GENERAL NEWS: Gravel Union Talks

Posted By Gravel Union Updated on 17 August 2020

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With Covid19 reducing our ability to get out and visit all our friends in the gravel community, we decided to travel to you all digitally instead, so have started a series of campfire chats which we are livestreaming via our Facebook page.

We are going to be broadcasting live from the campfire on a regular basis, with host and Gravel Union co-founder Carlo van Nistelrooy chatting with a variety of guests from the world of gravel. We’ve got a great mix of guests to introduce you to – from product directors, event organisers, brand managers, to gravel athletes.

If there is anyone you think we should be talking with, let us know your suggestions.

If you have any gravelly questions that you’re dying to know the answer to, also feel free to get in touch and we’ll do our best to answer them.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 10 - April 2021

Host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatted with Omar di Felice - ultracyclist, expedition rider and lover of winter conditions. Recently back from a high altitude winter expedition to Nepal, Omar talks about what inspires him to push himself so hard and why he thinks everyone should go and ride outside inside of staying indoors on the home trainer.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 9 - March 2021

In this episode of Gravel Union Talks, host Carlo van Nistelrooy chats with Matt Barnard, product manager from Cairn Cycles about the world of e-gravel bikes. Is the future electric?

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 8 - January 2021

In the January broadcast of Gravel Union Talks host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatted with Emma Osenton - bikepacker, event organiser, brand ambassador and gravel racer. We looked into the world of bikepacking and got Emma's tips and advice on how to get into it. Plus we had a world exclusive - the public reveal of Kinesis's prototype titanium bikepacking bike.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 7 - December 2020

In December's Gravel Union Talks host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatted with Tom Ritchey - world-renowned frame builder, one of the founding fathers of off-road riding and the inspiration behind the Ritchey company. Chatting with Tom was like opening Pandora's box into the history of gravel riding.⠀

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 6 - October 2020

In October's Gravel Union Talks host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatted with Janosch Wintermantel from Scott bikes about everything gravelly.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 5

In September's issue of Gravel Union Talks, guest host Katherine Moore was joined around the campfire by Fiola Foley from komoot and Kell Emmerson from the Shimano Gravel Alliance.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 4

In the August episode of Gravel Union Talks campfire live-chat, host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatted with Alex Bethge - ex-pro road racing cyclist, gravel event organiser, cycling brand manager and recent convert to bike packing events.

Unfortunately, due to Europe-wide thunder storms at the time of broadcast affecting the web connections, the quality of the transmission isn't as good as we'd hoped!

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 3

Watch our host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatting with Erwin Sikkens, Shimano Gravel Alliance rider and professional action photographer.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Gravel Union Talks - Episode 2 feature short

Watch our host Carlo Van Nistelrooy chatting with Sander Kuik, Product director Shimano Europe.

Or watch it on YouTube.

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Our inaugral campfire live chat. Host Carlo van Nistelrooy chats to UK gravel pioneer Paul Errington.

Or watch it on YouTube.