Gravel and UCI, lovely topic. What’s really cool in this case however is that this is an open racing series for amateurs all around the world, that allow for a fun experience and in case you are really fast, to qualify for the World Championships. Here is the full calendar: https://ucigravelworld…

[image] mailman: They can’t stop Kasia doing a corporate ride for money wearing the jersey on a unicycle That’s probably a bad example - seems like that would constitute unauthorised commercial exploitation of the UCI brand, with potential copyright/trademark infringement implications - more …

[image] sryke: Next year’s edition will be very different. Can turn into a mud festival: 2024 UCI GRAVEL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS on Instagram: "Congratulations to all participants of the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships! 👏 Next year you will be riding in Flanders from Halle, through the Forests …

[image] Power13: Conversely, I don’t understand the reverse philosophy that euros would clean up if they came and raced US gravel. The reality is that those who have tried have largely failed. Matteo Jorgensen, Larry Warbasse, and others come to mind Matteo Jorgensen is an American.

So is Larry Warbasse….the point was that they are top-level Euro pros, not what their nationality was.

[image] swgregg: There is a sentiment on the podcast and on the forum that Swenson is the second coming I think it’s the exact opposite. People constantly complaining about him for doing what he does. It would be like if every time someone mentions Lachlan, 10 people feel the need to shit on…

[Gravel Worlds carnage] This looks terrifying. I was watching Dylan Johnson’s Chequamagon recap this morning as well thinking the idea of a 40t chainring makes zero sense to me as the idea of riding at the speeds that it would warrant on gravel, or loose terrain, so close to other whee…

Pretty extreme, but I’ve found most gravel races are a no holes barred fight at the start to sort out the groups (especially if there is a selective section coming up early). The big difference I see here is the depth of the field resulting in a congested fight with more people for much longer and …

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swgregg October 11, 2023, 1:51pm 289

Great thank you, Sofia. I’ll go edit it in the other thread.

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