Merci d’avoir pris le temps de filmer, monter et partager Sofiane. Simplement Bravo!!!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Avec plaisir 😊
@BombtrackBicycleCo
Ай бұрын
What an area, what a race. Thanks for giving that insight!
@geoffmurray2
Ай бұрын
One dry sock is better than no dry socks. 🤪 You’re a beast Sofiane!! Well done mate! 🚴♂️🏔️ 👊🏻
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Haha! My obsession with keeping my feet dry probably cost me a spot on the podium. But it is what it is
@TheSupersoot
Ай бұрын
What a true athlete, a race like this requires a warrior mindset. I salute you sir.
@20yearsagotoday1
Ай бұрын
Absolute massive respect. You’re a winner for finishing simple as that 🎉
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@daniellovett6213
27 күн бұрын
Looks tough,did you finish on that cut tyre? Kudos💪
@sofianeshl
26 күн бұрын
@@daniellovett6213I did. I had no choice but to put a tube in, which made the ride pretty harsh
@davidedwards4676
Ай бұрын
Massive welldone Sofian watched all your videos, SRMBR epic. The way you ride the resilience and endurance you have your win on the Highland 550 is ahead of you. Thanks for a great film
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Glad you liked the channel. Thanks for watching And stay tuned as there's more coming
@stefang4706
Ай бұрын
Inspirational as always! I watch a lot of bikepacking/self supported races an the feet play up a lot of the time when the weather turns. When I go on a bikepacking trip (not racing) I always carry a pair of waterproof socks like sealskins, I would probably add a second pair riding in Scotland, they saved my feet more than once.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
I tried waterproof socks while racing but they're a bit bulky. They work in some situations. But one they get wet, they weigh a ton and it's very hard to dry them
@julienspira2093
10 күн бұрын
Bravo Sofiane! Pour ta performance bien sûr, quelle ténacité, quelle résilience! Le film est super, belles images, beau montage et le personnage principal est bien choisi:) Bel effort aussi d'avoir pu filmer pendant l'effort, ça prend du temps et de l'énergie..
@wilfwilliams
Ай бұрын
Fabulous insights as to what’s involved. Thanks for sharing @fanny nice edits
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
She's the best, ❤️
@benjaminmirt5029
Ай бұрын
Sounds like an extreme Version of me noticing my dynamo is on while training at daylight. That you didnt realize is imediately actually shows how strong and humble you are man. As always inspriring. Ride on!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Lesson learned though. Next time I find myself somewhere in the mid pack, I'll double check everything on my bike!
@Dent386
14 күн бұрын
Juste incroyable.. bravo! Et le clin d’œil au morceau des tindersticks, parfait 😊
@sofianeshl
13 күн бұрын
Oh y en a pas beaucoup qui l'ont cette ref !
@a.i9245
Ай бұрын
Thanks for that insight.
@BikingAlways
Ай бұрын
Congratulations! for completing
@stephenturner7512
Ай бұрын
Well done. Super video. Thanks
@ferruccio4531
Ай бұрын
tremendous effort, well done. loved your letting us know how you felt throughout.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
That sounded like a bit too much complaining when I watched the final edit 😅
@FaiscaaaH
Ай бұрын
You mr. are a real CHAMPION !!!
@moulonguet
Ай бұрын
C'est un triathlon cette course, vélo/natation/marche! Bravo pour cette incroyable performance malgré une roue libre défaillante sur un tiers du parcours.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Haha j'y avais jamais pensé mais c'est pas faux !
@loydsa
Ай бұрын
Total respect. An amazing effort, if you still want to win keep going 🙂
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
We'll see. I've come to terms with the fact that not every race has my name on it
@NicolasGarel1201
Ай бұрын
Le défi est fou, et la vidéo est folle ! Merci pour ces moments !
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Avec plaisir
@twowheelsintokyo7039
7 күн бұрын
Funny that in the original “Highlander” movie, a Frenchman played the Scottish main character, and the Scottish actor played a Spaniard. BTW, a good way to keep yourself awake on the smoother parts of the course is to eat something hard, like beef jerky, or, better yet, dog biscuits. Chewing and an occasional swallow increases the blood flow to your head, and keeps you more alert. This is an old trick soldiers on watch use to stay sharp.
@hlg2067
Ай бұрын
what mental strength you have! just pushed hard again, bravo!
@pmckeown38
Ай бұрын
Great vid Sofiane
@PatriceGLAIRON-RAPPAZ
Ай бұрын
super de s'immerger dans cette course mythique...on prend mieux la mesure du chantier!!!...Et puis c'est beau et sauvage...Merci Sofiane et bravo 👍
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Il ne manque que les chutes que j'ai faites sur la fin quand j'étais trop épuisé pour piloter correctement sur les pierres mouillées
@ArunMTB
Ай бұрын
amazing achievement
@LarsBike_Garden_Food
Ай бұрын
Thanks for taking me with you! Beautiful place, nice ride and a damn good host! 👍🏻
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Not to mention gas station cheese burgers 😉
@yungteach
Ай бұрын
Oh yeah warm air on the feet, now ya livin!!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
You need two maps for HT 550. One with all the bothys and one with all the hand dryers.
@peterkrajcovic458
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl Did you have waterproof socks in this race or just a regular ones? I have the former but I haven´t tried them yet in the ultradistance race so I don´t know if they absorb water after some time or not. Insane effort and great video as always.
@kleinerriese_
Ай бұрын
"Good" memories, fun to see it out of your perspective! 🙌
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Love how you used the hyphens 😂
@AllenBoardman
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I loved taking part this year. Crazy as you finished it I still had soooo long left!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It's very much a love and hate relationship for me. Not sure if I'll ever go back
@dewindoethdwl2798
Ай бұрын
Great ride, fantastic experience. I’m preparing to do pretty much the same route but not as a race. A tough tour with a few luxuries in the bag. Far more civilised as it gives me time to soak up the place.
@tellit_one3613
Ай бұрын
Wow Sofian! That’s a great video you put together!! I rode it about a week after and it blows me away hot fast you did it!! Great video and well done! I definitely think about you for motivation out there sometimes!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the compliment. I did the filming part but the real talent is my girlfriend Fanny who edits all the footage. Needless to say she has to hear a lot of rambling when she watches the 2/3 hours of footage I come back with 😅
@PanosSimandirakis
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. It's amazing!
@veganshredder
25 күн бұрын
hahaah the feet up in the hand dryer is iconic
@youssefnounou4791
Ай бұрын
Bravo soufian😊
@claudiolima224
Ай бұрын
Its ok not to win. Thanks for the video 👍
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Finishing this in spite of all the problems was a win in itself
@patrickbesson8186
Ай бұрын
Merci pour ce partage Sofiane, je sais où je vais tenter de m’inscrire l’année prochaine !
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
J'espère que ta candidature sera retenue :)
@yannickb.9237
Ай бұрын
Très belle images. Merci pour ce partage !
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Avec plaisir
@dogmile9397
Ай бұрын
Finally a real race. No support, no cookies, no medals, and no fees. ✌Congrats
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Bikepacking in its purest form. As it started and, hopefully, as it will stay.
@SeanBikes
Ай бұрын
Great video! Scotlands the only place where you can get all four seasons in one day!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Luckily we only experienced autumn and spring
@laurlaur5230
Ай бұрын
Thx for this video Sofiane, It gives me the opportunity to see my back at 0'49'' :-) ( but I was a bit slower than you then ;-) ) I regretted not to take a camera to do my own movie. Contrary to too many other events which are claiming to be the hardest one for obvious commercial purposes, this one contents just to be...
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
That's the beauty of it. No sales pitch as there's nothing to sell.
@laurlaur5230
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl Exactement, c'est bien pour ça qu'elle est devenue aussi mythique cette HT. Je pars sur la SRMR dans 3 semaines. Il me semble que tu connais plutôt bien ;-)
@brian193a
Ай бұрын
Great edit Sofiane. Now you've got the bike carry sorted you'll be sorted for the TTW!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It's not my sponsor so I had to buy it. Might as well use it as much as possible now 😅 But please tell me TTW has less hiking than HT 550
@brian193a
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl no, but its worth every step cos of where it gets you. Eg the hike in Fisherfield is worth it, cos of the payback. Postie Path, a huge disappointment
@thierrykokel5012
Ай бұрын
Un très grand merci Sofiane de nous faire vivre ça. Vraiment grandiose, sauvage, rude. Tu fais 4eme avec des soucis de matériel, c'est vraiment bien ! Total respect
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Merci J'ai pas trop de chance avec cette course pour le moment, mais ça viendra peut-être un jour.
@thierrykokel5012
Ай бұрын
🙏 As tu pensé aux chaussettes imperméables ? Ça marche du feu de dieu (les verjari par exemple)
@JeanFrancoisDesrosiers
Ай бұрын
The axle screw torque messing with the bearings sideload/alignement may tell the hub is deffective. (Missing an internal spacer?)
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It was actually a problem with the end cap
@loicm3440
Ай бұрын
17 minutes qui donnent envie de sortir le vélo du garage 😊
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
C'est le but 😉
@kevinmcguire4537
Ай бұрын
Legend
@ericlerouge3387
Ай бұрын
Nice !! so great !
@georgematheson7289
Ай бұрын
Brilliant mate , 🎉
@TheYanchau
Ай бұрын
I agree the third highlander movie is really bad... but your version of it is really good! Well done on the riding and congratulations on taking the energy to document it in such tough conditions 👏
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It is so bad it's actually fun to watch. Don't know about you in Switzerland but that's we call a nanar in France
@TazLawrie
Ай бұрын
i rode this route in 15 days before and after the race guys did it at 65 years on an old scott scale ,was tough ride in 15 days but to do alex or sofiane time of 3 days 5 hr or 16 hrs u gotta give them a lot of respect well done lads u r soemthign more than champions ,,legends ...........or mayeb tale a look at silk road race in krygstzhan
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
I hope you had fun and didn"t get rained on too much :)
@Al_Fresco
Ай бұрын
Amazing effort, well done Sofiane. Anyone else would have cracked after the freehub issues
@sofianeshl
29 күн бұрын
Where there's a will there's a way
@EvidenceofaFabulousLife
Ай бұрын
Great footage, tough game that. Some questions please: 1). Restrap harness for carrying the bike? 2). Any midge protection. If so, did it work? 3). Reason for no upholstery needle and thread for the tyre? 4). Fully waterproof socks for rivers and bog crossings? I can see you’d end up with trench foot if you didn’t take care like you did. Thank you for the video, I knew this was tough, this shows how tough. Shame about the freehub. Congratulations on the finish. Tim
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
1) Yes 2) No. Just avoiding to stop. Which is what I do when I race anyway. 3) I was carrying a needle and thread. I didn't think of using them. 4) Waterproof socks are waterproof to a certain point. After which they become very wet, very heavy and very hard to dry
@EvidenceofaFabulousLife
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl thank you for taking the time to answer, good luck in Basajaun!
@chillplacatetrance9213
Ай бұрын
That's brutal.. A 900 Km race on an unforgiving terrain.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Just touring it would be challenging. So racing it, well, you saw the video...
@phy7tes
Ай бұрын
Congratulations on a great ride. 3rd time lucky? Would love to see you have another go at it.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Not next year. Maybe 2026
@pierrejessenne5604
Ай бұрын
magnifiques paysages, vidéo et performance!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Les paysages j'y suis pour rien, mais les autres compliments je prends 😁
@PaTVenture34
Ай бұрын
Bravo et merci pour ces merveilleux paysages. Je me suis marré un peu sur les images des pieds sous le sèche mains. J'imaginais le gars qui passe par hasard et qui voit un gars les pattes en l'air dans les toilettes 😊
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Oh il s'est passé des choses encore plus bizarres dans ces toilettes et que j'ai préféré ne pas filmer 😅 la bise Patrick
@xavierleparisien929
Ай бұрын
Bravo pour une course ou tu as eu des problèmes mécaniques. Pas facile les Highlands.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Un vrai test même pour les bikepackers les plus endurcis
@hasinazaman5703
Ай бұрын
Epic
@colingoulding3227
22 күн бұрын
Well done & bad luck with the mechanical issues that slowed you down. Could you not repair the tyre with Restraps tyre kit for sidewall repairs?
@sofianeshl
21 күн бұрын
I have no experience with such kits. Can you keep your tubeless with them?
@blue-wanderer4392
Ай бұрын
2:20 I usually come to this opinion in every race 20 seconds later after it started. ^^
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
😂
@dontbelivehuman6297
Ай бұрын
Nice way
@weeringjohnny
Ай бұрын
Sofiane, I know that feeling on the west coast of Scotland of riding until there's no place else to go. You might like a song by Runrig called The Edge of the World which treats this very subject.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a listen. What a place that northernmost point is!
@miroslavnovak3711
Ай бұрын
WOW!!! Congratulation. Big admirations. Apart from race, you are frenchman, how did you perfected your english to level you have?
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Relentless practice is key 🙂
@eliadonadi3171
Ай бұрын
Hi Sofiane, always the best! 1)Are your shoes the fizik terra ergolace gtx?Are you happy with this choose and what do you think of goretex? I think that when you have a situation like yours where you know your feet will gett wet anyways gtx is not good, it will get wet anyway and will not dry easily. 2) which camera are you using for recording?
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
I was happy with the shoes as they are great to walk but they do take time to dry. I have never found shoes that actually dry fast. Goretex is pretty useless for shoes. All my lastest vids are recorded with a GoPro 11
@demoner1
Ай бұрын
Awesome seeing some of your race firsthand! Thanks for sharing and making this recap!! I'm guessing you'll be back for another go since you didn't meet your goal of winning? Or is it too soon to say?
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It's way too soon to say. It takes time to forget how brutal this one is.
@demoner1
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl I can definitely respect that! Plus only imagine how brutal it is coming from you.
@Fernlust
Ай бұрын
🐐
@scottbeutel3995
Ай бұрын
Da feet of a BEAST! You Go Boy!
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Should I add footfetish as a hashtag?
@keepingtherubberdown5715
Ай бұрын
@sofianeshl what are you using to carry your bike on your back? I can see it appears to be a backpack but, with your bags and stuff and struggling to understand how you are setting it up to carry on your back. Great recap, thanks for sharing.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It's a harness made by restrap
@zoid88
Ай бұрын
How do you find that pedaled long sleeve jersey? I've been looking at getting one for the cooler days, but not sure how warm they are.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It was actually a bit too warm for the weather we had because I had a merino long sleeve baselayer underneath. It's a good combo for temps between 10/15°C
@JohnyPedaluga
Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@rouxlionel6225
Ай бұрын
Au début je me dit que ça devait passer en gravel après j’ai compris. En tout cas c’est trop beau.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
En gravel ça signifierait marcher en montée ET en descente !
@Papadoc1971
Ай бұрын
Great video - what make are your cycling glasses 👓?
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
They're Shimano Ridescape
@Papadoc1971
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl merci
@selkie72
Ай бұрын
Where is the track at 12:03? Looks epic!
@sofianeshl
29 күн бұрын
It's on the way out of Fisherfield
@selkie72
29 күн бұрын
@@sofianeshl Thanks!
@bivibikebaggins
Ай бұрын
Sofiane would you have a kit list you used on this ride
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Nope sorry. But you can watch the video about my tour divide kit
@bivibikebaggins
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl thanks for replying, will watch now :)
@jonphotos8631
Ай бұрын
Gortex shoes with shoe covers??????
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure everything would get wet anyways
@jonphotos8631
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl that’s my winter set up 95% of the time feet stay dry.
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Do you ride off-road 20 hours a day with rain, puddles, bogs and river crossings?
@jonphotos8631
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl yes to all but max 8-12hr. I have also in the past used silicone to seal any air vents in my shoes. Aero shoe covers from aliexpress work well. I also have water proof socks. I have also used backcountry skiing gaiters that are gortex. For me if my feet don’t stay as comfortable as possible my performance drops to the point of it not being worth it to even ride.
@kcdiazWTV
Ай бұрын
What kind of MTB is that?
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
It's a Bombtrack Cale full suspension
@kcdiazWTV
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl sup, bro! Great video
@living4adrenaline
8 күн бұрын
Don't be a putz just drink the whiskey.
@GrahamFootBicycleLover
Ай бұрын
Hi Sofiiane, do you ever try Shimano SPD sandals, I use them all the time and have no foot issues, obviously not in the cold winter but even then you can get away with water proof socks some days. Great video
@sofianeshl
Ай бұрын
Scotland would probably be too cold for sandals. Also they're not really suited to long hike-a-bikes
@GrahamFootBicycleLover
Ай бұрын
@@sofianeshl I've not found a problem once we get into spring and also walking is fine. I know I never wear shoes and socks anymore bikepacking bar the winter
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