We Look Back At The Gravel Worlds, Discover A New Folding Bike & More! | GCN Show Ep. 561

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  • The UCI Gravel World Championships…plenty of gravel, steep climbs and gnarly descents - what did we think of the race? This, plus a new bike from BMC, a folding bike to rival Brompton, and the hardest climb pro cycling has ever seen!
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    02:20 UCI Gravel World Championships
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    13:33 Cycling Shorts (In association with ‪@ride_bmc‬)
    23:09 Hack/bodge
    28:46 Caption competition
    30:38 Comments of the week
    35:12 Coming up on GCN
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  • @natnaelmesmer9231
    @natnaelmesmer9231 Před 8 měsíci +1

    #CaptionCompetition “2-Man Powered Health”
    Jokes aside, the man in the front is Oscar. The team’s social media and press personal. I met Oscar at this year’s ‘Tour of Lunsar’ in Sierra Leone (West Africa) as he was volunteering to cover the race and help bringing recognition to the newly found cycling excitement in the country, through his photography and storytelling in his podcast “The Cycling Podcast”.
    It’s pretty cool to have so many people doing so much great stuff to the sport we all love and ofter remain anonymous. And that includes GCN and all the talented people behind the scene! So thank you so much guys! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @buzzman4860
    @buzzman4860 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Having watched the gravel worlds, the course looked fun as heck. I loved it

  • @cardiaccyclist7477
    @cardiaccyclist7477 Před 8 měsíci +5

    #Captioncompetition: GAGE HECHT: "I feel that I am perfectly sane to be doing this"
    MECHANIC "I disagree, I feel your nuts"

  • @Frostbiker
    @Frostbiker Před 8 měsíci +5

    26:50 that looks like a Burley Travoy, usually meant to carry groceries on your bike. I don't have one, but I've heard good things about them.

  • @jesuspascualcamino
    @jesuspascualcamino Před 8 měsíci +33

    You guys are truly legit and it's no surprise you are a coveted weekly watch. Legends. Absolute full marks.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci +2

      Do you think we need a name for those that watch weekly? A group name... 🤔

    • @JakobKenda
      @JakobKenda Před 8 měsíci

      @@gcn global cycling weekly network?

    • @Biketravellers
      @Biketravellers Před 8 měsíci +2

      ​​@@gcnLes Gits 😂

    • @jesuspascualcamino
      @jesuspascualcamino Před 8 měsíci

      @@gcn a bit too late for this one, been away for a while. I'm not sure anyone who watches a show to the point of remembering to the word the intros to the sections would need to be pointed at by giving that behaviour a group name... All I can think of contains the words obsessive and compulsive. GOCDN, maybe? Otherwise, I would think that all GCN viewers are weekly regulars? Aren't they?

  • @noptimized
    @noptimized Před 8 měsíci +13

    That may one day be Hank's epitaph: "He made it look super tough."
    Long live Hank!!

  • @yumyumhungry
    @yumyumhungry Před 8 měsíci +4

    On coverage; the Tour Divide is a fun race to follow because you are stitching together what happened with GPS trackers social media updates, and random second hand articles over 2 full weeks of racing where the clock never stops.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      Dot watching is super fun! Creating the story in your head, watching the weather forecast! TCR is another great ultra to watch 👀

  • @better.better
    @better.better Před 8 měsíci +4

    hack or bodge: that is an actual product you can buy, the Burley brand Travois (or a clone of it). they also make more traditional bike trailers, single wheel B.O.B. clones, as well as the two wheel variety for traveling with your kids, another that's flat-bed style, and one that's got sides.

  • @luciodijasio3920
    @luciodijasio3920 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Monthly allowances for company e-bike (40Euro) are becoming common in Germany as well! I love this trend!

  • @garrettwilson8616
    @garrettwilson8616 Před 8 měsíci +6

    #CaptionCompetition Gage Hecht has taken chest fairings one step too far by strapping his mechanic to his belly ahead of race.

  • @DJLaFontsee
    @DJLaFontsee Před 8 měsíci +24

    That course looked pretty sick! Add another 50 miles and broadcast both of the races in full (or at least more than just the final hour) and it'll be a hit for years to come. Hopefully the UCI holds it in the US next year... Maybe convert the Rad Dirt Fest to the Gravel Worlds?

    • @lazlo2511
      @lazlo2511 Před 8 měsíci +2

      It’s in Belguim we’re the European champs just was… would love to see it in the US, but USA should try keep UCI far away from its events.

    • @DJLaFontsee
      @DJLaFontsee Před 8 měsíci

      @@lazlo2511 oh I didn't realize they had already announced where it would be! I agree the UCI should be kept out of the big existing US events, but I see no problem in both types of races living side by side in the US.

    • @lisacolynpatrick7596
      @lisacolynpatrick7596 Před 8 měsíci

      And same prize money for both categories. 🎉

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Its moving in the right direction, longer races and equal coverage for sure! 🙌 One of the great things about the US racing he independent spirit, it would be a shame to loose that... many see unbound as the "real" world champs, would you agree?

  • @stealfwayne
    @stealfwayne Před 8 měsíci +9

    Hey SI, Easy on the knocking of us who still use 'cable' gears. They can break I admit, but only if you neglect your duties to cleanliness and maintenance. That's when they break, keep fettling and you see the trouble before that can happen.
    Nice work as always though.

    • @larrylem3582
      @larrylem3582 Před 8 měsíci

      Agreed. Considering there are about 100,000 cable equipped bikes for every electric-shifting bike, it's no wonder some folks have cable issues.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Very. true, well maintained cable brakes make for a great option! Especialy for those going into the unknown. The ability to perform a road side fix is under-rated!

    • @lenahygiena
      @lenahygiena Před 8 měsíci +1

      yep. some GCN viewers ride ancient steel 🦾

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci +2

      Sorry, definitely not knocking cables as I have them on all the bikes I actually own as opposed to the bikes I’m lucky enough to ride for GCN. What I was trying, badly, to say was that people often talk about mechanical as totally bombproof and reliable when actually it’s got it’s weaknesses just like everything else.

    • @rob-c.
      @rob-c. Před 8 měsíci

      @@simonrichardson5259 but easily fixed with a cable on the roadside. Can’t do the same with di2 🙂

  • @heliumtrophy
    @heliumtrophy Před 8 měsíci +10

    Funny hearing Dan on the GCN Racing finally get Kasia's name correct (surname still needs a bit of work but progress!) and Si still persisting with saying her name like it was Casio. He'll get it right by the time she retires!

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci

      Sorry! What’s it supposed to be?

    • @heliumtrophy
      @heliumtrophy Před 8 měsíci

      @@simonrichardson5259 It's supposed to be pronounced like Kasha Nev-ya-doma.
      I've been schooled on this myself by my better half who is Polish so I've made some mistakes along the way. MAJOR mistakes

  • @The_Cotswold_Cyclist
    @The_Cotswold_Cyclist Před 8 měsíci +2

    That was an epic edition of the GCN show. I'll collect my medal, thanks 😊. Almost didn't stick it out but made it through the whole thing!

  • @stou6093
    @stou6093 Před 8 měsíci +10

    #CaptionCompetition Every cyclist has a wingman, but Gage Hecht's got a saddle sidekick with a need for speed!

  • @noptimized
    @noptimized Před 8 měsíci +3

    #CaptionCompetition: This is a rather egregious example of mechanic-al doping.

  • @logtothebase2
    @logtothebase2 Před 8 měsíci +9

    The shopping trolly is a Burley Tavoy cycle trailer, actually a thing you can buy.

    • @brannmacfinnchad9056
      @brannmacfinnchad9056 Před 8 měsíci

      Which makes it an auto-bodge, for passing off a commercial product as theirs.
      Assuming it wasn't a homemade version...I didn't get a good look.

    • @better.better
      @better.better Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@brannmacfinnchad9056no that was submitted as something they spotted and took a photo of, not something they were claiming they made themselves

  • @psmac62
    @psmac62 Před 8 měsíci

    The "shopping trolley" in the HACK/BODGE segment is an off-the-shelf product by Burley - the Travoy trailer. I used one for years for commuting. It is stable unless you hit a large pothole or bump at speed on only one side, when the trailer can flip over. It happened a few times for me, but it never made me crash. I stopped, flipped it back over, and continued on my way. A terrific product.

  • @douglastong3208
    @douglastong3208 Před 8 měsíci +11

    I think that the UCI is treating gravel racing as more of a novelty or minor discipline. They probably only put on the races to satisfy the bike manufacturers. Thus the lack of concern for garnering more media coverage.
    BTW: I used to ride a mountain bike with 1.9 inch Kevlar slicks as my daily commuter (back in the mid- to late-80s). I would use the same setup year-round and off-road without any problems with traction. I loved the setup because of faster average speeds and a quiet ride on the road. Of course, I wasn't racing, but I was very satisfied with the performance of the Kevlar slicks, especially that the wider tires were immune to falling between the bars on city sewer grates.

    • @rockbarcycling8930
      @rockbarcycling8930 Před 8 měsíci

      I used to ride 26 x 1.5 like slicks. Super fast on road and fine for dirt with a bit of caution in the corners.

  • @sherab2078
    @sherab2078 Před 8 měsíci

    BRAWO KASIA!!!! I was heavily disappointed about the broadcast coverage of the event as such! Yeah, men's event was technically transmitted, but the accessibility of this transmission was highly limited. I know this is a new discipline in terms of UCI champs, but it definitely deserves proper TV coverage.

  • @kennlicht
    @kennlicht Před 8 měsíci +2

    You two are getting better and better with every show!

  • @paulworth70
    @paulworth70 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Another great show, keep up the good work guys. About time we saw Dan back on a bike!?

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      We're trying out best to get him on the bike 👀 It didn't end well last time though!

  • @sandstromj
    @sandstromj Před 8 měsíci +1

    We’ve got company bikes in Finland. Really good service and one can basically buy any bike and usually the employer pays part of the monthly fee.
    I’ve now had a gravel leasing bike for a couple of years.

  • @107point9
    @107point9 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Simon mentioned that there had only been one novel written about cycling, but I can name two straight away - "The Ride" by Tim Krabbe and the excellent "Ventoux" by Sam Wagendorp and Hemingway also mentions a cycling race in one of his short stories.

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Ventoux is a new one on me! I’ll check it out, thanks!

    • @rickmagee1918
      @rickmagee1918 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Ralph Hearne’s The Yellow Jersey. Joe Mungo Reed’s We Begin Our Ascent (I really like this one!). Jorge Zepeda Patterson’s The Black Jersey. Then there are a lot of nonfiction books about the history or philosophy of cycling, but that’s another thing. In grad school I tried to convince a prof to let me write about cycling in novels, but he didn’t like my plan. Maybe it’s time to revisit that!

  • @jamesion9817
    @jamesion9817 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Its interesting the point about parity in distance for the gravel champs, I, like Simon, was all for equal distance, but after speaking to a few of the pros that took part, most of them felt that the distance was perfect as the field is smaller, and the speed a little slower they felt that the distance was just right, so maybe, just maybe in this aspect the UCI actually did something right!

  • @ridesthewind7551
    @ridesthewind7551 Před 8 měsíci +1

    you should check out Montague folding bikes with 700C wheels. I carry one on my sailboat. Rides like a real bike!

  • @arthurfast4357
    @arthurfast4357 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I did the BWR in both Arizona and California last year. You could maybe have done the one in California on a road bike with big tires. However the one in Arizona had quite a bit of rough gravel and some sand. It would have been extremely difficult to do on a road bike. I have heard that the BWR in Nevada has an even tougher route. So I don't think you can generalize, the BWR is a series and not all of the courses are the same.

  • @mattwake7230
    @mattwake7230 Před 8 měsíci +1

    #Captioncompetition
    "Hey, Gage, why do you have a mechanic down the front of your trousers?"
    "I don't know, but he's driving me nuts."

  • @barrowsworm1226
    @barrowsworm1226 Před 8 měsíci +68

    On Gravel Worlds: The UCI is doing a little better. There was still too much pavement, I would suggest the GW course should need to be at least 2/3 on dirt surfaces. The distance needs to be longer, and the women should race the same distance as the men. And of course it goes without saying that there needs to be equal TV coverage for the men and women. Also, the UCI needs to figure out how to stage riders at the start more appropriately, using UCI points from road racing is unfair to gravel specialists.

    • @veganpotterthevegan
      @veganpotterthevegan Před 8 měsíci +1

      The ratio would be fine if the race were 50km longer for women and 80km for the men

    • @Raumance
      @Raumance Před 8 měsíci +11

      Why should there be equal TV coverage when there isn't equal interest?

    • @veganpotterthevegan
      @veganpotterthevegan Před 8 měsíci +9

      @Raumance if the interest and coverage were proportional and the women got zero coverage, the men should get triple the coverage. What does 3x0 work out to?

    • @Raumance
      @Raumance Před 8 měsíci

      @@veganpotterthevegan It works out to that people have interest in the highest competition and that matters. If you don't have interest it means providing coverage is losing money not gaining it.
      Your mathematical argument is pretty stupid. Bad try.

    • @adamcoatham
      @adamcoatham Před 8 měsíci +5

      @@RaumanceHow do you know there isn’t equal interest?

  • @paulb8587
    @paulb8587 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hack/Bodge; That luggage trailer is made by Burley (the people who make the child trailers) and is specifically designed for use with bicycles. It is not a Hack/Bodge.

  • @mecoollearoyd
    @mecoollearoyd Před 8 měsíci +1

    #CaptionCompetition
    Photographer: "If I close my eyes perhaps I can 'unsee' that!"

  • @kramrenrut950
    @kramrenrut950 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Very disappointed in the gravel world champs as we were running it in the early 80’s on our bodged bikes up and down the old cinder rail tracks, I’m off down there now

  • @better.better
    @better.better Před 8 měsíci

    hack or bodge: shift-stick... yeah bodge... just use the cable itself! you've got several feet of it... if it breaks near the lever, use your hand to move&hold the derailleur where you want it, and wrap loose end around something further up to hold it in place. if it broke near the derailleur you'll need to take the broken short cable end out and replace it with the long bit first. if you don't have any tool at all then you're stuck with the stick option I guess, but not having ANY multitool at all is kind of bodge in itself.

  • @emmabird9745
    @emmabird9745 Před 8 měsíci

    Hi Guys. Your Hack/bodge trailer reminded me of a commercially available bike trailer (I don't remember the brand) in the last century (1980s or 90s). It looked rather like a dustbin on wheels with a boom tow bar attached to the bike where the seat stays meet the seat tube. The BBC presenter Adam Hart Davies used one, in those days, to haul his apparatus for his science demonstrations around Bristol. He had a Brompton or Moulton (I can't remember which) and it was painted (for the show) bright pink! I suppose he didn't think it a bodge.

  • @jonathanzappala
    @jonathanzappala Před 8 měsíci +2

    A race only 169k, not long enough to be a monument, isn’t long enough to be called a world championship. Gravel conditions aside.

  • @KurtZorch
    @KurtZorch Před 8 měsíci +1

    Is success making it more like American gravel? If so:
    * wide start area that de-emphasizes the problems making a grid
    * 5+ hour race time
    * a more complicated course - varied terrain, long technical or harsh sections
    * more emphasis on a 'race village' with a non-World Tour feel

  • @bikeanddogtrips
    @bikeanddogtrips Před 8 měsíci +2

    caption: This is what happens when your coach's autocorrect fails and they tell you to do a centaur ride (instead of a century).

  • @jeffreylines1535
    @jeffreylines1535 Před 8 měsíci

    I wonder how the folks at Burley would feel knowing their beloved Travoy was deemed a bodge @25:24 by GCN. Kinda felt the same when I saw it too...More fitting behind a commuter bike.

  • @ScrapKing73
    @ScrapKing73 Před 8 měsíci +7

    As a Canadian, who (like the Americans) is accustomed to absolutely epic gravel rides that can go for hundreds of kilometres in a single stretch, I share the feeling that European gravel routes look… well, pretty tame.

    • @rob-c.
      @rob-c. Před 8 měsíci +1

      Who wants to watch that on the TV though? 😴

    • @colinricketts1415
      @colinricketts1415 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@rob-c. didn't get much of the uci race on tv anyway so wouldn't make much difference

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci +3

      Europe has some epic gravel too... We're just not showing it off enough 👀

    • @chasingbirds3073
      @chasingbirds3073 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@rob-c.I do.

    • @colinricketts1415
      @colinricketts1415 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@gcn some of the gravel mountain pass roads could make an epic climber's race

  • @flipper3691
    @flipper3691 Před 15 dny

    About folding bikes: You think you need a fancy road bike to travel around Holland? By the time you clip your feet in you will have travelled from Amsterdam to Rotterdam… best cycling trip for me? Manhattan on Brampton bikes, you can lock them folded as you stop for dinner in little Italy, good acceleration, top speed is limited though, from midtown to Harlem through Central Park… Greeeaaaaatttt weekend and I am looking for my next bike trip with only suitcases…

  • @reecedawson6113
    @reecedawson6113 Před 8 měsíci

    Can't wait for the coast to coast, you can close by me in Bournemouth

  • @andycollins6176
    @andycollins6176 Před 8 měsíci +1

    #captioncompetition "are we breaking any Uci rules?", "it's hard to gage"

  • @JMcLeodKC711
    @JMcLeodKC711 Před 8 měsíci

    Good call on the golf cart Bodge. When you are hauling that much

  • @jaylumbago559
    @jaylumbago559 Před 8 měsíci

    #caption:
    - always nice to see the riders getting behind their mechanics
    - don’t worry, I’ve got your back
    - something is strange about this tandem
    - mechanic to rider: oh nice, I feel you found my minipump
    - rider to mechanic: I like it when you are sitting on my top tube

  • @filippopogacar
    @filippopogacar Před 8 měsíci

    For SI
    Mortadella is a huge high quality würstel cut very thin
    unique flavor
    you have to try

  • @aerobelly
    @aerobelly Před 8 měsíci +1

    @gcn There are a few different Belgian Waffle Ride races across the USA. The one I've volunteered at multiple times is definitely mostly gravel and NOT done on road bikes

  • @jdurkin227
    @jdurkin227 Před 8 měsíci

    The trailer is a Burley Travoy and they are awesome

  • @DarkpowderUK
    @DarkpowderUK Před 8 měsíci

    You know what we need back: " EXTREME Corner ! " X "

  • @90DatteRo
    @90DatteRo Před 8 měsíci +1

    Interestingly enough, these kinda “gravel” route could've been won on a rigid flatbar mtb. People don't realize that gravel setting is way too narrow. Road bike for road, rigid mtb for off-road, suspension for downhill

    • @ericvollmer8820
      @ericvollmer8820 Před 8 měsíci

      As fast as the pros ride, the aero advantage of a gravel bike over an mtb is a massive advantage, and the rolling resistance on pavement…

  • @bimblingalong
    @bimblingalong Před 8 měsíci

    wondering what the one cycling novel Si mentioned is? 'The Wheels of Chance' by H. G. Wells (pub 1896) by chance?

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci

      Funnily enough, no! But I will now look it up!

    • @bimblingalong
      @bimblingalong Před 8 měsíci

      @@simonrichardson5259 see I am now curious as to which one you were thinking of and whether there might be others out there to read

  • @matt_acton-varian
    @matt_acton-varian Před 8 měsíci

    Shoe repair hack - cutting the corners off of kinesiology tape allows it to stay stuck down better. The square edges are easy to catch and therefore more likely to peel off.

  • @adadinthelifeofacyclist
    @adadinthelifeofacyclist Před 8 měsíci

    Steve Trew wrote a triathlon-based novel 30 years ago. Quite a enjoyable read too 🙂

  • @niallshakeshaft1524
    @niallshakeshaft1524 Před 8 měsíci

    Caption competition (look in background!): Santa Claus thought to himself “You never saw Eddie Merckx do this kind of shit”

  • @fatladattheback8642
    @fatladattheback8642 Před 8 měsíci

    The parcel tape hack to seat a tubeless tyre explained the use of the tape but doesn't mention the functions of the dog bowl or lengths of timber. I might have a sleepless night . . .

  • @universe-juice
    @universe-juice Před 8 měsíci

    Human powered healths Felt is beautiful. Would like that paint on mine

  • @iansingleton
    @iansingleton Před 8 měsíci +1

    The whole weekends racing was simply awesome! I agree 100% to what Si & Dan have said about the Gravel World's. Shit the women's wasn't shown, in fact it was embarrassing! Get a grip UCI! Other than that it was a great race on a great course. This was only the 2nd edition and already a lot better than the 1st. I think in years to come when gravel gets more established there will be more cross over riders! It's basically Olympic length Cyclo-cross for summer! 😂

  • @ebikescrapper3925
    @ebikescrapper3925 Před 8 měsíci

    You can buy specific shopping trolleys for bikes

  • @WhatxKeepsxUsxHere
    @WhatxKeepsxUsxHere Před 8 měsíci +1

    #CaptionCompetition Seems like not all people understood GCN show that Cycling is good for your health. Human powered health. Seat on bike and let others do the job.

  • @jymtym
    @jymtym Před 8 měsíci

    You guys mentioned that there are no cycling novels. Years ago I read a series of five novels all cycling murder mysteries. The author was Greg Moody. The first one is called “Two Wheels”. This series was really good. So there you go, there are good Cycling novels. Also, I don’t know the author and have no involvement with the books.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      That's Si's reading covered for the next week 👀

  • @Stougaard90
    @Stougaard90 Před 8 měsíci +3

    #CaptionCompetition Gage Hecht's mechanic said he needed a tune-up; Gage thought he said a rub-up!

  • @philipnelson79
    @philipnelson79 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Course was much more gravelesque, and length was okay for me too. Could be a bit longer, but over 100 miles is a legit gravel distance.

    • @aethylwulfeiii6502
      @aethylwulfeiii6502 Před 8 měsíci

      The year before it was 210 km = to 136osh miles. I don’t get why people are saying they are “too short” the pros just get it done fast.

  • @teekay4902
    @teekay4902 Před 8 měsíci

    #CaptionCompetition 'You think you're uncomfortable? There's no seat back here!'

  • @GaryThomasSNSEP
    @GaryThomasSNSEP Před 8 měsíci

    A belter of a show! 😂

  • @domdog111
    @domdog111 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Void based on mileage.
    Need a, high, percentage of gravel as a min. for course being accepted.

  • @jameswitte5676
    @jameswitte5676 Před 8 měsíci

    #CaptionCompetiton: That’s a legit tandem bike.

  • @muddy1959
    @muddy1959 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great racing no feeding from cars no support cars no team radios. Self sufficiency to change/repair punctures
    Brilliant

  • @royrcf
    @royrcf Před 8 měsíci

    A problem with televising gravel racing is being able to see the racing for the trees. An improvement in the course, but it would be easy to assume there were only a few racers from the coverage we saw.

    • @sandstromj
      @sandstromj Před 8 měsíci

      Should be possible as they are broadcasting both XC and DH races with partial drone footage.

    • @brannmacfinnchad9056
      @brannmacfinnchad9056 Před 8 měsíci

      Drones are quite good now, I hear.

  • @jahntitiwu646
    @jahntitiwu646 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The novel "The Rider", by Tim Krabbe, is not only an excellent work of race fiction it is, in my humble opinion, as a former professor of English Literature and presently a public school teacher of literature, also a formidable and eloquent work of art. So there. 😂

  • @joshebrown2575
    @joshebrown2575 Před 8 měsíci

    #captioncompetion What the Hecht! This tandem sprint was not "Gage"d well.
    30:22

  • @josephlupien
    @josephlupien Před 8 měsíci +1

    The course was plenty hard and had plenty of gravel and was plenty long. Trust me!

    • @suejones8355
      @suejones8355 Před 8 měsíci

      With some severe climbs too from what I understand.

  • @ShawnIsBatman
    @ShawnIsBatman Před 8 měsíci

    The original and only Gravel Worlds that matters is held in Lincoln, NE every August.

  • @brannmacfinnchad9056
    @brannmacfinnchad9056 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Gravel race; It should be 80-90% gravel at least...no significant stretches of pavement. OR make any pavement connections (between gravel roads) a neutral zone, where that time doesn't count.
    Lengthwise, shouldn't it be similar to that of any other grande tour stage?

  • @suhdud4646
    @suhdud4646 Před 8 měsíci

    35 Euro to rent a bike p/m is insane. Where I reside, its 3.5Euro p/m or 42Euro a year for a street parked shared bike and "maintenance" is also included. Even at my local bike shop to do a once a month once over on my race machine doesnt even cost 35Euro. Do they at least get a TAX rebate?

  • @darrylhuculak4996
    @darrylhuculak4996 Před 8 měsíci +1

    #captioncompetition: The Human Powered Health Cycling Team attempts to en-"Gage" supplemental human power to help their riders reach new "Hechts".

  • @cesarcardozo6551
    @cesarcardozo6551 Před 8 měsíci

    Caption competition:
    Bike review: nice one, but while riding in this position I FELT something weird on my back…

  • @mc48197
    @mc48197 Před 8 měsíci

    Willie is the unrivaled king of gravel (and MTB) dogs with thousands of miles logged. But he couldn't make an appearance this week as international travel from his homebase in Colorado to Italy with riding partner Alexey V. was not happening.

  • @PaulTomblin
    @PaulTomblin Před 8 měsíci +14

    I’d like to see the UCI Gravel Worlds made hard enough that gravel specialists win it.

    • @matthewlewis2072
      @matthewlewis2072 Před 8 měsíci +8

      Errrr...or maybe they need to lay off the beers

    • @daness40
      @daness40 Před 8 měsíci +6

      If they make it more technical, I'm guessing that would just make it more favorable for someone like WVA, Pidcock, or MVP to win it if any of them made it a point to do so.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Do you think they would also make the course longer? 👀

    • @PaulTomblin
      @PaulTomblin Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@gcn well, that’s one way to make it harder, right? After all, we all know that cyclocross guys are only good for an hour or so. :-)

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci +2

      @@PaulTomblinhaha, yeah guys like MVDP won’t stand a chance in races longer than an hour.

  • @Stirling1989
    @Stirling1989 Před 8 měsíci

    I have found Conor's video to be true - I ride a gravel bike at my local club but on 25mm tyres. The only reason I get dropped is because I can't climb as well. I hold my own on the flat with the carbon roadies

  • @ZeroSeriesMMX
    @ZeroSeriesMMX Před 8 měsíci

    You missed the Wookiee noises for for your caption, Dan. Shame. 😂

  • @dropatrain
    @dropatrain Před 8 měsíci

    Sounds like euro gravel races need to be held in eastern Europe where the pavement is so bad you'd wish you were on gravel

  • @ethangodridge6833
    @ethangodridge6833 Před 8 měsíci +2

    If Cav gets that record then another Last Dance series needs to be aired. Interesting to see what Pidcock could do at the Gravel worlds.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      Do you think he'll get that record? We would love to see it 👀

    • @veganpotterthevegan
      @veganpotterthevegan Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@gcn he should have gotten that record last year. Team did him dirty

    • @geertweynjes2119
      @geertweynjes2119 Před 8 měsíci

      Ain't gonna happen

    • @ethangodridge6833
      @ethangodridge6833 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@gcn he’ll get it. I think if he hadn’t crashed then he would have won the final stage.

    • @veganpotterthevegan
      @veganpotterthevegan Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@geertweynjes2119 they got him more support. The fact that he was even top 5 in any stage with the trash leadouts he had shows he's still more than capable

  • @emil_copenhagen
    @emil_copenhagen Před 8 měsíci

    #CaptionCompetition The spirit of gravel

  • @billcodey1430
    @billcodey1430 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I went back to the 2022 gravel followup to make sure. It looks like Si had some silver in his hair and beard last year which isnt there this year. Is Si coloring his hair too?

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      Interesting... leave i with us and we'll see what we can do 👴

    • @simonrichardson5259
      @simonrichardson5259 Před 8 měsíci

      We’ve got a better lighting person now. The great streak is still there, like a badger.

  • @GBatAP
    @GBatAP Před 8 měsíci

    The course is getting better but still not gravelly enough or long enough. Its a world championship race so look at how epic the road race was and the gravel race needs to bring that same level of type 2 fun.

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      Great point! More gravel and more racing... we're not complaining 👀

  • @Barbarabush690
    @Barbarabush690 Před 8 měsíci

    Can we crowdfund to buy an Iron for Si? The creases on that jumper 🫣

  • @linooo8137
    @linooo8137 Před 8 měsíci

    Dan looks like Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle

  • @michaelgriffiths1605
    @michaelgriffiths1605 Před 8 měsíci

    The Hairy Bikers were loving their new bike #captioncompetition

  • @mitch_smith
    @mitch_smith Před 8 měsíci

    #Captioncompetition For the low price of 12 grand you too can have the all new FELT Backy edition

  • @jamesobrien3076
    @jamesobrien3076 Před 8 měsíci

    Does anyone have an idea of when Canyon will release the new Grail? We’ve seen it at a few events now…

  • @kramer450
    @kramer450 Před 8 měsíci +7

    Tbh I don't think you can say that WVA would have won without those issues. The riders adapt their riding to what's going on around them so if the first place guy had WVA with him his finishing time would probably be different as well

    • @IverKnackerov
      @IverKnackerov Před 8 měsíci +1

      They didn’t say that …?

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      You make a great point! It would of been great to see him fighting out at the top. 💨

  • @ricardojesus647
    @ricardojesus647 Před 8 měsíci +1

    This vídeo and the other one last year about UCI ruining the gravel worlds, just proves me right. You dont need a gravel bike, you can do it on a road bike with larger tires, and if it gets too gnarly, use a hardtail MTB with thinner tyres😂.
    There i've said it!

  • @daboo2
    @daboo2 Před 8 měsíci

    Broken gear cable guy should have used zip ties to get a “hack” from Si.

  • @darrenhardy-hawken2214
    @darrenhardy-hawken2214 Před 8 měsíci

    #CaptionCompetition knowing some riders have been mechanically doping, the worlds best riders are taking 'mechanical' disadvantages to prove they're clean

  • @eltribun
    @eltribun Před 8 měsíci

    Paul Voss (17.) ,,german pro grv rider, said he doesnt remember much pavement on the course since the grv sections were so demanding 😂 says enough I guess..

  • @lunaticless1
    @lunaticless1 Před 8 měsíci

    #captioncompetition Mechanical Doping has never been more obvious, and yet the UCI still isn't closer to being able to detect it.

  • @frazergoodwin4945
    @frazergoodwin4945 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Gravel world getting better?!? You guys definitely need to get over here and ride with the gravelers who ride in the woods of next years course in Belgium - from Halle to Leuven!

    • @gcn
      @gcn  Před 8 měsíci

      We would love to come and try the course out 👀 Are you looking forward to the next race?

    • @frazergoodwin4945
      @frazergoodwin4945 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@gcn My club, Brussels Big Brackets, rides every week on the gravel paths in the woods the course will run through. It means roads we use on club runs already used in World Tour races, the 2019 TDF Grand départ, and the Road Worlds in 2021. Kind of "got the set" when the gravel world's turn up too! Really looking forward to it!

    • @frazergoodwin4945
      @frazergoodwin4945 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I volunteered for the tdf grand départ and the Worlds in Leuven - so I'd look to volunteer for the Gravel World's too next year if possible...

  • @themiagi
    @themiagi Před 8 měsíci +1

    #captioncompetition: In ode to their team sponsor Gage Hechts new E-Bike will now be human powered

  • @alanfreeman7932
    @alanfreeman7932 Před 8 měsíci

    Caption competition:- UCI powerless to stop new form of mechanical doping

  • @user-um9fb5fs8u
    @user-um9fb5fs8u Před 8 měsíci +1

    You guys are bike snobs:) Re: bike cart , it looks like a ?Burley Design Travoy Compact Folding Cargo Bike Trailer. And it has solid reviews. I guess Burley isn't big in Europe.

  • @JustSayNotoGravel
    @JustSayNotoGravel Před 8 měsíci

    "Oh Heck, he's stealling my bike!!