Holy Spirit of Gravel

Oskar Stack-Michasiw and Kyle Dawes - Beyond the Privateer ep 10

In this episode of the privateer deep dive series we bring in not one but two young gravel heads to find out what's going down in the world of gravel U23. Are the kids indeed alright? We talk to Mach1Devo [https://mach1-performance.com/mach1-devo] team member Oskar Stack-Michasiw [https://www.instagram.com/oskarstack.mtb/] and substackian [https://builtonbikes.cc/] bike journalist Kyle Dawes [https://www.instagram.com/kyle_dawez/] about Unbound in particular but also what the general vibes of being a U23 athlete is all about and what the media landscape for this division is shaping up to be. Life Time is working towards legitimizing their league as a space for younger athletes but it is still a bit of a mystery for many of us normies what all is going on and it can look weird a bit weird if you ask about children-coded folks (they are all of draftable ages as far as I know). We also get into how we all know each other and bonus chat about the viral Canadian Gravel Nattys (Oskar is Canadian if it wasn't obvious from his accent). Anyway it was fun to link with these guys again after the time we spent eating rural Kansas diner food (very good) and stacking bike cases into airport shuttles. Read Kyle's great piece on Mach1Devo [https://builtonbikes.cc/p/mach1-devo-is-proof-that-culture] here!

The death of the ACTIVATED expo-coded GRAVEL privateer?

who is the Wemby of gravel? who is the Cape Verde goalkeeper of gravel? do you not know what I am talking about because seemingly many cyclists do not know about other sports? BWR Utah and a UCI gravel race in France happened and we might be one of the only gravel pods that mention it? Maybe not! But we drop some names regardless. We talk some post-Unbound content and run a vibe check on the overall state of the sport. (As per usual some stuff in this sport doesn't make sense but if it's important enough to pod about it, that means its all good). Is Team Specialized not going to the expo to chop it up with gravel dads the true death of the spirit of gravel or does no one care because they're winning and hop on pods after races?

Maddy Nutt - Beyond the Privateer ep 9

Fan favorite Maddy Nutt explains ultra racing to me (someone who thinks 100 is a long ass ride) and I don't really get it but you can imagine me nodding along like you do when a crazy person is telling tall tales. Except the tales here are all real!! Maddy got second at Unbound XL just a month after winning Traka XL. She tells me how to rode through thunder and lightning, walked for 5 (FIVE) hours in the mud and how the vibes are different from regular ol 200 mile distance racing. We also chat about Laufs because we both have one and they're fun to talk to about. I think you'll enjoy this one!! Maddy Nutt on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/maddy_nutty/?hl=en] and youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@maddynutt] Use code HSOGSEAL for 15% off all Stans products [https://stans.com/]!

UNBOUND GRAVEL 2026 labor party

I went to Unbound Gravel, the SUPER BOWL race formerly known as DeeKay 200 and I was there to WORK. It's not at the end of the season but it's still the most important race of the season. Even though I was kept busy the entire time, I still managed to have lots of fun. I work better after a few cold ones anyway. But more important than myself, the race was really activated. Wheel swaps, sprint finishes and YOU, the normie, were there. Doing something. I'm sorry the live stream doesn't show you but it is what it is. You have a real life and real jobs, that's consolation. Is gravel racing gaining fans or is the culture just deepening in a way that makes it feel more real? Wild Card list of dropped right before we recorded and we actually talk about it. Topics include: * the optics of finishing one two as a team * knowing how to swap a wheel * "cooldown"-coded pods as a genre * watching Goodfellas * rules of using Conti Bikes instagram * using Speech To Text on a bike * Bjork * the race was hard * Paige Onweller Use code "HSOGSEAL" for 15% off Stans products [https://stans.com/]

the TRAKA experience as told by a meme account admin

My Traka experience brought to you Girona sponsored by G-Town. As always, vibes based analysis and deconstruction of a race, a sport and its place in hearts and minds.