We Tried Riding The World's Worst Bike Up Alpe d'Huez

We tried riding one of the world's most iconic climbs, the Alpe d'Huez, on one of the world's worst bikes—a single-gear city bike! Climbing Alpe d'Huez is already challenging, but doing it on a city bike sounds near impossible ...Will this challenge be the breaking point for Hank?

00:00 Climbing Alpe d’Huez on the World’s Worst Bike
00:20 The Iconic, Alpe d’Huez
00:48 How hard will this really be?
01:38 Time to Face Alpe d’Huez
03:11 What is Hank riding?
03:37 Starting to feel the pain...
04:44 Manon’s first time climbing Alpe d’Huez
05:40 Checking in on Hank
07:09 Final Stretch!
07:53 How did that go?
08:28 Did this bike break Hank?

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[gcn]

Have you ever climbed Alpe d'Huez? 🏔 Let us know your experience in the comments! 💬

[cherriagana]

"How we try to kill Hank" could be a GCN documentary on it's own xD

[wuahekelhaft]

Next Video: Descent from Alpe D'Huez on that bike.

[maiconleonard]

Not having clipless pedals was actually a blessing. Just imagine having to walk those miles with cleats

[stefantrost]

I think the camera on Hanks bike was just a huge aerodynamic disadvantage on the climb

[JamesDeLara-ti]

I did Alpe d’Huez back in 1988, about halfway up my rear derailleur cable came loose and I didn’t have a 5mm Allen key so i continued to climb in my 39/12 and ask anyone that passed me if they had an Allen key. One rider said yes, I said if you want to continue I could catch up to him and give it back. He replied that it was a good time to stop. I secured the cable made it to the finish line. I can’t imagine Hank’s suffering, chapeau!

[schrodingerthecat]

Hank is a machine - it's unfortunate that he finished this challenge, because that means the next one will be worse. Poor Hank....

[Hoolio]

Hank is such a champ! All the challenges he takes on... He is such an amazing sport! Chapeau mate!

[douglaswilliams]

It’s one of the great things about cycling. You can ride the same epic climbs as the pros for free.
Rode up Mont Semnoz near Annecy and watched a guy in polo shirt, cargo shorts and boat shoes plus straw hat, power up the climb on a rental bike like this. Stood and applauded him at the roadside.

[mommamooney]

“You’re in the way of my zig zags!” I burst out laughing

[Dwarfboy]

Absolutely Hanktastic! Never seen anything so MAD and at the same time so inspiring!

(…and let’s not forget that Manon actually rode up it too, on her first attempt)

Great video guys
Hankyou very much
👏👏👏

[wheeler]

That clunker made the "Eurobike" look and perform in theory like a Colnago.

[LureAngler]

Hank deserves a big end of year bonus $$$ !

[davehollingworth]

I think we all knew it would be ‘near impossible’ - the funniest part was seeing him remember use the kick-stand just before collapsing on the pavement. But surely the ride down would have been brilliant! 🤩

[jimedwarde]

Big respect. I did this as part of the marmotte a few weeks ago. Video and zwift just don’t accurately portray how steep some of the ramps are. When you turn that first corner out of bourg it’s like being faced with a wall. Kudos!

[Boardmad]

Hank the Tank...boy's made of something special. I've ridden one of those POS in the city and that was quite an effort

[Alfadrottning]

I must say, i find it VERY merciful of Manon for not using an e-bike to accompany Hank. Nothing is worse than struggling up a climb, while your partner rides along one handed with a smile on their face as if they have no care for the world, while a 250w motor does all the work.

edit: also .. wow, it weighs 25 kg?! .. this mobike is heavier than my e-bike!

[richcrompton]

Astounding effort, but he must have been gutted that he forgot the shopping he was going to put in the basket! Ideal cold beer storage…

[alinapopescu]

He handled Megavalanche exceedingly well. If that didn't break him, nothing else could. It's funny how a city bike on Alpe d'Huez could prove deadlier than plunging down a mountain, snow, boulders, and all.

[kulvianshun]

At this point I have to wonder if Hank is actually an alien in Well Done on getting to the top with that monstrously wrong