The Famous Coll de Rates 🇪🇸

One of the iconic climbs on the Costa Blanca, Spain. We saw so many pro teams doing there training and testing on this one. We had a few days extra to film things for ourselves and this was high on the list of roads to ride. We got a sunny day but unfortunately the wind was in our faces for this one.
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[@BikecyclingonthebikeCC]

I've recorded the same descent a month ago, yet it looks slower. I think it's the bike. Yes, definitely the bike.

[@CycoWarriorx]

😂😂😂😂

[@appetit2619]

You need a Scott!

[@BikecyclingonthebikeCC]

@@appetit2619 Agree, no way around it.

[@yeallow910]

"Fast biker , shit bike"

[@AriffHanafiah]

😅😅😂😂

[@alexsen4536]

Love that he still gives the peace sign to other riders while going 60km/h

[@GVRCLaTeX]

Another one of the famous SAFA downhills. Well done and impressive.

[@bxckdoor9113]

Everytime you post a descent I’m reminded that this is what life is about.

[@mikehhhhhhh]

"I'm scared a cyclist might cut the corner" - *immediately cuts corner" 🤣

[@KILLTHEREDDITOR]

Sums up all the guy's videos tbh

[@ezekielpeppers637]

That’s only an issue if they’re BOTH cutting corners 😂

[@SAFABrian]

Little bit different when you can see through the corner

[@mikehhhhhhh]

@@SAFABrian I don’t disagree, just found it amusing 😂

[@alansheard553]

A man with complete confidence in his bike, brakes & tires !!!

[@peaceonearthgoodwilltowardsmen]

and his reflexes

[@percival3830]

You are such an accomplished descender. Chapeau.

[@selcukatalay]

Create, explore, expand and conquer.. Again great ride, SAFA!

[@ayookusanya5437]

42mph and still pushing...Goat of descents 😂...Respect ❤

[@ericpmoss]

I get my fill of descents watching these from a couch that is safe to faint onto. Eek.

[@sergiochavarria6754]

Your videos always help me fall asleep at night! Something about them is therapeutic. Thanks 😁

[@SushmaRai-ov9xe]

Your team is our idol

[@gabrielsfacco]

amazing bike bro

[@jasonjacob402]

Gr8. Ride buddy 🚴‍♀️

[@amal00]

Huge fan of ur video bro❤❤❤

[@fernandosegui1]

The most famous climb in this planet!!!!! and I´m not kidding!!!! NICE VIDEO!!!!

[@stevemiell4555]

Good job! A friend had an "off" on that descent on a damp corner, glad yours were dry.

[@breddary]

*sips tea* SAFA, my man 🎉🫡

[@mcrew1979]

Crazy to me that I started watching these maybe a year ago and they looked terrifying, but I've now done longer descents myself with full confidence, though maybe not cornering so fast.

[@batbawls]

bici molto bella ✌🏻

[@rachelgilbert2916]

that UAE rider looked quite impressed by your descending !

[@Barock-mt8bc]

Thank you Brian for the descent from Coll de Rates, I´m gonna climb it and descend it in 2 months when I´m on holidays in Spain Oh If we pay attention at around 8:50 those are the cars from the cyclist team we saw climbing up when Brian was speeding down 🚴

[@Wtfitsgabonabike]

Could you share an image how you mount your gimbal to your chest? thank you in advanced :D

[@albertfalkenstein381]

3:41 so smooth

[@Jay-nt2ew]

great vid as always. but we don't wanna see you crash safa. ride safe.

[@SendingStache]

if I was to record this descent, you would hear my free hub the entire time., as opposed to you cranking watts while flying downhill. mad respect

[@T_Quynek]

I like your video,because is VERY COOL

[@bombilo420]

Hey Safa !! What gloves do you use ? Thanks in advance ❤

[@qoldensquare22]

Do you have toeover lap issues with the scott foil SAFA? what frame size are you using? and this is a different foil that your used to using, you have a black one?

[@CyclingFilipKavvka]

jealous !

[@Thezuule1]

Wish my bike was geared better for climbing. Just did a 7 mile climb up a local mountain and got passed by a couple people just spinning to win and my 36 - 25 just ain't it. I can get up steep stuff but I spend half my time out of the saddle and the other half grinding in the 25 tooth until I inevitably have to kick it a few gears and stand back up again. I love the eleven speed Ultegra but another gear would be much appreciated some days. I would swap for a bigger rear cassette but the problem is most of my riding is on relatively flat rolling hills type of stuff where the single tooth transitions between gears is really nice for a smooth cadence. Can't have it all unfortunately.

[@pythor2117]

geez crowded climb that is

[@user-uo6kv7it3g]

Классное видео! ✌🚴‍♂️. Спасибо тебе, Сафа!

[@russellspeight5175]

"Take it easy" 😳

[@ramsden35]

Lord oh mighty stop waving at other riders! My heart can’t take it haha. Scott bikes must be so pleased they’ve got this dude.

[@danieleformica1842]

Ciao safa, come fai a fare i video con tutti i campi sullo schermo, voglio provare anch'io su un segmento in salita. Grazie

[@testdirver]

i wonder the front rotor glow?

[@euregioradeln]

What gloves are you wearing?

[@FlyingGravelMan]

Always waving to other cyclists, not matter how fast he goes

[@ahmadfahmy9292]

It looks so hard the other way around climbing that mountain ouch 😅

[@madyogi6164]

B E utiful!

[@rappide]

he's better than pros :)

[@Opp5151]

Safa I want to buy what you recommend SCOTT Addict RC Pro 2022 of OTT FOIL RC PRO 2023

[@PeterWar7GAMEPL]

What team are the blue riders??

[@user-xw2cu1dn1y]

Prominent 😊

[@CycoWarriorx]

Casually waving while going downhill at 37+ mph… 😁🫡🍻 #BadAssMan #InternationalEdition

[@kevinbiddle5444]

We have a local paved descent that I've hit 40mph on my fatbike. I'd love to see what Brian and his rocket ship could do on it.

[@dickieblench5001]

Came down the other side towards Tarbena one time into a recent rockfall #sketchy

[@YukiTsunoda7]

*SAFA* : *"yah this is the first time down, so prolly just gonna be chill*" *Exits Parking Lot* *Immediately Stands up and sprints full gas into first corner* LOL what a G.

[@Zen_Cycling]

Recorded the same descent 2 months ago, yet it looks faster. I think it's rim brakes.

[@pabitra8343]

Upload the videos in 60fps please!

[@SAFABrian]

🥴

[@Flashback_Jack]

Where's the Millenium Falcon, er, your custom painted Scott?

[@kautzz]

lemme know if you're coming to valencia ✌️

[@ynslife]

some hairpins out there are sketchy also that day was barely anyone climbing up... this descent would be impossible on a sunday morning

[@POVmauritius]

Is it 69km/h his maximum speed?

[@fernandosegui1]

The name comes from "Raptes" which means kidnaping!!! valencian language and of course making reference to the past, when outlaws used to rule in this part of the "Alicantinian Alps"

[@thomasobermuller8848]

Think the speed is more as you show to us? 😊

[@brianwheeldon4643]

Skydiving without a parachute!

[@ax-jv9hm]

Navy Pray For Speed: The Reaper Premium Tee in Size L when? Want to order, out of stock for many weeks now. 🙃

[@johnsmith-zf1fd]

You gonna attack the Sierra Nevada whilst in Spain?

[@peaceonearthgoodwilltowardsmen]

scary thumbnail

[@mictanere8110]

Les Decathlon AG2R en balade ?

[@Damiano565]

I think Bardiani and after a Caja-Rujal cyclist

[@Damiano565]

Bardiani team

[@kotlindev]

Hey Safa, I think animations these below on metrics, it makes hard to watch. If you don't add that animations, could be better. Love your videos

[@user-if3np2nn6e]

It,s look like a little crazy,but very skillful.

[@dominickp6982]

close to 70 mph

[@FT__Bicycling_____-sc7yv]

hmmmm. Should I try to live in that part of the world? Or just visit sometimes?

[@andresgasca.834]

¿Seguro que la imagen no está acelerada?... Cuando marca 60 km/h tienes la sensación de vértigo que produciría descender a 110 km/h, creyendo que vas a matarte de un momento a otro... 🇪🇸🇪🇺🇪🇸

[@marksmansbadvids]

Just casually waving to other cyclists while doing almost 70 down hill.

[@stevocanuck]

3:25 i mean brother you literally ride in their lane

[@DEscribano]

No es capaz de bajar sin invadir el carril contrario ni pisar rayas continuas, todo lo que no hay que hacer bajando, el claro ejemplo de lo que no hay que hacer, no representas a ningún ciclista que vamos a Coll de rates, cuando quieras bajo contigo y sin cometer infracciones, un saludo

[@stanisawszymon1571]

too many riders, huh? Try Polish south border. Almost no cars out there

[@ozgurcatal95]

please use full face helmet

[@ricardocamacho1627]

You didn’t go up first?! Breach of road code…

[@bengt_axle]

They drive up now.

[@KILLTHEREDDITOR]

He'd probably get his doors blown off halfway up the climb. That's why all he does is descents

[@ervin7178]

There’s a Strava link, looks like he climbed the other side

[@SAFABrian]

Climbed 6,600 metres in 3 days shooting videos and the bros in the comments of their free videos giving me shit for not being able to climb... to be expected from the potatoes.

[@ricardocamacho1627]

@@SAFABrian easyyy I am just busting your chops 😂

[@dtsybulskyi]

Beautiful video and incredible descending skills, but it's funny how you complain about cars taking more than their lane and cyclists cutting corners on ascent, when you yourself cut corners and cross the line constantly, even when going into fairly blind corners. I know what your channel is all about, but I think this style of descending should be reserved for closed roads and races. Not only do you put yourself into danger, but you endanger other cyclists and give us as a community a bad name.

[@atomics.h.1824]

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