Rocacorba summit | Too heavy to climb? | Sub 1-hour effort | Full cycling climb with power data

Possibly the toughest climb I've attempted. Certainly it felt a lot harder than either Puig Major in Majorca, Yosemite from the valley floor to Glacier Point, or even Mount Charleston in Nevada which was at altitude.
A fun trip to Banyoles near Girona, in Catalonia NorthEast Spain. My target was to get a sub-1-hour time for the official climb segment, which is 6.17 miles long at at average gradient of 7.4%.
My average numbers for the climb segment were: HR 172bpm / Power 291 watts.
The eventual outcome was a surprise!
Massive thanks to Hugh and Albert at "Rocacorba Cycling" for the great service they gave us via bike rentals.
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Atrus Groovmacher - Max McFerren

[@joymartino6412]

As usual a great video … that looked so hard, nice job!

[@hampshirecyclist]

Thanks Joy. It was tough but huge fun. You’d really love it 😀

[@tristantakevideo]

Such a brutal climb 😮‍💨 Nice work for taking substantial time off your goal!

[@hampshirecyclist]

Thanks - I think I was pretty lucky and had good legs on the day. 🙂

[@thomasmain2212]

So great and impressive. Did you have target times for intermediate points up the climb or were you pretty much climbing blind in that sense? Well done!!!

[@hampshirecyclist]

Thanks Thom. My 1-hour target and 55 minute stretch target were based on the VAM I managed on the longer but less steep Puig Major climb in Majorca. I thought I'd end up somewhere between the two. I rode to 'feel' and kept an eye on average power and speed to keep pushing myself without blowing up.

[@zazzleman]

Huge watts.

[@hampshirecyclist]

Thanks. - definitely not compared to genuinely fast riders, but for me it was a max effort. My time would've been a lot better if I wasn't so heavy 😆