Little Apple Gravel Race | Manhattan IL

The first Illinois State Championship Gravel Race!
My first Gran Fondo gravel bike race! 61 miles of rough gravel and some smaller roads and you guessed it, lots of corn! Location - Manhattan Illinois (40 mins from Chicago).
This gravel race is hosted by South Chicago Wheelman.
The Ride - strava.app.link/qmHaHYiuOib

[@romankarabutin3781]

Hey if done that ride too) was late for the start by 3 minutes😆 that fresh gravel was so fun though 🤘🏼

[@davidconnellchicago]

That looked like fun and a good workout too. Is that a gravel bike? Looks like part road bike part mountain bike. There were some parts where you were going quite fast. 25mph to me is really good and would be hard to keep up without the skinny road tires. Great videos. Enjoy all of them.

[@bigtrucklittlerv7969]

I live here, had no idea some where so serious at the pubs. LOL

[@johnmills837]

Gallagher's and Fritz's afterwords. Glad they stayed off the Wauponsee Glacial Trail, they would of ruined it.

[@Ragnar707]

Sorry if I missed it, but what tire and width did you run?

[@SpokedTrails]

700x32 Schwalbe Rocket Ron, had some leaky issues so will be swapping to Challenge Gravel Grinder.