who is the fastest climber?

brucebanner
brucebanner Posts: 256
edited October 2010 in Road beginners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7M7nzJved8

this video is quite shocking, i never thought someone could climb that fast. what other riders can match or exceed that pace? what gear do you guys think he is using?

ps. no drug jokes.

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  • invincible
    invincible Posts: 154
    me after a spanish steak :lol:
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    I don't think there is any doubt he can probably keep up with the best that Bikeradar has to offer.

    However, what is the longest continuous shot in the ad? About 15 metres is my guess.
  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    he had obviously been told that there was a 'contador steak' at the top of the mountain.... :lol:

    either that or the person he was riding with had just had his chain come off! :lol:
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    I think he can ckimb like that for quite a distance, unlike me on the pic below going up the Alpe just before the guy takes the pics :D I stuck my bike in big ring and 17 rear and sprinted to get pic, pnly about 150m then collapsed round the corner after the pic :D well not quite but took me about 5 moreturns to recover :D
    alp2008.jpg
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    ^^ Cracking photo!!
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Looks like the chain is on the small ring to me....
    More problems but still living....
  • trailstar
    trailstar Posts: 114
    contador is definately one of the fastest climbers, but the recent debacle really puts a downer on his abilities.

    Andy schleck is a climbing beast as well.

    Richard Verenque is a fantastic climber.

    i was impressed with luis leon sanchez this year as well, his vuelta climbing performances were awesome.
  • stronginthesun
    stronginthesun Posts: 433
    armstrong ?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pantani
    _
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    CERA-powered Ricco attacking on the Col d'Aspin a couple of years ago - jumping off the front of the bunch on the big ring....
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    think armstrong was amazing in his prime in the mountains, contador is class, and schleck is great too. but i think that the best climber (in my lifetime anyway) is pantani.
  • daveydave43
    daveydave43 Posts: 200
    fastest or best climber?

    i vote lucian van impe
    Go for the break
    Create a chaingang
    Make sure you don't break your chain
  • oldwelshman
    oldwelshman Posts: 4,733
    amaferanga wrote:
    Looks like the chain is on the small ring to me....
    It was in this one the next day for sure, what a difference in two days with weather, did not enjoy the lightning in this one :D
    alpwet2008.jpgThis bike is no a nice shade of blue after respray
    http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll245/oldwelshman/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK5Bfqj5fxY
  • nferrar
    nferrar Posts: 2,511
    I'm confused - who's your favourite bike manufacturer? :p
  • bilirubin
    bilirubin Posts: 225
    The film looks as if its been speeded up to be honest, if you look at one of the shots you can see the clouds moving in the shadows and they are going way to fast to be normal.

    Best and fastest climber for me was Marco Pantani
  • slowondefy2
    slowondefy2 Posts: 348
    There's no way the video could have been edited to exaggerate the speed, I'm sure ;)
  • Buckled_Rims
    Buckled_Rims Posts: 1,648
    bilirubin wrote:
    The film looks as if its been speeded up to be honest, if you look at one of the shots you can see the clouds moving in the shadows and they are going way to fast to be normal.

    Best and fastest climber for me was Marco Pantani

    +1

    Damn, I was going to say the same 2 paragraphs :lol:

    Yep, it's speeded up and Pantani the Pirate gets my votes.
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