The Oregon Cascades Volcanic Arc Bike Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- The Oregon Cascades Volcanic Arc or OCVA400 is mixed terrain bike route passing through the center of the State of Oregon. It takes the bicycle tourist on many forest service roads, some single track, and a lot of quiet paved back roads.
The route can be found here:
www.omtm.cc/ocv...
The ride with gps route:
ridewithgps.co...
Mr. Wildeberry, I simply love your channel. It's so authentic! You two are so cute. Can't wait for your next adventure. Thank you!
Thank you!
@@Henrywildeberryyes you two are very blessed to have each other. Take care
What a wonderful trip! Thank you for taking us with you and showing us a magnificent part of the world. I always enjoy your realistic "storytelling" - no effects or big words; just your authentic selfs, bikes, nature, enthusiasm and lots of adventure - and coffee! You both excelled in doing the best in any given situation and you always tried to enjoy the cycling despite the weather and other challenges. I am looking forward to your next video. Greetings from Switzerland.
Wow... Just wow... Hadn't been here for a while and thought - let's see what these guys are up to... Man!!! Amazing stuff! Cheers from Sweden, and happy belated birthday!
Thanks for checking back in!
I know OR is just above CA & not as cold as Finland, but seeing you 2 in shorts, shivering... Anyways, happy belated birthday 🎉🚴🚴🚴
Thank you! The first day it was almost 90-degrees (32C)! The temps dropped overnight.
What a great way to enjoy your birthday. Congratulations. What a great team you make, such great companions . Thanks for allowing us to join you on part of your trip.
I Saw a lot of videos of your Channel this days and I like you style. Keep doing what you do and soon good things Will Come. If you want to build your own frame let's do It. It's very rewarding. Start with old bike frames. All my best wishes to you and the people arround you ✨. Enjoy the ride.
Happy Belated 47'th Birthday!!!!!!!!!! Great job on the ride report!
Weather can be so funny on trips on 2 wheels. I rode with a couple friends from Chico to Palmer AK on motorbikes, then rode home solo starting 1st of Sept. It rained from Palmer to Weed CA, about 6 days worth of rain blowing sideways, mudslides blowing across road, hydroplaning on the hiway. I camped until everything was so soaked, that I got a room in Madras Oregon, good mexican food!
The rain at times would blow up under the fly of my 3 season tent and into the tent, the funniest thing Ha Ha ha....
But I got home, put 7200 miles on the bike, some great memories.
I love chilling out with you guys. The journey of recovery continues here and your videos help so much. Ty both, stay safe and love to all.
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I just want to wish you a happy 47th birthday. The trip looks absolutely amazing. Crater Lake is on my bucket list. And I love those forest service cabins. One of the main issues is mice and rats. I know the fire season is rough and hopefully, the region recovers
Ms.Cools"cantilevers are much quiter than your discs Mr Wildberry.Thanks for another lovely video and many happy returns of the day
Agreed! Her bike is dialed to perfection.
Miss Kools, you surely looked cold a few times. I am thin myself and get so cold on my bike, but bought a heated belt with a rechargeable battery. Brilliant for my old bones.
take care you 2.
We were going to title the tour Wim Hoffing the Oregon Cascades. Seriously, the heat belt is a great idea!
@Henrywildeberry one can also charge your phone as well. When one takes ir off.
Still impressed w/ the racks. I was overloading my town bike long before my local community dropped the trap & neuter ball, so it wasn’t really a growing colony of back yard cats that had me running 80 lb loads - it was the notion of resistance training w/ a total system weight of around 340 lbs. These days I just do it more often, like a couple of runs per week instead a couple per month. Load the bike & _don’t_ go straight home with it, do a 50k loop instead, right? One thing I learned from the fun new breaking-racks hobby was the importance of being slow & smooth. Don’t let the load wiggle around, reduce the torsional loadings, slow down the impacts, choose routes where you have at least a _chance_ of accomplishing the above, & oh yeah - carry an empty backpack for just in case, etc.
I’ve gotten good enough at it that I’m not stressing bailing-wired JB Weld repairs. They’re perfectly fugly, hold up well enough, & no-doubt contribute to a sketchy-bikes-don’t-get-stolen strategy. So y’know …
I feel like I know what breaks racks, & I am impressed with what amount to loaded & often wet touring bikes completing hundreds of miles on mountain trails without failures.
Happy belated, Mr. Wildberry!
When I first camped in the Rockies, I was surprised at the absolute quietness at night (the first time was in Bighorn, then I camped frequently outside of Portland). No buzzing or chirping crickets. The quiet was deafening!
You two are going over that wet single track pretty boldly. You must have good tires.
Stump Town coffee is excellent. I worked there temporarily, and on my last day they gave me a big bag of coffee ground for French press. I never really paid attention to coffee until then. So good.
OMTM looks like a great ride. It's supposed to be warmer and drier in the PNW this winter, but that doesn't mean warm and dry I imagine.
Thank you for best wishes! A few years back I made a special visit to the first Stumptown Roasters location. It’s always fun to see the humble beginnings of something that turns into a popular success.
I wished we had such routes here in Europe. That was awesome like you said it. All those kilometers without people on the track are amazing. I hope you will manage the next 47 years like the last Mr Henry: In style and as often as you can on a very special and beautyful bicykle with the best bikemate you can imagine at your side! The cutting of the film with longer segments was totally appropriate because I found the scenery so much better to "inhale" than in short cuts with 4 seconds or less. Thanks for that invitation to your birthdayadventure! Liebe Grüße🙋♀
There's definitely routes like that in Europe! Where are you, if I can find any resources I'll link them in the comments?
@@tmagee27 Hello! I am in Deutschland. Germany, Population >200 per km² 😄. I have been cycling across Europe different times and almost every country in Western Europe with a special focus. Norway was my favorite. In Germany and the areas at its borders its almost impossible to ride more than 10 km without coming to a village or town. But if you have some secret places and highlights to share I am happy if you send them. Liebe Grüße 🙋🏼♀️
So you had an adventure. Improvising and making it up as you went,when ‘plans’ fell apart! Rather like life!! Thanks for sharing this trip. Oregon rather like Donegal on steroids. Your experience of liking everything except the weather…..well,can empathise with that,having lived in Donegal for twenty years,weather being my biggest challenge. Rain,Wind….aaaagh.
In life there is perfect weather, beautiful landscapes, and great places to ride, pick two.
Absolutely Fantastic 👍🏼👏🏼👊🏼 Thank you guys so much for sharing your awesome adventure with us!!! Another wonderful journey for our most beloved intrepid travelers. Until next time.... ✌🏼
Thank you, Rob! ☮️
really awesome birthday trip, thanks for sharing!
Happy birthday Henry 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Another late Happy Birthday (think I was on time on instaspam)! Other than the grey/ gray I would put you at maybe 10 years younger. Must be the fitness and the diet? Do the USAF know you still have your service Goretex though?
Dunsmuir! I recall going through that place late at night, southbound on the Coast Starlight.
Hi Henry and Miss Cools. Wow, another epic adventure and nice Fall birthday ride!
Happiest of Birthdays and many more! Adventure is out there. 🎉🎂🌟
I need a woman to cycle with that looks at me the way Miss Cools looks at you, Henry. You're a very blessed man to have her as a riding partner, sir!
Great video as usual, so many fantastic views along the way, happy birthday , I stopped counting the years when I got to your age and beyond, as long as everything is working the number of years is unimportant. I hope you will get something really special for M's Cools when it is her birthday, I keep looking at the left hand 😎
Thank you! We have a lot to be grateful for.
Belated Happy Birthday,Henry! Nice epic ride you both did!
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Great ride u guys.
Wonderful video and thanks for posting it, I've wanted to do the southern part of the route for a long time. Question: are the first dirt sections from Klamath Falls to Crater Lake doable on a rando bike with 42mm slicks? I'm an experienced underbiker, but I know these remote Oregon roads can be rugged. Appreciate your input and thanks!
Thanks Owen. I'm normally an under-biker too, so I wouldn't hesitate to ride 42mm slicks on rando bike on this route. Some would even say I under-biked with 2 1/4" tires, but I rode all of the Oregon Outback on 48mm slicks (with tubes) and no problems. As you know under-biking requires a little more consideration on the descents and looking out for larger rocks to avoid side wall cuts. Most of the climbs and descents were steeper at the top and would gradually ease up towards the bottom. If you are mindful of the gradients and loose corners when descending you should be fine. This isn't a technically challenging route. It's a lot of climbing and descending which I really enjoyed.
Oregon seems to be putting in a lot of work on their forest service roads and seem to regularly add gravel, so there could be loose areas to look out for. There are also a few sections in the Southern portion, outside of Klamath Falls on the way to Crater Lake, where the roads were dirt. It could get muddy there in the rainy season? For the most part everything else was well maintained gravel (and pavement). I'd say the gravel was mostly 3/4" to 1" crushed rock.
The last 5 or 6 miles leading into and out of McKenzie River Bridge were recently hit with wild fires, and the utility easement road parallel to highway 126 on the West end heading into town was being cleared and technically closed. We rode through during the week and met the tree crew. They were friendly, but annoyed we interrupted their work. The Forest Service didn't mark the road on the side we entered, so we were totally oblivious. You can easily skip this section riding the highway.
There is also a section of the McKenzie River Trail that is closed as you leave town heading North. Depending on how long the trail remains closed you may have to stay on the highway all the way to Trail Bridge Reservoir like we did. That section of highway gets narrow, so we opted to ride it very early in the morning. Highway 126 seems to be a popular through way to and from Eugene. Best of luck and enjoy!
Great video, and that looks like a awesome ride. Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Thank you!
Leaving on bike and using train makes it more of an adventure!
Absolutely, trains always bring another level to any bike adventure.
The Flume trail and now this. Very nice
Two idyllic routes worth a visit.
Great video! Thanks so much for sharing this! I’m going to put this ride on my bucket list.
really nice adventure, thanks for sharing
Thank you!
great video, looks like an amazing ride. crater lake is on my list for sure. happy your homemade rack was up to the task
Happy birthday 👍
Happy Birthday and Happy Trails!
About a 1/3 thru, haven't heard when you started. It's been wet in Seattle area last 2 week, seems similar.
Wow 😮. Happy birthday to you 🎉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎉🎂🎉🎉 💪🏼
Rain can be ok for a little , but that looked real wet! Beautiful country.
Happy birthday 🎂🎈
Happy birthday 🎉
How are you enjoying your rear pannier packing system versus your front end packing system you used on previous trips.
Great ride as usual , you guys are tough dealing with all the weather. Did you have to box up the bikes for the train ride?
The Coast Starlight allows you to check the bike on without boxing it. You do have to remove the bags and there is an additional fee.
Do you get Yew trees over there? In the UK Yes trees are very old and offer incredible (low) canopies for keeping dry.
Epic journey just to get to the adventure. Just wondering if the small sprocket on Ms Cools bike is less than 30 tooth. Looks like a really big jump between ⚙️ of large and small sprocket.
Thank you! The small sprocket is a 27 tooth. It does have a pretty large step. A triple would fill in the void nicely.
WOW ! You guys sure know how to adventure ride . Great video. And HAPPY 47 . I to , was once 47 and a lot more energy. But hey . Was there no heat in that cabin ? Ms. Cools looked frozen . Thanks. KB
Jan Heine writes frequently about riding in the Cascade mountains. Lovely routes, the road and camp closure notwithstanding.
Red Sky in the morning Shepards warning....xx
Happy birthday Mr W
Couldn't be awesomer!!!😊
Awesome stuff Ms Cools & Henry 👍 Happy birthday 🥳. No fenders on this ride??
Thank you! We were concerned with the rain in the forecast and not sure how muddy the conditions might get. Fenders would have worked well on this tour.
Legends… well done
You had some serious nobby hum on that road, I would be interested on finding out what camping equipment that you used is. What was the snow capped mountain called?
I went with Schwable XC tires. The snow capped mountain is Mt. Jefferson. Mt Hood was hidden under clouds so I wasn’t able to get a clear view of it.
The fire you were talking about around Mackenzie bridge, happened last year.
That trail has been closed since then.
I enjoyed your video, but crossing into closed off trails, knowingly, is a bad idea.
Bravo pour votre voyage 😅
It’s too bad that nobody at McKinsey bridge mentioned belknap hot springs you were only 7 miles from there. The have camping, cabins, two swimming pools they pump mineral water into plus a store and Roman gardens. We love going there for a weekend getaway
Is Ms. Cools not tubeless because of the nostalgia of her bike?
She likes to swap tires often and doesn’t want to deal with the tubeless cleanup.
Poor Ms. Cools looks so cold in all the shots...
She was trying to play it off, but she was cold.
Nice
Awesome video but I think she needs a bike uprgrade
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