DIRTY REIVER! Not what I was expecting....
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- What. A. Day.
Definitely lived up to its name.
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Humanity under adversity can really bring out the best in people.
Some Brits can have the funniest lines in the worst of times, so it keeps the spirits up!
Great reception at the finish for you Katie, legend!!
Roadie to gravel, tend to moan. MTB to gravel, love the mud! 😉. Well done though
I like the idea of a gopro mount. Can you provide more details of how it goes together etc. Phil
I did 200 on hardtail mtb and enjoyed pretty much all of it. Before the first feedstop was peak of mud and rain and the second feedstop was the coldest, after that it was nice. We even raced with a couple of folks in last 10km, was a lot of fun.
Amazing job Katie, good call on doing the 130 and enjoying it rather than slogging round the 200. There’s always next year!
DEFO!!! 🥰🥰😍
Hey great sharing the weekend with you Katie. As for the guy with all the punctures - I think he was doomed from the start - on the Friday night he had his bike leant up against the registration marquee - wind must have caught it - caught it on camera falling to the ground. I picked it up of course.
If the weather had stayed miserable I was for bailing at 130 but as it cleared I opted for the 200, last 40 miles were a slog but glad I got it ticked off. Felt the food stations were a bit disorganised this year compared to the 130 I did last year. Good Video. 👌
Behind every chemical bottle, is a supply chain all the way back to the mine or oil well, and adverse impacts. Minimize and simplify, nature needs every break it can get. I’m committed to cutting back and riding farther with less. When I graduated chemistry 30 yrs ago, it was said there were 60,000 chemicals in every day use, now “they” say 600,000!!!
Well done Katie - and good call doing the shorter route.
I was going to do this until I saw the weather forecast and bailed. Thanks for capturing the "spirit" of the day. It looked as grim on your vlog as I'd anticipated.
But living up here I can ride those tracks and trails anytime
Well, Goodonya x130 Katie. Even though you were wet, cold and getting a bit weary you could still smile and engage us in the way you always seem to be able to do with your enthusiasm and joy of riding. Thank you👍
Absolutely go for the ride which you feel you are going to enjoy the most. Did the Lakeland Loop on Sunday - in fabulous conditions. Reiver next year though. If I manage to get in...
May I just say that I would bail SO quickly in those weather conditions! lol
HOWEVER....watching this, still inspired me to ride today because even though it's quite windy here today, it's dry, sunny, & not too hot. Thanks again. Your videos ALWAYS inspire me. 🤗🚴
Just turned on BBC Radio Scotland going to work.... I know that voice, it's Katie!!! Delighted to hear you are cycling in Scotland. Sorry the weather is Baltic for you. Sound an exciting trip and look forward to your next video. Have fun! xxx
Did the 130 as well,a tough day. Anybody that did the 200, respect 🚴🚴
Oh Katie..My Dear..that looked pretty Epic!
Thanks for the Vid' as ever..Cracking!
Really impressed wiv all the Folks along the way & the Fab Camaraderie..so Cool to see!
As for the poor Geezer who picked up those punctures I thoughts are wiv 'im..in that kinda weather that takes Grit to keep mending &, pushing on?!😞👍
Chapeau to All the Riders..but thank you for covering it for us buggers who would've loved to ave been there doing it!
Personally I always say it's that kinda weather that maketh the Ride & Rider..and basically the route Epic,!!
I just returned from a week in Florida. 60F at 9:00 AM; 80F at 2:00 PM. Blue skies unlike Dirty Reiver. No wind. Abundant wild flowers on the side of many quiet country roads. So pleasant. From your previous video - the gravel in the New Forest looks the same as the Great Alleghany Passage (Pittsburgh, PA, to Cumberland, MD) and the C&O Canal Towpath (Cumberland to Washington, D.C.) A total of about 350 miles. We must ride it together. It would be the highlight of my cycling life. Unfortunately, I will be riding the Finger Lakes in NY on June 3 and not at Unbound. But if you have the chance to visit the east coast, please get in touch.
Back home we call it FLANDRIEN weather.....😅😅👊🏻well done Katie....grtz from Flanders.
I did the 200 - the afternoon was glorious if you stuck with it. The second feedstation looked like the end of days :)
I was wondering how you would cope after your trip to the sun...think it knocked a bit of the northerner out of you 🤣
Well done, great vid, always love your honesty and the giggles.
I was looking out for you but missed you and Richard from Bikepacking adventures. I was determined to stick to the plan, had no mechanicals, so pushed on with the 200 and finished in the sun. It was really worth it in the end but I totally see where you were coming from as I was miserable in the morning too.
haha love the Ribble picture!
Love this video, looks like an amazing event, you are amazing, special kinda women :) I can't belive i spotted a guy doing the course on a fixie....!!!!
Honestly, I think I’d prefer to do it in those conditions that hot and sunny. A gravel grind like that, to me, is supposed to be about sliding around in the mud and getting dirty!
Will definitely sign up to do this next year. 👌🏻
If you want to go back on the road and still get this amazing landscape, do the Border Loop route. 250 miles of the best cycling country in the UK.
Keilder is Keilder . There isn’t anywhere to train for keilder other than keilder. The weather in the north Pennines ( North Yorkshire, Cumbria, County Durham Northumberland ) can change on a sixpence. You have to pack for anything.
Dirty Reiver is great for all abilities though not just the elite there is something for anyone.
I was going to come and spectate from one of my access points to kielder in the south. Decided to head a bit more north and had a dry day.....
Back to reality, Gran Canaria is a distant memory now😂After awful weather why not head to Scotland for more awful weather🤣Being retired I can pick my days, had a lovely 100k last Friday on lovely Scottish back roads and got home dry and clean😉Great job doing 130k in those conditions👍
Cold, wet and muddy...Gran Canary it's not. Glad you enjoyed the experience. I think the 130 was enough in that muck...why make the day miserable by pushing out to 200. Did the same at a ride Spring 2022...took a shorter ride when the first 3 hours were in a dense fog.
Thanks as always for sharing. Did you look at the Tour of the Moon info I sent? 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️🌙
Was so good to meet you briefly and fist-bump. I couldn't believe those guys on the fixies, they came rattling past me on a climb. I came in at about 7:30pm, it was a loooooong day 🤣.
That gravel ridding looks fun I haven’t got a gravel bike looks great fun lovely there in the woods Plenty of people haven a go good fun Katie ❤
More stitching to be embroidered into the Bayeux Tapestry of Katie B's many accomplishments.
130km's in the cold & wet = 130km's in the 'Bank of prep' for Kansas, well done for surviving !
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Awwww thanks John x
@@KatieKookaburra You were still smilin Katie, seasoned Monsoon APN behind you.
Kansas will be Fantastic.
Plane leaves for Gran Canaria in 45 mins, you can pack the bike in 10 ! 🌞 x
Well done Katie, I know you have done this ride before but it was a great effort considering the conditions. I’m hoping to do this ride next year for the first time so hope I get to meet you and say hello. And thanks for the vlog on preparing your bike for the ride, it was really informative. Take care.
Yeahhhh defo see you next year!! In dry and Sunny conditions yeah?!
Good video in getting across just how tough a days riding this was! Great fun though! I appear in blur-o-vision at 2min 38, that's pretty much how the visibility was for the whole ride
That weather looked grim. Kudos for completing it. As it happens quite a few of my cycling club participated this year. I however didn't, having just got back from Mallorca. Think I'd rather have the sunshine and Sa Calobra / Cap de Formentor over this event 😂
Looks brill I may brave this next year even though I'm shocking on gravel!
Hey Katie! That’s California weather!😂
Well done and looked amazing definitely on calendar for next year plus you made a miserable day look fun as just back from 45 miles in the rain but feel good',!!!!!!now 😂😂😂
Longer I'm back more I think 'it wasn't that bad really' hahaha
Great vid, was nice to meet you at feed station 2, nice vibe as you said….
That looked like great fun, Youw e more out of breath on that final walk than I have ever seen you when climbing. Well done
Haha it was STEEEEEP
Niiiiiiiice!!!!!! im not big on mud and gravel but this made me a bit curius :) got real summer party vibes even tho cloudy and cold :D
Hey guys, cann we do Dirty River is Spain please :)) What i like, ist that huge bike movement in GB. Here in Germany is nothing similar to find.
Weather was quite nice after 4 o'clock. Birds singing and stuff. But yeah you ride for you and the enjoyment of it AND you do loads a miles week in week out anyway. Hope to see you back next year! Also... your video is now my permanent reminder of the glorious day I got right round (in shorts too) 😜
Shorts?!! Jealous!!!
@@KatieKookaburralegs are waterproof.... though I do have a small leak... apparently🤔😆
Your lucky youve been away this is the wettest spring i can remeber , taking the piss now 😂
Well done! We managed the 200km but my god was it brutal. Top day out looking back on it - the sun even came out for a bit!
Bloody hell WELL DONE!!!!!!
What was it like after the cut off?! Anything we should know about for next year??
Haha….I’m afraid to say it got even harder but the weather much better which made it almost tolerable! The final 3 big climbs were brutal and the last 15km seemed to go on forever back to the castle! But pleased to have got it done! Nice video :)
Great video Katie! Such a shame the weather was so pants for it but hope you had a great day regardless! 😊
Great video, think you passed me early on but didn’t realise it was you til you were gone. Really enjoyed the 65, don’t know how anyone can do the 130 or 200 😱
Do you happen to have a link for the famine/go pro quarter turn adapter? I got one, but it's a bit loose and not ideal
That definitely should say Garmin/go pro quarter turn adapter 😂
Also I think you have an impersonator trying to get me to connect with a fake profile on telegram 🤔
Thanks for sharing your experience.
I was supposed to be there but I sacked it off due to how grim it was. Watching this vid I do not regret my decision.
Luckily Kielder isn’t very far away from me and I can use the GPX file at a later more pleasant date 🙂
Agreed!!! Enjoy in sunny weather
@@KatieKookaburra P.S. Well done, especially in those conditions! 👍
Great job of riding under less than ideal conditions. You have an amazing spirit. You are so sweet, an ice-cream flavor should be named after you. May I have a tub of Kookaburra Sweet icecream, please.
Been on the lookout for more substantial tube and saddle bags recently as I've ruined the zips on my current ones due to MUD over winter! and, lo, you randomly introduce me to Apidura! 🎉 Just need to find a gadget that keeps mud off the spout of my water bottle now... I hate that 😅
Well (I am NOT an Apidura ambassador) but they have a new hydration backpack thing I think I will try. My bottles were TOO muddy to drink from so had to keep stopping. :(
@@KatieKookaburra Ooooh might give the backpack a look. I do like bottles though.. someone needs to invent some kind of quick release hinged cup thing that covers the top of them or something
I crashed out early on this year, but looking at those bibs I’m kinda glad I did 🤣Heading back up to ride the full route later in the year though, if you fancy the challenge 😁
Hope you’re ok!!!!!
@@KatieKookaburra I’ll live. Hurt my pride more than anything else 🤣 Shoulder and a rib, nothing serious. Hoping to be sorted for Northallerton 300 in a couple of weeks 😬
What size tyres did you use for DR? They looked perfect 👍🏼
Well done, better than last year? I might even be brave enough for the 130 next year in the cold & wet.
I'm doing the Mudgee Classic 35km soon on my penny farthing, "I'm making it harder than it needs to be!"
Made the same decision, got to the 130 200 split and never hesitated. Always next year
Defo Andy :)
Another great video
Cheers Andy :)
Only cycled a Keilder once but loved it. Prefer the roads as they're really quiet. Not many steps to get into Scotland. Also do you have a mobile washer for your bike? Cool video as usual.
Inner dialogue becomes louder with age and says, “warm weather please”.Ignore it at your peril.
Well done 👍
Well done in those conditions. My wife has the same bike as yours loves it. What's size tyres did you fit?
They are 2.1s and just fit!!
Katie the 130 is plenty long enough no need to do more. Well done.
Good call! If it isn't fun, don't do it!
Hi Katie, I think that you should have some rain cream instead of sunscreen. But a great video, Please can send my love to your family and friends. Love Ianwood ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks Ian! Lots of love to your family also xx
wow nice ride❤💪👍
Awesome video
Hope you’re doing the Dukes weekender in Aberfoyle next Katie! 🤞🏾🏴☺️
Dirty Reiver 2023 was a total shambles. Very amateur organisation by Focal events & Panaracer. Chaos at the start and feed stations. That is not how you organise “Europe’s premier gravel event”.
im in total agreement, ive done glorious gravel sportives this year and they are way more professional. just seems the organisers skimped out on the basics, not enough equipment like water, boilers or kettles for people to get brews, lots of plastic containers instead of sustainable cardboard, nowhere near enough portaloos or toilets at feed stops, (i felt sorry for the female riders.) not enough bins at feed stops so rubbish was everywhere on the ground, (i just hope they did a thorough route cleanup post ride or that forest will be less beautiful this summer.) an event of this size needs a festival level of logistics and they just didnt have it.
Well done, I took a spill at the bottom of the last big decent but otherwise fantastic event
Ahhh hope you’re ok!!!
@@KatieKookaburra managed to land off on the grass and roll, bit of gravel rash on leg but otherwise all ok and most importantly bike was fine :) ty
Dear Katie, can you do a training vid? It'll be cool to know how much training you do and if you're following a plan all through the year - ta
All my rides are (mostly) on Strava :)
Get Mud Guards on that Ribble!
I think every CZcams athlete that did this ride decided to do the shorter route lol I get it though, just last week I did the P2A gravel race in the rain and mud.
Ay CZcams rider or not, most of us chose the shorter haha
Thanks for the video , Would you know if you can do this route at any time ?
I *think* so big ask organisers :)
Awesome vid as usual. Question. The water hose system. Came from your vehicle? If so what system is it?
Mobi washer 🙌🏼
Finding joy in misery! I love this. :)
Looked like a proper muck fest that, can fully agree on changing to 130k.❤
nice one Katie, as they say "mad dogs and English men go out in the mid day sun" take care
A summers day in the North East, did the 130 last year, hardest thing ive done on a bike to date. As always, Great Vid
Can you link the Garmin GoPro adapter? Looks awesome!
Sorry I meant to, it’s here: www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/552900
Great ride. That's gravel for you. The bib view was absolutely disgusting but expected when riding in the MUD.
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Hey katie I just love what was said about John 3:20 legand in his own right lol
Yeaaaaah!!! 32mm - craaaazy!!!!
@@KatieKookaburra 😂😂😂😂😂
Squirrel😂
Did the north leave the girl?! :O
Can you recommend any water proof cycling leggings that aren’t bulky or uncomfortable? I live in Portland so rain is a limiting factor for me as I hate getting soaked on a ride and then of course it’s cold. 🙄
May not be available now but rain legs were a thing. Otherwise some kind of dwr coated leg warmers or tights. Rapha shadow, Pearl Izumi, santini no rain. No waterproof but resistant
Where was it love ? 🤷🏻 which country was it in , one part actually looked like beacon fell
Kielder :)
@@KatieKookaburra ok thanks very much for the reply , I was intrigued where it was 😆
What brand and model is your saddle pack Katie
Apidura Race Pack 5L :)
@@KatieKookaburra thanks and if you’re ever down Matlock/ Derby and need a ride buddy shout up
Why are you walking to Scotland?
Get use to wet if your doing unbound lol
what rainjacket are you wearing?
Rapha Goretex :)
@@KatieKookaburra thank you 🙂
Do you all have to pay an entry fee to do this? How much do the organisers charge you each, Katie?
Part of the entry goes to the Forestry Commission that looks after the forest. And the rest.. well if you saw how much went into organising and putting an event of this scale then you get why they charge. I mean by all means go up and do the route any time of year :)
@@KatieKookaburra Just answered my own question. I found their website, out of interest. Blimey, that's an expensive hobby.
Entry for the 200km is £75 (plus card fee)
Entry for the 130km distances is £75 (plus card fee)
Entry for the 65km distance is £60 (plus card fee)
Katie is stainless steel, doesn't rust
Im actually tin man!
No mud-o-phobic yet, eh?
You’re such a badass. ❤
Bloke having a slash at 2.14… 😐
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@@KatieKookaburra that ride looks grim. That said, I shared in your pain cycling up Hardknott the other day from the Eskdale side and swore I’d never do it again. Pity it’s the Fred Whitton in two weeks, then….
Your bike is filthy.
Narcissism is what this video is about.
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Keep your crusty comments to yourself. This was a great video ❤
Narcissistic comment I’d say, but it’s not actually about you.
All I’m hearing is excuses…
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It’s a lot more atmospheric ⛰🌧🚴🏼♀🏕🌫🪨🌲🌳🏚⛰