Gravel riding with Valtteri Bottas & Tiffany Cromwell at Wollombi Gravel Fest, making cycling fun!

This was a short ride but it rounded out 48 hours in Wollombi Valley, and provided the perfect ending for the first Wollombi Gravel Fest. In the company of around 120 other bike riders, I rode on perfect gravel roads with my son... and then on my own. It was a few hours of cycling bliss... and I hope you enjoy a video that I'm actually really quite proud of making.
It says a lot even though it is completely and absolutely unscripted.

In part one: I join pro cyclist Tiffany Cromwell and F1 driver / gravel rider Valtteri Bottas for a weekend to remember. Two days, two rides.
   • Ride with Valtteri Bottas & Tiffany Cromwe...  

Thanks to Kristy, Tiffany, Valtteri, Louis and the many others who helped make this a weekend remember!

– Rob

Recorded on 22 December 2024

– Filming, commentary, and editing by Rob Arnold


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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Weekend in Wollombi
03:34 RADL GRVL details
04:41 Day 2 of Gravel Fest
05:54 Continuing on my own...
07:16 Stop. Look. Listen. Ride.
11:18 Closing in on the finish
13:18 End of the ride (start of the postscripts)
14:41 "How did you meet?"

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Related links:

• Wollombi Gravel Fest: https://wollombigravel.com.au/gravel-...
• Radl Grvl: https://www.radlgrvl.com
• Myrtle & Stone Cafe: https://www.myrtleandstone.com
• Kristy Scrymgeour interview (2016): https://www.ridemedia.com.au/kristy-s...

• Route for the ride (Strava):
www.strava.com/activities/13164713503

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Father-and-son rides:
Riding with Louis
• Akuna Bay (July 2024):    • Story of my ride: Cycling in Sydney with m...  
• Sydney to Wollongong (October 2024):    • Story of my ride: Sydney to Wollongong (vi...  

Riding with Xavier
• Sydney to Parramatta (October 2024):    • Story of my ride: Cycling in the city – Sy...  

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Music:

Sweetener / SPARKZ / 5SXEBXGQGFTLQ6VU
Rebel / LNDÖ / HQN2XTEQE2LPJMAX
The Now / Aaron Sprinkle / 8HWRO3TP1WQPQY3Z
Tangles / Aaron Sprinkle / OVTBYAF18HMNK1SP
Feather Falling / Aaron Sprinkle / JOGSP7XZSOHPVILU