My best of Alps, Pyrenees, Andalucia, etc. cycling videos + other climb' (2000 m+)

[gyorgyigabor]

I edited a best of video about my bicycletour that I had this summer in the Alps (1828 kms + 39441 m ) . This video contains not all of the climbs that I cycled but the most beautiful ones or most memorable ones. The following clmbs can be seen for few dozen seconds or for a minute:
Passo Mortirlo, Gavia, Umbrail, Passo dello Stelvio , Forcola di Livigno , Passo dello Spluga , Juf , Oberalppass , Sustenpass (in rain + 3 degrees Celsius) , Triftalp ( 2090 m) , Moosalp (Stalden side along the vertical rockwall ) , Simplonpass , Colle Fauniera (partly above clouds) , Usseglio - Alpe Bessanetto climb (with chamois !!! ) , Col des Gondrans, La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2009 m), Col du Granon, Sestriere

In the following weeks I will edit new videos about each day (1st: Granon, then La Bergerie du Bois Noir) to have videos (in my collection) about all of the paved climbs finishing above 2000 m in the French Alps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4piRlCVv8w

Have pleasure with the video !
(In few months time I plan to write a travelogue too)

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One of the most wonderful climb of the tour was the following:
Col du Granon is a steep (9,2% for 1053 m heightdiff. --> so it's harder than the ascent of Alpe d'Huez) and wonderful climb; one of my favourite ascents. 80% of the ascent is a panoramic road and there is almost no traffic: I met ca. 2-3 vehicles during the climb.
Up to now I visited twice and both occasions I rode it in sunny weather.
Have pleasure with the - I think : great - video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M38iV3NBmNU

Best regards: Gabor

If You are interested in such videos, photos, experiences of cycling (30000 + 650.000 km in the Alps, Pyrenees, Andalucia, Canary islands, etc.) I started a facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cycling.high ) where I share infos, photos, videos about my tours, experiences
In few weeks time I write articles, compilations, show the collection about the most wonderful paved climbs (finishing above 2000 m) of the Alps, Pyrenées, Canary islands & Andalucia /

[weisan]

Gabor pal, thanks for sharing and welcome on board.

[majorpat]

Super videos, welcome to the Paceline.

[jghall]

Wow, what memories. Thanks for sharing.

[tigoat]

Wow that is a lot of mass on the bike to climb and descend! What is camera used here? Thanks!

[Dr Luxurious]

Wow. Just wow.

[cnighbor1]

OK you got up and over the Alps fully loaded. so what gearing did you use?
Thanks
Charles
cnighbor2@yahoo.com

[marciero]

Looking forward to viewing-thanks!

[cdn_bacon]

Jealous!

But thanks for sharing such an incredible trip. very fortunate you got to experience that.

[Brian Cdn]

Wow ! What a trip. Thanks for sharing.

Wow x 2 up those climbs on a Loaded bike with toe clips and running shoes.

Keep the vids coming !

[gyorgyigabor]

Oh, hello , I'm very happy that You are intersted in such videos :)
I answer:
my camera was Panasonic HDC SD60.

My gears: ... front: (28-38-48 ) and back.. I dont't know the lower, but the last few were 24-26-34 (Megarange) - because of the panners and steep climbs I need.

(I hope that tomorrow a new video will be uploaded : a best of video about my bicycle tour in Andalucia & Pico Veleta (3396 m). )


And an existing video - to La Bergerie du Bois Noir (2009 m) - France :
This is a hardly known ascent in France. The ascent's light section started at Guillestre. I started to cycle the same road that goes to Col d'Izoard, but after the canyon I had to turn right to Ceillac and the ascent's last section was a very calm valley with a stream and with a strange part when ca 30 m long the water came out of the ground and fell down to the stream ....
The paved road finished at 2009 m. I loved this climb ! It's worth visiting !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBlAVouf6s

I started a facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cycling.high - with posts in Hungarian & in English ) where I will post infos, photos, videos about my tours, experiences (more than 30.000 kms in the Alps, Pyrenées, canary islands & Andalucia) ... about cycling high .. and plan an article or list / collection about the most wonderful paved climbs (finishing above 2000 m) of the Alps, Pyrenées, Canary islands & Andalucia.

[numbskull]

Special. Thanks.

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello guys, girls ! :)

After editing cycling videos recorded in the Alps, now I edited a compilation video about my bicycle tour In Andalucia (year 2012) with cycling up to Pico Veleta (3396 m), Tetica da Bacares (2080 m), Puerto Ragua (2000 m), Puerto Escúllar (2036 m), cycling along the coast + through Tabernas desert... etc.

This is the 1st part with english subtitles :)
The route - this part shows - was: Malaga - Puerto del Leon (view) - Almunecar - Mirador Cabra Montes (view) - Motril - Haza del Lino (Veleta panorama) - Motril - Granada - Pico Veleta - Granada
Have pleasure with the video !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZpdFe6uEdU

Best regards, Gabor
facebook.com/cycling.high

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello !
I'm pleased to present the 2nd part of the best of video about our / my bicycle tour in Andalusia (2012).

The video shows this route:
Granada - Pico Veleta (3394 m) - Granada - Guadix - Quéntar - La Calahorra - Puerto Ragua (2000 m) - Fondon - Abla - Puerto Padilla / Escúllar (2036 m) - Fondon - Tabernasi (fél)sivatag - Tabernas - Velefique - Tetica de Bacares (2080 m) - Almeria (and from here cycling the Costal de Sol ) - Castell de
Ferro - Nerja - Malaga

It contains not only mountains, but cycling in the (semi)desert, along a mountain lake, sea....

Have pleasure with the video !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJBF_1E4SA

Gabor

( The following video will be about the brutal ascent Grosse Oscheniksee (2394 m)

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[gyorgyigabor]

Wow that is a lot of mass on the bike to climb and descend! What is camera used here? Thanks!

Hello thanks :)
My camera was Panasonic HDC SD60, but unfortunately it went wrong after 5 years. (and unfortunately it hit the ground because of my fault) :(

In these days I try to find which camera to buy :)

Best regards,
Gabor

[gyorgyigabor]

Wow ! What a trip. Thanks for sharing.

Wow x 2 up those climbs on a Loaded bike with toe clips and running shoes.

Keep the vids coming !

Thanks :) The following video isn't similar. The climb was an epic one, a killer !

That couldn't be climbed with heavy panniers with my gears.

Based on the data of salite.ch and climbbybike.com Ausserfragant - Grosser Oschenuiksee (2394 m) is the hardest or 2nd hardest paved ascents of the Alps (of the wide dartabase schmunzel ), harder than Monte Zoncolan or Angliru (in Spain).

Its data: 17 km & 9,8%, but the last 10 kms = 13% steepness, but often 14-15% and max. 18-20% (you can see it in my video )
That's a very hard and challenging climb, but I loved it !

The video can be seen here & have pleasure with it !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C70JluUdLg

A pic about it :
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YtqCBExf3nM/VPYS3vRk8dI/AAAAAAAAYac/naZ6y1CdBhM/w1060-h795-no/20120701_ocheniksee19_kis.jpg

Gabor

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello :)

I'm happy to share another cycling video about an alpine ascent: Sölden - Hochsölden (2089 m) - after this I only need 1 cycling video to have video about all of the austrian clmimbs finishing above 2000 m.


It is situated in Tirol, Austria, just next to the famous ascent of Ötztaler gletscherstrasse (2829 m).
It is 6,3 km long wth 10,4% avg. steepness. At the end of the climb, Hochsölden there is great, panoramic meadow with a restaurant and a playground for the children. It is an ideal place for the family too.
Thanks for watching the video :) I hope you find is right :)

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xJWtPO3HY0

Gábor
www.facebook.com/cycling.high
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rDZQM4ZU94c/VQyfhP68HWI/AAAAAAAAYgw/siBGYlayrQA/s1013/Hochsolden_kezdo_kisebb.jpg

[weisan]

Ah Gabor pal, you're back!!

I was wondering where you went....did Oleg Tinkoff redirect the funds to support your world travels after he fires Bjarne Riis?

Good on him!

[gyorgyigabor]

:) :) Funny :)

Ah Gabor pal, you're back!!

I was wondering where you went....did Oleg Tinkoff redirect the funds to support your world travels after he fires Bjarne Riis?

Good on him!

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello !

I'm happy to present another great video: could be called as best of video of my bicycletours happend between the years 2010-2015, but it is also a great video for an indoor cycling training (a total workout - 54 min long.)

This is a video compilation with music, so this video can be used for a spinning training. A lot of wonderful ascents, landscapes can be watched in the video where I cycled in the last 5 years. It was recorded in the Alps, Pyrénées, Andalucia (Costa del Sol + Sierra Nevada). Few climbs that appear in the video: Mont Ventoux, Passo di Gavia, Bonette, Galibier, there are ascents that hadn't been filmed was rarely filmed ( Dürrboden), Col de la Core, Peyresourde, Ordesa National park in the Pyrénées, Pico Veleta (3394 m) in Andalucia. Few minutes about famous cycling challenges can be seen too: Monte Grappa challenge (261 km + 7241 m), Ötztaler radmarathon (228 km + 5500 m), Valtellina Extreme brevet (345 km + 8998 m). Have pleasure with the video & thanks for watching !

The url of the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyfvJV-IbBs

This is the "cover picture":
http://www.gyorgyigabor.hu/logo/SPINNING_VID_kezd_szov2_KIS.jpg

I think this should be among my best videos :)

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello !
I'm happy to present another compilation / best of video about another great bicycletour in the French Alps with several legendary climbs, ascents. It happaned in 2011.
After the first 2 days I cycled in France and visited famous, Tour de France cols, climbs, like Bonette (2802 m), Col d'Izoard (2360 m), Alpe d'Huez, Col du Galibier (2645 m), Col de l'Iseran (2770 m), but few hardly known ones, like Parking du Laus, Le Saut, Plan de Lac (2360 m) - one of my favourite. I saw chamois, unfortunately only for few seconds, but in the year 2014 on a hardly known italian ascent (will be presented in few weeks time smile hangulatjel ) offered me the opportunity to record 2 chamoises for video for ca. 1 min long. At La Bonette (2802 m) I got the best amazing weather that I could: sunshine with very small clouds, cumuluses.

Have pleasure with the video and thanks for watching :)

VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yX05irisi8

a pic that "helps" why it's worth watching :)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dNydSqtKJWQ/VUkX_Ydia9I/AAAAAAAAYmo/muMEvUwYJjM/s984/2011_ALP-best_VID_kezd_szov_V2_kis.jpg

[gyorgyigabor]

Hello,
I'm happy to share my following video: this video is about a memorable day, when I cycled in a valley (Valle di Lanza in Piemont, Italy) qand then upwards on a private road towards Alpe Bessanetto (2022 m) where I felt almost like at the end of the World. :) Above the clouds it was wonderful, breathtaking.... Waterfalls everywhere, not only the nature and me + few clouds, but at the end of the road: chamoises :)

Unforgettable !

I hope You like it and thanks for watching !
Gabor

Url of the video (contains English subtitles !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMpfbVKfWo

Other videos of that bicycle tour (playlist):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjQ_DxJk_ZmqfqUmrCJAyEOVwNo8ORAjK

coverphoto of it :
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ownVs8AiHWw/VpVImhioMkI/AAAAAAAAbA0/pNc2iF6tPfI/s1032-Ic42/Usseglio_Bessanetto_vidkezdkep_szov.jpg

other pic:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kzPEcfcUcSc/U8RJ1CmPI0I/AAAAAAAAQoQ/18eL9Gz5MPQ/s912-Ic42/20140625_Usseglio_felett5.jpg