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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Heartbreaking seeing Mo Wilson racing
Watched the whole thing, well done and great music choice!
Awesome film! That ringing sound at the end of the intro is very unpleasant though.
Savage's!!!! Bravo awesome vid!
Do they have drug testing..
Some great footage and solid production. Glad 2:35 made it into the edit.
Absolut crazy, what a race, what wonderful people. Amazing story and great value and well prepared
one of the best cycling films ever…groovy music and cool people and great overall storytelling.
the first person they show ,,looks like a hobo in a riderscostuum and i was out
This is old school racing, much better than the TDF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Auch wenn ich nichts verstehe, ein tolles Video 🙂
but these races are more like amateurs road races, are they like professional road cyclist?
Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎
„The privilege to suffer on a bike like this“, that sums it up, brilliant!
diagnosed w ptsd?
That tone really screws with the older audience. I had to check my headphones to see if it was me or the audio.
Great music! Where can I find the playlist?
Great film, loved the killer soundtrack. Fabulous story, so well done. Thanks for posting.
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.
damn does alain mazer come along likeable, i want to hug that guy
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.
This race is awesome!! and the playlist is way too cool. Is it on Spotify? hehehehe. Well, it should be there.
Not sure if I've spent more time riding BWRs or watching videos about BWRs! 🙂
Great Video. Love all the stuff you all are doing! Keep 'em coming!!!
“How did you get here” probably not the best question to ask…
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!
@28:19… I think it's meant to be "whittled". "Widdle" means… well,… look it up. Great video, though! 🙂
Brillant…thanks.
racers are too cool nowadays
What Canyon model bike?
Awesome movie!
28:19 “widdled “?!? Seriously?
That looks like bloody hard work!
Good fun though and an excellent craic!
Very well done! That is a tough race.
every single one of them are the Hero of the day !!!! What a race indeed !!!
PTSD?! Please!
Iz King is a Badass
Great storytelling-congratulations to all involved
Sure looks like road ride with a gravel section! Kind of like leadville. A gravel ride with a mtn bike section?