That tent event was crazy for sure but, it made for an extra interesting video. 😅 Reminds me of your site flooding near the river in PA. "All's well that ends well!"
Love seeing your rides. I've been camping many of the same places, but with a 12-speed Bianchi road bike, not battery powered. Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Of course, that was when I was younger. I struggle to think about any ebike due to weight considerations. My Bianchi with a rack weighs just 15 lbs - basically nothing compared to your setup. With a handlebar bag and panniers, it can be 35-45 lbs, which is probably what the batteries weigh. Lived in Austin for 4 yrs and my parents moved to San Antonio for about 10 yrs after I started working in Houston. Anyway, with Texas so close to Mexico, many town names are pronounced based on Spanish pronunciation. Llano === Yano, for example. Fredericksburg and New Braunfels are based on German immigrants, hence why there are breweries and wursts places. Yum! Central Texas BBQ is considered the best in the world by many people too. NC and KC and Memphis BBQ are each tasty in their own way, but there's something about the lean, sliced brisket from a central Tx BBQ joint that brings tears to my eyes. I miss it. Worked my way through University at an Austin BBQ place. My mother's BBQ was so nasty (she's from ND and didn't know better), that I didn't even try the brisket where I worked for 2 yrs. Central Texas has a beauty all its own. Took me a long time to find the mesquite and scrub beautiful. Now, it is where I want my ashes spread after I die. About 15 miles east of Austin on Hwy-71 - just put my ashes in the back of a pickup and let the road wind suck me out while going 65+ mph. Obviously, keep the cab windows closed. ;) Anyway, perhaps I'll convert to an ebike and get riding again. Where I currently live, I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to roads where it is safe to bicycle. I've ridden my bike in very busy places, but traffic around here is just scary. I miss being in the middle of nowhere Nebraska where a pickup passes every hour or so and just the farm dogs are the only real danger, not distracted drivers. A brother-in-law was biking on a rural road in NW Iowa and was hit in the head by one of those big dually pickup mirrors. He spent over a month in hospital and wasn't able to work due to brain damage for over a year. He was a tenured professor at a small college there. Completely destroyed his life because of a distracted driver. 100% an accident and the driver stopped immediately and took him to a hospital and his insurance paid all the expenses ... but not the lack of income or time spend recovering at home. Life is full of dangers.
Wow crazy! The e-bike is nice it changes things a bit. The majority of my trips are still on a regular bike, but I enjoy going even further with the e-bike. I hear you with the bbq lol.
Now that was an adventure. Come back to camp and your tent is gone. Heartrate must of went up for that. Beautiful country thou. Glad everything turned out all right. Take care, Al
Totally. That was a bit insane. Glad it turned out well too. Found out later that I had a ton of small tears in the fly but the rest of the tent was fine so I had to upgrade.
@PumpkinVillage I ended up getting the exact same model just a newer generation. The Big Agnes copper spur ul2 bike packing tent. They improved some features and my ground cloth was still compatible. I couldn’t find a replacement rainfly for my old one and it was too many holes to patch. They changed the latching system so I couldn’t use the new model with the old tent.
Holy smokes Brian! I can only imagine the horrible feeling of walking up to where your tent used to be only to discover it’s gone. I’ve also noticed that getting caught out in a major storm seems to be becoming a trend for you 😂. Thanks for sharing!
Another awesome riding day through the Texas country side. Too bad that you got into a rainstorm and tent blew away but luckily you found it. I hope you got it figured out and this incident didn't cause too much trouble.
Glad you recovered your tent. That would be a horrible loss. Justordered me a new tent from Aliexpress, $41. Low profile one man. It'll be great for backpacking or biking.
Oh wow. I would have never thought the tent would blow away.. Certainly is beautiful country! I’m glad you found your tent ️.
Certainly is beautiful country! ❤ I’m glad you found your tent ⛺️👍
Me too!
Thank goodness the tree caught the tent! Besides the storm, it looked like a great day. Thanks for sharing.
Yes it was! Thanks for watching.
Wow, what a crazy storm. So glad you were able to retrieve your tent with minimal damage to it. Blessings!
The TX Hill Country is beautiful country to bike ride - hike - car trip
Totally. I plan to go back again some day.
Oh wow. I would have never thought the tent would blow away.
Yeah it was insane. I never thought that would happen either.
That tent event was crazy for sure but, it made for an extra interesting video. 😅
Reminds me of your site flooding near the river in PA. "All's well that ends well!"
Haha yeah totally. That tent has been through a lot.
Good that you knocked these miles out before the real Texas heat set in
Love seeing your rides. I've been camping many of the same places, but with a 12-speed Bianchi road bike, not battery powered. Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Of course, that was when I was younger. I struggle to think about any ebike due to weight considerations. My Bianchi with a rack weighs just 15 lbs - basically nothing compared to your setup. With a handlebar bag and panniers, it can be 35-45 lbs, which is probably what the batteries weigh.
Lived in Austin for 4 yrs and my parents moved to San Antonio for about 10 yrs after I started working in Houston. Anyway, with Texas so close to Mexico, many town names are pronounced based on Spanish pronunciation.
Llano === Yano, for example.
Fredericksburg and New Braunfels are based on German immigrants, hence why there are breweries and wursts places. Yum!
Central Texas BBQ is considered the best in the world by many people too. NC and KC and Memphis BBQ are each tasty in their own way, but there's something about the lean, sliced brisket from a central Tx BBQ joint that brings tears to my eyes. I miss it. Worked my way through University at an Austin BBQ place. My mother's BBQ was so nasty (she's from ND and didn't know better), that I didn't even try the brisket where I worked for 2 yrs.
Central Texas has a beauty all its own. Took me a long time to find the mesquite and scrub beautiful. Now, it is where I want my ashes spread after I die. About 15 miles east of Austin on Hwy-71 - just put my ashes in the back of a pickup and let the road wind suck me out while going 65+ mph. Obviously, keep the cab windows closed. ;)
Anyway, perhaps I'll convert to an ebike and get riding again. Where I currently live, I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to roads where it is safe to bicycle. I've ridden my bike in very busy places, but traffic around here is just scary. I miss being in the middle of nowhere Nebraska where a pickup passes every hour or so and just the farm dogs are the only real danger, not distracted drivers. A brother-in-law was biking on a rural road in NW Iowa and was hit in the head by one of those big dually pickup mirrors. He spent over a month in hospital and wasn't able to work due to brain damage for over a year. He was a tenured professor at a small college there. Completely destroyed his life because of a distracted driver. 100% an accident and the driver stopped immediately and took him to a hospital and his insurance paid all the expenses ... but not the lack of income or time spend recovering at home. Life is full of dangers.
Wow crazy! The e-bike is nice it changes things a bit. The majority of my trips are still on a regular bike, but I enjoy going even further with the e-bike. I hear you with the bbq lol.
Play-no…. That’s how you say it. Great job once again. Me and the kiddo live watching your adventures
I could be wrong, but I don’t think that’s how you pronounce Llano. Thanks so much for watching. ;)
Now that was an adventure. Come back to camp and your tent is gone. Heartrate must of went up for that. Beautiful country thou. Glad everything turned out all right. Take care, Al
Totally. That was a bit insane. Glad it turned out well too. Found out later that I had a ton of small tears in the fly but the rest of the tent was fine so I had to upgrade.
@@bikingbrian what did you get for a tent?
@PumpkinVillage I ended up getting the exact same model just a newer generation. The Big Agnes copper spur ul2 bike packing tent. They improved some features and my ground cloth was still compatible. I couldn’t find a replacement rainfly for my old one and it was too many holes to patch. They changed the latching system so I couldn’t use the new model with the old tent.
@@bikingbrian thanks. Have a great weekend
Holy smokes Brian! I can only imagine the horrible feeling of walking up to where your tent used to be only to discover it’s gone. I’ve also noticed that getting caught out in a major storm seems to be becoming a trend for you 😂. Thanks for sharing!
Hahah yeah that was crazy
Another awesome riding day through the Texas country side. Too bad that you got into a rainstorm and tent blew away but luckily you found it. I hope you got it figured out and this incident didn't cause too much trouble.
Thanks! Yeah wasn’t too bad looking back. I did end up having to replace the tent but it was just an excuse to upgrade. :)
Stay dry and safe!
Thanks!
Tents make excellent sails.
Hahah totally
Glad you recovered your tent. That would be a horrible loss. Justordered me a new tent from Aliexpress, $41. Low profile one man. It'll be great for backpacking or biking.
Nice! Sounds like a good deal
Would love to know how you add the relive video to the start of your vlogs. Really gives a great overview of your ride.
Thanks! It is an app that I sync the gps route from my rides to and it spits out a video tracing the route.
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Too bad you couldn't bring the tents into the shelter and just slept there.
Hindsight.