THIS IS NOT A GRAVEL RACE The 2021 Belgian Waffle Ride San Diego

THIS IS NOT A GRAVEL RACE chronicles the 10th anniversary of the most unique cycling event in the country, the Belgian Waffle Ride. The only Spring Classic on American soil and a Monument of Gravel, the BWR CA is known as the 'Hell of the West’ and features an extremely challenging 135-mile multi-surface course across single track, rocks, water crossings, sand, gravel and some roads - all taken on in temperatures reaching 112 degrees even though it rained the morning of the race. This documentary highlights not only the arduous trails to victory for winners Peter Stetina and Katerina Nash but also the journeys of several other riders from a variety of backgrounds, including BMX star, Andrew Jackson, cycling newbie and former D1 soccer standout, IZ King, professional road cycling champion, Whitney Allison, and PR and marketing maven, Alain Mazer. With over 4,000 registrants, this was the largest gravel race in history and also the most interesting.

[@jcop14]

I opened the link thinking I would just watch for a few minutes. Yep, I watched the entire video. Great job to everyone. Riders and production crew.

[@Kzuke]

The race footage, athlete interviews, and production values on this are so good! I'm a MTB downhiller and even I couldn't stop watching this! Great work!

[@svenwehser1715]

„The privilege to suffer on a bike like this“, that sums it up, brilliant!

[@TimSchmidt_art]

one of the best cycling films ever...groovy music and cool people and great overall storytelling.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

We agree! Spread the word!

[@frankmeyer1865]

Absolut crazy, what a race, what wonderful people. Amazing story and great value and well prepared

[@eremdrfranciscosiqueiracda1410]

This race is awesome!! and the playlist is way too cool. Is it on Spotify? hehehehe. Well, it should be there.

[@Sally150]

No wonder Mo Wilson was so good. She was 10 years younger than any of these people.

[@rolffuchs2737]

The former Pro Tony Romminger once said, riding a racing bike without gloves is stupid, but i think he got his lesson. Great content, i have to go to America to ride gravel, here in Europe it is not the same.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Great advice on the gloves. I'm sure you would be welcomed at any of the BWR's!

[@Sally150]

Don't come here. We ride gravel because there's too much road traffic! Fewer people LESS TRAFFIC.

[@GeekonaBike]

Heartbreaking seeing Mo Wilson racing

[@UnroadUNLTD]

We miss Mo😥

[@harveymushman9093]

Savage's!!!! Bravo awesome vid!

[@stan9636]

This is old school racing, much better than the TDF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sally150]

Yeah Andrew Jackson! Great ride.

[@toes325]

Great music! Where can I find the playlist?

[@DennisEngle]

Great Video. Love all the stuff you all are doing! Keep 'em coming!!!

[@massimoserafini8115]

Cool vid, but confused as to why the 2021 race was uploaded a year later in 2022 🤔

[@UnroadUNLTD]

We have had our films on other platforms (Amazon Prime, and Outside TV) for awhile, but decided KZbin was more accessible for everyone.

[@grouchy88]

damn does alain mazer come along likeable, i want to hug that guy

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Alain loves hugs!

[@escsniper]

Not sure if I've spent more time riding BWRs or watching videos about BWRs! :)

[@EricAbbottTri]

Best race of my life. Can't wait to do it again!

[@CR3DT]

Hi Eric, were you guys wearing road shoes? (As opposed to mtb shoes)

[@EricAbbottTri]

@@CR3DT I had mt shoes but lots of guys prefer road shoes because they are a few grams lighter.

[@CR3DT]

@@EricAbbottTri I figures, but doesn't that just make it harder to walk on dirt and mud? I can hardly walk on a clean road when I get off my road bike. This event looks like fun. Hope you had a blast

[@Chris-Novaboarder]

PTSD?! Please!

[@runejohansen2117]

every single one of them are the Hero of the day !!!! What a race indeed !!!

[@elliot2871]

Watched the whole thing, well done and great music choice!

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Thanks!

[@twallace71a]

The music in this film fantastic

[@SuperJohnnyO]

@28:19... I think it's meant to be "whittled". "Widdle" means... well,... look it up. Great video, though! :)

[@UnroadUNLTD]

You're right!

[@tristanbareham5638]

Great storytelling-congratulations to all involved

[@1LeggedAdventures]

What would you say is the average tire width in these races? Some racers look like they are running 2in plus, then some look like they are on 28c. I'm curious what is considered the optimal width.

[@michaelmarckx639]

i think for this course the optimal tire is 30mm, wiht some doing it on 28s and many on 32s or bigger.

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

As I Belgian I found the lack of waffles in this video disappointing. Jk. Great docu! Loved every minute of it!

[@wernerp3943]

Auch wenn ich nichts verstehe, ein tolles Video 🙂

[@davefave4351]

That looks like bloody hard work! Good fun though and an excellent craic!

[@lukefarren3409]

Wow! A woman won the race?

[@blairdalgleish8247]

Really annoying music

[@grega9220]

Top notch work folks...and that soundtrack.. dang!

[@runplatypus]

Im doing this

[@joadskjelbred2856]

He said, "Widdle."

[@Tarmaccyclocross]

The women are so inspirational true grit 👍

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Well said!

[@302hardtailr6]

Very well done! That is a tough race.

[@tubesockets120v]

What Canyon model bike?

[@los1379]

28:19 “widdled “?!? Seriously?

[@ccapp3389]

Awesome film! That ringing sound at the end of the intro is very unpleasant though.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

The ringing get's our attention every time😀

[@govbradford]

Amazing video. Well Done!

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@garyonnen7634]

Good fun. Thanks.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Our pleasure!

[@PeteEllson5656]

Great film, loved the killer soundtrack. Fabulous story, so well done. Thanks for posting.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Thank you🤘

[@alejandroromero-jn8yk]

but these races are more like amateurs road races, are they like professional road cyclist?

[@UnroadUNLTD]

The Belgian Waffle Ride is a melting pot of amateurs and pros. The pointy end of the race is always fast and a pure roadie would be challenged by the terrain! A little further back it's a party for for people just looking to enjoy riding the wrong bike on the wrong terrain. If you've never done one you should add it to your bucket list!

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

The largest prize purse race I have ever been in was a gravel race with a grand total of 10,000k USD. Anyone could enter the pro/open category but they had some fast cut off times for the course. The road Rivas usac prizes are tiny in comparison maybe I. The 1000 dollar total range.

[@jbrew44]

Great video!

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Thanks!

[@raulmartinez5511]

Iz King is a Badass

[@patcoll7455]

Brillant...thanks.

[@srtsniper75]

Great video.

[@jasperaerts]

Awesome movie!

[@razorbackbowser]

FANTASTIC

[@brianbolton5566]

Didn't really need the guest appearance from Colin but other than that the rest of the video was pretty dope.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

This film was created and originally released in 2021.

[@alcantey]

Excellent 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😎

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@swieseldorf]

diagnosed w ptsd?

[@ChrisinOSMS]

That tone really screws with the older audience. I had to check my headphones to see if it was me or the audio.

[@mountaindiver]

“How did you get here” probably not the best question to ask…

[@anthonysears871]

Sure looks like road ride with a gravel section! Kind of like leadville. A gravel ride with a mtn bike section?

[@gweflj]

Some great footage and solid production. Glad 2:35 made it into the edit.

[@UnroadUNLTD]

Glad you liked it!

[@Sally150]

She's gay you know.