DIRTY REIVER 2024 | IS THIS THE BEST UK GRAVEL CYCLING?

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • In this episode myself, Foxy, enter our first cycling event of the year the DIRTY REIVER. Is this some of the best UK gravel cycling ?
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 107

  • @andrewfoxton6451
    @andrewfoxton6451 5 місяців тому +3

    The original gravel event.

    • @johnthefarmer
      @johnthefarmer 5 місяців тому +1

      I was there for the first one, way back when. Jeez, what a day that was. 200kms of pure joy...not!

  • @garethbingham8584
    @garethbingham8584 5 місяців тому +1

    Can't beat watching genuine people doing what they love, it's so relatable...content gets better & better Ben... absolutely love it 👊🏻

  • @nathanb324
    @nathanb324 5 місяців тому +3

    Seeing Kyle and Amy made me smile can’t lie, also as always big up T Bain the watt machine of west Cheshire

  • @richardjones1308
    @richardjones1308 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for allowing me to re-live the experience. That was proper epic!

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Hope your recovering 🙌🏾

    • @richardjones1308
      @richardjones1308 5 місяців тому +1

      @@benjaminlechappers getting there. Pretty much exactly the same experience as yourself. Not great sleep the night before (in the Teepee 🥶). Felt good at 50km, felt rubbish at 90km, decided to pull the pin and complete the 130km (122). Next year for sure the 200km! Thanks for the content.

    • @GuyKesTV
      @GuyKesTV 5 місяців тому

      @@richardjones1308bloody freezing at the start eh!

  • @Topgun_Mike
    @Topgun_Mike 5 місяців тому +3

    Top ride Benjamin, your content is getting better and better- keep up the fantastic videos 👍🏻
    And of course a little bit of coffee and cake!

  • @AntonioDiaz
    @AntonioDiaz 5 місяців тому +2

    Dang that was some nice gravel riding! 😮

  • @connormcc
    @connormcc 5 місяців тому

    Looks great, I hope to get over to Dirty Reiver next year.... but if you guys are free the first weekend in October you should come over to Northern Ireland for Lakeland Gravel Grinder!

  • @frozenyellowpong
    @frozenyellowpong 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for introducing Eldar Kedem!

  • @paulangeloff400
    @paulangeloff400 5 місяців тому +1

    More top content Ben !! Keep at it. Keep growing the channel!!

  • @tonywatson8101
    @tonywatson8101 5 місяців тому +3

    Every time I hear "my derailleur battery's run out" or "my Di2's stopped working", or words to that effect, I'm reminded of the film 'Local Hero',....and I smile. If you know, you know😉.

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      Haha no I don’t know. The problem is basically the user. All we have to do is charge it…. 😂

    • @tonywatson8101
      @tonywatson8101 5 місяців тому +4

      @@benjaminlechappers Cables never need re-charging 😁

    • @billys1997
      @billys1997 5 місяців тому

      @@tonywatson8101 but do need adjusting

    • @malcontent_1
      @malcontent_1 5 місяців тому

      I'll keep mine analog, thank you

    • @Esskay1
      @Esskay1 5 місяців тому

      ​@@tonywatson8101no, but they do snap at inconvenient times as happened to my friend on Saturday, halfway up a climb 😊.

  • @maxlloyd3740
    @maxlloyd3740 5 місяців тому +1

    Well done Ben!
    Great effort!
    I really need to pull my finger out and do that next year!

  • @teclo1057
    @teclo1057 5 місяців тому

    great to see the 2 amy's and kyle. its great how all the cycling youtubers seem to know each other

  • @chrisoconnellUK
    @chrisoconnellUK 5 місяців тому

    Freezing cold start turned into a great ride and perfect sunny day - loved it - thanks for the coverage

  • @Neill_Clements
    @Neill_Clements 5 місяців тому

    Brought back good memories of last year. Weather looked much better this year. Great vid, cheers

  • @kerrgreg
    @kerrgreg 5 місяців тому +1

    Great video, well captured 🎉 I loved this event saw you a lot on course said hi at the red bull tent in feed1. Thanks for saying where you were, that was me moaning last week😂. Keep it up! Love the vids!

  • @daveridesagain
    @daveridesagain 5 місяців тому +1

    Good job Ben 👊

  • @BikepackingAdventures
    @BikepackingAdventures 5 місяців тому +2

    I was cycling through the night in that cold - I did a 300km audax loop instead of the DR this year and just up the road from Kielder across in the Scottish Borders the temperature dropped down to -8C it was perishing - luckily I was prepared for some of the coldest weather ever had the pleasure of cycling in. Two weeks earlier I was cycling across the canaries at GranGuanche so it was a bit of a shock to the system. Vlog starts this evening 7.45 ;-)

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому

      Was so cold 🥶

    • @andrewfoxton6451
      @andrewfoxton6451 5 місяців тому +1

      That was Andy’s Border night shift 300km. I did it last year.

    • @BikepackingAdventures
      @BikepackingAdventures 5 місяців тому +1

      @@andrewfoxton6451 that's the one. Enjoyable enough route, the dart North to Berwick was interesting on that forever going north A road then the climb up and down Newcastleton and of course through Kielder itself.

  • @barrydaniel3308
    @barrydaniel3308 5 місяців тому

    Absolutely loving your videos man, great ride from the crew. hope to see a new team cycles gravel ride soon , will defo make the trip back down again

  • @petertreadway
    @petertreadway 5 місяців тому

    Great video, mate. So jealous though. I defo need to get up there next year. 👌🏻

  • @Grant-bu4nj
    @Grant-bu4nj 5 місяців тому

    Ben that event looks great thanks for sharing your story 👍🏽

  • @moobaz8675
    @moobaz8675 5 місяців тому

    Three words for warmth - Chinese Diesel Heater. Best £100 you’ll spend on your van. 👍 As for the ride, look cool and now on my list for next year. 👍

  • @rug212
    @rug212 5 місяців тому +2

    Hey! Amy and Kyle! 👋🏻

  • @cholokun
    @cholokun 5 місяців тому +1

    Amy ❤❤❤

  • @TBATTIECYCLING
    @TBATTIECYCLING 5 місяців тому

    Big up all the bread bins and bike riders up north including Nathan

  • @TheMightyFOD
    @TheMightyFOD 5 місяців тому

    Is it possible to have more Gravel in a race in Britain? Great event. Love the music in the vid. Helping me recover after wiping out on Saturday.
    Gravel + Brakes ,+ Downhill = Disaster

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      Cor…. Get well soon. I had a slide out. Didn’t capture it.
      🙌🏾🙌🏾👊🏽

  • @manfrommontreal
    @manfrommontreal 5 місяців тому

    Nice music!

  • @raphealalexander6563
    @raphealalexander6563 5 місяців тому

    LETS GOOOO!!! #breadpin

  • @lesleyfoxton6308
    @lesleyfoxton6308 5 місяців тому

    Food looked good.

  • @thewattlife
    @thewattlife 5 місяців тому +3

    Josie coming in with “wag won breadbins “ would have been amazing

  • @shaunedwards4362
    @shaunedwards4362 5 місяців тому

    Amy and kyle with an early cameo appearance 🎉

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      They will be back 😉

    • @shaunedwards4362
      @shaunedwards4362 5 місяців тому

      ​@@benjaminlechapperslove their newbie type excitement for all things bike based..much needed

  • @raybraydh2956
    @raybraydh2956 5 місяців тому

    oh no another event i want to do now 🤣🤣🤣

  • @thegeordiefellwalker8878
    @thegeordiefellwalker8878 5 місяців тому

    2 hour's sleep brilliant preparation 🤣 are your levers excessively turned in or really flared bars 🤔

  • @maxgamboltv9940
    @maxgamboltv9940 5 місяців тому +1

    Had to subscribe you doing great I have a similar cycling channel

  • @peterharrington8709
    @peterharrington8709 5 місяців тому

    Did you go in the Panaracer tent with the Pirelli cap?

  • @mikepenk84
    @mikepenk84 5 місяців тому

    What camera do you record on Ben?

  • @petervonl
    @petervonl 5 місяців тому

    I'm guessing, this week's act of rebellion was not shaving your legs?... I couldn't spot anything that would send the comments into orbit...

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      I have some bad news, my legs have been shaved all year…. Yes winter too! 😲

    • @andrewfoxton6451
      @andrewfoxton6451 5 місяців тому +1

      And our German karate kid friend had his glasses on the inside of his helmet straps.

    • @petervonl
      @petervonl 5 місяців тому

      @@benjaminlechappers Dammit!... We are loosing to the algorithm. Did you use roadcleats then?

    • @petervonl
      @petervonl 5 місяців тому

      @@andrewfoxton6451 Excellent! What a glorious sneak attack we got there! Well done Sascha!

  • @cycloboyriley
    @cycloboyriley 5 місяців тому +2

    Well done, it was very cold that night and the morning 🥶 Enjoyed watching

  • @mcnelson
    @mcnelson 5 місяців тому +1

    Josie! Brighton's finest making an appearance was not expected.

  • @watson2010
    @watson2010 5 місяців тому

    Great Job Ben!!!! Love your Vids man!

  • @PacoRaban-iz5el
    @PacoRaban-iz5el 5 місяців тому

    First time watching your channel and a really well produced film with some great shots. Thanks mate and happy cycling,

  • @wherespinto
    @wherespinto 5 місяців тому

    Crushed it or it crushed you lol ether way looks like it was epic

  • @richardhorner7723
    @richardhorner7723 5 місяців тому

    Lovely video. 7h 34 min for me!

  • @DanEscapes
    @DanEscapes 5 місяців тому

    Nice one!! Look forward to doing it next year and joining on the start line!

  • @terrysires1778
    @terrysires1778 5 місяців тому

    Truly enjoyed the video. I'm so glad to find your channel!

  • @VishnuRajendranAmboo
    @VishnuRajendranAmboo 5 місяців тому

    Just brilliant, the whole video on a friendship ride and everyone loving it just takes cycling on what it is supposed to be ❤

  • @matcharlie2379
    @matcharlie2379 5 місяців тому

    We were there too. Thought I saw you at Boe Rigg, we were there too.

  • @malcontent_1
    @malcontent_1 5 місяців тому

    Funny to also stumble on you in Amy's ...and Amy's videos 🙃

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +1

      Mass UA-cam link ups are the best.. got to support each other 🙌🏾👊🏽

    • @malcontent_1
      @malcontent_1 5 місяців тому +1

      @@benjaminlechappers I hope Amy Hudson & Chris Hall are able to connect, eventually - two great people who are proponents of cycling-as-therapy for mental health struggles.

  • @cardiaccyclist7477
    @cardiaccyclist7477 5 місяців тому

    Well done for sticking with it Ben.

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 місяців тому +3

      It’s hard to cut it short once you have gone that far….. 🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @BikepackingAdventures
      @BikepackingAdventures 5 місяців тому

      @benjaminlechappers I dropped 200 to 130 last year - was cold and wet still a little disappointed as a long way to travel 😅

  • @fucktheworld1207
    @fucktheworld1207 5 місяців тому

    Foxy, is ex military, hard as nails..... thanks for your service foxy 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿