Hey Benson, it’s Bruce. Wow super inspiring dude, you’ve got tons of grit and super stoked you ended up doing so well! Andrew sent me the vid, love it! See you next year! 💪👏

@bikingvikingrides

24 күн бұрын

Bruce!!! Thankyou boss! See you on the start line next year or maybe over your way sometime!

Congratulations. Great comeback! Tubeless all the way. This was my first GBE too. I had one puncture in my tubeless setup and that was easily fixed with a plug.

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

Thankyou boss! Yup tubeless and wider tyres for me next year for sure!

Bravo 😃💪🦵🚴‍♂️🚴

Great Video! :)

@bikingvikingrides

24 күн бұрын

Thanks bru!

Great comeback from that far back =)

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

Thanks boss!

I wanted to say you should've gone tubeless for the race but yeah, would've prolly required wider tires...also, nano TPU inner tubes, get a few of those and you'll be set - they weigh a fraction of what a normal inner tube weighs but are more expensive of course. All in all, this was a brutal race! Glad you made it safe and sound, apart from the arse shenanigans! 😆

@bikingvikingrides

13 күн бұрын

@@5kyforger so I started with the front tubeless and I think would have been okay but I had to chuck a tube in 2/3 of the way around just because I misplaced the plugs at an earlier puncture 😂 a miriad of errors and bad luck! Next time wider and tubeless for dure

@5kyforger

12 күн бұрын

@@bikingvikingrides hhahha it just goes to show you that even with experience, one can still forget or f** up something! That being said, every ride IS an experience for sure.

Like and subscribed. Nice way to do it as opposed to my random rambling madness 😂

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

Thankyou sir!

Great video and huge kudos for not giving up. Your time was still great even all the delays, as you spent at least 8 hours in Rochester plus changing like a zillion inner tubes, you would ended up in top 5

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

Thankyou Miro! Fingers crossed for next year!

Benson you legend! Liked and subscribed! Love how you've found something and what you're doing mate! Have to get you out on a MTB with me 😜🤘🏼

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

Thankyou bro for the very kind words! I’m just looking into an MTB at the moment boss! Gonna see if I can work with some brands to try some out! Then I’ll come ride with ya!

An expensive sounding conclusion 😂

How long does it take you to change an innertube now? You must have done hundreds. What's the main cause you see for punctures?

@bikingvikingrides

25 күн бұрын

It massively depends on the problem Matt! If the puncture is easy to locate and the culprit easy to determine then maybe 5-10 minutes. In the middle of the night with tubeless sealant everywhere it takes a bit longer.. haha! These punctures I think were all caused by me being a bit too heavy for the tyre width and course. It was no surprise that whenever I got one it was normally when the terrain got rougher!

Stop, stop, stop. I just tried to make own record and do 160 km of gravel and i finished on 94. km because I couldn't sit anymore on saddle, big pain. Question, how people solve this question especially when You this crazy distance?

@bikingvikingrides

24 күн бұрын

Well I definitely haven’t solved it for the full distance as the final 110km were super painful! But to build up to where 100/200km is not comfortable I would say slowly build up the distances over time allowing your body to get used to it. You should also check the saddle though and maybe head over to a bike shop to see if there are different saddles you could try. Definitely what I will be doing before my next race!

Lower the music sound man, could barely hear you