1-Million Feet in 200 Days | Ben Hildred's Climb Crushing Hightower

[@cameroncarlile17]

Road fools reference - gold.

[@sw8941]

I'm here for the Dad Jokes

[@chasingtrails7611]

Absolute hammer Ben! Can't wait to see what crazy idea you come up with next haha

[@hobmarg]

I feel attacked, went down to 30t from 32t on XT 10-51. Need to sort out my fat beer gut. Amazing achievement Ben, and great humour too.

[@sometimes_riding7008]

Absolutely love my Hightower. An absolute weapon everywhere.

[@pattyellisbmx]

Love the Props RF intro.

[@guilhermeherz7649]

Nice to know more about man and machine behind this absurd challenge!

[@returnofthemilk]

Epic

[@mycoolcar]

Ben is a champ.

[@qualm43]

Setting goals like "a million feet in 200 days" couldn't be more opposite of fun.

[@benhildred2847]

Haha, each to their own :)

[@Climberson]

Absolute legend.

[@Kejsh22]

And I was wondering how well my new Hightower would climb… I loved the U2 joke!

[@groovy284]

not better than a ripmo

[@stavrosahimastos5607]

How tall are you?

[@Krlos0777]

Amazing 💪

[@tobytee7883]

That saddle’s waaaaaaaay forward on it’s rails! edit - OK, I’ll deal with it then.

[@ollytyne8858]

Legend

[@sight4sound]

Bike nerding 👌

[@hannes6114]

I also have 28 psi in the rear. And 24-5 in the front.

[@terr256]

Guess I'll go back to flats

[@Mxgtumgoten]

Here with my hightower with shimano xt drivetrain. One chain lasts 10 000 km this year. But after every ride i completely clean my complete drivechain. I think thats it lol

[@LlenadeMalo]

This guy is hilarious. Don’t need less than a 34. Don’t need clipless pedals. Hey, you don’t need a ridiculous seat post either. Oh wait…we all have our preferences? You can just say “I run …X… because I prefer it”.

[@benhildred2847]

Ah it was all said in jest dude, not to be taken literally

[@BowzKnows]

I am on an ebike though... 🧐

[@rewind9536]

He is sitting on the back wheel and haven't even noticed. Get some modern geo.

[@ridemx323]

No other reason to run clips? OoOooOok

[@Primoz.r]

'Anything less than 34T and you might as well be on an e-bike' says the guy going through 6 chains and two cassettes after climbing 300k. Maybe the 52T bailout gear was used a bit too much considering the state of that sprocket?

[@benhildred2847]

It was tongue in cheek dude, run whatever you want

[@Mrawrobinson]

Yeah Ben you should listen to this guy after doing what most would call impossible, he sounds like he knows!

[@hobmarg]

300k meters is a lot of climbing? That’s 5 years for most people… hence the wear