BADLANDS 22 UNCUT - My first ULTRA CYCLING GRAVEL RACE with 780KM and 16000m+

It was just great! During the race, I hated the track most of the time due to its brutal sections that all were challenging. It felt sometimes that a gravel bike is too hard and a full suspension mtb might have been the better choice but in the end, I loved my setup which I show here: • MY BADLANDS 2022 ULTRA...
What I enjoyed most? The night rides and the way to Almeira. Riding along the coast with the sea next to me was priceless.
Thanks to all the supporters:
‪@BassoBikes_HQ‬ for the organization, my bike, and the production of the content
‪@AssosofSwitzerland‬ for the clothing
‪@FulcrumWheels‬ for the wheels and the support at the event
Leonardi Racing for the crankset the cassette
Sigma for the lights which helped me a lot during the night
‪@Oakley‬ for the best glasses I've ever had on
‪@TailfinCycling‬ for the carbon rack where I stored all my essentials
Sanitätshaus Link for my shoe inlays that gave me the right support
#BADLANDS #unsupported #gravel #ultrarace

[@albertomunozmarceliano1806]

Bravo!!👍

[@jdeckard1243]

Brutal.Stunning.Amazing.Soul Searching.

[@mikemono]

Glad you liked it

[@bobby1008]

You're a beast bro! Congratulations on completing the ride. And you're an inspiration!

[@mikemono]

Thanks Bobby! Still hard to believe for myself what I did there 😄

[@wienerverkehr]

Great documentary, we enjoyed watching you race :)

[@SergioRS75]

Espectacular 👏👏

[@massikini]

Congrats, amazing race, beautiful movie...👍🏽👊🏽😊

[@mikemono]

Thanks a lot for watching 🥹

[@philippthomae7376]

Super Doku, sehr informativ, ich will mehr davon 😁. Das Badlands steht auch auf meiner Liste, wenn meine Tochter etwas älter ist. Riesen Respekt das Ding in 2 Tagen durchzuballern. 🔥

[@mikemono]

Freut mich, dass es dir gefallen hat. Hast du auch das andere video gesehen, bei dem ich über mein setup rede? Link ist in der Beschreibung

[@TheRealMichaelB]

Those drone shots (picking myself back up off the floor) - Just Wow !!! Of course, what an incredible acheivement Mike, though I'd also give serious accolades to the production team as well, super super impressive !!

[@mikemono]

I am super happy that you like it!

[@domib2313]

Respekt für den Wiegetritt nach mehr als 50 Stunden auf dem Bike! 😅 Super Video!

[@mikemono]

Wenn der Hintern schmerzt, fällt das einem leichter als man denkt ^^

[@franzis.2984]

Respekt ❤

[@pietrovai2874]

I review the entire video, so much memories

[@mikemono]

wait for the new one. You will have flashbacks

[@okmei]

Stark man! Danke fürs mitnehmen.

[@mikemono]

Gerne! Freut mich, dass es dir gefallen hat 🙏

[@nils_on_wheels]

Geiler Scheiss! Tolle Leistung - irgendwann greif ich das auch mal an. Badlands. Weiter so!

[@mikemono]

Unbedingt! Beste Tour die ich je gemacht habe !!!

[@nils_on_wheels]

Hi bin nochmal hier gelandet. Ich fahre für gewöhnlich mit einer handelsüblichen Arschrakete. Kannst du mir sagen weshlab du dich für das Rack mit Tasche entschieden hattest. Witzigerweise habe ich drüber nachgedacht ob ich mal ein Rack ausprobieren sollte und da fiel mir dein Video ein. Hast du da paar pros und contras im Vergleich zur Arschrocket? Wie hat sich das Rack bewährt?
Wieviel Liter hatte die Tasche?
Danke und allzeit gute Beine!
Nils

[@TheLucateli]

Great content Mike, thanks for that.
Thoughts on the sram mullet set up?

[@mikemono]

For a race like this it's kind a necessary. I can't say smg bad about it

[@miramoneric6988]

Hi mike .awesome documentary really insides .Some questions : how many kilometers are you doing per year ? And specially to prepare Badlands.What the stem you use on your bike ?if you restart badlands,what details do you change .Happy Christmas

[@mikemono]

Due to the fact that I sign up for it 7 weeks before I hd not much time to prepare. This year I have 11k. Thats a bit less but due to my 13 years as a racer I dont need so much time to prepare for stuff like that (that was my first ultra race)

[@mikemono]

Defenitly I would change my nutrition setup for the race itself. Merry merry Christmas 😊

[@TheRealMichaelB]

@@mikemono I would LOVE to hear your reflections post-race. What you did (and brought) which was ace, and what you'd change if you were to do it again. Again, well done.

[@Tim_McMurray]

Great video. I’m really shocked at the bars and lever position, that would be a real wrist killer, not great for endurance.

[@mikemono]

in the first downhill one of them moved down ... and I wasn't able to fix it during the race :-( . The position in general was set up like this to increase the reach when on the shifters. I never put my hands full around the shifters so this was matching perfectly :-)