Exploring Scotland's Remote Western Isles // World Bicycle Touring Episode 25
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- We cycled the Hebridean Way in Scotland, a 185 mile cycling route that traverses 10 islands in the Outer Hebrides. We enjoyed the route despite the notoriously challenging weather, with winds nearing 50 mph and quite a bit of rain. We made a stop at the Callanish standing stones and got to see seals and quite a few deer. We began this video in Glasgow, cycled to Oban, took a ferry to Castlebay, then finished the route in Stornoway.
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Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon Mondial 29x2.0 DD tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Brooks B17 (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus racks
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4
- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black
- Rode VideoMic Pro
- Mavic Mini 1 drone
Music Credits:
Hoogway - Same Ocean
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Hoogway - Carousel
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Hoogway - Forever Ago
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Hoogway x Nohone x Tohaj - Different Waves
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Hoogway - Sail Away
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Hoogway x DLJ - Skyline
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Hoogway - Love Letter
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Great episode, adding another destination to my bucket list
Yep, me too. Looks amazing!
My favourite place on earth. Cycled it up and down many times. Thanks for posting. I’ve been waiting to see it.
Great again, thanks!
‘We in dreams behold the Hebrides.’
Peaceful and lovely
yep thats the way to do it --- did it on a bike back in 1979
Indeed a beautiful place. In nearby Isle of Skye, I recall getting some sheep rugs.
Thank you for the video post and all the hard work !
Awesome! We would like to visit Skye someday, we've heard it's really beautiful!
Oustanding adventure.Well done folks,there is some grueling cycling before you even started the Hebridean Way!
Thanks! There are definitely lots of crazy steep hills in Scotland!
Thanks for including the map in the vids
I did it the other way round in 2012. Ferry from Skye to Tarbert then Stornoway, then south from there to Castlebay where I took the ferry to Oban. Great place. I was there a bit earlier in the year: July.
Could you please post a video on how you fly your bikes to each location? Tips and do’s/dont dos?
I'm from india
Really your great ma'am
Beautiful place - enjoying following you both!
Admittedly, your pronunciation of names is amusing 👍
I’m always shouting at the screen whenever you say ‘route’ or ‘buoy’ though! 😜😜😜
Haha, route is an interesting one. You hear it pronounced both ways in the US so we forget that it can be a contentious subject. Buoy is just a weird word all around.
That windy wet camping spot! Yeckk. Your tent looks very similar to shape and size to the one we used for our European cycle trip. Great having a bigger tent.
Yeah it was a very sad campsite 😭
I really enjoy watching your videos. They always seem to have such a “Chill” quality. Maybe it’s the music. Another thing I like is that Jenny’s rear paniers are always perfectly closed. I bet that Hilleberg tent came in handy during all that wind and rain at minute 10:00! Should have just slept in those beds at minute 12:30. So you’re headed to Oslo? Can’t wait to see which stops in between, Germany by any chance? Take care, RheinKing!
Thank you, glad you enjoy them! The beds were very tempting, haha. And we're really behind in video editing, so we've actually already made it to Oslo. We did also go through a small part of northern Germany. Lots more videos coming out soon as we work through the backlog of footage!
I’m doing this at the start of April this year, can’t wait 🙂🙂
Awesome, hope you have a fantastic ride!
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What a coastline ride, but too bad the weather didn't co-operate.
Always go south to north 😀
Hello, great trip! Can I ask about your experiences with the horizontal slide out and the rohloff hub? I'm interested in this kind of set-up. Thank's for the wonderful video's! Greetings from Belgium.
The horizontal slide outs have some massive disadvantages. First of all, they are a pain to align. Every time we take our rear wheel off we have to make sure the wheel is centered in the dropouts which is a pain because it shifts as we tighten the axle nuts. Second, they tend to slip under high torque if you don't use something to lock them in place, we're using a Surly Tugnut on one side. Third, in order to get the rear wheel off we have to remove our rear fender to slide the wheel far enough back to get it out of the dropouts. It makes fixes a rear flat much more time consuming. The only real advantage to the horizontal dropout is that it allows us to avoid a chain tensioner for the Rohloff. A frame with an eccentric bottom bracket would avoid all those issues and also avoid a chain tensioner. However, we decided on the Surly Ogre frame because 1) they're relatively cheap to get in the USA ($700), 2) they can accommodate 29x2.0 through 29x2.6 tires, which was our main goal with this bike.
Scotland is my Second Favourite Place of Mine and the First is Switzerland. What's Yours?
It's hard to choose! Switzerland was absolutely incredible. In Scotland we got very unlucky with the weather so I think we need to give it a second chance in the future. Croatia is another place that is high on our list - beautiful cities, coastline, and mountains!
nice
I’m thinking of doing the Hebridian way this year, though not camping!) so loved this video. Definitely south to north looks like the way to go (especially after seeing you battle against the wind going south on your next leg!). What are the midges like when you’re actually cycling? I know, from experience, when you’re walking you can outpace them 😅
When cycling they're only a problem when you're going very slowly uphill and can't maintain enough speed to outpace them. In the Hebrides they weren't an issue at all because it was so windy!
Nice video. Strongly please keep left when riding on English roads. Take care.
We were there this past August. Midges killed us on the mainland.
Never experienced anything like it, the midges were so brutal!
Very nice video. We cycled the Outer Hebrides, Isle of Skye, etc. in 1984. On Harris the rains fell almost horizontally so it looks like conditions haven’t changed much. Lewis was spectacular. Did you need or ask for permission to camp?
Yeah the weather was extremely challenging! In most cases we were pretty far from any houses, so there wasn't really anyone to ask. And wild camping is legal in Scotland (unless there are signs stating the contrary) so there's a pretty relaxed attitude toward campers as long as they're being respectful.
Say after me... Heb-rid-eees other than mispronouncing the area you're visiting, it's a great video!
What hat do you use? I never didn't see construction like this before.
It's from a company called Da Brim. They're awesome!
That Queen Elizabeth intro tho
We were wondering if anyone would mention it 😂
great video guys! are you still traveling ? best wishes, mark
Thank you! And yes, we're currently in Thailand!
Hi. Can I ask what month you were there please? We are planning a 2023 visit and would be interesting to put a month to this weather - thanks 😊
This was early June. According to locals, we were especially unlucky and it's not usually quite this bad in June.
How common are these public paid showers? BTW Check out Tom Scotts video about the beach airport. th-cam.com/video/g_2SlqF0kA0/w-d-xo.html
We saw them a handful of times in Scotland at ferry/bus terminals, they seemed more prevalent there than anywhere else we'd been in Europe.