The Rift - Iceland - 2022
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
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Iceland is spectacular! Thanks Joshua Levine for the idea and making this possible for me. A great shame you couldn't make it this year, I really hope you get another chance. I did the race with Antti Riikonen and Daniel Morales. We set off unprepared for the huge distances in Iceland, and ended up riding 165km, fully loaded with camping gear, against a relentless headwind and drizzle the day before! The roads to the start in hvolsvöllur were either extreme gravel horse tracks or expressways with scarily fast traffic. I can honestly say the ride before the race was more challenging! We didn't even arrive at our hostel until past 10pm and the restaurant was closed so the only food we had was one pack of
instant pasta! We did get a couple of beers though at the bar C: Worth every penny of the 1700 yen a pint price tag! Bed was a bunk in a room of 8, up a dangerous ladder with no handles. I was so knackered I slept without covers as I didn't want to go back down to get them! Woke up cold so had to put on my down jacket! In the morning my Garmin watch said my body battery was still at 5%. My puffed up tired face at he start of the video says it all. I was seriously worried we'd even be able to finish. Anyway, here it is in all it's splendour, what must be one of the most beautiful races in the World. For some reason the clips arrived in iMovie all mixed up so some may not be in the correct order. Oh well, if you can tell, let me know. Here we are!
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Probably the best Rift video on RUclips. Fantastic footage! This is the recap we wanted to see before attending, but alas it didn’t exist until now. Thankfully we didn’t wait for a good video to attend, and enjoyed the same great weather as you (I started right behind you). Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching. It really was spectacular. I Don't think even 4k can capture it.
@@HereWeAre0_0 impossible to capture. I slowly gave up trying during the ride. I share many of the thoughts you shared during the video. Just incredible!
Thank you! I haven't been in ANY of the photographer's photos, but opened your vid and was right there! Appreciate you posting.
Great! Happy I caught you. Some might need a magnifying glass to see themselves though in that grand scenery!
Mesmerising.... Closest thing to Mars on earth, imo
Nice bike skills and a great attitude. Well done sir.
Thank you, much appreciated.
What a great ride.
I was just in front of you at the start line. Great video.
Cool! It was an amazing day.
😮😮😮❤❤❤
Awesome
It certainly is a most awesome place.
Otsukare sama Nigel. Lucky you.
Great adventure and race. Hope I can join next year. Thanks for sharing.
It really is, you should definitely do it if you get the chance.
@@HereWeAre0_0 yes I finally registered.
What gravel tires did you use? Thanks.
IRC Boken Plus 650x42s.
The real gravel event, not the uci bootleg version
Exactly the same place i got my puncture. :D
I hope you managed to fix it smoothly.
I really want to ride in Iceland! ❤❤❤❤❤
Then you simply have to go there! Highly recommended
Hold the UCI world gravel championships in Iceland it would be a first.
Yeah, that would be fantastic.
@@HereWeAre0_0 Apply to the UCI in Switzerland I know you Iceland can do it.
Awesome video! Thank you for documenting the race. This makes me want to go back to Iceland with my bike this time. Were you riding tubes or tubeless?
Tubeless 47mm IRC Boken Plus. I think these tyres were pretty much perfect for this event.
It looks like a great adventure and video. It was a pleasure to watch it. Nice riding skill by the way! It looks like you tried to not finish this race on foot :) What Oakley glasses are you wearing?
Thanks! I tried but did walk up some of those ridiculously steep climbs. I'd recommend triple front chairings to really ride up, but people would likely be walking past! The Oakleys are old Racing Jackets which are prescription photochromatic. Thanks again for watching.
Great video! I'm at the 20:00 mark standing/climbing as your filming. Great ride!!
Great! It was spectacular.
OK Folks, but tell me honestly, why gravel bike not MTB-like ? What would be better suited fit to this kind of off-road racing?
I think either bike is fine. The important thing is tyres. I used 42 IRC Boken Plus which were well suited I think. I got a few stares but used aerobars too which were useful against the wind, and there's alot of that.
Great video! I'm going to ride it next year and this surely helps! May I ask you what size of tyres you used?
I used 42 IRC Boken Plus tyres on 27.5 wheels, which I think was perfect.
What gravel tires did you use? Thanks
IRC Broken Plus on Pacenti 27.5 wheels.
@@HereWeAre0_0 thank you