Rail Bike Camping Trip - 150 km ride through a Remote Wilderness Canyon on Abandoned Railways
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2024
- A home made rail bike device is attached to the forks of a mountain bike in order to ride an abandoned and defunct railway through a remote wilderness canyon. The ride ends up being roughly 150 km in length over 2 days, and crosses old bridges, passes through ghost towns, and along scenic river valleys.
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All those shots of you going past the camera know I appreciate them
Thanks buddy. I put in some work on those 😀
Hey, randomly got suggested this video and I LOVED it.
I'm from Germany and I cannot comprehend the vast majority of nothingness in NA. I cannot fathom there just being abandoned towns while biking on a several 100km long railway.
I would love to experience a trip like this, really looked like a lot of fun (except the forgetting the tent part).
Awesome. Happy to hear you enjoyed it. The trip was very fun.
Great video. I was a whitewater canoe guide in my previous career and spent a lot of time in places like you're in around the country. Those swaths of broken trees are not from tornadoes when they're lying in a straight line. Those are from microbursts. Powerful downdrafts that hit the ground and continue for considerable distances, given their highly localized nature, often crossing rivers where you'll see the trees lying in the same direction going up the other side. There are a few I've seen that knock down massive trees that leave scars for decades. The Derecho did similar damage in places back in 2022. Tornadoes usually leave a circular pattern of damage over large areas.
Oh I do so love it when you tell the truth. I laughed 'til it hurt. Great video. Forgetting the tent wasn't a failure, it just motivated a change to the adventure.
That was good you put the forgotten tent in your video. It adds an element of reality of things that could happen…to any of us!
Glad you liked it. The tent fiasco was a serious blunder, still can't believe it. 😂
From my research this line is still used by the Agawa Canyon Tour Train from Aug to mid Oct. This may explain the brush cutting as part of Maintenance Of Way (MOW) work in preparation for the fall train tour season.
Lot of shine on those rather well maintained 'abandoned and unused rails'.
Which specific part of the video are you seeing line shine?
Yeah, it's not abandoned. Better description would be: maintained, but lightly used. The line goes WAY the heck north, and there is at least one industrial customer, and looks like 2 or 3 logging operations that may be using it. My guess is they never come south, because it crosses what looks like a CN mainline farther north, so I'd guess the "revenue" traffic is all north of this section by quite a few miles. I'm guessing the section he's riding IS used by the Agawa Canyon Tour Train though. But that is only seasonal in the fall as far as I can tell. It all looks pretty well maintained TBH, and def not "abandoned".
definitely not abandoned. Those rails in a decent condition are much more rare... think parts of the Skunk Train route in Mendocino California where they have designated parts for rail bikes.
Not the bike tour I expected but the bike tour I deserved
Right on!
You blew my mind mate! Have never heard of a rail bike! I am in love ! Now this kind of trip is in my bucket list!!!
Do it! You will love it.
Trees were pummeled into oblivion with a chain flail. Truly a device forged in the depths of Hell.
Great adventure, btw.
Cheers from Victoria.
That was so much fun.
Thank you.
My wife and I watched it together.
Your setup seems to be the most stable one I've seen so far (we have watched a few of these types of videos).
We loved your honesty (you are not the first person to leave something behind, lol.
We once left one of our sons behind at a basketball stadium over an hour from our house.
It was very dark once I got back to him!).
Don't ever think that your footage is 'boring'.
Watching the scenery go by in such a beautiful place is hypnotic.
Thanks for the kind words. I'm happy to hear it was enjoyable. The trip was very fun and I plan on doing more rail bike adventures this year. Also happy you got your son back 😀
Sweet trip! Love that technicolor anodizing! Sweet stuff. Can’t wait for the big expedition! Good stuff!
That's my personal saw, it's a real beauty. Big trip at the end of the year. So much fun.
This is such a smart device. This kind of adventure should be promoted by the authorities. I would love to do this bike trip!
Promoted? So you have a thousand people doing the same and "enjoying the peace and quite"?
Nightmare for the occasional train driver.
@@ickebins6948 indeed, only oen fool doing this is enough ahaha love it tho.
Everybody's happy until the first people turn around and head for home on the single set of rails...
I’ve just paused this video to say OMG, I cannot believe you forgot the tent. Right, now back to the video
Lol. I couldn't believe it either.
Yo this is next level bike touring and I'm here for it.
Woohoo!
I aplaud you for giving me something unique in 15 years of watching TH-cam and many, many cycling videos. Excellent content!
Thanks! Glad you like it. I've got a few trips planned with this funky device.
Awesome video. I forgot my hammock tree straps on my Temagami bikepack trip.Luckily I had brought 2 sets for wrapping around big trees and I could of just tied the rope ends.
I watched my video footage afterwards of me leaving camp to confirm. Went with my wife in the SXS to get them a few weeks later, luckily they were still there.
I also forgot my nice axe in the same area maintaining a canoe portage. Another camping trip on the SXS .
I was picturing your option of cowboy camping on night two, there'd be pools of blood in the morning alright, lol.
The distance you rode was way too much for an untrained azz, that must have felt worse than your legs.
We all forget a thing or two over the years...but a tent? Man, a first for me. I'm wearing padded shorts under my pants so the butt was fine but man were the legs wobbly when I stopped for gas on the way home. Almost fell over as I got out of the car.
This is amazing and it has absolutely been added to my bucket list
thats actually pretty freakin rad
It's a ton of fun.
such a lovely landscape and adventure
Found this video from Instagram. So glad I did. This is such a cool and different idea than I've ever seen before. Also really interested in buying some of your stuff so I'd say this video did it's job. Made sure to sub as well. Have to add Honda elements are some of the coolest and most reliable cars ever. Love it.
Glad you found it! And sounds like my global marketing strategy is really working 😂
fantastic , what a great idea, welldone !!!!!!!!!!
that is a great trip there! thanks for sharing!
gotta check out what other vids you have!
Thank you.....Enjoy!
wow this is co cool! I'm glad youtube recommened me this video! I would love to ride there too
Excellent! In-tents… or alternatively “no tent-shen”
Lol. Still can't believe I did that.
What I neat idea! Parcs Canada should market this as an adventure holiday.
Great trip! Love the Algoma area. Though I gotta say, that ghost town wasn't looking too ghosty---fresh steel roof, maintained grass....
Haha. I was trying to be a bit stealthy on the exact location. I know what goes on in the "ghost town".
Gonna need to fill me in 😮
The most innovative piece of outdoor gear I have seen in years! Absolutely brilliant. I would love to try this out.
You'd love it. Like a roller coaster through the woods.
Also, I’d love to be a sponsored railbiker if that's ever a thing 😅🎉
Nice one!!
This was amazing - love the device! We thought for sure you were going to say that you left your beer in the river - not the friggin Durston tent! Nicely captured, brother. You may be converting us to bike-packing soon enough. Especially on those rails - lovely country out there.
It was a super fun trip. Smoother than I thought it would go, except for the tent incident!
Love d concept... beautiful video... kick ass is right
Adding something like this to my bucket list.
It's super fun. You'll love it.
It's very inspiring and fun to see
Such a great video. Very scenic and would love to do something like this.
Thanks. It was a fun trip.
Great Adventure!~
you have a lot of experience with this style of video making, love the jokes and little tool tips. Even though you may profit off of the tool tips sometimes, they are still great for people who enjoy this stuff but don't have the means/tools to do this kind of stuff.
Im glad that you are getting back out there and living life! Keep sharing :)
Glad you like it. I don't profit off the products I recommend, they are simply good products from cool companies. No affiliation except of course the Suluk 46 products.
Awesome idea and video. Subbed!
Thanks man. I've got another railbike trip coming up.
This is so cool
It's super fun.
Maaan that’s my dream right there, you’re a lucky fellow, thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it!
What a cool contraption! It seems you could add other bike on the other side and have some company. Also, it seems like the sled could carry quite a bit more if needed. A rickshaw would be fun for kids.
It's designed for 2 bikes. This was the first time I used it with just 1 bike. You can see the mount on the other side. Check out my previous videos if you want to see it in 2 bike configuration. It's a ton of fun!
Been waiting for a vid like this from you for a long time. Great work! Would love to see the plans for the rail rider!
Happy to hear you enjoyed the journey. I'm still tinkering with the device to make sure it's rock solid.
Love it… truly “rocks and roll”… and yes my bet is tornado… seen damage like that before that “was” confirmed damage from a tornado
Slick tires in rear takes the best of low roling resistance of rail. Beautiful trip!
@@thiagomarquardt2950Yeah I would totally do this on a touring bike or gravel bike. A mountainbike has to be the worst option.
Now imagine a massive solar panel and an electric bike for that as well. Would be perfect!
13:26 From this point forward I will always refer to tornadoes as "death lawnmowers"
Lol, love the technobabble about the back wheel at 29:00.
It's the most frequently asked question about the rail bike.
Looks like fun
It is!
i myself daily drive a 03 honda ex element and i absolutely love it every time, it's the first car i ever learned to drive and honestly i wanna keep it running for years to come, i only wish it had a 6 speed because my only gripe is it's highway performance
An '03! That's vintage baby!
28:47 It must be a Turbo Encabulator built in to the rear wheel.
I don’t think it’s the rail part that makes it sound noisy. It’s the knobby tire on the smooth rail. I bet it would be nearly silent with a hybrid tire on the rear.
I'm not sure either, but I honestly didn't even notice any noise really during the trip so it's a non issue for me.
This is awesome. Just FYI we use those sea to summit bug tents. They weigh nothing total lifesaver. They are available in a few different sizes. You can sit inside and laugh at the bugs.
I've got a no big zone or something like that. They weren't too bad on this trip but they can get right down nasty at the right time if year.
@@Suluk46 figured you were a gearhead.
great vid, subbed. love it.
Always the blackflies no matter where you go in North On-tar-i-o- i- o . Find an old aluminum pole or o condition tube and run it from rear bicycle axle to the opposite front wheel on the outrigger to brace the rear wheel on the bike .
Were it me, I'd change out the bearings in the small wheels in order to eliminate the sound of being chased by a swarm of angry bees lol! 😆
Haha. Probably gonna do some upgrades. This was my first big trip with the device. But I actually thought it sounded cool 😎
what causes the brush to look like its rip to shreds is a brush cutter you see this a lot on side roads and logging roads here in northern Ontario
oh cool, thanks.
It looks like sh$t. But its efficient.
Why would a brush cutter be used on an abandoned railway ?
The cut trees and brush look a lot like they were cut with a brush cutter; it is mounted on a rail vehicle or a hyrail vehicle to cut the greenery. It has flail-type blades.
Most railroad tracks were built with grades of less than 1.5 to 2% or 1.5 for every 100 forward to 2 for every 100 forward.
I have never been there but this location makes me think this is in the Agawa Canyon and that would be the Algoma Central RR.
28:32 Thanks for finally telling the truth man, lol
Lol. I had to come clean....
So, not abandoned entirely... the cut and shredded brush is done by the rail company, or hydro, sometimes by helicopter, specifically where power goes along the rails. Here's what they use: th-cam.com/video/YOQGPdVPqQU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=q0OHnEcss5N0BxXY
If you use crossbar from left side to rear wheel, when you brake you won’t fishtail
Always living for that random miracle store that sells beans in a bag
Also, keep in mind that railways are not public property in Canada, even if "abandoned" - its still trespassing. Nevertheless, for those of you thinking of making one of these rail riders, please be careful because (a) if it breaks you're going to be stranded a loooooong way away so bring a GPS beacon like an inreach, and lots of repair gear (chain links, tires, etc.) and (2) make sure those rails are actually abandoned, trains can't stop and northern rails twist and turn everywhere. You won't be able to hear it coming. In my experience (and area in northern ON), most abandoned rails get yanked out for scrap, so if I see any rails I usually think "active"...
@@DalannSmallwoodYour arrogance is on show for all to see. You like being the focal point don't ya.
No one is going to bother enforcing trespass so defacto it's public and we need more right to roam activities across so called private lands
ever since I was a kid playing on, and walking the rails, I ALWAYS wanted to ride my bike on them....do you have plans on how to make the rack? It would be a dream come true to do this some day!!!
If you watch my other videos of the various builds it should be fairly straight forward to make your own.
I see trees like that mutilates where they grind them all up on the roadsides with a big toothed grinder thing that eats them up, bums me out when they kill all thr cook willow trees. Man yhat looks almost like copper harbor
Great adventure just a thing i noticed that ur saddle is a bit too high. If u r going to do longer rides maybe u need to drop that so ur hips stops rocking side to side. It might cause u some back of the knee issues if the saddle is too high
Well.. At least the tent dried.
Hahaha. You win comment of the month award.
If there isn't any rust on top of the rail itself it's been used recently and used pretty often I'm glad you got out okay but it might be a line that's used every few months or so and the risk of having a train at speed coming down the line while you're on it even if it's every few months isn't worth it
Fair comment. I know this abandoned line well so it's all good. But I appreciate the thoughts and believe it is good advice for others who are planning similar adventures.
When do you think the website might have more of the Psychedelic Yuka Pull Saws? Great vid, bruther!
I'm still working on perfecting the process to make the funky colours. So they won't be up for a while, if at all. Sorry man!
@@Suluk46 Damnit! Don't throw in the towel, you've got a customer here for sure.
Ingineous and simple construction.
I have accomplished similar one, with a help of bicykle parts, bat no bicykle frame and wheels :)
Where is it, if it is not a secret? Mean more precisely specified place?)
I'm in Canada now, plan to build my railway trolley gen.2 for abandoned railways inspiring.
All that destruction by the river possibly a sasquatch?
Would you be willing to share your design plans and parts lists for building this contraption? It looks like it would be a hoot! I wonder if it could have hinges with pins or somehow to make it foldable and packable and then you could hop on/off the rails as you adventure and explore while Bikepacking for several days. It would be dope to see it fold up into a lightweight backpack like an inflatable SUP for example.
Want an investor? 😂
Would love a detailed video of the rail cart build…
I'll do one once I really work out the kinks. For now any of my previous videos cover it to some extent.
Dude! We signed an NDA about that rear wheel tech. Now everyone knows! 🤦🏻♂️
Lol. The secret is out.
Sweet💪🏻 How is it that the rear wheel does not slip off the rail?
Lol. I almost thought you were serious! 🤣
I feel bad that you had to walk back to the camera all those times for us haha
I'll be fine 🙂
It's finally here 🥲
Have you ever tried a slick on the rear of the bike instead of a knobby?
I have not. Mostly because I usually combine some trails before and after the rail riding. If I was going to do just a rail ride, I would probably go slick.
It looks like it was abandoned a week or 2 ago by the well-trimmed grass.
🤣😂🤣😂😂
What a trip! What wheels are you using?
The wheels on the rail bike rig? They are just skateboard wheels with 8mm bearings that I bought off Amazon. Nothing super special.
Brush mower cuts all brush on the sides of the track and basically mulches everything in its way…
im guessing the downed trees are caused by beavers... especially near a river
would be a nice scenic ride with a steam engine I don't understand why tracks like these are not maintained for tourism and stuff
Probably a slide path from an avalanche.
Maybe 🤔
Looks like avalanche damage. I see the same thing here in Colorado
Trees are likely beavers
I thought you said you were going over a huge ancient trestle bridge??
Forgot my tent, so had to cut the trip short.
god i wish that were me
It CAN be you!
Where is this?
Looks the Agawa canyon in Algoma district. Near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.
Are u in Canada? I hope u was packing heavy heat for them bears
All good. I had a pair of brass knuckles in my pocket.
You should showcase your build here
Might do a full build video in the future.
@@Suluk46 Did you use McMaster Carr for the parts?
Yes, mostly from there. Just aluminum extrusion and connectors. The axle mounts are custom made in our shop though.
What’s the name of device Steve?
Rail bike would be the best description.
01:46 do we walk about your flat fronttire or is this common knowlage why the tire was flat
Low pressure for riding between the rails. It looked worse in that clip because I was hard on the front brakes.
@@Suluk46 ahh well thanks for explaining
Why is the location top secret?
Sepertinya sangat menyenangkan.
Where is your friend??
He was being mean and nasty so I didn't invite him on this trip.
💪🏆💪
Heliun gas? 😮
I would never lie about the insanotron 5 million.
I can't even imagine putting a pack weighing....20 or 30 lbs (at least), on the spokes and rotor assembly of my front wheel. You need to finish the frame, and have a spot for the pack too because you're just begging for problems with things as they are now.
You're not wrong, I'll add some proper areas for storage on the next version. This bike has been beat to all hell....so I'm not too worried 😫
I'm alwways surprised how NA people are not affraid of sleeping in a tent in the middle of the wilderness with grizzlies
In Ontario, you really don't have to worry much. There's not really grizzlies mostly black bears and they're just as scared of you as you are of them and are usually easy to just scare off by yelling. Just dont mess with a mama
No grizzlies. Just black bears. Very easy to scare off, just be a responsible camper and all will be fine.
Whats the car? 😅
That my friend, is a 2008 Honda Element SC, 5 speed manual transmission with 300,000 km on it. I bought it for $9k in 2014 and I will drive it into my own grave.
What kind of car is that? Honda?
That wonderful ride is a 2008 Honda Element SC. 5 speed manual, 300,000 km and still going strong 😁
Beavers=tree mowers?🤷🏼♂️
In this near Sault st marie
how about an " E " version of your bike ?
Soon 😜
buzz