My First GRAVEL Race On My Giant TCX

I went to the dark side this weekend and dipped my toe into my first gravel race at Escot Park in Exeter. Some big lessons were learnt after transforming my Giant TCX cyclocross bike into a gravel bike. As this included opting for slick tyres, which turned out to be a terrible mistake, as the course was super muddy with awful conditions. I tried to attack the race but with zero grip it was a struggle from start to finish.

My first attempt at a gravel race didn’t involve much gravel and was a bad day for me, but it’s always fun to mix it up!

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Today we are heading to the dark side the dark side it is my first gravel race bro we’re heading down to the exitor gravel race if you remember a couple of weeks back I transformed my giant tcx into a gravel bike specifically for today and uh I’ve ridden it once

Since so today’s dday we’re going to find out what this gravel race in business is all about we’re going to head down to exitor and get involved we’re exitor bound and who is this sexy man ladies in like C don’t get too excited Granny’s Dell booy is going to

Take to the start line today uh it’s probably a bad idea cuz his back’s still in a terrible way so he probably won’t be in work tomorrow but he said he’s just going to he says this he’s just going to cruise around and go for a

90-minute bike ride but when he gets on the start line and he starts pinning it with the old vintage vets that are out there d boy this is what you wanted Rocket’s going to be on camera Duty filming well probably filming more Del booy cuz we’ll get him at this pce he’s going

Past lovely weather for a gravel race we’ve just been informed it goes through this little muddy section Del booy and the rocket Googling where the local Baker careers they heading down there I didn’t like to say anything he’s like what have I done why did I even say I’ll come down here the

Rockets just said she’s going to sit in here and just point the camera as everyone shoots past here in the rain just a couple of athletes preparing for a race the vegetarian’s getting a sausage roll I’m vegetarian oh you’re not vegetarian anymore Cowboy getting a cake my age

88 this is our a vet 60 athlete gets prepared he gets himself a cake and a [Laughter] coffee get two make up for yesterday oh yeah two cakes I think we’ve all started to think we’ve made a very bad decision how’s your cake there boy oh sliding

Down best thing of the day best thing of the day look at the weather I am starting to seriously regret putting those slick gravel tires on I said to Sarah this morning should I bring my mountain bike and I definitely should have brought my mountain bike it’s going

To be an absolute mud bath this is like cross season d boy said he’s going to try and do a one lap 7 km lap and then back to the van so that’s his goal for the day 7K and a cake yeah know how much footage I’m

Gonna Get You yeah the Rocket’s sort of bathing on me already camera ladyes bailing but basically people are going to say this doesn’t count as a gravel race cuz it’s not like 100 miles but the it’s a 90 minutes of a 7 km like gravish course that’s about as gravel As It Gets

In the UK athlete two the two athletes are happy give it give it rating rate the roll with the rocket Rockets roll rates it would have been nice a hot but oh room for improvement I’ll give it I’ll give it a nine out of 10 Chutney in there that’s generous Christ I

Mean just look at that you think you must be just thinking how badly do I want to win it it falls down D do it how badly you want to win it I mean to me I’m not that bothered dad’s out dad’s checking out already it’s almost go time with delboy

Being a season professional I’ve decided to take his advice no practice no warm up just sit in the van and also it’s raining that bad I’m going to race in this waterproof jacket with a hood on like need to get some Razzo waterproof yeah I need to get Razzo waterproof

Boy’s getting his waterproof jacket on he’s got his waterproof jacket on his winter boots honestly it’s freezing I’m I’m going to take the Wellies off don’t worry but fueling strategy is the same as last week we’re doing the V Forte chos before you don’t need to take a

Water bottle with it you just need to open your mouth and tell boy drinking off the land but gels and these gels actually banging I’ve bought these out of me own pocket money that the rocket gave me so I can now vof Forte did originally send

Me some I purchas them out my own money because I got to admit they are actually really good so jael’s choose dboy good to go was you’re Keen Ain you already we what 45 minutes is it just want to get over I just want get it over with

Honestly he’s got a mud guard summer that’s been here before honestly if Del booy if delboy gets longer than a 10 minute rideing today’s an absolute performance he said he said the timing chips all the way down there so he might not even pop down to the start he’ll let

Everyone go past and then he’ll just jump on the back right let’s eat these chews and let’s go get it he’s getting his bike out d boy is King let’s go 7K course comment down below how many actually reckon D boy’s going to get today and

We’ll do a big reveal at the end here he is ladies and gentlemen the race whip Del Boy come prepared right MZ cow on the front that’s grippy and he’s got racing Ray on the back he’s had the right idea look this is Dad’s all round bike it’s gravel commute Road you name

It boy rides this bike this is his bike it’s ahead of its time five years time will be riding it’ll be like this he said he stripped everything off got all the punch your repair kit off cuz we will not need that there’s my whip those tires are going to be a terrible

Terrible decision in this rain and mud no right Showtime pray for me and dboy Del Boy will be back here in 10 minutes I I have to comment as well that for did give me this bike as well giant did not give me this bike I paid for this bike

But I’m so I’m so scared that I’m going to fall off it’s going to be Slipp good George Yeah Oh God six place in this Category Your Dad’s on his way back to the Van Just Oh yeah gravel racing real good fun I tell you what would be a good idea put some slick tires on your bike and then race the muddiest race of the year I’m a human Dell boy done one lap two no back out when I saw you went back out I came

Back to the van went back to the van for a cup of tea I’ve never been so cold in my life my body like I think started to shut down at one point and I thought I’m going to get hypothermia kit ruined oh my God yeah that’s uh that’s my gra my uh

Oh my God I can’t even speak that’s my uh little dip into gravel done and that is my Venture into gravel gravel raceing complete can we call it gravel it was an absolute mud buff it was like a long cyclocross race the rocket wants to apologize to everyone for not getting

Enough footage no I’m only joking it was really hot trener is that the word Tous whatever wasn’t it the rocket tried her best but the camera was getting so cheap my umbrella went inside out went on the inside it was just absolute Carnage so there wasn’t as much race footage as we

Hoped but we’re still going to try and make a video out of it thanks to Ben the organizer who invited us down for it absolutely Wicked if that was in the summer and it was nice weather it’ have been Mega but unfortunately it was absolutely hideous weather and I was so

Unprepared and unmotivated to race cuz I got down there realized I only had one set of kits obviously couldn’t go practice warm up got really cold had the wrong tires on it was just a nightmare completely my fault from start to finish but you live and learn I’m I’ll probably

Have another crack at some gravel at some point we’ll find hopefully one with a bit more gravel dboy back absolutely went and he said to me the next day at work he was like I thought I didn’t wipe my bum properly I was in the shower just mud was coming out my back

Side too much info but I hope you enjoyed the video D booy got two laps in two laps he done one went to the van done another went back to the van top top riding from Dell booy hope you enjoyed the video and we’ll catch you in the next one