Belgian Waffle Ride - Michael Marckx - Creating the Belgian Waffle Ride and the Idea of Unroad
Michael Marckx is the creator of the Belgian Waffle Ride, founder and CEO of Monuments of Cycling, former CEO of SPY Optic, and a lifelong endurance athlete.
In this episode, Michael joins the Ride Cave Podcast to tell the unlikely story behind the Belgian Waffle Ride, from riding a road bike through the dirt as a kid and becoming obsessed with Paris-Roubaix, to asking what cyclocross might look like if it lasted all day.
We talk about the French Toast Ride that helped inspire BWR, designing a race with no perfect bike, the infamous Purple Card, the Broom Lady, Michael's crash just days…
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