100mi gravel race on a $100 bike

[@huckleberrylx581]

Passing dudes on $10k gravel bikes with the tassels flowing is legendary.

[@Jamesashleycoyle]

This is amazing 😂

[@galenkehler]

The ultimate troll would have been to install schwalbe g1 rs tires on that bike 😂😂😂

[@AndrewSteavpack]

I was hoping that would’ve been the tire choice, good marketing for the tire too

[@talonraph6524]

Great, after Ben coerced me into buying a Giant Revolt, I have to buy a $100 bike with tassels?? Chapeau for a soulful and fun ride at SBT!

[@amitkumar-wj8gn]

Tell you what, that was a lovely, lovely way of telling "when things are tuned well, they work very fine." A 24 speed that did its job because, of course it does the job. Thank you.

[@fennec13]

1:25 - No, NO ! it's a high quality 3X9 my friend !! 27 gears of POWER !! XD

[@amitkumar-wj8gn]

@@fennec13 Aah my bad. Those extra 3 gears changed everything!!!

[@chrisvejnovich116]

This IS the spirit of gravel!!! Not taking yourself too seriously! Way to go Ben!!!

[@4dogsannacat]

For you maybe. But the true spirit is not judging others which you have done.

[@chrisvejnovich116]

​@@4dogsannacatI was just trying to be positive with Ben.

[@galenkehler]

9:47 "having undamped suspension is something we've moved away from" Lauf, Cane Creek, RedShift, and BMC have entered the chat 😂😂😂

[@andyjensen5609]

Ben you went by me looking a whole lot better than I would have thought! And you were really moving! You were far ahead of a lot of strong riders that is for sure. I admire your good sportsmanship.

[@gearsofmedicine]

Totally awesome, Ben is a beast passing folks on legit bikes and Enjoying The Ride! Kudos to you Ben!

[@barrowsworm1226]

Hey Ben, it was great to see ya out on the course, you had a fantastic ride, considering! Sorry to hear about your crash, I hope you heal up quickly.

[@Speedy.V]

The spirit of gravel is still alive. 🥳🥳🥳

[@Circletakesthejake]

Impressive Ben! fitness is on point regardless of the ride!

[@angielameyer3765]

Thanks for bringing the JOY to SBT!! Great wrap up. See ya out there.

[@misterexact]

A Big respect from Germany. I lost a bet and had to do mtb marathon on a supermarket downhill bike and trust me I know how you suffered. But you did it and the result is WOW

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

😁

[@deanmason5478]

The Spirit of Gravel DOES live! Loved it!

[@fortesfortunajuvat6782]

This has to be among your Top 10 videos. Absolutely awesome.

[@fennec13]

lol - as funny as this was - for the other people Ben - massive credits for making it all the way through! that must have been excruciating ! But it looks like everyone had a few good laughs. Great to see.

[@brianlafrance4512]

Great attitude and I am glad you made it! Having fun is what it is all about.

[@evandarling699]

An impressive ride for what you were on! It was an amazing event! Love the crazy content.

[@pandatactical4530]

You are the Best Ben! You sure know how to enjoy the ride! Praying for your speedy recovery.

[@budlacombe]

As Lance said… “It’s not about the Bike” 😂

[@jimi_sendrix]

absolutely loved seeing you out there! Heal up quick my dude!

[@Chris-ho4ki]

Ben squeezing brake lever, “This goes to the bar”…”Yeah, they’re Antilocks”. FAF 😄😄😄😄

[@dcv9460]

Get well soon, Ben! 😎✌

[@JulianKent]

He jinxed you with that "crash a lot" comment... heal quickly Ben!

[@Mcnew77]

Didnt hear. What happened?

[@JulianKent]

@@Mcnew77 it was on his insta - it seems he has broken his shoulder while descending on a road bike.

[@rexthedog9637]

Pointy end of the race with a butter knife. You go Ben!

[@Jamesashleycoyle]

My favorite video I’ve seen you do😂❤thank you

[@charleshooker9338]

Sorry I didn't get a chance to drink espresso and say hi at the Castelli booth, but I was having fun riding at Stagecoach Reservoir. You folks don't know how good you have it out there; the gravel we have back East is more like Cow Creek than gravel. Glad that wasn't you getting a ride out of CC in the EMS ambulance I passed.

[@karlevans1961]

lol, that was great and now it all makes sense. I didn't see you on the leaderboard of the Blue course and thought something terrible had happened. Fun video!

[@lazlo2511]

Ben is always up for a challenge… well done for throwing your hat in the ring Sir! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@GreenG-314]

"This is why you crash so much" 1:45 - oof.

[@changrenyong7616]

Heal up Ben!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thank you, Changren!

[@PeakTorque]

Legend

[@iup247]

This is the type of content I like .... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@teeterboy3]

This was hilarious and fun to watch. But also a bummer when we know what’s in your future after this event

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Glad you enjoyed it, John. Now I am indeed going Nowhere Fast with a busted wing.

[@toshman696969]

kudos....brilliant edit: 11:59 comparison was epic i did truelly loled seeing 221 watts and being 1-2 hrs slower

[@chrisbenten9971]

Thanks for doing! really thought it would be an hour longer but you were studly!!

[@buster.keaton]

4:52 Super-super tuck!

[@iowatts]

Thanks for sharing the adventure and for making us those tasty espressi

[@dheidebrecht]

So Awesome! And best wishes for a quick recovery!!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Thanks so much!

[@oatmonster]

Wishing you a swift recovery Ben!!

[@at5504]

I cannot believe you did a 5:53 on that bike. That is insane!

[@abbynormalz]

Music on an external speaker is better than earbuds on my local bike trail IMHO. Its often crowded with kids and people taking up the entire path and the music saves my voice having to constantly call out that im over taking them. It also gives the the benefit for allowing me to still hear the sounds around me as people overtake me.

[@ovtj]

Great stuff Ben.

[@casparwhittey]

this was fun. Thanks for mildly suffering for my entertainment Ben

[@maximkrivov]

Now that was fun! Enjoy the Ride epitomised.

[@MorganBrown]

Haha let me guess, you’re looking for the g-one rs 40? I also couldn’t find it, so I ended up doing the black course on a tire with a partially sealed dog bite 😂. Had to stop 3 times to pump it 🎉

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Yep, those are the ones. Bummer about your luck.

[@31.8mm]

kind of video that i wanna watch because it's unique

[@hansschotterradler3772]

I went back to Germany this summer. The only bike available for me was my mother's granny bike with step-thru frame and 7-speed hub shifting. It had an adjustable stem. It was somewhat aero with the seat all the way up and the stem down. It ended up much faster than I thought.

[@konradchristen]

Great video, get well soon my guy

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Cheers, mate.

[@fpeter01]

I raced my good old 26" bike on a gravel course. It was partly muddy, and I was able to ride the whole course with semi-slick tires. Gravel bikes are the reincarnation of 26" bikes. And they are 5-10x more expensive. :D

[@thebikeaholic12]

Very impressive ride 🎉

[@ashurany]

Luvit! Besides the funny...the lesson is that folks can race on any bike, albeit expect to be slower, and that you should also make some upgrades--saddle, good tires, pedals etc. And let this be a call to save the 3x! :)

[@terrillford7784]

This is amazing

[@industryrule-4080]

That bike is still nicer than 90% of the world's bicycles...and it's clean!

[@rolffuchs2737]

what a great content. Whenever Iam on a bike, Iam happy

[@KoenMiseur]

Heal fast Ben!

[@jmscheel]

OMG. You weren’t kidding when you said the brakes don’t work!😂

[@57ebartley]

Love your channel . This is pretty Funny.

[@trwilliams22]

I love that you started at the front! 😆 At least with the suspension being undamped, it means that you bounced back and the suspension wasn't just eating all the energy. More efficient. Right?

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Dang right I lined up at the front! hehe.

[@Goodbarsix]

This made my day!

[@ZenEndurance]

I would totally ride that bike in a race. Love the kickstand especially.

[@ellenbutler2490]

Will email newsletter subscribers get a link to your special Trek bluetooth speaker bell playlist?

[@christopherharmon9336]

This proves you don't need the newest, most expensive equipment to finish an event.

[@jvogel431]

I missed it. Does that lovely bike have Schwalbe tires on it?

[@cubeblah]

Ben, what brand of socks were you wearing? Love the print!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Castelli, of course. 😁 Those are a PULL THRU design we made that I will put on my site soon.

[@parth8145]

whats our travel here? infinite LOL. amazing video.

[@alainpfammatter8224]

Thats the coolest gravelbike I have ever seen 😂

[@brewstuh]

What music is playing at the end? It’s infectious. Hope you’re on the mend, Ben.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Not sure. I hired my homeboy Josh Bernales to do the edit on this, as I can't do much more than talk-to-text at this point!

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

Chapeau for keeping the streamers! But they should have set you up with drop bars! And of course a SRAM failure!!!

[@keithnewton1966]

I have my upgraded $100 mongoose blackcomb hanging in the garage with the others. I feel like a kid on my bmx when I ride it. There should be a 20yr old bike race event in the Life Time Grand Prix.

[@robertrunkle2315]

This is awesome!

[@robbchastain3036]

Slow down and enjoy more sights. 😀

[@nationsnumber1chump]

surprisingly the fork rake on that frame is modern

[@AndrewBushnell]

I had no idea Henry Rollins is a Schwalbe employee.

[@M3GRSD]

Awesome, Hilarious, Amazing 😂

[@papaduck1000]

A very good sport

[@TD_Geake]

Thank goodness you swapped out the original saddle.

[@jmscheel]

Did you use all of the chainrings?

[@jimfaber1443]

With the Trek box in the back believe that this could have been one of the first versions of the Y-bike.

[@JeremyLawrence-imajez]

Y-bikes were around in the 90s.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Funny enough, a Y Frame was Nathan's first pick. He bought one on Facebook Marketplace, but it had a cracked chainstay. The ideas was the same as this one in his mind - hours and hours of undamped boinging.

[@notpablo8369]

Convert to Disc brakes!!!! Anddddd upgrade suspension +drivetrain 😈

[@garyonnen7634]

I’m riding an 89 GT with U drakes. That’s a perfectly good bike.

[@SandSanta]

Great video! were folks really rude or were they just poking fun at the bike?

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Nah, nah - all in good fun. There was just a couple "you're passing me on THAT bike? F you, Delaney!"

[@notpablo8369]

That adaptive bike👀👀👀

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

All kinds of adaptive riders out there crushing it.

[@erich8258]

221w for almost 6 hours is impressive on any bike!

[@stuartfealk8094]

Now I know why you weren't that far ahead of me.

[@hectormurciaruiz3820]

Your Loco!!!! jajajja gongrats, best regards from Honduras!!!! very Good channel!

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Cheers, Hector.

[@ctouzelet]

Heal quickly!

[@zachbarker5354]

What size stem length do you normally run on road bikes

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

120 on 56cm. So the reach on this bike was short by about, oh, three feet. 😅

[@gabespartan]

Too bad you didn't add a power meter. What was your ave. mph?

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Actually, I did. And I included comparative stats for the last three years. If you watch the whole video, you’ll see that slide.

[@gabespartan]

@@TheRidewithBenDelaney Wow, not bad!

[@tjb8841]

On a serious note, how about a race on: “the best bike $1100 buys you”. Ideally 2 or more. Maybe comparing a used higher end bike to a new cheaper one. Or a $800 with $300 of key upgrades (tires?) vs a stock $1100 bike.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

Good ideas.

[@JoeAnklam]

I think the 26 inch wheels might be the worse part lolol

[@drewdgriffith]

Unfortunate oversight that they didn’t put Schwalbe G-One RS tires on this beautiful bike.

[@TheRidewithBenDelaney]

That's because THEY'RE OUT OF STOCK! (And not a 26in tire. 😜)

[@AppleJack76]

I yearn for simpler times, when I rode my BMX bike to friend's houses, went swimming, and didn't have a worry in the world. I guess I have to wait for death.

[@davidvonslingshot]

dorkdisc adds 100w

[@duckmanduckfairy8010]

So do a giveaway of it to a random viewer!

[@saxon1376]

I though your pal might at least have done the race with you dude

[@edwinorama8920]

😅 great ride

[@DericO-rz3be]

MEGA COOL BIKE... much better than a $10K+ doucheDocDentist gravel wanka bank

[@terrillford7784]

😂😂

[@4dogsannacat]

Great people who legit want to get in this race lost an opportunity so a blogger could get content.