TET Trans Euro Trail - Cornwall - Chapter 01 'Kicking off'
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- The 'Great Western Trail' is part of the Trans Euro Trail (aka the TET) that goes down through Cornwall.
I thought I would document it and highlight any hazards along the way. As a newish rider, (on a Fantic Caballero Rally 500) I thought I could provide other new TET riders with pointers for what to watch out for along the way.
This is chapter 01, which goes from Praze-An-Beeble (near Camborne) to Lands End.
What a great video. I am just getting into biking and would love to do something like this so good to see what it is like for a newish rider.
It’s funny to look back on these.
I’ve done all of Cornwall/Devon TET now ( and beyond) and the bits I thought were tricky when I started out are easy now. :)
But it’s still a great way to see bits of the county I didn’t know about.
Lovely area and good video :-) Great to have a view from the roads, in addition to having walked the paths myself :)
The video I've been waiting for! Thanks for doing this 👍🏻
Looks good mate nice video
Good stuff. Looking at doing all of the TET through Cornwall and Devon. I was hoping to do Cornwall in one day, but I might rethink that after watching this.
From another biker in Cornwall 😊👋🏼
i really was going slow and taking my time, but bare in mind this was in best case conditions. i just went out today and did a bit near fourlanes/st.day. and got stuck. had to turn around. complete bog right now. (but i am on stock tyres on my T7 still... would have made it with proper knobblies)
I’ll be on a Himalayan, and with very little off road experience. You are filling me with confidence 🥴
I love the T7 by the way. I was admiring one while my Z was in for service. I considered chopping the Z in for one.
@@Saddlebags73 Himalayan will be grand on the tricky slow stuff.
Just not as fun on the fast roads (as a T7 or similar)
I wished I was on a lighter bike when I got stuck in mud today.
So much grunting to turn it around knee deep in mud.
I think the she’ll do ok with knobbly tyres. Definitely not a light bike though. Mud is hard work eh.
Thanks for getting back to me. I’ll be going through the series as and when I have time 👍🏼
@@Saddlebags73 no probs.
May do a little Casual edit from today.
So you can see the state of the trails in November after a month of rain.
Brilliant video, and just the thing I've been looking for. No-one wants to grade the rides (usually putting people who have asked for them down), and this is perfect. Can't wait to get my licence and get out on the GWT!
Just what I needed! Nice vid.
Nice to hear. I just uploaded part 2 a minute ago. :)
great view!
Brilliant set of videos. As a new (Himalayan) Bristol-based rider with modest ambition to do the GWT, this was exactly what I was looking for. So thanks for committing it to video!
Nice bike choice! They look great, did think about one of those. Glad vids are helpful. The latest episode (chapter07) was hardest section for me so far. (And my riding has improved since episode 01 too) So bare in mind there is some proper tricky bits high up near the Devon border. So if you can handle that, you should be able to handle the rest without a problem.
Also bare in mind i did the first chapter going the wrong way round (anticlockwise), I realised that and did the rest of the GWT going the right way. Just so you know, so downhills become uphills etc.
@@biscuitsalive Thanks for the tips! So far the Himalayan has been amazing for me as a novice. I thought I better up-skill/up-confidence myself a bit so did a day at Sweetlamb learning the basics of off-road riding and have just done a couple of days at Dorothy's Speed Shop with Nathan Millward (@nathanthepostman) in Braunton hitting some green lanes (both literally and metaphorically) and going over basic maintenance, packing and tools for adventure riding. Just what I needed. Now your vids give me the confidence to go and try a bit of the TET!
I did want to ask why you sold the CRF? Just too low powered?
@@biscuitsalive Great to know! Cheers!
@@robholder5825 the crf250 was a great first bike.
And if I was ONLY using it for off road I prob wouldn’t have changed it. But inevitably you end up doing lots of roads just to get to trails. That’s when the lack of power starts to annoy. On the faster roads.
I’ve just changed again too. Got a tenere700 now.
I may regret this down the line as it’s much heavier. But enjoying it so far. (So smooth)
Part of getting into a new thing is experimenting and finding out what suits you, so I’m still in that stage at the moment.
Such a great video if your ever up in the peaks and still doing this type of riding give me a shout looking to do somthing simlier around there nice work on the hills Action cams never show how steep lol
Cracking video pal. I’ve made a start riding the trails you do get some tricky parts especially on a mutt hilts 125. Hope to see you about on the tracks someday 👍
Such a good video mate
Fantastic
Lurverly sturf me ol mucker! Really nice! Are you getting bar risers? It's made a big difference on my Rally
Yep I deff should, and hand guards, and a rear luggage frame... and a few other bits (possibly a larger rear sprocket too for the rough stuff.).. but im actually a bit skint right now, so it will have to wait till a job is confirmed before i buy anything. :(
Great Video - Also Hayle based, looking forward to following your route.
A few of us are going for a ride on Friday if you want to join.
Look up Cornwall trails group on Facebook. :)
@@biscuitsalive Thanks mate - what time are you planning to ride? also is the FB page 'Mid Cornwall Trails' (Thant's the only one I can find).
@@kevinandrews2511 don’t think anyone has made plans yet. But prob mid morning.
It’s “Cornwall Trails Group”
It’s private but if you ask to join I will ok it.
(There is a picture of a bike stuck in a pie for the group image)
@@biscuitsalive found it and asked permission to join - let me know about Friday although I could be working! Thanks again
I ride an electric unicycle, so I like watching this sort of stuff on local tracks. I live on The Lizard:-)
An electric unicycle?
Unusual.
I have a electric skateboard. (Evolve GT) But not much good for proper off-road.
@@biscuitsalive Tricky with the small wheels. My EUC (Electric Unicycle) has an 18" wheel and suspension, so it can go most most places depending on how difficult I want to make it for myself. 30mph top speed, 26 mile range. My TH-cam Channel is called "Roskellan"
interesting look on the TET, a newbie with the same level of skill, on the same bike i'm looking to purchase . Brilliant.
Nice. Glad it’s helpful. :)
@@biscuitsalive I have noticed you have now got a Yamaha T700, is this natural progression or did something bother you with the Fantic?
@@martinhickman3390 it’s a little complicated.
Nothing wrong with Caballero. I was just offered a really good deal on a T7. As it’s possible I maybe helping filming on a documentary that features the T7 travelling.
So may be using that bike to follow action.
Personally I miss the Fantic. T7 is a bit heavy for my liking on trails. But it is great on road.
@@biscuitsalive I follow several motorcyclists on TH-cam and all talk about the weight of their bikes.
Those that have T700 do praise them but call them heavy especially when loaded. Pleased to hear you miss the Fantic as it means you must have enjoyed it. 👍
@@martinhickman3390 I will almost certainly go lighter for my next bike.
But the T7 is an amazing adventure bike.
It’s just when you are heading into a muddy lane that you don’t know, and wonder if you are going to have to turn around in a narrow slippy muddy section that the adventure style bike holds you back.
Where as if you have something under 150kg you would probably just go in with confidence.
Really interesting video, thanks. Shame about the number of Landrovers, that’s way too many. Best practice is max 5.
I can’t talk mind, see how much room Rosie takes up 😂
Great views and surroundings. We don't have such type of roads here in Belgium, and the few that are very nice are off limits for motorbikes :(
That is sad.
You're not to far from me based on your start point The hazard 1 byway near hayle I rode only the other day but reversed i have uploaded a video on my channel. subbed I am doing the full southwest tet hopefully this summer. I did the steep section on my KLE in the dark first time on road tyres.
Hey, jealous. What a fun little trip, do you have an FPV drone strap on the back?
Blessed with perfect weather too!
My fpv gear fits in my backpack pretty easily.
Although I didn’t take it for this run. Just in case I dropped the bike etc. (Clearly it was easy, but you don’t know what you are going to find on those trails)
@@biscuitsalive Sure, that’s part of the adventure. Good luck, and watch out for this landys 🤙
Nice video mate, which bags do you have on the back and do you require a rack of any sort to mount them? Cheers!
They are Kreiga OS system.
They don’t fit perfectly on the cab.
But I like them.
I did a 1000mile review of the bike and show them in better detail there.
Here is that vid- th-cam.com/video/qkOQVeMxGIc/w-d-xo.html
@@biscuitsalive Mega, thanks again!
great vid again, I bet your using a lot of this as a recce for flying destinations.
sure will :)
Where did you get the GPS route for the tet videos? Did you use a phone app for the GPS? Thanks
ViewRanger app. And official trans euro trail site has a download for gpx