Race 4 Parma | Gravel riding to the most remote pub in Victoria
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Nobody once told me that spending 16 hours in an airplane is the perfect way to prepare for two days of all-day riding with a couple thousand meters of climbing each. Nobody, it turns out, was right.
Andy Van Bergen, who you may know as the creator of Everesting but I know as my favorite in-house cyclo-masochist, thought it would be funny to inform me of his plan while I was somewhere over the Pacific, en route on a Boeing 787 from Los Angeles to Melbourne for two weeks of CyclingTips work meetings, and a bit of riding on the side. “I’ll pick you up at the airport,” he said, the message pinging me over the plane’s wifi. “We’ll go and get a parma.”
Sounds good. Not entirely sure what a parma is, but guessing it has something to do with chicken parmesan, which is delicious. I’m in.
“It’s kinda far,” he wrote, ten minutes later.
“How far? Bad traffic?” I responded.
“Traffic probably not the problem,” he said.
Thanks to Canyon for making this happen
Music by Epidemic Sound
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Great content. More of these adventures please!
What an excellent video. This has instantly made me change my order for a custom disc roadie to a custom gravel/adventure bike. This has so brilliantly captured the essence of a real adventure ride. 2019 goal: ride a gravel bike a LONG way from home and make sure the journey involves pubs, river crossings and potential misadventure. Brilliant!
Fantastic! You've inspired me to take my gravel bike next time i return to Australia. Amazing scenery.
love how he packed the six pack in the other guys bag. Didnt want to carry that thing yourself ey
terrible bear terrible coffie, man you should have your tire go flat lol... nice video
"we're not sponsored" *cuts to shot of the bike* - nice work editors, nice work!
Nice weather, nice route, NICE bikes... lol
Parmie! Great video. Cracking effort lads.
wow favorite podcast and now videos !
Inspiring!
Excellent fun filled video.
Can't bloody believe this only has 26K views. This was really fun, and great camera work on top on that!
I'm a bit late to the party but this is great! Awesome vid
Great video. I’d read the article a while ago and stoked to find the video! Makes me want to jump on the bike and explore somewhere similar.
Great stuff, you're giving me the gravel road envy :) Extra-kudos for riding straight out of a long-haul flight...I don't think I could do it...on the other hand it's probably the best jet-lag killer there is...
more of these plz!
Read the article, watched the video. Both great!
1 finger off the bar.. aussie gday, so true
So good!
Like to see more like this!
Great video guys!
I love everything about this... except the weird handlebars.
Yeah should've used flat bars
Lmao
i love them! :D
11:24 - Yeah, let's fly to Australia for breakfast, then we're off to Mars for a days work. The occasional weekend getaway is on to Andromeda... nothing special ...
Ok, tell you what, how about we go to Walhala by bike and see the vikings coming home ... :D
Awesome video.
a white unmarked van with a damp carpet, mattress and a chain...
when is Part 2 of the video coming out?
Really good video :) It looked like it was lots of fun
thought drivetrains were on the other (left) side in Australia?
And the water (they took) was for handwashing, i think ^-))
9:32 -- beautiful view
......and thats the right outfit on trails. relax! ;)
Awesome video :)
Loved this one guys, will the route be on strava?
Carlton Draught out of a can. Yuk. Only good when poured fresh from the tap. BBQ shapes - YUM.
I don't think reversed brakes would be a problem, I always put about the same amount of force on both levers anyway.
However U run your breaks (moto style is best), switching around even for one ride will leave U confused for 6 to 8 mo. One more reason to run mech breaks, as switching cables at the lever is dead simple.
Thinking of buying a gravel bike in the future is it worth it.
Nice photogrophy
I thought they did not have guns in Australia. That sign had bullet holes all in it
No automatic or semi-automatic weapons, plenty of double barrelled shotguns and hunting rifles.
I hope those bars have some kind of performance or function to offer, because they look ridiculous.
Does anyone know which frame/saddle bags they're using in the video?
search topeak grail bags, custom for this bike
Quality video, more of the same please.
Put kit on? What are you Knight Rider
@CaleyFretz - what are those shorts? Riding specific. If so, let us know.
Sort of riding specific. It was a company out of San Francisco that has since gone out of business. They're a performance material but more traditional cut. Too bad, I love them. - CF
You guys are setting a nice trend. Don’t GCN it please.
What aspect of GCN do you dislike?
you mentioned the best in Melbourne? where is that in your estimation?
I think the Leveson was top of SuperParma's list!! Great vid by the way. Good stuff.
Haa!! That mindset unfortunately made me the man i am today.
Where’s the deadly snakes and spiders , that Australia is supposed to be full of ,, why didn’t one of you get bitten and only have 3 mins to live ? Or are them non sponsored canon bikes to fast ?, cheers Shane rainy cold 🇬🇧 uk
Thumbs up for a paper map.
Could you not find any bigger socks?
Stopped watching after the American complained about the beer, coffee, then snack at 9:50. You're the guest there man! :facepalm:
Parmi*
@Andy Van Bergen I don't want to blow this out of proportion or anything, but people who say "parma" really need to be rounded up and shot.
@Andy Van Bergen If "South Australia" could be called a region, then yes...
Parmi Army!
It puts lotion on its skin.