Video & Photo Story: Claudio Caluori Rides 12 Hours & 13,500 Vertical Meters of eMTB
Monday 10 August, Claudio attempted his own version of everesting: The Keneveresting in Laax, Switzerland with the initial aim to climb the Crap Sogn Gion and descend the Never End Trail 8 times in 8 hours with his Kenevo. But then, Claudio wanted more.
The Crap Sogn Gion is the main mountain of the famous ski resort of Laax and the Never End Trail is the infamous, brutally long Downhill track which Claudio won his first Swiss National Downhill title on in 1999.
8 runs, 8 hours was the initial goal, but the 6:00 am start saw Claudio head out for a total of 11 hours and 23 mins with a total of 12 downhill runs on the Never End Trail and 12 climbs of 8kms and 1125 vertical meters each.
His 12th run finished at 17:23, making it a total of 3 hours of pure downhill and 7 hours of climbing in one day and a total of 13500 vertical meters of climbing and descending as well as covering over 180km in total distance.
The amount of vertical climb would have taken him to the Stratosphere!
Quick facts:
Start: 06:00h
Finish 17:23h
Total time: 11h 23min
12 downhill runs on the Never End Trail
12 climbs of ca. 8km and 1125 vertical meters
3h of pure downhill in one day.
7 hours of pure climbing in one day
13500 vertical meters of climbing and descending.
Downhill runs were between 14 and 15 minutes each.
Climbing time was between 33 to 38 minutes per run.
Climb number 1 and 12 were the fastest!
An average of 8 minutes per pit stop: battery swap, bike check, food and drinks.
ZERO mechanicals or problems with the #Kenevo.
A total of 200 jumps throughout the day.
Start: 06:00h
Finish 17:23h
Total time: 11h 23min
12 downhill runs on the Never End Trail
12 climbs of ca. 8km and 1125 vertical meters
3h of pure downhill in one day.
7 hours of pure climbing in one day
13500 vertical meters of climbing and descending.
Downhill runs were between 14 and 15 minutes each.
Climbing time was between 33 to 38 minutes per run.
Climb number 1 and 12 were the fastest!
An average of 8 minutes per pit stop: battery swap, bike check, food and drinks.
ZERO mechanicals or problems with the #Kenevo.
A total of 200 jumps throughout the day.
Big thanks to an incredible team that made the day run like clockwork and to all who donated to #pumpforpeace for feeding schemes around existing tracks and the next #pumpforpeace projects.
Next up is the Swiss Epic kicking off on 17 August where Claudio will take his Kenevo and GoPros to follow Tumelo Makae and Cherie Redecker as they ride for #pumpforpeace in the premier 5-day stage race.
#keneveresting #eeveresting #neverresting
104 Comments
What I have with all brakes tho, be it magura, sram or shimano: if you ride them hard in the alps over many hundres of steep height meters the pads just wear down so fast that you have re-regulate the lever reach from time to time.
But now I'm using Shigura with XT-Levers and MT5-pistons plus Putonline oil, which is the best value for money brake out there.
hey @Pinkbike can we get a user filter instead of a content filter going forward?
what the sailor says! Without knowing how many pitstops incl. battery swap he did, how much energey was given by the batteries, how much assistance he had I'd assume the uphill was a breeze, time to recover from jumping downhill.
all this BS about 'its just as hard a workout'....like for like no it isnt. you cant compare different rides on different bikes as if they are the same thing.
anyway, my objection is not e-bikes per se, as i said we have one at home and very much enjoy it, it is the marketing and outright misguidance around them.
nobody is going to buy multiple batteries to do the same thing, and if you believe the emtb press they are all faster/better than any other genre of bike, i even saw one video of 'ebike is faster than a DH bike with the motor switched off'"
its obviously just me but 'guy rode up a hill with the help of a motor and multiple batteries' doesnt really do it for me. however, 'new battery design allows guy to ride up hill multiple times' would be a better place to be coming from.
I like being able to do 2,000m in 2hours but it's certainly not for the workout...I did 4,000m the other day on my mtb and I'm willing to bet that that was more work than Claudio riding 13,500m on an ebike.
It matters because there are plenty of others who have everested on mountain bikes under their own power who have better stories to tell than marketing to people who like motor bike stunts.
If I go riding for 12 hours I get bloody earache off the Mrs
Oh but when Claudio does it he's met with fine chicks, champange in hand and bloody pat on the back!!!
:-D
What a machine, so much torque and power, I could wheel spin the bike up steep climbs and climb incredibly steep stuff, the geometry isnt quite there for how steep it can climb, steeper seat tube needed or a weight on the front end to keep it down
Anyone who knocks this, go try it, I would bet it was still a challenge.
Similarly you could argue non-assisted 'Enduro' eg. EWS isn't real endurance as they have the assistance of gears, only BMX enduro which I freely admit doesn't exist, but probably should, is real enduro.
In other words it's nonsense to say this isn't a feat of endurance, I have trouble staying awake for 11 hours.
I for one, was really hoping the blanket ban on bicycles in the US wilderness areas would someday be reversed, but see that battle becoming increasingly unlikely the closer these MOTORbikes evolve to looking like human powered machines they imitate. Ya I know, selfish of me, but also selfish of anyone else that wants more fun for themselves with less effort. Everyone is selfish for their own interests.
im not saying it isnt endurance, but in the world of cycling doubling or trebling your power input with a motor and writing it up as endurance feels a little disingenuous.
I can see good reason in your argument, I genuinely think you state your case well.
However there does seem to be an arbitrary line we draw on technical innovation here as to whether something is assistive.
In the literal sense of the word, any enhancement would be assistive, but if we take the assertion that increasing wattage is specifically what is meant as assistive in this discussion then gears perform a very similar enhancement.
The semantics of whether a bike becomes a motorbike because it has an assistive motor is a tricky one, it's not the sole source of motion for the vehicle, it's a bit like saying your bike becomes a computer when you strap a Garmin to it.
In essence cycling is still happening in both cases albeit assisted cycling.
DISCLAIMER: Don't own an ebike, no plans to own one either, though if I felt I wasn't enjoying self-propelled riding whether through injury or age fatigue I think it's a good option to still enjoy a ride.
An ebike has a battery directly attached to the drivetrain providing power. I believe this is where the line should be drawn between purely biomechanical efficiency and moving into not necessarily motorbikes but I would classify it more as Motorsports since a motor is now involved
a certain minority (or majority on Pinkbike) seem to have something to prove. At the end of the day, you are not as good as you think you are at riding bikes, otherwise you would be top 10 in the world at XC or DH etc, so stfu.
Try doing 1000 bicep curls without holding anything in your hands then see if the concept of zero effort applies.
Those hating ebikes are primarily upset that their analog bikes are loosing value rapidly now and most can not afford a descent ebike in general (agreed, most are over priced)...I've been around for quite some time and find it laughable how so many PB'ers went from "shuttlin", neck brace wearing, brown pow warriors to Spandex clad, Strava boi's....Comical indeed!
I just wish the 11 speed looked as good as eagle, i would have it on my enduro bikes if it looked as futuristic as x01.
Right!?!?!?!
that person cares about the sport being dragged into the dirt
"ding"... my popcorn's ready
And it is fairly related to mountainbiking. still on an electric, motorized, vehicle, it should be stopped to make those things the same as a proper human powered bike without wasteful battery pack, engine, ... inside...
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