Gravelly "Fastest Known Times" (FKT) with Reese Ruland

10/26/22 • 51 min

Gravel Union Talks is a podcast series full of inspiring stories, news and events from the world of gravel biking. Each month hosts Carlo and Olly will be chatting with guests who are passionate about riding off the beaten track... adventure riding, bike packing and gravel racing.

In this episode Reese Ruland takes us to the realm of Cycling FKT's (the Fastest Know Time). She tells about the fun of riding, preparing FKT efforts, making routes and the real community sense of this gravel domain where you race the stopwatch on longer routes.

Guest:

Reese Ruland, founder of https://www.cyclingfkt.com
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Biggest news item of last month

World gravel cycling championships 2022
- As long-term gravel addicts with one eye on race results and another on the development of gravel bikes and components, it feels slightly strange to be writing about the inaugural World Gravel Championship in 2022. It’s as though someone has come significantly late to the party. Emmie reports back from the inaugural World Gravel Championships.

Most popular stories on GravelUnion.cc last month

Gravel bikepacking on the Veneto Trail - Claire Frecknall
- “Little tears of happiness pooled in my eyes and blurred my vision”. Claire Frecknall heads to north-east Italy in search of gravel ‘paradiso’ on the Veneto Trail.
Remembering Sule Kanganki
- Over the weekend came the desperately sad news from the USA that Kenya’s top gravel rider and friend of Gravel Union, Sule Kangangi tragically died while taking part in a gravel event in Vermont. We look back at some of the achievements of this inspirational gravel rider.

Guest:

Reese Ruland, founder of https://www.cyclingfkt.com
Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend.
GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform.

Want to bring in ideas for topics or guests?
Mail Olly at [email protected]

Check out our platform and socials
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Thanks for listening. Please share a review, like and share!

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Biggest news item of last month

World gravel cycling championships 2022
- As long-term gravel addicts with one eye on race results and another on the development of gravel bikes and components, it feels slightly strange to be writing about the inaugural World Gravel Championship in 2022. It’s as though someone has come significantly late to the party. Emmie reports back from the inaugural World Gravel Championships.

Most popular stories on GravelUnion.cc last month

Gravel bikepacking on the Veneto Trail - Claire Frecknall
- “Little tears of happiness pooled in my eyes and blurred my vision”. Claire Frecknall heads to north-east Italy in search of gravel ‘paradiso’ on the Veneto Trail.
Remembering Sule Kanganki
- Over the weekend came the desperately sad news from the USA that Kenya’s top gravel rider and friend of Gravel Union, Sule Kangangi tragically died while taking part in a gravel event in Vermont. We look back at some of the achievements of this inspirational gravel rider.

Previous Episode

Ultra Distance Scholarship with Alison & Taylor and Wild Wales

In this episode it’s all about making gravel riding more inclusive and welcoming to people who have typically felt excluded. We’ve got two special guests joining us in this episode - Alison Wood and Taylor Doyle, who are two of the founders of the Ultra Distance Scholarship - a scheme which they helped set up back in 2020 to support new riders from under-represented backgrounds who wanted to try ultra-distance riding.

Guests:

Alison Wood and Taylor Doyle, founders of the Ultra Distance Scholarship
Jon Heard from the Wild Wales Gravel Campout
Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend.
GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform.

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Links and most popular articles on GravelUnion.cc
Tour Divide 2022 - the preview
How tough are you? Are you the type of rider that doesn’t just handle multi-day rides, but sets out to crush them? If so, you might see a bit of yourself in Sofiane Sehili and Josh Ibbett, two riders lining up for the legendary Tour Divide that are capable of feats of endurance that would see many of us crumble.

The Traka ride report - Ibai Fradejas
Ibai Fradejas headed off to Girona in search of some full-gas gravel racing and he wasn’t disappointed.
HotChillee - London to Paris gravel route reccie

Despite having led groups on the road London to Paris on thirteen occasions, Hotchillee Ride Captain Rachel Przybylski, is a fairly new convert to gravel. She joined a group of fellow Hotchillee Ride Captains and gravel enthusiasts for the second reccie ride of the two French days of the London to Paris by Tour de France gravel edition.

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Inspiring Gravel Adventures across the globe by FatPigeon (Video Professionals)

In this episode:

Loek Luijbregts from FatPigeon.cc
Gravel Union Talks podcast with hosts Carlo van Nistelrooy and Olly Townsend.
GU’s editor-in-chief Olly on last month’s most popular articles on the Gravel Union platform.

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Stories on Gravel Union mentioned in the podcast:

Gravel Inspiration - How to prepare for a long ride

In an ideal world we’d all have endless time, energy and finances in place to allow us to ride our gravel bikes as far as we wanted whenever we wanted. But in real life, we’re more likely to only have a small window to get our fix of gravelly fun. But if you want to do bigger rides in the future, how should you go about it? We asked for 24hour solo MTB champion Rachel Sokal to give us her top tips.

Travel Gravel - Finding out the hard way

The tourist board version of cycling in Tuscany is all strade bianche, Cyprus trees silhouetted on the skyline and Fiat 500s puttering through ancient villages. But as James Flynn finds out, the glossy tourist version doesn’t quite match the reality.

Gravel Inspiration - Riding the Rebellion Way

The flatlands of Norfolk might not be somewhere you would instantly think of as a gravel riding mecca, but UK-based charity CyclingUK are hoping to change people’s perceptions with the launch of a bikepacking new route, The Rebellion Way. Claire Frecknall headed over for the launch and sent back this great report.