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Great balanced video. I like you and updating my original bolt for v2 and this review has helped. TY

I hope you keep doing videos of your local area too. It's fairly local for me too and gives me ideas for new routes and stunning vistas.

Wishing you all the best for 2025. Good with your new bike and don't feel pressured to make videos. Do what you want and enjoy your passion. Jay

Happy New year and keep up the good work and stay on that bike haha.

I wish you a great cycling 2025. I hear what you say about pumping out new videos, TH-cam is a greedy beast and keeping a clear idea why you started the channel is a sound idea. I followed one TH-camr who made interesting videos. He then started putting out 1 or 2 each week. The content wasn't as good and contained too many product endorsements. The final turn off was making a subscription section where you got early access or bonus footage. After that I stopped watching. Intrigued with the new bike, can't have too many although I've only got two. I had a doctors appointment first thing today. It's just above freezing and very misty so I decided not to have a ride. As usual seeing you out riding made me get on the bike, only 10 miles but ended up with really cold hands and feet. Am I glad I went? You bet I am! Thanks for some lovely rides and some interesting subjects about cycling throughout the year.

I have a small bar end mirror on my Emtb and find it a lifesaver. You can see traffic approaching from a good distance back which you aren’t always aware of due to wind noise etc.

Hi Martin, really enjoying the channel, but couldn't help noticing the guitar in the background. I'm learning (very slowly) to play. Not cycling related, but just wondering what you played.

Merry Christmas to you fella and all your viewers. Looking forward to seeing and learning more about your latest acquisition. Best wishes for 2025 and as always keep up the good work 👍🏼

Looking forward to seeing you're new bikes great video 📹

The Big One..wow, hope it happens for you. Alas I'd like to send you a chrissy present of some local sunshine and warmth but not possible. We got 42 celcius a few days ago, can still go cycling, just got to get up early. Bike Trekking with Karl is a newish youtuber around Manchester who enjoys a little inter-reaction with his subscribers too. Anyway sounds like 2025 is sounding positive with new bike. Catch ya Randell

Hi Martin great to see you in action again and yes you get cold very fast once you stop riding . Don’t beat yourself up about your channel you’re doing a great job and I look forward to your visits all the time. Your mannerisms,editing, advice , and bike craft is quality and as a newby it’s all good. There are plenty of other similar channels but most don’t cut it so well done . I have just managed to round off a chocolate rear axel bolt which is now going to cost me £24.00 bike wasn’t cheap but this is the standard of equipment these days …Good luck with the new bike K2 next? 😂😂😂👌🎥🚴‍♂️

I hope your RTW or U.S. trip happens mate. Both trips of a lifetime, that's for sure. Is your new bike a custom build? Im going to guess a Titanium drop bar bike lol Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.👍

Thank you for the excellent content, have a great new year 👍 Oooohhh posh TH-camr with loads of money buying a new bike 😂

All the best Martin, looking forward to 2025 and more top videos.

Thank you for your brilliant content. I look forward with great anticipation for your future efforts in 2025. Happy Christmas and New Year. Keep up the fantastic work! Truly thankful!

Thanks for sharing a nice video taking in my local area as well , hope the new year and new bike is going to be an exciting time for you and the Chanel, thanks again 👍

Just changed the crankset for shimano 105 l had to change the bottom bracket bearing for a shimano one if anyone is considering it and adjusted the front mech

You did it again, the perfect music and video combo. Thanks again.

well done on getting out mate! great channel, happy new year!

I'd detected a few new-bike-twitches over the past couple of months! It'll be interesting to see what you end up with. The Transpennine upgrade closure claims two more victims. I'm beginning to wonder if that connecting route to the canal will ever reopen. All the best with ride-projects great and small.

That was fantastic to watch. In the first part of the video, you skirted around Skipton Castle which I used to cycle past every day on the way to school. Then you cycled up The Bailey and where you turned off heading for Embsay I used to live on the estate opposite. I also used to go out with a girl from Embsay! Thank you for the memories. Jay

The video is a great help and shows the use of the Tern folder off road. It is no mountain bike, but seems entirely suitable for rail trails, canal paths, or other non-technical applications. It seems an attractive choice for someone who wants to transport their ride inside a vehicle without much fuss.

I'm watching your last video regarding safety cycling. I agree with the majority of your comments, The issue regards mirrors,I ride with other elderly cyclists, and due to our ages, all of us use strait bars now, and all use end of bar mirrors,they are short,therfore there is no vibration. Due to having a neck movement reduction (age related), I find it essential and also stops the movement towards the middle of the road. I can, with the mirror, constantly check the road behind me Regards Mike the bike Shrewsbury

As a Dalesman, you have done a great job of giving people a taste of what The Yorkshire Dales has to offer. Thanks :)

Great ride very enjoyable and it’s a good job your a “ mountain goat” 👌🎥🚴‍♂️

great video, have did the climbing feels on the bike?, i am thinking about getting a foldable bike for traveling but i am a bit concerned about climbs and winds, especially with a lot of gear, do you feel a need for ex. having a small crank gear or dual-chainring to make the climbs easier and more enjoyable? :)

Just catching up and enjoyed the run thanks .I do the Cheshire lanes and the harder (for me) runs out of Frodsham into Beeston ect I often think about a run through Manchester as I used to work in the centre in the 90s doing construction but looking what you went through it’s a big no thanks not really the danger just the pure lack of enjoyment.. Stay safe 🚴‍♂️🎥👌🥇

I am a cyclist, a motorcyclist, a driver and current Bikeability instructor. This is the one thing I want my students to learn above all else. I drum observation into them and have found a few tricks to help them to learn the importance of this. The other skills are very important but, for me, this is the big one.

You have some stunning countryside but you also have to graft hard for your pleasure I started a bit late for this work so I do the lanes around Cheshire which seem easier on the knees ..Great video and thanks for posting.🚴‍♂️🎥💪☔️

I fitted a handlebar mounted mirror to my E-MTB now. I realised how difficult it is to hear traffic coming up from behind me with wind noise etc. I do over the shoulder life saver checks when I'm making any maneuver.

Like others, I was disappointed to watch the whole video waiting for a skills lesson, but instead just listened to you repeatedly saying that looking behind you was a good thing to do!

Really want to do that.

Can someone please put stuff in bags so we can get an idea of what goes in it etc?

I was in my 50's when my new partner who had been a motorbike rider in his youth taught me to head check. i don't understand why this wasn't taught to me when I was learning to drive or doing my bicycle proficiency test as a youngster. i do it all the time now and even on dedicated cycle paths it is important because electric bikes and scooters overtake me with no advance warning..

Yeah I do this from years as a motorbike rider. It's pure habit at this point. On the motorbike I was taught about blind spots, and to glance the mirror into a lifesaver for a maximum visibility check. Without mirrors on the bicycle it's even more necessary, definitely a skill that should be taught before even thinking about riding on a road. Good one!

Great Video. Riding offensively is the only way I feel safe. In a odd way bullying cars to back off. Just a note of protecting yourself....make sure you have adequate insurance. I have BC insurance which I have had to use twice and they were brilliant sorting everything out.

The best thing u can do for safety is put light coloured fluorescent clothing on lights and camera u haven’t a clue about safety i see to many today riding in black it’s not cool in any way

Yes, turning your head to look behind you while holding your line is a fundamental skill. I have been doing it adequately for over 30 years of road riding. My fellow riders say that I am one of the safer cyclists in the group and the club once gave me the "Best Wheel to Follow" award. So I do take safe riding practices seriously. To that end I have just recently been able to make several changes which have improved my awareness of what is happening behind me on the bike: 1. Just a few months ago I heard a great cue to help keep your line while looking back- right before you turn your head to look drop the shoulder on the opposite side of the shoulder you're looking over an inch or two. That trigger seems to override the subconscious tendency to steer in the direction you are looking. Try it a few times and see how it works for you. 2. During the summer I got prescription cycling glasses with a more wrap around configuration than the glasses and prescription sunglasses I had been using. The extra coverage means that when I look behind me my view isn't obstructed by the frames or rims of my glasses. Much better! 3. Just a couple of weeks ago I got a Garmin Varia radar light. The warnings of overtaking traffic are very reliable and helpful. I understand that the Trek "Car Back" performs similarly well. Check out some TH-cam videos and you'll see some enthusiastic reviews. At $150 USD on sale it wasn't cheap; but much preferable to later regretting not having spent the $$. I have never been able to hear all of the cars approaching me from behind and the ones that are more of a threat due to their speed become audible way too late for me to be "warned." Have fun and safe cycling in the coming year!

I use a wing mirror, I also have the Garmin radar - which is brilliant. Nothing can beat your eyes and ears, but the radar is useful in high winds, when you can't hear anything - your Garmin device lights up, when a vehicle is 140 metres away.

You are wearing a sm 16:00 all flourescent / reflective arm band, clearly acknowledging the importance of visibility. Why then not go the full gilet or jacket or top, maybe bright helmet. There are plenty on the market. I don't understand the modern fashion for wearing black, in your case including the helmet.

I thought about this video today while out on the bike. If I tried to turn and look to the rear, I would surely be in the ditch. At 77, we are not quite as flexible as 27. So, as with the Spitfire and Hurricaine pilots from the Battle of Britain, I use a mirror. Now, I must get a scarf.

I used to ride a Radar (when they 1st came out) but I found it a pain to charge repeatedly, now I use a mirror and good (day) light.. but I always do a look check! Tho radars are good of you like them and I can see the use but you can get around them in cycling

Unfortunately my neck mobility isn't what it was so safer for me to use a mirror on my right hand handle bars. Bad road surfaces are a pain and sometimes not even enough time to check behind before moving out slightly

I use a radar but it doesn't replace the look. I use a radar to let me know a car is coming (sooner than if I'd just listen for it). I find the check established a human contact with the driver. As if to say "I see you. Do you see me? We're in this together." As you said, it doesn't always work. But hey, if you're gonna try to kill me, at least have he courage to look me in the eyes while you do it.

Tried a couple of bar end mirrors and have settled on the Cat Eye version. It is literally a life saver and I now wouldn't ride without it. Even took it with me this year to Mallorca to install on the hire bike. You should definitely consider one - particularly as twisting as you age becomes more difficult. Looking down as a vehicle passes (to check there's not another)becomes second nature.

Good video but your all in black 😮