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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guests: Markus Stitz - the first person to ever ride around the world on a singlespeed bike, guide book author, filmmaker, gravel event organiser, public speaker and passionate advocate for all things Scottish. Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now. It's free! Travel Gravel – Karibu Kenya Until 2021, Kenya was perhaps better known for wildlife safaris or high altitude trekking than it was as a destination for gravel riders and bikepackers, but the launch of the Migration Gravel Race saw that turned on its head. With an incredible network of dirt roads, stunning wildlife viewing opportunities and plenty of sunshine, Kenya is now well and truly on the radar of adventurous gravel riders. Julian Velasco travelled there in autumn 2024 and has sent in an amazing write-up of his adventures. Armchair Adventure - Gravel racing at the end of the world Many of us have probably had the opportunity to ride off the beaten track before. After all, even in the most populous of regions, a gravel bike is often the perfect way to find a bit of solitude. Jorge Padrones decided that he wanted to really explore the wilderness though and headed off to Patagonia to try and find the end of the world. The Karukinka Gravel 2024 race seemed the perfect opportunity to explore somewhere that very few people have ever visited, let alone ridden a gravel bike. Read on to find out more. Gravel Inspiration – Mastering high-mountain gravel riding - essential preparation and top tips In early February, Olly will be on the far side of the world, heading for some of the planet’s highest gravel roads. A small but intrepid group of gravellers are going to be taking on the Trans-Nepal gravel event which starts at nearly 5000m, right on the border of Nepal and Tibet. With temperatures forecast to be way below freezing, rough terrain, fairly basic accommodation and the remote nature of the event, proper preparation is key to having a good time. What bike to take? Which clothing to pack? How to keep the luggage below the 25kg maximum? Olly shares his top tips for gravelling on top of the world.…

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Erwin Vervecken: UCI Gravel World Series, racing in 2025 and beyond... 1:10:32

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode guest: Erwin Vervecken Erwin Vervecken , UCI Gravel World Series Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 On this episode's guest: Erwin Vervecken, Mr Gravel at the UCI, the world governing body for cycling. As a former multi-time world champion in cyclocross, Erwin is pretty adept at riding off-road on a dropbar bike. It would be fair to say that gravel racing since the arrival of the UCI into the gravel racing scene, has seen stratospheric growth. Today we’re going to be chatting to Erwin about the UCI’s plans for gravel racing in 2025 and beyond... What's cooking on Gravel Union website: Armchair Adventure - Across the Andes Ultra-distance gravel event riders seem to be a different breed to mere mortals, riding incredible distances in short periods of time and surviving on tiny levels of sleep, unimaginable to ‘normal’ riders. But is there a point where the safety of riders is being overlooked in the pursuit of ever greater challenges? When he took part in this year’s Across Andes, Mark Livesey was pushed to his absolute limit and wonders whether the spirit of gravel is being lost somewhere out there in the wilderness? Gravel Adventure - Canyon’s gravel review of 2024 It’s that time of year where we all probably start thinking about what the future might bring, but also reviewing how this year went. What went well? What do we need to work on? What shall we just gloss over and pretend never happened? It’s not just Joe Public who do this of course, the cycling industry having been doing it too. Canyon sent over their version of a “year in gravel” featuring two of their sponsored riders, former Unbound winner Carolin Schiff and ‘the original gravel privateer” Pete Stetina. We’ve cherry picked some of the highlights from their year to share with you. Armchair Adventure - Getting cross in Antwerp “Do you fancy going to see one of the rounds of the cyclocross world cup later in the year? We could take our gravel bikes and make a long weekend of it?” As a veteran of numerous CX world cup and world championship viewing weekends over the past twenty years, Olly thought he knew how to make a mixed CX/gravel weekend fun. Despite the fact that only one of his regular gravel riding buddies actually ride or race CX, everyone else were keen televised CX racing fans and jumped at the chance to see it in real life. Plans were made, tickets booked and the #fridaygravelgang were soon on their way to Antwerp. Read on to find out how they got on.…

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Bike packing across Europe with Karen Ekman: inspiration and tips 1:10:15

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Karen Ekman : Scandinavian bike packer and great story teller Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now Shownotes: On Karen Ekman : At this time of year, when for many of us it’s cold and grey outside, having something inspirational as a future goal can be the best way of staying positive. Karen epitomises this attitude and we think will inspire quite a few of our listeners to think big in 2025. Karen Ekman is a Scandinavian bikepacker and this summer she rode 7000 km across Europe, taking in 13 different countries and climbing a mind-blowing total of 124,000 metres along the way. We’re going to be chatting with Karen about her amazing adventure. Hopefully her inspiration, tips and guidance will inspire you to do your first or perhaps your most challenging bike packing trip in 2025. Gravel Inspiration – Finding your way in winter Depending on where you live, winter might mean rain, mud, slippery roots and the Sisyphean task of bike and kit washing/maintenance. But it can also offer dry, bright conditions and hardpacked trails. We can't do much about the weather, but we can (hopefully) help you to find the best possible winter gravel riding routes. Read on to find out more. Break for the Border - A gravel odyssey in Patagonia, Arizona Tim Wild was offered the chance to go and ride in Patagonia, Arizona earlier this year and discovered majestic scenery, incredible gravel riding and an intriguing local community. Interested in finding out more about this amazing sounding destination? Then read on…. Armchair Adventure - Wales never fails - A tale of BearBones200 2024 There’s a fine line between bravery and insanity as the saying goes. We suspect that Valerio Stuart is now pretty adept at finding this line (and then going well beyond it too). After a hideous experience at the 2023 Bearbones200, you would have thought he would have learnt his lesson, but no, he headed back for more punishment this year. Fortunately for us, he survived to tell the tale and what a great tale it is.…

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Kerry MacPhee - Variety is the spice of life 1:04:19

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode of the Gravel Union Talks podcast, we’re going to be chatting with Kerry MacPhee . We always try and give a quick overview of each guest, but Kerry is almost impossible to pigeonhole. She has competed for her home country of Scotland as an elite MTB racer, has won what is arguably the world’s hardest cyclocross race, the 3 Peaks Challenge, she is a gravel event organiser, she has set numerous FKTs on bikepacking routes all over Scotland and she is a voluntary director of three non-profit organisations, all geared up to help get more people outdoors and onto bikes. Away from riding and racing, Kerry is a fluent Gaelic speaker and spends half her week working in the renewable energy sector as a community liaison officer. In this episode: Kerry MacPhee Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend . GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Links for the notes Gravel Inspiration – Connecting with the gravel community through guiding Working as a guide on a gravel camp involves so much more than just physically managing your group and getting them safely from A to B. Your role is also to inspire, motivate, teach and encourage. It’s not a job that suits everyone, but Claudia Gerosa has been bitten by the guiding bug and has now worked as a guide at three United We Are Gravel camps. Travel Gravel - Brittany contrasts - French coastal gravel for the whole family Underbiking? Family-friendly gravel trails? Hunting for shells on the beach? A family trip to Brittany proved to be a destination which ticked everyone’s boxes as Erwin Sikkens reports. If you ever wondered what the riding is like in this region of north-west France then read on to find out! The Metamorphosis - From MTB to monster gravel bike Ten years ago, when gravel riding was first taking off in Europe, riders tended to stick to smoother, wider off-road trails. Now though, with the introduction of better technology, an influx of riders coming from a mountain biking background and the never-ending search for the “new best thing” a growing number of gravel riders are looking for more adventure in their away-from-the-road rides. Timo Rokitta decided this was a good excuse for some bike building experimentation and the result is a fantastic looking monster gravel bike. Will it ride as well as it looks?…

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Gravel riding far off the beaten track with Phil Evans 55:27

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. For today’s episode we’re packing our bags and heading off for a long haul gravel adventure. We’re going to be chatting with Phil Evans, a pioneer of multi-day gravel and mountain bike events in locations as inspiring as Sri Lanka and Nepal. We’re going to get an insight from Phil into what it is he loves so much about long haul gravel riding and his top tips if you decide to head somewhere exotic to ride next year. This episode with: Phil Evans , owner of Multi-Terrain Biking Hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend Editor-in-chief Olly on the website GravelUnion.cc Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc / Insta: @gravel_union / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ and Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Shownotes - Multi Terrain Biking - Ride Sri Lanka 2025 - Trans Nepal 2025 Articles on GravelUnion.cc Ride Report - Racing the pioneer trails in Oregon The Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder first arrived on the gravel race scene in 2019. It offered riders multi-day gravel racing through stunning scenery, but also a ‘full service’ experience where the organisers take the strain and all the participants need to “is ride.” Jorge Padrones headed out to Oregon earlier this year and sent in this fantastic ride report of his experience. Travel Gravel - Taken by Albania When Ali Ford told her friends that she was planning to travel to Albania to go on a bikepacking adventure she received a variety of negative responses, but it didn’t put her off going. Fear of the unknown can be quite a big hurdle to setting out on a gravel bike adventure but based on her über-positive write-up of her trip, we suspect that Ali will definitely be heading back there in the future. If you’d like to get some great insight into this relatively unknown destination, read on. News - Grinduro returns to its spiritual home in Quincy, California. Back in 2015 when the first Grinduro event was held at Quincy, California gravel riding was really in its infancy. Grinduro, where participants experience the perfect mix of timed sections, having a great time with their friends and painting the night purple at the famous after-party, is going to be celebrating its 10th anniversary in style by heading back to its birth place in 2025…

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Jenny Tough "Adventure is a mindset" 51:37

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Jenny Tough , record breaking endurance athlete. Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now at www.gravelunion.cc (it's free!) Shownotes Armchair Adventure - Saying yes to a Southern Highlands crossing Sometimes when a story lands in our in-box it looks so good that our first thought is that it’s come from a Tourist Board, desperately trying to drum up some interest in their bit of the world. Perhaps they’ve blown their whole year’s marketing budget on some images shot against a green screen? But no, Katherine Moore’s Armchair Adventure in the Southern Highlands is the real deal. Early summer Scottish gravel riding never looked so good! Ride Report – Tor Divide 2024 Gravel riding means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Endless miles of wide fast rolling champagne gravel roads are the dream for some, whilst others prefer something a little more rough and ready to test their technical skills. If you fall into the latter category, the recent Tor Divide might be just up your street gravel track. Claire Frecknall headed along with partner Jo Burt on camera duty and she sent in this fantastic write up. #filmfriday - Chasing Rainbows - Bikepacking Scotland's Moray Coast (with a twist) Bikepacking often necessitates reducing what you carry to the bare minimum. Everything is weighed/measured and anything superfluous is either removed or reduced. But what if your bikepacking rig suddenly could carry 100kgs+ of weight without it negatively impacting on your ride? In his latest film, Markus Stitz persuades fellow bike explorer Jenny Graham to head to Scotland's Moray Coast for a bikepacking trip with a twist. Read on, if you want to find out what the twist is....…

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All new GRX Di2 12 speed launch with Shimano's Erik van Kooten 58:47

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guest Erik van Kooten , gravel category marketing manager at Shimano Europe Hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend talk with Erik on the all new GRX Di2 12 speed launch GU’s editor-in-chief Olly discussing this month’s Gravel Union website highlights Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials: www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now at gravelunion.cc Shownotes Gravel Inspiration – E's are good For anyone who listened to pop music in the 1990s, the chorus of The Shamen’s Ebeneezer Good will bring a smile (or a grimace) to your face. Despite being banned from the BBC's airways in the UK at the time, this didn’t stop it being enormously successful and it ended up topping the UK’s music charts for 4 weeks in September 1992. While we’re not condoning taking drugs, the line “Though very much maligned and misunderstood, E’s vibe up the place like no other man could” fits so well with the rhetoric behind e-gravel bikes that it was too good not to use. Can the ‘E’s are good’ epithet be applied to e-gravel bikes? Olly takes one of Canyon’s new Grizl:ON s out in to the wilds of Yorkshire in search of gravelly adventure to find out. News - Flat out, tongue out gravel racing at Gravel Fondo Limburg The end of April saw nearly 1500 gravel racing fans line up on the startline at the 2024 Gravel Fondo Limburg . With coveted places for the UCI Gravel World Championships up for grabs for anyone who finished in the top 25% of their respective age categories, the racing was fast and furious. If you'd like to see what the event was like, check out our photo essay here. News - TransNepal event launched Can you imagine traversing the whole of the most mountainous country on earth by gravel bike? If you sign up for the newly launched TransNepal gravel event , that is what you will be undertaking. Starting at an altitude of 4600m and finishing at just 100m altitude, riders will cover 400 km during the six stages of riding. Mind-blowing scenery, fantastic gravel trails and an incredibly warm welcome are just some of the highlights being offered. ome of the highlights being offered.…

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Andrea Lodder - Finding the balance when gravel riding is both your hobby and your profession... 49:06

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Andrea Lodder who works in the marketing team at Merida Bikes , talks about her life as a "gravel influencer", vlogger and journalist and how she manages to balance her love of cycling when it's both her work and her hobby. Terre di Pisa Bike Trail - a new bikepacking route that has recently been launched in central Tuscany. Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Links: Gravel Inspiration - Gravel riding with a legend There are not many sports where you can even get close to a superstar and former world champion, let alone spend an entire day riding with them, but on his recent adventure to take part in the TransCordilleras bikepacking rally, that’s exactly what happened for Jorge Padrones. He got to spend a day racing with former road race world champion Annemiek Van Vleuten who, after retiring from racing on the road, has taken up gravel riding. Would he be able to keep up? Would he be too star-struck to communicate with her? Read on to find out how he got on. Armchair Adventure - Classics Story At this time of year, many gravel riding fans probably spend a good chunk of time watching the different races that form part of the Spring Classics season on the TV. Although there isn’t a direct link between a love of bikepacking or adventure riding and a love of pavé, a lot of the principles are the same – riding an inappropriate bike on a surface that it’s not really designed for and having a lot of fun in the process. There’s a big difference though between watching it on TV and actually doing it in real life though. And an even bigger difference between riding one of the Spring Classics events and riding all of them, non-stop, over the course of just over 80 hours. That’s exactly what Jesko von Werthern did back in 2022 and we caught up with him to get the inside story. News - Rebound 2024 Can you imagine a gravel event with 100,000 participants where the target for the combined total distance ridden is 10 million miles? That's what the organisers of Rebound 2024 hope to pull off this year and if they succeed, it will be the world's biggest gravel event. To find out how to join in the fun,…

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Gravel parents Carly and Erwin on balancing being a mum & dad and gravel riding 50:18

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guests: Carly & Erwin Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now on gravelunion.cc (it's free!) Links for the notes News - Gravel Union Recommended Events 2024 Each year we try and showcase a small collection of events which we think are worthy of your attention. The Gravel Union Recommended events have been chosen by us to represent the full gamut of gravel and bikepacking events and festivals. This year’s collection features everything from a weeklong gravel festival on a sun-kissed Mediterranean island to “champagne’ gravel riding in Scandinavia to a winter exploration of little-known natural parks in Catalunya. The Gear - Inspired by the landscape Part 2 Back in 2022, we published a great story about how the colours and forms of the landscape of his beloved Costa Brava, was the inspiration behind the design of Timo Rokitta's custom custom-painted gravel bike. He developed such a good relationship with the owner of the paint company, that there was only one destination for him when he wanted to get a different bike resprayed. Timo gave us the background to his latest amazing-looking bike build.e. #filmfriday - Iron Gravel Wednesday night in the UK was the coldest so far this winter and the temperature outside the Gravel Union HQ dropped to -10 C. So we're sitting here, a few hours later with everything still frozen solid outside, watching an event film where all the riders are boiling their brains out in the Spanish sunshine. Somehow it makes us feel slightly warmer and it definitely makes us wish for the arrival of summer. If you need a bit of gravelly warmth in your life, you'll love today's #filmfriday offering. Gravel Dad Instead of bikes hanging on the wall, the living room is now characterised by kid's toys. For Shimano Gravel Alliance rider Erwin Sikkens , life changed the day he bumped into his smiling girlfriend, holding a positive pregnancy test in her hand. They say the rest is history, but what have the first 12 months actually been like?…

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Grinduro - putting the purple into gravel events 50:07

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guest: James Deane head honcho of Grinduro Global Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend . GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now... It's absolutely FREE! Links: Grinduro Grinduro is not just a bike race. It’s a weekend-long celebration of cycling with as much emphasis on the fun as the ride. The magic happens when you add great food, an art & bike festival, high-quality music and camping in an epic location. Website for more info: www.grinduro.com News - Win a dream gravel riding trip to Sri Lanka Stunning scenery. A unique gravel riding experience. Mouth-watering food. Luxury accommodation. If that sounds like your idea of gravel riding heaven in 2024 and you'd like to win a free place, then read on.... Armchair Adventure - Bikepacking the Balkans Bikepacking her way 1500 km across the Balkans with a riding partner she hardly knows could have been a recipe for disaster, but as Nora Battermann explains in her beautifully crafted story, it turns out to be the trip of a lifetime. Find a comfy seat and enjoy our latest Armchair Adventure. Gravel Inspiration - Gravel Dad Instead of bikes hanging on the wall, the living room is now characterised by kid's toys. For Shimano Gravel Alliance rider Erwin Sikkens , life changed the day he bumped into his smiling girlfriend, holding a positive pregnancy test in her hand. They say the rest is history, but what have the first 12 months actually been like?…

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Iris Slappendel on the women's peloton, gravel riding, activism, clothing design, reporting and more 1:07:38

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode Iris Slappendel , designer, (former pro) rider, activist, entrepeneur, reporter Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc . | Insta: @gravel_union | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ | Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now, it is free :-) www.gravelunion.cc/join Links for the notes News - Launch of the Grinduro global event series for 2024 Gravel events generally fall into one of two camps – either testosterone-fuelled pedal-to-the-metal races or more relaxed, welcome-everyone celebrations of gravelling. But there is a third way and apparently, it’s painted purple! Grinduro have just announced the launch of their 2024 world series and we got the inside scoop of what will be involved, from head honcho James Deane. Gravel Inspiration – Taking On The Weather Gods And Winning It seems to have rained in the north of England non-stop since the start of October. Each time you ride, your drivetrain and brake pads make the kind of noise that whispers “your bike hates you” repeatedly in your ears. Wouldn’t it just be best to wrap your gravel bike in a blanket and forget about riding it until the Spring? Never fear – we’re not going to let climatic conditions ruin our ride plans, we just have to be a little cleverer. Here’s Olly’s guide to not giving up when the weather gods aren’t smiling on you. The Gear – Ass Savers Win Wing Mk 2 In a sales meeting in 1909, renowned car maker and engineer Henry Ford is documented as saying “customers can have any colour they like so long as it's black”. The design team at Ass Savers have obviously been paying attention to their history of design lessons, as their newly launched Win Wing Mark 2 , at first glance at least, follows the same ethos laid down by Henry Ford.…

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Gravel Guide Francis King on the pros and cons of the ultimate dream job 49:39

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Francis King , professional gravel cycling guide Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now Links: Travel Gravel - Bamboo Bikepacking As Gravel Alliance rider Saoirse Pottie writes this article, she’s staring at a beautiful view of Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town from the window of her B&B. In a couple of days, Saoirse and her friend, Abby Popplestone, will cycle out of the city and begin a 10,000km cycle that winds its way across the African continent, eventually finishing in Nairobi, Kenya. -- Gravel Inspiration - Five things I learned as a guide at a women’s-only gravel camp It’s no secret that there’s a profound impact that comes through doing any sort of outdoor sport – especially when you do it as part of a community. Fresh from guiding a women’s gravel camp in central Italy, Shimano Gravel Alliance rider Claudia Gerosa looks back on how riding in an all-women’s environment can be so inspiring. -- #filmfriday - Seven Serpents 2023 recap Back in June, we ran a fantastic story from Claire Frecknall about the trials and tribulations of taking part in the 2023 Seven Serpents bikepacking event. Beset by horrendous weather conditions, the already demanding event turned into something even more challenging. The event organisers have now published the official event recap film and it's brilliant.…

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John Timmermans on Land van Grind en Zand (Northern Limburg), Scotland and gravelling social media 47:06

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guest: John Timmermans . Gravel rider and fan of Land van Grind en Zand ... the North and middle part of the Dutch province of Limburg Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend. GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now SHOWNOTES: Land van Grind en Zand (Land of Gravel and Sand) (Dutch) Platform on riding offroad in the beautiful and diverse area of North and Middle Limburg (NL). With komoot routes, stories and info that will inspire you to visit this area and ride off road. John Timmermans, our guest of this episode is a ambassador for this region. The Gear - Searching for the gravel Holy Grail If you were about to launch a brand new (and highly anticipated) gravel bike aimed squarely at racers and then one of your sponsored riders wins the UCI World Gravel Championships on a prototype of the new bike just a few days before the official unveiling, you would be pretty happy, wouldn’t you? In the search for the gravel Holy Grail of fast, light, stiff, comfortable and adaptable, we suspect the addition of some world champion stripes to their new bike led to quite a few celebrations at Canyon this week. Launch of the 2023 Gravel Union member survey and the chance to win a Cube C:62 Pro gravel bike Love gravel riding? Love Gravel Union? Want to help make it even better? If you answered yes to any of these questions, we suggest you fill in our member survey. It will only take 10-15 minutes of your time and you could win a Cube Nuroad C:62 Pro gravel bike for your trouble. UCI Gravel World Championships photo story Gravel racing is somewhat of a polarising topic. For every gravel rider that loves the combination of speed, endorphins and do-or-die attitudes, there are riders who aren’t interested one bit. But for anyone with even a passing interest in competitive gravel riding, the recent UCI Gravel World Championships was the highlight of the year. Emmie Collinge and Phil Gale sent in an incredible photo gallery from a very dusty and unseasonably hot Veneto region of Italy.…

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Guest: Rob Busser , Product Coordinator at Shimano Europe Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend . GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.nl/user/1080024447202 Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share! Don’t forget: join us now at www.gravelunion.cc. It is free! Shownotes News - Shimano GRX turns up the volume to 12 It’s perhaps not been the best-kept secret in the gravel cycling world, but today Shimano announced the launch of their latest GRX gravel groupset and it’s been updated to 12-speed. Gravel Inspiration - #Underbiking Big volume tyres. Plush suspension. Huge disk brake rotors. Dropper posts. These are just some of the things that most gravel bikes don’t come fitted with. To most gravel riders, the simple, paired-back functionality of a gravel bike is part of the appeal. Less to go wrong. A more visceral riding experience. A bigger buzz. The question is, where does this desire for a simpler way of riding become #underbiking? Armchair Adventure - A rookie first attempt at ultra-cycling For many gravel and adventure riders, the decision to enter a 720km long bikepacking event which contains a mighty 19,000m of climbing would be one that was taken after a lot of careful consideration and only with the right preparation in place. For Valerio Stuart though, the decision was made on the spur of the moment after some holiday plans fell through. With barely any time for preparation and a mountain of untested kit, would he survive or would he end up scratching?…

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Adventurer Lee Craigie on doing things differently. 56:06

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Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track… adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing. In this episode: Lee Craigie , storyteller and adventurer. Lee’s book, Other ways to win, comes out in September and is available to order here Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend . GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform. Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests? Mail Olly at info@gravelunion.cc Check out our platform and socials www.gravelunion.cc Insta: @gravel_union Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GravelUnion/ Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/user/1080024447202 Shownotes: The Gear - Altangle Connect Sometimes you see a new product launched into the world of gravel riding and your brain instantly comes up with two thoughts a) Ooooh that’s super clever and b) I wonder why no one has thought of it before? Altangle’s new Hanger Connect portable workstand fits precisely into that category. Armchair Adventure - #grannygravelling Are you ever too old to try out gravel riding for the first time? How tough is too tough? What time is too early to stop for coffee and cake? When your 76 year old mother-in-law decides that her perfect birthday present would be a couple of days of riding in an area chock-full of great gravel trails, it would be rude not to include some in the route, wouldn’t it? Olly sets off to discover whether #grannygravelling is a thing. Gravel Inspiration - Bikes Bees and Trees Rally “Adrenaline and purity of purpose are addictive bedfellows when escaping our everyday responsibilities, but I found equal satisfaction in a weekend of volunteering and social riding”, so writes Ed Wolstenholme in his piece about literally putting something back into the gravel riding world. Ed travelled north with the Bikes, Bees and Trees Rally earlier this year and sent in this thought-provoking story.…

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