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Hey everyone,

Hope you’ve had a good week, let’s jump into what’s new in the FulGaz world!

Content first. We’re getting ready for the July ride drop with close to 500km of fresh rides coming your way. Pete’s sitting on a solid 2-3 month buffer of new content with more still coming in. As you probably read in Klem’s Fulgazette earlier this week, the countdown for FulGaz French Tour 2025 has already started and it’s kicking off next week Tuesday. Safe to say, our LiveOps team is busy keeping FulGaz known for what it does best, premium video rides :)

On the product side, we’re testing backend updates for members.fulgaz.com internally. As mentioned earlier, this has been a pretty major engineering effort. It’s not live yet, but it will be soon as some components expire on July 10, 2025 so we may need to push it live to keep things running smoothly. Just a heads up for now, but if we do, you’ll read about it first in FulGaz Friday #19 next week. And if anything’s off, we’d really appreciate your help flagging it. The good news is this is on the web so no app updates will be required and we can patch things quickly.

That’s it from me this week actually, I’m keeping it short as we’re preparing a bigger quarterly update for next Friday. FulGaz Friday #19 will cover team updates, subscriber numbers, product and marketing plans as well as what’s the plan with FulGaz kits. In the meantime, here’s what you can do to help, just a quick recap of ongoing community-led initiatives from Q2, 2025:

• Forward any feedback on the FulGaz platform via feedback.fulgaz.com,

• Send in your testimonials on why you love FulGaz, video is great (like Klem’s example) but a photo and quote (or just a quote) works too,

• Planning to film FulGaz content this summer? Email us at support@fulgaz.com to connect with Klem and Pete and align on what we’re after (read more here),

• And if you’re interested in FulGaz kits, submit your non-binding interest for a group order.

Thanks again for your support and as always, stay fit and keep riding!

~Erik

P.S. Can you guess this week’s cover? If you’ve been pre-downloading videos for FulGaz French Tour 2025 you might recognise it, it’s one of the rides from the opening stage!

Hey everyone,

Hope you had a great week. Let’s dive into this week’s FulGaz Friday, number 17 already!

Let’s start with the ROUVY related news you may have seen. Earlier this week we announced a price increase for ROUVY subscriptions. Just to be clear, this does not affect FulGaz. FulGaz remains a standalone platform and pricing here stays the same. ROUVY’s price change has been in the works for almost a year and was part of a broader strategy even before we had the opportunity to buy FulGaz. If you want to hear more on the thinking behind it I recommend this recent podcast episode with Petr Samek, ROUVY’s CEO.

The focus for FulGaz is where it should be right now and that’s building a more reliable product, continue on delivering premium content and figuring out efficient ways to do marketing while staying true to the boutique, community-led platform strategy we set out back in February. So let’s unpack each of those.

We’re nearly done with the big backend library upgrades that have been slowing us down for a bit. These changes were non-negotiable, some of the old components will stop working in early July. But it also lays groundwork for improved performance and better monitoring so we can resolve issues faster. I know it’s not a visible change from your perspective, but it’s a big step forward for the inner workings of FulGaz.

Now to something more visible = content! Pete’s nearly ready with the July ride drop. And big thanks to everyone who reached out based on last week’s email to contribute with their recordings. We even had the legend himself, Mike Clucas, catch up with Pete to re-film one of FulGaz’s rides in the UK. (Ok, Mike happened to be visiting family but the timing worked out perfectly!). So if you’re planning to record rides this summer check last week’s FulGaz Friday for the types of content we’re after. And if it sounds like your thing, email Klem at support@fulgaz.com for more info.

On the marketing front, we’re seeing some great testimonials coming in, please keep them coming! They’re perfect. But there was a great question from Luc in the FulGaz Riders group asking whether the outfit Mike and Pete were wearing could be purchased. Answer is not at the moment buy if there’s enough interest, we could definitely do a group order. So let’s test it! If you’d be interested in a one-off jersey/big order, please fill out this short (non-binding) pre-order interest form by end of July. Let’s set a goal of 100 people and if we hit it we’ll move forward!

Please vote here via Google Form

That’s it for this week, thanks for reading this far and for your ongoing support. Stay fit and keep riding.

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s ride was Luz Ardiden by Rick Norton, stunning views and glorious blue skies above the clouds. This week’s cover is obviously a special one and you can look forward to a re-filmed OC-23 ride from Mike and Pete!

Hey everyone,

Hope you’ve had a good week. Let’s dive straight into this FulGaz Friday.

First up, a huge thanks to you, the FulGaz community. When I set the direction back in February and said FulGaz would remain a boutique, community-led platform, I meant it. And you’re proving that true through testimonials, ride contributions or simply staying subscribed.

We’ve started seeing your testimonials coming in via support@fulgaz.com and every single one is appreciated. These will form a core part of FulGaz marketing strategy going forward. If you haven’t sent one yet, no worries, it doesn’t have to be a video like Klem’s example (though video does perform well on social). A short written quote, maybe with a photo of your pain cave or a selfie, is more than enough. Here’s a great one we recently received from Dave:

“FulGaz has rescued me from the boring virtual rides I endured during those days when I couldn't get out for a real ride. I explore the world on my restored and upgraded Myata steely mounted on Jetblack trainer and rocker board that is dedicated to my Fulgaz rides. The variety of rides available from all over the world is a fantastic experience with these rides from the other FulGaz riders, including some of my local favorites.”

Content wise, we’ve got a strong 3 month buffer and things are moving nicely, big thanks to Pete and all the contributors. If you’re filming this summer, here’s what’s currently on our radar:

• More varied terrain, especially interesting gravel routes

• Historical sites or culturally significant rides

• “Movie location” routes (e.g. “Star Wars was filmed here”)

• Climbs from Simon Warren’s “100 Official Climbs” series

• Grand Tour climbs, stage finishes, and race courses

• Unique byways, cityscapes, landmarks, closed roads, and richly visual routes

That said, we’ll be a bit more selective moving forward. Only top quality 4K footage will be considered. That means clean lenses, good lighting, solid framing, steady camera work, realistic pacing and thoughtful start/finish points. If that sounds like something you’re up for email support@fulgaz.com and Klem will be in touch.

Product wise, not much new this week. We’re still working through the backend upgrades mentioned last Friday. The good news is that a new developer is joining the team soon and we’ll begin hiring several positions towards the end of June. Thanks again for all the feedback at feedback.fulgaz.com, we’ve logged it and plan to start delivering on it shortly. Subscriber numbers are also trending well so overall momentum looks good. More on that in the Q2 wrap up (similar to what I shared at the end of Q1).

One more thing. We’ve had a few reports of missing post ride emails. First thing to try is to reboot your FulGaz device and your WiFi router, then reupload the ride from your history tab. If that doesn’t fix it your email provider might be blocking the FIT file attachment. This is especially common with custom domains. Gmail, Hotmail, etc. generally work best.

That’s it for this week, thanks again for all the support! Stay fit and keep riding.

~Erik

P.S. Last week’s ride was Canberra Five Peaks by Martin Steffens, proper challenge with great views. Can you guess this week’s cover? Hint, it’s one of legendary Rick Norton’s rides filmed in France.