Sure it may have been eight short days for you, but . . . it was six nail-biting months for your viewers! Glad you made it through relatively unscathed. Thanks for bringing us along. 😀👍
Haha IKR! Just wanting for the millions so I don’t have to work! Lol. I’m going to do my Katy Trail videos a little differently so you won’t have to wait so long. Happy travels to you!
Well, we didi it! My friend and I rode the OTET from Cincinnati to Cleveland this week and I wanted to thank you for the very helpful travelogue! It was very helpful.
@@DeniseLookingOut We were pleasantly surprised with how smooth and beautiful the Erie Canal Trail was through the Cuyahoga Park. Being gravel I thought it would be messy and slower, but it was not like that. The two detours (Cartridge Factory and Alum Creek) added some technical challenges, but it all worked out well. Thanks again for the detailed coverage of your adventure!
Since it was a hotel tour, I had an REI Link Seat Pack and on the from I have a Swift Industries Catalyst handlebar bag. For camping tours, I use Ortlieb Classic panniers.
Congratulations, what an accomplishment. Your trip showed up on my feed, so I binge watched it and it was just so well done. thanks for taking the time to film!!😊🚴
I will be doing an out and back from Cleveland to Cincinnati and back in June 2024. I'll be camping as I go (hopefully mostly legally) Thank you for this video.
I just enjoyed watching much of your trip from where you got detoured into Johnstown then went to Westerville to dipping your tire in the Ohio River. You got a flat right at South Lebanon where I encountered the detour, you showed the sign. I followed that detour and had to share the road with cars on OH 48 and on a nastier US22-OH3 to get from South Lebanon to the Monkey Bar at Foster. I think you missed all of that by going into Mason to stay at the Hampton Inn. I saw you got on some other not so friendly roads, US 32 OH 125 . I have had friends say they found themselves on the FREEWAY in Cincinnati. I found out how when I rode down. When you pass through Mariemont after 50 West Brewery, you are really on US 50 which is just an ordinary 35 mph road and it is clearly the Ohio to Erie Trail { My ride was July 2022 so no Beechmont connector} . I find that I'm riding westbound then suddenly I see a Pedestrians, Bicycles Slow Moving Vehicles Prohibited sign and that the road was a full limited access highway or freeway. I was thinking WHAT THE {expletive}!!!!! This is supposed to be Ohio Bike Route 1!!! I backtracked and found a place to turn left but there were no signs indicating bike route 1 goes left., I just did it to keep from going forward on US 50 and possibly getting a ticket for Pedestrian/Bicycle on Freeway. The signs for OH Bike route 1 eventially showed up and I passed Lunken Airport and found some of the Ohio River Trail, much closed for construction. I think I used the road that carries US 52 into the Cincy downtown then watched a fireworks display over Reds Stadium and rode that same bridge you rode into Newport KY. My riide was not the whole Ohio to Erie Trail, I just rode from Columbus to Cincinnati then most of the way back. A friend picked me up at Xenia because I told him I'm rolling at 6 mph {I was too, I left the Casino at 3:30 am , up Montgomery Rd 4 am to 7 am, when I was able to get to Loveland, rejoin the Little Miami, then it took until 6 pm to get to Xenia.. This was after doing Columbus to Cincy the preceding day from 6 am to 10 pm. That trip got me a 210 miler, my longest ride on Strava. Kudos to any of you 326 milers. I'm kind of informally a 205 miler, on a different day I rode to Glenmont Ohio in Holmes County then back to west Columbus, itself a 165 mile ride.
Wow that’s some story. I would have been freaked out too entering a freeway. Those detours around Cinci were tricky. I got lucky with the Mason detour. I typically go through first detour signs up to the actual construction closure. Often times, there’s a way through. It paid off with a nice construction worker letting us through. Doing a round trip from Columbus to Cincinnati is a huge trip! Congrats!
Congratulations on completing the OTET. I'm planning to attempt this in 2024. I have no idea how I will hold up on so many consecutive days of riding, but I'm mulling over if I feel good when I reach Edgewater Park to add an additional 175 miles by returning via the Valley Pkwy Trail around the west side of Cleveland and coming back onto the OTET just above Boston Mills and riding back south to Sunbury. Should be just over 500 miles. Looks fantastic on paper. We'll see how it goes out in the real world in 2024.
I just watched the OTET series. I think you talked me into doing it the end of September. Im the one who asked yesterday about what month to go and it sounds like September is the best. I would not be able to wait an entire year 😊 Seemed too hot when you went. That would take a lot of ice cream!! The shuttle website said they were taking 2024 off. Do you know of another shuttle service for taking me and hopefully my bike back to Cincinnati? Wow this will be a crazy adventure!
@@8675steve yeah I say go!!! Just plan it and go. June is typically not that hot except that year and actually this year when I was on the Erie Canal Trail in NY. I would browse the Ohio to Erie Facebook groups. I believe there are a couple posts about shuttle services. Have a blast!
@@DeniseLookingOut I’m 62 ,and only 3 years of riding ,and mostly all rail trails . We ended up ,because of that detour on the busiest ,high speed roads crapping our pants. We pushed on and made our destination. A girlfriend of mine with her new trike no experience either laughed our butts off over a bottle of Rum that night. We rented a tiny bungalow right on the trail between Loveland and Milford . It was such a well kept , clean and could possibly sleep 6 I would think. It has the Bigfoot in the yard along the trail.
I have really narrow handlebars or else I would have gone for the SwiftIndustries Zeitgeist bag. It holds 12L. The Catalyst I have holds 7.5L. The REI saddle bag is 11L.
Excellent Videos! Enjoyed you OTET Ride and Documentation.... And you Did the Trail SOLO !!! LOOKING forward to More bike adventures
Thanks! That’s a great trail to go Solo. My Erie Canal Trail videos will start this fall.
@DeniseLookingOut planning on Riding OTET North, then Ride South. Hotel to hotel...Thanks for the video and your determination to Ride it...
Sure it may have been eight short days for you, but . . . it was six nail-biting months for your viewers!
Glad you made it through relatively unscathed. Thanks for bringing us along. 😀👍
Haha IKR! Just wanting for the millions so I don’t have to work! Lol. I’m going to do my Katy Trail videos a little differently so you won’t have to wait so long.
Happy travels to you!
Quite the adventure. And only one flat. Cool. Congratulations.
That’s my only flat on tour. Now commuting is a different story. Gotta love Schwalbe Touring tires!
@@DeniseLookingOut Yep. Gotta pair on my touring bike.
Very inspiring... Thank you for sharing !!
Thanks! You’re very welcome!
Well, we didi it! My friend and I rode the OTET from Cincinnati to Cleveland this week and I wanted to thank you for the very helpful travelogue! It was very helpful.
Oh yay congrats!!!!! I’m so glad you completed it and that my videos were helpful. Any favorite moments?
@@DeniseLookingOut We were pleasantly surprised with how smooth and beautiful the Erie Canal Trail was through the Cuyahoga Park. Being gravel I thought it would be messy and slower, but it was not like that. The two detours (Cartridge Factory and Alum Creek) added some technical challenges, but it all worked out well. Thanks again for the detailed coverage of your adventure!
Awesome trip .Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to the next.
Thanks!
Thanks for the videos
You’re welcome!
Looks like you had a blast on your fun adventure, thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see the Katy trail ride.
Thanks. It was a blast. The Katy was great too. Such a different and spectacular trail!
Well done, thank you for sharing. This is on my radar this year. What kind of bike bags are you using front and rear?
Since it was a hotel tour, I had an REI Link Seat Pack and on the from I have a Swift Industries Catalyst handlebar bag. For camping tours, I use Ortlieb Classic panniers.
That looked like a great bike trip. Enjoyed the videos; and I’ll be looking forward to your next adventure.
Thank you! Katy Trail videos will start soon.
Great job! I can't wait to ride it this summer too!
Thanks! Yay! You’re gonna have a blast!
Congratulations, what an accomplishment. Your trip showed up on my feed, so I binge watched it and it was just so well done. thanks for taking the time to film!!😊🚴
Nice! Thanks. Glad you enjoyed my trip.
Love this !!!’ I am going to be doing this trail soon
Thanks! Do it! OTET is awesome!
I will be doing an out and back from Cleveland to Cincinnati and back in June 2024. I'll be camping as I go (hopefully mostly legally) Thank you for this video.
That will be such an adventure! June’s perfect. That heat wave I hit was rare for early June. Next time, I’ll camp.
Congratulations!! You have inspired me to push myself into touring rides!! Love watching your videos!!
Thank you! Yay hope to see you out on trails. Keep me posted on your adventures!
I just enjoyed watching much of your trip from where you got detoured into Johnstown then went to Westerville to dipping your tire in the Ohio River. You got a flat right at South Lebanon where I encountered the detour, you showed the sign. I followed that detour and had to share the road with cars on OH 48 and on a nastier US22-OH3 to get from South Lebanon to the Monkey Bar at Foster. I think you missed all of that by going into Mason to stay at the Hampton Inn. I saw you got on some other not so friendly roads, US 32 OH 125 . I have had friends say they found themselves on the FREEWAY in Cincinnati. I found out how when I rode down. When you pass through Mariemont after 50 West Brewery, you are really on US 50 which is just an ordinary 35 mph road and it is clearly the Ohio to Erie Trail { My ride was July 2022 so no Beechmont connector} . I find that I'm riding westbound then suddenly I see a Pedestrians, Bicycles Slow Moving Vehicles Prohibited sign and that the road was a full limited access highway or freeway. I was thinking WHAT THE {expletive}!!!!! This is supposed to be Ohio Bike Route 1!!! I backtracked and found a place to turn left but there were no signs indicating bike route 1 goes left., I just did it to keep from going forward on US 50 and possibly getting a ticket for Pedestrian/Bicycle on Freeway. The signs for OH Bike route 1 eventially showed up and I passed Lunken Airport and found some of the Ohio River Trail, much closed for construction. I think I used the road that carries US 52 into the Cincy downtown then watched a fireworks display over Reds Stadium and rode that same bridge you rode into Newport KY. My riide was not the whole Ohio to Erie Trail, I just rode from Columbus to Cincinnati then most of the way back. A friend picked me up at Xenia because I told him I'm rolling at 6 mph {I was too, I left the Casino at 3:30 am , up Montgomery Rd 4 am to 7 am, when I was able to get to Loveland, rejoin the Little Miami, then it took until 6 pm to get to Xenia.. This was after doing Columbus to Cincy the preceding day from 6 am to 10 pm. That trip got me a 210 miler, my longest ride on Strava. Kudos to any of you 326 milers. I'm kind of informally a 205 miler, on a different day I rode to Glenmont Ohio in Holmes County then back to west Columbus, itself a 165 mile ride.
Wow that’s some story. I would have been freaked out too entering a freeway. Those detours around Cinci were tricky. I got lucky with the Mason detour. I typically go through first detour signs up to the actual construction closure. Often times, there’s a way through. It paid off with a nice construction worker letting us through. Doing a round trip from Columbus to Cincinnati is a huge trip! Congrats!
Congratulations on completing the OTET. I'm planning to attempt this in 2024. I have no idea how I will hold up on so many consecutive days of riding, but I'm mulling over if I feel good when I reach Edgewater Park to add an additional 175 miles by returning via the Valley Pkwy Trail around the west side of Cleveland and coming back onto the OTET just above Boston Mills and riding back south to Sunbury. Should be just over 500 miles. Looks fantastic on paper. We'll see how it goes out in the real world in 2024.
Sounds like a fun plan. I bet you’ll be ready to keep riding at Edgewater Park. I always wanna ride more when I finish a tour.
Congratulations! Thank you for the beautiful travelogue. Inspiring me for future trips.
Thank you! Happy trails to your next adventure!
Congrats! What an adventure! 🙂👍🎉👏
Thanks. Such an adventure!
Awesome achievement! Great video series. Love the channel.
Thanks man! Appreciate that! Can’t wait to see where 2023 takes you! Cheers!
I just watched the OTET series. I think you talked me into doing it the end of September. Im the one who asked yesterday about what month to go and it sounds like September is the best. I would not be able to wait an entire year 😊 Seemed too hot when you went. That would take a lot of ice cream!! The shuttle website said they were taking 2024 off. Do you know of another shuttle service for taking me and hopefully my bike back to Cincinnati? Wow this will be a crazy adventure!
@@8675steve yeah I say go!!! Just plan it and go. June is typically not that hot except that year and actually this year when I was on the Erie Canal Trail in NY.
I would browse the Ohio to Erie Facebook groups. I believe there are a couple posts about shuttle services. Have a blast!
You are cool
Aww thanks.
Lucky I had to do that terrible detour
Yeah I heard that detour sucked!
@@DeniseLookingOut I’m 62 ,and only 3 years of riding ,and mostly all rail trails . We ended up ,because of that detour on the busiest ,high speed roads crapping our pants. We pushed on and made our destination. A girlfriend of mine with her new trike no experience either laughed our butts off over a bottle of Rum that night. We rented a tiny bungalow right on the trail between Loveland and Milford . It was such a well kept , clean and could possibly sleep 6 I would think. It has the Bigfoot in the yard along the trail.
And size
I have really narrow handlebars or else I would have gone for the SwiftIndustries Zeitgeist bag. It holds 12L. The Catalyst I have holds 7.5L. The REI saddle bag is 11L.
@@DeniseLookingOut Thank you!