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Did I Survive My First 480km Ultra Cycling Adventure? | Great British Escapades 2024 

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How did I do in my first ever race and ultra? Join me in the video to find out as I take on the 480km Great British Escapades course.
The Great British Escapades is a long distance gravel event. It starts in Canterbury in South East England before taking you across the North and South Downs. Whether it's your first event or you're an experienced ultra racer the course offers something for you.
It's got tarmac, gravel and some single track trails along the way and can be treated as a 3 day bike packing or adventure or completed without sleep (if you so desire). The event has been running in June now for 7 years and shows no sign of slowing down with 100 racers at the start line this year!
If you're thinking about doing your first ever long distance event.. DO IT. And my advice would be to make it this one. No matter how your race goes you will feel supported by the organisers and the atmosphere was truly incredible. Hopefully the video inspires some other riders out there to join the event next year!
If you enjoy the video please like and subscribe and if you have any questions chuck them down in the comments and I'll be happy to answer.
Finally, if you want to watch more of me check out my adventure series where I cycle from Alaska to Argentina! It's not yet finished though with more videos coming soon!
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@ionebike
@ionebike 3 месяца назад
Bravo 😃💪🦵🚴‍♂️🚴
@BruceAlexWatt
@BruceAlexWatt 3 месяца назад
Hey Benson, it’s Bruce. Wow super inspiring dude, you’ve got tons of grit and super stoked you ended up doing so well! Andrew sent me the vid, love it! See you next year! 💪👏
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Bruce!!! Thankyou boss! See you on the start line next year or maybe over your way sometime!
@rahastings1066
@rahastings1066 3 месяца назад
Congratulations. Great comeback! Tubeless all the way. This was my first GBE too. I had one puncture in my tubeless setup and that was easily fixed with a plug.
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thankyou boss! Yup tubeless and wider tyres for me next year for sure!
@BikepackingAdventures
@BikepackingAdventures 3 месяца назад
Great comeback from that far back =)
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thanks boss!
@HamishBaxter93
@HamishBaxter93 3 месяца назад
Great Video! :)
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thanks bru!
@5kyforger
@5kyforger 3 месяца назад
I wanted to say you should've gone tubeless for the race but yeah, would've prolly required wider tires...also, nano TPU inner tubes, get a few of those and you'll be set - they weigh a fraction of what a normal inner tube weighs but are more expensive of course. All in all, this was a brutal race! Glad you made it safe and sound, apart from the arse shenanigans! 😆
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
@@5kyforger so I started with the front tubeless and I think would have been okay but I had to chuck a tube in 2/3 of the way around just because I misplaced the plugs at an earlier puncture 😂 a miriad of errors and bad luck! Next time wider and tubeless for dure
@5kyforger
@5kyforger 3 месяца назад
@@bikingvikingrides hhahha it just goes to show you that even with experience, one can still forget or f** up something! That being said, every ride IS an experience for sure.
@miroc9198
@miroc9198 3 месяца назад
Great video and huge kudos for not giving up. Your time was still great even all the delays, as you spent at least 8 hours in Rochester plus changing like a zillion inner tubes, you would ended up in top 5
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thankyou Miro! Fingers crossed for next year!
@sing_cycle_referee
@sing_cycle_referee 2 месяца назад
Great ride man, I made my first attempt in 2023 and got to mile 239 before being totally cooked and being unable to climb any gradient. Amazingly despite running tubes I got no punctures! Don't worry about an MTB, if you go tubeless you'll be (almost) bombproof and be able to cruise round very nicely. I'm hoping to be back next year so might bump into you before you streak off into the distance in front of me! Little video on my channel if you fancy.
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 2 месяца назад
@@sing_cycle_referee thankyou for the message! Unfortunately I think I need the MTB just to be able to run wider tyres! I’ve run tubeless on the 40mm gravel bike and I still get punctures.. I think I’m just a bit too heavy! But hopefully see you there next year!
@sing_cycle_referee
@sing_cycle_referee 2 месяца назад
@@bikingvikingrides any scope for 650b?
@djbeeney
@djbeeney 3 месяца назад
Benson you legend! Liked and subscribed! Love how you've found something and what you're doing mate! Have to get you out on a MTB with me 😜🤘🏼
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thankyou bro for the very kind words! I’m just looking into an MTB at the moment boss! Gonna see if I can work with some brands to try some out! Then I’ll come ride with ya!
@CycleXplorer
@CycleXplorer 3 месяца назад
Like and subscribed. Nice way to do it as opposed to my random rambling madness 😂
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Thankyou sir!
@matthewsaul2531
@matthewsaul2531 3 месяца назад
How long does it take you to change an innertube now? You must have done hundreds. What's the main cause you see for punctures?
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
It massively depends on the problem Matt! If the puncture is easy to locate and the culprit easy to determine then maybe 5-10 minutes. In the middle of the night with tubeless sealant everywhere it takes a bit longer.. haha! These punctures I think were all caused by me being a bit too heavy for the tyre width and course. It was no surprise that whenever I got one it was normally when the terrain got rougher!
@CycleXplorer
@CycleXplorer 3 месяца назад
An expensive sounding conclusion 😂
@akusins
@akusins 3 месяца назад
Stop, stop, stop. I just tried to make own record and do 160 km of gravel and i finished on 94. km because I couldn't sit anymore on saddle, big pain. Question, how people solve this question especially when You this crazy distance?
@bikingvikingrides
@bikingvikingrides 3 месяца назад
Well I definitely haven’t solved it for the full distance as the final 110km were super painful! But to build up to where 100/200km is not comfortable I would say slowly build up the distances over time allowing your body to get used to it. You should also check the saddle though and maybe head over to a bike shop to see if there are different saddles you could try. Definitely what I will be doing before my next race!
@aadnaneoukhabbou2455
@aadnaneoukhabbou2455 3 месяца назад
Lower the music sound man, could barely hear you
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