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Virtual Tourmalet versus the real deal! Find out how they compare?
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2020
- With spring in the air and the mountains calling, being in a current lockdown in the French Pyrénées has thrown quite the proverbial spanner in the works when it comes to actually riding these beautiful big peaks once again. Adjusting to a 'new norm' is quite the challenge, staying fit, motivated and, let's be honest, sane when you're not allowed to ride outside is a challenge in itself, so I've had to enlist the ol' creative grey matter to come up with a few ways to stay on top of the game during these unprecedented times that we all face.
I've been dreaming of riding the Tourmalet again for quite some time, so I rigged up the Kickr and Kickr Climb, synced up the route and got after it, albeit this time in the virtual world, to see just how it compares to 19 kilometres of mountain greatness, AKA the real McCoy.
This was the first time I've followed a route on the trainer and I have to say that I was impressed by the result. Staying motivated when on the static bike is a mission in itself and anything that helps in that regard is welcomed with open arms.
The only question now is, which will be the next virtual mountain to tackle? Answers on a postcard or in the comments below.....
If you're interested in the gear I'm using then check out Wahoo's wizardry over at:
Kickr - eu.wahoofitnes...
Kickr Climb - eu.wahoofitnes...
Element Roam - eu.wahoofitnes...
I hope you enjoyed this ride and it may spark a little inspiration to help you through these testing times. What's for sure is that the mountains aren't going away any time soon, so with a little patience and perspective we'll be exploring them again before we know it! And when that time comes if you'd like to enjoy them with me then check out The Col Collective Cycling Tours over at thecolcollectiv....
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Let this be a time of learning, a time of perspective and self development that we use as a positive to become a better version of ourselves, able to cope with and overcome adversity just like when we conquer and overcome the mountains, one pedal stroke at a time.
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Thank you for being part of the my journey.
Stay healthy. Stay home.
Peace.
Mike
Long time no upload!! We miss you!! This is the moment everyone is in need of another outlet!
Thanks Anthony! Really appreciate your support. Take care, Mike
Welcome back! ...was getting worried. Be well. Stay safe. Good to see the CC again.
Love your videos Mike. I’m a hopeless climber but I love the climbs and watching you go up is inspirational!
You sit down a lot more on the trainer :-D I rode the Tourmalet last October, followed by Luz Ardiden. First time in the area and it's lovely. So many climbs in the vicinity of Lourdes. A really great location for col collecting.
What a gem I came across! I am a teacher in NYC, and during this long lockdown, I watch the videos and find peace. The scenes are very very beautiful, thanks.
Missing Col Colective videos! Hope to see all back to the mountains soon!
My wife and I climbed the Tourmalet in October last year. Dreamt come true when you come from New Zealand. Loved it.
Great work Pete!!!!!
Kia ora fellow kiwi, shouts from Feilding. Just got me a secondhand bike the same as Mike's!
Really miss u. btw criminally underrated channel. Keep up the great work both cycling & cinematography.
Thank you Chao! I hope to have some more videos coming soon! Stay well. Mike
So, let me get this right. This man is PAID to travel around Europe and ride his bike on the most beautiful mountains on Earth. Where did my life go so very wrong? Incredible production values. Your videos are a pure pleasure.
Great video during the lock down period, hope we can all go back to the mountains soon!
I was just talking to my partner about you last night. I've been watching a lot of your videos in the last few weeks and she sees me watching them so knows who you are. Was just saying how your cycling tour business must be hit pretty hard at the moment ☹️ I sincerely hope things can get back on track soon. You're an inspiration. I've never been abroad with my bike but sustenpass is on my list once this has blown over. That's due to your excellent videos. Thanks for another video. Looks like you have a lovely pad to be isolating in 😃
Many thanks for your comment and concern, it means a great deal to me. It's definitely a hard time right now. The uncertainty and unknown of when we'll be able to get business back on track properly again takes resilience and belief in equal measure. Thank you for your support. Good luck with the Susten. If there's anything I can help with to make that experience come to life for you just ask. Take care, Mike
Hello Mike, it was great meeting you recently and riding a stretch of the real Tourmalet with you.
Rob LA Cyclist 🚲
Awesome video... but who is actually more jealous of your home and its scenery than anything. I will never get bored waking up to that back yard every single day.
Great video and superb edit as usual - keep ‘em coming Mike! Stay safe and stay strong, all the best - Ciao from Italy
As I've partly climbed he Grosse Scheidegg thanks to you so many times in my garage I fully intend to ride it next year for real. Love your work Mike and hope that it works out okay.
such a shame this is the only way we get our fix of your excellent and inspirational videos. makes it oh so much sweeter when the real thing kicks back into life. looking forward to that day.
Thanks for the video MIke. Good to see you back with a new one. Stay healthy and safe.
Thanks Brad. Stay healthy my friend!
Welcome back to the Interweb Mike, have missed your videos for some time now! Missing the Pyrenees as back in the Essex countryside with more relaxed restrictions here (left Luchon one week prior to Lockdown). It would be interesting to hear your views on living in the Pyrenees (good & bad) in a video and how you are finding running the touring business, perhaps it will give a better understanding of the difficulty in making as many videos as you have in the past? I know from my experience of having a second home there that the Pyrenees are a real gem but for example I avoid going there in November as it is a ghost town (major gap between Summer and Winter activities)! Keep safe and motivated!!
Another masterpiece, Mike. Cheers and thanks for this. Stay safe all.
Thanks for the demonstration, it's good to know, how accurate , these programs can be. Stay safe. KB
FINALLY A NEW UPLOAD!!!
Too cool! I ride the Tourmalet from Campan on the #videogame all the time. I usually watch your video when i ride to get the visualization. I am impressed you did it with out video (e.g. Rouvy or BKool). I guess you have all the mental pictures you need. Probably know where all the potholes are too. :) Thank you for your inspiration and great tips! Be well and stay safe sir. God bless.
Mike Zucarelli I’ve been using Fulgaz- it’s synced to rider shot videos. One thing you can’t do is simulate the weather/altitude - nothing like climbing Alpe d’Huez or the Dolomites and sweating like a sauna at 120m elevation.
Thanks Mike! Virtual Tourmalet was a blast but I can't wait to ride the real deal again soon(ish)! Take care my friend. Mike
Great video, as always. Missing your vlogs man. Wishing you all the best. I hope we see you soon 🌤️🙏🏽
Good to see you back. As an irish lad i got into cycling from watching the TDF. i was inspired by Tourmalet. I first climbed Tourmalet when i was 17. I ended up living in London for about 18 years. We moved to Pau in 2014 for family reasons. I have cycled Tourmalet from both directions so many times, i have also run up Tourmalet on both sides and even competed in the local trail running scene taking on the Pic. Where abouts are you in the region? We teach indoor cycle classes locally and run yoga and pilates classes also. A group of us rode from Pau last summer to Tourmalet for the 100 years of the Maillot Jaune. What a Party. Good luck with the lockdown, we are taking on the Spring classics every sunday to keep motivated. Stay safe, stay strong and stay healthy. pat
Hi Pat, sounds like we're nearly neighbours! Tourmalet is such a legend. By bike, on foot or above and beyond up to the Pic du Midi! Absolutely love it! We should hook up for a ride once we're back on the road again!! Stay healthy. Mike
Welcome back, stay at home, we miss you from Indonesia, long time no upload
Thank you for your support!
I had the pleasure of riding the Tourmalet from Luz Saint Sauver last October. It's an extraordinary climb & highly recommended
I used to ride many beautiful roads and landscapes around my town, so I have never been interested in Virtual cycling...., until now!!!!! Unfortunately, a good system (and one or two powerful fans) isn't cheap. Beautiful video. Thank you.
Wish you posted more vids Mike, you're my greatest inspiration . . .
Thank you for your support! Hoping to have a few more vids coming soon!! Stay tuned, Mike
So pleased your back more like this please
Thank you for this and the views of it real. Brought back last summer and doing the route but was the top was shrouded in cloud on the day we did it. (Just as well as my back gave out 1km from the top and might have cried even more if I had seen the last bit) nice to see it in the sunshine
Well done Jo! Tourmalet is a tough cookie and when the weather is less favourable it can be even tougher so chapeau to you!!
Brilliant film Mike. Thanks for doing it 👍🏻
Great to see a new upload Mike! Keep them coming please!
For a more realistic virtual ride, I’d suggest giving Fulfaz a try. It’s much more engaging than following the bread crumbs trace on Elemnt. I’m sure you will like it.
Really hope you find the time to upload more of these cycling climb videos, a true inspiration for a guy like me who has spent their entire life on the flat but belongs in the mountain 😂. As a sidenote, a climb I hope to do and would be interesting to see on the channel is a little known neighbour to the Colle del Nivolet, the climb to Lago di Teleccio. Massive dam at the end of a large cirque (as I believe it is called in France, I don't know the Italian.)
It's funny when you ride it in real, you look less exhausted
Glad to see you back Mike, with some good content. Super video, it send some positive vibes, during this lockdown times ... Stay safe, cheers from Pau ;)
Cheers Colin. Stay safe and keep a good eye on those mountains from Pau. We will return!!!!
Great to see a new video Mike. Hopefully we will ride outside again soon.
Fingers crossed we'll all be back on the road again soon!
Thank you for this. I have been curious at how the virtual rides compare to the real thing. For those of us who are training for a ride in the mountains, a real assessment of how close home training compares to the real thing is very useful.
Cheers Derek! Still hoping we'll get to ride this one together in August! Fingers crossed!!! Mike
The Col Collective Yes Mike, I too am hoping that we get to do this climb this August. I am still training with a ride this year in mind. However, if it is not to be, we will reload and do it when we can. I know someday you and I will stand together on the top of the Tourmalet basking in the feeling of accomplishment. 😀
The video is so cool..^^ Please upload often.
Fantastic!
Thanks Mike, great to see another video. Stay safe :)
Hey Mike! Videos that you make are my favorite climbing videos on whole CZcams. Please make more! Thank you. P.S. I hope you’ll be able to get out and do some real climbing soon 😉
Hola Mike, there are more possibilities in this combination of virt/reality. Dig up some classical trips and add the virtual version (like this one) so i can start on my rainy/winter trainings inside ;-) Perhaps with some new images. Keep up the good stuff THX !!!!
love your cat. also your videos.
Ha great vid as always. What happened to this channel @colcollective ? Really enjoyed the vids....'dead eye' Coty dancing up the mountains passes 😩
Welcome back! We were missing you.
Welcome back Mike!!! Star safe!
Wahoo is good for this Mike, used it myself when I'm not getting out .. or sometimes use a route that I've done and see where I can better my power 🔋 💪 great bit of kit... glad to see your well Mike and nice to see some inspirational video... cheers
Cheers Wayne. Keep those legs turning!
Lovely vid and how I imagine my virtual climbs and col collecting them during this period
Thanks Ian. It's a challenging time but together we will be stronger! Be safe. Mike
@@TheColCollective and Mike still doing it, had some health issues but collected virtually a lot of climbs now !! just did the Stelio today ... got to loose weight !
No existe nada mejor que la naturaleza. Un rodillo inteligente, interesante tecnología, para estos difíciles tiempos. Deseo qué la contingencia pase rápido y nos deje una lección y aprendizaje, que nos permitan valorar, nuestra salud y valorar también esté hermoso planeta. Gracias y Saludos.
Man I want this channel to come back so badly, really missing the inspiring scenery during lunch break...
Maybe a second channel with a solo POV camera only so that you can ride Corona compliant without other people?
I’m not very amazed with all of that virtual stuff, but also not a pro rider who needs alternatives in cold or though times like nowadays...
Would have loved to see more unknown climbs like you’ve shared them in the past!:)
Stay tuned! Got some hidden gems coming.....
Always glad to see Tourmalet , arrived in Moonlight crewing for Shanna Armstrong in Le Tour Ultime O/O°
Mr. Cotty,
Any opinions you are willing to share on the Wahoo Kickr?
Hi Mark, thanks for the comment. Naturally I've been putting the Kickr and Climb well and truly through their paces!! I used to have a very old (I think I could actually use the word 'ancient') turbo trainer that I did about a gazillion miles on so I was a bit late to the game with these 'smart' trainers. The difference when I did make the switch was huge! The overall ride quality and feel is quite something, as is the lack of noise. My former indoor trainer sounded like the washing machine was on full spin! As someone that enjoys climbing, the Kickr Climb is a neat bit of gear. I find that it comes into its own when I follow a route or climb like I did in the video as you just get on and ride and it does the rest. While the overall feel of training on a static bike is different to being out on the road, I reckon the Kickr and Climb combination is about as good as you can get for an indoor set-up and with loads of different apps and virtual experiences to tap into I'm actually finding it a lot of fun (never thought I'd say that a few years back). Plus the quality and repeatability of workout that you can do indoors is pretty darn amazing do if you've got limited time or specific fitness goals then it's spot on. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching, stay safe and be well. Mike
Nice set up and view
Go in Carcassonne to make the Pic de Nore !
Good to have you back! Stay healthy everybody!
Still hoping for the "Großglockner - Fuscher Törl from Ferleiten" video, that was shown in the end credits of the "Großglockner from Heiligenblut" movie. Maybe, if you need something to publish for quarantine months, you could find it on your computer... ;)
Still on the list to edit!!
@@TheColCollective That´s great news, thank you! Already looking forward to it!
First off, amazing work! All the videos! I really enjoy climbing mountains as well. What I am asking myself all the time: I like to ride on a low cadance ~75-80 (or feeling comfortible with it) but all the "professional" guys are having a way more high cadance. So, my question: Should i work on my ability to spin faster or should i just go with low cadance and power (which seems to exhaust me less)? Thanks for anwers and thoughts!
Urm ... virtual Zoncolan vs real for next video.
This was a quality video. I really liked it.
I think the Kickr Climb would be maxed out for most of that climb! Ha!!!
@@TheColCollective okay then 😅. But that isn't entirely true. Most of Zoncolan isn't over 20% surely ? How about Crostis ?
There are two things that something like that can't simulate: the bike handling required to do the climb and the altitude towards the top. On descents it's the bike handling that it most misses out on.
Very true David. There's nothing like the real thing!
A mountain of Greece please. Thank you for this video Mike!
Have you ridden the new supersix Mike and if so what are your thoughts?. Love the videos by the way
Funny that this just popped up. I did the Tourmalet virtually yesterday
Great minds think alike Gary!! What's next?
The Col Collective I’ve did The Telegraphe, Galibier, Tourmalet and Alpe d’Huez in the last week or so. Might look at Italy or Spain now. Stelvio maybe
Watch out for all those product placements on the road ahead, hehe! Did Bruyneel give you an envelope too? 😂 😂
Good video and nice to see you riding, albeit virtually, on youtube. I was wondering some of the specifics of how you got the route into your head unit. What program did you use to map out the route? I need to get a head unit and throwing around getting a Wahoo one since I have a Kickr and love it and have always had good luck with Wahoo products. Putting routes onto the Roam and having that control the resistance on the trainer would be excellent fun.
More content please!
Love this thank Mike
Do you live in the Pyrenees. It must be great to live their all year round.
@12:30 - Superman!!! Pucker form mate. lmao
Keeping it real dude!!!
Good Morning, I clicked the 177th like before I watch, my view is number 1969. Where have you been Mike?
Thank you for your support!
As we all agree, nothing in the virtual world comes even close to the real deal! That said, you definitely want to ride the full Galibier experience and maybe the haute route or similar epic challenge?
Try riding the route on Rouvy, then you can ride virtually but with the visuals of riding the actual routes as well as the actual ascent profile
Good idea!! The ultimate virtual experience!!!
czcams.com/video/MY6aLdwNgdg/video.html - I realise this video comes from a competitor of yours but it explains Rouvy really well
When the pandemic end, make videos in Spain, angliru, Lagos de covadonga, los machucos, bola del mundo hard and beautiful climbs
Thanks Mike. How do the stats compare?
When will you upload a new video?
Yes welcome back with another inspiring video! But that parasol, come on, isn't that cheating a bit ;-)
OK, next time no parasol!!! :-)
love the video, I am interested the book on the table.cant seem to locate any info on it.
Hi Thomas, it's a blank notebook available from apresvelo.com so perfect for scribing down old bike stories when we were all much faster than we are today! ;-) Stay well. Mike
When wiil bem a New vídeo into The channel ???
I'm still waiting for your new vid ...
Was the Tourmalet your swan song?
I've been fortunate that although Rocky Mountain NP are closed for hiking
I can ride peak to peak with little or no traffic
We are permitted to outdoor exercise as long as you're solo
Which I am most of the time anyway
Be safe all
So are you guys allowed to drive somewhere to exercise? We can exercise here, but only in the vicinity of our home.
@@danjeory3659 drive? I ride from.my house 10 k im.in the Rockies
@@willshaughnessy8515 Cool. No, was just wondering if people are being allowed to drive to exercise somewhere more remote in the US. They banned that in the UK. Great that you can cycle into the Rockies!
Stay safe Liam!!
Wowwww keren
now you just need to connect that with gpedal and you will get the view too
You should try it on Rouvy....that way you at least get the video footage as well :)
Goooood idea!!!
Hang on a minute. Each time we view you from the front, your laptop is closed - flat on the table i.e. your ride screen is closed. Each time we see you from behind, it's open. lol. I'm being a trouble maker lol. It seems to me, from the perspective of making this video, you did the commentary after your ride. Interesting breaking it all down lol. Thanks anyway. Good video.
Hi Mike - we missed you. I guess you can visualise every lump and bump of Tourmalet but for the rest of us on the other side of the planet some extra visualisation helps. I use BigRingVR - how about you drag your computer out and use your trainer with BRVR? Touramlet is www.bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2185 However given that you have done Tourmalet maybe a virtual Ventoux? www.bigringvr.com/Ride.aspx?rideID=2284 or Zoncolan or?? Thanks for your content
Thanks Greg! I need to check these out!!
Nice
How do you find the Kickr Climb?
very useful... is it needed? not really, but it definitely increase the joy of riding indoors for me
Hi Andrew, I've been giving the Kickr Climb a good roasting the last weeks and it's become a good friend indeed! I used to jack the front end of the bike up with books but as the Climb adjusts the gradient dynamically it's about as good as it gets to simulate climbing indoors. Hope that helps. Stay well. Mike
@@TheColCollective cheers Mike!
@@marcuswong1797 Thanks Marcus :)
Like comparing love making and masturbation... well...lockdown won't last forever. cheers!
Nice one - keep going.
Next time please wear a helmet
virtual cant compare to road....road is far superior if youre going to claim to have ridden any mountain....weather, road conditions and youre own on bike conditions....road every time....