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Valley of the Tears - The most feared road in Gran Canaria! 

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Feared by all that visit Gran Canaria, Valley of the Tears leaves little to the imagination with its wickedly steep gradients, hostile landscapes and a seemingly endless road that'll suck all the moisture from your body as you tackle its unforgiving slopes. Up for the challenge? Of course you are!
Start: La Aldea de San Nicolas
Length: 24.2 km
Summit: 1,360 m
Elevation Gain: 1,580 m
Average Gradient: 6.5%
Max Gradient: 25%
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@ad9898
@ad9898 6 месяцев назад
Mike, your videos are fantastic, they are dreamy, inspiring and informative. The music and filming top them off. They never get old.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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!?”
@martinkleinman8072
@martinkleinman8072 4 месяца назад
Congrats Mike, best info/docu/video about VOTT ever!!!
@peatdeloosha2463
@peatdeloosha2463 5 месяцев назад
Superb filming, music that blends and interest holding character. A typical Col Collective video !
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
@RobHuls
@RobHuls 6 месяцев назад
I also love Mike on Wahoo SYSTM!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You’re gonna LOVE the next Wahoo On Location series from Gran Canaria!! Coming soon! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@stefanbuday8086
@stefanbuday8086 4 месяца назад
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
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 4 месяца назад
Big, big respect Stefan! Glad you took on the challenge and made it! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
@martinkleinman8072
@martinkleinman8072 4 месяца назад
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.
@VladislavKravtsov
@VladislavKravtsov 6 месяцев назад
This video left my legs aching...
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
😂😂😂 mine too! 🤪🤪🤪
@felisagatuna6257
@felisagatuna6257 3 месяца назад
Amazing video! Thanks, this goes directly to my bucket list
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 3 месяца назад
Yes! That’s what we love to hear!! 🙌🏼
@LGB2764
@LGB2764 6 месяцев назад
Thank you Mike! Appreciate your hard work producing these videos
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Massive appreciation my friend, thank you so much. Hope you are keeping well 🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮
@dominicbritt
@dominicbritt 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thanks so much Dominic, hope it makes that rainy day just a little bit brighter 🤞🏼🐮
@mikeanders7885
@mikeanders7885 6 месяцев назад
Looks like you are climbing Martian landscape. Another fantastic video Mike!!!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Absolutely! Crazy landscapes out there!! 🌋
@frankfrohmann1504
@frankfrohmann1504 6 месяцев назад
Thank you so much Mike. I remember this fantastic road very well.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You’re welcome Frank. Glad you enjoyed the vid! 🐮
@MrSzwarz
@MrSzwarz 5 месяцев назад
Phantastic content as usual!!! Great work! Great passion!! Great views!!! Good on you mate!!!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
Thanks for your appreciation 🙏🏻
@jean-mariebergeal3458
@jean-mariebergeal3458 6 месяцев назад
Fantastic! Thx Mike!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You’re very welcome!
@FlotoFlo
@FlotoFlo 6 месяцев назад
Now everyone that comes this way will wanna climb this madness of a climb. 😅😅😂😂
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
🙉
@RobertSmith-cv1cu
@RobertSmith-cv1cu 6 месяцев назад
Fantastic. Just so remote. Thanks.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Feels like you’re riding in the heart of the unknown. Love it!!!
@palvenas2561
@palvenas2561 2 месяца назад
Madly inpirational!! 🤩🫶 Thank you!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 2 месяца назад
You’re very welcome 🙏🏻
@stijndeklerk
@stijndeklerk 6 месяцев назад
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.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You’re totally right. The road surface makes it extra beastly!!! Well done for surviving! 🤙🏼
@lesliereissner4711
@lesliereissner4711 6 месяцев назад
Another wonderful video of a spectacular ride!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thanks Leslie! Definitely a very unique ride this one!!
@ciarsz
@ciarsz 6 месяцев назад
Absolutely Surreal Mike. Great video as always Thanks
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you so much for your appreciation 🙏🏻
@alexbennett2709
@alexbennett2709 6 месяцев назад
Great video Mike, good to see you back making inspiring content.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you for your appreciation Alex 🙏🏻
@danjenkins3421
@danjenkins3421 6 месяцев назад
Superb as always Mike!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
@backpackingonline
@backpackingonline 6 месяцев назад
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.
@guypressault22
@guypressault22 5 месяцев назад
Merci Mike. Toujours aussi merveilleux
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@Ian56279
@Ian56279 6 месяцев назад
Another amazing and inspirational climb. Fantastic viewing 👍
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you so much Ian, glad you enjoyed it!! 🐮
@iancrichton
@iancrichton 6 месяцев назад
What a lovely video. Nice one Mike.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you kindly 🙏🏻
@kimfitzwater3475
@kimfitzwater3475 6 месяцев назад
Happy day - Thanks Mike
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you 🙏🏻
@FreeMotionBikecenter
@FreeMotionBikecenter 6 месяцев назад
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! 🤩
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you for your support! You live on an awesome island!! 💪🏼
@del4189
@del4189 6 месяцев назад
Watching this in 4K, absolutely stunning and fantastic camera work 👍🏼
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you so much for your appreciation 🙏🏻
@karenclark3561
@karenclark3561 5 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
Whooaaaaa!! Big respect! Glad you got to meet the VOTT goats too! 🐐
@karenclark3561
@karenclark3561 5 месяцев назад
@@TheColCollective thanks for your awesome video. My friends and family can appreciate the route 👍🙏👍
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
You’re welcome Karen 🙏🏻
@chucklist3074
@chucklist3074 6 месяцев назад
Nice Mike!! I rode that going the other direction in 2017 and it was amazing. Super fun to see the views again
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Super good work!! I think you were smarter than me in going the other way!! 😅
@robertservranckx
@robertservranckx 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Super cool!!!! Hope the wait wasn’t too long. Stay tuned for more! ☺️
@orbitaloid
@orbitaloid 6 месяцев назад
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 🥵 😁
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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 👊🏼🐮
@derrickllewellyn1465
@derrickllewellyn1465 6 месяцев назад
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!!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thanks Derrick, glad you enjoyed it. Such a beast of a road. Many easier and as beautiful roads over there.
@willshaughnessy8515
@willshaughnessy8515 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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! 💪🏼
@mboykin6047
@mboykin6047 6 месяцев назад
A stunner and a brute!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Absolutely! An utter beast! 🐗
@herschist
@herschist 6 месяцев назад
8:32. “That’s just ridiculous!” 😜. I want my next bike in THAT color!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
🤪
@rpierrelouis86
@rpierrelouis86 6 месяцев назад
Beautifully crafted video as always. Would love you to do a video on how you make these epic videos.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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. 🐮
@rheu373
@rheu373 6 месяцев назад
Another awesome video of a wonderful climb. Hope you visit Korea one day!!There's a lot of various climbs that you can try
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Whoa!! Bucket list destination!! 🤩
@bobstephenson8747
@bobstephenson8747 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
Thank you Bob!! Worth attempting if you take a trip back to GC, but normally once is enough! 😅
@thegravelscot
@thegravelscot 6 месяцев назад
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.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Massive respect to you and thank you for sharing your story. Well done! 👏🏼
@BikepackingAdventures
@BikepackingAdventures 6 месяцев назад
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.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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!!! 🐮
@BikepackingAdventures
@BikepackingAdventures 6 месяцев назад
@TheColCollective thanks looking forward to it - never cycled in the canaries so even more so. 👍
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You are on for an absolute treat!!! Enjoy!!@@BikepackingAdventures
@mikkidisco
@mikkidisco 6 месяцев назад
Rode this in December 2017 absolutely amazing route 👍
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Awesome!! Well done Mikki! Hope you’re well mate! 🤙🏼
@steveng5107
@steveng5107 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Yep, slicks would work well. I’d recommend 28mm width at least. 🐮
@phillippage4232
@phillippage4232 6 месяцев назад
Ahhh this reminds of your “Road to Hautacam” etape training video from 2014 that I used for training 😁😁😁
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Holy cow! Good memories, thank you for making me smile so much!! ☺️
@palicar
@palicar 6 месяцев назад
Looks like a scary descent. Awesome spot.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Yep, have to take a lot of care if going in the other direction.
@dasf89
@dasf89 6 месяцев назад
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?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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 🤞🏼
@dasf89
@dasf89 6 месяцев назад
@@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. :)
@bjrnarhaugen8554
@bjrnarhaugen8554 6 месяцев назад
Great video. Think i'll need an Mtb or E-bike to get up that one😊
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
It’s certainly a beast!!!!
@aafridi284
@aafridi284 6 месяцев назад
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!!’
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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! 😜
@jhnns_wndlng
@jhnns_wndlng 6 месяцев назад
awesome video. feels like a TdF stage presentation. great work as always. was the road closed or are there actually no cars or motorbikes?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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. 👍🏼
@AD-hs2bq
@AD-hs2bq 6 месяцев назад
Epic.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
🙏🏻🐮
@krausol2802
@krausol2802 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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 😵‍💫
@krausol2802
@krausol2802 6 месяцев назад
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 :-)
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Happy climbing!@@krausol2802
@prawhn
@prawhn 6 месяцев назад
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.
@richardstoner866
@richardstoner866 6 месяцев назад
Class…..I went slowly up a few years ago…..34 x 29….Tears……super video…
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Whoaaaa! Big respect 🫡
@richardstoner866
@richardstoner866 6 месяцев назад
@@TheColCollectiveit was very, very slow…….🤣
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
You made it though!! @@richardstoner866
@davidpankras1933
@davidpankras1933 6 месяцев назад
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.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Yeah, it was pretty hilarious seeing the road rise up again!!!!
@Tourrider99
@Tourrider99 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Love this!!! Would be ace to ride some real roads! Stay tuned, On Location Gran Canaria may be coming soon? 🤫
@Tourrider99
@Tourrider99 6 месяцев назад
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
@pieterriley4846
@pieterriley4846 6 месяцев назад
Brutal climb, very steep (I almost had a wheelie), no shade🥵😢😎
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Absolutely, it’s an absolute beast!!! Well done for surviving!!! 💪🏼
@itsallspent
@itsallspent 6 месяцев назад
7:35 . . 33 front 36 in the back . Good choice on gearing and tire size. A Spartacus climbe for sure
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
I reckon the setup was really good. Still suffered like a dog but that was always going to happen 😅
@fernandonuwanraasika
@fernandonuwanraasika 6 месяцев назад
Grazie.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Thank you so much for your support 🙏🏻
@sikorskyrescueman
@sikorskyrescueman 6 месяцев назад
great video Mike! what dt swiss model are that wheels?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Glad you enjoyed the video! The wheels are GR 1600, a capable set of off road hoops. 👍🏼
@craiglist9404
@craiglist9404 6 месяцев назад
Awesome video Mike! What’s the name of the song and artist in the first 5 minutes of the video? Thx
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Hi Craig, song is called Limit Break by Jon Presstone. Solid sound! 👌🏼
@davegearing2707
@davegearing2707 6 месяцев назад
Try the road from Carrizal through Pasadilla. Tough as VOTT I think
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Sure thing, those roads are brutal, but great to look back on!!
@JK-wl5bx
@JK-wl5bx 6 месяцев назад
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
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Pwoaaa! I can imagine. Big respect to you! 👊🏼
@JK-wl5bx
@JK-wl5bx 6 месяцев назад
@TheColCollective brutal Mike I wasn't aware of how hard it was 🤣
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
@@JK-wl5bx It sure is a beast!!
@Tomasz559
@Tomasz559 6 месяцев назад
try Rigi in CH next time ;)
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Good call, thanks for the heads up! Hoping to return to Switzerland this summer so will see if I can check it out 👊🏼
@yeoyeoy6182
@yeoyeoy6182 6 месяцев назад
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
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
What a 50th birthday present! 😂 Big respect, we’ll done sir 🤙🏼
@pszemysuaf
@pszemysuaf 6 месяцев назад
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!
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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!! 🫡
@adammillsindustries.
@adammillsindustries. 3 месяца назад
Hi Mike. Can you just briefly tell me why you like speed play pedals so much? Thanks.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 2 месяца назад
Personally I like the zero float option, which makes the interface from cleat to pedal feel solid and efficient. 👍🏼
@matsrekdal3065
@matsrekdal3065 6 месяцев назад
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?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Super cool!!!! Take your time and best of luck! 🍀
@matsrekdal3065
@matsrekdal3065 6 месяцев назад
@@TheColCollective Thanks! Do i need wider tires?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
@@matsrekdal3065 I think their bikes have 28c tyres which should be fine. Good luck!!
@GrouEEf
@GrouEEf 5 месяцев назад
The worst thing about this climb is the quality of the asphalt.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 5 месяцев назад
100%!! It’s a real bone shaker!!!!
@terjemyller6573
@terjemyller6573 6 месяцев назад
Climbed VoT alone in the summer heat. I was in heaven but it felt like hell.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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 👊🏼
@terjemyller6573
@terjemyller6573 6 месяцев назад
@@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.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
@@terjemyller6573 Amen to that 🙏🏼
@GuitarguyRichard56
@GuitarguyRichard56 6 месяцев назад
Could someone please explain his tire selection? It doesn't make sense to me. Im old
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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!!
@GuitarguyRichard56
@GuitarguyRichard56 6 месяцев назад
@@TheColCollective Thanks. Also interesting to know why people choose the tires they do. Happy cycling
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
@@GuitarguyRichard56 You're welcome Richard. Be safe!
@paulappleyard5832
@paulappleyard5832 6 месяцев назад
GC is better than Majorca IMO.
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
Have to agree with you there!
@fernandonuwanraasika
@fernandonuwanraasika 6 месяцев назад
👍🦾
@josediaspinto7438
@josediaspinto7438 6 месяцев назад
March of 2923, right? What took you so long to release this video?
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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! 🤞🏼
@markrushton1516
@markrushton1516 6 месяцев назад
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
@TheColCollective
@TheColCollective 6 месяцев назад
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. 👍🏼
@jhnns_wndlng
@jhnns_wndlng 6 месяцев назад
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
@Ivan-oh6ug
@Ivan-oh6ug 6 месяцев назад
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.
@markrushton1516
@markrushton1516 6 месяцев назад
Welcome to my world but need some money
@FlotoFlo
@FlotoFlo 6 месяцев назад
😂😂😂 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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