BIKEPACKING THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL [Complete experience]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2021
- This is the full entire great north trail experience for the people who would prefer to watch it in one go.
The 780 mile epic ride starts in the Pennines and end at the most north westerly point cape wrath.
This is my experience of cycling the great north trail.
#thegreatnorthtrail #cyclinguk
The ride: / strava
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The ride: www.strava.com/activities/5769319910
All the gear : th-cam.com/video/e5oKSoPoMk0/w-d-xo.html
The bike: th-cam.com/video/COTUOzLPbGk/w-d-xo.html
The route info : th-cam.com/video/uxLQFbsOiqA/w-d-xo.html Great north Trail at 14:48
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How i broke down the ride on my GPS
1. www.komoot.com/tour/344001700?ref=wtd
2. www.komoot.com/tour/344003719?ref=wtd
3. www.komoot.com/tour/344004963?ref=wtd
4. www.komoot.com/tour/344005440?ref=wtd
5. www.komoot.com/tour/344006414?ref=wtd
6. www.komoot.com/tour/344007290?ref=wtd
7. www.komoot.com/tour/344010622?ref=wtd
8. www.komoot.com/tour/344012030?ref=wtd
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If you want the Gpx file you can get them here
www.cyclinguk.org/route/great-north-trail-full-route-cape-wrath
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Thanks For watching 🚵
Well done. Bought back so many memories.Don’t know about you, but the hardest trek we had done, still have nerve damage.You are an inspiration to a lot of people, keep trekking!
Lenght of a cinema movie, and way better than most....
Huge respect for such a successful ride in the face of adversity at times! Well done and thanks for sharing.
Not many TH-cam videos that can keep me watching for 1hr+ great video & amazing how you kept your chin up in some of those low spots, you did look almost broken at ponts.
massive Kudos on the ride 👍👍
Thanks lee, them first few days were draining, they felt like they'd never end. The effort was rewarded in the end though ✌️
Well done for sticking with it and not abandoning.
The dodgy wheel, tyre and bottom bracket would be in my book a bad ride but endless mist and rain on top and it's mental.
Glad you got through it and shared the pain with us but not a ride I'd want to do.
Mind you a working bike and sunshine and it would be a great adventure.
Many thanks for sharing the video.
Mate this vid had everything in up downs all of that your optimism /self talk was 💯🌪️🚴🌪️🧘🙏🌈
I am SO glad that the conditions improved for you as you approached Scotland. Thanks to taking the time to share this great video.
What a sweet trail! Now I have a reason to visit
What a great adventure ! Thanks for sharing ! 👍👍👍Regards from germany, Helge 🙋♂
Bar end out, £20 in, bar end back.
You make my turbo time fly. Great videos.
Just loved your video. If there was ever an incentive to go cyclo-touring this has got to be it. The big reservoir is Kielder in Northumberland, England, not quite a loch geographically.
Thanks
That was awesome. Thanks so much for taking the time to film your epic trip.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. I’m impressed with your staying power, particularly over those first few days. And impressed how strongly you finished even, though the bike struggled.
Cracking movie, i love the POV sections of the movie, as it really showcases the riding adventure and the scenery.
Great video, well done on completing this epic journey!
Absolutely top notch stuff!! - without a doubt one of the best bikepacking videos available on TH-cam 👍
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this is fantastic! bravo
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. It was awesome!!
Really enjoyed this. Chapeau!
Brilliant, inspirational, keep doing it lad.
Great adventure and super mood and spirit
A great and challenging adventure. Really enjoyed your video.
WOW. Absolutely amazing.
Hello! My new friend.
Wow! It's a bicycle riding video that gives me a lot of adventurous fun, greatest energy, and healing.
I hope everything you do will be successful in 2022.
👍👍👍
Sorry that you had so much rain. No one would fault you for checking the weather forecast to see that the rains continues for days & saying pack it up and wait for better days. I certainly would not be against waiting for better weather. I would rather see you smiling. There is a better day ahead. Cheers !
The cows are like “That’s how it is done! Push the lever to the side, Mildred!” 😬
Great vid. Subbed right away. Keep smiling!
Awesome watch!
Fantastic video. Makes me want to fly to the UK and ride the bike!
Absolutely amazing. I really enjoy watching your ride, it was as I was there riding with you. Although the bad weather you always keep smiling 😅😅😅😅
Great video and enjoyed your positive mental attitude. I must say the bike handlebars are most unusual, never seen anything like it. Cheers Mate!!
Brilliant 👍 well done 😎
Brilliant my friend love Scotland fantastic scenery 😁👍🇬🇧♥️♥️
Watching this again lol Defo one of your best rides. Looked so brutal at the start.
That was a tough one, well done mate.
Great video mate really enjoyed it well done atvb Jimmy 😎😎👍👍
Awesome vlog great achievement mega kudos 👍🌟💪
Rainy weather there on the start, good it cleared up some at the end there. Nice road over the mountain. Thank you for sharing and wishing you a wonderful day.
Amazing.....
Excellent video - I’m planning on doing the An Turas Mor (Glasgow to Cape Wrath) this September- out with midge season 🙏🏻so great to see some on bike footage and commentary 👍🏻cheers
Your video's motivates me to ride when i feel lazy ..cheers ..kip sending
I saw some cows when I rode in Sesz, France. They were wonderful.
Well done 👍🏻
Absolutely ace video mate, just brilliant.
So honest, very well filmed.
And very well done to you, wow that took some determination.
I will do it one day, you have now inspired me to get fit (sitting watching with cheese and beer!🙈)
Thanks for a brilliant watch, I’ve just subscribed too. 💪💪🍺🍺🥇🥇🥇
-8 C outside. 88/100 Cadence drill while watching your ride. That plank bridge at 24-SCARY. What bikepacker has'nt talked to cows :) Thanks for taking us along for the ride
Perfect.
Nice Wet Ride but great footage and Views! OORAH
Brilliant
I'm doing the Great North Trail in June 2022, great video and great insight into the route, many thanks 😊
Have fuun 🚵♂️
I'm doing part of the GNT in June as well, what about the meteo in June? Is generally rainy ?
9 mins in, I need to say this is epic haha
Super cool entertainment, thanks! Very inspiring trip. Cheers from Berlin
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved your content for years Josh, do you fancy a meetup and a couple of beers at Burley YHA this summer? I'm sure your other subscribers would love to come meet you too and enjoy the new forest
Great video. Looks like you used an alpkit soloist tent. I'd recommend you buy the undersheet, them you can pitch it outer first and keep a dry ⛺
Absolutely brilliant! I'm a tarmac tourer, who dislikes rain...but I'm off to buy a new mtb inspirational!
Love your enthusiasm, had the same weather on C2C a few years ago all off road. Great videos, keep them coming.
che bei luoghi!!!
Absolutely loved your video. Done the Pennine Way and others, but hiking. Getting older now (60). Gonna put my lightweight camping gear and walking gear on my Carrera and have a go at this. Cheers pal. Take care. PS.... it pissed down for 13 out of 14 days when I walked PW. 👍🤣
Awesome trip. I think I would like to have my suspension fork and (redshift) suspension seatpost on that route. Admire your riding.
Weather is not cooperating, it's raining, windy and cold but nothing stopping you. 👍🙂
never wait for the weather, you will never do anything. Especially in the uk 😂
cracking vid cheers! enjoyed that! Maybe consider a hardtail next time though! haha!
Brilliant adventure :) I love watching your content, but I always feel sad for you surviving on just sweets.
I know you've explained why you don't feel the need for hot food. But it would still be great to see you venture into improving your nutrition and perhaps investigating stoves, even if it's just for a hot chocolate. You never know, if you're properly fueled those mental highs and lows might be a bit more stable. Keep Smiling!
Jones bars are great
I wondered why my tea tasted funny
This deserves more views! I'm planning on doing something like this this summer. Did you have any problems, while camping out? With other people i mean.
Fantastic just fantastic cycling and amazing scenery 😁👍❤️🇬🇧love touring,, what hub do you run on the back🙄👌the bloody Bush toll road is the oldest toll road to still exist and one of my favourite tracks in and out of kielder water♥️😀
It is nice when the sheep have no guard dog...
Funnily enough we did most of this in the 80s up to Scottish borders way back in the 80s then some northern bits. Great adventure mate, well done, its that bloody keeping dry crap isnt it😂 but yes as someone said below, mention where your at, all the best to more adventurous times ahead . Cheers Tony 🍻
I go into these rides blind not really knowing where i am, i prefer it that way. The focus is really just in the moment then and not where i am and need to get to. I just ride as much as i feel like each day. So i don't really know where i am most of the time
@@KeepSmilingAdventures Best way... enjoying is the best. The 80s were crazy for us mountain biking. .coast to coast, that trail your on, Ben nevis, etc ...mad crazy times with no tech like we have now
Great video! I'm planning my trip for mid-July. Anyone in the comment section who wants to join up?
Great Camera work Fella! Good vibes only despite the rain. . You start Backwords South to North, as normal, how get back - got a train or cycle back 🙂? I like your handlebar, is it helpful with all setup? Anything you will do differently? Tent wise, bike security etc? Great Trip!
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Woah, that was a tough ride! Well done. Great to see so much footage of the trail conditions. But how did you get back from Cape Wrath with an unrideable bottom bracket and nothing but a lighthouse there?!
probably has some people stand-by in case if needed help
Great video, really enjoyed watching, only criticism would be that you need to mention the names of the places that you've passed through. Worth checking out Mr Daz p1s channel to see how he describes his rides.
I agree about naming places
Amazing accomplishment 🎉
is it possible to walk the route with a cart/stroller or does the terrain get too bumpy?
Loved it. So beautiful. What time of year did you make it? We are planning to do it in early september of 2023, do you think we could get some favorable weather?
Have you tried The Big Country Loop yet? Around Galloway forest in dumfries
Those break pads sound terrible😎🐸
Lovely video :) I have a question what do you use to charge your devices? I can see a lead connected to your head unit what is it? I am planning to ride 400 km soon and am not sure how to tackle the charging business.
Fantastic ride and video. Looked tough at times but the Scotland bjts looked great.
Did you get the tubeless set up again for the rear tyre?
I didn't in the end, the only bike shop i found was shut that day so i just rode with the tube the rest if the way.
This is how the King used to travel on a horse around the Kingdom As Gods representative. In the future e bikes will become nuclear and never need charging and will run for extended periods at speeds of 256mph easily and become a fatal new fashion. Hover bikes will have newer improved suspension as the bike moves up and down above the terrain so you still have a feel of whats beneath you although not touching the heather...
Thank you so much, Sir. But may I know what bike you were using in this adventure?
Why do cows spook you so much? They're just like big dogs, with extra slobber and a tongue like a cats. I just go through the middle of them with my dog when I'm on my bike, ignore them and they'll ignore you. Great video as usual. Keep pushing those pedals.
Nice nice Video, when i watched it, was nice and cozy laying in bed😂😂😂. What is it dir a Backpacker you use in this Video? It is Not Mobina in your back this Looks good, Not so anoing hinging around! Lg from Germany mar
Can you tell me what month you rode it? Well done, cheers!
When you got to the end how did you get back
Where did you get those bars 🙏
The Strava link is not working . Is Komoot available? Great video inspirational
a breakdown of your kit list for this adventure would be most welcome
Here we go ✌️
th-cam.com/video/e5oKSoPoMk0/w-d-xo.html
Howzit. Great video, great trail. Planning to do it in next couple of years. What bike did you use, tyre size, gearing? Thanks for the great videos. Cheers 🤙
Here is the bike i did it on only difference was the pedals, i used spd's th-cam.com/video/kYMNfZO-vv4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=KeepSmilingAdventures
@@KeepSmilingAdventures Cool, thought it was a Bombtrack. Thanks 👍 🤙
What's the best mounth for cycling along GNT ?
That first descent you went down, I thought you were along side a commuter train... Your brakes sounded like a train horn 😁
Thats my clown 🤡 horn 😂
@@KeepSmilingAdventures 😂
Hi, great video, really enjoyed watching it. How did you get back from Cape Wrath at the end?
There is a mini bus you can take from durness to inverness and they will take your bike as well, it's about £25 i think. From inverness i boxed my bike up and posted it back to myself and took a couple coaches back to Bournemouth
@@KeepSmilingAdventures u son of a bitch, posting the bike back to urself, totally genuis idea, got some questions. where dya get the box from? How much did it cost to post it? How long did it take to get back to u? How much were the coaches? Thanks man! Awesome video!
@@brianrides2550 It probably cost me like £140 to get back to bournemouth from durness. the bike cost me like £40 to post back to myself and arrived the day after i got home. Could have been cheaper if i had removed more stuff of the bike but i couldn't be bothered to carry it.you can normally get a box if you just go into halfords and they normally have some boxes you can take for free. Coach from inverness to glasgow was about £25 then £50 to Bournemouth.
For context the train from inverness to bournemouth would have been just shy of £300 and there was no guarantee i could have got the bike on. There also wasn't much time difference either.
Why not get 3x3m leightweight tarp. String it up before pitch tent, dry tent prob solved
What month(s) was this?
Maybe a top 10 of your best trails/routes sometime or is there one already?
There is a couple th-cam.com/play/PLWlIhD2zEcrJf9dmBOwYv1GtmmSh-OsFY.html
brilliant video, so hoping to this , this year, would you share you GPX files
Hi mate i have just pinned a comment on the video with all the links 👍
How about a run down on your kit?? Bike, tent, Gear, etc.
Done and done 😎
ALL THE GEAR FROM THE GREAT NORTH TRAIL
th-cam.com/video/e5oKSoPoMk0/w-d-xo.html
BOMBTRACK BEYOND PLUS FINAL THOUGHTS
th-cam.com/video/COTUOzLPbGk/w-d-xo.html
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