Call of a Life Time Season 1 - Episode 2: UNBOUND Gravel (Men’s Race) 

Thanks to everyone involved in the series. Just coming back from a winter of injuries so watched S1E2 while doing 30mins fast ( for me! ) on the static bike. Inspiring people like you are really helping me. Keep up the great cycling/filmin/commentary.

Now that was awesome coverage!!! Just what cycling in the Us needs!!!

Loved Payson’s summary of what happened after the race.

Season 1 set the bar high! 🌟 Adding these timeless episodes to our collection. Already commented on Season 2, but the journey began here. Fantastic work!

Hooked on this series. This is like the MMA of different riding disciplines battling road tactics on gravel and mountain bike travels. EXCITING!

Anyone else having trouble not binge watching the whole series at once? Im forcing myself to watch only one every episode every other day and its killing me!! I just want to know, who is the best!

This is an incredible series. Humbling and inspiring.

This is very high quality documenting amigosss. Thank you very much, very good production

Pete seems like the kid in class that would remind the teacher about homework.

Wow very good coverage. Very lucky to stumbled with this.

Great vid! What a ride by Laurens.

Appreciate the nod and I adore what y'all are doing. Evolution is the process and innovation is the outcome. Great coverage on the men's side, would have loved to see the same for the women.

Ivar with the classic euro tactics. slick is a fitting last name

Found these by coincidence and loved them. Gravel in Europe is still really poor - US scene is amazing

Cool vid!!! Tuff race especially with the rain guys

Definitely wanted to see the girls race

Great production! It takes a lot of work and effort to make this series possible.

17:40 The Spirit of Gravel - has horns and a tail!

I’m going to definitely buy a Mazda now! Great content!

I'm confused about the riding in grass strategy on muddy sections.... When I attended the race prior to the lifetime acquisition Bob Cummings discussed how this damaged the prairie grass, caused erosion, and upset landowners during the riders meeting. I could be misremembering but I thought it was grounds for being disqualified.

Lot of races just for fun in Europe bringing people together 😂. Just saying from a Dane. 🇩🇰😎 did several of events on my Road bike and gravel bike. Mountainbike races are also common but my skills sucks 😊

hot sauce this!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The best unbound video coverage so far

I like this version of Ben Sachs so much more than the following year’s

Very interesting coverage showing the real dynamics during race: aerobars, wheel suckers,...

So well presented !!! Coverage and details I've not see before, just awesome !

Fed ide 😊 at lave en præsentation af en ganske " almindelig " rytter - samt at høre om deres overvejelser og hvorfor. Gerne flere af den slags videoer.

2:00 ever heard of the Tour de France? Love this series.

Dutch mafia for the win!

I’m from Emporia KS! But move to Wichita! Now I’m still mountain biking and with my kids!

Its ironic that they are making gravel more like road riding by adding all these rules. Aero bars and anything other than ebikes should be allowed here. That’s the whole point. Do whatever you want and anything goes.

OMG, blaaaaaa ""the spirit of gravel""

Great job showing the men’s race!🙌A lot more speed and action then the women’s race.

Looks like you really need a moustache!

when I was into cycling I was always against aero bars,

What brand jacket is Keegan wearing?

Ivar take a pull would ya!

Awesome doc. Note to the organisation: please try and make the final few kilometers a bit safer. Cars driving on the roads, approaching the course from intersections, other cyclists driving on the narrow straight while the leaders are sprinting for the victory. Get this sorted out.

LFG Keegen!!

Hipster Mecca

The argument that he has against aereo bars is quite weak: It seems that there is nothing wrong with all the aereo equipment used. Frames, wheelsets, helmets, bags etc, the cost of all of them add over thousands of dollars, but a simple aereobar for 150 bucks will give you way more improvment that all the other pieces of equipment combined. Another point is the speech of trying to go away from all the UCI madness but at the same time try to impose your own set of rules, just because. The idea that He is not counting grams and calories for Unbound is just a nice sales pitch.

8.41 😳😳

Ivar slickmeisterrrr 🔥 the smartest wins!

What did Keegan say to that guy who congratulated him at the end of the race?!

The videos are fantastic, great coverage and editing. Perfect to watch while sweating on a trainer! Only Payton's comments at the end of the vid were a bit unnecessary. Honestly, I understand the frustration just right after the event finished but the vid is out now in 2023 and it really comes across the wrong way. I can imagine it would have been great for the Americans to be able to cheer the winner by chanting USA! USA! whilst a bald eagle is screeching in the distance. But that did not happen, sorry. The final four had 2 guys from a country with no hills and no rough gravel - one retired pro well into his forties, one conti semi pro who despite his lack of gravel experience raced the smartest and won. Considering Ivar's track record in beach racing I think he would have beaten Keagan in the sprint even with more time up front but why take a pull when you don't have to? Also how would the race unfold if Ten Dam went full aero and had aerobars?

I know nothing about gravel but it looks kind of fun. Do they wear road shoes or mountain bike shoes?

part of the beauty of bike racing, not always the strongest wins… also what happened w the Women’s coverage?!?!?

That comment about Ivar riding wheels. It's a big money marketing spectacle now, not a friendly community vibe. The racers seem to want to artificially maintain that, but this is what we get. He was doing what you do in a race. Being the most altruistic rider doesn't win. Would love to see low-key, grassroots gravel racing, but this stuff is all Walmart now.

No Alex Wild this year?

ha, Payton re: Ivar.. Actually if you weren't such a fanboy of Keegan you would have realized Ivar Slik was actually the strongest rider out there that day. Keegan ran aero bars and used them frequently. It was his choice to lead so often. Poor racing tactics if you really wanted the win.

I’m going to win this next year

Not the strongest, but the smartest.

Stetina’s ‘spirit-of-gravel-don’t-use-aero-bars’ position -or- Win races. Looks like the desire of athletes to win races is greater. Who knew!?!

if ppl do aero bars y not aero clothes?

Biggest in America yes, but biggest biking event in the world? 😅

"Unbound is one of the biggest cycling events in the US, if not the world"... Belgian cycling races get crowds of 800K+ and Tour de France? Unbound is great, but there are many bigger cycling events.

What on earth have you done to this race?

Kimo Seymour: "Race number 2 in the series, probably one of of the biggest cycling events in the country, maybe the world" DUDE, ever heard of the Tour De France? Now if he had said, biggest event in gravel racing I would agree.

“Lifetime has brought an energy to this type of racing”. Brought energy to one of the largest, most well known gravel races in the world? I mean, marketing is great and all, but….

Wow. Did they not interview the winner Ivar Slik? That’s bu..hurt. Ivar gefeliciteerd met de winst!

When sports become professional they die of money poisoning.

These are amazing but you guys should fire whoever decided to release these all on the same day. What a disastrous decision to do the exact opposite of what the RU-vid algorithm needs in order to promote this content to the biggest possible audience.

I met Peter in Tahoe one time. Super cool dude, but Laurens is my favorite cyclist.

Americans are banning aerobars for safety reasons... but you can bring your AR. 🙈 Road signs in Kensas full of bullet holes.

Thanks for those great quality videos and coverage, the first race was perfect, but big fail on not covering the women race in this one. I mean guys seriously in 2023, when you watch Women MTB XC racing it is even more of a thriller than the men. You could at least explain why ? Did you delete the files by mistake ? Are you planning a second episode 2 for unbound women ? Come forward rather than wait for bad comments, it really looks like you just didn't care to cover it in this one. Equal price money, but apparently not equal coverage... A pity, as again, the videos are great otherwise.

These anti aero bar imbecil activists who keep [wrongly] saying it violates the spririt of the sport are clearly the ones who do not understand the sport they got into. They keep complaining about how they left road riding, expecting gravel would gave no aero bars? They though wrong. Thats their mistake. The se activists should just go back to road racing and leave gravel alone. THEY are the ones who are messing this sport up, not everyone else. Aero bars has been a part of long distance bike racing since aero bars were invented. It was standard equipment since very early on in the RAAM races, and then ling distance road tourists started using them because riding thousands of miles in the wind swept plains states has always been brutal. Then when long distance off road trails like the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route started to become popular, the were immediately using aero bars for the same exact reason the road tourists before them were, because a thousand miles of headwinds us unreasonable to expect peopke to deal with. Then, when gravel races started to become popular, particularly longer distance races in windy states, gravel racers were immediately using them since the very beginning if the sport. These guys should go pound sand.

funny that they complain about aero bars but look at the aid stations process that they do. be self-sufficient

Laurens Ten dam was the boss. Bugger is in his 40's and is hanging on with guys like Keegan . A true elite level cyclist . And Boswell is another freak . Clearly shows the level of World tour. It will great to see someone like Wout Van Aert someday

Pros complaining about aero-bars in an open gravel race is just hilarious. Sure Pete, you can have an aerobar-free field when you get your own gravel division. How's that?

its funny when the guys says the difference between domestic vs foreign racing is non pro's and pro's can race together like its good thing. the reason why they do that is to create more of a draw and save money. theres much more cost to have two races for pro's and non pro's. it would also reduce the field a ton. this means the money and draw isnt there which also means the level of riders are not on the world tour level. so is that a good thing? or does it mean racing here is no where near the same level than the world tour. but guys are crazy to want to race in the world tour unless theyre winning or top 10 it just doesnt pay and its full of bs rules and hoops controlled by old traditionalist who are afraid of change all the while filling their pockets.

Did none of the women race Unbound?

Why would Stetina try to convince other riders not to use equipment that is allowed by the race rules? If you don't want to use aero bars, fine. Don't use them. But if they're allowed in the race and you are philosophically opposed to them, and upset that others don't share your philosophy... well that's just nonsensical.

I wish they road the 350 mile (530 km) Unbound XL course. And, what's with no women's coverage? I thought in the first episode there was an emphasis on gender equality in this race series; same prize money, same course, same distance. Just not the same coverage...

Missed seeing the women.

Is this what pro gravel racing is? A bunch of adults complaining about equipment choices and whether or not someone takes pulls? No wonder this isn’t more popular.

Never again. No other course options? Pros get free bikes. Amateur riders pay for the bikes ruined by the mud and 1:30 walk.

No coverage of Women's race? Hard fail Lifetime

This was an absolutely disgraceful way to treat the race winner. You intentionally edited Stetina and Swenson's interviews together to blame "Dutch guys" for being the "one brick that crumbles", and presented the "doing anything and everything to win" as a negative in this context. But it sure wasn't a negative in the first episode when interviewing US riders talking about their drive to win. At the finish line the announcer voice claims this was Slik's first time at Unbound. I can understand making a mistake live, but it was your choice to include that in this documentatry as well. Or did you not care enough about the actual winner of your race to notice the mistake? Then instead of interviewing or even congratulating the winner, you put on Payson McElveen being a text book sore loser on camera. Your guy lost fair and square. Just shut up if you can't be graceful about it.

Where are the women???

Where are the women in this one? Seemed like 90% make athletes. What happened to equal media attention?

guys sound like a bunch of clowns complaining about aero bars. grow up, be a professional.

41 seconds in and already with the life time theme, "mtb-ers vs the roadies". I'm out.

If Pete doesn’t want to use aero bars……HE doesn’t have to. Not everyone is him, nor do they have his elitist-PRO background. It just seemed very whinny. 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

Boring.