What an epic mental, physical and spiritual ride that you've made, to make it to the summit must have been a complete overload of your feelings, what an achievement.
I can attest to the fact that he's not the first to ascend Mt. Washington auto road on a bike in the winter. A friend and I biked it under similar conditions in November, 2003 (I was on a 26"er with v-brakes - yikes). Half-way up my water was frozen solid, and I rapidly lost body heat at the summit with 70 mph wind gusts. Biking this road is prohibited and the crew up top were none-to-happy as we reached the summit (though they did take our photo as they'd never seen anyone bike up in the winter). Epic ride, with one sketchy descent!
Loved the fact that you had a Cannondale Fat bike! I ride a Cannondale F29 carbon 4. I have thought of getting the fat bike for winter riding. Great video!
Nothing takes the wind out of my sails like the wind does. No matter what I'm doing(skateboarding/snowboarding/biking/running/swimming/surfing) when the wind is pushing against me...I loose my mind. couldn't imagine trying this with that kind of wind. That guy is tough as nails
Nothing better, than mountainbiking with your own mechanic, a filmcrew and a dozer to prep your track. Put a moving story and some melancholic music in the background and you have a redbull movie.
Sorry but I call bullshit. I have done plenty of winter hiking in NH and so have plenty of others. It is in fact quite common. This whole movie is underwhelming. A 2 hour bike ride in the cold? I could do that easily. I hiked Lafayette and Owls Head 5 days ago in a 22 mile hike maybe Red Bull should sponsor me too. If you want to see incredible biking, go watch danny macaskill’s imaginate - now that’s impressive.
I planned a vaca through NH VT and Canada on my bicycle and this Mt was supposed to be my last "triumph" of my trip. that was AFTER a 100 mile bike race. well 2 days after actually. the guards at the bottom said no way that day. that it was too windy. that it wasn't safe for bicycles that day. or the rest of the week and I didn't have the xtra days to wait. I was so bummed I couldn't climb Mt Washington. I packed extra brake pads and tubes for the trip down. oh well. that was 30 years ago. that old saying that " there's no time like the present" ..... ya. I never got another chance to ride it. Congratulations Tim on being the 1st to ride it.
Stud the tires next time and take it downhill! Pretty cool I'd like to bike mt washington. I've hiked it before with 90mpg winds at the summit, fun times!
+PilgrimTitan yeah it showed him producing a consistent 220-230 watts of power. that's enough to run a small computer. that's enough power to charge an iphone 6s about 67 times
coldest I have ever been out riding was actual air temp at -58 celcius and with wind chill factor of -80....let me know if anyone else out there has ridin in colder weather....
I made it to the summit because his spirit was amazing just that. Riding against that wind gusts is the most wearing out element when you´re riding a fat bike. With the proper apparel and bike you can deal with cold and terrain. Gust winds is just up to your training = power , nothing else... 3 mayor mistakes: 1. Wrong bike, you can´t ride such bike, you´ve gotta ride a Farley 9.6 or any other great carbon bike with 27.5" wheels and a real fork and great frame. This cannondale half fork is a joke even more for a fat bike 2. You gotta have low pressure if you wanna get traction in such track, period. They figured out too late when the guy was already toasted. Better go tubeless to reduce at least 1lb per wheel and you can reduce the pressure down to 3lbs easily. 3. You gotta have studded tyres if you knew already you´re rolling on shinny ice slab. And better go with Bontrager´s 27.5x4.5 studded period. 45nrth is great tire but just 4".
I ride at 2psi...I climb stairs and have endless grip at that level, but I'm a light rider so prob not everyone can take advantage of the low pressure..
I am sure this really sucked to bike up that but -19 F is only -7 C.... I am still wearing a sweater and riding my normal mountain bike in those conditions. Last winter I went for a 20 km ride at -20 C cause I was bored and had nothing better to do... I should film some of my rides.
Todavía hay más de uno que se cree que tiene que decir lo que debe ocurrir. Si no lo dicen ellos no se puede hacer. Algunos necesitan de ecuaciones para ver si lo que digo es verdad.
+Geoff Waugh No, but read about it. Used to hold the record for highest recorded wind speed, now only 2nd fastest. It is really cold and 'always' windy in the winter. It sits in between 3 prevailing weather systems, which is why the weather is so cold for such a low mountain...only 2000m but often colder than Everest at 8900m. It's the windchill that's bad. This ride had 49 mph wind and -19F, which is -58F or -50C...that is really quite cold. I climbed/hiked it one winter (not up the road but up the Lion's Head trail) and got blown over and down a slope, was lucky that I didn't fall/roll/slide too far. My jaw also froze.
