What do professional cyclists, who seemingly have everything bike-related they could want, ask for for Christmas?
We reached out to a few gravel pros and got some surprisingly similar — and ridiculous (looking at you, Griffin Easter) — answers.
High on the list were chains that stayed waxed, live-in bike washers and mechanics, and a few not-so-subtle requests for Life Time, the organizer of races like Unbound Gravel and the Leadville 100, as well as race organizers in general for different and varied formats of racing.
Here are the top 10:
1. For the Grand Prix to include a stage race – Haley Smith
2. A Life Time Grand Prix race in New England – Sarah Lange
3. A muddy Unbound – Russell Finsterwald4. A race style or series that is back-to-back short (2-3hr) gravel events. For example, one day is a 70-mile rolling, typical gravel race with lots of power and then the other day is a 55-mile, mountain bike-style gravel race. Basically a stage race that is spectator-friendly and allows different types of riders to showcase their talents – Ellen Campbell5. A big road stage race in the USA where we can watch all our killer American talent race on home soil – Alex Howes6. An ENVE mountain bike – Alexey Vermeulen7. A ‘Gravel Oscars’ – where we award people for “best in class” of certain categories – Deanna Mayles8. A chain that re-waxes itself – Lauren De Crescenzo9. A continuous lactate monitor (is that too nerdy?) – Dylan Johnson10. A candy-red Coca […]
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