Winning Iceman 2023: Unlike any other bike race in the USA
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- Iceman is Iconic and we can only hope to give you enough FOMO in 8.5 minutes to get you to book a trip to Traverse City, Michigan for the first weekend of November next year!
Join us to go back 34 years to the creation of the Iceman Cometh before fast forwarding to a sunny edition in 2023. Alexey wins his third Iceman on board a very special Factor Lando HT bike designed just for this race, but it was not without some luck!
Thank you to Sophie Linn, and Dan Ellis for the hours spent working on the custom frame.
Special shout out to Avery Stumm for filming and editing after racing his own Iceman as well as Joshua Strong, Collin Crane and everyone else who shared videos from the sidelines!
Thanks,
Alexey and Avery
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This race is a ton of fun, but it’s also been a life changing event for some. Whether you’re racing to compete, or to complete, it’s a place to challenge yourself, an opportunity to push yourself to be better, and build lasting bonds with people from all over the country. Love this.
IT IS THE MOST SPECIAL!
Congrats mate 🤟🏽 really love this format! After the game is before the game 😉 enjoy the off-season and best of luck for prep 2024 and upcoming races! Cheers from Switzerland
Thank you!
Alexey, you are great for the sport. I feel fortunate to live in Michigan and to be able to participate in the race even though my only goal is to ride faster than I did the previous year. What a great time that race is and you summed it up perfectly.
Thanks, Mark! Michigan is a hidden gem in cycling! Glad you feel like we do!
Awesome, so proud to be able to race the same course as all the pros, and share the stories of years past and future, love it👊
That is the best part! See you next year!
This was my first year racing IceMan. What a blast. I can't wait to go back in 2024!
Come back and bring a friend with you!
I was there and saw the finish. Tyler is a real threat, and a race is never over until the end in any part of life. Your attitude and skill put you on top. Nice job. Spoke to you at the awards, your a great representative for the sport. 💪
Killed it with the bike paint btw
There is always next year! Yes he is...it is only upwards for him! Thanks for the kind words!
Down that Two-Hearted!! So stoked to see this finally. Growing up in Michigan, riding and racing there, so stoked to see such a great story about one of the coolest races around. Congrats!
YOU KNOW THE FEELING! Thanks for the note! We think 2022 Iceman video was even better if you wanted to watch :)
🔥🔥 see you in 2024!
Yes! See you next year!
Loved this! Iceman is everything.
IT IS EVERYTHING
I agree, I feel like my entire year of mountain biking is all simply preparing for the Iceman :-) and I'm fat and old, but I love it
Beautiful video
Thank you!
Ahhh yeah can’t wait for this!!!
Absolutely love this!!!!!!
Iceman truly is the best race of all time and brings out the best of michigan
YES!
Killer ride, Alexey!
Good review
Thanks!
Literally in my back yard, and in my opinion, the best race in America...and it's not because of the course, but because of the people. Nice shirt, BTW!
Its the best!
OYEAH 🥇
Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to post this for us!
Of course! Such a fun video to make
Love this race. The atmosphere is one of a kind. Did it many times, but it has been a few years since I raced it. I can't believe a pic of me in 2012 made the video at the 1:12 mark.
Hopefully this gets you motivated to come to Traverse City again soon!
Amazing season Alexi, it was great watching you race this year!
Thank you! Kept surprising myself all year
That was an insane race what a WIN dude!! Love the video, quality is spectacular, editing was amazing. Nicely done on all!
Thank you and yes it was! Avery killed it on the video!
Love this channel & Alexey….You’re my boy!!
Thanks, Jeremy!
What an awesome paint job!
One of my favorites ever!
Congratulations Alexey!!! 💪💪💪
Thanks, Rory!
One of the few things I miss from Michigan.
Great video!!! What is it about Alexi I just love how he explains the feeling behind Iceman. He Puts goosebumps into words.
I’ll be racing Iceman till I can’t ride anymore.
Thanks Ken! Its all from the heart and TRUE!
Yee haw!!
keep bringing attention to this part of life that is often overlooked
We are trying! It is what makes the world go round!
I was at that last corner. To finish first...first you gotta finish.
That T-Shirt is sick. Congrats again!
Thanks! The shirts are at Suttons Bay Bikes!
@@alexeyandavery I'll have to give them a visit here shortly. Cheers boys!
Congrats!!! It was a great race this year. I had your number from last year, except I didn't have the result, not that I was going to 🤣. Having a sinus infection didn't help, but pumped for next year!
That is how it goes most years...next year we go again!
It's such a great race and the party is even better. I don't plan to race it but I mentioned to my girlfriend that we may plan a camping trip there next year just for the fun and to help some friends with transporting gear around.
DO IT! The party surrounding the race is always the best part!
@@alexeyandavery I think I'm going to, I really want her to see how much fun it is. I'd love to race it but given the structure of staging these days I'd be pretty frustrated starting way back. Alexey and I lined up in a few races back in the day, had some fun times in breakaways at Waterford Hills when he was just a kid. I knew you'd have a great cycling career after making a fool of us in Fenton just riding away on the last lap. No one wanted to chase, he's just a kid they said, I was like look at the way he's riding, he may be a kid but we won't see him again.
@@yoshibender hahaha I miss Waterford so much! Hoping to get back there someday - something special about Waterford Wednesdays
Next years gear should definitely say "iceman cometh and taketh"
Let's start a petition! ha
I am seriously looking into the factor Lando HT, as far as some of the other bikes, you have ridden. How does it stack up.
Love it! Favorite HT I have ever gotten on. Light, climbs well and still provides some confidence on the descents. Incredibly capable bike. Feel free to reach out on instagram if you have more questions! or at lexcaliburv@gmail.com
I like how they say - "World Championship race"...
and no one from the rest of the world knows about it... so American ))
I wish you had more footage from the race tho
Come race and see if you disagree ;)
We are working on the in race footage for next year
Michigan isn't that great. Don't come here 😉
Cringe!!
Why is that?