am just trying to gauge. I would love to do a loop and people's efforts make it seem more feasible. I won't be as fast as Cotty, but I don't care.
Years ago I made the Susten from the other side - I think it is more beautiful from the side you have chosen (I might be wrong may be I was just not fit enough to realize the beautiness after the Gotthard I was overweight)
I'm not such a fan of these big famous Swiss passes. Unless you go on a day when they close the roads to traffic, you just got constantly overtaken by cars and motorbikes, often driving really fast. A better ride is to start the Susten, then after about 3 km turn left onto a much smaller road and cycle up to Engstlensee. It's not as long as Susten, but much steeper and quieter. And still really beautiful.
Thisvis why I like the Grosse Scheidegg. As a Swiss citizen this is really sad. We have only the Klausenpass which is entirely close for traffic once in year. With many protests of course...
you have to do them one or two days before they officially open in spring. The roads are snow free at that point and you got barely any traffic. Just watch out on the descent for the gates!
I used to ride the same route, then we would flip up and through Hasliberg then down the Brunig back into Meirreingen. I miss this part of the world very much. Now I am living in very flat Florida..
When you don't go at the summer holidays or weekend you will have the passes for you alone. Im living there and this climbs I do in the " normal week days". Best time is June and September or October:)
Fantastic Video, I have ridden the Susten many Times but I have no idea how you guys managed to get 10 minutes of footage without a single car or motorbike?
mike we would like to all the followers of the channel the col collective. Know the people who follow you when they record the videos. all together they have a very professional team.
Great vid once again! I did that climb three years ago, really nice scenery and excellent road. The pass is huge but the reasonable gradient makes the climbing actually enjoyable, instead of grinding in 8%+ walls. However it has two drawbacks that are not mentioned: First, it has quite heavy traffic, especially with annoying motorbikes. You seem to have been quite lucky that day. Secondly, the actual peak is inside a tunnel, so you miss that bit of nice view and achievement at the end. Also by the time I climbed the pass, the sign was gone, much to my dismay on missing a celebratory photo. Did they install it back or did you find it at some back road?
The sign is still the same as it has been for many, many years... I ride the Susten basically every year and never found it missing, it is located left 50m before the tunnel on the Meiringen side. As the traffic is 95% touristic it is very heavy on weekends, but very light on normal weekdays.
Hi! I'm still trying to figure out what gearing I will need for such climb. You wrote 34x28 and power > 275 W. But what was your avg power on this climb? Thank you!
King of Aluminum mike if someday they return to record in france. record in the town where the greatest philosopher and mathematician of all the earth was born. Rene Descartes.
That’s why we ride our bikes... 🥳 the surroundings en the way to the top.. 😍👌
Every time I see one of your videos, my bucket list gets longer!
7:26 takes it to another world.
The perfection of col collective videos is a certainty in my life.
Thank you guys !
I couldn't get a better gift ,Merry Christmas Mike ,Deb and the Col Collective team.
Nice video!! Climbing is life!!
...and the bucket list grows. Happy Holidays and thanks Col Collective, that was a great gift.
Breathtaking as usual, thank you for the video.
Another superb video. "This is why we ride our bikes.." Never a truer word spoken. Merry Christmas, Mike. And thank you.
Outrageous beauty.
Great! The surface looks like paper. What a perfect climb.
These videos just spark the soul... thanks Mike, see you in the Alps. 👍
Incredible thanks Mike Christmas morning here in Australia and watching Col collective what great start to the day. merry Christmas Mike . Thanks max
Hi Mike, I did the Sustenpass today after watching your video many times. The video made me dream, and today I just felt happy after this climb! Just amazing and personally so enriching. Many thanks for sharing this dream! Linda
I used the live in the area and the Sustenances was epic. It ws my farewell ride when i left.. It started snowing once we got above InnerkIrchen. Thank goodness the Swiss have cafe's all over the place. I hope when you were in the area you shot video of the Grosse Schidegg. It's much more difficult and very little traffic other than local farmers, cows, and the occasions PostBus blaring it's horn to the tune of william Tell overture. The view at the top of the Eiger is unforgettable.
Just finished my trainer session.. and had this one as a dessert! :) What a road.. what a scenery.. wow, just wow! Epic ride without cars and smooth tarmac.. Oh, that is something to wait while living in a "ice-box" for four more months... Love those climbs! :D
This looks like heaven
Beautiful ! Another place i'd like to go !!
I was waiting for a new vídeo and here it's.Nice present for Christmas.Thank you!! Best whises from Spain!
Great Christmas gift...thanks Mike...enjoy the Holidays
Did the other side of the Sustenpass in the Alpenbrevet like u said, awesome climb and the 27km down the side is in this movie is alot of fun after 150+km's and 5000 meters of climbing!
Merry Christmas Mike.
Thank you Mike, hope you and your closest have a good one! Peace. M
Beautiful! Thanks for this!
Looks stunning! Inspiring stuff as always Mike! Merry Christmas to you and the Col Collective team from back in the New Forest 🌱🌳
Fantastic. Please keep up the great work.
What a great little present to us all Cotty, thank you. Hard to stay motivated with this English weather. Merry Christmas
Simoncelli:
Do not be discouraged it's true the weather in England is wet and rainy but that never stopped me from cycling. What I did had two road bike one with fenders for when it was raining and the other for dry and sunny days. I was living in Cambridge for 15 years.
@@marcomunoz7597 Salud hombre, I have been living in Spain for the last three years so I am finding it hard to get out on the bike. Work gets in the way too! Merry Christmas dude
Beautiful. I have to do this climb. Inspiring video. Thanks so much !
Beautiful climb. Looks like you had the entire mountain to yourself too.
For me the Susten from Innertkirchen is one of the absolute most beautiful passes in Switzerland. Right up there with Gotthard (from Airolo, see Giants of the Swiss Alps video), Grosse Scheidegg (from Meiringen, still waiting for a video, it is spectacular and hard!) and col de la Croix, Pillion and Mosses (see other Col Collective video).
Build as a military road in 1938-1945 it is not on a main traffic axis. The inscription close to the top (8'09") says "In ernster Zeit dem Frieden geweiht : In grave times dedicated to peace" . This has the advantage that on a weekday motorized traffic is quite low. On weekends however the traffic can be intense due to tourists. Thanks so much for this magnificent video, as all the others it helps to get over the winter season.
I lived in Merirngen for 2 yers and the Grosse schidegg was my Saturday ride.. Light traffic, beaitufl scenery and some crazy steep sections. When Tour De Suisse climbed the Schidegg in 1999 there were kOM points 2/3 of the way up the climb at the crazy steep section. I miss riding the are and all the wonderful people who lived there.
Great videos really inspiring
Thank you so much Andrew 🙏🏻
Great Christmas present! Inspiring as ever!
Great adventure.
epic rides awesome
Staying in Meiringen is better but you should mention the short climb when coming down from the Susten or Grimsel. That can be a PITA when doing the big tour. Please also do Grosse Scheidegg, even more impressive!
Fear not Grosse Scheidegg is on the way! :-)
Finally some cows in the video - great video for a rainy day in munich
Nice Christmas present there, what a climb! 🙌
Did the trippe for the first time this year. Susten - Furka - Grimsel. Absolutely stunning!!
All in one day or several?
@@alpsalish in one day, challenging but fun
@@Sandman_TV cool, I am just trying to gauge. I would love to do a loop and people's efforts make it seem more feasible. I won't be as fast as Cotty, but I don't care.
Magnifique!
Nice video, thanks. Merry Christmas Mike!
Как раз в начале июля 2019 года катался на машине по этим местам)
Years ago I made the Susten from the other side - I think it is more beautiful from the side you have chosen (I might be wrong may be I was just not fit enough to realize the beautiness after the Gotthard I was overweight)
Wow. Those views are absolutely stunning! Merry Christmas Mike 🎄
Brilliant. One day I'll make it out to your place.
Amazing video Mike, keep it up and happy holidays.
Awesome ride Mike.. great footage 👍
thx for your art works in this year, Mike. =)
Merry Christmas to you and the video team !!!
Merry xmas to cyclists around the world. Another brilliant masterpiece mr cotty!!!
Great video
I wish i had video like that of me and my bike🤗
Wooow Iii like it 😍🤗🤗🤗😍😍😍
Que hermoso. Me encantaría ascender por este paraíso. Será posible traduzcan lo qué opina el ciclista?Gracias.
I'm not such a fan of these big famous Swiss passes. Unless you go on a day when they close the roads to traffic, you just got constantly overtaken by cars and motorbikes, often driving really fast. A better ride is to start the Susten, then after about 3 km turn left onto a much smaller road and cycle up to Engstlensee. It's not as long as Susten, but much steeper and quieter. And still really beautiful.
Thisvis why I like the Grosse Scheidegg.
As a Swiss citizen this is really sad. We have only the Klausenpass which is entirely close for traffic once in year. With many protests of course...
@@GSatiFan True... But there are lots of secret climbs like GS. Loads great ones in Wallis in particular. I love Moosegg...
you have to do them one or two days before they officially open in spring. The roads are snow free at that point and you got barely any traffic. Just watch out on the descent for the gates!
I used to ride the same route, then we would flip up and through Hasliberg then down the Brunig back into Meirreingen. I miss this part of the world very much. Now I am living in very flat Florida..
When you don't go at the summer holidays or weekend you will have the passes for you alone. Im living there and this climbs I do in the " normal week days". Best time is June and September or October:)
Wow nice video! Makes me want to ride my bike! Thanks Mike for sharing this with us!
PS: Will you do a video about the Madeleine from the South side?
Fantastic Video, I have ridden the Susten many Times but I have no idea how you guys managed to get 10 minutes of footage without a single car or motorbike?
nice vid from my backjard... lots more to explore
Great video. Any new releases on the horizon?
YESSS! NEW VIDEO 😍 give me a heart Mike please ❤️
Hope you enjoyed it! Ride safe, Mike
Merry Christmas 😁😁😁
Ach, die Schweiz!
You got a second wind, a bit like Holmes who did not in fact die. It turned out to be a ruse to hide from Moriarty's associates.
Mike would you consider doing a video in the Vosges some time ?
mike we would like to all the followers of the channel the col collective. Know the people who follow you when they record the videos. all together they have a very professional team.
Hi Mike , please make a movie
Best regards from the cold and dark german winter
Hi Mike, is their a chance you could review your equipment as I'd like to see your angle on the brilliant components etc you use ?
I think he's done a video about what he uses, but it's not really a review when it's all given to him through sponsorship.
Amazing videos. What kind of video editing software does he use? How do you create and insert those elevation profiles?
Stunning video,nice ZZTop cow 🐮👍 😂
Wow
Great vid once again! I did that climb three years ago, really nice scenery and excellent road. The pass is huge but the reasonable gradient makes the climbing actually enjoyable, instead of grinding in 8%+ walls. However it has two drawbacks that are not mentioned: First, it has quite heavy traffic, especially with annoying motorbikes. You seem to have been quite lucky that day. Secondly, the actual peak is inside a tunnel, so you miss that bit of nice view and achievement at the end. Also by the time I climbed the pass, the sign was gone, much to my dismay on missing a celebratory photo. Did they install it back or did you find it at some back road?
The sign is still the same as it has been for many, many years... I ride the Susten basically every year and never found it missing, it is located left 50m before the tunnel on the Meiringen side. As the traffic is 95% touristic it is very heavy on weekends, but very light on normal weekdays.
what kind of power can you susten up this one?
Just wondering what’s the reason for riding in the middle of the road. Is it safer during climbs?
Hi! I'm still trying to figure out what gearing I will need for such climb. You wrote 34x28 and power > 275 W. But what was your avg power on this climb? Thank you!
King of Aluminum
mike if someday they return to record in france. record in the town where the greatest philosopher and mathematician of all the earth was born. Rene Descartes.
HI MIKE....which month suitable for cycling this road??????
Bel effort
I thought you changed to a disc cannondale
What time of year was this filmed / ridden?
How come the road seems to be devoid of traffic?
🎉❤
Why do you often ride in the middle of the road?
Why you are doing this to us? Why Mike?