Am I REALLY a gravel rider?
Today I try another gravel ride. This time I have been invited down to the New Forest to do a gravel ride with Mike Wheeler from Wheelers at Large.
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40 Comments
What gravel bike you using
Nothing beats the trees, no traffic, and the soft crunch of gravel. Hope to see you on more gravel rides!
Leonard, it’s a hard time riding with Mr Wheeler. He’s a machine. Ridden hundreds of miles with the Wheelers
Leonard, it’s a hard time riding with Mr Wheeler. He’s a machine. Ridden hundreds of miles with the Wheelers.
And you should definitely join us in the Purbecks
Nice to see Mike Wheeler(s at Large) on the channel!
From Oz … good to see you on gravel and in a safer cycling environment.
Be interested to learn your set up. Tyre pressure, tyre size and tread pattern. Regards and thanks. Ian
I used to think a cathedral =city status. It doesn't. Eg Guildford.
Also, many towns have Suffragen Bishops, which are not the same as Diocesan Bishops .
Nice ride btw.
Really enjoyed this video, Leonard. I like it when you team up with other riders, especially other YouTubers. And Wimborne looks lovely.
I subscribe to both channels. There is little gravel near me. My aluminum Cannondale Topstone "adventure bike" makes an outstanding conventional touring bike. Nothing revolutionary or cutting edge about it. A 24×34 granny gear assures always not walking. Aftermarket touring wheels with assymetric rims reduce spoke failure likelihood. Even after 1 month zone 2 "pushing " a brush mower over 6 acres has made little difference on average speed. Zone 3 and above though is noticeable. At some point, a hobby must be balanced with home and hearth. Both of you are good blokes.
I wish that I could go and ride that path. It looked like quite a pleasant ride. Too bad I'm stuck in Canada lol
now you're biking my type of trail 🙂 Ours go from paved roads to paved bike paths (converted rail trails) to gravel paths to twisting turning tree root and rock bike paths. I stay off the latter ones nowadays. I need my bike frame to last the rest of my life although my life might be very short if I try and ride some of those downhill rocky bike paths.
Love getting away from the traffic, feels so good
Fun ride to watch and looks like a nice gravel area to ride in, soon maybe you will be at Unbound! Cheers!
Pleasent day for a ride in the woods 🙂👍 So, are you a gravel rider? Quit different in the workout opposed to road cycling huh..i really enjoy the nature aspect of it personally
with wider 700c tires and a set of Tanus armor inserts any bike can be a gravel bike
Hi Leonard, what a nice chilled ride away from the cars – Mike and Julie have some lovely bike routes down their neck of the woods and into the New Forest – plus Mikes Hawaiin shirts are pretty cool!
Great to see you and Mike out on a ride in my neck of the woods! I subscribe to both channels and enjoy both immensely. Thank you.
Nice ride! I almost tok my bike out from the garage. Don't ask……….. 😎
5:26 Cyclist? What cyclist?
Good to see Mike on the channel. I rode with Mike and Julie in Majorca a few months ago and have a video of that on my own channel. Good people 🚴👍
Wimborne replete with
a bishops seat, unspanked. Went
down on cathedral?
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Tubeless Len???? good to meet up with Mike.
That’s about as perfect as gravel gets! As a dedicated gravel rider, my trails are a combination of sand, deep gravel, loose gravel over sand, and a bit of pavement to get there. It’s also rolling hills with lots of sweeping turns that are very loose. It works every little muscle to stay on trail. I love it.😊
Thanks for taking us along! Sold all my road bikes and only have one bike now which is a gravel.
Keep cycling Keep healthy good ride petros from Greece 🇬🇷
From Oz … this is the Tour stage for you!
I love seeing those paths, so peaceful and the lack of cars makes me miss the UK. We use to ride in Thetford forest.
We need more paths like that out here in the Arizona desert.
I noticed that we require two rear view mirrors on motorcycles here in the US, yet most cyclists rarely find it useful to use mirrors. But they have rear looking RADAR with all of that cost, mounting and batteries. Maybe carbon fiber framed mirrors would sell. But they still wouldn't look cool would they, and that what it's all about… sadly.
Nice videos Leonard, come to Indiana we'll have cake and coffee.
A little dryer than last year's adventure
Got to say avoiding traffic is brilliant and getting ‘closer to nature’ is a huge attraction too. Nice ride. Thanks.
Ah that’s great to see Mike in the video!! Love the YouTube community keep up the fantastic work.
I would really enjoy this. Looks peaceful to me. Thank you for sharing this experience
Great video, A collaboration I never knew I needed, thanks guys.
First started on road bike but my heart is in track and trails, i prefer a little more 'off grid' then gravel but some beautiful rides around for everyone
I could usually beat the big guys up the hills at 145 lbs. But once the ground levels out it all over for the skinny guys. Seems like they, the big guys don't get depleted as easily while my sugar crashes.
What does that have to do with anything?
Nothin really.
Love these videos.
Have you got the route for this ride please
Mike looks like he knows how to ride a bike…… And you Mr lee👍👍
Looks like a lovely little pedal!
I live very close to you and can see there are loads of great rides I don't know about – do you publish the routes on Komoot?
You punctured at the end. I know you prefer tubes. I use an electric bike tyre on the back. Designed for the weight of an ebike and more puncture proof. I just use it on the back tyre, as they're more prone to punctures.