Bradyn Lange on winning Gravel Nationals

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Just a few hours after winning Gravel Nationals, Bradyn Lange sat down with Payson at the house they were sharing in the lead-up to the race for a wide-ranging conversation about the event and all the things that had to fall into place to get him there. Bradyn has always identified more as a mountain biker than a gravel racer, but after struggling to find sponsors and snagging a rogue 4th place at Big Sugar in 2021, he managed to secure a sponsorship from Pinarello and a place in the 2022 Gra...

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0:00.0	I'm Pace McElvin and this is the WithPace podcast.
0:11.8	Someone just ate crap right in front of me.
0:14.5	I just nailed him, jumped over my handlebars, landed on his bike with my shoes,
0:20.7	and then rolled into the mud.
0:23.0	Turns out I broke my cleat there, which somehow it still worked.
0:27.7	Somehow, like, should have ended my race, probably, but somehow it was fine.
0:32.0	But got swarmed by all these juniors.
0:34.8	They wouldn't let me buy full on like they're racing with me.
0:37.9	Yeah.
0:40.8	Hello, everyone, and a very warm welcome from our Durango, Colorado studios.
0:46.1	I'm really happy to be at home for a couple of weeks between some big race trips.
0:50.0	September was busy.
0:51.8	October and November are going to be even busier.
0:54.4	We're headed off to Little Sugar and Big Sugar,
0:58.2	the double header grand finale of the Grand Prix in Bentonville, Arkansas.
1:02.4	And then head straight to South Africa for gravel burn,
1:05.4	a new seven-day stage race to round out my racing season that's being put on by
1:09.6	the folks that founded the Cape
1:11.7	Epic.
1:12.2	Super excited to check that out.
1:14.3	And then we're headed to at least two other countries right after that, potentially
1:19.3	three.
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