I Rode A $17,000 Bike The Length Of The Alps

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Crossing the Alps, climbing the legendary Madeleine, the Télégraphe, the Galibier, Col d'Izoard, the Col de Vars & the Cime de la Bonette! No more legendary 480km of riding & 12000m of climbing?! From Lake Annecy to Menton on the Mediterranean, Si took on the Inferno!

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Keep Still, the Vision Is Based on Movement - Hampus Naeselius

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