Sa Calobra | YouTuber tries to beat Wout van Aert. Mallorca

[@struancochrane753]

Good video, love the banter, post ride debrief is priceless, and universal I think when looking power and speed of others you ride with. I think first timers underestimate getting the top of the drop down to the port. Even the bit from the Repsol garage.....You wouldn't want to do it any later in the day than you did it, heat and buses coming back up. Great content.

[@rafv14]

Been looking at some of your Zwift races and comments this winter here on YT, as a low-ish A rider myself. I have been climbing Sa Calobra as well, mid March this year. Started together with my son and our cycling guide, taking turns at the front. When our guide dropped, my son thought it was time to go full out so he dropped me instantly. I thought it was a very nice climb to dose your efforts, pretty regular, no real nasty bits. 36m45 is a good time and kind of what I would have expected based on your Zwift races. Taking around 2mins off is possible, some protection from the wind in a smallish group will bring you close already. You'd be faring a bit better on the Strava leaderboards on Puig Major though as it's less steep. Thanks for the video, fun to watch and makes me want to go back there already.

[@evilstef667]

great time up Sa Calobra, I remember doing Sa Calobra for the 1st time in the early 90 ,Pinarello Treviso steel bike 1st edition Dura Ace STI , pre strava , with a 6 day track pro , on the climb he was chilling HR 130 bpm , me at + 160 bpm ( got a natural low HR ) , yeah Pros are on a coffee ride when riding with us mortals

[@thewattlife]

Ah man i bet the whole cycling world was a different place in the early 90's, very thankful for the Sram Force group set i had on for this climb

[@AdamLegend27]

The S-Works bike is 👌🏻

[@thewattlife]

I know right. I keep looking at my bike and thinking “yeah it looks good…” then I put it next to Nikki’s SL7 and I’m like- “ok, so the SL7 is a way better looking bike”

[@KO47893]

Awesome effort, Max! Makes me want to get out and climb some of the mountains around here. Too bad they're still all covered in snow!

[@thewattlife]

I do love a good climb, not much experience at pacing myself up them but they are fun to work hard on

[@KO47893]

@@thewattlife I usually keep my watts a little more even, but you're definitely right about pushing harder on the steeper bits. It's a real life application of the Einstein car riddle. Only reason I try to keep my watts a little more even is to also make sure my HR stays in check.

[@thewattlife]

I was a bit clueless on riding this but a 30 min power PB was probably the best result I could have hoped for!

[@FoobsTon]

I enjoyed this climb too much to actually do it full gaz. I'm not much of a descender but descending it early morning with no traffic was an incredible roller coaster.

[@edwardmargot3288]

Great video. The bants with Paris adds a lot of value…

[@thewattlife]

Ha she'll love hearing that- she gets more messages on instagram about the videos than i do

[@johnflynn4923]

I thought the Garmin Edge was a phone lying on the table the size of it. BSC300 is a great bang for your buck head unit, easy to use and has a very good battery life especially considering the colour display. Nice effort on the climb too!

[@thewattlife]

Yeah, I have an Edge 1040 & it’s great- climb pro, Strava segments push through to the unit in real time, all sorts of other features. But realistically I only really need 1/4 of what it offers. So for £120-140 the IGPSport is awesome

[@Telfzr]

Great effort! I'm heading out in June to try and go sub-hour.. I suspect it's going to be hot! What camera strap are you using and do you have any tips for making sure your camera doesn't get sweaty?

[@alan_cycles]

Great video mate, enjoyed watching that. Great time too. My PB is a 36:43! A whole 2 seconds faster. I’m over there in 3 days time and I’m aiming for a sub-35. Hopefully the training pays off!

[@thewattlife]

Awesome- well, if my plan comes together I’ll be back out there too so make sure you keep that in the back of your mind when you’re going for sub 35, I’ll be coming for those extra 2 seconds and then some… 😜

[@alan_cycles]

Hope you had a great holiday. We had an epic Camp. As for my go at Sa Calobra I was stoked to get 34:19 despite tired legs after a couple of big days beforehand. Keep up the great videos 👍

[@werdsmyth]

Excellent job. Very jealous. I did Sa Calobra at the end of June in the middle of the day, like a total idiot. Suffice to say I went pop and only just got under 40 min. So got unfinished business with the 🐍

[@thewattlife]

Ha I can only imagine how hot that was. We got a bit lucky as being March it was quite cool but definitely warmed up closer to the top. We literally did it at 1pm so would have been cooked later in the year

[@kubackjeee]

Great job mate. One thing I've noticed u hold a very low cadence. Imo with highet cadence u would do better, but that's just my 5 cents.

[@annabon12]

Really want to do this now 😂, cool video

[@thewattlife]

It’s an amazing ride, just make sure you ride over there nice and easy

[@quvenju]

Good video , what is your NP power for that effort !?

[@shenstarwing8372]

Great work! I’ll be there in a few weeks. How long were you there?!

[@thewattlife]

We did 4 days- Thursday through to Monday. Short ride Thursday. 100+ km Fri, Sat & Sun. We stayed in the middle of the island near Alaro which was a great location for riding

[@mikeyblue2a]

Great Vid. Cantt wait to get out there and smash a PB this time next year. Looking for sub 40 mins. If you do t mi d me asking, roughly what w/kg would your effort work out at please? Just looking at what I would need for a similar time!

[@thewattlife]

So I’m about 78kg- I had two biddons and my bike is roughly 7.9kg. Plus I had my tool kit and camera etc. So I could have been lighter. I held 308 watts which is about 3.9 w/kg for body weight. Not far off 4. I still feel like I’m carrying some winter weight as not doing long 5-7 hr days out on the bike as uk weather has been horrible

[@mikeyblue2a]

@thewattlife thanks for getting back! Very similar weights to me, so I know what sort of power I need to be pushing. Reckon I am about 30w shy at the minute. Something to work towards. Looking forward to the full segment vid. Will keep me motivated when I'm doing sessions on the turbo trainer!!

[@andyedwards7800]

Nice effort, I would like to do under 40mins next time I go if I get the chance for a flat out attempt. Your power is higher than I can do though, curious as to your weight if that's not overly personal 😱.

[@thewattlife]

Sure man- so im about 78kg when i did this. Thought i would be lighter but a dark winter hit hard. My bike is 7.9kg. So i definitely wasnt running as light as i could be and at the end of the summer i imagine i would be a lot lighter.

[@andyedwards7800]

So you are about 8kg heavier but bike a kg or so lighter....under 40 should be doable

[@JFomo]

How many watts per kilo is your 300w?

[@thewattlife]

308 was 4 w/kg

[@JFomo]

@@thewattlife Thanks, something for me to aim for.

[@bramvandycke7133]

What gears did you have on youre bike? Gr

[@thewattlife]

Running a SRAM 33-10 rear cassette. And 48-35 front rings

[@thewattlife]

Did pretty much all of it in the big ring

[@bramvandycke7133]

@@thewattlife ok ill survive on my ultegra 30-11 x 52-36? or should i put a 34 cassette? thx for the reply.

[@thewattlife]

Yeah you’ll be fine. SRAM won’t let you totally cross chain so if I’m big ring (48) then I can’t be 33 in the rear. I rode Mallorca with the exact set up You have and it was great

[@bramvandycke7133]

@@thewattlife thx ! Love youre content btw 👌

[@bradboj]

Id be interested in your watts per kilo for that effort.

[@thewattlife]

311-315 would be 4 w/kg. So just under as held 308 avg

[@kokonanana1]

Why can’t Brits properly pronounce Mallorca. It’s MY-ORCA, not ME-ORCA!!!

[@thewattlife]

Will correct this for next time

[@Saladh_Olivier]

Sorry to say that, but - no, you aren’t fast. I wouldn’t write that if not that humble brag at the beginning 😛 good effort nevertheless and keep improving yourself ❤

[@StopTheRot]

I think you might have misheard fussed as fast?

[@Steve-qd5tk]

Pronounced sah or saw not sa.

[@thewattlife]

Cheers dude. I know zero Spanish and turns out I can’t even do the single syllable stuff right

[@lsantilli]

You definitely need to go back up just to beat WVA lol

[@thewattlife]

Agreed

[@roberthowat6323]

Fantastic effort with an amazing time well done 🎉

[@thewattlife]

Thank you- fingers cross going out there again... dropping some weight with some long weekend rides and dumping my bottles will definitely help

[@mariusvanaswegen]

Brilliant video mate

[@thewattlife]

Thank you

[@VeloViking]

Great video and effort mate! I know the feeling of being nervous, even though it really doesn’t matter! I’m actually already a bit nervous for my upcoming 180 kilometers gravel event next Saturday. It’s likely going to be my first ride outside this season and I’m up against a lot of younger and faster riders😏

[@thewattlife]

Hope it goes well man- going from riding inside to longer rides outside was a bit of a shock to the system

[@VeloViking]

@@thewattlife It’s not an official race, but it’s a timed “event” with a bunch start so we know how it goes 😏 My biggest concern is that it’s estimated to take approx 8-9 hours for the fastest riders😜

[@thiscocks]

Hopefully will be going up it in October. Would be happy with anything close to 40 mins I think!