Bikepacking Across Florida - St. Augustine to St. Petersburg Part 1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มี.ค. 2021
- This video is part one of a two part series.
We have always wanted to ride across Florida, but just never have done it. There are multiple ways to cross Florida. There is the traditional East to West route that is all on paved roads and the most direct coming in at 170ish miles. There is a newer mostly paved bike trail route also runs horizontally that is a little longer around 240 miles. Of course we had to ride the hardest mainly offroad route developed by The Singletrack Samurai called the "Spanish Trail" that meanders more diagonally across Florida. This ride starts in St. Augustine in the shadow of the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (Spanish for “St. Mark’s Castle”) which is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States, and meanders it’s way across Florida ending 514 miles later at Fort Desoto State Park (another old masonry fort) just south of St. Petersburg. This is such an awesome route that covers 5 legit mountain bike trail systems totaling close to 100 miles of singletrack riding!
Please checkout www.singletracksamurai.com/ for route information and download of GPX route for a small fee. It's well worth the donation to get this awesome route, you will not be dissapointed.
Please comment if you have any questions and I will do my best to answer.
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Love it! On my bucket list!
I plan to move to Florida from NJ and explore on bicycle. I may even be on those trails. It looks fun.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. It was informative, captivating and well edited.
Love it. Top notch video too.
Glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate it!
Hi I'm from Johannesburg south Africa and follow all the videos of you and Michelle. You guys must do a bike packing adventure in Mexico etc.
You guys are so blessed to have such nice places to bike packing. South Africa, mmh not the same. Warm regards Werner van Niekerk.
Wow, south Africa! Thanks for the nice comment. We are definitely lucky in the USA to have so many routes to choose from. One of these days we will venture to Mexico. Next year we are planning on venturing outside the USA and give the GB Divide a go. Happy Trails!
Another cool video, D...looks like you both had a great ride!
Thanks, much appreciated. Definitely was an awesome route.
Fantastic! I'm doing it. Just did the Camino de Santiago, 800 kilometers.
This route or the Florida Divide are the two best ways to see Florida. Thanks for watching. That's cool you just did the camino.
Done that route a few times, brings back great, and not so great lol, memories. Possibly the bikepack video of SS routs I've seen yet..
Thanks so much, appreciate it. Always a few highs and lows but always great memories with these adventures. Single Track Samurai does a great job with creating these routes. Happy trails.
Nice, thanks for your videos, we will follow you!
Awesome, thank you!
@@PedalPowerAdventures our pleasure 🙂
Great video and thanks for the many ideas on great places to ride. I’ve been watching since the tour divide rides. I enjoy your commentary on the logistics and find your videos to be amongst the best out there.
Thank you, much appreciated! We hope to finish the great divide later this year and are heading to eastern Utah in May to ride three smaller loops. Hope you have some fun adventures planned for 2021 and beyond!
Thank you for another great video! Another trail for my bucket list. Looking forward to the rest of the adventure! Thanks again and all the best, Steve
Thanks Steve! Looks like you had an excellent adventure riding from Key West to South Carolina, also great videos. I have lived in Florida all my life and still have never been to Key West and not sure why. This ride is an awesome route, let me know if you do this route or the paved trail option from Titusville. We live right off the route between Clearwater and Tarpon Springs area. Ride on!
This is great! Well done. 👍
Thanks for watching!
Awesome stuff! Thanks for taking us along!!👍
Thanks for watching!
Another great video and adventure. I enjoyed the commentary as well as the fly over maps of your route. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Have been trying to improve the video's glad you liked the additions.
Very nice!! Enjoyed watching. I'll never be up to doing the whole thing, but I have ridden a few of the sections. And now want to check out a couple more after watching this!!
Thanks for watching. Florida definitely has a bunch of really fun areas to ride and the wildlife is awesome.
Great start of your adventure. Those backcountry mountain bike trails take time but it looks fun. If I would consider to do the same route I gotta get a mountain bike for sure. Thanks for sharing your adventure, I enjoyed watching it. 👍
Thanks for the nice comment. This is definitely a put on your bucket list type of ride, we had a blast. It was hard at times but what bicycle tour type of trip is not, lol. Definitely would recommend a mountain bike for this route, it can be done on a gravel bike but I think the fun factor would be a little lower. Just my opinion though. It was funny we were worried about the mountain bike trails being slow, but they were actually the same speed or even faster than some of the dirt and grass roads. Especially the sandy section heading to Alexander Springs that was 13 miles long and felt like you were climbing a mountain without the downhill payoff. Ride on!
Did all 500 miles of your trail on 2021 by Karlos Singletrack Amazing journey Enjoyed every mile of it. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Floridais amazing place to bike-pack. Great videos Thanks
That’s awesome, nice to hear from someone else who has ridden it and thinks the same about this route! We totally agree Florida is an amazing place to bikepack and the route is really a gem. Thanks for watching!
Looks like a nice adventure! It is quite a bit different than the riding I do in British Columbia! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Yes a bit different and the big thing is we have no grizzly bears, lol. Florida is actually really nice in it's own way and this route gives a good sampling of what Florida has to offer. British Columbia is amazing btw. In 2022 we are thinking about the BC trail. Do you think that would be a fun bicycle adventure? Thanks for watching.
really like your editing on these video, hope to see more
Thanks, much appreciated!
So good
Love the video. Just got myself a gravel bike and I live in St.Aug, so I think I’ll retrace some of your path. I’d love to do a C2C one day
Sweet, Florida has some pretty good gravel/sand roads. Hope you get out there and explore some of them on your new gravel bike. Yeah, defiantly put the c2c on your bucket list of rides!
Great vid! A coast to coast ride is on my list for next year, I just did a 100mi loop route from Wekiwa Springs up to Alexander Springs and back again. Should be uploading the vid to my channel next week.
This coast to coast route is really awesome and you are going to really enjoy it! The tally Tango route is another good one too! A 100 mile loop from Wekiwa to Alexander Springs sounds like fun! Ride on.
Such great videos. We are getting ready to do the trip from Ft Desoto to St Augustine in January with Singletrack Samurai. These videos have made us even more excited about the trip. What time of year did you guys make the trip? We’ve done a lot of the western sections and know Starkey like the back of our hands since we live in Citrus Park. Thanks for the wonderful videos!!
Thanks for watching and commenting. We rode it in March and you are going to love this route! Let me know how it goes. Ride on.
In Florida, sports stores sell mud boots that come up to the knee because Florida is very swampy.
It is a bit swampy but also the opposite with being very sandy, haha. Every place has their own challenges.
Definitely not Colorado. Trade hills for mud, water, sand, portages. Thanks for cobbling this route together!
No it's not Colorado l, but that is a good thing because it's fun to ride in different eco systems. Florida may not have mountains but the amount of wildlife and variety of terrain makes up for it. Happy Trails!
Thank goodness for those oversize tires.
Haha, yes they defiantly help!
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I'm an old hiker. Seen my share of trails in those nasty conditions. What bikes are you folks ridding? Ride On!
Thank you so much, appreciate it. Florida has some challenging conditions for sure. We have Why Cycles S7 bikes that we use for almost all of our bike packing trips. Happy trails!
Excellent trip and video. A question -- would this route be suitable for gravel bikes (650BX47mm tires) and credit card touring (no camping)? Thanks.
There are some sand sections that will be harder on the gravel bike but is totally doable. It's possible to credit card it, we are actually considering that for the next time. It will require some longer ride days and/or diverting off route to find lodging though. Thanks for watching!
Can this be done on a dropbar gravel bike?
It can be done on a gravel bike but I would recommend the widest tires possible as there are a bunch of sandy sections that may reduce the fun factor. Thanks for the comment and for watching. Ride on!
What's the name of that first single track mountain bike trail?
That would be the Moses Creek Conservation Area. I just looked on trailforks and it looks to have 4 miles of mountain bike trails there.
@@PedalPowerAdventuresThanks. hidden gem indeed. Looking forward to seeing more adventures
Can you do this on a gravel bike
Mountain bike would be more fun but a gravel bike will work, just may have to walk some or be tempted to skip some of the singletrack sections.
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Looks AWFUL.
No thanks.
To each their own, Florida is actually a pretty fun place for bikepacking and you might be surprised.