I love the way you guys chronicle these rides. It feels like a travel channel for cyclists. Showing the map let’s people kind of get their bearings. Don’t be afraid to show minutia like parking, camping, water, etc. good stuff!
Excellent!! My family and I cycled that same path with ACA a few years ago. It was our best family vacation ever - it's so great to see it all again, thank you, guys!
Great looking places you,ve got over there! I,ve been riding local abandoned railroads lately. We have The Savonian railroad here in Eastern Finland. Some of it is straightened over the decades so the left over parts of it are mostly in good condition and they are good gravel roads.
I live on the east coast and found this trail while researching routes across the country. Thanks so much for documenting! I really want to do this and the John Wayne Pioneer Trail.
Ha ha, she will still be mocking you while she uses your binoculars! Love it! I started carrying some with me and the friend I ride with a lot has used them...she says she needs some too! I love this video! My husband and I have this on our radar for hopefully this year (2021) if not next. I love the way you two ride...maybe because that is the way I ride. To take time to feel my surroundings and see things. Okay, moose is on my list of MUST SEE! P.S. Laura, heard you on the Girls Gone Gravel podcast! Great job! I don't know you all but I love you both!
Great trail, beautiful scenery and wonderful footage as always. . I do enjoy a leisurely ride as much “putting in the miles”, maybe even more so. Oh and another Crocs spotting, way to go bro’!!!
Thanks for doing this video. My wife and I stopped there last week. Rode into Harrison. Great camping/riding adventure thanks to you! You guys are awesome!
That bridge was a swing bridge, it would rotate rather than lift for passing boats. When the trail was built the swing section of the bridge was raised to where you see it now to allow boat traffic and ramps were built up on either side on top of the original trestle.
My husband and I rode the entire CdA last year on a ride from Spokane to the Tetons. Loved the section you rode. We stayed at the marina campground in Harrison. I'm also cursed to not see Moose. We rode the marshy area in the morning, no sightings of Moose, a lot of other birds and animals.
Bike birding! We have some nice places here that see migratory birds from far away visit. Some gravel roads wind through it, and it's possible to take some small binoculars and see some incredible diversity. And, bikes are less visible, and not noisy. A great way to spend some hours out in the ope air, and usually not many other people! Another plus! Nice video. That's a great pace to ride. Soak up the scenery and the silences, and see an area cars don't let you do.
Good on you for getting out. That area has been on my TDL, as I passed north of there (past Clark Fork and Sandpoint and Priest Lake) last year and didn't appreciate the nonexistent highway shoulder and poor sight lines on the Northern Tier. The San Juans (in WA) are a good choice for socially distanced bike touring this year.
Great vid by the way. Your channel hits a lot of the buttons of how I ride a lot now. Although I still mountain bike, I seem to be gravitating to alot of gravel latelly.
You are a goner with birding. I did did my Spring Bird Count route on Kona Splice Dad bike because it was too long to walk and too crazy traffic wise to do solo (COVID-19) with a car. Best numbers ever on the route in years in species and total birds. Kona ‘cause it is the grocery commute bike with pan-yers for iPad, books, and big glass.
I've just discovered your channel and love your laid back 'gravel casual' ethos.I'm over in North Wales in the UK and the land hereabout is not unlike a lot of the places you visit, like Oregon. Lots of forests, mountains and hills.I've just got back into mountain biking and I've just ordered a gravel bike from a small bike maker in Bristol, England. Temple Bikes...check em out. I'm looking forward to doing some longer trips on the new bike when it arrives. Looking forward to digging into your back catalogue and keeping up with your new stuff.
Russ, any plans to come through Boise anytime soon? Daniel from Tumbleweed keeps coming to visit you, I would have thought you would have been here by now! Would love to see a Boise video.
Guys: I've been carrying a small pair of Nikon binocs on my mountain and gravel rides for a while now. One piece of unsolicited advice - don't carry them in a bag on top of a rigid mounted rack, and if you do, put a lot of "cushiony" stuff under them. Binocular optics are very precisely mounted, and not many are shockproof - although the ones you have look pretty robust. I had mine in the bottom of my trunk bag once, and wasn't paying attention, and bashed thru a big pothole. When I tried using them again after that, the optics were out of alignment. Now I only carry them in my framebag or hydration pack. Everybody I let use them says "those are awesome - I need to get a pair!" but they never do. LOL
"Used the binoculars on them" sounds weird to me. As though the fish might be like, "no, anything but the binoculars!" I would actually watch a bin buying guide video from Russ. After paddling for a few days in Ontario recently and getting to use a friend's pair, they really are a fun and useful tool to have on hand for outdoor adventuring. Looking for something compact and relatively affordable
"...a little sketchy doing this one handed..." Yep, it's awkward enough holding a camera or a beer while you're biking, not only for controlling the steering but especially for braking. Granted, I ride flat country so I do not need a climbing gear, so my setup wont work for hilly country, but I've got the solution for flat country. I use an 8 speed internally geared hub with a coaster brake in addition to my cable actuated vee brakes. Contrary to popular belief, a coaster brake is quite effective, especially when paired with traditional hand brakes. The coaster brake is "ambidextrous" in that it allows you to hold your camera or beer in either hand and brake with your feet when needed. Riding in sandy conditions, it's the only brake that doesn't get sand in it to grind the rotors or rims. Come down to Florida this winter and do some bird-biking in Ding Darling and the Everglades.
Is there much uphill on the section to Harrison? I'm thinking of going, but I'll be pulling a kid on tag-a-long trailer and just got back on a bike after a ten year hiatus, so I'm a little out of shape!
You need sharp eyes and ears to spot a moose. They can be very close to you and you will not see them. However you might hear them as they pull branches and eat. :)
Hate to be the 'gearhead' when the scenery and ride is so great, but is the super loud freehub from the Hunt wheels on Russ' bike or Laura's? Almost too distracting, but sounds cool!
Oh I wish we could ride up East this year... the covid has us not traveling this year! Soooo wish we could be there! So cool to see you guys NOT wearing masks while riding. People be fallin out from heat stroke and lack of oxygen here thinking they have to wear a mask while riding in Texas. There is NO reason to wear them while riding!
@@PathLessPedaledTV After a mineral oil mishap, I looked forthe Paul Brakes you reviewed -- but they were sold out everywhere I looked (backordered). I see upsides of them. This looks to be a family friendly route and area. Thanks!
You call this cannel as part of non competitive part of cycling and still you guys ride with a bike with drop bars. I don't understand what is with drop bars on non race bikes. I just fail to understand
It's preference, I signed up for a local gravel grinder last fall and planned to do it on a hardtail. After doing some 3-4 hour training rides I realized that I was much more comfortable on a dropbar bike. I found a inexpensive steel frame gravel bike for the ride and haven't looked back.
@@PathLessPedaledTV what I want to know is do really dropbar makes a difference? I mean do you really use all the positions on it? Won't a flat bar with bar ends do the job?