Bicycle Touring France: Weird, Wonderful and the Most Epic Camp Spot
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Bicycle Touring France
Riding along a large industrial site leads to a strange puncture in Maudi’s tire. Then we are hit by the "tick check" blues while wild camping. We discover France historical past through it's impressive architecture. Finally the mountains are in sight and we are delighted to do long climbs again... and one of course our favourite: the downhill. Cherry on top is one of our most beautiful camp spots ever!
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Hi Guys! Continuing our journey through lovely France. Do you have any tips on what we shouldn’t miss? Have a great day! E&M
My tip would be to visit an Elzas town if you haven't seen one before. For example, Obernai, Eguisheim or Colmar. Groetjes uit Den Haag!
L`Aigle in Normandie, is a beautiful city! When you come to Portugal, let me know! Here is so beautiful you have a lot places to meet. I am in Algarve, if you need something is just tell. Hugs !!!
The region in and around Avignon, Pont du Gard, St Remy, Arles and Avignon itself is beautiful. I rode down from Cherbourg to La Rochelle and then from Bordeaux across to Toulouse. In the Lot region above Toulouse and Albi, all great cycling areas.
If you havent been before, the Gorge Du Verdon is beautiful and the kyak trip up the gorge is spectacular
@@Jackplumz Quite a detour en route to Spain, though.
Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩, a fan of you two....
Thanks 😊 Wishing you all the best!! E&M
Tick check edit 😂 bloopers, overcoming relationship niggles and wonderful cinematography. What’s there not to like ❤❤❤
OMG ha ha ha the Tick Pick Flick was sick and so random ha ha loved it 😂👏🏻
Great to hear that Anson! All the best, E&M
Let's get on the road, Dream Team
"The tick check boogie" Hahahaha that was great. Wow, you really scored a beautiful spot to camp and it looked like you had it to yourselves 👍 Maudi's thought at the end were nice ✌
You guys are a riot! Tick check is bound to be a pop-chart hit! 🤣🥰
😉 haha, thanks! That'll be crazy. All the best!
tick check was a riot!!
😆 Great to hear!! Thanks
Hey ! Girolles are quite the best mushrooms you could taste. Hope you cooked them and liked ! Beautiful rides. 👍😎
They were delicious :) Thanks & All the best, E&M
Thoroughly enjoyed all of your videos, can’t wait for my first bike touring trip!
Thank you Yeepin Low 🙏🏼 Wishing you the very best for your upcoming tour! Enjoy 🍀
😂I love the tick check song! 😂❤️
Haha, great to hear 😊 Thanks
THX GUYS
Always appreciated Zeck! Have great one 👌🏼
Thanks for the kind advice Maudi - we love you! ...and Erik too of course.
Thank you Lawrence :)
It takes teamwork to make the dream work! 👍 😉
Nice one 😊 Thanks
Thank you lovely video.
Beautiful words in the end. Thanks Maudi! Very wise indeed. ❤️❤️❤️
Going on my first bike tour soon!
That’s great Mark! Enjoy 👌🏼
That "Tick Song" - I'll look forward to hearing it on Spotify. 😂😉 Another beautiful video with fantastic editing and music!
Love from village charwa se 💓💓💓
Life is not the number of years, but the joyful moments after those challenges Good luck .Nice couple 🥰
Well said :) Thanks
This was a funny one;-) Your videos are always entertaining. You can feel how passionate you are about what you do. Nice to see how respectful you treat each other. I've noticed this already in other videos. Not a big show to the outside - but you can still feel it. You do that very well - we all can learn something from you.
Thank you for your kind words Heini 🙏🏼 Wishing you all the best, E&M
Awesome spot 👌
Ahhh. I love biking. I'm even good with tools and stuff. I hate fixing bike stuff. I take it to the shop whenever I can. I feel your pain!!!
😉 Lucky I like tinkering on bikes. A shop has it's merits too, perhaps a nice cup of coffee while you wait!
I really love watching your videos I enjoy watching both of you guys travel with bike with mix camping and tour 😊👌
Vocês são ótimos, espetaculares mesmo. Somos fãs de vocês. Desejo ótimas viagens e lindas paisagens.
Enjoy our beautiful French landscapes. I live near Besançon, you are not very far 👍
They are beautiful indeed :) Very impressed with France!!
Very enjoyable video Eric and Maudi. Sharing your thoughts at the end was a lovely reminder about keeping things in perspective. Thank you
Thank you Renee :) All the Best
WONDER WANDER #1.
Industrial complexion,
That nature tries to hide,
Two fearless adventurers,
Onward far and wide.
Uphill down dale is beauty,
A puncture cannot stop,
There smiles are so infectious,
Even mountains cannot top.
Campsite from the heaven's,
Carried by there mighty steads,
(Love you Koga & Giant 😎)
Two happy globetrotters,
Go sprinkle happy seeds ❤
Fun fun fun !
Thank you for sharing 😊
But that was the best tick check rap ever!!! Love you guys
Thanks 😊
Bon voyage !
Thanks Chris! All the best, E&M
Sooooo on point Maudi!!!
Very good bicycle adventure tour camping night sleeping and self cooking very very like him
Thank you!
Thanks for the encouragement. This year in made a three day ride, next year I will try a week .😊
That's great!! Enjoy :) Tailwinds, E&M
Hi Maudy and Eric! Happy to see you get the best and I think monumental camp spot 📍the view really amazing🤩
Wonderful. Enjoy!
I barely made it through the tick check song:P, but the two of you are great, cool touring and video.
Thanks Len! Can imagine that the song isn’t everybody’s cup of tea ;) We had loads of fun with it though!!
What a wonderful edit, they get better and better
Thanks so much David 😊
Trank you For your Videos! At first I watched your videos to improve me English skills. Additionally they inspired me to go on the same journey by bike and with my camera. This year I travelled for 12 weeks through Germany, France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Next year I already applied for a sabbatical and travel again for 12-14 weeks through Europe. 😉Hope to see more of your videos 👍
Beautiful scenery.
Thanks Gary 😊
You guys are great team... Maudi's intellectual thought at the end 👌👍
Thanks Ajay 😊 Really appreciate you like the thought process. All the best, E&M
So wonderful move
that campspot though! incredible! and i really appreciate you bringing up the tick check again and again, i will definitely pay more attention to this on my next trip!
God bless Eric♥️ and Maudi♥️!
I am also planning to follow the European Divide Trail next spring/summer. It looks amazing!
Hi guys, I always carry with me one of those rubber buckets that you can flatten and carry with you. When the wheel breaks I put it in the bucket with water, I swell it and see where the air bubbles come out, then I mark the holes with a pen and fix them. Hope this is useful, good travel ☺️🧡
Thanks for the tip Isabel! Sounds handy, we will check it out. All the best for you, E&M
Wise words from you both…❤️✌️👴🏻🏴🇮🇪
Thanks so much Mike 😊 All the best, E&M
Really nice trip. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks! : )
Thank you for sharing your journey... I learn so much from the two of you...:)
Thanks Adam :) Happy to hear that! All the Best
@@WheelstoWander ("Thank You") should be one word, so I can thank you both at the same time equally... Til then Thank You:)
Nice work as always! Ticks are always such a bummer, I think I have mild trauma from stepping in a baby tick nest and getting thousands on me at once.
Thanks Guys! They sure are. How great would it be if they didn't ( the parasites/bacterias ) exist! I totally relate to the mild trauma, I (Eric) had that too. Kind of freaked me out! Hope you are doing good and with not a tick in sight 😉 All the Best, E&M
Enjoyed the tick check montage.
Great drone shots of your campsite. Beautiful.
😊 Thanks Vive! So amazing to see it from the sky! All the best, E&M
It felt like a huge contrast of energy and mood between the two halves of the video. Once you got into the countryside I felt my blood pressure go down and I felt relaxed. I bet you did too!
Yes, for sure! The contrast is nice but we prefer the countryside any day 😉 Happy trails!!
I'm with you 100% guys. Have a great trip :)
Hello, you just make beautiful moody videos that transfer feelings.
Best regards
Bernhard
Thanks Bernhard! Great to hear the videos have that side to them. All the best, E&M
I love your videos! and thanks for share the information about the European Divide
Thank you Ak! Great to hear 😊 All the best, E&M
epic thick check montage!
Yes Lyme's Disease is not good at all. I just got my butterfly bars through the post, yeah! Bar tape next. Maudi can put up a tent too. Is that a little Stonehenge next to the figure on the hill? That looks like a great trail. Thanks for posting.
Great view from your campsite like the video.be safe out there.
Always enjoy your videos ! and the Tick song? Well what can I say 😎👍
Great video, lovely to see your fun side. Beautiful camping place. 👍
Thanks Steve 😊 The sketches are fun to do so great to hear the are appreciated! All the best, E&M
What a great video you guys!!!!
Love your video editing, I know how much work it takes, best wishes.
Fantastic episode. Well done :)
That first part was was really a good look at factory life. The forest trail and camp spot were amazing. Food looked good. Nice to have your own private mechanic on a ride with you.😁😁 Thanks for the video and take care, Al
Hi Al! Always interesting to see different parts of a country! A private mechanic is wonderful, he is a pretty good cook too 😉 Wishing you all the best!! E&M
You need one or you waste time and money in repairs.
Girolles (jee-roll) yum . I am so stocked to see you guys touring in The Vosges Mountains where I grew up. Now living in Vancouver,bc(lots of bikepacking possibility) but I can’t wait to get back there and explore/ re discover home by bike too. Happy trails to you both.
Hello Namaste!! 😀🙏 I'm Gauri watching from kathmandu 👍👍👍
Hello I am from Mulhouse In Alsace I know the area. Don’t miss “ferme auberge Uff Rain” a restaurant in the mountains with breathtaking view, eguisheim village one of the prettiest villages in the world, and the “MUSEE de l’automobile - collection schlumpf” in Mulhouse, the world’s best car museum in the world (and I know some of them). Ah!, also, don’t miss any of the 5XX wine producer cellar in Alsace ;) have a good trip to Portugal! On the road: vallée du Doubs, côte de Beaune, beaujolais, abbaye de Cluny, monts du lyonnais, les puys d’Auvergne, le Gard ou la Lozère, Millay, Rodez, Albi, la Dordogne, la Navarre, le Pays Basque….after this will be Spain … an other world…
😊 Wow, thanks for the great tips! We will have to check that out the next time we go that way! All the best, E&M
Boa viagem, Portugal is waiting for the wonder couple!
Thanks and who knows... we would love to explore Portugal!
Great video that was a amazing camp site
Prachtige tocht, wat een goed idee: in het najaar naar het zuiden. Covid houdt jullie niet meer tegen en dat is maar goed ook. Dank voor de inspiratie!
Dank je! Heerlijk vooruitzicht. We zijn bofkonten 😉 Ga je goed 👍🏼
Apropó Maudi techs, years ago I closely knew a photographer with four Leicas in his vest, making stunning aesthetic pics, who had no clue about the thechnical side of the camera, nor even bothered about and is not the only one. So I guess this leaves us with the question how good Maudi is as a. bikepacking rider. I am sure highly experienced.
We try and do our best and learn along the way. That's the only way to get experienced ;)
How come flats always come at the worst time, and why is it always the rear? I don't do presta valves any more, they are too finnicky to pressurize, I bet that's why Maudi had a hard time pumping... Schwalbe tubes with the stainless steel Schraeders are my fav now, they hold air amazingly, they are a bit thicker, less wierd seams, and the valves won't develop pin holes or cracks on their sides . They even smell like REAL rubber. Of course USA shops never carry them, so I have to get them from the UK. Chain Reaction Cycles had the best deal. Totally worth the two bucks more if you haven't tried them yet. Ditto on the "ups and downs". I do need to get another two day tour in before it gets really cold . Another stupendous video , Allez!.
L.O.V.E. TY.
M gonna play ur tick song in the background as I work. I'm a doctor. lol kidding!
Sounds like you liked the song 😊 great to hear!
Some epic filming, thanks for the effort...but no more ticks..we are traumatised.
Good injoy life
Thanks Shaukat :)
i just found out, that i ride nearly every day a short part (200m) of the EDT. Maybe someday i should do the Rest of the trail...
Thx for sharing your journey in such beautiful clips.
Hi from Singapore!
Loved the mosel river route. never did check for ticks- worst place i found them was in bamboo area in japan big ticks crawling inside of my tarpaulin. wasn't until later that i realise they carry a kind of ensephalitis - so be warned ppl insects can make you sick! my mate got dengue fever from a mosquito while sleeping rough in cambodia. i always think about it in Asia but not so much in Europe..
It sure enough can be real serious! Don’t let it steal the fun though. Take care and happy trails!!
Greatings
جميل جداً
Bahahahaa... love the tick check rap 🤣👌
"Girolles", pronounce it "Jirol" is a mushroom you can find in many places in the Vosges forest. Many of us like to pick them up !
That would be a great skill to have! All the Best, E&M
Can you pleases do a video on how you remove ticks and what to look for. Thank You
That would be a good video to make Greg! We have it noted as an idea 💡
Thank you so much for sharing your adventures, what a job you do out there guys 👍🥰 Have watched all your videos now and I am very impressed.
I really love your hearts, an incredible amount of love that fits there ❤ Have you ever wondered if you are twin souls? I have read that there is usually a difference of about 10 years between each other .
Really looking forward to following you on your new adventure 🚴♀️🚴♂️
Good luck and enjoy your life 🎶☕🍺
Love and light to you from Sweden 🙏❤🥰
Thank you so much for your kind words Leffe (is that like the tasty Belgium beer?) We never thought about being twin souls :) Who knows... Wishing you all the best, E&M
@@WheelstoWander Leffe always tastes good 😂
A very nice place 👍😊
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France has a renaissance in Architecture
Nice episode !!! It' s good to see some fun like the tick tune. Sometimes the.videos get a bit too serious and even melancolic. Have fun and enjoy. Wish you all the best, and stay tick free ;-)
Thanks Jeff! Great to hear you like the humor 😊 It’s fun to do and represents a side that is a bit more difficult to capture. More to come!!
I was not expecting musical compositions.
Hope you like it??
@@WheelstoWander Eric was very good
Hi .. greetings from Malaysia.
Nice Bikepacking channel shout out
Loved the video, you both are great people. Too many things to see in this beautiful country though, you should give us a roughly route and then we'd be able to help =) see you
It’s not unusual to see big industrial complexes in France and Germany along major rivers, canals and railroads. It’s because these waterways and rails provide a means of transportation for inputs and finished products. Along the way, the rivers are also very picturesque when they are not occupied by factories.
It’s great down at the Pyreenees .but France is a big country.
Yo guys how is life it sure looks great, it always is if the sun shine is saying hello, maudi the thing your looking for is a converter, for your bike valve well it let's you screw it on after you have released the little round bit on your existing valve, then you can blow them up with a conventional car type I find them gooderer for sure , but I don't leave them on I would expect a good bike shop to have them ,thanks for a great video..
Well let's see some of the place then???
Tell us what you wanted to see?
For tick problems you need this powder "Snake brand prickly heat" they will fly away from you
Good ohy
Thanks!
Snakebites happen if tire-pressure is too low.
hello beautiful brothers, we are waiting for a little longer videos, take it easy
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