Fantastic ride, excellent video! Congratulations on knowing your capabilities, how it relates to possibility, and having a good time doing it! Tree down? No drama. That field turned into a rice paddy!? No drama. Nice.
Congrats on the win. I completed the 100 mile race and the corn mud section looked so different after your group hit it. Looking to do the 150 next year.
Awesome race! I was in the Buck, 100 mile field and on our first pass through the mud, it looked NOTHING like what you showed. I'm surprised that it was even ridable at any point! I threw up a video of what we saw on my channel in the cornfield and it is very different hah! I remember some of those "Water features" being a lot deeper than they looked. For me personally, the toughest sections were the road out to the aid station (because it was so squishy) and also the gravel section heading toward the start, right after the corn field. Seemed hard to find a smooth line and it just felt like 5 miles of being jarred into the handlebars. Getting back onto a real road felt like such a relief!
Congrats on the win. I was there and saw you come across the line. From what I heard, a lot of people dropped down from the 150 to the 100 due to conditions, so more power to you for a strong win in tough conditions. I did the 50 on Sunday, only my 2nd race. Brutal head winds! Well done sir!
Great job! I was in the Buck but only made one lap because some idiot cut us off when he crossed into our lane with just a couple of miles left on the first lap. I crashed hard and it ended my day.
Sorry to hear that! I went down twice at gravel nationals last year, first in a big pile up then in a sand pit chasing on, which broke my collarbone. It can be very unpredictable sometimes
Impressive. I've never ridden 150 miles in one day let alone raced 150 miles 🙂. Still haven't actually done a gravel race... Eventually. but it won't be the 150 Mi option 😎.
Nicely done. In those conditions it probably took more will power to sit on a wheel and eat all that mud & spray as to stick your nose in the wind ; although 6.5 hours in the wind at the front is downright epic. I see opportunity for financially strapped racers funding their trip selling toe covers and ass savers if conditions are similar next year.
congrats Will & thanks for the quick upload.. fun to see what the race looked like from the front.. weather turned out to be perfect considering the forecast going into the weekend.. sunday was even worse albeit dry.. how filthy / broken was the bike afterward??
last question on that subject, did you make it the whole race with no other lube and still feel good about the chain ? if so thats a huge testament to waxing!@@williamrhardin
@86309 heck no, it was making all kinds of noise! Sprayed water on it a few times, nothing can last in those conditions. I think it made it roughly 100 miles of getting rained and mudded on before I noticed it was wearing
Everyone knows Dylan Johnson doesn't stop. He pees his chamois. You'd have crushed him this year if he had showed. Love him, but you were jamming. -Hose Buddy
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congrats dude!
Thanks Boss!!!
I was there doing the buck, I have no CX/MTB or even minor gravel experience so that cornfield was something else. Epic race man, great job!
Thanks, yeah that cornfield was a doozy on race day
Fantastic ride, excellent video! Congratulations on knowing your capabilities, how it relates to possibility, and having a good time doing it! Tree down? No drama. That field turned into a rice paddy!? No drama. Nice.
🙌 thanks Tom!!
Congrats Will, such a monster effort. Love the power/speed/map graphics breakdown
Thanks! Was hoping they make it a little more informative and entertaining
Nice ride will, great win 🎉
Great job 👏🏻
Congrats dude thats how its done!
Congrats on the win. I completed the 100 mile race and the corn mud section looked so different after your group hit it. Looking to do the 150 next year.
Yeah, that first run through was very nice....the next three not so much 😅 definitely recommended the 150, but I do warn, it changes me every time 😅
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Awesome race! I was in the Buck, 100 mile field and on our first pass through the mud, it looked NOTHING like what you showed. I'm surprised that it was even ridable at any point! I threw up a video of what we saw on my channel in the cornfield and it is very different hah! I remember some of those "Water features" being a lot deeper than they looked. For me personally, the toughest sections were the road out to the aid station (because it was so squishy) and also the gravel section heading toward the start, right after the corn field. Seemed hard to find a smooth line and it just felt like 5 miles of being jarred into the handlebars. Getting back onto a real road felt like such a relief!
That wide road out to the aid station was so slow! Just sucked the speed out of your tires!
@@williamrhardin don't have power on my gravel bike, but you are 100% right. RPE definitely increased for a decrease in speed on that section... 😭
Congrats on the win. I was there and saw you come across the line. From what I heard, a lot of people dropped down from the 150 to the 100 due to conditions, so more power to you for a strong win in tough conditions. I did the 50 on Sunday, only my 2nd race. Brutal head winds! Well done sir!
Yeah, it got super windy that next day...the 100 seemed like a smart choice
Good recap!
I was there too on a SS bike
Oof, that's a brave move! Did you do the full 150!?
Yes did the whole 150.I finished first in SS but my competition wasn’t that big as yours.
Great job! I was in the Buck but only made one lap because some idiot cut us off when he crossed into our lane with just a couple of miles left on the first lap. I crashed hard and it ended my day.
Sorry to hear that! I went down twice at gravel nationals last year, first in a big pile up then in a sand pit chasing on, which broke my collarbone. It can be very unpredictable sometimes
@williamrhardin Ouch! I just ended up with a bent derailleur hanger, torn up skin and a swollen knee. Broken collar bone sucks!
nice work champ!!! 🚀
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Impressive. I've never ridden 150 miles in one day let alone raced 150 miles 🙂. Still haven't actually done a gravel race... Eventually. but it won't be the 150 Mi option 😎.
This was my first gravel race back in 2019. From that experience I would recommend starting smaller than 150 😅
Nicely done. In those conditions it probably took more will power to sit on a wheel and eat all that mud & spray as to stick your nose in the wind ; although 6.5 hours in the wind at the front is downright epic.
I see opportunity for financially strapped racers funding their trip selling toe covers and ass savers if conditions are similar next year.
Yeah, the "draft" was not a fun place to be 😅
I am pretty sure a guy from the group behind you posted a video. I watched it yesterday, it was raw footage. But they kept saying how strong you were.
Excellent race report. I know that you mentioned tire size, but curious what you ran for gearing? The course looked flat.
I had a 42 with a 10-44 on the back, just got the bike so running what I had, if I could have chosen I would have been on a 46+ front ring!
@@williamrhardin Thanks for the details!
congrats Will & thanks for the quick upload.. fun to see what the race looked like from the front.. weather turned out to be perfect considering the forecast going into the weekend.. sunday was even worse albeit dry.. how filthy / broken was the bike afterward??
Bike needed all new brake pads, maybe a new coat of pain and probably wheel bearing rebuild 😅🤣
@@williamrhardin just got mine back from the shop.. cleaned out bottom bracket & rear derailleur bearings & new brake pads lol
@@rab0309 those add up 😅
Congrats! I was there for the 50, the course was wild. How are you filming this? Two GoPros?
Two gopros indeed, big SD cards, can do roughly 90 min each
Curious what chain lube or wax you used . Great job!
Homemade chain wax with Teflon and tungsten disulfide
last question on that subject, did you make it the whole race with no other lube and still feel good about the chain ? if so thats a huge testament to waxing!@@williamrhardin
@86309 heck no, it was making all kinds of noise! Sprayed water on it a few times, nothing can last in those conditions. I think it made it roughly 100 miles of getting rained and mudded on before I noticed it was wearing
Copy that!@@williamrhardin
Put a bit of suspense in the title, hasnt Jeff taught you anything?😂 congrats awesome race!!🍺🍺
Thanks! These title things are tricky 😅
All good dude you’re doing great!! You guys make racing and making videos look easy!
Everyone knows Dylan Johnson doesn't stop. He pees his chamois. You'd have crushed him this year if he had showed. Love him, but you were jamming.
-Hose Buddy
Haha not sure about that...last year was Savage with him there, bummed he didn't come out
Thanks for hose sharing 🤣