THIS IS NOT A GRAVEL RACE The 2021 Belgian Waffle Ride San Diego

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  • Опубліковано 1 сер 2022
  • THIS IS NOT A GRAVEL RACE chronicles the 10th anniversary of the most unique cycling event in the country, the Belgian Waffle Ride. The only Spring Classic on American soil and a Monument of Gravel, the BWR CA is known as the 'Hell of the West’ and features an extremely challenging 135-mile multi-surface course across single track, rocks, water crossings, sand, gravel and some roads - all taken on in temperatures reaching 112 degrees even though it rained the morning of the race. This documentary highlights not only the arduous trails to victory for winners Peter Stetina and Katerina Nash but also the journeys of several other riders from a variety of backgrounds, including BMX star, Andrew Jackson, cycling newbie and former D1 soccer standout, IZ King, professional road cycling champion, Whitney Allison, and PR and marketing maven, Alain Mazer. With over 4,000 registrants, this was the largest gravel race in history and also the most interesting.
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  • @svenwehser1715
    @svenwehser1715 Рік тому +12

    „The privilege to suffer on a bike like this“, that sums it up, brilliant!

  • @Kzuke
    @Kzuke Рік тому +11

    The race footage, athlete interviews, and production values on this are so good! I'm a MTB downhiller and even I couldn't stop watching this! Great work!

  • @jcop14
    @jcop14 Рік тому +20

    I opened the link thinking I would just watch for a few minutes. Yep, I watched the entire video. Great job to everyone. Riders and production crew.

  • @TimSchmidt_art
    @TimSchmidt_art Рік тому +12

    one of the best cycling films ever...groovy music and cool people and great overall storytelling.

  • @twallace71a
    @twallace71a 8 місяців тому +1

    The music in this film fantastic

  • @rolffuchs2737
    @rolffuchs2737 Рік тому +4

    The former Pro Tony Romminger once said, riding a racing bike without gloves is stupid, but i think he got his lesson. Great content, i have to go to America to ride gravel, here in Europe it is not the same.

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  Рік тому +1

      Great advice on the gloves. I'm sure you would be welcomed at any of the BWR's!

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 7 місяців тому

      Don't come here. We ride gravel because there's too much road traffic! Fewer people LESS TRAFFIC.

  • @Sally150
    @Sally150 7 місяців тому +2

    Yeah Andrew Jackson! Great ride.

  • @runejohansen2117
    @runejohansen2117 Рік тому +1

    every single one of them are the Hero of the day !!!! What a race indeed !!!

  • @frankmeyer1865
    @frankmeyer1865 Рік тому +9

    Absolut crazy, what a race, what wonderful people. Amazing story and great value and well prepared

  • @DennisEngle
    @DennisEngle Рік тому +2

    Great Video. Love all the stuff you all are doing! Keep 'em coming!!!

  • @GeekonaBike
    @GeekonaBike Рік тому +8

    Heartbreaking seeing Mo Wilson racing

  • @eremdrfranciscosiqueiracda1410

    This race is awesome!! and the playlist is way too cool. Is it on Spotify? hehehehe. Well, it should be there.

  • @harveymushman9093
    @harveymushman9093 Рік тому +4

    Savage's!!!! Bravo awesome vid!

  • @tristanbareham5638
    @tristanbareham5638 Рік тому +1

    Great storytelling-congratulations to all involved

  • @EricAbbottTri
    @EricAbbottTri Рік тому +5

    Best race of my life. Can't wait to do it again!

    • @CR3DT
      @CR3DT Рік тому

      Hi Eric, were you guys wearing road shoes? (As opposed to mtb shoes)

    • @EricAbbottTri
      @EricAbbottTri Рік тому +1

      @@CR3DT I had mt shoes but lots of guys prefer road shoes because they are a few grams lighter.

    • @CR3DT
      @CR3DT Рік тому

      @@EricAbbottTri I figures, but doesn't that just make it harder to walk on dirt and mud? I can hardly walk on a clean road when I get off my road bike. This event looks like fun. Hope you had a blast

  • @grega9220
    @grega9220 4 місяці тому

    Top notch work folks...and that soundtrack.. dang!

  • @elliot2871
    @elliot2871 Рік тому +3

    Watched the whole thing, well done and great music choice!

  • @302hardtailr6
    @302hardtailr6 Рік тому

    Very well done! That is a tough race.

  • @davefave4351
    @davefave4351 Рік тому

    That looks like bloody hard work!
    Good fun though and an excellent craic!

  • @razorbackbowser
    @razorbackbowser 5 місяців тому

    FANTASTIC

  • @govbradford
    @govbradford Рік тому +1

    Amazing video. Well Done!

  • @escsniper
    @escsniper Рік тому +1

    Not sure if I've spent more time riding BWRs or watching videos about BWRs! :)

  • @patcoll7455
    @patcoll7455 Рік тому

    Brillant...thanks.

  • @jasperaerts
    @jasperaerts Рік тому

    Awesome movie!

  • @grouchy88
    @grouchy88 Рік тому +2

    damn does alain mazer come along likeable, i want to hug that guy

  • @garyonnen7634
    @garyonnen7634 Рік тому +1

    Good fun. Thanks.

  • @jbrew44
    @jbrew44 Рік тому +1

    Great video!

  • @srtsniper75
    @srtsniper75 10 місяців тому

    Great video.

  • @gweflj
    @gweflj Рік тому +2

    Some great footage and solid production. Glad 2:35 made it into the edit.

  • @wernerp3943
    @wernerp3943 Рік тому +1

    Auch wenn ich nichts verstehe, ein tolles Video 🙂

  • @alcantey
    @alcantey Рік тому

    Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎

  • @stan9636
    @stan9636 Рік тому +2

    This is old school racing, much better than the TDF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MarriedWithBackpacks
    @MarriedWithBackpacks 7 місяців тому

    As I Belgian I found the lack of waffles in this video disappointing. Jk. Great docu! Loved every minute of it!

  • @toes325
    @toes325 Рік тому +2

    Great music! Where can I find the playlist?

  • @Sally150
    @Sally150 7 місяців тому +1

    No wonder Mo Wilson was so good. She was 10 years younger than any of these people.

  • @massimoserafini8115
    @massimoserafini8115 Рік тому +2

    Cool vid, but confused as to why the 2021 race was uploaded a year later in 2022 🤔

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  Рік тому +6

      We have had our films on other platforms (Amazon Prime, and Outside TV) for awhile, but decided UA-cam was more accessible for everyone.

  • @PeteEllson5656
    @PeteEllson5656 Рік тому +2

    Great film, loved the killer soundtrack. Fabulous story, so well done. Thanks for posting.

  • @raulmartinez5511
    @raulmartinez5511 Рік тому

    Iz King is a Badass

  • @1LeggedAdventures
    @1LeggedAdventures Рік тому +1

    What would you say is the average tire width in these races? Some racers look like they are running 2in plus, then some look like they are on 28c. I'm curious what is considered the optimal width.

    • @michaelmarckx639
      @michaelmarckx639 Рік тому

      i think for this course the optimal tire is 30mm, wiht some doing it on 28s and many on 32s or bigger.

  • @tubesockets120v
    @tubesockets120v Рік тому

    What Canyon model bike?

  • @ccapp3389
    @ccapp3389 Рік тому

    Awesome film! That ringing sound at the end of the intro is very unpleasant though.

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  Рік тому

      The ringing get's our attention every time😀

  • @Tarmaccyclocross
    @Tarmaccyclocross Рік тому +1

    The women are so inspirational true grit 👍

  • @SuperJohnnyO
    @SuperJohnnyO Рік тому +1

    @28:19... I think it's meant to be "whittled". "Widdle" means... well,... look it up. Great video, though! :)

  • @Chris-Novaboarder
    @Chris-Novaboarder Рік тому +1

    PTSD?! Please!

  • @joadskjelbred2856
    @joadskjelbred2856 8 днів тому

    He said, "Widdle."

  • @runplatypus
    @runplatypus 4 місяці тому

    Im doing this

  • @brianbolton5566
    @brianbolton5566 Рік тому +3

    Didn't really need the guest appearance from Colin but other than that the rest of the video was pretty dope.

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  Рік тому +1

      This film was created and originally released in 2021.

  • @EliotBay
    @EliotBay Рік тому

    racers are too cool nowadays

  • @mountaindiver
    @mountaindiver Рік тому

    “How did you get here” probably not the best question to ask…

  • @los1379
    @los1379 Рік тому

    28:19 “widdled “?!? Seriously?

  • @alejandroromero-jn8yk
    @alejandroromero-jn8yk Рік тому

    but these races are more like amateurs road races, are they like professional road cyclist?

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  Рік тому

      The Belgian Waffle Ride is a melting pot of amateurs and pros. The pointy end of the race is always fast and a pure roadie would be challenged by the terrain! A little further back it's a party for for people just looking to enjoy riding the wrong bike on the wrong terrain. If you've never done one you should add it to your bucket list!

    • @aethylwulfeiii6502
      @aethylwulfeiii6502 Рік тому

      The largest prize purse race I have ever been in was a gravel race with a grand total of 10,000k USD. Anyone could enter the pro/open category but they had some fast cut off times for the course. The road Rivas usac prizes are tiny in comparison maybe I. The 1000 dollar total range.

  • @lukefarren3409
    @lukefarren3409 10 місяців тому

    Wow! A woman won the race?

  • @ChrisinOSMS
    @ChrisinOSMS Рік тому

    That tone really screws with the older audience. I had to check my headphones to see if it was me or the audio.

  • @swieseldorf
    @swieseldorf Рік тому +2

    diagnosed w ptsd?

  • @jettrink13
    @jettrink13 Рік тому +1

    Do they have drug testing..

    • @tommyrq180
      @tommyrq180 Рік тому

      I don’t believe they do. It’s not sanctioned by USA Cycling or UCI, which also doesn’t mean much.

  • @blairdalgleish8247
    @blairdalgleish8247 4 місяці тому

    Really annoying music

  • @anthonysears871
    @anthonysears871 10 місяців тому

    Sure looks like road ride with a gravel section! Kind of like leadville. A gravel ride with a mtn bike section?