FIRST EVER GRAVEL EVENT - DIRTY REIVER 2024
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- First ever gravel event - best gravel we’ve ever seen! Fallen in love with Kielder Forest!
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I could listen to Amy's monologues during descents all day! 🤣
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Great ride guys! Top tip for gravel events, try and keep left as much as possible, this allows the hitters to pass safely on the right and reduces incident risk hugely. Bring on the 312!
lindo vídeo e boa sorte
Well done👍
Thank you ☺️
Proper gravel ride that! I think your positivity , appreciation and gratitude is something I will reflect on when I'm on a ride and I'm doubting myself 🙏
Thank you 🫶 enjoy your rides!
Lovely snapshot of how good this route is, well done you two
Thank you ☺️
you two are so good together
Well done you smashed it the both of you
Thank you ☺️
Another great adventure! Thanks!
Thanks for watching ☺️
Been looking forward to this vlog since you announced you were doing it. It felt like I was riding it with you. What wonderful memories you’re making together. You both did fantastically well. ❤️
Thank you so much 🫶 glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Well Done!!!
Absolutely love your song❤❤❤❤❤
Looked a great ride. 130 is impressive. Well done to both.
Thankyou for cheering on the Last people to arrive at the race. There is nothing nicer, than being cheered on when ya know your at the very back, cause that always feels embarrasing to be at the back, no one likes to come last.
These people weren't last, they were coming in from the 200km distance!
Well done and bloody hell those events are meant to be fun Amy, so you made the right call on the distance. Also, it was your first gravel event, and they are not road events. You well pointed that out. Awesome effort and result another great adventure TTFN and ding dang done.
Thanks so much 🫶
Nice ride, well done both of you. Thank you.
Thank you ☺️
Don’t ever be afraid to be proud of yourself! We are very proud of you and Kyle great job!!
Thanks so much 🫶
You both should be proud of yourselves that was great and you have saved some energy for next week great job
Thank you so much!
Looked like a fantastic event well organized for sure. Congrats on finishing!
Thank you!
awesome guys and remember adrenalin and nerves will also sap your energy - amazing :)
Thank you! ☺️
A good day for all , yes much colder up here, than down south 😄😀, as long you enjoy it .❤
Well done for ticking off your first gravel event. Absolutely no shame in cutting it short, as you say, it's better to enjoy the ride you do than force yourself and suffer after. I'd love to do this, maybe next year when I'm fitter, only been cycling for just under a year, but signed up to my first sportive in July and massively looking forward to it.
Massive good luck for your sportive! Hope you enjoy & maybe see you next year in Kielder 🙌☺️
@@amy.cycling.adventures thanks, I'm only doing the short route this time, 47 miles with 1500 feet of climbing, but tempted to ride to and from the start/finish, which is about 16 miles of relatively flat and mostly cycle path.
Well done to both of you ! I saw the back of my head on your video, I wasn’t in front for long . It was a great day !
Thank you!! Ahh hope you enjoyed it ☺️
Our Baby Amy Malones...and Kelly Earl of Sandwich !!! both in fantastic shape.
Enjoyed the video thanks for posting it.
congrats ,thx for video
You have a nice singing voice!
Congrats to both!
Well done you two for getting around. There was an audax on that weekend (Northumberland Nightshift 300) and I'm reliably informed that temperatures dipped to -8C that night. Looking forward to 312.
Despite living very close by I've not done any gravel rides around Kielder yet. Must check out those trails.
Thank you!! Oh wow that must have been hard!!
Yes defo check them out it’s beautiful- enjoy your rides ☺️
Great job to you and Kyle ❤❤
Lovely to meet you good luck with the 312
Great to meet you too! Thank you ☺️
Love your big wonderful goofy smile. Keep in mind that it's extra tiring on [some] gravel routes. The rougher the terrain the more it fatigues you, plus you add in the elevation.
Keep um coming amy & Kyle awesome
Gravel is so hard. You both did amazing 💪
Well done, your content is very inspiring.
Well done Amy hope you both enjoyed Northumberland its a fantastic ride love it hear 😀, great job on your first gravel ride event 👏
Great video as always. I skipped the DR this year - however there was an overnight audax running through northumberland and kielder forest and I can confirm it was bloody well freezing! Well done on getting around - I dropped to 130 last year as well because it was raining, cold and yeah harder work off-road.
Thank you!! Audax sounds great!!
Loved it @16.20 when you said that you would never ever tell somebody else that doing the 130 is rubbish so why am I telling myself.from now on I will use those wise words when I’m giving myself a hard time.👍
What an adventure 👍 your honesty about being anxious at the start is refreshing, and I know that will help other riders, who I’m sure think they are the only ones feeling nervous before the start of an event 🤔 explaining how once starting you get into a rhythm and those anxieties subside 👌 you both are great together and your videos are open honest and down to earth 👍 fantastic, keep them coming 😊
Thanks so much, glad you enjoy the videos & yes always feel nervous but once I start the nerves fade 🙌🙌 hardest part is sometimes just saying you’re going to do it! Enjoy your rides ☺️
@@amy.cycling.adventures a bit of nerves is good, makes us appreciate what we are about to do without being blasé 🤔
Well done,you should be proud of yourselves.
Nice one Amy and Kyle
Your videos are so much fun. And inspiring! On my first gravel event (no I won't stop talking about it, haha) last weekend I came up on a cattle crossing in the road and almost freaked out, but then I remembered seeing you go across them in your videos all the time and said to myself "you can do it too!" and then it was fine. Haha! Also I love your descent pep talks to yourself. A++ :D
Ahh thank you ☺️ this is SO great to hear! Enjoy your rides :D
One thing I think, sleeping bag makers have thermal down to a science. You can buy bags targeted to specific temperature ranges, from heavy insulation for Arctic camping to light and airy. And I'll confirm, the heavy bags are toasty warm! For couples, you can get two rectangle shaped bags and zip them together to make a big "two person" bag. I'm sure this will serve you better than a regular blanket when sleeping outdoors.
Good idea for next time!!
Great vid as always, glad you both enjoyed visiting and cycling in the North East, i did the 130 a couple of years ago and your commentary would have been the same the ride i did. Good luck for the 312
Thank you ☺️
Hello pretty Amy. Ride safe always.
Nice video 👍 Well done Amy for getting over your fear. Thank you Kyle for being supportive 🙏 Well done to both of you and thanks for sharing your adventures with us 🙏
Thank you foe watching along 🥰
Yay for Jazz apples.
The best 🍎🤍
Hello Guys,
Well done... Looks like a nice event... I must admit when doing lots of rides I needed to plan my year so that I did not overdo things...
Take care.
Paul,,
Great video as usual!! I was freezing in the beginning just watching Amy wake up cold. Ha! Kyle’s pear antics - hilarious!! So glad you guys had a fun experience. I don’t think gravel is for me - I never want my bike to get that dirty!!😂
Haha yes there is the downside of a dirty bike, but it’s worth it 🙌😍 thanks for watching ☺️
Got my bike from it's winter sleep cleaned and lubricanted ready for a ride
What a stunning ride, no shame in doing 80 miles on gravel😊200km is a lot on roads, a whole different story on gravel so well done on completing 130km👍I just completed a 50 miler on the roads today but I did 138 amazing miles on Monday so this was my recovery ride😉
Thank you! Sounds like a great ride, hope you enjoyed it!
Well done guys, loving the new colour way on Kyle's SunGod glasses. If you want some tame, less busy gravel try the Glorious Gravel event at Sherwood in July. Love the Kielder area though, really fantastic.
Thank you, ohh that sounds good!
... and props to Kyle for how quickly he's improved his cycling fitness. Well done, young man. Someday you'll be as "elite" as Amy. 🙃
Amy you did a brave and spirited ride ,hats off to your courage and enjoyment of this challenge well done does not say it .
Thanks so much ☺️
Amazing effort from you both. I always think that every mile off road is equivalent to 2 road miles.
Thank you 😊
You both looked very happy and refreshed after the event. I was still wearing the same clothes the next day as I was in too much pain to get undressed!
Oh no haha!! Sounds like you defo went for it! Well done!! Hope you have happy memories of the ride now and are recovered ☺️
Brilliant effort by you both. You were certainly flying down those hills. The loose stuff on steep downhills terrifies me but as you say practice makes a big difference. You should both be very proud 👏👏👏
Thank you so much ☺️
130 is a great effort and you know what to expect for the 200km next year. I did the 130km and the weather was brilliant, next year i did the 200km and it was horrible, so its a lottery. Well done to Kyle too, keeping Haribo share prices up ;)
Thank you! Well done on the 200km last year!
Oh my god! Amy, don’t ever not believe in yourself you are amazing and what a triumph your both brilliant. I could not even do the short event as I’m useless at climbing and ride a creo ebike for the hills and still struggle a bit ha ha. Very very well done and can’t wait to see all future events. Just ish could do this 😊😊🎉
Thank you so much!! Enjoy your rides, I'm sure you're not useless at all, as long as you're enjoying your rides and trying that's all that matters :) have fun!
I’ve said it before and I will say it again…I love your cold weather rides when your accent and frozen lips collide for a very special frozen accent. 😂 I feel like I can always tell your temperature based on how frozen your accent gets. You and Kyle are champs for enduring your UK weather. Too bad the UK wasn’t closer to the Equator. Great riding!!! Stay safe out there.
Great effort!! Really wanted to do it this year but will defusing up for next years, maybe the 200km
See you there next year 🙌🙌
That was some beautiful nature and most of it seemed to be pretty nice gravel tracks too. That said I think I will stay on the tarmac roads myself, until that day when I find that to be too easy 🤣
You did great Amy, love your pep talks to yourself as you are descending I do the same when out on my mountain bike 😂 keep inspiring and living life to the fullest with Kyle.
Thank you!! Haha pep talks are needed 😅
Well done you two, you're not being big headed to be proud of yourself, you've every right to be proud, looked like an excellent day out 🚴♀️😊
Thank you so much!
You done great amy its so nice to be off road in nature you should both have a go at cyclo cross
Jazz apples are the best 👌
They are 🙌🙌
Fantastic as always, you did amazing on the gravel downhills!
Kyle was flying too 🎉💪
Great to meet you both, hope to meet Chester next!😂🐾🐾🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Thank you!! Great to meet you too ☺️🙌 yes Chester will be featuring on a vid soon actually 🐕🗻
@@amy.cycling.adventures Yehaaaaa Chester! 🎉🎉🐾🐾🐾
Well done both of you looks great fun, get in touch with redshift to see if you can try there suspension stem and seatpost I think it will make you so much more confident going down hill
Thank you! And ohh thanks I’ll look into that ☺️
Nice job and great courage overcoming your fears👍. You've already suffered the cold, so changing plans to make sure you enjoy it is the right call. Anyway, enjoy the 312. I've had to cancel 😩 Just elbow your way to the front of the start and be conscious of the cutoffs! Enjoy, It's a cracking event and the decent for Puig Major to Soller is epic!
Thank you!! Ahh no that’s gutting! Thanks so much en route to Mallorca today 🙌
Nice Job. Yeah offroad is a different game to the road. You have to be switched on a lot more and no surprise it wears the legs down a lot lot faster .. Done events like Hell of the North Cotswolds on road bikes and MTBs in the past . You know about it the next day for sure :).
Hands up if you love Amy CA & Kyle 💕 🙏
Hey that training is paying off: you're getting more altitude on those dance kicks! Keep it up.
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Nice to meet you and Kyle, good luck for your future adventures . Team Mansfield Road Club
Fellow Mansfield rider here!
Great to meet you! Thank you :)
It looks like a sleeping bag might be needed for next year! I love camping, but I don’t think I’m a warm enough sleeper for below freezing temps without the extra insulation of a nice sleeping bag.
You’re both amazing! Tell that naughty 👿 voice it is wrong ❤
Nice to meet you very briefly on the Dam :¬)
Great to meet you!! Hope you enjoyed the ride ☺️
@amy.cycling.adventures but cold at the start and didn't enjoy the early traffic jam but yeah it was a good day out.
I saw you heading out of feed 1 and went up the hill like a rocket 😂
Hope you enjoyed the ride! It was such a great day
He's my hero get up my son😊
Great riding you did good so don't think u didn't and with more offroad riding you get used to it. One idea winter sleeping bags if cold next year .
Thank you ☺️ yes sleeping bags are coming next year!
@@amy.cycling.adventures welcome your my fav on here . 👍
Often it's much harder to stop when you should than to push on and do something silly, we all know you could have done the 200km but the chance of an injury would have been greater and you might have just exhausted you too much for a full recovery for the 312. You still did a really big (gravel) ride and you will be in great shape for next weekend. You can be proud!
Thank you so much ☺️
im shocked.. Kyle can speak.
Only pulling your leg mate , you got a good one there, hang on to her, and I hope she appreciates you too, your a good TEAM.
Not watched the video yet, but Im looking forward to seeing how this lass and laddie get on .
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wasnt dissapointed , well done , great ride, 130k is some effort. It allowed you to enjoy the day rather than destroying yourselves to do 200k
Kyle, at the 10:20 mark she did say the view of your derriere on the bike was beautiful. Id save that clip
Thank you!! ☺️ haha yes defo appreciate Kyle he’s the real star 🌟
Your knackered , had a great time and in one piece . It’s a good time to stop !!!! Do the 200km next year when you’ll be looking forward the challenge . You did great and I enjoyed watching this video. If you had done the 200km you would have been exhausted and it would have been a slog and became a negative. You finished with a smile !
Thank you! :D Yes plan for 200km next year, but main aim is to enjoy!
As a chemist, my favorite elements are Barium, Carbon, Oxygen, and Nitrogen. Or as we like to say: Ba C O N 😂
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Once you go dirty, it's hard to go paved....
Amen, brother. I got into cycling to get away from cars. Now, I'm into gravel to get away from roadies lol.
I joined my first proper gravel ride this weekend. LOVED IT, it was technically challenging but I loved pushing myself more in a brain way than anything else, it was seriously off road. Only thing is it’s the first time I did proper off-road on my gravel bike not mtb and by the end I had so much pain in my left wrist from braking on the descents, any tips to avoid this? Also had a bad experience with one of the other riders basically nothinging me and being really condescending and. Rude because I was female and young (though I’m not as young as I look) and I don’t earn enough, which has made me anxious to join again.
Also gravel is. So much harder work! Distances don’t compare with road! I’m more proud of you for taking the 130km than I would have been if you over pushed to do the 200km. 100% the right decision
I wonder if sales of mountain bikes have went down in recent years due to the gravel bike craze
Doubtful , MTB is established now and the kids still like a straight bar type of thing with knobbly's for a first bike. Gravel is still a crossover thing with a foot in both camps Road Touring and Easy MTB
Definitely - I bought gravel instead of MTB.
Nice ride to both. Were you one of the few that video'd the event?
I think a few others videoed too! Benjamin Le Chappers & Dan Jones Running & Cycling did ☺️
Rella Grevil Hudson completes her first gravel event. A photo op. (20:12)
130k instead of 200 is not a problem at all. It was your first event. The people with experience and technique make it look easy but you have probably spent at least the amount of energy of a 200k. I'm also not very confident on the loose stuff and will be absolutely exhausted by the end of it. My problem is death-gripping the bars. Wrong thing to do but I can't help it!!
My wife overheard & thought someone was doing dirty beaver 😂😂
😂 that’s a different type of video 😂😂
@@amy.cycling.adventures 🤣 definitely would be a totally different Amy Adventures 😳
Give yourself a bit more credit Amy, you rode off road really well and more importantly stayed safe. Kyle’s bunny hopping every where, someone must have promised him a free beer 🍺
Thank you and haha, we was hopping towards the beer!
130km in gravel must be twice as far on road maybe three or four times the distance. Because you dont have the natural rolling speed that you get on nice hard road..And you dont worry about falling off on road like on the muddy sections!... Can we give a PROPS to that Three Wheel disabled guy doing the Hand Pedals! WOW imagine how hard that would be!
I think id be happier on a mountain bike in that route
"yipppeeeee... it's beauti... uh-oh... oh-no" 😂
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130k on Gravel is very good.
Hi Amy I would love a ride out with you and Kyle if that is possible IAM not too far away Nottingham
How many beers had Kyle had in the outro :)
Just 2 😂
Up and down like a didgeridoo!
I never realised that digeredoo's go up and down so much....
Where are all the other Amy's. . .
I’m with Kyle, no point riding off road if you’re not doing skids