Thank you so, so, much. I put everything into them, sometimes to the point I feel like I’m not going to make it to the end of the ride and the editing. But so proud when I see the finished video and I realise “how on earth did I do that!?”
14 minutes in and the choice of gravel bike and tyres makes perfect sense. Another amazing video Mike - amazing cinematography - truly inspirational as I look out my window at the January rain... Thank you!
Hi Mike, I did it today! And I agree 100% it's a biggest challange I have done on bycicle. I did all the way from Arguineguín to Soria to Aldea del San Nicolás the whole walley of tears to Ayacata and back to Arguineguín =brutal. Thanks for inspire me throw your video Best regards
Chapeau Stefan, you are a hero. I did it by using the ferry between Puerto Rico and Puerto Mogan instead of climbing to Soria and Tauropass respectively.
Gran Canaria such a special place to ride your bike. Some 10/10 climbs on that island. I done the VOT with a 34/30. I literally pulled over at least 3 times from memory and cried. The mixture of feeling so remote, breathtaking beauty but more importantly the suffering. I've on done it once and have zero desire to repeat. This was before funky gravel gears though so a 30/33..... hmmm might have to go again.
Love you video, I use for my indoor workouts. I will watch later, from my bike. The countdown notice before the video is used here for important information that affects our laws, used by advocacies.
Thank you for your appreciation. I’ve been wanting to do that. Gotta figure out how as I filming a lot of the time on my own now so trying to film me filming climbs gets rather complex 😅 but I do love a challenge. 🐮
Fantastic video, thank you, Mike! I rode VOTT on April the 4th last year when the heat wave was almost over. But still, never before was I so happy for making it to the pub in Ayacata 🥵 😁
Legendary!!! Must’ve literally been just after I filmed this as I recall it was late March when I was getting toasted on the VOTT 🔥 Huge respect to you 👊🏼🐮
Huge effort Mike Bravissimo!.. Wow.. the topography, ecology looks so much like Tucson. ( ie Mt Lemmon). even the horrible roads .. poor chip seal with huge cracks No agua.. probably gets bloody hot too in GC like Tucson Good idea to ring the gravel set up.. I think I need one as well.. My Pegoretti is getting beat up here... We have snow up here now.. extreme all the way.. Godspeed andn Healthy and Happy 2024!
I’ve heard quite a lot about Mt Lemmon, sounds like an absolute beast!! Yeah, it’s a combination of everything really that makes these climbs so hard. Terrible road conditions, furnace like heat, no water stops….oh and 25% gradients!! Mega! 💪🏼
Yeah, take care in the heat. Was there last week and it was 28 degrees C on the VOTT at the start of January!! Enjoy Gran Guanche, looks like an amazing challenge!!! 🐮
This is a beautiful video, as always. I have only one niggle: To me, it would intuitive sense to swap out blue and green for the gradient indicators at around 1:44. The progression blue-green-yellow makes much more sense, no?
Thanks for your feedback, really interesting! I opted for that colour system to more closely match the ski run colour gradings with green being easiest, blue harder, then red and black. Hopefully it’s still clear on the graphics when it get hard, that’s the goal 🤞🏼
@@TheColCollectiveTruetrue, I think I just like the grading best that goes from light blue to green to yellow, orange, red, and dark maroon. So what wahoo and veloviewer also use. :)
Always enjoy your videos Mike, but this one takes them to another level, beautifully shot, the drone work particularly good. I rode GC last year on a family holiday but didn’t get to do VOT, I’m inspired to go back and bag it now!
Great video (as always) Mike. Thanks for the explanation of the gearing and gravel setup at 7:20. At up to 25%, I'll be giving this route a wide berth if I ever find myself in GC!!
it does realy put you into tears!!! literaly we ended up doing at night, we were doing 85 miles loop in late january last year, as we took bit of long break n eating by time we got to valley of tears it was sunset!!! ooo it added drama and adventure it had mixture of weather sunny, windy,cold and rain and doing thatin evening time it realy broke us down some of us idnt have LIGHTS!!’
Holy cow!!! VOTT by night would be next level. Nice to avoid the heat but mixed conditions and no lights, now that’s an adventure. And it’s VERY dark out there when the sun goes down. Last time I got caught out on the GC-60 with no lights I had to use my iPhone torch to light the way. Good times! 😜
You know it's steep if Mike chuckles at the sight of a hill. I've been watching TCC videos for years and I think this was the first time that I've heard that.
Sensational landscape, great narration als always. Road must be really awful in some places when you opt to climb it on 40-mm gravel tyres. Could it still be done with 28 mms?
Cycled up to the pico last week from playa del ingles but THIS VOT road I only did by car, thought it looked more like 30% gradient at times! Thanks for this fantastic video!
It seems to me that you would save some energy by having slick road tires. Same size and pressure just better rolling resistance. Just a thought… Thank you for making great videos!
Awesome work to usual Col Collective high standard Mike. BTW, even though I never met you in person, I feel like I know you as I have been clocking up kms on Wahoo 'on location' indoor rides with your guide. Hopefully I will meet you and go for a real ride in person. Keep up the great work!
Looking forward to it. Your Wahoo 'on location' is like being on a cycling holiday while I live in the other side of the world in Australia. Can't wait to travel to Europe one day and ride real roads!!!@@TheColCollective
Hi Mike, if you leave some numbers on that handlebar would be appropriate! Looks great and practical for a climb but be honest hard to find a practical size and shape on handlebars because of bike clubs usually marketing for their own sponsored brands which doesn't come with varieties.
Did this on hols a few years ago hired a bike for the day after a few days of heavy drinking. Ive never been in as much pain in the bike. Super tough climb
Great video! Going to GC in 3 weeks, and plan to do the vot. About 93 kg, reasonably fit, renting a bike from Free-Motion with 34/34 gearing and probably 25 or 28 mm tires. Bad choice?
I did the VOTT in mid-summer, mid-day and almost passed out from dehydration and exhaustion combined. My Garmin registered +50C at the Valley top. I made a silly mistake not to top up water in Nicolas and by the time I hauled myself to El Carrizal where I found a spring/well water tap with sign ‚Aqua no potable’ I was desperate enough to down a few bidons (choosing potential stomach problems over outright death), but water turned out good and saved my life. Did I mention I was 90kg at that time, on a heavy loaner bike, undergeared. Few years later, I am still looking for an answer WHY I did that and you tend to have those thoughts that it simply cannot be that hard as I remember it. Well, it definitely is. And I want to make it clear, no climb profile does the VOTT a justice, even slicing it to 100m stretches, the gradients on these roads are super inconsistent - there’s NO mid-grades anywhere: either 18% an then a micro downhill within 100 meter stretch is a norm. Thank you for reliving my memories, Mike! I love this video that little bit more than others because of my personal attachment, but they are all massively inspiring!
Wow, such an amazing story. Thank you so much for sharing!! I can completely relate to your journey from other exploits on the VOTT. That must’ve been one crazy day!! Glad you downed that water and you conquered it. Massive respect, on a loaner bike too. Incredible!! 🫡
For the setup I went for my gravel bike so I had a wider 40mm tyre on, giving a much more comfortable ride over the poor road surface. Also less chance of puncturing. Although it’s not technically off road the condition of this section of road is pretty bad so I felt the gravel bike with its wider tyres compared to the road bike, along with easier gearing made sense. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!!
Another fantastic video Mike. Brought back great memories from a few years back when I did this ride for my 50th birthday 😂. Good choice using a gravel bike, that road is very questionable in places.
@@TheColCollective by the way, your final comment in the video about VoT being almost a metaphor for life is so insightful. I've climbed for many years all over the place, and VoT is for sure the most emotional ... profound ... of them all. It mirrors the solitude of the soul.
I rode this last week…brutal!!! Steepest grade I’ve ever ridden, only for the crazy people 😂😂😂 Although we ran into a herd of goats near the top which was amazing!
I filmed last March but thought it more appropriate to release in the middle of winter so riders can get the most from it this season. Hope it helps all that attempt the infamous VOTT! 🤞🏼
Totally. That’s part of the VOTT, the landscape breaks you down little by little. It was actually still quite green believe it or not. It can be way more dry and desolate. In comparison the Euro mountains are so much lusher and even so they are very hard, they are somewhat more welcoming. 👍🏼
exactly what I thought. it's much easier to motivate yourself and keep fighting if there is a nice pass coming or you have beautiful scenery with animals etc. but this scenery would kill my motivation real quick :D
Funny how we can be so different. The rugged, stripped back landscapes of Gran Canaria are sublime and majestic to my eyes but then i adore desert landscapes. It beats the overdeveloped, tame dreariness of much of the UK. I always hanker for abroad but then i've had 50 years of the UK.
Mike, your videos are fantastic, they are dreamy, inspiring and informative. The music and filming top them off. They never get old.
Thank you so, so, much. I put everything into them, sometimes to the point I feel like I’m not going to make it to the end of the ride and the editing. But so proud when I see the finished video and I realise “how on earth did I do that!?”
I also love Mike on Wahoo SYSTM!
You’re gonna LOVE the next Wahoo On Location series from Gran Canaria!! Coming soon! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Superb filming, music that blends and interest holding character. A typical Col Collective video !
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Congrats Mike, best info/docu/video about VOTT ever!!!
Thank you Mike! Appreciate your hard work producing these videos
Massive appreciation my friend, thank you so much. Hope you are keeping well 🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮
This video left my legs aching...
😂😂😂 mine too! 🤪🤪🤪
14 minutes in and the choice of gravel bike and tyres makes perfect sense.
Another amazing video Mike - amazing cinematography - truly inspirational as I look out my window at the January rain...
Thank you!
Thanks so much Dominic, hope it makes that rainy day just a little bit brighter 🤞🏼🐮
A stunner and a brute!
Absolutely! An utter beast! 🐗
Amazing video! Thanks, this goes directly to my bucket list
Yes! That’s what we love to hear!! 🙌🏼
Phantastic content as usual!!! Great work! Great passion!! Great views!!! Good on you mate!!!
Thanks for your appreciation 🙏🏻
Hi Mike, I did it today! And I agree 100% it's a biggest challange I have done on bycicle. I did all the way from Arguineguín to Soria to Aldea del San Nicolás the whole walley of tears to Ayacata and back to Arguineguín =brutal. Thanks for inspire me throw your video
Best regards
Big, big respect Stefan! Glad you took on the challenge and made it! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Chapeau Stefan, you are a hero.
I did it by using the ferry between Puerto Rico and Puerto Mogan instead of climbing to Soria and Tauropass respectively.
Thank you so much Mike.
I remember this fantastic road very well.
You’re welcome Frank. Glad you enjoyed the vid! 🐮
One of the hardest outing I ever rode.. It's the road surface that makes this ride extra "memorable". You brought the right bike for the job.
You’re totally right. The road surface makes it extra beastly!!! Well done for surviving! 🤙🏼
Merci Mike. Toujours aussi merveilleux
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Congrats mike amazing video, Indonesia
8:32. “That’s just ridiculous!” 😜. I want my next bike in THAT color!
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Gran Canaria such a special place to ride your bike. Some 10/10 climbs on that island. I done the VOT with a 34/30. I literally pulled over at least 3 times from memory and cried. The mixture of feeling so remote, breathtaking beauty but more importantly the suffering. I've on done it once and have zero desire to repeat. This was before funky gravel gears though so a 30/33..... hmmm might have to go again.
Massive respect to you and thank you for sharing your story. Well done! 👏🏼
Absolutely Surreal Mike. Great video as always
Thanks
Thank you so much for your appreciation 🙏🏻
Another amazing and inspirational climb. Fantastic viewing 👍
Thank you so much Ian, glad you enjoyed it!! 🐮
Watching this in 4K, absolutely stunning and fantastic camera work 👍🏼
Thank you so much for your appreciation 🙏🏻
Another wonderful video of a spectacular ride!
Thanks Leslie! Definitely a very unique ride this one!!
Rode this in December 2017 absolutely amazing route 👍
Awesome!! Well done Mikki! Hope you’re well mate! 🤙🏼
Mike, we're super happy to see you've made some epic memories ( and an our of this world epic video about them ) on the feared Valley of Tears! 🤩
Thank you for your support! You live on an awesome island!! 💪🏼
Superb as always Mike!
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
Love you video, I use for my indoor workouts. I will watch later, from my bike.
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Beautifully crafted video as always. Would love you to do a video on how you make these epic videos.
Thank you for your appreciation. I’ve been wanting to do that. Gotta figure out how as I filming a lot of the time on my own now so trying to film me filming climbs gets rather complex 😅 but I do love a challenge. 🐮
Madly inpirational!! 🤩🫶 Thank you!
You’re very welcome 🙏🏻
What a lovely video.
Nice one Mike.
Thank you kindly 🙏🏻
Fantastic. Just so remote. Thanks.
Feels like you’re riding in the heart of the unknown. Love it!!!
Happy day - Thanks Mike
Thank you 🙏🏻
Fantastic video, thank you, Mike! I rode VOTT on April the 4th last year when the heat wave was almost over. But still, never before was I so happy for making it to the pub in Ayacata 🥵 😁
Legendary!!! Must’ve literally been just after I filmed this as I recall it was late March when I was getting toasted on the VOTT 🔥 Huge respect to you 👊🏼🐮
Great video Mike, good to see you back making inspiring content.
Thank you for your appreciation Alex 🙏🏻
Huge effort Mike Bravissimo!.. Wow.. the topography, ecology looks so much like Tucson. ( ie Mt Lemmon). even the horrible roads .. poor chip seal with huge cracks
No agua.. probably gets bloody hot too in GC like Tucson Good idea to ring the gravel set up.. I think I need one as well.. My Pegoretti is getting beat up here... We have snow up here now.. extreme all the way.. Godspeed andn Healthy and Happy 2024!
I’ve heard quite a lot about Mt Lemmon, sounds like an absolute beast!! Yeah, it’s a combination of everything really that makes these climbs so hard. Terrible road conditions, furnace like heat, no water stops….oh and 25% gradients!! Mega! 💪🏼
Fantastic! Thx Mike!
You’re very welcome!
Awesome video, Mike! I’ve been looking forward to seeing this since you’ve been giving teasers on Strava. It was definitely worth the wait!
Super cool!!!! Hope the wait wasn’t too long. Stay tuned for more! ☺️
Nice Mike!! I rode that going the other direction in 2017 and it was amazing. Super fun to see the views again
Super good work!! I think you were smarter than me in going the other way!! 😅
33C end of March.. wow that's hot! Riding in GranGuanche end Of March... I knew it would be warm, but woah that is quite something.
Yeah, take care in the heat. Was there last week and it was 28 degrees C on the VOTT at the start of January!! Enjoy Gran Guanche, looks like an amazing challenge!!! 🐮
@TheColCollective thanks looking forward to it - never cycled in the canaries so even more so. 👍
You are on for an absolute treat!!! Enjoy!!@@BikepackingAdventures
This is a beautiful video, as always. I have only one niggle: To me, it would intuitive sense to swap out blue and green for the gradient indicators at around 1:44. The progression blue-green-yellow makes much more sense, no?
Thanks for your feedback, really interesting! I opted for that colour system to more closely match the ski run colour gradings with green being easiest, blue harder, then red and black. Hopefully it’s still clear on the graphics when it get hard, that’s the goal 🤞🏼
@@TheColCollectiveTruetrue, I think I just like the grading best that goes from light blue to green to yellow, orange, red, and dark maroon. So what wahoo and veloviewer also use. :)
Always enjoy your videos Mike, but this one takes them to another level, beautifully shot, the drone work particularly good.
I rode GC last year on a family holiday but didn’t get to do VOT, I’m inspired to go back and bag it now!
Thank you Bob!! Worth attempting if you take a trip back to GC, but normally once is enough! 😅
Great video (as always) Mike. Thanks for the explanation of the gearing and gravel setup at 7:20. At up to 25%, I'll be giving this route a wide berth if I ever find myself in GC!!
Thanks Derrick, glad you enjoyed it. Such a beast of a road. Many easier and as beautiful roads over there.
it does realy put you into tears!!! literaly we ended up doing at night, we were doing 85 miles loop in late january last year, as we took bit of long break n eating by time we got to valley of tears it was sunset!!! ooo it added drama and adventure it had mixture of weather sunny, windy,cold and rain and doing thatin evening time it realy broke us down some of us idnt have LIGHTS!!’
Holy cow!!! VOTT by night would be next level. Nice to avoid the heat but mixed conditions and no lights, now that’s an adventure. And it’s VERY dark out there when the sun goes down. Last time I got caught out on the GC-60 with no lights I had to use my iPhone torch to light the way. Good times! 😜
Looks like a scary descent. Awesome spot.
Yep, have to take a lot of care if going in the other direction.
Ahhh this reminds of your “Road to Hautacam” etape training video from 2014 that I used for training 😁😁😁
Holy cow! Good memories, thank you for making me smile so much!! ☺️
Another awesome video of a wonderful climb. Hope you visit Korea one day!!There's a lot of various climbs that you can try
Whoa!! Bucket list destination!! 🤩
Grazie.
Thank you so much for your support 🙏🏻
You know it's steep if Mike chuckles at the sight of a hill. I've been watching TCC videos for years and I think this was the first time that I've heard that.
Yeah, it was pretty hilarious seeing the road rise up again!!!!
Class…..I went slowly up a few years ago…..34 x 29….Tears……super video…
Whoaaaa! Big respect 🫡
@@TheColCollectiveit was very, very slow…….🤣
You made it though!! @@richardstoner866
Sensational landscape, great narration als always. Road must be really awful in some places when you opt to climb it on 40-mm gravel tyres. Could it still be done with 28 mms?
Epic.
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7:35 . . 33 front 36 in the back . Good choice on gearing and tire size. A Spartacus climbe for sure
I reckon the setup was really good. Still suffered like a dog but that was always going to happen 😅
Cycled up to the pico last week from playa del ingles but THIS VOT road I only did by car, thought it looked more like 30% gradient at times! Thanks for this fantastic video!
Well done!! Pico is amazing, did you see our video on it? VOTT is next level in every way. Definitely had me on the ropes plenty of times 😵💫
Yes, your videos are just superb, and you make it look so "easy", but it inspires to go after all the cols, even if at slower speed :-)
Happy climbing!@@krausol2802
Brutal climb, very steep (I almost had a wheelie), no shade🥵😢😎
Absolutely, it’s an absolute beast!!! Well done for surviving!!! 💪🏼
awesome video. feels like a TdF stage presentation. great work as always.
was the road closed or are there actually no cars or motorbikes?
Glad you enjoyed it. The road is pretty quiet overall, you may get a handful of tourist cars or motos but for the most part you’re on your own. 👍🏼
It seems to me that you would save some energy by having slick road tires. Same size and pressure just better rolling resistance. Just a thought… Thank you for making great videos!
Yep, slicks would work well. I’d recommend 28mm width at least. 🐮
Great video. Think i'll need an Mtb or E-bike to get up that one😊
It’s certainly a beast!!!!
Awesome work to usual Col Collective high standard Mike. BTW, even though I never met you in person, I feel like I know you as I have been clocking up kms on Wahoo 'on location' indoor rides with your guide. Hopefully I will meet you and go for a real ride in person. Keep up the great work!
Love this!!! Would be ace to ride some real roads! Stay tuned, On Location Gran Canaria may be coming soon? 🤫
Looking forward to it. Your Wahoo 'on location' is like being on a cycling holiday while I live in the other side of the world in Australia. Can't wait to travel to Europe one day and ride real roads!!!@@TheColCollective
Hi Mike, if you leave some numbers on that handlebar would be appropriate!
Looks great and practical for a climb but be honest hard to find a practical size and shape on handlebars because of bike clubs usually marketing for their own sponsored brands which doesn't come with varieties.
great video Mike! what dt swiss model are that wheels?
Glad you enjoyed the video! The wheels are GR 1600, a capable set of off road hoops. 👍🏼
Awesome video Mike! What’s the name of the song and artist in the first 5 minutes of the video? Thx
Hi Craig, song is called Limit Break by Jon Presstone. Solid sound! 👌🏼
Try the road from Carrizal through Pasadilla. Tough as VOTT I think
Sure thing, those roads are brutal, but great to look back on!!
Did this on hols a few years ago hired a bike for the day after a few days of heavy drinking. Ive never been in as much pain in the bike. Super tough climb
Pwoaaa! I can imagine. Big respect to you! 👊🏼
@TheColCollective brutal Mike I wasn't aware of how hard it was 🤣
@@JK-wl5bx It sure is a beast!!
Hi Mike.
Can you just briefly tell me why you like speed play pedals so much?
Thanks.
Personally I like the zero float option, which makes the interface from cleat to pedal feel solid and efficient. 👍🏼
Great video!
Going to GC in 3 weeks, and plan to do the vot.
About 93 kg, reasonably fit, renting a bike from Free-Motion with 34/34 gearing and probably 25 or 28 mm tires.
Bad choice?
Super cool!!!! Take your time and best of luck! 🍀
@@TheColCollective Thanks! Do i need wider tires?
@@matsrekdal3065 I think their bikes have 28c tyres which should be fine. Good luck!!
Looks like you are climbing Martian landscape. Another fantastic video Mike!!!
Absolutely! Crazy landscapes out there!! 🌋
I did the VOTT in mid-summer, mid-day and almost passed out from dehydration and exhaustion combined. My Garmin registered +50C at the Valley top. I made a silly mistake not to top up water in Nicolas and by the time I hauled myself to El Carrizal where I found a spring/well water tap with sign ‚Aqua no potable’ I was desperate enough to down a few bidons (choosing potential stomach problems over outright death), but water turned out good and saved my life.
Did I mention I was 90kg at that time, on a heavy loaner bike, undergeared. Few years later, I am still looking for an answer WHY I did that and you tend to have those thoughts that it simply cannot be that hard as I remember it. Well, it definitely is.
And I want to make it clear, no climb profile does the VOTT a justice, even slicing it to 100m stretches, the gradients on these roads are super inconsistent - there’s NO mid-grades anywhere: either 18% an then a micro downhill within 100 meter stretch is a norm.
Thank you for reliving my memories, Mike! I love this video that little bit more than others because of my personal attachment, but they are all massively inspiring!
Wow, such an amazing story. Thank you so much for sharing!! I can completely relate to your journey from other exploits on the VOTT. That must’ve been one crazy day!! Glad you downed that water and you conquered it. Massive respect, on a loaner bike too. Incredible!! 🫡
Could someone please explain his tire selection? It doesn't make sense to me. Im old
For the setup I went for my gravel bike so I had a wider 40mm tyre on, giving a much more comfortable ride over the poor road surface. Also less chance of puncturing. Although it’s not technically off road the condition of this section of road is pretty bad so I felt the gravel bike with its wider tyres compared to the road bike, along with easier gearing made sense. Hope that helps, thanks for watching!!
@@TheColCollective Thanks. Also interesting to know why people choose the tires they do. Happy cycling
@@GuitarguyRichard56 You're welcome Richard. Be safe!
Another fantastic video Mike. Brought back great memories from a few years back when I did this ride for my 50th birthday 😂. Good choice using a gravel bike, that road is very questionable in places.
What a 50th birthday present! 😂 Big respect, we’ll done sir 🤙🏼
Climbed VoT alone in the summer heat. I was in heaven but it felt like hell.
Totally! The valley is ridiculously hot! Definitely straight out of the depths of hell! But what a climb, so worth the effort in the end 👊🏼
@@TheColCollective by the way, your final comment in the video about VoT being almost a metaphor for life is so insightful. I've climbed for many years all over the place, and VoT is for sure the most emotional ... profound ... of them all. It mirrors the solitude of the soul.
@@terjemyller6573 Amen to that 🙏🏼
try Rigi in CH next time ;)
Good call, thanks for the heads up! Hoping to return to Switzerland this summer so will see if I can check it out 👊🏼
I rode this last week…brutal!!! Steepest grade I’ve ever ridden, only for the crazy people 😂😂😂
Although we ran into a herd of goats near the top which was amazing!
Whooaaaaa!! Big respect! Glad you got to meet the VOTT goats too! 🐐
@@TheColCollective thanks for your awesome video. My friends and family can appreciate the route 👍🙏👍
You’re welcome Karen 🙏🏻
The worst thing about this climb is the quality of the asphalt.
100%!! It’s a real bone shaker!!!!
Now everyone that comes this way will wanna climb this madness of a climb. 😅😅😂😂
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GC is better than Majorca IMO.
Have to agree with you there!
March of 2923, right? What took you so long to release this video?
I filmed last March but thought it more appropriate to release in the middle of winter so riders can get the most from it this season. Hope it helps all that attempt the infamous VOTT! 🤞🏼
Great filming but imo a miserable looking wasteland. The classic Euro mtns offer so much in scenery. This looks like something from Dune or Star Wars
Totally. That’s part of the VOTT, the landscape breaks you down little by little. It was actually still quite green believe it or not. It can be way more dry and desolate. In comparison the Euro mountains are so much lusher and even so they are very hard, they are somewhat more welcoming. 👍🏼
exactly what I thought. it's much easier to motivate yourself and keep fighting if there is a nice pass coming or you have beautiful scenery with animals etc.
but this scenery would kill my motivation real quick :D
Funny how we can be so different. The rugged, stripped back landscapes of Gran Canaria are sublime and majestic to my eyes but then i adore desert landscapes. It beats the overdeveloped, tame dreariness of much of the UK. I always hanker for abroad but then i've had 50 years of the UK.
Welcome to my world but need some money
😂😂😂 Maybe you wanna add that the mountains you are talking about have a better senary in the summer maybe? 😂😂. Go ride them now. 😀😁🤔😏😏😏
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