EUROPEAN DIVIDE TRAIL - This Is Where The Adventure Begins (Part 3) 

People like you, and Ryan Van Duzer have inspired me to get out and go biking, something I haven't done much of since I was a kid forty years ago. I dont remember the bike seat hurting my ass so much back then though. Cheers!

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Mike for taking us along. The scenery in Finland looks very much like my home state of Minnesota in the USA.

More new views of an area i will never see in person. Thank you so much for documenting your adventure!

Hi Mike, Congratulations to 20.000 follower! You inspired me to look videos from Ryan Van Duzer. 😄My English is not good, but if you speak English, I can understand it very well. This is the reason why you are my favorite, if I want to look videos in another language as German. This video is new video in your fantastic collection. Thank you very much to. share with us, Ronald

Wow! What a beautiful tour. You keep posting, we keep watching.

.....and cranking out a 160km+ day....for us viewing in the US.....a century ride. Totally awesome Mike!!!! Not many who can do that. Great ride and great video...thanks for bringing us along!!!!

Thx Bike Mike! I like your videos. The slow manner of speaking is relaxing and sometimes funny in a good way. Cheers!

Great video, content, and music selections for this day's journey. What a beautiful setting to spend the evening and night at. Thanks for taking us along with you, Mike!

Thank you for posting your biking adventures. The scenery is beautiful and your calm and positive attitude makes watching your videos a pleasure.

Good to see you back on the road Mike. Is that a new Garmin I spy? Home the family are all well. Much love Ed

What a perfect end of the day for you. Felt as though I was there. Thank you

Amazing how vast the landscape is and so few folks there are but great for the soul… Mike I feel your pain ie shoulder slash knee Ache … recently switched to surly Moustache bars with riser stem and boy what a difference knee wrist neck pain magically disappeared wondering if you’ve considered it or tried it out love to hear your thoughts… comfort /Performance continue safe travels Mike👋🇨🇦

Great video Mike! I would love being so remote! I think it’s so cool that you folks have all these shelters to camp in. We have nothing like that here in the States.

Thanks Mike. Love what I am watching.

thanks Mike, great scenery, so peaceful and vast, great stuff

Thanks for sharing your adventure Mike.

wow, the lake at the end was stunning. Great video Mike!

Hi Mike. Its a pleasure to watch your adventure, very nice filmed and narrated. Thanks! On a side note: is it possible that your fork is backwards? Anyways, seems to work for you:) have a good ride!

A serious distance for one day’s riding. Stunning views at the end of the day make it worthwhile. Enjoyed it as always. 👍

Thoroughly enjoyed again, thanks, Mike. Look forward to the next one 👍🏼

I am just addicted to your videos.Thank you again for great episode

Awesome milage and some great scenery. Nice find on the lean-to. Thanks for the video and take care, Al

Hello from Tennessee. Enjoy your videos Mike. Best wishes ✌️

That lake looked so peaceful and relaxing. 151km??? Well done!

You have a great adventure!! I drove that road by my camper van almost ten years ago and some parts of that were in terrible condition and no 3G/4G available. So if you ended up in problems there you were really alone. But now it seems more safe.

Pokka has a gasstation with a coffee bar with mars/snickers bars. 😏😏 Good to see that the gravelroad from Pokka was good now, 1 year ago they put a new layer of gravel and it was like pedaling threw mud.

Thank you for sharing! It's so beautiful it almost hurts.

Another great video Mike! With the next one we'll see you in Sweden 👏👏💪

I’m sure your adventure began already in Norway. It’s a nice trip to follow!

The skiimobile trails are great with the fatbike, they’re like a highway through the forest. Have to ride them with the lights, though. If we have no darkness at the summer, we only have darkness at the winter. The tracks by the roads are a rarity at the middle of the finland, they might cross the road here and there but mostly they’re middle of the forest. They’re groomed and maintained by the local clubs, too.

It's a pretty lonely road... thank you for sharing 🚲 ❤

Love your videos; can't wait to see more.

Not need mosquito repellent!? I had to laugh out loud! * Thanks for sharing the ride!

Thanks, looking forward to more of your adventure.

You make nice videos and you are a nice guy as well

Thanks Mike, great video as usual.

Thanks!

Great video! Thank you!

The north gives you all kind of weather. Now in July the northern Lapland has been one of the warmest regions in Finland, around +30C (86F) for a quite some time.

20:00 Maybe I'm mistaken but I think the gentleman rule is actually that those who came earlier will be the first to leave if it gets too full, because assumption is that the last one to arrive had the least rest - but you can leave things in laavu to dry out.

Hello greetings from Panamá 🇵🇦

I sometimes swap my other more comfy saddle onto the bike when I am touring for a few days

Nice ride.. Thank you so much for documenting your adventure! 19:34 / 24:24 "There is a website that lists all these type of shelters here in Finland, and I'll leave a link down in the description below." ???

Mike, what bag brand is that on your crossbar. Looking for one for my phone etc. Enjoy your videos.

Hi Mike, fantastic video, as always! Can you please say a bit more, or maybe even do a video about how you prepared your own meals to be cooked?! Would really be interesting! About your comment regarding the Saddle... Do you wear padded pants/bibs?

11:38 The first spruces shown on camera. Before that, the only conifers had peen pines. (To my taste, where there are spruces, it's too far south ;( )

Amazing scenery. Are the forks on your bike on the right way, seem to be on backwards?

you`re my favourite

Hi Mike. Your journey looks amazing so far. I am a big city dweller and have a new found love for biking. I don't know the ins and outs about camping and such so I have so many questions that you just seem to skip over: Where do you poop? Toilet paper? Shower? Clean clothes? Clean socks? Washing clothes? Brushing teeth? Do you need a lock for your bike, surely when you get further south? Are you not scared of wildlife? I mean such as bears or wolves. Is the "running" water drinkable, you say you "warm it" but do you mean to bring it to boiling for killing off the bacteria? Thx Mike I wish to do one of these adventures of my own soon.

Thank´s for another great video! Loved the music choices too. I was wondering about your camera setup. What camera are you using for the driveby´s and scenery at the end? Have a great week!

Really nice video, so chill and informative :) May I ask, is your front fork mounted backwards? In some angles it looks like it is bending into the drivers direction and I thought it should rather bend forward?

Hello, my friend! I noticed that the fork on your bike is turned 180 degrees. Why did you change the geometry of your Kona? The large base makes the bike more stable and softer, and shortening it will be tough.

Excellent video and well done on traveling so far every day. Do you intend to go all the way to Portugal one day?

Thanks for another interesting video. Can you tell me a bit about the bike and setup?

Hi, nice video. Iam interesting about your dehydrated meals. You could make some video about haw to prepare and store it. Iam sure there is planty of those vidoes areond a web, but i rather watch yours ;)

Hi Mike, love the videos. Quick question; in retrospect do you think a more road focused gravel/touring bike with a less aggressive tyre treads would have been better for this trip? Obviously we haven’t seen all of your journey yet. However, I’m watching you cycling along the road a lot and thinking those wide knobbly tyres must be quite energy sapping and inefficient…

Great, want to do as part of the iron curtain trail. You mentioned a link to the Finland shelter locations. would it be ok to post ? Thanks

Brooks Rule! ;-)

Your forks mounted the wrong way round, disc should be on the left side

Hey Mike you doing great job Keep going, and what model of Garmin you use and you recommended.

I like Mike:)

Hello together! Anyone who know the link to these shelters he is staying in @19:38? Thanks a lot for helping out :)

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Hey Mike, can you make Video on gears which you use for shooting the videos ??

Great video! Which cup do you use to boil water, looks it’s compact size?

I’m curious as to what you use your create your food packs like the macaroni cheese for lunch?

Are you going as far as Ryan did on the EDT? Did you see any other bikers on the road?

There's not much energy to be gained from this meals you eat