Dropped into HELL // Hell of the North 2024

Hell of the North 2024
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[@user-gu7ng8xd8y]

Eric, this is the best episode I've seen of you all the time!!! Let's have another episode)))

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I’d love to bring you guys more! I try I try

[@waterdeptworker]

Agree! Best video yet...More of this!!!

[@Lindon_In_London]

Love the honesty of this video and the self humility. Love the Zwit content too!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya decided to leave the duck bombs in for extra honestly in this one!

[@thewattlife]

Well done dude. Did you tell them you are blue ticked on Zwift?!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

They didn't care... I got left to die on the side of the road 🙃

[@hojer104]

Your willingness to be vulnerable and honest in your videos is really admirable. As is your strength to finish. Well done.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

🤙🏽

[@danielbatten3171]

Really appreciate you posting this, Erik! It's refreshing to see such honesty and transparency. I was suffering right along with you the whole way.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Doesn't get any realer than this!

[@jamesbaker74]

Well done man you took on a tough-on for your first race, sadly you don't need the bike handling skills on Zwift but you are a trooper. I was shouting at the screen for you to unclip and then down oh boy, like a good suspense movie, at least no punctures right!!!! Hope my race is more fun this weekend, keep posting the fun vids.🥰😜

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

The only upside to a puncture is getting to use my Dynaplug Racer Pro… but I swear if I got one this day I would be screaming bloody murder in the forest and somebody would be calling the cops 😅 I didn’t bring a tube either… just raw dogged it with the Dynaplug and Cycplus mini pump 😬

[@peymojo]

Amazing Eric! You broke so many times in a freaking tough course and still put it all back together and got to the line. You are every racer. Thanks for putting yourself out there and sharing the highs AND the lows.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I was broken into a million pieces on the Monday following the race… I had to work from home 😆

[@experimenthomicid1354]

Anyone who has never fallen off a bike does not know the determination to get back up and start again stronger mentally. Well done to you.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I was down and out for 2min 56sec and it was ON LIKE DONKY KONG trying to catch anybody!

[@davidhoover9269]

Same thing happened to me two years ago. Guy sat up in front of me in the pace line and touched wheels. Fractured hip, detached bladder, hernia, injured testes. Destroyed $400 helmet, and jersey. Why I mostly ride indoors.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I'm glad I avoided the first 4 injuries on your list. Just road rash and a black hip!

[@michaeljohnson254]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling LOL bro not the testes

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I never though I’d have to worry about the boyz during a crash 😆

[@AndrewBrown-em3ti]

Nothing but respect for putting yourself on the start line and finishing. Unfortunately everything about real life racing is way harder than Zwift. Really tough first race to choose, don’t give up on it.

[@psymanj73]

Brilliant video, Erik! 🎉 I laughed and cried and laughed some more 🤭 Hope it doesn’t put you off these types of events too much, as would love to see you give them another go 💪 🚲

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

We will be back at some point. It's just a lot of logistics and being away from the family on a weekend that is a bit of a turn off but I will try to do 1 or 2 events a year!

[@augustomet]

I have to say that I really enjoyed that video, Zwift legs getting skills on the bike!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Thanks man! Was really trying to make a intro that would make you buckle up. Then the "welcome to hell" cut was the part that made your jaw drop and have to finish!

[@JimSmithPNW]

Another great ad for using Zwift!!! Hope you heal up quick. Gloves dude! I even use sailing gloves when solid rain - more padding and they are designed for water.. Good idea to fall in the mud and cover up the cut on the hand! :). Keep riding outside it will keep getting better.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Making ads for Zwift without even trying! ✌🏽

[@DragonRides75]

Thanks for sharing a true honest real race Erik, glad you and the bike survive the drops they could have been worse i know that. stay safe

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Both the bike and I are A.ok!

[@SCggoode]

Damn, what an emotional journey Erik! You wont be forgetting this race anytime soon xD

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Neither will the left side of my body. Shoulder, hip, elbow, hand, wrist, knee and ankles all got new race tattoos!

[@BikeRacingWithoutMercy]

Erik..Erik ….Erik ! That was some film - and for sure looked unridable in sections of the forest . More like Cross than gravel ! Huge kudos to you for getting the event completed and putting out a transparent video. I’ve only ever done gravel in the GF Strade Bianche - and it’s amazing when the surface is packed reasonably hard and no need to wade through paschendale battlefield or climb over fallen trees 🫣

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I felt like I went to battle and barely survived to tell the tale… Next event is gonna be SMOOTH as butter 🧈

[@fastmuell2137]

Eric, love you but dude stay on zwift for the love of god !

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I’m staying on the road, hard pack gravel and yes ZWIFT! CAN’T CRASH ON ZWIFTTTTTTT 😅

[@a_diverge]

No way....zwift for training to be better and faster on the road. Accidents happen...you learn you get up and move on....super effort Erik...💪🚲☕️

[@geoffbadger9597]

This is very similar to the experience that I have when I go mountain biking. I need a route that has a very low technical requirement. Good for you and congrats on the finish. I trust you finish, I'm only half way through the video. Haha

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

If i finish the race you finish the video!

[@redkeyspoke]

11:08 bonus gravel, lol! Props for keeping going, might need some more road miles, and a little bit of group riding to get used to being attentive and aware. So much fun to cover real ground, though. I'd max out tire size and grip for the conditions to give yourself more margin for error, a few lost watts won't affect you too much.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

LMAOOOO just can’t get enough! 😆

[@alicat749]

Beautiful scenery. Well done for hanging in there. It's one of those rides that in times to come you remember and smile.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Oh I will never forget this anytime soooooon!

[@rickorwig986]

Great vid Erik! Yeah, crashing sucks but you got back up and kept going! That’s what we do. I crashed twice on a gravel ride last year and hurt my ribs on both sides. Could barely finish the ride because breathing hurt so much. Doesn’t help when I’m over 60. After a few weeks off to heal, back out and at it! I raced a crit in my youth. Glad I did for the experience but that type of racing is definitely not my thing. Road racing was much better back then. Oh, and gloves! I always wear gloves because I like my hands with the skin on. 😂 Did I mention great vid! ❤

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

But the bad tan lines…….. as I look at the missing skin on my left hand 😅

[@mattd1431]

I actually raced Hell this year as well....I felt all your feels!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

All of them but the black left hip 😉

[@bat502]

Forest rides and gravel are tough man. I used to fall off a lot, you need to get back on and ride the shitty tracks more. Great ride for your first. Smashed it!!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I'm good with hard packed rail trails and gravel... beyond that is outside of my boundaries 🤪 If only my external battery was still giving juice to the GoPro, the last two technical sections were an adventure...

[@williamtate5077]

LOL....Looks like you needed your wahoo training wheels! I'm so happy you didn't get seriously injured.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

So is my wife 😅

[@ronl6887]

Ill watch this video whenever im feeling the urge to dry gravel cycling lol

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Your welcome 😆 I’ll save it myself if I ever get the urge to go back

[@dognoseranger]

oh, man, I feel that. That's me after switching to SPDs from flats on the gravel bike, just randomly falling/not able to unclip. Getting better at unclipping before taking on a tricky section and should probably get someone to help set up the SPDs better.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

My overconfidence of being able to ride through anything got me. Should have just walked some of the sections. My cleats were so caked with mud by the end as well it got nearly impossible to unclip when you pair my dead and cramping legs together!

[@willietatum5116]

Eric, I loved this video! I appreciate how you talk yourself through almost anything in the best and worst situations. Enjoy your recovery. I would love to see you go back and be competitive in this race…VINDICATION!!!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Maybe one day… when it’s been dry for 100 days in a row before race day 😆

[@Jordan47CR]

Good job man! These things always happen in a first time race, next times it will go way better for sure. Maybe a road race? Have u heard about gran fondo Whistler in Vancouver? I'm going there in September

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

It’s on my bucket list!!!

[@ynnuscycling7352]

Erik, let’s plan a group to go whistler fondo together

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@ynnuscycling7352 so down! Was super jealous of Bart last year!

[@FabioCycling]

How did you crash there? Touched a wheel?

[@marcorufer2342]

Hell of a great video Eric🤘. Hope you are ok. And GoPro too😁

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

God if I didn't get any footage... extra salt in the wounds!

[@markt4878]

WOW 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫!!! More downs than ups in that one Eric!! Hey - we've all been there - good for the character for sure - and you kept on smiling through (most) of it! Race looked awesome (from the computer screen!) - pretty brutal for you riders out there going through hell 😈👿👿- an aptly named event if ever there was one!! Brilliant video Eric - the unknown from the get-go doing a 'real' race set the tone perfectly for the rest! As Goggins wound say - "Stay Hard!" Can't wait for the next one...

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

A roller coaster of emotions

[@ETOTHED30]

Yep, bought my first Gravel last week. First time mud, fell down and went home. 😂 Keep on Eric. Bless you

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

LMAOOOOOO FFS THATS WHAT I WANTED TO DO. GO HOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 🤪 Or at least call an Uber!

[@jjcitytor6174]

Blood, guts and tears. Always finish 💪🚴. Well done.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

If there’s one lesson to be learned… NEVER GIVE UP!

[@Morehills840]

You won't be forgetting that one any time soon.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Negative... I need positive thoughts 🤣

[@liuliusloth3067]

Might be my first time on a KZbin video❤thanks eric

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

🤙🏽

[@jesikat]

Hahaha, this was hilarious to watch! For your first IRL race, you picked a doozy, shame to let it put you off. But you definitely need to brush up on your outdoor skills... did you run out of gears in the mud, or just failed to click down a few more? That low cadence ups the torque, makes it easier for wheel to slip.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Let’s just say that was the first and LAST time I ride through mud on my own free will! I’m not put off from racing, just the off the bike nonsense!

[@jesikat]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling be good to see more outdoors racing from you :) hopefully you can stay upright more often!! :D

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Tbh it takes a lot of time and my whole day away from the family on a weekend so probably gonna be more adventures this summer!

[@misterill]

Props for finishing. Were there no checkpoints/aid stations in the event? Aside from the cooler of water in the middle of an abandoned road 😂.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@misterill that was it! They said in years past they always set one up but nobody ever stopped or used it so they went with the abandoned cooler this year. The racing was clearly too serious to stop!!!!!

[@davidweinstein7278]

Feel better man, hopefully it's just soreness, I feel for ya going down so randomly at the beginning. Been there.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Road rash and sore left side. I was broken Monday morning but back on a bike by Wednesday 🤪

[@RiseNShine681]

I love the positivity even after countless crashes! I have a really really good feeling about your next gravel race!!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Not sure it was positivity... more like "this ain't Zwift champ, you need to get home" or in this case, back to the car!

[@RiseNShine681]

​@@DontGetDroppedCycling It was certainly emotional lol, but that is totally understandable. I just loved that you immediately picked yourself up and kept pushing. Even trying to gun down riders in front of you. This was a learning experience for sure! You're going to absolutely crush your next race! I can feel it!

[@KdM_BigRingBubba]

Yeesh, good on you for pushing through. That was some gnarly stuff. Can't rage quit when you're 40 km from the car :P Also.... Chorizo?

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Imagine a slim jim but with more girth LMAO

[@KdM_BigRingBubba]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling oh I know what a chorizo is, just never seen one in a frame bag lol.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@KdM_BigRingBubbanow you have!😂

[@paulwynne1811]

Felt soooooo guilty for laughing. Tough going pal.. chin up n we go again.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I can only look back and laugh myself!!! WHAT AN EXPERIENCE!

[@paulwynne1811]

@DontGetDroppedCycling still impressive how you kept going. Think I'd off called it a day after the fall in the big muddy puddle. Final straw 💪🏻🙃

[@robbyd3892]

Brilliant footage. And you finished. That’s all that counts. Live for another ride. Thanks for the laughs and the language. Maybe consider being a TT guy. Even if you have to ride Merckx-style.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Usually I'd duck out the language but for this one... it just seemed fitting.

[@robbyd3892]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling totally OK with it ✅

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@robbyd3892just thinking about the kids if they are watching with mom and dad 😅

[@waterdeptworker]

What a Brutal ride. That first dude that made you crash was the beginning of Hell. Much respect!! Asain Warrior!!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

👊🏽

[@LouieBaLLz]

This video reminds me of a conversation I had with someone in a Cory Williams Zwift video. Guys where roasting him because he got dropped. Life is different when you have to peddle AND handle the bike.

[@GingerWarriorCyclingClub]

That looked brutal. Sure you’ll be back, but if you stick to Zwift that’s cool baby.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I'll be back!

[@francodellamura7471]

Oh Erik, you have my sympathy. In fact, WTF was that.......the organiser said puddles.....it seemed like you were riding through a swamp!! Definitely not for me, I hope you heal up quick. The greatest of respect to you.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Clearly we have different definitions of "puddles" 🤪 That was more like an OCEAN to me personally...

[@poweredbyplants416]

Tough Day Great Video - hope to see you again soon

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Don’t think the video would be the same if I won 😅

[@frannyyarina]

Congratulations Eric great race, you've been on zwift too long man, do more of this and we're going to see great races from you, and Eric what overlay are you using for your km and heart rate?

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Garmin Virb but as I've mentioned before the program is nearly dead and I'm looking for a new solution.

[@frannyyarina]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling Thanks ...

[@jamesmckinney9639]

E, what an unforgettable 1st race. Parts of the hellish course seemed like the Everglades in Florida without the creepy crawlers. In Shaq's voice , "Man up" "Put some Icy Hot on it". Way to finish like a champ although battered but still finished.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Been soaking in epsom salt bats all week 🥲 Polysporin and Arnicare Gel the tag team

[@31337zor]

I’m fucking dying over here hahaha i have to comment again…this is pure man, i love your shit…i feel your pain and struggle, what a competitor you are brotha!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

We ain’t got no fluff for social media. As raw as it gets!

[@WilliamDorrepaal]

Erik, great respect! If it was me that bike would be hanging in the trees and I deffo got that Uber!!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Oh I almost threw it like a golf club after a bad shot!

[@HugoPintoNYC]

OK this video reinforces every cliche about Zwift racers. Entertaining as heck. Sometimes your stubbornness works against you but it got you to the finish line so cheers to that!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ask my wife. I’m super stubborn 😆

[@brutalclimb]

Brutality knows no borders. Those parts around 14:00 mark - that's not riding a bike. That's just bringing a bike to a mud in the jungle fest. I'm not doing that. No way. I don't wanna. I really don't wanna.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

It doesn’t discriminate either 🙃

[@goldenretriever6261]

Brave man for putting this video out. The midweek crits in Mississauga are easy crits (technically easy).

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya still hard pass on Midweek!!!!! 😆 No more of this fake “gravel” shit either… I didn’t sign up for Tough Mudder on a bike!

[@davidmcdowell2788]

Don’t do Paris to Ancaster either then it’s basically either road or mud Substance projects has some proper gravel races That’s where it’s at

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@davidmcdowell2788 I’ve seen and it’s not even close on my to do list 🙃

[@user-oz4pl6pl9o]

Erik , man , glad you finished and just with minor damages and yeah , next year again

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

If next year… Heck! 😆

[@JadenHercules]

Absolutely gold! You are funny, dude. Loved this video, thank you for posting it! :)

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Thanks for watching ✌🏽

[@jamessotoism]

How about a Gran Fondo next time?

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya I heard about Gravel Gran Fondo, looks interesting. Anything that’s just road and hard pack 😅

[@michaeljohnson254]

gloves bro gloves and i fking love that u still finished man gj

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Never give up!!!! 💪🏽

[@drewbuffington]

Good thing you bent that number plate otherwise the drag might have made this last a while 😂

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Aero is lifeeeeeee

[@derrickkwan5904]

Eric, you should be so proud of yourself. You gave it everything and you keep getting back up. Go get it next time champ,

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Never stop until you can’t no more! I was close near the end just lying in a field for a couple of minutes 😅

[@PODLine]

Nature bites.....Kudos for finishing the event, even though your soul left the party early. [Insert image of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator holding a bike instead of a big ass gun]

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

My soul was taken by the devil with 90km to go...

[@31337zor]

“I’m calling an uber” hahaha i almost died

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya'll don't know how CLOSE I WAS to actually doing it!

[@31337zor]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling dude you made a shitty Friday, amazing. i have a 110mi ride coming up and im sure ill be cursing the world, just like you.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@31337zor make sure to have Uber pre installed for express service! GOOD LUCK 🤙🏽

[@lilth501]

I really like the content it was entertaining dramatic and tragic. I don't know if you're ready to go high speed wheel to wheel in a bunch in the real world just yet. I sure as hell don't want to see you in the back of an ambulance.

[@neil78]

On nasty gravel I find riding in the drops helps a lot with stability. Props for lining up, that course was a mud fest.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya it rained the day before too! At least I wasn’t ALSO getting rained on the whole time. Def Uber rage quit!!!!

[@themartinpaseka]

Our legend! Well done mate! 💪🏼🔥

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I try I try and NEVER give up!

[@miss_fit]

I’m impressed you never gave up good job bro. I totally would have rage quit and called an Uber 😅

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I tell you I was close, multiple times. But then what the hell kinda story ending is that! 🤪

[@Gerry164]

10/10 for effort and entertaaaainment! Looks like you fell on your left side every time. Probably lucky, otherwise you might have bent your mech hanger, and then would have had to miss out on all that cycling fun!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya I think I went down on the right side once into some trees… I was basically leaned over on trees and yelling at the clouds 😅

[@MarkyMarkZwifts]

Damn Erik, I wasn't expecting that! Hope you're recovering well and not put off from more IRL races. You've got some big balls trying to ride through some of those muddy sections without unclipping first 😂👊💪

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I wouldn’t say big balls… More like uncharted territory and I was naïve! I thought my big legs to get me through anything… until they met MUD!

[@MarkyMarkZwifts]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling I learned the hard way too. I did my first off road ride with road pedals and couldn't unclip fast enough through some mud and hit the deck too. Now I always swap to MTB pedals if I'm going off road 🫣

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@MarkyMarkZwifts I had mtb pedals too… 🤪

[@MarkyMarkZwifts]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling Maybe you need the starter ones like mine which are flat pedals one side and SPD on the other 😂

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

You killing me Mark! What you didn’t see after the GoPro died was me going through the last two technical sections with my left foot FULLY unclipped 😆 Still ate it a few more times 🤷🏻‍♂️ The cramps were real bad at this point.

[@karlerikjohnsen6962]

Cool that you tried! Keep it up 💪🏻

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

This took me WELL out of my comfort zone!

[@doomguyzwifting]

Well done mate.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Not quite like our Tiny Race battles!

[@doomguyzwifting]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling this ride looked a look more brutal than our battles. You sounded outright depressed at times… well, most of the time.

[@G-Unit-fitness]

Awesome video Eric, the race might have sucked for you but it made brilliant content! lol. And surly you'd have better luck next time.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

A teeny tiny part of me was like damn, the content is gold… the other 99.9% of me was NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME 😅

[@fraserherman8754]

Damn, that was hard to watch. Kudos for putting it up though 👊

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I’m happy I don’t need to watch anymore 🙃 PTSD

[@lokkagutt]

First of all the main thing is to finish when you sign up for something so gj on finishing. Maybe sign up for road races instead? Some of those muddy sections I wouldnt have ridden on my MTB even so not the best route for us roaddies this one🤭

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Oh next one is road and ROAD ONLY! Ya I was probably a little too over confident thinking I could get through those sections... reality slapped me in the face real quick! Personally I probably wouldn't sign up for this on my own free will but the challenge was bestowed upon me by Winspace so I had to SMASH THE GOAL!

[@ianrazon1650]

Dude what a heroic effort. Many would have turned around after the first crash. You are a legend for documenting this and your struggles. Frame that jersey btw.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I think I may… haven’t washed it yet either 🤮😅

[@ianrazon1650]

Don't wash it keep 💯

[@zwiftingwithdemonhunter]

Don't worry. If Zwift ever figures out how to have us crash and burn, you'll be the first one to show us how it's done. 😉 Good job. You didn't call an Uber. Proud of you.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

It got to the point where I was such a mess if the Uber showed up and took one look at me they would cancel my ride 🤣

[@willfromfreeport]

Oh em gee bruh. That was epic. Sorry for your bad luck with the falls, but you got back up and got it done!! Great job! What do you use for overlaying data?? I just did a fondo and caight some of it on my DJI and wanted to overlay the data leading up to me hiking up the last but of a 12%+ hill lol.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Garmin Virb but the program is on life support as it hasn’t been updated in years. I’m currently looking for a new solution.

[@willfromfreeport]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling Aw man. Some recent update nuked it for me. Thanks!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya I don’t see the map anymore when I try to line up the data. I now resort to checking the activity timestamp in my strava activity to line up the data up with myself at an intersection.

[@willfromfreeport]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling oooo good idea!

[@fwschnaar3179]

OMG! That was Brutal… The Mental Side of this Race has got to of Hurt more than the Physical Side … And Yes! At least you didn’t Rage Quit 👍…. # LiveandkeepLearning 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

It was alllllllll mental. I don’t like getting dirty or even riding when it’s wet out. Got over that hurdle REAL QUICK. Having to walk through the pool was aboout going outside my comfort zone as I hated EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THAT! Then my feet were just mushy the rest of the ride….. 🤮🤮🤮

[@ryancraig2795]

And this is why i haven't done the P2A yet, despite a couple riding buddies trying to talk me into it. 😂

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Y’all can’t talk me into P2A at all 😆 pretty sure it rains every race weekend!

[@kconnnnn]

Greatest cycling vid on YT

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

🙏🏽

[@davidmcdowell2788]

Recommended the pirelli cinturato gravel M tires They can do it all amazing grip and roll well

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Will keep that in mind for the future. I gotta give the G2 back soon so I am in search of a replacement Gravel bike first! I got the bugggggg!

[@davidmcdowell2788]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling I bet you will even more after you do a gravel race that don’t have those stupid swamp and puddle sections that shouldn’t be part of a bike race

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

💯

[@garysladek9110]

Dude, you did it! Frame that jersey.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I think that’s gonna be the plan!

[@tarekmaafa2728]

How many times did Eric fall ? Believe me , there is a right answer 🤣 5 damn times ! But he managed to stand again each time 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 mental battle Indeed!!! Respect 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

The GoPro died during the last two technical sections 😉 so double that… maybe TRIPLE! There was one point I was lying in a field for a couple of minutes because my legs cramped up SO BAD 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@davidmcdowell2788]

I didn’t hear no bell

[@tarekmaafa2728]

You smashed it big time 🔥🔥🔥reminded me of myself at my first national tour 😁 I got dropped at the first few Kms then kept chasing till the end.... Same exact scenario ( without the falling part 🤣) that mentality is something to be proud of! When giving up is the easiest choice , you've chosen the hard choice 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 bravo Eric

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I figured how else could I make this harder for myself...

[@tathh2531]

Erik doing a me. 1 IRL trail event, fall constantly, left behind, cramp, depression and then sore for days/weeks after and NEVER doing another one. Give me a smooth road, a road bike and no one to beat but myself 😁 Great effort Erik, but perhaps a shorter event might have been a better introduction to IRL racing 😉 Also, note to Zwift Labs - you gotta make Zwift more life like. We need crashes, mud and puddles 🤣

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Any shorter and we’re wasting my free time away from my family 🤪 100k minimum for a race/event!

[@Ad-my9kg]

Perhaps a better title would have been , Fell into Hell. Again, and again, and again, and again. Seriously though, great mental strength to keep going, and it makes for a great vid.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Lesson of the video… NEVER GIVE UP!

[@bjarnestrand-henriksen]

Great ride bro 👊 What is that chest mount you use?

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Just a simple one off Amazon Basics! With a quick release mount so I can pull it off quickly if needed.

[@bjarnestrand-henriksen]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling Thanks! It looked really neat. Got to get one.

[@3WalkingPoles]

Loved it, Eric. It's better than Zwift. You probably had million reasons not to publish it - I appreciate you did. Thanks!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I had a million reasons TO publish it!!!!! Thanks for watching and loving it 🤙🏽

[@paulmccafferty4850]

Pissed myself laughing when you fell the first time. By the time you fell for the fifth time I was bent in two. Sorry ‘bout that man. But Eric, da fck you at dude. Get yourself back in the garage and back on Zwift where we love ya. Brilliant video though, oh and btw, kudos.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Next race should be easy as pie 🤪

[@santiago0072002pr]

Haha!!! Good lord!! This was awesome to watch! lol!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Glad you enjoyed it 🤙🏽

[@dannyb8078]

Brutal. Nice work, though, man

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Just finish was allllll I could think about!

[@lukamalic486]

Eric was it 4 falls or 5 , fck man you made that look hard , rage quit was on the horizon , not like zwift get in on another event in 30min , chapeau , riding a pro bunch and a hackjob bunch , chalk n cheese , you need to be conscious of it 😉 , ride safe stay safe 🙏 👍,

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I honestly lost count and can’t confirm since the GoPro stopped for the last little bit 🙃

[@vicshum]

Are you racing the Screaming Squirrel on June 9? If you are, I'll see you there.

[@goldenretriever6261]

See you there

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I am not and I gotta give back the bike soon so I’m in search of one to buy!!! I got the gravel bug 🤪

[@TheEporto]

Zwift should make this mandatory viewing to everyone whining about the price increase 😀

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

😆😆😆

[@lucky247365]

Oh you did do hell of the north, nice!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Can check it off the list and never do it again 😆

[@sccxvelo]

That was not a gravel race that as mostly road race with some mud pit hike a bike. Gravel has way more dirt and tends to avoid mud pit sections if possible due to trail damage or equipment or higher risk to riders. The promoters should have re routed the course with that many mud pits and ponds. This is one of thoes events either do one time never come back or absolutely love it. At least nothing serious injuries it sounds like. But the bike may be yours now after so many crashes. Good idea to check on helmet. Try another regular gravel event and look the historical courses used before signing up before giving up on dirt.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Ya if I come back I will do Heck (the road race) 😅

[@miss_fit]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling yes would love to see you do the heck

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Noted. Much more desirable to do in my books!

[@jaydubayew]

Post footage of the first crash!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Footage deleted 😅

[@BLachance75]

So you already signed up for next year right 🤣🤣🤣 Things that suck like that when you are doing them always need up being the most memorable and fun when you look back on them.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Might be a hard pass….

[@BLachance75]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling so you're saying there's a chance

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

.00000000000000000001%

[@robertsuede1122]

since zwift started there are alot of very fit riders at the races but many more crashes now due to lack of bike handling skills.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Was waiting for this comment. Can fill out my comment bingo card now! 😆

[@zwiftingwithdemonhunter]

That's because we sometimes forget we can't ride through another rider.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

That's another one for the Bingo card! But yes, we def cannot... Physics will teach you that lesson quick!

[@robertsuede1122]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling I love Zwift and wish I was as fit as Eric and he still has more bike skills than me

[@wingy72]

LOL definitely different than Zwift, still loving the content though! Hopefully just a bruised ego, eh?!

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Nah just felt like a dummy going down in front of EVERYBODY! Glad I didn't end anybody else's day.

[@wingy72]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling I use the same gravel king sk 35s for a couple years. Fast on pavements but just not quite enough for the gravel. I'll probably go up to 40s or 43s. But, that mud you fell into, no tires gonna save that. Anyway, gravel is fun but still not my jam. I like my road bikes too much. LoL.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

I just came back from a little lunch rip on the road bike. Confirmed Road > Gravel LOLOLOL But I agree it's fun it's its own way, like I like to go on adventures off the beaten path with the Gravel bike, otherwise I need to go FAST on the Road bike.

[@roadcyclist1]

Unless you are way heavier than what you entered on zwift, 300 watts to go 32 kmph on flat pavement is slow. Need a faster bike.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Perhaps headwind? You know there’s other elements outside vs. Zwift 🤪

[@goldenretriever6261]

@@DontGetDroppedCycling those are slow roads, rough surfaces. Been riding them for 30 years. And you're on slow gravel tires.

[@randyfortner286]

Would agree about something not being nsync with your wattage and speed.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

@@randyfortner286timestamp? Let me investigate 🤔

[@martinchambers1800]

Shouldn't laugh but that was one he'll of a vid My wife was saying he normally swear must be hav a bad day😂

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Rule #1 Have fun… NO FUN WAS DUCKING HAD 😆

[@cliffclermont]

After a few hundred more races you’ll look back and laugh at this…. Heal up. Stay safe damn it.

[@DontGetDroppedCycling]

Thanks Cliff, I’ll be back stronger than ever 💪🏽