We used EVERY BIKE we own to try summit this mountain | White Mountain

We used EVERY BIKE we own to try summit this mountain | White Mountain - Destined to Fail

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SAFA Brian

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@liquidSpin 4 ай бұрын

One of the best ever episodes!! Road, gravel, and MTB!!!

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

thank you :)

@seananderson5450 3 ай бұрын

Love it!

@SeeYouUpTheRoad 4 ай бұрын

I summited White Mountain (14,252 ft /4344 meters) July of 2017. I was lucky not to find bad snow until the last couple of miles up to the summit. I rode a Ritchey Swiss Cross steel bike with Canti Brakes on 35mm tires. I want to go back on a gravel bike. I would've loved lower gearing and bigger tires but that stuff wasn't widely available back then. It is truly and epic adventure! Kudos for getting as far as you did.

@BadWithNames123 Ай бұрын

common man.. gravel bikes were a thing 7 years ago.. you make it sound like you went up there 1997

@SeeYouUpTheRoad Ай бұрын

@@BadWithNames123incorrect. And please stop wasting your time commenting to me unless you have been to the summit of White Mountain Peak.

@charleschambers4138 4 ай бұрын

Magic. Thanks for all your hard prep work, Alex for great videos, and taking us on these adventures!

@asseel70iraq99 4 ай бұрын

Safa please post more often and post more of your day in the vids as well its really enjoyable to watch

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

I post every week! Not a big vlogger but have more stuff like this planned for the future

@designbydave 4 ай бұрын

I miss having this level of fitness but not that level of craziness ; ) Thanks for another banger Safa!

@bobhayes8750 4 ай бұрын

White Mountain is the easiest 14'er in California but it's still a 14er. Your ride even tougher as you couldn't readily acclimate to the elevation as you were starting from Big Pine at 4000 feet. I hope you give it another go when there's less snow and you can get a support truck up to the Barcroft gate. Hikers coming in from sea level often acclimate by spending a night at Grandview (8600') or at the gate (12,000'). Great video, brought back lots of memories of White Mountain.

@scottlynch449 4 ай бұрын

There used to be an event 'White Mtn in a Day'. Started in Laws and went up Silver Canyon to the gravel White Mtn Rd, and then to the summit. Lower slopes of the canyon are about 8%, upper 3 miles are more like 18-20% (the idea of an 11% kicker is just adorable). All on a mtb. The gravel portion is intolerable, especially the miles of climbing on the way back. ...climbing on a descent after already cranking out 12,000' of elevation is just the worst. And we're talking close to 30 years ago. 2-ish inches of fork travel, no rear suspension, and 26" wheels. Having bike swaps would be sooo much easier. ...not that any of that ride is easy. Still one of my favorite epic rides. And still have the t-shirt.

@williamtoth7181 3 ай бұрын

That White Mountain in a Day was beyond epic. Thanks for mentioning it

@wallacedavidg 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful ride. Thanks for taking us along.

@seanwise7464 3 ай бұрын

Friend is carefully planning, calculating, and measuring his nutrition….you show up with 2 plain water bottles and some donuts… I can relate 😆. That was entertaining to watch- thanks!

@TnFruit 4 ай бұрын

It's nice to see Brian saffa'

@jonathanblakeslee8014 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely great adventure! Thanks for trying that one! California cyclists know those roads and have dreamed of doing that. 👍

@TheRayDog 2 ай бұрын

White Mountain! One of my favorites. Been many times over the years. There's a grove of Bristlecone Pines up high, with the oldest tree in the world.

@prince027 4 ай бұрын

I've been to Bristle Cone Pine forest a couple of times. Drove up there. It's pretty but beyond that point, it's even prettier. Thanks for taking us to the beyond on bikes. 👍👍

@Mainsail333 4 ай бұрын

Thank You!! I'm so glad I couldn't sleep and got to see this great video!!!

@normanderson01 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible video. Thank you.

@NobodyRides 4 ай бұрын

Liquid food for long runs is the best. Thank you for your work.

@williamforbes7156 4 ай бұрын

I go full maple syrup chug like super troopers And the subtitles were great.

@Jl454w 4 ай бұрын

Epic ride Brian, beautiful places for sure. Thanks for sharing!

@MitchellSains 4 ай бұрын

Lovely Video! Thanks for documenting this

@SierraTherapy 4 ай бұрын

I go up there all the time, I will there this weekend as a matter of fact, Snow stays on the ground a long time up there so it's better go in August. All that being said, Chapeaux on the effort your truly inspiring. This is a beast of a mountain and as you get close to the top the air gets a whole thinner fast. Even hiking it is hard from the research station. Oh and just really mess you up, before the final bit to the summit you actually go down.... a lot; then you have to re climb - yeah that's super fun lol. My last time up was in May - looked very similar to what your situation was with the snow. Anything north of Patriarch cut off not passable, only thing to do was go down.

@Agusisonline 4 ай бұрын

@SAFABrian Wow, what a beautiful terrain/views and ride guys!!!

@021ZED 4 ай бұрын

I love speed corsa bicycle in road and downhil..and your video very beautiful..safa♥️

@pushbeyondaverage 4 ай бұрын

We need more content like this.

@StevesDaysOff 3 ай бұрын

A buddy and I went up the backside fire road to try and summit this beast many years ago on Gravel bikes. It's like 25% grade for the first 10 miles and links up to the road further up. Absolutely brutal. My friend was able to stay seated and inch up the climb but I'm a pretty big dude so it took 800 watts to just keep moving. I ended up hiking the first 10 miles. Long story short we got separated and my friend called search and rescue as all my electronics died near the summit and I was out there really late. Some random lady showed up on my deathmarch down the mountain and saved me, I was completely out of water and food and bonked. She was in some Nissan Xterra and I noticed her tire was leaking air. SO here I was in my cycling kit eating her chips and rolling around in the dirt changing her tire out in the middle of nowhere. She gave me a ride down the 25% grade fireroad which was super scary. The sun was setting and I met back up with my riding bro in some park across from the bakery and he called off search and rescue and we had pizza. It was a hell of an adventure!

@allthingsbike.2574 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Well done to both of you

@JustBrowsing777 3 ай бұрын

Amazing episode, thanks for sharing 🫡

@Cleverbiker 3 ай бұрын

Looks amazing dude

@bryanbischof4351 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this. Great idea. More vids like this please

@rogereheadbyrne4790 4 ай бұрын

👏Safa, Taylor, Alex!👏FANTASTIC VIDEO! I Applaud your Stamina! It brings it into perspective that i occationally ride up a chalk escarpment with 20% grade for a mile on a Pro Emtb on the Isle of Wight UK and think its hard at nearly 60 years old! I couldnt ride this trail if i was 20 years old! Thankyou Guys for a staggeringly Beautiful ride! In AWE of your talents! POSITIVE VIBES👍😁

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Keep the cranks spinning past 60!

@edbroyles8393 4 ай бұрын

Nice climbing, Safa!

@newlinmcmaster4001 4 ай бұрын

BUISNESS UP FRONT, PARTY IN THE BACK!!! Safa Rules!

@mtbmadman011 4 ай бұрын

Thats a hell of a beasty!

@martonattila6654 4 ай бұрын

I bought Hammerhead 3 because of you Safa.

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

It's a great bike computer. Hope it's working out for you.

@art_only 4 ай бұрын

I would love to see more adventure rides like this and not just ripping descents

@JohnCollins-th8hm 3 ай бұрын

Cool. Nice effort. i ride Bishop a couple weeks every year, and what you just climbed up is my favorite descent anywhere. Done it about 20 times and ive never not had a headwind on the way down thru the canyon. Too bad cuz over 60 is definitely possible… anyway, keep em coming cool vid!

@Deep_stew 3 ай бұрын

Lovely video

@shckst 4 ай бұрын

I like having more context and discussions

@osmarq3435 4 ай бұрын

Taylor coughing from the shortness of breath not the weed pen!!

@Adversitiv 4 ай бұрын

Scenic

@ninjaad88 4 ай бұрын

two guys, six bikes - thought this would be a different kind of video...

@iRyan876 4 ай бұрын

Bomber nation 🎉

@weisanhui1531 4 ай бұрын

hey pals, kudos in being epic climbing disciples

@Maiji24 4 ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Abandonedexplorer 4 ай бұрын

Love this channel but why have views dropped

@quoccuonghua 4 ай бұрын

Rất đẹp và rất rất đẹp. Xin cảm ơn video tuyệt vời!!!❤❤

@YouOnlyLiveHans 4 ай бұрын

What an adventure! And amazing production quality as always 💯 One question though; why did both of you choose to ride the Foil and not the Addict for the road climb?

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

The Foil is so light these days it's a pleasure to climb with. We were both planning on sending the descent which is why we wanted the Foils.

@craven4adventure 4 ай бұрын

Im surprised you two dont have Scott fat bikes.

@supercoder7 4 ай бұрын

Great video. Why were you walking your MTBs rather than ride it on the side of the road? It looked quite doable unless I am missing something?

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

Same speed, uses less energy, removes chance of puncturing.

@peterrick3339 3 ай бұрын

I would like to know what chain lube(s) you used. And if you needed to add lube and if so, how often. Thanks, i have not watched the whole vid so i may be asking an unnecessary question.

@ccuellar6212 4 ай бұрын

Need a rim brake bike for that climb.

@drscavenger 4 ай бұрын

Got to the middle before i realised he was speaking english ,not dutch

@titaniumterri9233 4 ай бұрын

Best ride ever. I’ve ridden to the visitor center several times on road bike….always wanted to go to top so thanks for the reality check.

@neutronshiva2498 4 ай бұрын

your friend's shirt, the one with tiger and japanese letters, you happen to know where did he get one?

@singlespeedjohnny 4 ай бұрын

It’s a Team Dream/The Cubhouse jersey. Out of LA.

@madyogi6164 4 ай бұрын

0:35 That's barely 80 ppm private! Give me 100!!! 🤣

@antoinelavigne2371 4 ай бұрын

Add a fatbike with a front suspension to your arsenal on your next try!

@dumitruerhan5684 4 ай бұрын

How far above the visitor center could you get away with a road bike and 28mm tires?

@SAFABrian 4 ай бұрын

About 500 metres before you slash a tyre. Really really rough 'gravel'

@joeygalloway4576 3 ай бұрын

You guys did it the easy way!! You're supposed to climb Silver Canyon (10 miles/12% avg grade), then hit White Mountain Rd. The whole climb is 32 miles of gravel @ 6.2% avg grade. It's way tougher & way more epic than Bristlecone Pine. You guys really missed out...🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️