isn't harlech in wales brilliant james
debate oh sorry did you know that harlot
castle first began construction in 1283
and was the stronghold of her Englander
the last Welsh man to be the claim it's
the title Prince of Wales and the song
men of Harlech well that was about the
seven-year siege of this very castle in
1481 I mean that made us really
interesting and all well and good but
why did he bought me two North Wales in
February to give me a history lesson to
be fair man all right because harlech is
also claiming to have the steepest road
in the world and it's over there well
they need claim no more it's officially
official as of the 16th of july 2019
Guinness World Records have ratified
that foot pen play in harlot is indeed
the steepest street in the world the
title was held by Baldwin Street in
Dunedin New Zealand which has a gradient
of 35% but what we're losing this title
under the Cricket World Cup has not been
a good week for the Kiwis Ollie
persuaded me to come up to North Wales
in the depths of winter to see if we
could claim it the fastest ascent of the
world's steepest Street for GCN it
seemed impossible but all he was
strangely confident hey this is Steve
we're Wales and New Zealand's are pretty
similar actually mate both rain lots
both have mountains both love sheep yeah
but New Zealand has Kiwis Wales has
dragons
according to Strava the climb is 330
metres long with an average gradient of
16% maxing out 36 around here so we
thought we'd measure it for ourselves
see if it really is James did you
remember the high tech GCN measuring
equipment yes babe what's that what my
phone what they do everything nowadays
check that out 36% I don't reckon you
can be able to write up that mean to be
looking on Strava only about 600 people
have been appear I reckon we've got a
really good chance of taking the kom on
the steepest road in the world oh cool
it's that to be fair mate I'll be pretty
cool yeah but it's a one-way street
don't what don't worry I've thought of
that we've got a man with a sign at the
top of contacted the council especially
close the road for us and made us
ridiculous steep I can't get up there
thought that too I've waited for a day
with a 22 mile an hour tailwind I don't
even got my bike so I can't do anyway
nah I packed it for you did you Oh mate
right man I think I'm ready you ready
you gonna give it a go let my tires down
nice a detraction I like it
call him I say we can do he can do it
what James doesn't know is that I
swapped his gears out 39:23
pretty well
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flying up there how was that how was
that hot yeah later Java your your
second on Strava you join second on
Stryver where you seeing that because
you got 126 126 a second you're just not
updated yet on the thing but you will be
Oh
second fat one second on the steepest
climb in the world that's pretty good I
did swap your gears oh I forgot to tell
you
yeah yeah put your 3923 on oh just
thought it might make it easier for you
I let the tired I felt like riding
across bike all right I guess it's your
turn measured I'll do it again but you
you got your climbs bike lightweight the
climbing helmet tailwind mate this is
all you this is yours
feel it
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I'm quite a few 126 all right Holly you
are an evite Holly Holly might
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like fire that
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may nice kid
Fairplay you you bought he bike I know
you bought there like done it only going
dirty all night you're now fastest
person in the world to go up the hardest
climb the world Anna it's awesome I mean
how's that feel
this is great no I that record is gonna
stand for absolutely ages I can't see
anyone beating that I mean who is gonna
be sad enough to wait for a day with a
massive tailwind where get the castle to
close the road and bring an evite oh no
one may ask who and Dan Adams national
for multiple national Hill konjam what's
he doing it
Nate he's probably not gonna get it yes
he is a national hillclimb championing
well yes he can sister 800 watts for a
minute but me it's wet its dampen you
you look way faster
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you got it yeah yeah Oh Scott email
someone took you okay okay well no I'm
good yeah good good that's to you to
turn up local health 600 watts for a
minute and 11 the effort you made it
look easy it was really tough really
tough plant you gonna flock climbs how
does that rate the monks like well it's
definitely steep it's you know that
middle gradient around the band steep as
it gets short but it's brutal yeah well
oh good see it and congratulations on
getting the kom on this this time in the
world thanks Dan Evans former national
Hill Climb champ right well we hope
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