Brian, I enjoy watching your cycling adventures. You inspired me to ride OTET twice and also C&O and GAP which I’m planning on riding again this fall. I’ve already done the Empire State Trail from Buffalo to Manhattan a few times and have ridden a good chunk of the Katy Trail also. I find your videos interesting and very informative. Sometimes I listen to your videos while riding. I have stayed at places you suggested and avoided ones you didn’t like. This week two of my buddies and I are riding a Loop of Lake Erie starting in Fort Erie Ontario heading counterclockwise. A Lake Huron loop is something I have had my eye on for a while. Thanks for sharing this video as once again it will provide me with inspiration and lots of information. Looks like this was your longest adventure. Wishing you many more miles of smiles and safe travels. Thanks for doing what you do.
Thank you, and that's great! I'm doing Lake Erie in the middle of September. I did it last year, but my memory card failed, so I wasn't able to make a video. I think your going to enjoy it - I did. Thanks again for the kind words!
Fantastic video and a well planned & exectuted trip as always Brian! You really hit it out of the park on this adventure! Hope your son caught some fish along the way too! I look forward to reviewing this one again! Do you think this was your best cycling adventure to date?
Thank you! It seems like just about every new trip is my best to date, and that does hold true for this one. I am making it a goal to circle all of the Great lakes over the next couple years. Thanks again!
Just watched the video it was awesome thank you , How many actual miles was is ? You seemed to come to a few road/ trail closures ? Wife & I are doing this next year 2025 or year after if we do Lake Ontario instead in 2025
@@briansadventures we did Lake Erie in 2023 , we were shocked at lack of gas stations & bathrooms & places to eat on the Canada side especially once we got out of like Wheatley till Port Colborne Carried a lot of water & food , but we use a shuttle driver & our Rv so we didn’t go hungry
How do the aero bars feel? I'm considering adding them to rest my hands on long flats, but they also mean I can't use a big front bag. edit: answered around 17:00
They are nice - different hand positions, pressure off the wrists, and a bit helpful in a headwind. But as I mentioned in the video, I just don't feel like I used them enough. I could still get into my front bag, but it was more difficult with them installed. Also, I found many times I was choosing not to use them simply because it did bring me into a more downward looking view.
Very cool trip, Brian. I've been putting together a Lake Huron circle route over the last few weeks that I might try and do in 2025, and our routes are very similar. I had to laugh when you camped at Wagener County Park as I grew up about 4 miles straight west of there on a farm. Mom still lives there so when I get downstate to visit, we always go to WIlliams Inn on Friday night for the fish fry. Keep on riding, and thanks for documenting your trips!
I bicycled the Soo-Manitoulin-Tobermory back in ‘96. It’s amazing how little the region has changed over the years! Nice video by the way. Ride safe.
Thank you. That was a great section of the ride.
〰✨🌿👍Magic 👍🌿✨〰. Thank you 〰. New Hampshire. (my first 20 years were in Toledo)... Just saying. 🙏
Brian, I enjoy watching your cycling adventures. You inspired me to ride OTET twice and also C&O and GAP which I’m planning on riding again this fall. I’ve already done the Empire State Trail from Buffalo to Manhattan a few times and have ridden a good chunk of the Katy Trail also.
I find your videos interesting and very informative. Sometimes I listen to your videos while riding. I have stayed at places you suggested and avoided ones you didn’t like.
This week two of my buddies and I are riding a Loop of Lake Erie starting in Fort Erie Ontario heading counterclockwise.
A Lake Huron loop is something I have had my eye on for a while. Thanks for sharing this video as once again it will provide me with inspiration and lots of information. Looks like this was your longest adventure.
Wishing you many more miles of smiles and safe travels.
Thanks for doing what you do.
Thank you, and that's great! I'm doing Lake Erie in the middle of September. I did it last year, but my memory card failed, so I wasn't able to make a video. I think your going to enjoy it - I did. Thanks again for the kind words!
Great video! The trail that just abruptly ended in someone's backyard gave me a chuckle. Probably not so funny for you in the moment, though
Right! That explained why the trail got more overgrown the closer I got to the yard. Thank you!
Fantastic video and a well planned & exectuted trip as always Brian! You really hit it out of the park on this adventure! Hope your son caught some fish along the way too! I look forward to reviewing this one again! Do you think this was your best cycling adventure to date?
Thank you! It seems like just about every new trip is my best to date, and that does hold true for this one. I am making it a goal to circle all of the Great lakes over the next couple years. Thanks again!
Nice video and commentary ! Thank you
Thank you too!
Just watched the video it was awesome thank you ,
How many actual miles was is ? You seemed to come to a few road/ trail closures ? Wife & I are doing this next year 2025 or year after if we do Lake Ontario instead in 2025
It came to about 995, including the ferry rides. I hope you let me know how Lake Ontario goes. I was thinking of doing it next year.
@@briansadventures looks like we’re leaning towards Lake Huron for 2025 , Ontario 2026
Lake Superior 2027
I'm hoping to do Ontario and Michigan in 2025, and then the biggie - Lake Superior in 2026. I'm leaving to do Lake Erie next week.
@@briansadventures we did Lake Erie in 2023 , we were shocked at lack of gas stations & bathrooms & places to eat on the Canada side especially once we got out of like Wheatley till Port Colborne
Carried a lot of water & food , but we use a shuttle driver & our Rv so we didn’t go hungry
@@briansadventures I’ll be looking forward to your Lake Erie video
How do the aero bars feel? I'm considering adding them to rest my hands on long flats, but they also mean I can't use a big front bag.
edit: answered around 17:00
They are nice - different hand positions, pressure off the wrists, and a bit helpful in a headwind. But as I mentioned in the video, I just don't feel like I used them enough. I could still get into my front bag, but it was more difficult with them installed. Also, I found many times I was choosing not to use them simply because it did bring me into a more downward looking view.
How did crossing into Canada and then back into the US work? Any issues with having a bike?
No issue. Just a quick check at the border, with them looking at my passport and asking a few questions
Very cool trip, Brian. I've been putting together a Lake Huron circle route over the last few weeks that I might try and do in 2025, and our routes are very similar. I had to laugh when you camped at Wagener County Park as I grew up about 4 miles straight west of there on a farm. Mom still lives there so when I get downstate to visit, we always go to WIlliams Inn on Friday night for the fish fry. Keep on riding, and thanks for documenting your trips!
Thank you. I hope do get to do the ride next year. Williams Inn was a great dinner after a day of riding. Just a nice area of the ride too.
It’s pronounced Soo Saint Marie. Not salt. 🤷♂️
Thanks. I'm sure not my only mispronounciation.