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Thank you for watching!

We sometimes take peaked trail but also go from other starting points and just ride around in there randomly on all the snow mobile trails.

Thank you and Yes! The shoulder seasons are a season in themselves. Nice! We ski'd yesterday and today in the woods behind my mom's property in Vermont and got one backcountry day last week. I hope the cold sticks around for a while so we can all keep enjoying it.

Thank you!

The best soul medicine out there! Happy holidays

They use the electric blowers here too. It really is a great idea but we rode the day the leaves started falling before the trail crew got out there. My brakes ended up having an air bubble in the lever and I needed to bleed them. Made it interesting for sure ha ha. Bike culture in the Netherlands looks so awesome! Actually life in the Netherlands as a whole looks awesome. Really want to visit there. Hope you had a great week.

Thank you! It really is an incredible little corner of the country. I'm grateful everyday to call it home. Obviously you feel that new England enchantment too and I love knowing others feel the same way.

I'm really glad to hear that Joe. These more storybased videos are what I truly enjoy creating and sharing with you. That's really helpful feedback and I appreciate that you took 30 minutes of your day to watch. That means more than you may know.

Me too! Please more storytelling like this.

Yeah the little moped style ebikes are a fun way to zip around our town when you just feel like chillin and visiting little spots. We used to have a gas moped but the bikes are more fun and are allowed in more places than gas motors. It was one of my favorite intros to make and hopefully the retro vibe came through without being too overpowering. I love making intros and videos that are in rythym with the music(maybe growing up in the music video era is why ha ha). Hunting for the right songs are one of my favorite processes so I'm glad you liked the vibe. How's your winter been so far?

Great. Well bikes are tucked away so back to foot power here. That in between where leaves and a thin layer of ice are risk but not enough for spikes. Picking up a new pup this weekend too. PS put some run flat in those tires if you haven’t yet.

@wolfmooch oh a new pup! Congrats! What breed? Good call on the run flat idea.

Ha ha yes the creepy house seems to stand the test of time. A testament to old construction I suppose. Or maybe the ghosts are taking better care of it than we realize ha ha. It's such a nice route especially on those glorious October days. Im glad you got out to ride it. Thank you for such a nice comment.

It's such an awesome little nook of NH, and a ride that I never grow tired of. I've actually done it in the winter and it rode pretty well considering the conditions. The pond is so beautiful and always quiet. Thank YOU for watching!

Wow thank you! So glad you liked it. Took some time off after we lost Buddy but the motivation to make videos is back again. Very grateful to have so many patient subscribers like you and to be able to connect with. Hope all is well with you.

@ I’m so sorry to hear about Buddy! The loss of such an amazing companion is incredibly difficult.

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. It was very disorienting for sure but we're nothing but grateful to have 18 years of beautiful memories with him. Time is always the best medicine for loss.

There it is! I always look forward to hearing your well crafted comments! It's so good to hear from you and been too long. Much needed brake though after losing Buddy. Took a while to get our rythm back but feeling grateful and inspired again. Thanks for be patient with us and still watching. Man, I really missed all the interactions on here.

@@ThatMountainMoment Firstly so sorry to hear about your loss of Buddy. It’s good to take a step back and focus on what’s more important in life. TH-cam is a hungry beast and can survive for a while, good things are worth waiting for when your videos land. When I see your video landscape it reminds me of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 . Have a great week.

@WilliamMcCannMurphy Thanks William, it's funny because when I watch shows or see pics of Scotland I always say to Nikki that it feels like here. Our mountains are very similar looking for sure. Yeah TH-cam is a hungry beast for sure. Taking that time off really decreases the views for a while, the almighty algorithm doesn't like that and stops pushing the videos but it's all good, as long as people like yourself enjoy them and I get to be creative, that's all that matters to me. How's your winter been in Scotland so far?

@@ThatMountainMoment Hi the TH-cam algorithm is a bit of a dragon, it toasts you when you’re doing well and roasts you when you go AWOL. Scotland has a dramatic landscape, it’s changed since I was a wee lad with seasons less prominent due to climate change, winters are not as cold and summers are warming up, with more rain. I work in data and AI and try not to use much of social media, preferring to be in the real world rather than virtual. I cycle a lot, MTB, road and gravel with gravel being the real deal, away from the mad rush of vehicles. I lived in the US but didn’t get to Vermont, or Washington state, I lived in Kansas, spent time west & east coast. I live just outside of London now, but heading to Scotland next week with my bikes to see family. Thanks a bunch for your comments as we all have busy lives.

@WilliamMcCannMurphy how does NEW England compare to "old" England? 🙂

Thanks Brian! That's an editing thing I've been wanting to make for a while but didn't have the right song for it until this video. I'm glad you liked it. Happy holidays!

Oh ha ha, I changed into sandals after that mtb ride at the parking lot but I do sometimes ride my gravel bike in sandals if it's a chill kinda day. I'd never mtb in sandals though, that's just asking for trouble ha ha. Did you get outside and enjoy some time in nature thus week?

@ThatMountainMoment i can never ride a bicycle in sandals... EVER! 🤣😂 I'm still convinced I'll lose a toe! The old man cursed me! 😅 And, as a matter fact, I did get outside. I tried out some DIY studded tires for winter riding. Video is on my channel if anyone is interested.

@charmontravel oh cool, I'll check it out tonight!

@@ThatMountainMoment AWESOME!

The music in this one was so calming and meaningful. How wonderful would it be to have beautiful music accompanying our every day lives !😃

That's really the main reason I enjoy making them. I love thevefiting process and the creative flow of it andvthen hitting that upload button in hopes that maybe it adds a bit of positivity to someone's day. I had a lot of plans for autumn filming thus year but when our dog passed away it put everything on the back burner. Next year we'll capture as much autumn as possible for you and everyone that watches. Are you a winter enthusiast, we have plenty of that stuff coming soon. I do have one more late late autumn video I want to finish soon but admittedly I'm behind seasonally with it since everyone wants winter videos currently. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch. Hope all is well with you. Happy holidays

That would be awesome. Let's make sure we do that next season. Haven't done any riding in Henniker but that area is high on the list for next year. Lots of great routed down there by the looks of it.

@ I’ve got a great 35(ish) mile gravel loop that includes a cool cemetery and a coffee stop.

@ I’d also like to come up your way and ride some gravel. I love being in the Whites.

@jimairgood9076 well that hits every note ha ha. Is it on ride with GPS app?

@@ThatMountainMoment it’s on strava. Look for Dirty Henniker.

That's so nice to hear our videos described in such a way and there's no bigger compliment than knowing you watched a 30minute video in its entirety. I know we all have other things going on in life so carving out a half hour of your day to include our video is very humbling and I'm so appreciative of that.

It's so good to hear from you and everyone after our break from Buddy passing away. It reminds me how much I value everyone on here in our community. Always nice to hear your kind words.

Thank you! I'm starting to get back to frequent uploads. I appreciate that you took the time to watch a 30 minute video, that means a lot. Great to hear from you!

@@Pedal_Ton I hope they make more like this.

It took many drafts to get it where I was happy with it ha ha. I'll get more efficient at this style as I make more of them. Hands down my favorite one to create. Hope everyone enjoys it and shares with others.

@@lisaoconnor1854 my favorite channel!

Thank you, I'm so glad it made you want to go out in nature. That's the ultimate compliment. Happy holidays to you both. Great to hear from you again btw. Hope all is well.

You have inspired us more than you will ever know

@rodneyking6910 oh wow. I'm humbled by such a statement. The feeling is mutual to you and everyone on here that subscribes and shares our videos. I love this little community of like minded people.

It depends in how you plan to use it. Our boots are the exoskeleton style but a soft boot. Not even as stiff as the leather B.C. boots but we use them more to tour than prioritize the descending stiffness but I will say that even on tight twisty decents I've never felt like it was a problem. Can still parralel turn them and Tele turn them no problem. The 112s offer more lateral support and I think the wider ski actually negates the need for a stiffer boot because the width is assisting in the lateral stability. I feel that people expect an alpine touring setup peeformance where you can rip turns like a hard boot in steep alpine terrain but that's not what these skis are about for the most part, although they can do that with the proper binding boot combo such as a really light weight apline touring setup or a hard boot Tele set up but at that point id rather have an alpine touring setup with skins and a real ski boot to optimize that type of terrain. These will get you up and down no problem but they really excel in rolling terrain and long sustained climbs and are far more efficient and versatile than a full alpine setup that's more of a one trick pony. These truly glide with a beautiful bouncy in deep powder where an alpine touring is more of a shuffle than a glide. Even a stiffer leather boot would help the turning response on the 112s But if your trying to tour and cover ground efficiently, be more comfortable, and still have plenty of fun on the downs then the otx bc nnn boot binding combo is awesome and I feel it's what this ski is most in harmony with. There are 3 pin purists out there and that would be about the same control but I like the nnn bc better personally and now there's even better versions of that as well. The 112s also can go out in more conditions than the 98s, obviously deeper snow the 112s are incredible but another advantage is that when the coverage is very thin the 112s will keep you on top of that better and you can make 2inches of snow Feel like much more, effectively giving you more opportunities to get out there. The deeper it is the more fun these are though. Weve got spider 62s otx for firmer snow and hard pac\ touring center stuff, when the big skis aren't necessary,but they still break light trail in a dignified manner because they have metal edges and a bigger climbing scales they are a skinny version of the 112s in every way except the side cut is more straight so they can fit in groomed tracks if needed. We went the two skis on both ends of the spectrum instead if compromising in the middle so we could optimize the deep days and the firmer days. But for years we only used our 112s before buying the 62s. Feel free to ask any more questions, I just took them out today and glad I had the flotation to stay up on top of the little bit of snow we had.