A race around a dormant volcano and a hike to a not so dormant one!! Join us at The Rift gravel race 2023. An absolutely insane race for scenic views (and rough surfaces apparently!).
Post race, Amira and I venture to the Westfjords in a van for some touristing and adventuring! (whales, a live volcano, a hot river…)
Thank you to Ribble for some of the content and to my other sponsors for keeping me up and running this year!
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Chapters:
0:00 Pre race
1:35 Race day
9:15 Post race
10:25 Road trip
15:11 Bonus content
24 Comments
Thanks, I was having Maddy withdrawal and this helps!
No trees…but lots of elves? 😄
Great result and video. That was a very hard course. The washboard was unreal and i felt shattered the next morning.
Where was that geothermal hot tub?
Me: Looks fun
Also me: Don't like washboards, deep river crossings and steep walls
Well done. And great video
Content is getting better and better, congratulations on the result and your overall position 🎉.
Well done Maddy! 🎉
Came for the gravel race: stayed for the scenery, erupting volcanoes, whales and vicarious touristing.
(Nearly left at the smashed up lady bit talk but decided to take the rough with the smooth so to speak 🤣 )
Brilliant content Maddy, I think they should be made grow more trees and shrubs for us cyclists personally, no place to hide if you need a pee. Great result again 👏👏😁
Great stuff.
That was amazing to watch! Such contrast to the live-filled Kenya. And who's to say Elves aren't real?
P.S. Love the Maddy serious face shots from the guy's back camera!
Land of the little people…did you experience any of mind tricks elves are known for?
That's the most Lauf forks I've seen at an event, understandably so. 😉 I can also see now why an Icelandic bike company developed that fork. All the washboards!
this is so awesome, on my bucket list of races to do for sure! congrats on the top 10 finish 💪💪
Just a complete ride from the moment your hire van was actually there.. race…scenery…PRICES!…things to do…volcano erupting faces..probably the loveliest 15 mins of my day.. Icelandic Tourism should sponsor your van.
Most icelandic ppl belive in elves……30-40%….
Ill get my coat…..
Stunning video 😊
Miss Maddy, ELVES are real. Big difference from Kenya. Who would of thought that you would need swim fins on a gravel race? Thank you once again for a fantastic video.
Yes the sand was completely unexpected and the lumpy bars were so rough ! Think we were stuffing our faces at Gallery Pizza when you guys were deciding whether or not to have banana pizza or not – great video and we did secret lagoon and Reykadular hot river too – great video!
Maddy I like all of this Iceland stuff except for the gravel and sand … 🙂 jk. You really turned up the meter on things to do in Iceland after a bumpy ride. My friend at the bike shop did this last year, he actually used my bike case for it. He said it was a tough race however the scenery was amazing. He visited a punk rock museum there as well. Great job on the race and exploring. I’m going to do this race with a suspension fork 👍. “Smelly girls in Iceland” you did it right!
… from Laft to Raght! It’s all beautiful. <See what I did there.😜
Where else in the world can you get gravel racing AND erupting volcanos?? 😍
That volcano 🌋 as been going on since last year Maddy hasn't stopped once… Great vid , seen a few vids on gravel racing, as I'm thinking of doing some casual Gravel events, I've been mixing some of my riding from mountain biking and gravel biking, so my mojo is wanting to do some gravel biking… Fingers crossed I'll get some events in… Keep the vids up, and I've just subscribed 😁👍😎🚴🚴🚴
Thanks for the cool video. Get that tilt-a-saddle fixed once and for all! Didn't it give you trouble in Africa too?
That looked like an amazing trip, Maddy. And another great vlog with fantastic content on the race, well done on finishing it with a very credible 11th place.
After my trip to Mexico, thanks to your last vlog, now I will have to plan a stopover in Iceland on the way home🌋🙃
Coffee in the post…..
Great vlog of Iceland gravel race and road trip. Looked super hard with that gravel ,sand, those river crossings and steep climbs. Well Done Miss Maddy Nutt with 7th Female and annoying for you with your saddle coming loose. Poor Amira with her race suffering with back problems. Well Done Ribble Collective.
Iceland has no trees and just like the Shetland Isles, because of strong winds.
Iceland has little elves.?
Shetland Isles has little ponies so they can live with the strong winds.!