We Look Back At The Gravel Worlds, Discover A New Folding Bike & More! | GCN Show Ep. 561

The UCI Gravel World Championships…plenty of gravel, steep climbs and gnarly descents - what did we think of the race? This, plus a new bike from BMC, a folding bike to rival Brompton, and the hardest climb pro cycling has ever seen!
00:00 Intro
02:20 UCI Gravel World Championships
11:03 Other Racing News
13:33 Cycling Shorts (In association with ‪@ride_bmc‬)
23:09 Hack/bodge
28:46 Caption competition
30:38 Comments of the week
35:12 Coming up on GCN
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[@cardiaccyclist7477]

#Captioncompetition: GAGE HECHT: "I feel that I am perfectly sane to be doing this" MECHANIC "I disagree, I feel your nuts"

[@noptimized]

That may one day be Hank's epitaph: "He made it look super tough." Long live Hank!!

[@natnaelmesmer9231]

#CaptionCompetition “2-Man Powered Health” Jokes aside, the man in the front is Oscar. The team’s social media and press personal. I met Oscar at this year’s ‘Tour of Lunsar’ in Sierra Leone (West Africa) as he was volunteering to cover the race and help bringing recognition to the newly found cycling excitement in the country, through his photography and storytelling in his podcast “The Cycling Podcast”. It’s pretty cool to have so many people doing so much great stuff to the sport we all love and ofter remain anonymous. And that includes GCN and all the talented people behind the scene! So thank you so much guys! Keep up the amazing work!

[@buzzman4860]

Having watched the gravel worlds, the course looked fun as heck. I loved it

[@Frostbiker]

26:50 that looks like a Burley Travoy, usually meant to carry groceries on your bike. I don't have one, but I've heard good things about them.

[@garrettwilson8616]

#CaptionCompetition Gage Hecht has taken chest fairings one step too far by strapping his mechanic to his belly ahead of race.

[@jesuspascualcamino]

You guys are truly legit and it's no surprise you are a coveted weekly watch. Legends. Absolute full marks.

[@gcn]

Do you think we need a name for those that watch weekly? A group name... 🤔

[@JakobKenda]

@@gcn global cycling weekly network?

[@Biketravellers]

​​@@gcnLes Gits 😂

[@jesuspascualcamino]

@@gcn a bit too late for this one, been away for a while. I'm not sure anyone who watches a show to the point of remembering to the word the intros to the sections would need to be pointed at by giving that behaviour a group name... All I can think of contains the words obsessive and compulsive. GOCDN, maybe? Otherwise, I would think that all GCN viewers are weekly regulars? Aren't they?

[@stou6093]

#CaptionCompetition Every cyclist has a wingman, but Gage Hecht's got a saddle sidekick with a need for speed!

[@noptimized]

#CaptionCompetition: This is a rather egregious example of mechanic-al doping.

[@heliumtrophy]

Funny hearing Dan on the GCN Racing finally get Kasia's name correct (surname still needs a bit of work but progress!) and Si still persisting with saying her name like it was Casio. He'll get it right by the time she retires!

[@simonrichardson5259]

Sorry! What’s it supposed to be?

[@heliumtrophy]

@@simonrichardson5259 It's supposed to be pronounced like Kasha Nev-ya-doma. I've been schooled on this myself by my better half who is Polish so I've made some mistakes along the way. MAJOR mistakes

[@luciodijasio3920]

Monthly allowances for company e-bike (40Euro) are becoming common in Germany as well! I love this trend!

[@DJLaFontsee]

That course looked pretty sick! Add another 50 miles and broadcast both of the races in full (or at least more than just the final hour) and it'll be a hit for years to come. Hopefully the UCI holds it in the US next year... Maybe convert the Rad Dirt Fest to the Gravel Worlds?

[@lazlo2511]

It’s in Belguim we’re the European champs just was… would love to see it in the US, but USA should try keep UCI far away from its events.

[@DJLaFontsee]

@@lazlo2511 oh I didn't realize they had already announced where it would be! I agree the UCI should be kept out of the big existing US events, but I see no problem in both types of races living side by side in the US.

[@lisacolynpatrick7596]

And same prize money for both categories. 🎉

[@gcn]

Its moving in the right direction, longer races and equal coverage for sure! 🙌 One of the great things about the US racing he independent spirit, it would be a shame to loose that... many see unbound as the "real" world champs, would you agree?

[@yumyumhungry]

On coverage; the Tour Divide is a fun race to follow because you are stitching together what happened with GPS trackers social media updates, and random second hand articles over 2 full weeks of racing where the clock never stops.

[@gcn]

Dot watching is super fun! Creating the story in your head, watching the weather forecast! TCR is another great ultra to watch 👀

[@better.better]

hack or bodge: that is an actual product you can buy, the Burley brand Travois (or a clone of it). they also make more traditional bike trailers, single wheel B.O.B. clones, as well as the two wheel variety for traveling with your kids, another that's flat-bed style, and one that's got sides.

[@The_Cotswold_Cyclist]

That was an epic edition of the GCN show. I'll collect my medal, thanks 😊. Almost didn't stick it out but made it through the whole thing!

[@kennlicht]

You two are getting better and better with every show!

[@douglastong3208]

I think that the UCI is treating gravel racing as more of a novelty or minor discipline. They probably only put on the races to satisfy the bike manufacturers. Thus the lack of concern for garnering more media coverage. BTW: I used to ride a mountain bike with 1.9 inch Kevlar slicks as my daily commuter (back in the mid- to late-80s). I would use the same setup year-round and off-road without any problems with traction. I loved the setup because of faster average speeds and a quiet ride on the road. Of course, I wasn't racing, but I was very satisfied with the performance of the Kevlar slicks, especially that the wider tires were immune to falling between the bars on city sewer grates.

[@rockbarcycling8930]

I used to ride 26 x 1.5 like slicks. Super fast on road and fine for dirt with a bit of caution in the corners.

[@mecoollearoyd]

#CaptionCompetition Photographer: "If I close my eyes perhaps I can 'unsee' that!"

[@paulb8587]

Hack/Bodge; That luggage trailer is made by Burley (the people who make the child trailers) and is specifically designed for use with bicycles. It is not a Hack/Bodge.

[@psmac62]

The "shopping trolley" in the HACK/BODGE segment is an off-the-shelf product by Burley - the Travoy trailer. I used one for years for commuting. It is stable unless you hit a large pothole or bump at speed on only one side, when the trailer can flip over. It happened a few times for me, but it never made me crash. I stopped, flipped it back over, and continued on my way. A terrific product.

[@logtothebase2]

The shopping trolly is a Burley Tavoy cycle trailer, actually a thing you can buy.

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

Which makes it an auto-bodge, for passing off a commercial product as theirs. Assuming it wasn't a homemade version...I didn't get a good look.

[@better.better]

​@@brannmacfinnchad9056no that was submitted as something they spotted and took a photo of, not something they were claiming they made themselves

[@jonathanzappala]

A race only 169k, not long enough to be a monument, isn’t long enough to be called a world championship. Gravel conditions aside.

[@sherab2078]

BRAWO KASIA!!!! I was heavily disappointed about the broadcast coverage of the event as such! Yeah, men's event was technically transmitted, but the accessibility of this transmission was highly limited. I know this is a new discipline in terms of UCI champs, but it definitely deserves proper TV coverage.

[@gcn]

What do you think of the failure to televise the women's gravel race? 🚴🏻‍♂🪨

[@86309]

more lack of oversight and real organization ...I know it's tough...but its their World Champs. have to get into all the details.

[@santiagobenites]

It was a complete failure to not have live coverage of the women's race, and inexcusable for a UCI World's event.

[@susannebattegay6410]

A disgrace!

[@quincywalker4441]

Why don’t have it in the USA, since it’s undoubtedly the home of gravel

[@86309]

@@quincywalker4441 Now that I agree on!

[@107point9]

Simon mentioned that there had only been one novel written about cycling, but I can name two straight away - "The Ride" by Tim Krabbe and the excellent "Ventoux" by Sam Wagendorp and Hemingway also mentions a cycling race in one of his short stories.

[@simonrichardson5259]

Ventoux is a new one on me! I’ll check it out, thanks!

[@rickmagee1918]

Ralph Hearne’s The Yellow Jersey. Joe Mungo Reed’s We Begin Our Ascent (I really like this one!). Jorge Zepeda Patterson’s The Black Jersey. Then there are a lot of nonfiction books about the history or philosophy of cycling, but that’s another thing. In grad school I tried to convince a prof to let me write about cycling in novels, but he didn’t like my plan. Maybe it’s time to revisit that!

[@mattwake7230]

#Captioncompetition "Hey, Gage, why do you have a mechanic down the front of your trousers?" "I don't know, but he's driving me nuts."

[@stealfwayne]

Hey SI, Easy on the knocking of us who still use 'cable' gears. They can break I admit, but only if you neglect your duties to cleanliness and maintenance. That's when they break, keep fettling and you see the trouble before that can happen. Nice work as always though.

[@larrylem3582]

Agreed. Considering there are about 100,000 cable equipped bikes for every electric-shifting bike, it's no wonder some folks have cable issues.

[@gcn]

Very. true, well maintained cable brakes make for a great option! Especialy for those going into the unknown. The ability to perform a road side fix is under-rated!

[@lenahygiena]

yep. some GCN viewers ride ancient steel 🦾

[@simonrichardson5259]

Sorry, definitely not knocking cables as I have them on all the bikes I actually own as opposed to the bikes I’m lucky enough to ride for GCN. What I was trying, badly, to say was that people often talk about mechanical as totally bombproof and reliable when actually it’s got it’s weaknesses just like everything else.

[@rob-c.]

@@simonrichardson5259 but easily fixed with a cable on the roadside. Can’t do the same with di2 🙂

[@jamesion9817]

Its interesting the point about parity in distance for the gravel champs, I, like Simon, was all for equal distance, but after speaking to a few of the pros that took part, most of them felt that the distance was perfect as the field is smaller, and the speed a little slower they felt that the distance was just right, so maybe, just maybe in this aspect the UCI actually did something right!

[@KurtZorch]

Is success making it more like American gravel? If so: * wide start area that de-emphasizes the problems making a grid * 5+ hour race time * a more complicated course - varied terrain, long technical or harsh sections * more emphasis on a 'race village' with a non-World Tour feel

[@sandstromj]

We’ve got company bikes in Finland. Really good service and one can basically buy any bike and usually the employer pays part of the monthly fee. I’ve now had a gravel leasing bike for a couple of years.

[@ScrapKing73]

As a Canadian, who (like the Americans) is accustomed to absolutely epic gravel rides that can go for hundreds of kilometres in a single stretch, I share the feeling that European gravel routes look… well, pretty tame.

[@rob-c.]

Who wants to watch that on the TV though? 😴

[@colinricketts1415]

@@rob-c. didn't get much of the uci race on tv anyway so wouldn't make much difference

[@gcn]

Europe has some epic gravel too... We're just not showing it off enough 👀

[@chasingbirds3073]

​@@rob-c.I do.

[@colinricketts1415]

@@gcn some of the gravel mountain pass roads could make an epic climber's race

[@ridesthewind7551]

you should check out Montague folding bikes with 700C wheels. I carry one on my sailboat. Rides like a real bike!

[@paulworth70]

Another great show, keep up the good work guys. About time we saw Dan back on a bike!?

[@gcn]

We're trying out best to get him on the bike 👀 It didn't end well last time though!

[@90DatteRo]

Interestingly enough, these kinda “gravel” route could've been won on a rigid flatbar mtb. People don't realize that gravel setting is way too narrow. Road bike for road, rigid mtb for off-road, suspension for downhill

[@ericvollmer8820]

As fast as the pros ride, the aero advantage of a gravel bike over an mtb is a massive advantage, and the rolling resistance on pavement…

[@andycollins6176]

#captioncompetition "are we breaking any Uci rules?", "it's hard to gage"

[@bikeanddogtrips]

caption: This is what happens when your coach's autocorrect fails and they tell you to do a centaur ride (instead of a century).

[@arthurfast4357]

I did the BWR in both Arizona and California last year. You could maybe have done the one in California on a road bike with big tires. However the one in Arizona had quite a bit of rough gravel and some sand. It would have been extremely difficult to do on a road bike. I have heard that the BWR in Nevada has an even tougher route. So I don't think you can generalize, the BWR is a series and not all of the courses are the same.

[@kramrenrut950]

Very disappointed in the gravel world champs as we were running it in the early 80’s on our bodged bikes up and down the old cinder rail tracks, I’m off down there now

[@barrowsworm1226]

On Gravel Worlds: The UCI is doing a little better. There was still too much pavement, I would suggest the GW course should need to be at least 2/3 on dirt surfaces. The distance needs to be longer, and the women should race the same distance as the men. And of course it goes without saying that there needs to be equal TV coverage for the men and women. Also, the UCI needs to figure out how to stage riders at the start more appropriately, using UCI points from road racing is unfair to gravel specialists.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

The ratio would be fine if the race were 50km longer for women and 80km for the men

[@Raumance]

Why should there be equal TV coverage when there isn't equal interest?

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@Raumance if the interest and coverage were proportional and the women got zero coverage, the men should get triple the coverage. What does 3x0 work out to?

[@Raumance]

@@veganpotterthevegan It works out to that people have interest in the highest competition and that matters. If you don't have interest it means providing coverage is losing money not gaining it. Your mathematical argument is pretty stupid. Bad try.

[@adamcoatham]

@@RaumanceHow do you know there isn’t equal interest?

[@better.better]

hack or bodge: shift-stick... yeah bodge... just use the cable itself! you've got several feet of it... if it breaks near the lever, use your hand to move&hold the derailleur where you want it, and wrap loose end around something further up to hold it in place. if it broke near the derailleur you'll need to take the broken short cable end out and replace it with the long bit first. if you don't have any tool at all then you're stuck with the stick option I guess, but not having ANY multitool at all is kind of bodge in itself.

[@flipper3691]

About folding bikes: You think you need a fancy road bike to travel around Holland? By the time you clip your feet in you will have travelled from Amsterdam to Rotterdam… best cycling trip for me? Manhattan on Brampton bikes, you can lock them folded as you stop for dinner in little Italy, good acceleration, top speed is limited though, from midtown to Harlem through Central Park… Greeeaaaaatttt weekend and I am looking for my next bike trip with only suitcases…

[@Stougaard90]

#CaptionCompetition Gage Hecht's mechanic said he needed a tune-up; Gage thought he said a rub-up!

[@emmabird9745]

Hi Guys. Your Hack/bodge trailer reminded me of a commercially available bike trailer (I don't remember the brand) in the last century (1980s or 90s). It looked rather like a dustbin on wheels with a boom tow bar attached to the bike where the seat stays meet the seat tube. The BBC presenter Adam Hart Davies used one, in those days, to haul his apparatus for his science demonstrations around Bristol. He had a Brompton or Moulton (I can't remember which) and it was painted (for the show) bright pink! I suppose he didn't think it a bodge.

[@jeffreylines1535]

I wonder how the folks at Burley would feel knowing their beloved Travoy was deemed a bodge @25:24 by GCN. Kinda felt the same when I saw it too...More fitting behind a commuter bike.

[@josephlupien]

The course was plenty hard and had plenty of gravel and was plenty long. Trust me!

[@suejones8355]

With some severe climbs too from what I understand.

[@teekay4902]

#CaptionCompetition 'You think you're uncomfortable? There's no seat back here!'

[@GaryThomasSNSEP]

A belter of a show! 😂

[@reecedawson6113]

Can't wait for the coast to coast, you can close by me in Bournemouth

[@DarkpowderUK]

You know what we need back: " EXTREME Corner ! " X "

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

Gravel race; It should be 80-90% gravel at least...no significant stretches of pavement. OR make any pavement connections (between gravel roads) a neutral zone, where that time doesn't count. Lengthwise, shouldn't it be similar to that of any other grande tour stage?

[@rockbarcycling8930]

Neutral zone won't work.

[@aerobelly]

@gcn There are a few different Belgian Waffle Ride races across the USA. The one I've volunteered at multiple times is definitely mostly gravel and NOT done on road bikes

[@WhatxKeepsxUsxHere]

#CaptionCompetition Seems like not all people understood GCN show that Cycling is good for your health. Human powered health. Seat on bike and let others do the job.

[@JMcLeodKC711]

Good call on the golf cart Bodge. When you are hauling that much

[@PaulTomblin]

I’d like to see the UCI Gravel Worlds made hard enough that gravel specialists win it.

[@matthewlewis2072]

Errrr...or maybe they need to lay off the beers

[@daness40]

If they make it more technical, I'm guessing that would just make it more favorable for someone like WVA, Pidcock, or MVP to win it if any of them made it a point to do so.

[@gcn]

Do you think they would also make the course longer? 👀

[@PaulTomblin]

@@gcn well, that’s one way to make it harder, right? After all, we all know that cyclocross guys are only good for an hour or so. :-)

[@simonrichardson5259]

@@PaulTomblinhaha, yeah guys like MVDP won’t stand a chance in races longer than an hour.

[@jdurkin227]

The trailer is a Burley Travoy and they are awesome

[@matt_acton-varian]

Shoe repair hack - cutting the corners off of kinesiology tape allows it to stay stuck down better. The square edges are easy to catch and therefore more likely to peel off.

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

Steve Trew wrote a triathlon-based novel 30 years ago. Quite a enjoyable read too 🙂

[@aauden]

Giving the UCI too much credit here...should have been a stipulation in any agreement with the organisers that there was live coverage of both races. The excuse that they found out last minute just doesn't wash...

[@jaylumbago559]

#caption: - always nice to see the riders getting behind their mechanics - don’t worry, I’ve got your back - something is strange about this tandem - mechanic to rider: oh nice, I feel you found my minipump - rider to mechanic: I like it when you are sitting on my top tube

[@iansingleton]

The whole weekends racing was simply awesome! I agree 100% to what Si & Dan have said about the Gravel World's. Shit the women's wasn't shown, in fact it was embarrassing! Get a grip UCI! Other than that it was a great race on a great course. This was only the 2nd edition and already a lot better than the 1st. I think in years to come when gravel gets more established there will be more cross over riders! It's basically Olympic length Cyclo-cross for summer! 😂

[@filippopogacar]

For SI Mortadella is a huge high quality würstel cut very thin unique flavor you have to try

[@jameswitte5676]

#CaptionCompetiton: That’s a legit tandem bike.

[@niallshakeshaft1524]

Caption competition (look in background!): Santa Claus thought to himself “You never saw Eddie Merckx do this kind of shit”

[@philipnelson79]

Course was much more gravelesque, and length was okay for me too. Could be a bit longer, but over 100 miles is a legit gravel distance.

[@aethylwulfeiii6502]

The year before it was 210 km = to 136osh miles. I don’t get why people are saying they are “too short” the pros just get it done fast.

[@darrylhuculak4996]

#captioncompetition: The Human Powered Health Cycling Team attempts to en-"Gage" supplemental human power to help their riders reach new "Hechts".

[@ebikescrapper3925]

You can buy specific shopping trolleys for bikes

[@fatladattheback8642]

The parcel tape hack to seat a tubeless tyre explained the use of the tape but doesn't mention the functions of the dog bowl or lengths of timber. I might have a sleepless night . . .

[@muddy1959]

Great racing no feeding from cars no support cars no team radios. Self sufficiency to change/repair punctures Brilliant

[@jahntitiwu646]

The novel "The Rider", by Tim Krabbe, is not only an excellent work of race fiction it is, in my humble opinion, as a former professor of English Literature and presently a public school teacher of literature, also a formidable and eloquent work of art. So there. 😂

[@szbert]

UCI is treating Gravel even worse than it treats Track

[@emil_copenhagen]

#CaptionCompetition The spirit of gravel

[@mommamooney]

Re: company bikes. I’d rather pay €35/month to pay off a nice bike and then I’d own a bike at the end

[@universe-juice]

Human powered healths Felt is beautiful. Would like that paint on mine

[@ricardojesus647]

This vídeo and the other one last year about UCI ruining the gravel worlds, just proves me right. You dont need a gravel bike, you can do it on a road bike with larger tires, and if it gets too gnarly, use a hardtail MTB with thinner tyres😂. There i've said it!

[@joshebrown2575]

#captioncompetion What the Hecht! This tandem sprint was not "Gage"d well. 30:22

[@domdog111]

Void based on mileage. Need a, high, percentage of gravel as a min. for course being accepted.

[@jymtym]

You guys mentioned that there are no cycling novels. Years ago I read a series of five novels all cycling murder mysteries. The author was Greg Moody. The first one is called “Two Wheels”. This series was really good. So there you go, there are good Cycling novels. Also, I don’t know the author and have no involvement with the books.

[@gcn]

That's Si's reading covered for the next week 👀

[@kramer450]

Tbh I don't think you can say that WVA would have won without those issues. The riders adapt their riding to what's going on around them so if the first place guy had WVA with him his finishing time would probably be different as well

[@IverKnackerov]

They didn’t say that …?

[@gcn]

You make a great point! It would of been great to see him fighting out at the top. 💨

[@cesarcardozo6551]

Caption competition: Bike review: nice one, but while riding in this position I FELT something weird on my back…

[@bimblingalong]

wondering what the one cycling novel Si mentioned is? 'The Wheels of Chance' by H. G. Wells (pub 1896) by chance?

[@simonrichardson5259]

Funnily enough, no! But I will now look it up!

[@bimblingalong]

@@simonrichardson5259 see I am now curious as to which one you were thinking of and whether there might be others out there to read

[@royrcf]

A problem with televising gravel racing is being able to see the racing for the trees. An improvement in the course, but it would be easy to assume there were only a few racers from the coverage we saw.

[@sandstromj]

Should be possible as they are broadcasting both XC and DH races with partial drone footage.

[@brannmacfinnchad9056]

Drones are quite good now, I hear.

[@michaelgriffiths1605]

The Hairy Bikers were loving their new bike #captioncompetition

[@ZeroSeriesMMX]

You missed the Wookiee noises for for your caption, Dan. Shame. 😂

[@robglysen]

Watching Conners Unbound video, his dad is lovely but his appearance doesn't match his voice for me, he doesn't sound like you'd expect when you look at him but what a guy!!

[@ShawnIsBatman]

The original and only Gravel Worlds that matters is held in Lincoln, NE every August.

[@dropatrain]

Sounds like euro gravel races need to be held in eastern Europe where the pavement is so bad you'd wish you were on gravel

[@GBatAP]

The course is getting better but still not gravelly enough or long enough. Its a world championship race so look at how epic the road race was and the gravel race needs to bring that same level of type 2 fun.

[@gcn]

Great point! More gravel and more racing... we're not complaining 👀

[@whothefoxcares]

Q: How many total rainbow jerseys were handed out this year?

[@fransschreuders8488]

#CaptionCompetition "Human Power?... I thought you said Harry Potter"

[@jamesobrien3076]

Does anyone have an idea of when Canyon will release the new Grail? We’ve seen it at a few events now…

[@mc48197]

Willie is the unrivaled king of gravel (and MTB) dogs with thousands of miles logged. But he couldn't make an appearance this week as international travel from his homebase in Colorado to Italy with riding partner Alexey V. was not happening.

[@alanfreeman7932]

Caption competition:- UCI powerless to stop new form of mechanical doping

[@ethangodridge6833]

If Cav gets that record then another Last Dance series needs to be aired. Interesting to see what Pidcock could do at the Gravel worlds.

[@gcn]

Do you think he'll get that record? We would love to see it 👀

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@gcn he should have gotten that record last year. Team did him dirty

[@geertweynjes2119]

Ain't gonna happen

[@ethangodridge6833]

@@gcn he’ll get it. I think if he hadn’t crashed then he would have won the final stage.

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@geertweynjes2119 they got him more support. The fact that he was even top 5 in any stage with the trash leadouts he had shows he's still more than capable

[@daboo2]

Broken gear cable guy should have used zip ties to get a “hack” from Si.

[@eduardoschneider2010]

there are also company bikes in germany

[@suhdud4646]

35 Euro to rent a bike p/m is insane. Where I reside, its 3.5Euro p/m or 42Euro a year for a street parked shared bike and "maintenance" is also included. Even at my local bike shop to do a once a month once over on my race machine doesnt even cost 35Euro. Do they at least get a TAX rebate?

[@Stirling1989]

I have found Conor's video to be true - I ride a gravel bike at my local club but on 25mm tyres. The only reason I get dropped is because I can't climb as well. I hold my own on the flat with the carbon roadies

[@linooo8137]

Dan looks like Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle

[@user-um9fb5fs8u]

You guys are bike snobs:) Re: bike cart , it looks like a ?Burley Design Travoy Compact Folding Cargo Bike Trailer. And it has solid reviews. I guess Burley isn't big in Europe.

[@themiagi]

#captioncompetition: In ode to their team sponsor Gage Hechts new E-Bike will now be human powered