I was scared to do this climb (but SO glad that I did!)

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This ride up the Bains Kloof Pass in South Africa sounded really tough and I was pretty intimidated by its tough reputation but I was SO glad that I took it on.
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@BlaqRaq 6 месяцев назад

There’s is never a rider I know that completed a climb and regretted it - no matter how ugly it may be executed.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

That’s a good point!

@MrCyclist 6 месяцев назад

Well done Leonard. You were right to do it and not regret it.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I am SO glad I did it.

@davidburgess741 6 месяцев назад

With a mountain bike chainset, you'd never fear another climb! The biggest fear would be falling over at 6kph! Try it. Heavy riders glide downhill pretty well without huge gears. A small cassette can give you flatland speed with good chainlines under 35kph. The gearing on production bikes is almost always way too high for an average cyclist.

@johnmcneill6595 6 месяцев назад

You are an inspiration to all us mature riders that cycle for the love of cycling. That said, love isn’t always easy.

@BruceChastain 6 месяцев назад

Really interesting the monkeys hanging out in the road. Good Job Leonard!

@BlaqRaq 6 месяцев назад

And another thing. When you weigh 90Kg, or more, you are as fast as any Tour de France champion going downhill.

@joerenner8334 6 месяцев назад

Nope. Those guys go faster downhill than you can drive your car.

@grahambowes756 6 месяцев назад

Nicely done and paced. Looks beautiful. 👏

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It was amazing!

@Geoff333 6 месяцев назад

Hi mate just wanted you to know ,I remember you saying a few months ago just go up the hill as slow as u can ...AND WOW that's helped me soo much so just want to thanks you 😊

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad I could help.

@BrianMax 6 месяцев назад

Great ride, Leonard! What a beautiful place! You're like me. If I'm in a bad mood, an hour riding will put me right.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I was actually feeling pretty good (but scared) before the ride. Afterwards I felt amazing.

@aidanbailey-lewis3209 6 месяцев назад

Wow! South Africa has now been added to my bucket list. Smooth roads, warm weather and baboons! What’s not to like.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It’s an amazing place to ride.

@greghart6310 6 месяцев назад

Not all out roads are smooth, the pass in yhe video was renovated recently. Get it while its good!

@jay297610 6 месяцев назад

Well done great work looks really tough. I''m a heavy rider been riding a couple of months now, today I failed a steep climb 😢 but I would never of contemplated it a month or so ago.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

And that is a massive victory right there. Well done.

@radiocontrolled9181 6 месяцев назад

Well done for trying. Don't give up. If you can lose a few kg that would feel like adding a small electric motor to help you up the hills. Limit food intake and the magic will start happening. Cheers..

@paul1340 6 месяцев назад

Enjoyed the video very much Leonard. The hard work should pay off when facing the challenges ahead.

@djpentz 6 месяцев назад

Quite impressed that you just casually rode past those baboons. Baboons can actually be quite dangerous esp when they're accustomed to humans. You breezed past with aplomb. 😀

@nathanwoodruff9422 6 месяцев назад

Hey Leonard, being in the Southern hemisphere at the top of the mountain, breathing heavy due to lack of oxygen, when you get dizzy, does your head start to spin the opposite direction than it would if you if you were becoming dizzy in the Northern hemisphere?

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

My head spins all the time. Even I don’t know what direct most of the time.

@roberthughes8428 6 месяцев назад

Well Done Leonard,you should be proud of yourself, Cycling up hills is a mental thing. just listen to your body and get in a steady rhythm,

@markdavies5508 6 месяцев назад

Don't worry about the leopards - as long as you're cycling faster than the guy behind you, you're laughing 😀

@joelberman5981 6 месяцев назад

Never forget Leonard‘s law, you can get up anything if you take it slowly enough.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Exactly. Although we all want to ride them as fast as we can!!

@winniecw5cw 6 месяцев назад

Well done Leonard, great ride and great decision to ride back up. Y. O. L. O

@RottenMechGaming 6 месяцев назад

Great climbing! I was wondering where you were, then I spotted the monkeys beside the road and realised it was Surrey! 😂

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

You can’t move for baboons in Guildford.

@Chrisb286 6 месяцев назад

Awesome climbing well done 🚴‍♂️👏👏

@yakoridesagain 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic descent! What a stunning place Leonard.

@ianccrook8899 6 месяцев назад

The trip to RSA appears to have been, for you and your dreams, greatly fulfilling and satisfying in so many ways. Well done to you! Australia next time?

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I would love to cycle in Australia.

@TheSlowCyclist330 6 месяцев назад

Hi Leonard buddy

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Hello there

@BlaqRaq 6 месяцев назад

Mr Lee, if you listen to Chris Horner, a lot of times you will hear him mention “false flats”, that’s what he talking about. When the kick in the climb reduces, it feels like a flat but you are still climbing.

@miivii 6 месяцев назад

On Mt. Zoncolan (from Ovaro), you get this feeling when you come from 6 km/16 % average (max 22) to 10 %. False flat. Funny thing is that a lot of people talks about but it is quite hardcto believe until you experience it.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Yes, false flats are pretty strange. I ride up plenty of them!

@christyfox862 6 месяцев назад

Well done life is all about making memories good hart and legs

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It certainly is.

@cam-hz4yl 6 месяцев назад

Great video. Looks amazing.

@leomccarthy2999 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful video! Congratulations on your outstanding effort, it had to be a great feeling. I have enjoyed many of your videos and have found them inspiring. I am much older than you but I ride thousands of miles every rear. From Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the U.S. I appreciate your highly positive attitude and your love of cycling.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad you are enjoying the channel

@sanoroo 6 месяцев назад

Impressive ride. Crazy wildlife along the way! The colors were amazing. Quite inspiring that you made it a round trip!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Gordon. Shame I wasn’t able to capture the smells along the way. There had been a bush fire in the descent section a week or so before and the aroma of the burnt bushes was incredibly atmospheric.

@gordontyrrall5299 6 месяцев назад

I think we frightened the baboons off on the actual race! I didn't see any anyway - I would have been rather nervous cycling past them as you did, because I know what they can do. I've uploaded my own short version of the CTCT here if you're interested - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AHdzkuS3gyw.html I get about 3 people and a dog looking at my videos so at least you wont be troubled by adverts.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I was hoping to see the baboons and this was the only time they appeared. I enjoyed your video!

@davehollingworth5537 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic, but quite tough riding just before the CTCT event. Weren’t you afraid to ‘peak too soon’?

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I was a little worried but in the end it was good training.

@Ulrich.Bierwisch 6 месяцев назад

It looks like you have fun riding up the mountains. I know this feeling when you look up to such mountains and instead of being afraid you know that you can do it and that it will be fun. 40 years ago, after two bicycle vacations in the Netherlands and Denmark, I concluded that riding mountain roads is much more fun than riding flat areas. My fist real mountain road was the Schauinsland close to Freiburg (770m of climb) and after this I new I had to go into the Alps and see the big ones. Can be addictive but it's one of the best addictions you can have.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

The feeling of accomplishment when you conquer a mountain is one of the best feelings anyone can have.

@gerlachsieders4578 6 месяцев назад

Wow, what a lovely ride Leonard, it appears you are having the time of your life in the RSA, that is good karma working for you, atb

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I Hope you are right about the karma

@TheSlowCyclist330 6 месяцев назад

Leonard how is hill climbing for you it’s a big struggle for me at 6 foot 4 and 105 kg

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It’s tough and slow but you just have to give it a go.

@freddickenson2602 6 месяцев назад

Congratulations Well done

@heidijarvis777 6 месяцев назад

Looked amazing, I would have been a little worried about those large monkeys on the side of the road. Well done 😊

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Yes, they were a little disconcerting.

@Pedals_and_Pathways 6 месяцев назад

Great ride Leonard and great video felt like I was there with you 😉

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad to have you there with me in spirit.

@pauljones5066 6 месяцев назад

well done man, great attitude and effort

@whichypoohs 6 месяцев назад

Wow you are amazing well done 😊

@ThePensionerAdventurer 6 месяцев назад

Hello Leonard, Good video, thank you... Amazing views, I am sure you'll never forget them... Take care. Paul,,

@OliverWiehe 6 месяцев назад

Leonard - absolutely inspiring! Love your thinking - no regrets! awesome! Now if it will only stop raining in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - Great content!

@CycoWarriorx 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely stunning scenery… 🍻

@leiflarsen8422 6 месяцев назад

Bravo, who dares win 😉

@piubattitichewatts 6 месяцев назад

Great job Leo ! Congrats !👏👏

@2cats4tea79 6 месяцев назад

Awesome cycling, Leonard. You are a role model for the rewards of all of the training you did in autumn and winter to get to this point. Congratulations. Amazing scenery. Those were ... monkeys? on the road?

@cyclnvancouver8060 6 месяцев назад

baboons

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Yep; baboons!

@prakashnarismulu3332 6 месяцев назад

Enjoying the local wildlife 😂baboons 🐵

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Not sure enjoying is exactly right but it was definitely fun seeing them.

@nicocoetzee1246 6 месяцев назад

Hi Leonard - great video - what chest camera did you use?

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It’s the Insta360s Go3

@rogersimmons8788 6 месяцев назад

Nice one Leonard. Definitely the right decision. Well done.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely

@brianbr5388 6 месяцев назад

You have a very admirable mindset on the climbs. You are able to focus on your own pace and not worry about what others are doing. It is easier said than done. Great video. Thanks for posting.

@sparx550 5 месяцев назад

Well played mate.

@Capital194 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful ride, congrats. It brought back some memories of riding in Harare Zimbabwe (then Salisbury Rhodesia) on my Carlton Professional which my dad bought for me in Sheffield UK. I miss Africa and the wonderful people very much.

@LakeDistrictcyclist 6 месяцев назад

Nice to see a road with no pot holes 😊

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It was the kind of road surface we can only dream of.

@davidburgess741 6 месяцев назад

We have quite a few roads in America without potholes.

@Panagiotis-Skordilis 6 месяцев назад

Great video

@SprayIgniteBoom 6 месяцев назад

Way to go bro!!!

@danhardisty1 6 месяцев назад

Very cool. Thank you for sharing with us!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Dan.

@frankducett9 6 месяцев назад

Terrific video in every way. Thanks.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it, Frank.

@redbertiethechampion1863 6 месяцев назад

Life is beautiful,Leonard 🫶🏻🚴🚴

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

So I am discovering

@Charlieturnerv 6 месяцев назад

Just wondering why you wear your glasses inside your helmet strap. I've always thought that was dangerous because if you crash your glasses won't come off and can easily go in your eye's.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It’s because my head is quite wide; if I wear them outside the straps they tend to snap.

@Charlieturnerv 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo fair enough. Cool videos btw

@paulcripps9051 6 месяцев назад

Wow, that descent looked spectacular.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Paul. It was one of the most rewarding rides I have ever done.

@greghart6310 6 месяцев назад

Bains kloof! Beautiful part of the countryside that. Have to go do it soon. And yes definitely do the out and return to Wellington. Pubs en route for breaks and excellent wild swimming at the top of the pass (permit bookings required)

@MyLouTube 6 месяцев назад

Good on you Leonard, smashing it! 💙💙💙

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Lou. Did we cycle together on the Eroica ride from Goodwood a couple of years ago?

@MyLouTube 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodveloyes!!! I’ve been watching your vids ever since!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

@@MyLouTube I thought you looked familiar. That was quite a fun ride on the vintage bikes. Shame they actually cancelled the Eroica. I Remember you said that you were friends with Francis but didn’t know that you had a channel too. I’ll subscribe!

@MyLouTube 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo ah thank you! Yes I started my own channel about 18 months ago. Katie Kookaburra was due to come with me to video my World Championships but she got ill and couldn’t come so I started videoing myself. It’s been fun and I’m really enjoying it, just wish I started sooner!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

@@MyLouTube Sounds like you are in excellent company; Francis and Katie!

@stuartdoherty-jf2gq 6 месяцев назад

Another excellent share : loving your work and share - just a real shout to say thanks it's excellent to watch. One of life's good humans. Keep up the great work 😊

@BillyCiervo 6 месяцев назад

So glad for you. You took the climb back. Beautiful ride. Keep pushing!

@kevelliott 6 месяцев назад

loody fab Leonard. You're a legend!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Kevin.

@robertgonzales6593 6 месяцев назад

You know, it would be alot easier climbing mountains if cut a little bit of body weight...

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

You don’t say.

@robertgonzales6593 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo 😂well then??

@robinjohnson6816 6 месяцев назад

Well done. Making memories too...

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

That’s the plan!!

@ChristopherRushby 6 месяцев назад

Well done , it’s a wonderful climb and you made the right choice to do both sides, did it twice with my son in law over Xmas but rode from Paarl

@derekjolly3680 6 месяцев назад

The guys moving downhill at whatever high rate of speed would really have to be on guard against those meandering apes! But that's still better than them coming after you with carbines and nets! With the wide angle lens and all it's hard to tell, but what kind of speeds were you hitting on the way down?

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

I was descending at around 60km/ h

@derekjolly3680 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo So about 37 MPH then. I don't normally clock myself for speed not having (or wanting) the gadgets excepting on the e-bike. But with experience I tend to estimate close enough. There's really only one hill I've hit with speeds like that, (one other for a few MPH less speed) but it's a dead end and I would not want to go at it with my road bike's pad brakes. Just with the two bikes with disk brakes. I've only done it a couple of times and it's seemed semi-suicidal every time. Anyway, I was hitting 39 there with no power on the coast.

@derekjolly3680 6 месяцев назад

The main reason which I see for riding that area in my town is for the climbs back out as part of the overall ride, and I can do that from the other hill without the dead end and the insanely fast downhill.

@Mr229357 6 месяцев назад

Well done and a nice ride 😊👍🏻👍🏻

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Magnus.

@robertlin6834 6 месяцев назад

Am proud for you Leonard well done

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks

@Wayfarer-Sailing 6 месяцев назад

Good decision, and what a road!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Indeed!

@mortenthenorwegian2875 6 месяцев назад

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Takk!

@waynekerry6559 6 месяцев назад

Good work leonard 👏

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍

@n22pdf 6 месяцев назад

Wow beautiful scenery and the roads look amazing.. well done Leonard great work dude 😊😃🚴🏻👍Pete

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

The road was incredible

@raymondnicholas5788 6 месяцев назад

The baboons brought back memories of my 2 weeks cycling trip to South Africa 2 years ago. Amazing scenery,food and wines and the people are so welcoming.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

It’s a great place to ride.

@davesimmons8640 6 месяцев назад

Sincerest congratulations on riding the pass TWICE!! Well done, sir. Do you know what's wrong with being afraid? - nothing. It makes us look both ways before crossing the street. Being afraid to do something isn't the issue. The important point is what we do with that fear. You faced yours and conquered it! You should be proud of yourself. I'm proud of you!! Again, well done, Leonardo!! Pat yourself on the back for us!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Yes being nervous or scared is a great thing as long as it doesn’t stop you from doing the good things.

@dennisspors7530 6 месяцев назад

Great video!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@bluejoe1873 6 месяцев назад

NICE ONE

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching

@colocounty4 6 месяцев назад

Wow! This might be my favorite of all your films. Unbelievable scenery and wildlife!! Well done on the return!!

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@razorrs25 6 месяцев назад

That was fantastic to watch never mind actually being there. Thank you for sharing Leonard and well done on the climb.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@neilbradford9752 6 месяцев назад

These South Africa videos have certainly put a smile on your face , the terrain is a bit different to the south Hants / West Sussex area , thanks for for bringing them to us

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Aren’t they just!

@ChristopherSterwerf 6 месяцев назад

"Let's do this again!" Love it!!

@chrisconnors7418 6 месяцев назад

beautiful scenery again! Butter smooth roads are a treat.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

The best!

@richpillar 6 месяцев назад

Well done - that was awesome

@mrewers2316 6 месяцев назад

Great video. Well done on the ride. 😊

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! 😀

@cyclnvancouver8060 6 месяцев назад

That looked great Leonard. I really loved seeing the baboons along the road, and the leopard warning sign. Those are things you do not generally see in the Vancouver area.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Hey Steve, it was my first time seeing baboons on the road. I wasn’t quite sure how to deal with them.

@cyclnvancouver8060 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo We saw them in Tanzania years ago. They can be quite aggressive. Andrea was quite surprised when I told her you rode through a pack of them. She was also quite amazed by the Leopard warning sign. You handled yourself very well through all that.

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

@@cyclnvancouver8060 I heard the baboons are particularly aggressive if they think you have food. As for the leopards, I was told that they are extremely rare so I was actually a little disappointed that I didn’t see one.

@cyclnvancouver8060 6 месяцев назад

@@jollygoodvelo I think leopards are rare. We saw one once on the Serengeti. It was up in a tree eating a small gazelle. We could really only see the corpse hanging and the Leopard's tail hanging down.

@DavidvanderWant 6 месяцев назад

I was in that bike race. Tour du cap. Bainskloof pass is also spectacular from the other side

@jollygoodvelo 6 месяцев назад

Isn’t it a fantastic climb? And that road surface is just beautiful.

@ZwiftDude 6 месяцев назад

Tarmac and roads look amazing. Why does the British Government insist on sponsoring foreign wars and regime changes rather than domestic investment in public services, roads and infrastructure?