DIRTY REIVER 2024 | IS THIS THE BEST UK GRAVEL CYCLING?

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • In this episode myself, Foxy, enter our first cycling event of the year the DIRTY REIVER. Is this some of the best UK gravel cycling ?
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Комментарии • 107

  • @andrewfoxton6451
    @andrewfoxton6451 5 месяцев назад +3

    The original gravel event.

    • @johnthefarmer
      @johnthefarmer 5 месяцев назад +1

      I was there for the first one, way back when. Jeez, what a day that was. 200kms of pure joy...not!

  • @garethbingham8584
    @garethbingham8584 5 месяцев назад +1

    Can't beat watching genuine people doing what they love, it's so relatable...content gets better & better Ben... absolutely love it 👊🏻

  • @nathanb324
    @nathanb324 5 месяцев назад +3

    Seeing Kyle and Amy made me smile can’t lie, also as always big up T Bain the watt machine of west Cheshire

  • @connormcc
    @connormcc 4 месяца назад

    Looks great, I hope to get over to Dirty Reiver next year.... but if you guys are free the first weekend in October you should come over to Northern Ireland for Lakeland Gravel Grinder!

  • @frozenyellowpong
    @frozenyellowpong 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for introducing Eldar Kedem!

  • @Topgun_Mike
    @Topgun_Mike 5 месяцев назад +3

    Top ride Benjamin, your content is getting better and better- keep up the fantastic videos 👍🏻
    And of course a little bit of coffee and cake!

  • @cycloboyriley
    @cycloboyriley 5 месяцев назад +2

    Well done, it was very cold that night and the morning 🥶 Enjoyed watching

  • @mcnelson
    @mcnelson 5 месяцев назад +1

    Josie! Brighton's finest making an appearance was not expected.

  • @AntonioDiaz
    @AntonioDiaz 5 месяцев назад +2

    Dang that was some nice gravel riding! 😮

  • @tonywatson8101
    @tonywatson8101 5 месяцев назад +3

    Every time I hear "my derailleur battery's run out" or "my Di2's stopped working", or words to that effect, I'm reminded of the film 'Local Hero',....and I smile. If you know, you know😉.

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      Haha no I don’t know. The problem is basically the user. All we have to do is charge it…. 😂

    • @tonywatson8101
      @tonywatson8101 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@benjaminlechappers Cables never need re-charging 😁

    • @billys1997
      @billys1997 5 месяцев назад

      @@tonywatson8101 but do need adjusting

    • @malcontent_1
      @malcontent_1 5 месяцев назад

      I'll keep mine analog, thank you

    • @Esskay1
      @Esskay1 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@tonywatson8101no, but they do snap at inconvenient times as happened to my friend on Saturday, halfway up a climb 😊.

  • @paulangeloff400
    @paulangeloff400 5 месяцев назад +1

    More top content Ben !! Keep at it. Keep growing the channel!!

  • @richardjones1308
    @richardjones1308 5 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for allowing me to re-live the experience. That was proper epic!

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it! Hope your recovering 🙌🏾

    • @richardjones1308
      @richardjones1308 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@benjaminlechappers getting there. Pretty much exactly the same experience as yourself. Not great sleep the night before (in the Teepee 🥶). Felt good at 50km, felt rubbish at 90km, decided to pull the pin and complete the 130km (122). Next year for sure the 200km! Thanks for the content.

    • @GuyKesTV
      @GuyKesTV 5 месяцев назад

      @@richardjones1308bloody freezing at the start eh!

  • @kerrgreg
    @kerrgreg 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, well captured 🎉 I loved this event saw you a lot on course said hi at the red bull tent in feed1. Thanks for saying where you were, that was me moaning last week😂. Keep it up! Love the vids!

  • @maxlloyd3740
    @maxlloyd3740 5 месяцев назад +1

    Well done Ben!
    Great effort!
    I really need to pull my finger out and do that next year!

  • @VishnuRajendranAmboo
    @VishnuRajendranAmboo 5 месяцев назад

    Just brilliant, the whole video on a friendship ride and everyone loving it just takes cycling on what it is supposed to be ❤

  • @PacoRaban-iz5el
    @PacoRaban-iz5el 5 месяцев назад

    First time watching your channel and a really well produced film with some great shots. Thanks mate and happy cycling,

  • @thewattlife
    @thewattlife 5 месяцев назад +3

    Josie coming in with “wag won breadbins “ would have been amazing

  • @chrisoconnellUK
    @chrisoconnellUK 5 месяцев назад

    Freezing cold start turned into a great ride and perfect sunny day - loved it - thanks for the coverage

  • @Neill_Clements
    @Neill_Clements 5 месяцев назад

    Brought back good memories of last year. Weather looked much better this year. Great vid, cheers

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it yes weather was much better.

  • @teclo1057
    @teclo1057 5 месяцев назад

    great to see the 2 amy's and kyle. its great how all the cycling youtubers seem to know each other

  • @terrysires1778
    @terrysires1778 5 месяцев назад

    Truly enjoyed the video. I'm so glad to find your channel!

  • @barrydaniel3308
    @barrydaniel3308 5 месяцев назад

    Absolutely loving your videos man, great ride from the crew. hope to see a new team cycles gravel ride soon , will defo make the trip back down again

  • @moobaz8675
    @moobaz8675 5 месяцев назад

    Three words for warmth - Chinese Diesel Heater. Best £100 you’ll spend on your van. 👍 As for the ride, look cool and now on my list for next year. 👍

  • @watson2010
    @watson2010 4 месяца назад

    Great Job Ben!!!! Love your Vids man!

  • @BikepackingAdventures
    @BikepackingAdventures 5 месяцев назад +2

    I was cycling through the night in that cold - I did a 300km audax loop instead of the DR this year and just up the road from Kielder across in the Scottish Borders the temperature dropped down to -8C it was perishing - luckily I was prepared for some of the coldest weather ever had the pleasure of cycling in. Two weeks earlier I was cycling across the canaries at GranGuanche so it was a bit of a shock to the system. Vlog starts this evening 7.45 ;-)

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад

      Was so cold 🥶

    • @andrewfoxton6451
      @andrewfoxton6451 5 месяцев назад +1

      That was Andy’s Border night shift 300km. I did it last year.

    • @BikepackingAdventures
      @BikepackingAdventures 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@andrewfoxton6451 that's the one. Enjoyable enough route, the dart North to Berwick was interesting on that forever going north A road then the climb up and down Newcastleton and of course through Kielder itself.

  • @daveridesagain
    @daveridesagain 5 месяцев назад +1

    Good job Ben 👊

  • @Grant-bu4nj
    @Grant-bu4nj 5 месяцев назад

    Ben that event looks great thanks for sharing your story 👍🏽

  • @petertreadway
    @petertreadway 5 месяцев назад

    Great video, mate. So jealous though. I defo need to get up there next year. 👌🏻

  • @cardiaccyclist7477
    @cardiaccyclist7477 5 месяцев назад

    Well done for sticking with it Ben.

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +3

      It’s hard to cut it short once you have gone that far….. 🙌🏾🙌🏾

    • @BikepackingAdventures
      @BikepackingAdventures 5 месяцев назад

      @benjaminlechappers I dropped 200 to 130 last year - was cold and wet still a little disappointed as a long way to travel 😅

  • @rug212
    @rug212 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hey! Amy and Kyle! 👋🏻

  • @cholokun
    @cholokun 5 месяцев назад +1

    Amy ❤❤❤

  • @DanEscapes
    @DanEscapes 5 месяцев назад

    Nice one!! Look forward to doing it next year and joining on the start line!

  • @TheMightyFOD
    @TheMightyFOD 5 месяцев назад

    Is it possible to have more Gravel in a race in Britain? Great event. Love the music in the vid. Helping me recover after wiping out on Saturday.
    Gravel + Brakes ,+ Downhill = Disaster

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      Cor…. Get well soon. I had a slide out. Didn’t capture it.
      🙌🏾🙌🏾👊🏽

  • @richardhorner7723
    @richardhorner7723 5 месяцев назад

    Lovely video. 7h 34 min for me!

  • @malcontent_1
    @malcontent_1 5 месяцев назад

    Funny to also stumble on you in Amy's ...and Amy's videos 🙃

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      Mass RUclips link ups are the best.. got to support each other 🙌🏾👊🏽

    • @malcontent_1
      @malcontent_1 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@benjaminlechappers I hope Amy Hudson & Chris Hall are able to connect, eventually - two great people who are proponents of cycling-as-therapy for mental health struggles.

  • @matcharlie2379
    @matcharlie2379 5 месяцев назад

    We were there too. Thought I saw you at Boe Rigg, we were there too.

  • @TBATTIECYCLING
    @TBATTIECYCLING 5 месяцев назад

    Big up all the bread bins and bike riders up north including Nathan

  • @raphealalexander6563
    @raphealalexander6563 5 месяцев назад

    LETS GOOOO!!! #breadpin

  • @manfrommontreal
    @manfrommontreal 5 месяцев назад

    Nice music!

  • @lesleyfoxton6308
    @lesleyfoxton6308 5 месяцев назад

    Food looked good.

  • @shaunedwards4362
    @shaunedwards4362 5 месяцев назад

    Amy and kyle with an early cameo appearance 🎉

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      They will be back 😉

    • @shaunedwards4362
      @shaunedwards4362 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@benjaminlechapperslove their newbie type excitement for all things bike based..much needed

  • @raybraydh2956
    @raybraydh2956 5 месяцев назад

    oh no another event i want to do now 🤣🤣🤣

  • @thegeordiefellwalker8878
    @thegeordiefellwalker8878 5 месяцев назад

    2 hour's sleep brilliant preparation 🤣 are your levers excessively turned in or really flared bars 🤔

  • @wherespinto
    @wherespinto 5 месяцев назад

    Crushed it or it crushed you lol ether way looks like it was epic

  • @maxgamboltv9940
    @maxgamboltv9940 5 месяцев назад +1

    Had to subscribe you doing great I have a similar cycling channel

  • @peterharrington8709
    @peterharrington8709 5 месяцев назад

    Did you go in the Panaracer tent with the Pirelli cap?

  • @mikepenk84
    @mikepenk84 5 месяцев назад

    What camera do you record on Ben?

  • @petervonl
    @petervonl 5 месяцев назад

    I'm guessing, this week's act of rebellion was not shaving your legs?... I couldn't spot anything that would send the comments into orbit...

    • @benjaminlechappers
      @benjaminlechappers  5 месяцев назад +1

      I have some bad news, my legs have been shaved all year…. Yes winter too! 😲

    • @andrewfoxton6451
      @andrewfoxton6451 5 месяцев назад +1

      And our German karate kid friend had his glasses on the inside of his helmet straps.

    • @petervonl
      @petervonl 5 месяцев назад

      @@benjaminlechappers Dammit!... We are loosing to the algorithm. Did you use roadcleats then?

    • @petervonl
      @petervonl 5 месяцев назад

      @@andrewfoxton6451 Excellent! What a glorious sneak attack we got there! Well done Sascha!

  • @fucktheworld1207
    @fucktheworld1207 5 месяцев назад

    Foxy, is ex military, hard as nails..... thanks for your service foxy 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿