Can You Believe I Made It Out With No Injuries?! (S2D16 Bikepacking ) 

Another epic adventure! Very cool Naomi, the bees knees! You'll be back on those black diamond trails sooner than you thought 😉! Thanks for the ride lady! - Stephen King

A journey is a tapestry of all the trails and roads you have traveled. All stitched together with laughter, tears and sweat. On cold nights and lonely evenings comfort yourself by wrapping yourself in the tapestry you have woven. Thanks for sharing a road well traveled.

Thanks for the fun Naomi, i appreciate it.

I like your rants it proves you are a real person

good morning! It is a rainy day here....I am going to watch from the comfort of my couch. Signed, a medium sized human in 2022 but large in 2010.

Blue skies , dusty trails i miss the summer ! Sitting here cold in the dark at 4pm .. Thanks flower !

Talk about XXL enjoyment, great video.

So great! Laughed when you apologized to the pavement.

Love watching your travels . Very inspirational .

Happy Holidays Naomi ✨🕊️ May the New Year be filled with joy🙂 Good Health 🌞and New Wonderful Adventures🎆🎇🎆 ☮️kevin

Thanks for your adventures. Very fun to watch and enjoy. The adventures of life, hope to see more on your next travels.

As always, I just love that you took me along on your adventures as I have no desire to bikepack but it's certainly been fun and entertaining watching you. Whee!! The sizing is crazy, some companies have gone to using size 00 and up...ridiculous! I was just noticing the tree behind you would make a perfect Christmas Tree🎄 Sending you love and hugs my beautiful friend. I look forward to seeing what this great big crazy world has in store for you next. ❤️🫂🎄🎉

I loved this trip! The scenery was awesome! I love that you don't sugar coat anything! For me, the things that don't go according to plan, make the trip. Thank you for the Whee Moments! Although, I wish you would get a GoPro and not do it one-handed. When I saw the thumbnail, for a second, I though you kissed the pavement in a bad way. Can't wait for your next adventure. In the meantime, I will be imagining riding in those mountains.

Naomi,you remembered to say “Weee” on the decent ↘️.That’s a good sign,you’re still firing on all cylinders.Bruises just make the body tougher.If it doesn’t kill ya,it only makes you stronger!😎🐝🍺🍦

'I think they wanna pollinate me', haha you're funny 😆 🙏

Incredible adventure

Lucky bees :). Thanks for the video I was entertained.

Loved every video ,you make me and many more smile. Chapeau 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😍

Going to MISS YOU, please return at some point with more of your views and videos. Love from England xx. ps I can still get into school dress when I was 15! Not change much over the years, just a bit greyer and wrinkly xxx

You are so entertaining and adventurous! Keep up the great work 👏

Who's idea was this? That's a familiar refrain. I've said it to myself a few times. But then we just keep putting one foot in front of the other and pretty soon it's a downhill cruise. It's been a fun journey. Thank you for taking us along.

Just Fantastic

Thank you so much. Was really funny and l like how you inserted the flashbacks. Great work on and off the trail Naomi!

Thanks for keeping it real. And funny. Loved your adventure. What’s next?

Loved watching your trip

Your videos are fun to watch. I wish I could just tell my job to take a hike and join you.

Loved it, one of the best !!!

Got to use a sunscreen for sure other way gonna be burned up at the end of day. I use it every day on my bikepacking trips but I'm in Florida. Gotta love the pavement it goes so much faster. 👍

I felt the joy of that downhill with you LOL

Your great love your adventurers

thank you ,I’m going to stick to backpacking because those down hill trails are jarrrrrring . I always enjoy your adventures, ever thought about doing stand up for the outdoor folks ? ☮️

Job well done. Thank you for another great video.

ur a hard core bike soul

I Always enjoy your bike adventures. Best wishes and safe traveling

Great job bringing us along on your adventure. You accomplished some really challenging trails, it really is a balance of road vs trail and how much you want to be with the cars. It sounds like this is the end of the trip, I am going to miss your content and look forward to your next big adventure!!

Discovered your channel few weeks ago. Very much enjoy your videos. Be safe and have great day 😁

Well done!! I am going to miss seeing you bike packing and getting all the great tips you passed on to us all on the trip. Take care and see you on your next adventure.

Happpy Valentine Mam hope you enjoy the day

Your adventures are awesome!! The way you present it is SO enjoyable!! So many people don't get the" Grool" as being what makes the the gems value!

Mission accomplished Naomi! We all laughed and enjoyed your journey. Now I know where and when you lost your Rokas. Will we see you again? I sure hope so. Take care!

TY as always, and yep you always make us laugh! I really hate losing stuff like that because "if they're not on the face they're in the case! ".

Great video

woo hoo! pavement!

So you are into pain. Trail was beaten up on you. Break out the Ben Gay! Enjoyed the video Naomi. RIDE SAFE!

Great ending vid...I mean, since you can't charge anything, it sounds like this adventure is "over!" But I see you on Strava, in Thailand? Will you be sharing that schlep? Hope you had a blast. :)))))) Don't stop now, lady!

Such a fun adventure. Plenty of type 2 fun. Looking forward to the next " Human on the Loose" adventure in the future. And the sizing thing. That goes for guys too. A lot of brands of men's pants will label a size 30 inch when it actually measures as a 32.🤔

Oh no say it isn't so😐 miss naomi biking show🙂 whatever are we going to do 😟 her smiles and friendly whee😁 from the forest through the trees 🏞️ human on the loose 🚴 miss naomi we see's 🙋 pedaled her way🚵 into our hearts 💖 we lived her adventure 🌞 shared playfulness lark🙆 With smiles and trials 🙂 mountain trails she broke 🏞️🌲 Blessings miss naomi🕊️ we listened she spoke🤷 Yesterdays smiles 😊 many bicycle miles 🌄 So Looking forward✨✨✨ too season three💖🌞🕊️ ☮️kevin

BTW ROKA is having a sale on their Matador sunglasses today

Epic journey. The size debate is one of your best. Hope there's more trips to come. Merry Christmas and a happy New year.

I can't believe you kissed the pavement you're hilarious

Clothing sizes. I used to buy stuff that was "medium", not anymore. The last two jackets I bought over the net were "Large", I had to send them back and get extra "large", its the Chinese, they dont understand that people are bigger in US/Europe, I dont mean fatter, although that is an issue. We are generally bigger, so medium has become, large/extra large, depending on where you buy.

I love your videos 🙃😅 You should do a cross country dirt bike trip someday 😮

I'd love to get a video explaining your back story and cycling history.

How many miles did you cover on this journey compared to your first? This trip seemed shorter - but then again I didn’t want it to end as I enjoy watching your videos so much! I enjoy your sense of humor, and respect what you accomplish. Hoping you keep posting

A little birdie told me kissing the white line on the pavement may give you cold sores 🐥🪶🛣🚧🚳

Two bees or not two bees. That is the question. Ha ha ha

Quite brilliant as always, however if I ended up with hair like that I might quit bikepacking!

You are funny .

I hear you on the sizing and labels to make people feel better. I'm a large-built woman with boobs. And I'm 52. Over my lifetime I've watched the sizing change. Where I used to need a size 20, now at the same weight I need a size 12 or 14. My "ideal" weight at 5'6" is 165 according to doctors. I'm definitely more than that now, but I'm active and fit (ish). It doesn't matter what size I wear. It's just vanity. It has taken a lifetime to be comfortable with being naturally larger built - with big hands and big feet - shapely, but largely built. WHY do we expect/want women to be tiny? And men to be big and burly? Kinda messed up.

Love it, want to do it. Should I bring a trailer for the lab (dog)? Since the wife will divorcee me when I say so long for a month or 2!

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How did the ATIKA's hold up versus the Keen's? In similar conditions of course (as in water)?

I think they want to pollinateme 🤣

Can you hyperlink your patreon please?

You cant be serious, does these words at the end mean its over now?

Ya, I knew you were an atheist. I watched all your videos. I enjoy them.

I watch a bit of cyclo cross over here in Europe and the women braid their hair into a single strand, which makes it more manageable. Maybe its an option, not that I would ever advise a woman on how to manage her hair.

Ur boyfriend must be worried about you on these trips

Good trip. On my last trip, about 1300 miles ending near the end of November 2022, good free camp sites were everywhere during the day. Then, when the time came to haul it off the road and lay it down for the night, there was no place anywhere really good for free camping. It was weird that way. It worked out in the long run. That was a nice long downhill spin you had there. You sure look nice.

Here is a detailed answer about dogs. I wrote it on another thread for a person planning a transcon on a recumbent. As for dogs on tour, I have had many experiences with them. Some cyclists might carry pepper spray, which I have done but never used. I saw another advise carrying a water pistol containing a mixture of water and ammonia; this I have never done. The fact is that dogs can be an occasional annoyance or hassle or whatever, but by and large they are not a real danger unless one comes charging at you from out of nowhere, startling you, and causing you to involuntarily swerve out into traffic. It happens. There is something about the movement of cycling that sets dogs off into a headstrong frenzy of barking and chasing. I mean, you come along, and there is some dog in a yard. It has been lolling around all day perhaps. It catches sight of you going by on your bike, and it immediately goes nuts. It starts barking, snarling, yelping, and growling, and chasing you at high speed and going for your heels with all its might. I have seen dogs go absolutely bananas at the sight of me cycling, even if I was two hundred feet away from them. I have seen them come charging out at me, stopped only by a fence around the property. They would follow all along the fence line to the end, and then go ape trying to jump over the fence or tunnel under it. This kind of reaction comes from dogs of all sizes from the largest dogs to even those little Mexican Chihuahuas. That is no kidding. I was cycling through some town. Somebody was carrying one of those little Mexican dogs. It saw me. It went crazy trying to jump from its owners arms and chase along. I have worked out a manner of dealing with dogs. In spite of all the noise and chases not one dog has ever actually bitten me. However, they do seem to be fond of going for the feet, and some have come close to biting. First, slow down a bit, look at the dog and yell out a loud, sharp report, and when I say loud and sharp that is what is meant; something like you might expect to hear from a marine corps drill sargeant. You might have to yell a number of times. The yelling will bring some dogs to a halt. Some will stop temporarily and continue, and slow down or halt every time you yell. Just yell out hut or ha loud, sharp, and clear. If that does not dissuade the cur from pursuing his pleasure or whatever it is he gets out of the chase, come to a dead stop and give him the yell. He will stop. He may turn around and take off. He may tarry a while and snip and growl. He may come close, but my experience is the actual attack will not happen. I have cycled 34,000 miles through 19 countries, and six or more times across the USA, so I know of what I speak. I have always ridden an upright touring bike, therefore, having a dog running along and chasing at my heels is a different matter from riding a recumbent with the animal more nearly at the vital parts such as torso, head, and throat. My general advice is this. If you are concerned, do what I have told you, and carry a water pistol with water and ammonia in it, if legal to do so, or a very good pepper spray, not one of those little key chain things, but a canister with a real fog or large volume spray that comes out, but do not use it as a first response. If you yell and stop and yell, the dog will stop his pursuit. In other words, do not run and it will not chase. Often, as you are stopped at the roadside waiting for the animal to lose interest, its owner will come out and call it back, and it trots on home. If you stop and it stops and loses interest, it might head back to its territory on its own, but if you take off it will turn around and continue chasing. Dogs, for the most part, are a temporary nuisance, but not a real serious danger. However, I am sure cyclists have been actually attacked, and perhaps even injured. When stopped, the hound may come close, but will not actually sink its teeth into your hide. If it is particularly vicious or mean, give him a whiff of the pepper spray or whatever, but I have never found that to be necessary. If you get off the bike and walk a ways, which you would not or might not be able to do, it could lose interest; get back on and cycle away, and it will pick up where it left off, or just go home. Try not to let a dog catch you by surprise in close quarters. That happened to me once, and I tipped over injuring my ankle. It was at night on a quiet, placid road. A very large dog came charging aggressively from out of the bushes near the side of the road. All of a sudden I heard this very loud barking and snarling, and saw a blur out of the corner of my eye. In an attempt to stop, dismount immediately, and get the bike between myself and the attacking dog, I forgot my feet were strapped into the pedals, and tried to get off on the right of the bike, I fell over and twisted my ankle. Well, at least I fell over away from the dog and not toward it. After all that the dog just stood there looking at me, and turned around and left. It was one of the larger breeds of dog, and I am sure it would not have harmed me, but it caught me completely unexpected, and I reacted unthinking with a start. There was no time to think through what to do. The subconscious mind told me I was under attack and needed to respond, and I did. You might have dog problems in some areas at times, and no dog problems whatsoever in other places. In 1984 in winter along highway 90 in Florida free ranging dogs were all over the place, and I might add, were often seen dead along the roadside after having been slammed by motor vehicles. In 2007 I cycled 90, and there was not the first problem with the first dog; very different from 1984. In countrified areas dog owners may be more disposed to letting their dogs roam free. Some may be fenced in, but have some little tunnel dug out under the fence in some bush-covered corner. They actually seem to be smart enough to try and cover or hide their tunnels. Anyway, that is about all I can tell you. If you go into Eastern Europe, you may find canines of a very different stripe; very different from the friendly domesticated kind we are used to in the USA. As for some of those dogs I encountered in eastern Europe, nothing short of a firearm would save you. Some of those would run you to earth and kill you and eat you. I had never seen anything even remotely as vicious as those, and have not seen anything like it since. If there is any such thing as a homicidal, insane, psychotic, murderous, savage dog, those dogs were it. Thank God for chain link fences. They must have been raised to be that way.