INTO THE DARK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- When did you leave home the last time without planning a track? We are used to always navigate with google maps, smartphones or GPS computers. Even daily routes are planned and tracked like that. What happens if you stop? Go and just ride. Will you end up in the dark? Or will you find a new adventure by losing your routine?
We are asking you to join us and start an adventure just in front of your door. Five of us already did it. We are sharing their story with you. And we would be happy if you share your stories with us!
It only took an idea, a little bit of time, friendship and some bikes. The plan was to ride our bikes from Basel back to Stuttgart within three days. No route in mind, no track planned. We loaded the Atlas Gravel bikes with all gear we might need. Tents, sleeping bags and lots of food.
The route took us to some magical places in one of the most beautiful areas in Germany. We got lost, we got angry and nevertheless had great moments of joy.
You can read our full story here:
www.focus-bikes.com/int/atlas...
These are the grave bikes we rode:
www.focus-bikes.com/de_de/103...
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:40 - Day 1: Finding out how to ride without a plan
07:17 - New strategy
09:06 - Day 2: cold start
10:45 - Beauty in the rain
11:45 - What it takes
13:50 - Pain and relieve
15:35 - Day 3: Grand final
18:10 - End of the experiment
19:55 - Reflections
Music:
Amaranth Cove - Out of Step | www.epidemicsound.com/track/T...
Xavy Rusan - Out the Way | www.epidemicsound.com/track/W...
R.A.D. - M.I.A. | www.epidemicsound.com/track/S...
Ooyy - Mt. Fuji | www.epidemicsound.com/track/6...
Viriya - Woven | www.epidemicsound.com/track/H...
Wellmess - Is There Anyone Out There | www.epidemicsound.com/track/H...
Bonkers Beat Club - Get U Back | www.epidemicsound.com/track/o...
Chaxti - On the Sleeping Shores | www.epidemicsound.com/track/v... - กีฬา
Mates riding bikes together, having a laugh and adventure in some beautiful scenery.
You pretty much ticked all the boxes there 😁🚴🚴♂️🚴♀️✔️✔️✔️
YUP ! ride safe...
Gran video , gracias
Looks like the perfect trip, not just the ride but the ethos behind too. “We’re heading somewhere there and we’ll get there at some point heading somewhere in that direction”. I feel that’s all the planning that’s needed - beautiful!!
Amazing adventure, can't wait to get my Atlas and start exploring... Great vid guys
This was a fantastic watch. Thank you. Great footage and wonderful editing.
Incredible video. I have always wanted to visit the Black Forest; you guys I have given me inspiration to do so. Look forward to your other journeys.
You guys always drive inspiration to pedal. Spot on production for that exciting new Focus machine.
Nice video, in excellent English of course. Lycra is like a beer gut, we all have one but it’s best kept under cover 😀
Beautiful journey, in a beautiful place.
Was für ein toller Trip und was für nice Drohnen Aufnahmen 👌
Amazing trip guys 🚴🏾🚴🏾🚴🏾🚴🏾.. Beautiful.. 👍.. Thumbs up for the beautiful picture and 📹.... As always on your vlogs Martijn.
wunderbar...und die richtige Entscheidung zum Schluß! Tolle Fotos
The joy of the olden days of no GPS, loved the film, as always.
May we all take this medicine off heading off without all the numbers, stats and GPS once in a while at least
Fantastic adventure, amazing without a plan or gps 👌👌💪🏁🏁
Loved this, great video guys. You’ve given me some inspiration for late summer / early Autumn!
Totally loved this video. Really inspirational.
My home area Schwarzwald ❤️ Amazing for cycling and hiking.
Nice!! More of these, please!
Excellent keep them coming
"I want to ride fast and I want to take a shit before we leave." That was gold. Great production, all.
true, good video
Wow, just incredible roads and scenery! I'm envious (but maybe not so much of the steep hills).
An excellent well produced video, really enjoyed it and the Focus Atlas looks really smart. Danke 👏👏👏
That was great. I didn't think I could get interested in gravel biking but you guys made it look intriguing. 👍☮️🌞🚲🚵♀️
Habe mir gestern das Thron2 6.9 bestellt. Hab sehr viel gutes darüber gelesen und gesehen und freue mich sehr darauf wenn es endlich da ist. Macht weiter so Leute absolut Top.
Loved it!
It's a fantastic bicycle trip video.
I'm honored to be your best channel friend.
Have a nice Thursday.
👍👍🤙🤙🤙👌💯
Bravo! ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing :)
Supporter here in the Philippines Love your content! This is a very relaxing film that made me love gravel riding and bike packing even more. Keep it up 🤙
Epic ride. Well put together film. A joy to watch and dream..
awesome video! this summer im going to do the same trip but from italy, it's should be more than 1,000 km..i think it will be a great journey..
Hello from France ! Great vidéo 👍
Love it 👍👍👍👍
Remind me of the mountain bikes we had in the late 80's. No suspension, road geometry, 2.1" tires, "bullhorn" bars. And gravel roads and fire trails. Simpler times...
Looks like so much fun, guys!
Love the way the film was created, made me want to buy a gravel bike myself and go to our eastern neighbors to get in some schwarzwald miles
So beautiful 👍👍👍
love this video a lot, didn't even realize its somehow an add
awesome!
very much very beautiful!
amazing film! kudos
Chapeau!
Stunning place! Makes me wonder tho how much our overreliance on GPS stops us having real adventures....all roads lead somewhere, even the wrong ones...
congratulations to Focus, always make great videos. come back soon to make them in Italy 😉
Beautiful.
Sehr schön 👍
Schwarzwald is such amazing area, want to ride more there
great adventure!
Great video... i like the idea .. this bike is meant to lose. Great production well done..
Great!
6 min in and loving it guys. Did you only use a map? Pre-GPS times I used to ride across France on a compass which worked very nice
What-A-Ride! So Amazing!
so cinemtic and wonderfully made biking adventure film.
Funny to watch as a local. Saw some roads in the video which are part of my rides. Great Video!
I am perfectly able getting lost while using a GPS.
Cool idea, nice bike, great video. But when Martijn does this thing with his boys in the Netherlands it's a lot more fun to watch.
Nice video, good view
A big take away is that they only went out for a few days! I work six days a week for now but my day off is always an adventure. You don't need a month. Me and my girlfriend sit on our day off and say which direction today north south or east? We live in California so can't go further west.
I love this music🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩😮
Chapeau
Great video guys, thanks for sharing! :)
Just got myself a focus atlas, was looking for tips on bags, you guys seam to have tested them all. Which are the favorite bike bags for a trip like this?
Wonderful video, to good to be promotion. But I need that flask and a strap for my bike to attach it.
Amazing journey...a new addition to my bucket list ❤
Wonderful adventure I should dare trying, too. I guess my Focus Paralane 8.9 2020 won't survive these roads 🙈.
Stunning film, cannot wait for my NC500 adventure later in the year and hopefully Europe next. Thank you for brightening up my day following a rainy wet cycling commute this morning :))
Hi Richard!
Glad we could cheer you up :)
You will be pleased to hear my work bike and training bikes are Focus :)
Hi Richard!
Yes, we are, indeed :)
Niceeee
beware of the dark.
Those who do not know how to traverse it will be lost to it.
Never underestimate the dark but never be afraid of it.
and never under any circumstances stop moving.
Love Focus Bikes. I own a Focus Cayo Road. Love to buy an Izalco Max frameset. Questions: 1. How does the Atlas differ from Mares? 2. What tire width and pressures did you use and tire brand and model on this ride? Chapeau. Peach Schnapps - Danke!
Inspired bike
That looked like fun. I need a couple more adventurous friends to do something like that.
You just need one. For me, I wouldn’t mind going it alone.
Great trip! Do you have a gpx file of your trip available somewhere ? Thanks !
Glad you didn't kill each other, blaming for the wrong routes! Great concept though. Kudos
Haha nice jungs! Packt mal die gpx daten hier rein 😅
9:10 Omg ı need be living in this video
Richtig Stark Boys #poweraufdauer
Awesome video guys, what kind and size tires were most of u guys running with? Thanks
We run the original mounted tires and sizes :)
@@FOCUSbikes what sizes. 40,45? Thanks
WTB Riddler, 700 x 45C, folding
The irony of not using a GPS track and the riders having "MA AP" on their jerseys haha. Great film either way!
Half the fun is getting lost. Now you know a new route to get there. The whole purpose is to get lost on the gravel roads. Beautiful video. Thanks Mama. Are you running 1x or 2x drivetrains?
Hi Matt!
The boys have ridden 2x drivetrains here.
Congrats Mas Bros. When can you spend your time to pedal your bike to The Special Territory of Yogyakarta, Indonesia? There you can find single tracks and gravel roads in the middle of Snakeskin fruit plantations on the Southern slope of Mt. Merapi. Besides, you can sometimes notice hot lava and pyroclastic clouds spewed up from its crater on top of it. . . . .
Well done! The video and the adventure. Question: what sense does it make to bring your cup outside the saddle bag? I expect it to be dirty when arriving at camping site....
hipsters, clean gear, clean bike, clean clothing, show riding. ""getting lost and eventually finding yourself"" .. the usual blaaaaaaa
Space. No reason to protect it from the dirt. Therefore you can use the space of the bags for the very important stuff.....
@@FOCUSbikes beginner! the cup can be transported inside any bag, it just has to be properly packed, for example tools fit in the cup, or a spare inner tube.
Hello you Guyz should’ve film each cities names that you passed true . I lived in Triberg and I don’t know if you Guyz did pass true . ?
Nice and epic ride!! What model of tyres and gears you use?
HI Bernd,
they have been riding the stock bikes, with a WTB Riddler, 700 x 45C, folding and a transmission with 46/30tooth in the front and 11-34 in the back.
All the details of the FOCUS Atlase 6.8:
www.focus-bikes.com/int/1030117-atlas-6-8?color_combo=97272
"I think there is Switzerland nice ehhh? Somehow I don't feel lost" buhahahaha
best bike video i've seen to date. so so jealous. what and epic country (ies) to ride in.
Hi, nice video. I'm interested in the Focus Atlas 6.8. What are your thoughts on it? Thank you.
Hi Lorenzo, feel free to send us an email via our contact form on our website. We can give you detailed advice on the ATLAS and answer any questions you may have :) www.focus-bikes.com/int/contact
Why Gravel??? Because! 👍👏💪
I love the vibe of being lost, but just having fun no matter what happens 😎
Likewise my friend...
you mean the showriding vibe?
This is what it’s about! Does anyone know which camera strap ‘the human compass’ is using? It’s super nice!
Its called Rille... you can find it on Instagram :)
@@cornelius883 ride-rille.com/
@@cornelius883 thankyou!!
What kind of bikes are you any Salsa warbirds?
what kind of pedals did you use?
Hi Some!
The guys went along with:
Giro - Empire VR 90 + shimano SPD
Giro privateer lace + Shimano epdm520s
Rapha Explore + Crankbrothers eggbeaters
Bont Vaypor G + Bontrager Comp
I know it's hard for the young generation to imagine a world without GPS but it existed for a very long time 🤣Someone should have brought a good old fashion compass.
Music/composer?
What a banger
what cameras kit use? you got it
GoPro hero 8 & DJI Mavic Air 2 👌
@@Fernwee I did think I recognised your style in this excellent video
@@CanyonWanderer well spotted ;)
Nice ! Tip: try riding in Israel once.....you'll be surprised.
Use OSMand. Works without Internet. And knows the best bikepaths and trails.
If you want a more guided tour, there is a orbit 360 route from Stuttgart to the outer parts of the black forest and back. They had some very spectacular downhill sections but also many beautiful point of interests. Was one of the most epic (2 day) rides with some friends.
But beware: In Baden Württemberg it is forbidden to drive small trails in the forests because of nature protection.
Strava? 😂
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