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Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. Lots of great riding out your way, planning to do more of it next summer with my wife, we have a tandem, she being out on the trails.

@@BlackSheep883-d7n I will check that out next time. I am out that way. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Great to hear from you, and glad to hear you made it to St Charles with no further incident. Definitely would be good to run into you and Richard & Mary again. BTW, do you have contact info for them. I lost it some how and wanted to forward the video to them. I have more videos in the pipeline that I will start pumping out, stay tuned and ride safe.

@@brucewarren5248 Definitely take your wife, I took mine, she loved it. We ended in seal Beach, and had a good lunch at the Hangout restaurant. Thanks for watching and commenting. I’ll be posting another video in the next couple of days from the Katy Trail in Missouri. Check it out.

@@israelfranco143 Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and commenting

The perfect trail clear your head and zone out on the pedals. Thanks for watching and commenting.

We definitely do. I started checking out (subscribed) your channel as well. Thanks for watching and subscribing to mine. Maybe see you on the trail someday.

Sorry for the slow reply. That is Whittier Boulevard, and yes, you can avoided that street crossing by using the tunnel adjacent to the bike path. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy the ride.

There is still a lot of beauty left on it. If we can solve some of the bigger societal problems it would help. I ride a gravel bike with 43mm tires, that eats up the bumps. Thank for watching and commenting.

A solid 2 hours. Thanks for watching and reaching out.

Ordinarily I would agree with that, I love that tail wind pushing me all the way home. But I needed the footage in to Long Beach and of the Blue Line. I've made the roundtrip ride since I shot that video. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@@Kicsa Thanks for all the great info, and watching my video. I will definitely check out some of the trails you mentioned. Let me know how your ride of the San Gabriel River Trail goes.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I switched for Premier Pro to DaVinci Resolve at about the time, still learning the new program. I hope you are enjoying your rides.

@@beyondthedriveway1839 DR is great and has a mature audio tab based on Fairlight. Personaly I wouldn't miss Premier much with the savings you are getting

@@BICEPUNX Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Let me know how your ride goes.

@@thepwright Thanks for watching, and commenting. We really enjoyed the ride, even though we couldn’t go through the Paw Paw, the climb over top of it made for an interesting adventure.

@@toddburdette thanks for enjoying my videos and commenting

@@thewalkingsnail I grew up in Western PA. Glad you like to watch the videos. I leave next week for three day ride in New York on the Empire State Trail. I’ll be posting that in the next month or so. Thanks for watching and subscribing.

@@scotth5132 I agree, too confusing with two similar of names. Thanks for the clarification though.

I'm glad you liked it. My goal with the videos is to document our adventures, and to help others get out and do the same. Thanks for letting me know its working. I look forward to hearing about your ride.

It was. We have another ride planned for a couple of weeks from now, doing the Empire State Trail from Albany NY to lower Manhattan. Three days, 210 miles. Should be a blast. Stay tuned for that video somewhere down the road. Thanks for watching, and commenting.

@@MedvedActual thanks for watching, glad you liked it

Glad you enjoyed it. Hope the rest of your Hall of Fame rides are going well. See you again on the trail sometime.

Hey Mark and Jim, how is your Rail To Trail Hall of Fame quest going. I’ve been doing a lot of research on that, I think I’m gonna be making the same journey as you are next year, or at least some of them.

Jim, we just finished up two more rides this week! We rode the Eastern Trail in Maine and the Island Line Trail in Vermont! Just for fun we threw an extra ride on the Presidential Trail in New Hampshire (not a Hall of Fame Trail). Only two left to do on the East Coast! Keep us posted on your progress and where you might be heading! Who knows, we might be able to ride together a time or two!

I rode before I started this channel, I'll have to ride it again and post a video. Thanks.

Glad it brought back good memories for you. Thanks for watching the channel, commenting, and subscribing. See you on the trial.

We did the whole GAP two summers ago, we loved the tunnel. Thanks for watching and commenting.

i agree. I've done the ride from Ventura to Ojai before I started this channel. Its a great trail as well. Thanks for watching my channel and commenting.

Click It!! And hit the "Like" button too!

@@beyondthedriveway1839 I did!!! of course I did! I love these vids!!!

3 hours at 10 mph but cut that in half if you do 20 mph on an ebike. The train ride back is 2 hours.

If you start early in the morning, you can make it easily in 2 to 2 1/2 hours. But if you start later, say after 10 or 11 o’clock, you’ll be facing headwinds pretty much all the way down so that adds a lot of time. On the flipside, if you leave from seal Beach and head north to Azusa, sometimes you can get a pretty good push the whole way.

@@socalhomies I never noticed the tunnel. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look for it the next time I ride it. Thanks for watching my channel, and your comments.

Good to know, I'll check it out and try to make plans to ride it. Thanks for watching and the trail info.

Thanks for watching, and subscribing. Yes, for you this would be very easy to do. Just take the Amtrak to Grand Central Station in Los Angeles, then jump on the metro line (L/Gold Line) and take it to the Duarte/City of Hope exit. Then use Google maps to get you to Encanto Park, which is about a mile away from that metro line stop. I’m not sure the easiest way to get home from seal Beach, but I would imagine you could pick something up at a Long Beach. Enjoy, let me know how it works out for you.

Yes. You can take Metrolink from Oceanside or Amtrak from San Diego (more expensive) to Los Angeles Union Station. From Union Station take the Metro Rail A Line to Azusa/Downtown. Get on your bike and ride north on N Azusa Ave (Hwy 39). Turn off to the right on Ranch Rd and continue north. When Ranch Rd comes back into Hwy 39 cross the highway and get onto the San Gabriel River Trail (SGRT). Ride north on the SGRT to the "end" of the trail. Distance from the train station is only 2.6 mi. Ride the 38 mi to the "beginning" of the SGRT at Seal Beach. To get to a Metrolink/Amtrak station by a scenic route on bike paths and roads mostly with bike lanes you can ride 26 mi to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. From the SGRT at Seal Beach go east on Ocean Ave. Ocean become Seal Beach Blvd as it swings north. Turn right on Pacific Coast Hwy and continue to Sunset Beach. Turn toward the beach on Anderson St and left on South Pacific Ave. Where it ends at a cul-de-sac continue parallel to the beach on the Bolsa Chica asphalt "boardwalk". Take this "boardwalk" through Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington City Beach, and Huntington State Beach. When you get to the Santa Ana River Trail (about 12.6 mi from Seal Beach) turn inland on it and ride 13 mi to the Anaheim train station. From Anaheim take Metrolink or Amtrak back to Oceanside or San Diego. Of course the Metrolink or Amtrak schedules are key. A related fun bike trip is to start in Seal Beach, ride parallel to the coast to Long Beach and then ride north on the Los Angeles River Trail (LART) to Union Station (31 m). Take Metro Rail A Line to Azusa, and ride back to Seal Beach (38 mi). Of course you could also start in Azusa or anywhere along the loop route. The difficulty is that the LART ends at S Atlantic Blvd and doesn't start up again until near Elysian Park. City streets must be used to get from S Atlantic Blvd to Union Station. I know a route that is safe (IMO) for an experienced cyclist. I can write it out if anyone is interested. You can also make the loop smaller by connecting the LART to the SGRT via Gardendale St/Foster Road or via the Rio Hondo Bikeway between Imperial Blvd (@ the LART) and Whittier Narrows (@ the SGRT).

@@scotth5132 Great detail, thanks for adding it. Thanks for watching my channel as well.

This amazing and great info for anyone wanting to spice up there SGRT route

@@CantComply Glad you liked it, I look forward to hearing about your ride on the trail. Thanks for watching, and commenting.

It certainly was. I hope you have an equally good ride when you do it. Thanks for watching, and commenting.

That’s great, are you doing the race?

Sorry, I thought I responded to this a while ago (typed it, but must not have sent). Glad you liked the video. I did check out the problem with the audio, it was only on headphones, figured out the problem. Thanks again, enjoy your rides.

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. The second street crossing is Whittier Blvd, just off the Whittier exit of the 605 Freeway. At about the 18 mile mark before the end of the train in Seal Beach. Enjoy the trail, let me know how it goes for you.

Glad you enjoyed the video. Just checked out the Periscope, very nice, is this your first tandem? The rack I have is a Yakima Sidewinder, I've had it for years. It pivots at the front fork attachment which makes it super easy to use with just one person doing the loading. There are 2 straps in front of the stoker cranks that attach the frame to the rack. The rack is still available on line, but not directly through Yakima any longer. I've made modifications to work with Yakima's JetStream bars, quicker to install, and I lowered the rear height. If you want to talk further about the rack, let me know.

Glad you liked it, and thanks for letting me know. The C&O is a beautiful trail, you'll love it.

Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for letting me know. I'll be riding the Empire State Train in August, see you then.

Thank for watching, glad you liked it. Ordinary trail etiquette says the uphill hiker has the right of way. But in a race, you'll need to yield to the down hill runner when its too tight to pass, which is pretty much the case for the upper ⅔'s of the trail. Good luck with the race, but most of all, enjoy it.

I here its beautiful riding up there, looking forward to riding there this summer. Thanks for watching and connecting.

Thanks for the comments Mike. The Katy is definitely on my ride list. Hadn't heard of the Mickelson in SD, I'll look into it. We make a couple of XC drives each year, always looking for good rides along the way. Happy Trials to you as well.

Thanks Ben, glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy this and all the other videos. Keep Riding

Thanks for reaching out, and glad you liked the video. Do you have any plans to come over and ride the trail?

I would love to ride the trail some day in the future, it’s one to keep on my list for when the time is right, thanks for the reply and the great videos best wishes to you all.

Thanks for reaching out. That is exactly why I make these videos, I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know how the ride went for you after you've completed it. Good luck, have fun, and thanks for subscribing.

Yes, time to ride!!

Great question, and perfect timing. Karen decided she wants to have these adventures too. To that end, we ordered a gravel tandem (CoMotion Java) that is designed to handle multi-day rides. We will be receiving it just 2-days from now. I'll have a video of assembly and our first ride in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to do these rides with her, and we have other couples interested in joining us. So we'll be back and forth between a Boys & Girls Club and a Boys Club on future rides. Stay Tuned.

@@beyondthedriveway1839 oh fun. Ya I'll definitely stay tuned . I'll subscribe so I don't lose you 🤠

Great, Thanks. I just subscribed to your channel as well. @@FORKandFIFTIES

Thanks for watching, and reaching out. We've encountered a few snakes (black and rattle) enjoying the sun along the trial, but they scurry off pretty quick at the sound of the tires. Although we did run over one snake, a surprise to us and it. There are bears in the area, but we didn't encounter any. I've mountain biked many miles in Colorado over the years, pre-dating this channel, many encounters, but none, other than shakes, that worried me.

@@beyondthedriveway1839 ok nice..the turtle looked pretty vicious though 😅

Thanks Victoria, I'm glad you enjoy the channel. I checked out yours, your first video was great, will you be posting more videos on your channel soon. Everyone loves cooking channels. Get back at it.