Join us as we head to Northern Italy to tackle two of the most legendary and brutal road climbs in the world: the Pozza San Glisente and the infamous Scanuppia. With gradients peaking at over 40%, we find out if a modern gravel bike and ultra-low gearing are enough to conquer these vertical walls of concrete. From savage pitches to unexpected run-ins with the local authorities, discover which of these climbs truly earns the title of the world’s toughest.
Chapters: ⏱️
00:00 – The Steepest Climbs in the World
01:21 – The Mission: Two Climbs, One Day
02:08 – The Bike: Orbea Terra Gravel
02:39 – Pozza San Glisente: The Stats
04:14 – Conquering the 33% Gradients
12:20 – Reaching the Summit
13:10 – Scanuppia: The Infamous 40% Wall
15:10 – The Struggle for Balance
17:28 – Stopped by the Forestry Police
18:19 – The Verdict: Which is Harder?
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Which of these two climbs looks more terrifying to you? 😱 Have you ever tackled a road so steep you were forced to walk, or do you have a local ‘wall’ that rivals these Italian beasts? Let us know in the comments! 👇
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36 Comments
Which of these two climbs looks more terrifying to you? 😱 Have you ever tackled a road so steep you were forced to walk, or do you have a local 'wall' that rivals these Italian beasts? Let us know in the comments! 👇
Carbrain at work again. Too dangerous to cycle/walk but fine to drive 🤔
“I’m speechless at it” doesn’t shut up the entire time 😂
The Donkey part was 100% the best 😂😂😂
Trust me, go to Germany in Oberstdorf and visit the Nebelhorn. A steep climb with gradients up to 34% on Gravel. Its amazing
I am proud to say I will never ride up these climbs and have no wish to.
I'm sure that they don't want anyone going UP on a bicycle because of the carnage that would result from those riders trying to ride DOWN IT! LOL!
Can you get a permit?
“What a crazy road!” In the voice of Sméagol
Forest police? WTAF? Give me strength. They must have about as much authority as the Traffic officers on UK roads. You should have just cracked on buddy. No time for jobs worth numpties. 🙄
I am very curious how easy it would be on Ascendu trike ?
i'd love to have a crack at the scanuppia one day. i have an old steel road bike set up with a 22-38 chainset and an 11-46t cassette out back and i'm pretty sure it's destined to crawl up that mountain… speaking of which, you call that ultra-low gearing? jeez, guys, your pride isn't more important than your chainring size haha
You had your trainers you should have run up the remmaing left ?
8:20😂😂😂
"No bikes on this street"
"Inglés?"
"NO BIKES!"
Question: Why in the hell would you try to talk all the way up these climbs? You could have just ridden them and then did a voice over narration in post. I'm not saying you would have made it up both climbs without walking, but you surely would have done a lot better. So tell us, how much did you pay that cop to stop you riding up it? Feather barely made it up that climb 4 years ago, so there's no way you make it up without walking.
Thanks!
sooo.. you show the sign that clearly states you are not allowed to go up there and still do it? and with the content you basically encourage others to break the law. you should get fined…
0:01 this will be glorious 🍻
I was waiting for Andrew Feather zooming past Connor with a smirky smile
An XC mtb would be a better option
How on earth do you even go down? I'd freak out and cook my brakes for sure 😨😨
Dan 100% sent the cops
Go back and do it at night
It's forbidden to ride up because, when you're coming down, you're a danger to yourself (either crashing on your own, or crushing against a local jeep/tractor being on the road) and great danger to the hikers/pedestrians that may have been on the road
When I saw this video, I was confused because I knew from other videos that biking on the Scanuppia isn't allowed. Someone at GCN should have known too.
Surely you should get Andrew Feather to tackle them next
Great ride Connor and it reenforces that there isn't anything wrong if you have to step off and walk a bit, just keep on going. Cheers
I hope you have under 15 gear inches
Connor, how much did you pay for that policeman to bail you out at the end with that "no bikes"?
great video as always. Thanks
Hello Police, can you send someone to stop me about 1/3 of the way up this climb so I don't have to finish?
Another pointless video brought to you by captain underpants
A closed (private) road and a foot path are hardly the STEEPEST climbs in the world….
Mitch Boyer did these climbs and the locals near beat him up .
What’s with the saddle Connor ?
Well done connor, love the hill content