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

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  • 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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ความคิดเห็น • 81

  • @svenwehser1715
    @svenwehser1715 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @TimSchmidt_art
    @TimSchmidt_art 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We agree! Spread the word!

  • @frankmeyer1865
    @frankmeyer1865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @eremdrfranciscosiqueiracda1410
    @eremdrfranciscosiqueiracda1410 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @jcop14
    @jcop14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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.

  • @GeekonaBike
    @GeekonaBike 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Heartbreaking seeing Mo Wilson racing

  • @Sally150
    @Sally150 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeah Andrew Jackson! Great ride.

  • @twallace71a
    @twallace71a 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The music in this film fantastic

  • @PeteEllson5656
    @PeteEllson5656 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @elliot2871
    @elliot2871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @DennisEngle
    @DennisEngle ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @tristanbareham5638
    @tristanbareham5638 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great storytelling-congratulations to all involved

  • @harveymushman9093
    @harveymushman9093 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Savage's!!!! Bravo awesome vid!

  • @escsniper
    @escsniper ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @grouchy88
    @grouchy88 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @stan9636
    @stan9636 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @govbradford
    @govbradford 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video. Well Done!

  • @wernerp3943
    @wernerp3943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Auch wenn ich nichts verstehe, ein tolles Video 🙂

  • @jasperaerts
    @jasperaerts ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome movie!

  • @garyonnen7634
    @garyonnen7634 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good fun. Thanks.

  • @razorbackbowser
    @razorbackbowser 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FANTASTIC

  • @raulmartinez5511
    @raulmartinez5511 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iz King is a Badass

  • @alcantey
    @alcantey ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎

  • @1LeggedAdventures
    @1LeggedAdventures ปีที่แล้ว +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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Tarmaccyclocross
    @Tarmaccyclocross 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The women are so inspirational true grit 👍

  • @Chris-Novaboarder
    @Chris-Novaboarder ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PTSD?! Please!

  • @joadskjelbred2856
    @joadskjelbred2856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He said, "Widdle."

  • @brianbolton5566
    @brianbolton5566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This film was created and originally released in 2021.

  • @runplatypus
    @runplatypus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im doing this

  • @mountaindiver
    @mountaindiver ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alejandroromero-jn8yk
    @alejandroromero-jn8yk ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  ปีที่แล้ว

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @blairdalgleish8247
    @blairdalgleish8247 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really annoying music

  • @anthonysears871
    @anthonysears871 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @gweflj
    @gweflj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you liked it!

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She's gay you know.

  • @Kzuke
    @Kzuke ปีที่แล้ว +13

    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!

  • @rolffuchs2737
    @rolffuchs2737 ปีที่แล้ว +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  ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Sally150
      @Sally150 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Sally150
    @Sally150 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @EricAbbottTri
    @EricAbbottTri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @CR3DT
      @CR3DT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @EricAbbottTri
      @EricAbbottTri 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @CR3DT
      @CR3DT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @massimoserafini8115
    @massimoserafini8115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @toes325
    @toes325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great music! Where can I find the playlist?

  • @runejohansen2117
    @runejohansen2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SuperJohnnyO
    @SuperJohnnyO ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @MarriedWithBackpacks
    @MarriedWithBackpacks 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lukefarren3409
    @lukefarren3409 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! A woman won the race?

  • @davefave4351
    @davefave4351 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @grega9220
    @grega9220 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @jbrew44
    @jbrew44 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video!

  • @302hardtailr6
    @302hardtailr6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very well done! That is a tough race.

  • @tubesockets120v
    @tubesockets120v ปีที่แล้ว

    What Canyon model bike?

  • @los1379
    @los1379 ปีที่แล้ว

    28:19 “widdled “?!? Seriously?

  • @ccapp3389
    @ccapp3389 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @UnroadUNLTD
      @UnroadUNLTD  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ringing get's our attention every time😀

  • @patcoll7455
    @patcoll7455 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brillant...thanks.

  • @srtsniper75
    @srtsniper75 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video.

  • @swieseldorf
    @swieseldorf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    diagnosed w ptsd?

  • @ChrisinOSMS
    @ChrisinOSMS ปีที่แล้ว

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