There’s never enough Belgium around here, even when the elements of said Belgianity are in the States. The Belgian Waffle Ride is our kind of event, long, hot, dirty, roady, singletracky, gravelly, beery and booby.

It attracts the big hitters and an even bigger field of fun and pain seekers, hitting them back with over 230km of the most varied terrain ever contained in one race. Could it be just the sort of thing we need here?