This is a video shot from the handlebar of my bicycle as I rode in the cyclosportive held the day before the Tour of Flanders, also know as De Ronde van Vlaanderen , on the Easter weekend in 2007. I used an ATC-2000 "Action Camera" from Oregon Scientific, which worked pretty well for all but the roughest pave. It cut out a few times, I suspect because the memory card was bounced off the metal contacts. Unfortunately, this included the most famous cobbled climb, the Muur-Kapelmuur in Geraardsbergen. Several famous hills are featured, including the Oude-Kwaremont and Bosberg. Also included is a brief ride alongside some of the Euskatel-Euskadi squad, out practising for the race the next day, before they dropped me like a stone on the 17% gradient of Wolvenberg.
Nice vid. I did this back in 2001 in what looks to be the same conditions--wind, cold, a little rain--maybe the hardest day I've had on the bike. Bonus points to anyone who can guess which climb was my favorite?
kapelmuur 3 years ago
i would be the one at the very end getting pushed along !!
4755grant 4 years ago