Do you? I know I’m not – I’ll do my damndest to get as far up as I can without dabbing, but I’m no competition winner.

This kid though….

¡Cómo va tan sobrado este pequeño ciclista!
¡No hay quien lo pille! 😱😓 pic.twitter.com/0SoObIzoEx

— ADN Ciclista (@adnciclista) November 7, 2021

And road biking, that must be easier, right, as it’s not as steep / loose / rocky? Well there’s always someone who’ll show you how it’s supposed to be done. Best guess, I think this is like the roadie equivalent of the Red Bull Fox Hunt where the folks in yellow get a head start and the pros then have to chase them down. Or up, in this case

Dani Martinez and Sergio Higuita are going quicker up that hill than we would go down it… pic.twitter.com/TOPprt7uht

— Cyclist (@cyclist) November 8, 2021

Bunch of show-offs!

Jeez, that kid is phenomenal – future world/Olympic champion!
Roadies were impressive too!

Yeah, wait til that kids has a body the same shape as mine….

How depressing to be one of those yellow cyclists and see those guys tear pst you like that. I think I’d stomp home in a huff.

Holy shit, that kid is amazing!

The roadie stuff, you sort of know / expect the pros to be on another level although it’s always good to see it in action.

Second video is great. First one is just brilliant.

Wee Shite!

Proper old school skills on display with that kid. Feathering weight, track stand, hops and talent. Proper biking and great to see.

Those roadies though. Fair enough being that quick but do they really have to be grinning as they are doing it?

Bloody (we)E bikers…
Cheating

DrP

By ‘eck.

I’m quicker than most of my mates up a hill, but on the local (road) hill the KOM is <4 minutes vs 5.25 for me. That level of power is just crazy

Those there roadies, that gentlemen is a true 5.5 to 6.5W/kg in action for a sustained period of time.

That’s not a kid, it’s just anyone of the tiny Columbian world tour pros with a skate lid on 😉

On the basis that if it looks steep on video then it’s seriously, seriously steep, that kid is the beans. Reckon I’d rearrange my nuts on the stem through sudden loss of rear wheel traction within the first couple of feet

I’m still proud of coming second in the mass start, uphill race that Charlie did as part of his SSUK in Dorset.
That kid would’ve beaten me though 😆

How depressing to be one of those yellow cyclists and see those guys tear pst you like that. I think I’d stomp home in a huff.

I, on the other hand would love to witness some sportspeople at the pinnacle of their ability fly past in absolute beast mode. I mean, it’s not as if I’d be racing them.

Great videos!

One summer I watched Lance Armstrong go up an alp faster than I could ride to work, on the flat. I was doing 10 miles each way at the time. He was toward the end of the mountain stages and had done over 100 miles ( at a similar speed) that day

Drugs or not, that made quite the impression on me! There is no way I’m ever going up a hill as fast as the slowest pro. Drugs, training plans a load of miles, it’s just not happening!

Nice to see even keen roadies suffer the same fate in that second video!

#noshameinpushing

Oops. Sergio Higuita has been fired for riding the wrong bike in the video

Sergio Higuita has been fired for riding the wrong bike

To be fair, he’d already signed for Bora-Hansgrohe for next season and was riding the bike he’ll be on next year, but still, attention to detail… (there’s also a bit more detail about the event – it was the Giro de Rigo Gran Fondo organised by Rigoberto Uran)

As good as your advice is, steveear, I don’t think that’s what’s been holding me back on climbs.

Anyone tried the 199 steps in Whitby?

We had a family holiday there a couple of years ago and a local lad turned up to show off his skillz whipping up it.  I couldn’t believe he even retained any traction let alone at full pelt out of the saddle.  Must be at least 20% gradient and it was damp at the time on those cobbles.

Whitby steps

I though for a moment you meant up the steps! I’d have a go up the cobbles but not sure how far I’d get

As that video demonstrates, riding down steps is just.. well, a bit crap.

(unless of course, you’re Danny Mac trying to destroy some carbon wheels)

Somebody should give that kid a Trek Full Stache just to see if he can get up a vertical surface

Seem to recall that the time I descended Sa Calobra wasn’t that much quicker than the pros go up it😯. It truly is another level – and then some!