Don't spend to much money on better/professional video and editing stuff. Keep your video's the way they are - low profile but fun to watch with all the good, bad and ugly. You perfectly showed what bikepacking is - maybe not for everybody but definitely for me - it's about the journey not the destination or speed. Any advice on do's-and-don'ts on these kind of trips (I'm planning a TransPyrenees for next year). Looking forward to your next trip.
Absolutely, I prefer to watch gritty, realistic footage too. Atmospheric videos, except for Johan's, aren't for me. I've just subbed to your channel, strangely I thought I already had as I've watched many of your videos. I wonder if you have set the permissions that enable others to see your subscriptions, as this allows people to see you have subbed to them? It may increase your subs👍
That mention of Brian Abelson looks like being really helpful. I’ve been getting pain in my left forearm recently but his ulnar nerve exercises seem to really help. So thanks Ange! I’m currently putting a shorter chainwheel on my bike to help me get up hills. A bit of a faff to get the chain line correct. Shimano 1x11 chainset stuff isn’t as well designed as SRAM, in my opinion, but I couldn’t get SRAM when I built it. I’ve got my driving licence back now & looking for an electric car, so maybe I’ll come and visit you. But I’ll still keep using my bus pass - really useful.
Oh Dave that arm pain is horrid, I hope it does help you, for me, after a few times it seems to fix it. Good news on your licence, be great to see you, we should arrange something. And you'll be able to drive places to ride, oooooh the possibilities now😁 Rather you than me changing the gears, I hope it's an improvement. I've no idea what goes with what🤪 🤭😘
I've just started watching your channel as the bikepacking.com website brought me here. I intend riding the TransNevada trail in Andalusia and maybe some hiking as well in a about 3 weeks time for about 2 1/2 weeks and so your insights are very helpful. I shall be taking my bike too and also with EJ. Snap! Your honesty and openness are refreshing. If you hadn't mentioned you don't use fancy technology or software to edit your videos I would never have known. They look very good to me. As you say it is content that is most important which is true. In any case a GoPro 5 is a pretty nice camera even if yours keeps turning itself off ;@) Hope you are making good progress with your recovery and are back to full fitness and riding again.
Hi Alex thanks so much for watching my videos! I think, providing the snow isn't lower down, you've chosen a good weather window to do the TransNevada. It'll be colder than when I was there in May so I hope you're equipped for the cold! I haven't done the TransNevada but it looks like a fab route. I love the Sierra Nevada, I hope you have plenty of time to explore?
@@NoSecondSeason Gareth? Riding in Southern Spain the last couple of weeks would have been fab as there has been one massive high pressure over Spain, North Africa and the Mediterranean meaning dry warm days and clear cool nights for star gazing. The weather systems are now changing, the high pressure system is now diffusing, but I am still hoping the weather will remain warm and winds extremely light. I am taking a warm sleeping bag as I intend wild camping in the mountains probably quite high and will have to take more warm clothing than would be needed in summer. It is likely that many hostels, hotels and restaurants could well be closed this early in the season, so will really be on my own, but the flip side is hopefully I'll have the place to myself. If there is too much snow, I might have to adopt plan B which would mean a road based tour which would still be pretty nice given it's low season and hopefully little traffic, but a pain riding a MTB with nobbly tyres rather than a road bike. I don't know whether to get a Spanish SIM card or not given you had so much trouble trying to get one. I speak very little next to no Spanish, which doesn't help so communication is going to be hard, although I do speak French and some Italian ........ Did you use Google maps through out or some other mapping? Thanks so much for making your videos. In the few I have seen so far, you have given lots of helpful information and tips. Keep up what you are doing, it's great.
@@alexmorgan3435 When they sky is clear, the Sierra Nevada night sky is just beautiful, my fingers are crossed that you get clear skies. I hope the high pressure returns for you, it wouldn't be pleasant in the rain! It would certainly be worth checking which hotels & hostels are open if they are a maybe for you, although as a winter sports area I think they should be open🤞. Just hearing you talk of the SN makes me want to be there, it's a magical place and it steals your heart! I found the surfaced mountain roads to be good for riding on, and I agree with you, the Spanish drivers are careful with cyclists. I don't know what it would be like with snow on them though. Are you from Europe? If you are you don't really need a Spanish SIM, I just find them easier when making calls. What I did find was, I should have just bought any Vodafone card, then topped it up on the App, where I could choose a plan, rather than look for a good plan in the shops. You live and learn! I did use Google maps all the time, but I didn't realise until my last day of my ride that if you open My Maps directly in it's own app, and have previously downloaded the offline maps of the region you are in, in Google Maps, that you could still see your downloaded GPX of the route. In Google Maps, even if you have downloaded the offline maps, it wouldn't show the Route when signal was lost, just the map. I only lost signal now and again, which was a pain. The SN was very good for signal though. A bike shop I stopped in suggested I use Orux maps, I downloaded it, and it helped me a little when Google wasn't working, but I needed more time to understand how it worked, so tended not to use it much. Next time I tour I will make sure I am better equipped when it comes to navigation! Thanks again for your kind comments.👍
So glad your fall didn't put you off bikepacking. Have you any plans for next year ? I'm planning to do the Altravesur next year so would be interested in any advice for the trip. I fully understand what you mean about finding a place to camp in the evening. I'm getting a lot better now, I normally wild camp and have noticed that really good spots pop up when you least expect then. So have started to relax a lot about it. The hardest places have been when the farming is really industrial as every square inch of land is used and nowhere to hide. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks Tony! Yes, I absolutely agree about the lack of wildcamps where the land is being intensively farmed, and also sometimes fenced off for no apparent reason! I don't like to stealth camp so I'm at little more limited, but often there would be the most perfect wildcamp spot at 3pm, far too early😂 I'm not sure about next year yet, but I am quite revved up about finishing the Altravesur!! How do you tend to ride, like bang on through or cruise about?
No Second Season I’m not sure really. I think a bit of both, sometimes I like to push on and make decent mileage each day, and sometimes I like to really appreciate where I am. I definitely need to explore more, the past two trips I was constrained by time and had to cover lots of miles but next year I will try to explore off the route a bit too.
@@tonyhussey3610 Yes, time available is a factor! I wish I had the energy to explore more than I did. Will you document your trip anywhere, I'd be interested to see?
Blender, that's not the easiest software to learn, but sure is powerful, and it's free, but I use Davinci Resolve, and Kdenlive to export final product. I've not used Blender in years, but maybe I should look into it. I did not learn enough to use it for what I do, but might try later.
@@NoSecondSeason I ent learned color correction in blender, maybe there is a good vid on it now, not found one, but I do all color correction in DaVinci Resolve, but a flaw of DaVinci Resolve is i can't export usable file, I have to export huge QuickTime cineform, cus I do 60fps 1080 vid upscaled to 2.7k to avoid RUclips ruining footage. Can't use mp4 cus it does not work with 60fps, but with kden live I export to mp4, no problem. But the whole process takes alot of time double the time than if it all was done in one software.
@@mtbboy1993 oh man you're way beyond my abilities 😂. I've only got a cheap notepad with I3 processor so I won't look at daVinci. I only just realised you are MTB Boy on Instagram 🤭 I watched your jump video last night, it was good🤘
@@NoSecondSeason I got Intel I7 devils canyon, and graphics card , In davinci Resolve I use both, got a Nvidia GTX 980, few years old now, but still powerful.
No Second Season..Hello my friend, nice video, Thanks for sharing
Don't spend to much money on better/professional video and editing stuff. Keep your video's the way they are - low profile but fun to watch with all the good, bad and ugly. You perfectly showed what bikepacking is - maybe not for everybody but definitely for me - it's about the journey not the destination or speed. Any advice on do's-and-don'ts on these kind of trips (I'm planning a TransPyrenees for next year). Looking forward to your next trip.
Absolutely, I prefer to watch gritty, realistic footage too. Atmospheric videos, except for Johan's, aren't for me.
I've just subbed to your channel, strangely I thought I already had as I've watched many of your videos. I wonder if you have set the permissions that enable others to see your subscriptions, as this allows people to see you have subbed to them? It may increase your subs👍
Sorry to hear about your injury. Hang in there and you will be back at it in no time. 👍
Cheers, I hope so👍
That mention of Brian Abelson looks like being really helpful. I’ve been getting pain in my left forearm recently but his ulnar nerve exercises seem to really help. So thanks Ange!
I’m currently putting a shorter chainwheel on my bike to help me get up hills. A bit of a faff to get the chain line correct. Shimano 1x11 chainset stuff isn’t as well designed as SRAM, in my opinion, but I couldn’t get SRAM when I built it.
I’ve got my driving licence back now & looking for an electric car, so maybe I’ll come and visit you. But I’ll still keep using my bus pass - really useful.
Oh Dave that arm pain is horrid, I hope it does help you, for me, after a few times it seems to fix it.
Good news on your licence, be great to see you, we should arrange something. And you'll be able to drive places to ride, oooooh the possibilities now😁
Rather you than me changing the gears, I hope it's an improvement. I've no idea what goes with what🤪 🤭😘
I've just started watching your channel as the bikepacking.com website brought me here. I intend riding the TransNevada trail in Andalusia and maybe some hiking as well in a about 3 weeks time for about 2 1/2 weeks and so your insights are very helpful. I shall be taking my bike too and also with EJ. Snap! Your honesty and openness are refreshing. If you hadn't mentioned you don't use fancy technology or software to edit your videos I would never have known. They look very good to me. As you say it is content that is most important which is true. In any case a GoPro 5 is a pretty nice camera even if yours keeps turning itself off ;@) Hope you are making good progress with your recovery and are back to full fitness and riding again.
Hi Alex thanks so much for watching my videos!
I think, providing the snow isn't lower down, you've chosen a good weather window to do the TransNevada. It'll be colder than when I was there in May so I hope you're equipped for the cold!
I haven't done the TransNevada but it looks like a fab route. I love the Sierra Nevada, I hope you have plenty of time to explore?
@@NoSecondSeason Gareth? Riding in Southern Spain the last couple of weeks would have been fab as there has been one massive high pressure over Spain, North Africa and the Mediterranean meaning dry warm days and clear cool nights for star gazing. The weather systems are now changing, the high pressure system is now diffusing, but I am still hoping the weather will remain warm and winds extremely light. I am taking a warm sleeping bag as I intend wild camping in the mountains probably quite high and will have to take more warm clothing than would be needed in summer. It is likely that many hostels, hotels and restaurants could well be closed this early in the season, so will really be on my own, but the flip side is hopefully I'll have the place to myself. If there is too much snow, I might have to adopt plan B which would mean a road based tour which would still be pretty nice given it's low season and hopefully little traffic, but a pain riding a MTB with nobbly tyres rather than a road bike.
I don't know whether to get a Spanish SIM card or not given you had so much trouble trying to get one. I speak very little next to no Spanish, which doesn't help so communication is going to be hard, although I do speak French and some Italian ........
Did you use Google maps through out or some other mapping?
Thanks so much for making your videos. In the few I have seen so far, you have given lots of helpful information and tips. Keep up what you are doing, it's great.
@@alexmorgan3435 When they sky is clear, the Sierra Nevada night sky is just beautiful, my fingers are crossed that you get clear skies. I hope the high pressure returns for you, it wouldn't be pleasant in the rain!
It would certainly be worth checking which hotels & hostels are open if they are a maybe for you, although as a winter sports area I think they should be open🤞. Just hearing you talk of the SN makes me want to be there, it's a magical place and it steals your heart!
I found the surfaced mountain roads to be good for riding on, and I agree with you, the Spanish drivers are careful with cyclists. I don't know what it would be like with snow on them though.
Are you from Europe? If you are you don't really need a Spanish SIM, I just find them easier when making calls. What I did find was, I should have just bought any Vodafone card, then topped it up on the App, where I could choose a plan, rather than look for a good plan in the shops. You live and learn!
I did use Google maps all the time, but I didn't realise until my last day of my ride that if you open My Maps directly in it's own app, and have previously downloaded the offline maps of the region you are in, in Google Maps, that you could still see your downloaded GPX of the route. In Google Maps, even if you have downloaded the offline maps, it wouldn't show the Route when signal was lost, just the map. I only lost signal now and again, which was a pain. The SN was very good for signal though. A bike shop I stopped in suggested I use Orux maps, I downloaded it, and it helped me a little when Google wasn't working, but I needed more time to understand how it worked, so tended not to use it much. Next time I tour I will make sure I am better equipped when it comes to navigation!
Thanks again for your kind comments.👍
Your videos are good now don't pouch yourself to hard! But really! There awesome!... But new gear is always nice Hahha! Keep it up! 😉🤙
Aww thanks for saying that! Yes, new gear is nice but I'm not a gadget collector so am reluctant to expand my equipment collection. Cheers 🤘
So glad your fall didn't put you off bikepacking. Have you any plans for next year ? I'm planning to do the Altravesur next year so would be interested in any advice for the trip. I fully understand what you mean about finding a place to camp in the evening. I'm getting a lot better now, I normally wild camp and have noticed that really good spots pop up when you least expect then. So have started to relax a lot about it. The hardest places have been when the farming is really industrial as every square inch of land is used and nowhere to hide. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks Tony! Yes, I absolutely agree about the lack of wildcamps where the land is being intensively farmed, and also sometimes fenced off for no apparent reason! I don't like to stealth camp so I'm at little more limited, but often there would be the most perfect wildcamp spot at 3pm, far too early😂 I'm not sure about next year yet, but I am quite revved up about finishing the Altravesur!! How do you tend to ride, like bang on through or cruise about?
No Second Season I’m not sure really. I think a bit of both, sometimes I like to push on and make decent mileage each day, and sometimes I like to really appreciate where I am. I definitely need to explore more, the past two trips I was constrained by time and had to cover lots of miles but next year I will try to explore off the route a bit too.
@@tonyhussey3610 Yes, time available is a factor! I wish I had the energy to explore more than I did. Will you document your trip anywhere, I'd be interested to see?
shoulder lock I remember that OUCH
Yes, it's a errrm.... pain in the arse😂
Blender, that's not the easiest software to learn, but sure is powerful, and it's free, but I use Davinci Resolve, and Kdenlive to export final product. I've not used Blender in years, but maybe I should look into it.
I did not learn enough to use it for what I do, but might try later.
Thanks, I'm gonna check out the ones you mention to see if they're lighter on the processor 👍
@@NoSecondSeason I got powerful 🖥 so, for me most software will do well, but I read DaVinci don't do well on low end pc. But not tried myself.
@@NoSecondSeason I ent learned color correction in blender, maybe there is a good vid on it now, not found one, but I do all color correction in DaVinci Resolve, but a flaw of DaVinci Resolve is i can't export usable file, I have to export huge QuickTime cineform, cus I do 60fps 1080 vid upscaled to 2.7k to avoid RUclips ruining footage. Can't use mp4 cus it does not work with 60fps, but with kden live I export to mp4, no problem. But the whole process takes alot of time double the time than if it all was done in one software.
@@mtbboy1993 oh man you're way beyond my abilities 😂. I've only got a cheap notepad with I3 processor so I won't look at daVinci.
I only just realised you are MTB Boy on Instagram 🤭 I watched your jump video last night, it was good🤘
@@NoSecondSeason I got Intel I7 devils canyon, and graphics card , In davinci Resolve I use both, got a Nvidia GTX 980, few years old now, but still powerful.