If you’ve ever visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris, you know that the walk up to the top is a wee bit tiring – or maybe you don’t, since you took the elevator.
But apparently, there is another much more tiring way to ascend the iconic Parisian landmark: via bicycle.
It’s not a traditional bike ride, though, as there is really not enough room to pedal and move. Thus, any cyclist wanting to get up to the top must literally hop up the steps on their bike.
While you may think that the idea of this is absurd, someone did it more than two decades ago. Hugues Richard accomplished the incredible feat in 19 minutes and four seconds in 2002.
That record was smashed last week, however, when French cyclist Aurélien Fontenoy climbed the 686 steps to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower in just 12 minutes and 30 seconds.
Fontenoy, who has garnered popularity on social media for his biking stunts and tricks, broke down his tactics in an interview with CNN Sports.
“For this challenge, I brake my brake, and I just have to compress my tire because I don’t have suspension or anything; it’s just a rigid bike,” he told the outlet. “So we just have to pump with the brake and jump, jump, jump a lot!”
This was not the BMX trickster and ex-professional mountain biker’s first rodeo – he has previously used his bike to climb other buildings around Paris in addition to the TV Tower in Tallinn, Estonia.
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