let's go two one good luck to all the revenues
unbound a pretty spicy start i was supposed to be staying in a little team
with walter o'reilly from garmin and riley was going to try for a top 20 in our category but uh
well it was just chaos we've all lost each other the race is split to [ __ ] these sections where
the rain has built up in the little dips and it went from a peloton at about 40 minutes to just
absolutely blown to bits i think peter secant is up the road everyone's joining into little groups
trying to keep the pace up and uh well maybe i'll try and get into one so for those who
don't know unbound is a 100 mile 200 mile and 350 mile gravel race in the middle in the heart
of north america we're in the state of kansas started in a town called emporia and today i'm
just doing a 100 mile route which is long enough i was very happy to find out this morning that
being british we've got some rain forecast probably not thunderstorms as was the worry
for a few days but definitely woke up and rode here a little bit chilly which was welcome
because yesterday's warm-up ride too hot for me still it's a long way especially off-road
so i need to stay on top of hydration stay on top of eating and find my friends you know what
probably gonna hold up here and just see if i can find them because cycling is better with friends
yeah fine i mean the front's really fast how's walter where is he he uh i clipped his back wheel
someone was on me and then he i clipped his front wheel or his back wheel we both crashed
and one other dude crashed and then
so a great start then really yeah i was like wow really crushing in the first 30.
i said i was gonna send it i lost it
i'm missing one ball so unfortunately my main rival in this race peter segan as you all know
he uh he stopped for a pee by the side of the road and then rode
all the way up to the front and then attacked and caused all the splits so
i think he's going to beat me i don't know he might have a mechanical or something
in which case i'll make sure to attack him oh yeah nice it's all battle scars now adrenaline baby
minor problem my cleat has come loose
and it's causing me pain in the knee so quick stop lose some time but worth it for uh working these
by the end of the event does mean i've lost walter and riley
nutrition strategy today i've basically packed so i don't have to use the feed stations which
are at 40 miles and 60 miles in terms of real food i have a weird squash sandwich with some
fake turkey inside of it just to have a nibble on when you don't want gels and i've got about
10 gels in my pocket half caffeine half knot with a good bit is inside the bottles
i have two 800 ml bottles so absolutely massive both with 90 grams of starch carbohydrate mix in
so if you're aiming for 90 grams an hour you could do it just with bottles
if you're thirsty then i've got this camelbak thing hydration pack that's what it's called
completely full or just plain water so i can alternate between the two if i want some like
actual nice plain water with no taste i can go from this little thing here big thanks to molly
and a guy called yuri for uh giving me this just before the event i'm definitely glad
i've got it i've drunk a lot from it already and it has four liters of capacity which is
absolutely huge staying on top of it just about i was feeling a little bit sick from eating loads of
gels but uh yeah a little bit of normal food when i stop to fix my cleat makes all the difference
but um peter sagan is actually here at this feed zone so if i start riding right now
i will be in the lead or maybe not
my plan's foiled peter's again at the rest stop
apparently for 20 minutes he's just chilling good enough for him
good enough for me sometimes you just need to enjoy a bike ride and he was sat there with his
teammate i think it was daniel loss just having a laugh this is a fun ride even though it's raining
quite a lot now about 40 miles to go lake's feeling a lot better after a packet of crisps
how many gopros can the gopro go so i was wondering if you're going to carry your full size
the big camera yeah no no i think it would have died sorry guys i brought the english weather
with me how well one how was your ride going two how did you end up behind me i thought you were
up the road ah yes uh we were all in the front row going into the very first turn so we decided
to uh lay down yeah that was a lot of that and it was unavoidable i'm right next to sagan there's a
couple people over here we're on the inside of the turn somebody laid it down and i mean i just like
yeah so my bars were twisted broke a spoke oh my god and uh
so i get my [ __ ] together i was there like fixing my bike for a few minutes
i chased for like two hours yeah make contact with like you know i wasn't gonna make it to the front
but with kind of the lead group of various pros and you know dignitaries whatever and then i
puncture and just like slice the tire in half i'm standing early luck is not on your side today
oh not at all but it's been great because i get to drop back and hang out with everybody
it's spitting it's spitting molly it's a bit
20 miles to go yeah this is everybody's gonna get
demoralized and you and i are gonna get revitalized
really hypothermic this is a little trick i picked up in the tour
find some garbage yeah find some garbage on the side of the road and you just really wanted
a pizza hut box it's like a greasy pizza hut box keep me warmer on the descents this is the
difference between living in uh new castle versus wait hang on you're from portland that's cold
that's basically the uk i'm so over it and it's not 100 miles 105 miles what yeah
oh when you see 100 on your screen it's a lie i signed up for 100 i'm stopping good luck sorry
oh thank you i gotta do this helmet squeeze helmet squeeze yeah oh i got one drop well
that's now just because you're dehydrated it's the american helmet squeezing i've got loads left
helmet squeeze has been done our mound has been ridden we're feeling good what are they shower
i've kind of got into it i might just stay like this i know you're warm you're ready to go feral
you're just getting started garment unbound absolutely wicked experience big thanks to garmin
for sending me out here time for a beer a warm beer do you think that exists yeah yeah multiple
yeah i also want an american mcdonald's what distance did you do you look great i did
uh hundreds because i'm sensible okay you did the excel right yeah how long did it take you
2309 and like finished in a sprint good to see you man great to see you tyler did the uh 350 mile one
so he started at 3 p.m yesterday rode all through the night and and now you're here sat on the floor
we actually looked pretty fresh and now you've cleaned your face with that towel you look good
as me i'm now back home fairly jealous but what an amazing weekend massive thanks to garmin and
a bit of a shout out to them to end today's video because they are hosting another event
in the uk i know there's a lot of you from the uk garmin are hosting a road cycling event called the
garmin ride out which is on the 20th of august i'm going to put links in the description down below
if you're interested in entering that it's all in aid of action medical research so a fantastic
cause and a brilliant day out probably in better conditions than kansas was but no
promises thank you as always for watching these videos and stay tuned for more coming next week
where i might be doing a bike packing trip which is long overdue see you guys soon
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