UCI Gravel Championships Streaming

[GregL]

Free courtesy the UCI: https://www.youtube.com/live/LeN_-gS...lyM5LMQQk9AHjf

Greg

[Veloo]

Thanks for posting.

[charliedid]

Bike Path World Championships

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by charliedid

Bike Path World Championships

Also dirt road championships and trails through the woods and adjacent to farm fields championship. It would be a very interesting event if it were raining. I’m not bothered by it. I kind of like it actually.

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by saab2000

Also dirt road championships and trails through the woods and adjacent to farm fields championship. It would be a very interesting event if it were raining. I’m not bothered by it. I kind of like it actually.

I'd ride that route in a second but it seems like false advertising.

Maybe they should give them messenger bags and mandatory weed stops.

I'm not bothered in the least.

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by charliedid

I'd ride that route in a second but it seems like false advertising.

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I think Europe has far fewer ‘gravel’ roads as we know them in the US, though I’m sure there are places where they’re much more common. But yeah, I’d love to ride a course like this. It looks like a blast with all the different surfaces.

[prototoast]

I think this looks like a really fun route to ride.

[charliedid]

It's more interesting than gravel as I know it without a doubt and looks like a gas but please forgive me for being surprised by what I found when I tuned in.

Not what I expected.

I'm off to to brainstorm new names and design a new type of bike.

[fignon's barber]

What Pinarello is Swift riding?

[rice rocket]

Originally Posted by saab2000

I think Europe has far fewer ‘gravel’ roads as we know them in the US, though I’m sure there are places where they’re much more common. But yeah, I’d love to ride a course like this. It looks like a blast with all the different surfaces.

Just UCI old heads voting in their own hometowns then?

Gotta be some better riding in the entirety of Europe than the neighborhood gardens... Or leave Europe entirely since it's allegedly an international organization...

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by saab2000

I think Europe has far fewer ‘gravel’ roads as we know them in the US, though I’m sure there are places where they’re much more common. But yeah, I’d love to ride a course like this. It looks like a blast with all the different surfaces.

In the Czech Republic near Poland and Slovakia (outside Trinec) they could host a beautiful gravel loop race on the hundreds of kilometers of gravel roads they have in the area. Big climbs on forest roads and lots of single or double track is all over to make things fun, too.

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

In the Czech Republic near Poland and Slovakia (outside Trinec) they could host a beautiful gravel loop race on the hundreds of kilometers of gravel roads they have in the area. Big climbs on forest roads and lots of single or double track is all over to make things fun, too.

I would also guess Scandinavia must have a lot of unpaved roads, though I have never been there.

Today's race was basically like a spring classic but with fewer public roads and more trails through the woods. I enjoyed watching it.

That it is in Belgium doesn't bother me. It's one of the biggest hotbeds of cycling and the crowds were enthusiastic.

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by saab2000

I would also guess Scandinavia must have a lot of unpaved roads, though I have never been there.

I follow only two Formula 1-related accounts: Valtteri Bottas and Charles LeClerc’s dachshund. Valtteri posts about gravel riding in Finland and it looks pretty spectacular. Leo LeClerc posts about living the high life in the paddock, which also looks nice but I prefer the gravel.

[mcteague]

Just watched the final 8kms. Kept wondering where the gravel was. Bikes had slicks and road pedals. Bike path championship indeed.

Tim

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by mcteague

Just watched the final 8kms. Kept wondering where the gravel was. Bikes had slicks and road pedals. Bike path championship indeed.

Tim

Hey I use road pedals on all but my rowdiest rides where I know for certain I will encounter hike a bike

I didn’t watch much of the race so can’t comment, but what I saw was all paved on what looked like multi use paths. This is no longer surprising after the seeing previous editions.