In France i've done a 28% street at the maximum and 14% average, on the north of france ! come and try to steel the KOM of Alexis Brunel rider for UAE team emirates !
@@iancuk I don't think you realise how steep that road is. It's difficult enough to clip in with MTB SPDs unless you start right at the bottom. It used to be possible on an MTB but it wasn't fun and didn't add anything to a ride
@@richardbrook4545 as a person whose recently dented his left shin with MTB pedal after clipping-fail on 20% grad, I think you're quite fun at parties 🤣.
Wow! Impressive how Dan just flies up that so smoothly and clears some leaves on his way back down. impressive that Jess is chuckling while climbing that beast and not just gasping for breath. Most impressed by Ollie giving it a go again and again. Nicely done!
I first descended this before climbing it (on my mtb) and it just absolutely dropped away from me. this one is absolutely absurd, especially since it's so straight you can see all the work you have to do. Absolutely brutal.
After a tough week I needed this Ollie video. Made me laugh. Love the soundtrack. Ollie gets dropped right off the start. LOL. Gotta do this in the summer. I want him to make it. Go Ollie!!! Thanks again to GCN for making my day.
My recently refitted hybrid has a lower gear than any of those bikes, though it is heavier to start with. Try 26/34 for size. But I'm not sure where I'd find a similarly steep hill around here to try it out.
Rode up this hill when it was a very rough unsurfaced track many times on a motorbike, back in the 1980's & 1990's in the MCC's classic Edinburgh Trial. It was a massive challenge back then & many a rider came to grief. Respect to anyone who can get up there on a bicycle, even though it is now covered in tarmac.
I think it's just part of who he is now. Didn't he also start an Everest with to tall gears? Either way, it plays into the comic relief part of who he is. And I suspect that's on and off camera to some extent.
@@veriest1 I think like a lot of geeks he overthinks and misses the deets of somethings, much to his embarrassment. mostly he leans into it now because we like it.
@@SimonBauer7 Yes, my daily riders only have rim brakes. But I calculated how much heat the brakes need to dissipate on steep downhills, if you don't keep your speed down. It's a little frightening.
35/33 sounds reasonable for the climb, never had anything easier than currently 36/28, so have to walk when it is above 30% (also weighing close to 90 kg). However, the road I had a hardest time walking up (had to stop while walking because it was so steep) is a short-cut road from Lana (near Merano in the northern Italy) to Pawigl/Pavicolo (nice gravel continuation up to Vigiljoch). I feel fairly confident even your welsh champ with easy 35/33 gears won't get up there, but I may underestimate him ... would not dare to try the ramp you did in wet conditions - got off the bike when it was merely 24% in rain before ... (and you even had plenty of leaves). Anyway it was somewhere between 38-40% or so ... and paved. Been to several roads with percentages around 32-35% ... so if you want other ones to try, let me know.
Great video! Always fun to watch Ollie. I recently spent a few days in the Peak District and did more climbing in 10 miles that I would do in 40+ at home. I'm exhausted just thinking about that climb...
Thank you Ollie, and Matt by virtue of the comments, for making me feel less rookie in my uphill clipping skills. Can we have Dan or Jess do a video on how to clip on the climbs? They didn't seem to have any trouble clipping in at all.
I would love to see you ride Scanuppia in the Dolomites. 7.2km at 18% average, serval pitches at over 30% and a max gradient of 37%. In comparison, Bamford Clough us just 0.7km Long, at 21% average and 36.5% max gradient.
I've just finished cycling the Mae Hong Son Loop in Thailand with regular climbs over 20% That seemed bonkers. Over 30% I can't even begin to imagine!!
All the attention for tech and new tech and then come there with that gearing..... Same with a mate off mine. A real nut for expensive Italian stuff. Came to the Ardennes last weekend with a 39/23.... Had to walk up a climb twice and switch to a rental the next day.
@@valk5045 My racing bike was 39/23 until very recently, when I changed the cassette to have a 39/28 low gear. It makes a surprising amount of difference.
I'm pretty confident that it should be possible to find a steeper climb on the beautiful island of Madeira. Last time I was there - without my bike though- we drove around the island and there were several ramps where it was difficult to get up with a car.
@@jerrynilson3300 The chain could definitely be a weak point, especially if you have to change gears so I always try to avoid that when riding really steep roads.
Allt Bron Phillip on Anglesey is pretty steep, over 33% in some places, which i thought was ridiculous at the time. I see from Strava Dan's got the second fastest time up it already, though.
This video made me think: Please do a GCN tech video about possible ways to put an MTB rear groupset on a road gravel bike. Covering all ranges would be helpful. 3x and 2x groupsets etc.
@@elbotho my LBS mechanic tried to do exactly this with a Deore 3x ( during the parts shortageI was super excited, I was only going to lose 2 teeth in my sprinting gear) and my Sora derailier could not shift down and back to the 22 inch chainring. I currently run a 30 chainring ( smallest in front) and a 34 sprocket Granny gear in back... Which is acceptable most of the time. But for 800 meter elevation gains in one shot. I would like to be able to spin the steeps and just keep crawling. What is your set up?
I use a 46/30 with an 11/40 cassette on my gravel bike. Elliptical Chain rings with Ultegra drivetrain. I still couldn't do anything remotely close to that climb
Steepest road I know is between Cwm to man moel in the South Wales valleys, impossible to ride in autumn/winter, at least 500meters long and has got to be a 30%er
It’s funny you mentioned Hawaii in the video. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, which has the steepest paved road in the United States. Waipio Rd. In Honokaa, HI is 37%. It’s difficult to walk better yet ride on a bike. Also, it rains a lot in this area, so it’s almost always wet and slippery.
From Wikipedia -- Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States. Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 65 meters long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade with a length of 21 feet (6.4 m).
In eastern Melbourne there is an old road climb car race track that strava thinks has a gradient of >50% at sections. Maybe it is that at the on the inside by I think it is actually to 35-40%
Steepest paved roads for me Locally in the San Francisco Bay Area (south) are: 1) Hicks Rd. north and Mount Umunhum Rd. 2) Metcalf Rd. 3) Quimby Rd. I will add Old Preist Grade in the Sierra Nevada foothills in north central California. All of these are real chain stretchers…
There is a climb between Pontypridd and Abertridwr that is crazy steep before a cattle grid, Penheol Ely Road is the name of the road, it goes past Ponty golf club.
To be fair, I tried it today and it's extremely leafy, possibly the reason it's currently closed. So probably one for the summer. The final patch of leaves about 100m from the end is just so challenging.
Ditching beacon is the brute way f a hill near me, absolute killer, twisty and steep and seemingly everlasting. The views from the top though make it all worth while.
We have a +40% with a 100m long section in Costa Rica, Irazu volcano, Prussia park. Every step feels like climbing 2 ladder steps and going down is scary as hell.
Am from Sheffield and have rode through Bamford village loads times on the main road. Not seen this beast before though might have to go and check it out.
Scanuppia near Trento in Italy: 7,5km 17,6% medium and 45% max and finish 1515m.s.l.m. There are some absurd climb (Muri Marchigiani)...even Contador go zig-zag at Muro di Guardiagrele.
Isn’t it the „steepest road in the world“ according to Guiness is determined by the steepest 10m stretch? At least that is what Tom Scott said about the road in New Zealand. Apparently, the steepest bit of road is in San Francisco, with over 40%, but that’s for less than 10m so it’s not an official record.
@@Metal-Possum not really, I really advice watching Tom Scott’s video on the “steepest road in the world”. Baldwin St is mainly flat and then pitches up midway through. Probably depends on how you define “a climb”, but Baldwin St in its entirety isn’t *that* steep in average.
@@LarsRR After visiting Baldwin street a number of times and walking up it, it's fucking steep. The actual climb is consistently steep, that's what I meant. I don't care about the flat bit, neither does anyone else.
6:25 There is no shame in attempting ~ there is only shame in having the talant and NOT attempting the climb. This would be a challenge for the entire GCN presenter crew....can they defeat the Siborg on this gradient? All will be assimilated. Resistance is anti-areo.
Well, to be fair, Ollie has been walking about exhibit halls lately, all that walking and talking about bike tech is probably more exhausting than it looks.
I think I heard Jess mention Abdon Burf? If so, that is the toughest climb I've ever tried. Tougher than Hardknott in my opinion. Although not as steep as this, I suspect it is not far off, and the start is just a sustained gradient of horror. Would love to see what GCN think of it.
There's a not long but fairly a 2-5 minute steep hill over here in Bronx, NY. Specifically riverdale, the hill gets me everytime but I manage to reach to the end! It's really steep with turns
Ok next time I am trouring about in Japan I am measuring some of the climbs and recording their locations. There are some little mountain villages where I struggled to walk my bike up (had to keep taking breaks lol) and 2 wheel drive cars just couldn't make it.
Penang Hill Jeep Track. 5.1km, 833m above sea level, 38.9° at steepest. There has been several cases of mtb disc brakes failing coming down the hill. I had several inner tubes melted on my rim brakes going down the stretch. It's a brutal climb to the top.
Without the shadow of a doubt that looks incredibly steep. If you ask me with a high degree of certainty I would dsre to say that "El tanque Las Casuarinas" has been the steepest challenge in my life. It is located in Lima Peru and before giving it a try you should wolf a huge snack down ricch in poroteins I must say. Thanks for the video. Stay safe. Cheers mate!
Why didn't they show the barriers and road closed signs at the top and bottom? Or didn't they want anyone to know it's actually illegal to ride or even walk on the hill...
That's an absolute nightmare, especially with the wet leaves. Even on foot, one could easily end up sliding down the hill out of control, on their back side. Excluding the easier 150m at the bottom, Google says it climbs 121m (394 ft.) over a distance of 435m (1429 ft.), for an average grade of 27.5%, which means that not only is it steep, but it's also much longer than most super-steep grades. To make it even more brutal, it gets steeper as you climb, with the hardest section at the top. To put things in perspective, even at walking speed (3 mph), I would have to put out over 400 watts to keep moving on the steepest part - and I'm only a 66 Kg rider. Just walking up the grade with your bike, would be very difficult (as Ollie discovered).
Maybe not steeper, but Succombs Hill in Croydon is pretty brutal but is also a cut-through used by heavy traffic. It's hard on its own, let alone the trucks and cars chasing you up the arse! It's more than 25% in places
Auckland’s west coast has the steepest street in the world. The world famous in NZ’s own Te Aute climb. It’s absolutely brutal for 900 metres. The Strava profile is misleading, as the start middle and finish are relatively flat. The two sections of steepness are measured at 40%.
If you guys ever make it out to San Francisco you should check out Broderick Street (sidewalk really) between Vallejo and Broadway. It’s short but sweet.
try vine street Bristol I have competed and helped the organisers of MCC and BLCC on both not to mention repaired the clough and can assure you vine street is much steeper.
What's the steepest climb you've ever ridden?
I've done Rosedale chimney in North Yorkshire. It peaks at 33% on the switch back. Brutal climb from the Abbey all the way up.
I’m relatively new to finding climbs, but Redbank in the peaks was a tough one. Got to do it again in the Cumbrian Cracker sportive in a few weeks.
In France i've done a 28% street at the maximum and 14% average, on the north of france ! come and try to steel the KOM of Alexis Brunel rider for UAE team emirates !
So Far, Revpal, PH, 11 km climb with Max Gradients of 25% 668m high from start of climb to finish
Hardknott Pass
This time Ollie manages to get dropped before he even starts.
He's having a heavy symptoms of Matt Stephens clipping syndrome.
I thought that too!
@@iancuk I don't think you realise how steep that road is. It's difficult enough to clip in with MTB SPDs unless you start right at the bottom. It used to be possible on an MTB but it wasn't fun and didn't add anything to a ride
@@richardbrook4545 as a person whose recently dented his left shin with MTB pedal after clipping-fail on 20% grad, I think you're quite fun at parties 🤣.
@@iancuk 😜
Wow! Impressive how Dan just flies up that so smoothly and clears some leaves on his way back down. impressive that Jess is chuckling while climbing that beast and not just gasping for breath. Most impressed by Ollie giving it a go again and again. Nicely done!
it's juat a new challenge for Ollie.
Saw this comment “Dan just flies…” and had to check the date. Thought it might’ve been Lloydie and the Cervelo Test Team…..
@@kiwigunner it's all that Zwift academy training he has been doing! :)
I get the sense that the driveway to the Evans household is basically vertical.
Respect to the crew that handled asphalt equipment at that gradient.
Amazed that someone was even able to operate heavy machinery to pave that road 😵
I think they just dumped tarmac at the top and let it run down 😂
for grip we let some pressure out of the steamrollers tires
@@bertonabike6991 I mean. That’s working smarter not harder.
@@pretzelhunt ... lol good one
@@bertonabike6991
Yes, it had to have been a top-down job.
All that tech and kit, but no one has a broom.
: True. You can easily go out there with a broom and be busy for 30-45 minutes and get rid of the most dangerous bits...
Road cyclists in a nutshell 🤷🏻♂️
Dropped at the start. New achievement unlocked. Well done Ollie.
I first descended this before climbing it (on my mtb) and it just absolutely dropped away from me. this one is absolutely absurd, especially since it's so straight you can see all the work you have to do. Absolutely brutal.
I rather know where it ends instead of being surprised by another stretch around a bent.
After a tough week I needed this Ollie video. Made me laugh. Love the soundtrack. Ollie gets dropped right off the start. LOL. Gotta do this in the summer. I want him to make it. Go Ollie!!! Thanks again to GCN for making my day.
If I had to do this hill, my gearing would be so low that it would be quicker to walk.
I think I would manage this with a 22 at the front, a 42 on the rear on an electric bike put into turbo mode
Yes, if I attempted this hill, my speed would be lower than normal walking speed. But you'd never get me to try it, on those wet leaves.
My recently refitted hybrid has a lower gear than any of those bikes, though it is heavier to start with. Try 26/34 for size. But I'm not sure where I'd find a similarly steep hill around here to try it out.
Is anyone else really impressed that they were able to pave that drop!
YES ! WTF?
More content with Jess! What a legend she is
YES!!
Agree more Jess please 👍👍
Lol, she was pretty much holding a conversation up that gradient!
Definitely, an absolute star and unbelievably strong
Rode up this hill when it was a very rough unsurfaced track many times on a motorbike, back in the 1980's & 1990's in the MCC's classic Edinburgh Trial. It was a massive challenge back then & many a rider came to grief. Respect to anyone who can get up there on a bicycle, even though it is now covered in tarmac.
Why the hell did Ollie go to the steepest climb in the world with that gear combo?
I think it's just part of who he is now. Didn't he also start an Everest with to tall gears?
Either way, it plays into the comic relief part of who he is. And I suspect that's on and off camera to some extent.
@@veriest1 I think like a lot of geeks he overthinks and misses the deets of somethings, much to his embarrassment. mostly he leans into it now because we like it.
Strictly for our entertainment. The same reason why Si and Hank rode the racing tandem (on a 58 tooth chainring) up a grade that hits 28%.
He lives in a world of imagination where he doesn't need super low gears for a super steep climb
It’s autumn, why would there not be leaves, take a brush😂😂
Any film crew with good sense, would have brought along a leaf blower - but then, this is GCN and the crazier the video, the better.
A broom is more practical .Followed by the wagon.
@@marianneoelund2940 a broom is a lot cheaper and less noisy
@@thomasl6912
Yes, it is. However, have you ever tried to sweep up wet leaves from a tarmac surface, using a broom?
@@marianneoelund2940 yes, I have. You may need a broom with stiffer bristles if the leaves are decomposed
I miss the ol lasty pain face meter, love to see him on this climb.
Absolutely no problem - ridden the climb dozens of times, no sweat.
Next planning to start from the bottom, any time soon.
HAHAHAHAHAA
I'd be sweating my ass off either way, mostly because of how fast you'd accelerate downhill
@@MrCh0o
I don't think any of my bikes have adequate brakes for that. I'd be white-knuckling the brake levers, and still be accelerating.
@@marianneoelund2940 downhill 4 piston 200+mm disc brakes will do you nicely there
@@SimonBauer7
Yes, my daily riders only have rim brakes.
But I calculated how much heat the brakes need to dissipate on steep downhills, if you don't keep your speed down. It's a little frightening.
35/33 sounds reasonable for the climb, never had anything easier than currently 36/28, so have to walk when it is above 30% (also weighing close to 90 kg). However, the road I had a hardest time walking up (had to stop while walking because it was so steep) is a short-cut road from Lana (near Merano in the northern Italy) to Pawigl/Pavicolo (nice gravel continuation up to Vigiljoch). I feel fairly confident even your welsh champ with easy 35/33 gears won't get up there, but I may underestimate him ... would not dare to try the ramp you did in wet conditions - got off the bike when it was merely 24% in rain before ... (and you even had plenty of leaves). Anyway it was somewhere between 38-40% or so ... and paved. Been to several roads with percentages around 32-35% ... so if you want other ones to try, let me know.
Jess was fun. Love her competitiveness lol
Great video! Always fun to watch Ollie. I recently spent a few days in the Peak District and did more climbing in 10 miles that I would do in 40+ at home. I'm exhausted just thinking about that climb...
Peak district can be killer for sure.
Thank you Ollie, and Matt by virtue of the comments, for making me feel less rookie in my uphill clipping skills. Can we have Dan or Jess do a video on how to clip on the climbs? They didn't seem to have any trouble clipping in at all.
Practice practice practice.
I would love to see you ride Scanuppia in the Dolomites.
7.2km at 18% average, serval pitches at over 30% and a max gradient of 37%.
In comparison, Bamford Clough us just 0.7km Long, at 21% average and 36.5% max gradient.
Scanuppia for anyone else reading the comments and googling it!
@@the318pop you’re correct
I've just finished cycling the Mae Hong Son Loop in Thailand with regular climbs over 20% That seemed bonkers. Over 30% I can't even begin to imagine!!
Love the introduction music !
"Well, ... it's a total wall", LOL
Laugh so hard viewing this video - Ollie needs to train with Dan & Jess ... a lot :-)
genuinely fitness not an issue for me here!
@@GCNuser123 wasn't thinking fitness, but climbing speed - they almost made it look like it was only a 10% climb
Totally relate to Ollie's momentum clip in problem on a sleep climb but still laughed.
That was some Matt Stephens level clip-in fail.
Truly impressive...especially with the wet leaves. Amazing!
One of those videos you smile all the way through ( mainly as it’s someone else doing it !)
Dan looks so 🥶 at the end, an the sound of those breaks, sounding more like rim then disk.
Did Ollie inherit the curse of not clipping in properly from Matt? Poor lad, he's already synonymous for getting dropped and sinking on hydrobikes.
The best part is I think he exclusively uses Speedplays. lol
Props for doing the hill, the leaves, and the weather, and the camera crew!
30+% gradient and Ollie comes with a 39/30 gearing. What the #&%@ was he thinking. Cleary he wasn't thinking.
All the attention for tech and new tech and then come there with that gearing..... Same with a mate off mine. A real nut for expensive Italian stuff. Came to the Ardennes last weekend with a 39/23.... Had to walk up a climb twice and switch to a rental the next day.
Awful choice, right? God knows even with my 34/32 gearing I would have folded right away though.
@@valk5045
My racing bike was 39/23 until very recently, when I changed the cassette to have a 39/28 low gear. It makes a surprising amount of difference.
I'm pretty confident that it should be possible to find a steeper climb on the beautiful island of Madeira. Last time I was there - without my bike though- we drove around the island and there were several ramps where it was difficult to get up with a car.
You're not supposed to drive your car up stair steps.
It is also about daring to try it ... always afraid the chain or handlabar/stem would break ...
@@jerrynilson3300 The chain could definitely be a weak point, especially if you have to change gears so I always try to avoid that when riding really steep roads.
Madeira has a lot of extreme hard climb indeed.
Nice trials skills by Dan. Cool nose wheelie/stoppie!
Just finished watching. Wow. I'm exhausted. Gotta go to bed now.
Hats off to the couple.
Don't even know how they managed it to have traction at all?
Crazy!!
Salute you.
Allt Bron Phillip on Anglesey is pretty steep, over 33% in some places, which i thought was ridiculous at the time. I see from Strava Dan's got the second fastest time up it already, though.
I’ve tried both and Bamford Clough is noticeably harder, as is Afon Ddu…
You guys should come to Pittsburgh, PA and race the Pittsburgh Dirty Dozen race. 13 of the worst climbs you could imagine including Canton ave at 37%
We'll have to check it out. We rode the one in Harlech a few years back..absolutely brutal...
Love the Calypso? Flamenco? music at 6:20 with the duo dancing up the hill!
This video made me think: Please do a GCN tech video about possible ways to put an MTB rear groupset on a road gravel bike. Covering all ranges would be helpful. 3x and 2x groupsets etc.
Check out GPLama’s Mullet build for his Aspero.
I have a MTB crank in the front with a 22 tooth, and I just love it :)
@@elbotho my LBS mechanic tried to do exactly this with a Deore 3x ( during the parts shortageI was super excited, I was only going to lose 2 teeth in my sprinting gear) and my Sora derailier could not shift down and back to the 22 inch chainring. I currently run a 30 chainring ( smallest in front) and a 34 sprocket Granny gear in back... Which is acceptable most of the time. But for 800 meter elevation gains in one shot. I would like to be able to spin the steeps and just keep crawling. What is your set up?
@@thommomonk I am going to have to look. Thanks!
I use a 46/30 with an 11/40 cassette on my gravel bike. Elliptical Chain rings with Ultegra drivetrain. I still couldn't do anything remotely close to that climb
I love a hill and a challenge, my next trike will be attempting that next year. My last one broke on Winnatts
Steepest road I know is between Cwm to man moel in the South Wales valleys, impossible to ride in autumn/winter, at least 500meters long and has got to be a 30%er
It’s funny you mentioned Hawaii in the video. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii, which has the steepest paved road in the United States. Waipio Rd. In Honokaa, HI is 37%. It’s difficult to walk better yet ride on a bike. Also, it rains a lot in this area, so it’s almost always wet and slippery.
What a lovely couple Jess and Dan are!!
From Wikipedia -- Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States. Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 65 meters long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade with a length of 21 feet (6.4 m).
In eastern Melbourne there is an old road climb car race track that strava thinks has a gradient of >50% at sections. Maybe it is that at the on the inside by I think it is actually to 35-40%
Near-ish GCN mega base you have Awkward Hill (which is near Blagdon Lake), it isn't as steep but the name is really cool.
It’s coming into summer in New Zealand, now is a great time to go do Baldwin Street.
Misses Evans never stoped laughing.
And all done after competing in the Nationals. Well done Jess & Dan.
Steepest paved roads for me Locally in the San Francisco Bay Area (south) are: 1) Hicks Rd. north and Mount Umunhum Rd. 2) Metcalf Rd. 3) Quimby Rd. I will add Old Preist Grade in the Sierra Nevada foothills in north central California. All of these are real chain stretchers…
There is a climb between Pontypridd and Abertridwr that is crazy steep before a cattle grid, Penheol Ely Road is the name of the road, it goes past Ponty golf club.
This will make a good Strava segment!
You need to come Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and do the Dirty Dozen hill climb race. It was held last month so you will need to wait a year.
Canton Ave, Pittsburgh, 37% on cobblestones!
To be fair, I tried it today and it's extremely leafy, possibly the reason it's currently closed. So probably one for the summer. The final patch of leaves about 100m from the end is just so challenging.
Very interesting riding guys, hmmm the tires Di make a diff but the all road bike is really for tarmac vs the gravel bike n vice versa
Next video "The Ollie Bridgewood reel of shame." It'll be the most viewed ever.
Ditching beacon is the brute way f a hill near me, absolute killer, twisty and steep and seemingly everlasting. The views from the top though make it all worth while.
@@benshell2603 gps coordinates?
I'll have to take a day off work to watch it, looooong video 🤣
We have a +40% with a 100m long section in Costa Rica, Irazu volcano, Prussia park. Every step feels like climbing 2 ladder steps and going down is scary as hell.
Ollie dropped before setting off 🤣. Legendary!
It's not Ollies fault that he got wheelspin on the leaves. He simply got to much power in his legs
Am from Sheffield and have rode through Bamford village loads times on the main road. Not seen this beast before though might have to go and check it out.
6:28
Just how long is this Olliver Bridgewood reel of shame? And would you please upload it to GCN+. Id pay just to watch that.
Love you Ollie!
Scanuppia near Trento in Italy: 7,5km 17,6% medium and 45% max and finish 1515m.s.l.m. There are some absurd climb (Muri Marchigiani)...even Contador go zig-zag at Muro di Guardiagrele.
This uphill in Funchal, Madeira is ridiculous: 2,8 km long with avg gradient almost 19%: strava segment: "Caminho do comboio (Power Climb)"
There is a climb in South Shropshire from Asterton up to the gliding club on top of the Long Mynd that has to be pushing this.
Isn’t it the „steepest road in the world“ according to Guiness is determined by the steepest 10m stretch?
At least that is what Tom Scott said about the road in New Zealand. Apparently, the steepest bit of road is in San Francisco, with over 40%, but that’s for less than 10m so it’s not an official record.
Baldwin Street (Dunedin, NZ) is just very consistently steep. :)
@@Metal-Possum not really, I really advice watching Tom Scott’s video on the “steepest road in the world”. Baldwin St is mainly flat and then pitches up midway through. Probably depends on how you define “a climb”, but Baldwin St in its entirety isn’t *that* steep in average.
@@LarsRR done Baldwin St a couple of times & your statement is factually incorrect
@@thommomonk don’t know why my comments keep getting deleted, but the first 45% of the climb just have 7% grade.
@@LarsRR After visiting Baldwin street a number of times and walking up it, it's fucking steep. The actual climb is consistently steep, that's what I meant. I don't care about the flat bit, neither does anyone else.
6:25 There is no shame in attempting ~ there is only shame in having the talant and NOT attempting the climb. This would be a challenge for the entire GCN presenter crew....can they defeat the Siborg on this gradient? All will be assimilated. Resistance is anti-areo.
Make Si do it on a TT bike? 😂
In Grindelwald a village in Switzerland, there’s a hill called Aspen and the road there is very steep. You guys should go and check it out 👌🏻😎
Jess a natural on screen and of course climbing. More content with her required please
Well, to be fair, Ollie has been walking about exhibit halls lately, all that walking and talking about bike tech is probably more exhausting than it looks.
I'd love to see a challenge for the fastest GCN presenter up this hill...
I think I heard Jess mention Abdon Burf? If so, that is the toughest climb I've ever tried. Tougher than Hardknott in my opinion. Although not as steep as this, I suspect it is not far off, and the start is just a sustained gradient of horror. Would love to see what GCN think of it.
I was going to post Abdon Burf myself! A local climb, not even tried to walk up it!!
So fun too watch! Had me in stitches!
Apparently there is one in Gran Parque Nacional Sierra Maestra in Cuba on a climb to Alto del Naranjo which is 40%.
26% at TCH Balamban, Cebu, Philippines, very under-geared and struggling but I love it.
There's a not long but fairly a 2-5 minute steep hill over here in Bronx, NY. Specifically riverdale, the hill gets me everytime but I manage to reach to the end! It's really steep with turns
Ok next time I am trouring about in Japan I am measuring some of the climbs and recording their locations. There are some little mountain villages where I struggled to walk my bike up (had to keep taking breaks lol) and 2 wheel drive cars just couldn't make it.
Penang Hill Jeep Track. 5.1km, 833m above sea level, 38.9° at steepest.
There has been several cases of mtb disc brakes failing coming down the hill. I had several inner tubes melted on my rim brakes going down the stretch. It's a brutal climb to the top.
Not many cyclists understand that when grades get that steep, you need to keep your descent speed very low.
Come and try Doi Ang Khang in Fang District on the Thai Myanmar border, pitches of 31% after climbing for 25 KM at an altitude of 1780 M.
How about the A6278 coming in from the south Stanhope for a steep hill. It’s certainly been interesting for me in a car a few times.
Used to live in a street where part of it was 28%. You could not ride up it when it was wet, you would simply spin the rear wheel
Several italian climbs are even steeper and surely much longer. Anyway, well done 😀
Try Scanuppia, Forcella Forchia or some crazy climbs near Bolzano.
Ridden from the hotel above Bolzano over to Alpi de Pampeago to watch the Giro (2003?) and agree there is some steep stuff in those parts.
Without the shadow of a doubt that looks incredibly steep. If you ask me with a high degree of certainty I would dsre to say that "El tanque Las Casuarinas" has been the steepest challenge in my life. It is located in Lima Peru and before giving it a try you should wolf a huge snack down ricch in poroteins I must say. Thanks for the video. Stay safe. Cheers mate!
I want to see the GCN tandem bike climb that gradient
Canton Avenue, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. 37% and cobbles to boot. Absolute banger of a hill
Next challenge - Jess & Dan on the tandem up the hill?
Why didn't they show the barriers and road closed signs at the top and bottom? Or didn't they want anyone to know it's actually illegal to ride or even walk on the hill...
Watching contents like this inspires autum riding a lot ( makes me feel a spoiled continental ,-), thank you anyway
Tanjakan Langit, Java, Indonesia
40,8%
Strava segment
That's an absolute nightmare, especially with the wet leaves. Even on foot, one could easily end up sliding down the hill out of control, on their back side.
Excluding the easier 150m at the bottom, Google says it climbs 121m (394 ft.) over a distance of 435m (1429 ft.), for an average grade of 27.5%, which means that not only is it steep, but it's also much longer than most super-steep grades. To make it even more brutal, it gets steeper as you climb, with the hardest section at the top.
To put things in perspective, even at walking speed (3 mph), I would have to put out over 400 watts to keep moving on the steepest part - and I'm only a 66 Kg rider. Just walking up the grade with your bike, would be very difficult (as Ollie discovered).
Those purple Cannondales though 😍
I’m pretty sure Matt Stevens clipped in faster than Ollie
A previous record holder and now the third steepest street I guess is Canton Ave. Here In Pittsburgh PA.
At this point a gcn video just isnt complete without Ollie getting dropped. I mean he got dropped before he even started.
Love you Ollie
Maybe not steeper, but Succombs Hill in Croydon is pretty brutal but is also a cut-through used by heavy traffic. It's hard on its own, let alone the trucks and cars chasing you up the arse!
It's more than 25% in places
its not quite as steep as this, but Bushcombe lane just out side of cheltenaham, Uk maxes out at 27%!
Auckland’s west coast has the steepest street in the world. The world famous in NZ’s own Te Aute climb. It’s absolutely brutal for 900 metres. The Strava profile is misleading, as the start middle and finish are relatively flat. The two sections of steepness are measured at 40%.
If you guys ever make it out to San Francisco you should check out Broderick Street (sidewalk really) between Vallejo and Broadway. It’s short but sweet.
try vine street Bristol I have competed and helped the organisers of MCC and BLCC on both not to mention repaired the clough and can assure you vine street is much steeper.
Their are some very Steep hills in Seattle WA. A place called Magnolia , Dravus St. I've Never seen anyone ride up this Hill.
Please come out to San Francisco and ride Bradford St. 41% gradient at its steepest. Lots of fun!