The Gravel Family Podcast

In this season of Thanks, we wanted to thank all of our listeners, sponsors, friends, and family for an incredible 2024 season! We are so lucky and honored to have some of the best listeners in the industry!

While Trevor Slawnyk may be new to the race director scene, you'd never know it after participating in his Dozinky Doozy race in southeastern Nebraska. In this episode, we talk about his new event, what it takes to put on a new race, and another fun idea he possibly has up his sleeve!

Howard Florence, Kentucky native, came to Nebraska to ride on our gravel roads- and left soaked with champagne from his DFL First to Last win! We got to hear all about his day, what the First2Last party meant to him, and he tells us about a smell he still can't get out of his car- post champagne spray.

Following our announcement earlier this month about our new title sponsor: Lauf, we had the CEO of Lauf Cycles, Benedikt, on our podcast! He talks all about Lauf, the engineering of the bikes, and a tiny sneak peek of what could be next for Lauf!

In what may be our most inspiring and most entertaining podcast yet, we sit down with our Gravel Worlds 2024 75 Mile Para Champion! Patrick Halgren isn't just a cyclist though, he spends the majority of his team on the slopes, training on Team USA for skiing. This is a, "Don't wanna miss," episode!

We're back with our first guest of season four! And for this series, we're starting with the after DFL finisher, Trevor White who rolled in (from completing the double) only eight minutes after our DFL was crowned. On top of that accomplishment, he was a super volunteer- putting in countless hours behind the scene from Wednesday-Friday of Gravel Worlds week!

Hey Gravel Family! We're BACK- for Season FOUR! In this episode, we talk all about Gravel Worlds 2024, what we are expecting for 2025, and our plans for season four!

It's the best week of the year! We are so excited to see you and cheer you on!

This week's episode is a little different... We teased that we would have an epic power couple to round out the series, and it's finally here!

When down at Unbound, we decided to grab people off the expo and ask them our iconic question, "What does the Gravel Family mean to you?" Their answers? Incredible. This episode was sponsored by Lauf Cycles. To check out Lauf's impressive line up of bikes, head to www.lauf-cycles.com

Sylvie D’Aoust, endurance athlete, race promoter, and Secrets From the Saddle Podcast Host, joined us at Unbound before her UnboundXL experience! We were able to talk about last year’s XL race, her own race she promotes, and her podcast!  This episode is sponsored by Lauf Cycles! To check out Lauf’s impressive lineup of bikes, check out www.laufcycles.com

Caroline Wreszin has made her mark in the elite women’s field, topping podiums across the country and since we were crossing paths in Emporia for Unbound, we had the chance to sit down with her and talk about her incredibly impressive year she’s had!  This episode is sponsored by Lauf Cycles. To check out Lauf’s impressive line up of bikes head over to www.laufcycles.com

Bikes are about community, and Beth McBride has proven that in her finishes at Gravel Worlds, MidSouth, and Unbound! First finding gravel through our 1000 women of gravel initiative, she has proven her tenacity through the last few years and has become a motivation for others through her experience as DFL at MidSouth2024.  In this episode, we talk about the amazing year on the bike, our upcoming F...

Continuing on our Unbound series, we got to talk to Leah Van der Linden- Lauf athlete, LTGP contender, and an age group champ of Garmin Gravel Worlds! We talk about her experience at Garmin Gravel Worlds, the upcoming race at Unbound, and her plans for the year! This episode is sponsored by Lauf Cycles. To see all of Lauf's incredible bikes head to: www.laufcycles.com

We made it, we did it! This is Gravel Family Podcast episode 100. We're not gonna give many details about this episode, so click that play button and give it a listen!

Emily Joy Newsom, a professional gravel privateer, started racing on road back in 2013 and after having an impressive career on the road (including racing in the Tour de France Femmes) she started racing gravel where she has been no stranger to podiums! Continuing on our Unbound series, we talked to Emily about her career, her family, and of course about her (at the time) upcoming Unbound race!

Next up in our lineup of Unbound episodes presented by Lauf, is the one and only LDC! Lauren has been dominating the gravel scene in the last few years with wins at MidSouth, Unbound, and is a two time champ of Gravel Worlds! In the past year, Lauren has jumped into the privateer life and we were lucky enough to sit down with her again to talk about that change, her new Shopify store which raises...

The newest induction of the Gravel Cycling Hall of Fame, winner and finisher of countless endurance events including the Tour Divide, Iditarod and “short” endurance events like Trans Iowa, Unbound, and so many more, JP is an absolute icon in this sport who now happens to be a race promoter! We were so excited to interview this guest, and he left us speechless, inspired, and reflecting. This is a c...

Happy Unbound week!!! We cannot wait to party it up with y'all down in Emporia KS, AKA Gravel City USA! We talk about the schedule for the week, how you can get your hands on some Gravel Family stickers, and give a preview about our guests! BUT it doesn't stop there... Keep listening when you think the episode is over... We bring on a very special guest, Kristi Mohn, to talk about the even...

Triathlete turned gravel cyclist, founder and co-host of the very popular Girls Gone Gravel podcast Kathryn Taylor wears many hats in the cycling community and we were so lucky to be able to sit down with her to hear her story about how she got into gravel, the beginning of the Girls Gone Gravel Brand, and what's to come for her own podcast! As an exclusive offer for listeners of this podcast,...

Doug Orey-Everett is a long time supporter of the gravel community. We talk about his passion of spreading awareness of mental health and using the bike to help us all on our physical and mental health journeys. We talk about starting his new cycling club, Sad Velo Cycling Club, that is dedicated to encouraging us all to acknowledge and work on our own mental health. “Ride Bikes. Go To Therapy.”

Professional cyclists Hannah Shell and Jake Magee are not only incredible athletes on the bike, but they have a passion for people and this community that brings us all together! We were able to catch up with Hannah and Jake for an episode full of event stories, their story of how they met, and we also talk a little bit about Hannah's new role as the First to Last Coordinator!

Collectively finishing dozens of races and events including multiple Gravel Worlds, Cole and Kelsi are both involved in the Iowa Gravel Project, run weekly gravel group rides, and now host three separate gravel events! It was an honor to sit down with them to talk about Iowa Gravel, RAGBRAI, and the events they put on in the community!

As long time friends and supporters of Gravel Worlds John Wilmeth and Venny Alub sit down with us for another episode on the Power Couples series! Together they have finished countless gravel and mountain bike events around the country are the owners of Cantu Wheels, and they are just all around incredible people! We talk about their adventures both on and off the bike, how Cantu came to be, and.....

Taking a week break from our power couple series (don't worry... we have a few more coming up) we thought it would be a great time to catch up and talk about our favorite thing.. GRAVEL WORLDS!