Abi Robins, Unbound Gravel’s first non-binary category finisher

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Abi Robins competed in Unbound Gravel this year as the first finisher of the non-binary category. In this interview, they talk to Payson about being the only person to compete in the category, how that knowledge fueled their ride, and how they hope other races will follow suit. They also talk about the struggles of the race itself, from helping fellow riders with spare co2, to a chance mid-race encounter with Lael Wilcox. Molly Cameron calls into the show to ask Abi an all-important Unbound q...

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0:00.0	I was literally driving up to Emporia like, this is a crap shoot, right?
0:06.1	Like I've never done anything nearly this long.
0:08.8	I had really kind of come to peace, I guess, with the fact that like, I might not finish.
0:16.0	But when I realized I was the only one, I was like, oh, oh, no.
0:24.7	Like, you know, it put things in a much different perspective.
0:30.7	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:35.5	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:39.2	This is the world as it exists today.
0:44.1	Life moves pretty fast.
0:46.5	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:49.1	You could miss it.
0:52.1	Listen, we're talk about practice.
0:54.3	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:56.5	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:58.5	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
1:01.7	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:08.3	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:14.5	Hello everyone and welcome back to the show. We have our second installment of our four part unbound series.
1:20.3	I say that with a question mark because I think it's four, but it might end up being five even.
1:25.9	That seems like an awful lot of episodes to dedicate to a single event, but we had originally planned on doing a bunch of many 10 to 15 minute
1:33.3	interviews, putting them all together into a longish single episode, but I really should have known
1:38.9	better after digging into some of the most compelling stories from the event. None of these interviews ended up
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