Three mountains, three sketchy descents and a whole load of carrying your bike. This is the 3 Peaks Cyclocross, now in its 62nd edition, and it’s the hardest race I do every year.
61km round Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales. I threw away 39 places on one descent, clawed most of them back on the climbs, then had to race a fan of the channel in a sprint finish!
Thanks as always to the organisers and marshals for a great event, and ill be back for more next year.
THE BIKE:
LightCarbon gravel frameset
WheelTop GEX shifting, Spedao 10-50 cassette
Wolf Tooth 38t chainring
Superteam Gravel wheels
Pirelli Cinturato Gravel RCX, 40mm (the new 3 Peaks tyre limit)
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Chapters
0:10 What is the 3 Peaks?
1:19 The bike and the rules
4:07 Race start
5:23 Ingleborough
10:54 Whernside
15:53 Pen-y-ghent
21:03 Finish and result
36 Comments
Erm…. mountain bike
Chapeau.
Well done tom. Great ride 👍
Add suspension stem and seatpost? Great video
Would've risked running a 30t chainring just for that hill alone
All that stone is just treacherous carrying a bike, I'm not surprised so many fell. There were quite a few parts of the trail you had the fitness to gain places but there was no hope of getting past the other riders holding you up. Another fantastic race, great performance.
That saddle 😄 bit of 242 next year I think.
You never disappoint with the quality of the films, great work.
Just admit it. You didn’t want to yolo the yoeleo
Great video. How are you carrying your bike?
Congratulations! You are the man of steel! Raw power! Beautiful environment! Big THANKS to you, Tom! Great content! Stay safe and immensely richly blessed! /Best regards, Charles (Sweden)
Well done Tom, great effort, result and footage. Spoke to you at the start about your ryet cranks. Nice to meet you again.
why are those idiots worried about bar flair?
Mega. well done!
Splendid work Tom 🎉
Man, that ride was brutal!
One for the truly mad people 😂
Well done!
Nicely Done 👍🏿
I dispute your description of the race … it is a CYCLO – CROSS Race… has been for over 60 years! Dean Barnett, Race Director
That was brutal, great video and well done Tom👍
That is a bonkers race. Well done on just finishing.
Brutal race. I won't bring my best bike to go on this race either. lolx
This is what I have to ride in my nightmare. Respect if you choose to do this
We were spectating on Sunday & this video gives a great perspective! Think I got a couple of photos of you as you were coming off Whernside – have sent them via email.
Great watch that. I’ll go and watch it next year. Not racing it!😅
Well done Tom..
Did the 1984 version. Brings back the full picture. Course seems to of been tweaked a bit since then. Still riding the bike in fact a retro 531 canti job . That year was unique as they let MTBs ride it. Might of been the only time it happened . Only a few used them as it was a new thing back then. Good job any way. The secret I think is to start as near the front as you can and get a good clear run into the 1st climb . Also keep eating bits and pieces to avoid the dreaded bonk .
100 per cent a cyclo cross race , done it 14 or 15 times , so much easier now with 40 mm tyres, tubeless and disc brakes
Great vid, well done, we summited PYG pretty much together by the looks of it. See you next year.
Great vid thanks 🤩. Can show my kids what Dad’s been doing the last few years, albeit at a much slower speed than you 😭
maybe practice falling? I raced mtb and recently returned to falling off horses, and the only time I got an injury was pushing the wheelbarrow.. you defo need to learn not to stick your hands out. Don't know how I learned tho 😅 sorry
Well done mate 👍👍
Fair play that wind was brutal ! Congratulations on finishing a truly British event.
Mint effort in that wind. Well done Tom
I run a dropper seat post for the peaks makes the decents so much nicer
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. That’s nuts.
great video and what a ride – I was servicing on an E bike and struggling in the wind – you guys had an epic ride and such a hard event – respect
Great video Tom, brings back some great memories and it’s making me want to have another crack at it next year….