welcome to today's episode of what the [ __ ] is this
enough said
is that or what i said or to the man he didn't start talking french a guy knows every language
in the world welcome back to the videos we're about to ride lots more mountains today
we're heading towards granada we've got about 2000 meters of elevation about 100k there's
lots of guys on motorbikes i think we brought the wrong bikes chris i found a present for you though
is there a motorbike you want to come and see it
because i know our bikes will weigh the same luckily the shop's not open right now
that's a punchy [ __ ] first thing of the morning it's going to set the tone for the
day isn't it yep so our accommodation last night was basically in the middle
of a valley so we basically have no option other than to climb out of this valley to get to granada
which is our destination or just past granada today to make it extra tough it's all really steep
really steep i've got one i've got red on my bike computer oh [ __ ] red just like
yesterday most of the elevation will be out away in the first half of the ride which is
definitely the way to to front load it and do it while you're fresh or kind of fresh fresh
fresh air but i mean no complaints from me look at this water morning what a way to start the day dog
oh really a tire that mysteriously flattened yesterday
and we're riding on about seven kilometers of gravel now
i'm running upwards [ __ ] fuckfuck
there's a bit there's a good up here it's only 25 oh yes there was a couple of questions on uh the
bike check video about weight distribution and was i feeling any effects of having most of the weight
to the back of my bike because i've got panniers and an aero pack on the back and only a small bar
bag on the front and to be honest riding you don't notice it at all because you've got more weight
than usual on both the front and back end so loads of grip bike feels good in the corners and stuff
but when you get off the bike and you're trying to carry your bike upstairs and wheel it around
then you start noticing that it just has a mind of its own and the front end just wants to fly
up in the air and uh you lose control and to be honest that doesn't really matter so much it's
more about the time on the bike it's more about the bike handling well so uh yeah not really an
issue if you want to put more stuff on the back from the front i haven't noticed anything anyway
what i would say is if you're going to be doing walking like this up loads of gravel
don't pack so much stuff
so we have ridden just short of nine kilometers yeah i've done 57.6 tss
bear in mind the whole yesterday's ride was 196. doesn't count the walking
i was grabbing at the start because i knew what the elevation was gonna be at one point
and i was like this is gonna be a [ __ ] mountain bike descent that we need to walk up and it was
and then after that i just channeled my inner white bernard or marianna boss who would take your
pick both legends and uh it's got it done you're practicing your cadence really change gearbox
look when i pick my bike up the front end just wants to do that
that's the only time you notice it
what's that little house yeah it's a little house
for all right it's casia de los tajos no it's for ant oh yeah it also says
thought we'd have a little stop that's the first climb out the way it took us a lot longer than we
expected a lot longer than yesterday's first climb let's get out of the way early
feeling surprisingly good as well i'm glad we got that dinner last night we ate so much food
we're basically in like spanish deserts not the official desert here but very close to it that
was beige as my dinners running low on supplies found a great estrella bar closed all right mate
liam come on liam wouldn't he have a spanish name liamo
snow
recovery time delayed a high level of activity today has increased my something the last word is
missed out i want chips yeah increase your need for chips this is why we tell you to have salt
when you ride your back is covered let's go to backus who in the comments knows what bacchus is
laurence carpenter not that many people there were some dark times on that last climb
there's still more climbing to go this day didn't actually look that much bigger than yesterday's
which we absolutely smashed but because all the climbs are broken up and it's windy
and the gravel uh just everything is is added up to make it quite a challenging day it is now
1 20. it's 1 20 and we're just over halfway so we're getting there and
we found this cafe with a very nice lady who's serving us and this is
very accommodating i think she was impressed with it she was impressed with our spanish
so we're now basically on the outskirts of granada we're staying just past the city uh in
the middle of nowhere there would definitely not be anywhere to eat there tonight so we're trying
to leave it as late as possible before hitting the last climb of the day to stock up on supplies
from a supermarket it's a risky game because the longer we leave it the more risk there is
too far then we'll have to turn around yeah
no one way back at me you could go first because i'm going to use
you as my litmus as what i'm going to buy i don't want to do thinking
not now no no i've had it tough he's going to buy bread and coke what sort of cake lots of
it we've stopped in the single hottest place on earth yes what's that look so our lip self
like a glove you ready yeah i'm ready are you ready wait no i'm not ready
now i'm ready
a big ring this whole climb chris
you win training complete course compete oh you got flags oh my dog's gonna be as big as you
he's a hot dog he's a hot dog with a limp that's a big balls as well
there's two sheep over there yeah it's a farm there's chickens as well we've once again managed
to stay in one of the most beautiful places in the world the distance here you can see granada
we cycled from there that's really far away that was only the end bit of our ride i think granada's
still like quite a bit above sea level so we're considerably above sea level now and we're on
the edge of the sierra nevada national park i think today of all days we've lost our minds
a little bit that first gravel section basically put us in the hurt for the whole rest of the day
and then that final climb really was savage it was just on the limit of what i could deal with with
uh gear ratios not a single ride on this trip has disappointed and as usual the collection
will be up on chris's commute if you want to have a look at it we're doing it a couple of
days behind just for privacy reasons but by the end of the trip eventually the whole lot will
be up there so you can uh replicate it yourself that's what you want to do including the ride to
get a bluetooth speaker yeah because you'll need to buy a bluetooth speaker or there on
the first day stay tuned for more videos this week because we're only about halfway through this trip
tomorrow is a short day lots of climbing but we're going to use that as an opportunity to show off
chris's bike so like a bike check style video on that his setup what he's carrying with him
and how he's getting away with carrying so little compared to me you're just making me carry it on
you i'm putting bricks on my ipad and fill up the gigabytes because that makes it heavier as well