Hello and welcome back to Gravel Kings! Labor Day in the rearview mirror means summer is drawing to a close. So late season races are fast and furious -- Ted was at Gravel Worlds and donned his road attire for Green Mountain Stage Race. Laura got to try her hand at Vermont Overland and came away with nothing but smiles. Stu had an, umm... interesting go at Fistful of Dirt in Wyoming, but he came away lighter AND with a trip to the podium!

Welcome back to a midsummer treat here on episode 33. We talk about Laura's recent return from the high mountain air of Colorado including a run-in with a moose, Ted's linked together back-to-back wins(!) and is next off to Gravel Worlds in Nebraska, Stu has his favorite Fist Full of Dirt on the horizon and the start of his beloved cyclocross just around the corner. #crossiscoming!

Gravel Kings is back with a mid-summer classic. In peak summer form, we have talk of the men's Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift. Laura comes up big with an exciting new game for the other guests to play and you, the listener at home! There's a lot more in store, so buckle up.

Welcome back to Gravel Kings! Another exciting episode in store with a new game to kick things off, Who Am I? We'll talk about the latest debate in which the UCI has inserted their foot firmly in their mouth, this time about handlebar measurements and whether the rule will extend to gravel. The Tour de France is upon us, so naturally we'll talk Tour. That plus answering your questions, as we always love to do.

This is an exciting first; we're live from Gravel Kings Weekend at Mad Bush Falls in Waitsfield, VT! We recorded on Saturday evening of this three day getaway. With lots of fun banter, we have the usual Pick Three, Stu introduced Would You Rather..., and plenty of great photos submitted online and submitted in-person. 

Buckle in for our longest show yet, as we're celebrating UNBOUND, the XL, and (mostly) all things Emporia, Kansas.

UNBOUND is the grand daddy of gravel racing so with racing in the Flint Hill now a thing of the past in 2025, the first half of the season has come to a close. But that just opens up a chance to analyze every detail of the race. From the heat to the competition, the wicked international line up, how badly the heat crippled Laura, Ted's go at the XL, and how it all fits together.

Visit madbushfalls.com/gravel-kings-weekend as there are still spots to join us June 20-22!

You can watch the whole Hall of Fame ceremony including Ted's speech at THIS website.

Laura's blog from UNBOUND.

Ted's blog from UNBOUND.

It was hot and humid in Texas and now we're in cold and dank Kansas for Unbound. Was all that heat training a waste of time?! What happens when you invest so much and then get hit by a truck, like Dylan Johnson did after logging 100 hours of training the past three weeks for Unbound? Gosh, this plus so much more in this riveting episode of Gravel Kings.

How often do you replace your cycling shoes? Great question! There's that plus many more, lots of chatter about recent bike races all across the northern hemisphere, as well as the typical Gravel Kings banter.

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Welcome back! The crew was together this past weekend at Sea Otter and is getting together this coming weekend. Face to face time is hard to beat and so was the fun these consecutive weeks! As always, we have your fun questions to answer, but lots of other recent fodder to cover. Heck, and we don't even talk the roundup of the UCI spring classics! This is a humdinger, so sit back and enjoy.

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Check out our upcoming Gravel Kings Weekend at Mad Bush Falls! This weekend guarantees good fun, good vibes, good rides, good food, good drink, good creemees, good gravel, good LIVE podcasting, and good people -- among other things. This event is June 20-22, 2025 in Waitsfield, VT and you can find out more at: https://www.madbushfalls.com/gravel-kings-weekend 

The gang is back, catching up on the Spring Classics, the start of the UCI Gravel Series, the wildfires in Midsouth and the aftermath of a cancellation, then a dive into listener questions.