That's not a bicycle. It's a moped. It does not qualify as a bicycle under probably ANY state law and definitely not under California law. He's taking it places set aside for bicycles. He is why people hate ebike riders.
@@tarstarkusz It's good you brought that up. I wondered why he was getting all those dirty looks from that huge mob of bicycle riders who were being really inconvenienced. I think more people (i.e. drivers) hate bicycle riders than hate ebike riders. People who live in glass houses... ya know.
I am 62Year-old stroke victim stuck riding a comfortable chair You're vid lifted me from my lazyboy and sent my soul soaring It was great 28:23 flight Thanks buddy
2/2024.........Gramps here! 70 year old man,.......totally enjoying your video! "You got it made in shade", bro. I wish I was young again. ....In my 20s in the 1970s my college town had seldom used railroad tracks running through the town and out in the sticks, miles in every direction. I wanted to invent a simple track runner back then, I was studying sculpture, and had access to junk yards, and tons of tools at my school. It never happened. I made found object sculptures, and unique one of kind furniture. Some of the things I made incorporated cool junk from the junkyard. Great video! It was thrilling seeing you tool along on your electric bike, I love the inventiveness of your track runner, with that out-rigger wheel. Bravo!
@Davett53 70 y/o here too...This looks like such a wonderful adventure...and so well presented. After seeing this, I know if I were (much) younger, I'd be doing it too!
@@rwh777 Yeah,...in my college town, they had tons of tracks many no longer in service. It would have been easy to build something, to run on them. A manual powered pedal bike. A battery powered motor attached to a seat. That was in the early 1970s. Since then the rail companies have pulled up most of tracks, and my college turned the pathways, into walking trails. Planting trees, seeding the soil with wild flowers and grasses.
I love this y'all folks bring the wisdom and knowledge to our generation. Y'all had the best working ethics and skills ever growing up.. respect to growing up without technology because that's what made the times so good and innocent
@@davetupling2678 Sounds like fun. Yeah I'm 70 and now suffering with legs that don't work any more, and spine problems. I don't live near any abandoned RR tracks, these days. The ones that were near my college in the 1970s, have been dug up, and removed. That is a current shame,...old rail lines are being removed, and I guess recycled. The paths that the tracks had been laid out on, have been converted into walking paths.
What a time to be alive: Back in the day those shots would have required a $1M+ CAMERA SETUP with a million dollar CREW aboard a well trained HELICOPTER PILOT (after filing for permits)... and you still wouldn't get 4K quality and color management without proper lighting and film selection. What a time to be alive. Glad this young man is taking full advantage and generously sharing with us. Instant sub.
He has a five dollar mic that blasts wind in our ears at a much louder rate than it is in actuality. So annoying. Even little kid RUclips channels have figured that one out. You just put a chunk of foam around the mic.
@@whiskeymonk4085yeah this dude def just bought his RUclips setup off Amazon for $75. all his budget went into the $6,000 bike. And his camera quality is ass. The bitrate is horrendous and zero depth cus he's using stationary cams for motion capture. Cool video but this dude rides his bike like a douchebag and it's quit amateur quality. And the way he narrates like he thinks he's an anime protagonist is cringe
That one person could film and produce such a fantastic video is an incredible testament to both the creator and the advances in technology that enable such an effort. Just, Wow!!!
🇺🇸 It goes way to fast! When your young you think you have time to do the things you always wanted to do later on but then before you can realize it time has slipped away from you and your life has changed before you can do those things that you always wanted to accomplish! Wife then the Family comes first! Before you realize that that time you put off doing those things you didn’t have time to do are just distant memories of the past that you didn’t take the time to enjoy! Was hurt while serving in the US Navy in 1991. That changed my life forever! The injuries and the things I was forced to do also changed my body in a lot of negative ways… As I sit here typing this the pain in my body reminds me of the things I have to move to accomplish right now… things that when I was younger I would already have done by now. Now I have to take the extra pain meds just to be able to walk to the bathroom and back to my bed… As my mom warned me before I left to go to my boot camp as well as when I was talking seriously about joining the Navy… “Beware what you wish for because sometimes your dreams become your never ending nightmares!” Do not put off the things you want to do now! Because tomorrow may very well be to way to late for you to be able to do those very things you always wanted to accomplish yesterday! Words of advice from a man who put certain things off to long only to realize… he should had done these things he wanted to accomplish while he had the chance! Because now they are now distant dreams of the days gone by… Beware what you wish for because when these goals are achieved they always come with consequences! List to your dreams! Most importantly listen to your instincts and your inter voice!
Easily the most impressive amateur video footage I've ever seen. The talent you have for putting the bike together, co-ordinating the drone footage, planning, editing, incredible one person effort. Wow! 👍
As a train driver and mountain biker I was captivated start to finish. Amazing footage and production. So well done! Who knew Santa Cruz MTB's used to be a gum factory!
Stunning videography. And what a cool concept- run on tracks, then fold up and ride on a nearby beach or trail. Clearly this took some serous planning, prep and hard work to execute 👍👏🏻
This is just so cool it's ridiculous. I've always believed that the bicycle is one of Man's greatest achievements, and now you've managed to take it to an even higher level of engineering genius. Right On!!!
Yeah? Please locate home-built rail cart ride from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk east along disused tracks into Watsonville. Why not do it yourself one way or another. 4 miles of which as found in the RUclips video is extra delicious
As a mechanical engineer and a cyclist, this was very cool and super impressive. I keep thinking of different designs, specifically to shift weight to the outboard wheel (for a more comfortable ride so you don't have to lean to the left) but what you have is more versatile than any of my ideas. Best I could come up with is a basket over the outboard wheel to at least take the backpack off. Either way, happy rails.
I moved from Pleasure Point to rural Germany 7 years ago. Thanks for letting me visit the place again. The city of Santa Cruz subsidized my first E-bike (using a lead acid battery) around 2000 or 2001. Now cruising the forests, fields, and river shorlines on e-bikes is our favorite outdoor activity. I hope you're enjoying how people from all over the world are admiring your adventure!
This 71 yr old recluse in Hawaii is mega-impressed. Every aspect of your journey was impressive, including the tech work on the bike, and preparedness for whatever unfolded (pun intended). I resided in Nevada County, northern California for 15 yrs (until 1998), and would often go out on NID (Nevada Irrigation Dept) trails on a 1-speed beach cruiser bike made in Taiwan. It's a lovely way to experience the countryside. I never saw others on the trails.
Hear your Hawaiian pain and would offer comfort. But. my own empty trails are now subject to hungry bear visits . Their winter hibernation requires a lot of body fat. When you do see their feces always look for buttons and zippers.
Growing up in Santa Cruz in the 1960s I remember the trains rolling through town. As surfing kids, many of the trestles we walked on to get to Bear Can Beach, La Selva Beach, and a huge rope swing at the Rio Del Mar trestle! Walked the cat walks on these trestles when a trail would thunder overhead....we thought it was so cool. Watched the begonia festival in the late 1960s from the Capitola trestle......this video brought back all those memories. As kids we put coins on the rails before a train would roll through and marvel at the flattened coins. Smoked my first joint at the road overcrossing at Summers Drive in Aptos......love your bike! You should ride the route from Marina to Monterey but TAMC may own that line now and they can be sticklers to deal with.....awesome video...thanks.
Yup, after 1960 my parents purchased property beside the San Lorenzo River, North of Felton. One assisted nuclear weapon usage overseas and another made a fortune from the Golden Age of California Real Estate. Me? In later years I climbed atop a half-sunk foreign warship that was still radioactive.
@@cebruthius Correct, he uses video cameras, but, he's telling a story which fits into the category of cinematography (cinematography is a generally accepted term for story telling which has been an accepted term for story telling even after video cameras were introduced as another medium for telling stories.) I learned this when I went to film school where I also learned videography. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I would never have known unless you told me. (I was a member of the Southwestern Film Consortium for four years while I also studied film and television production at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where we [students] also shot productions on video cameras as well.) I have also worked in the film and television industries for more than 39 years, so I suppose I know something about the nomenclature involved in both industries. The first functioning video camera was invented by John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer and inventor. Baird demonstrated his invention, known as the "televisor," in the early 1920s. However, it's important to note that Baird's televisor used mechanical scanning rather than electronic methods. The first video camera to transmit a video picture through the air or electric cable was developed by Philo Farnsworth, an American inventor. Farnsworth's invention, known as the Image Dissector, used electronic scanning rather than mechanical methods. In 1927, Farnsworth successfully transmitted the first image using his electronic television system. It's worth mentioning that there were other inventors and engineers who made significant contributions to the development of television and video camera technology, such as Vladimir Zworykin and Charles Francis Jenkins. However, Farnsworth is generally credited with creating the first fully electronic video camera and transmission system. While there is overlap between videography and cinematography, the term "cinematography" generally implies a higher level of artistic and technical expertise, with a focus on narrative storytelling and visual aesthetics for the big screen. Videography, on the other hand, tends to be more practical and functional, aimed at capturing events or creating content for various platforms. The term "cinematography" in the last couple of decades through the use and cross-over of digital video into the cinema for story telling has allowed professionals who work in both mediums to tell their stories on the big screen as there is considered to be very little difference between the two forms of technology. So you will hear professionals in the entertainment industry use the term "cinematography" loosely when talking about the business of story telling, whether on the big screen or on a flat screen. Almost all "movie" theaters now and have been using digital projectors for quite some time and only a number of "art house" movie theaters still use film projectors. Even the word "movie" comes from the term "moving picture" which all forms of on-screen entertainment are doing. They're moving. At least, our perception within our brains says they are. It's important to note that the boundaries between these two fields can be fluid, and individuals may use the terms interchangeably depending on context and industry norms.
Your talent as a rider, engineer, editor, and videoographer are simply outstanding. I was thoroughly entertained and now a subscriber to your channel. Thank you for such worthwhile content!
Wow, really impressive. This has the vibe of a Warren Miller ski film. Your narration style and incredible scenic shots? You nailed this. Thanks for sharing.
Cool to see this. I remember guys building rigs to do the same 50 years ago. I was a kid and totally excited about the idea. Only issue was the rail companies didn't want anybody on the abandoned tracks due to liability. Too bad, the whole idea was to utilize the abandoned rail lines for bike transport - no traffic, grades were easy. Just be safe out there! Great filming, by the way.
I could employ the remainder of my life taking out organic obstructions for public usage of railways. But, why take away the joy of that task from avid railway interests ? Let me gift it to such readers.
What an awesome adventure and ingenious engineering. The Lost Boys scenes interspersed with shots of the boardwalk and bridge were an especially great touch. Very nice work. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.
I thought at least one of those movie scenes was from Magnum Force, which was one of the Dirty Harry sequels... You can tell because he's holding a .44 Automag. Terrible gun, always malfunctioned, but it looked super cool.
He knew it was impressive, because it's technically two different points in the video he's showing the same clip - One a zoomed close-up shot. That's some confidence, right there.
I'm wondering how the back wheel was kept on the track and didn't fish tail. Front wheel was most definitely locked from any wiggle but surprised this mechanism worked for the big and small back wheels to stay on.
You need to send this video to DJI. Being an amateur droner since the original Mavic Air, this is some of the best amateur drone usage and footage I have ever seen on RUclips. Very nicely done.
This is the first time I have ever heard of a drone with follow mode and avoidance features. Wow!! That's cool! I wondered how the drone kept you in its frame when you weren't even touching the controls. And found they're not that expensive, either.
I was literally in Santa Cruz hiking down the abandoned tracks telling my friend "oh I wonder what kind of rigs people have made to ride down these". That was a week ago and RUclips just recommended this to me 🙏
I love your film, plus your passion for engineering really shines through. I cannot believe anyone hasn’t thought of reopening this track as a heritage steam route…? Would be amazing with those views!
You must have some serious battery power, what with the bike and all the drone shots. Would you consider doing a behind the scenes type of video showing how you put this all together?
I'd love to see that too! I have a 2600w Splach Scooter (Calif company!) that pulls like your bike, but with all your weight and attachments you must have huge wattage on your bike to wheelie up hills!
Yeah this is exactly why I picked up my phone. Was watching this on my TV and thought “how cool!” and then thought “where and how are you recharging everything???”
Congratulations on an amazing build. I would purchase the plans as I am sure many others would as well. I have been wanting to do rails to trails- long day rides and this would be the perfect set-up!
I really enjoyed every bit of this. The cinematography was amazing, and I can't imagine how much time and tedium it added, but like you said, it was likely to turn a 6hr ride into 12hrs. Your bike, and the set-up you've designed and built, are frickin' amazing. 10/10
Truly amazing. It's better produced than a lot of cable or streaming TV series. I only wish he'd shot it a little later once CA started having winter rains...this area can be very green.
Epic video buddy, you absolutely nailed this 100%. You've inspired me to go out and do something similar, even if its just bike camping down the coast. Awesome scenery, fantastic videography, really well narrated, and edited. Unique, wholesome, addictive, with just a hint of rebellion. You have a hit on your hands. Thank you for your creative content and unique perspevtive. I have to know though what kind of E bike do you ride? Cheers from Western Australia.
Wow, what a fantastic video ❤. This is what I call a packed multivitamin video that is made for my soul. It has techy innovative stuff, bike stuff, rail stuff, nature & coastal scenery, adventure and history! Can it get any better? yes, it is all mixed in a California Dreaming salad bowl😊 Thank you for creating this. I bet many years from now other adventurers would want to retrace your steps in their own time.
Brilliant engineering, cinematography, editing, history lesson and adventure! If we had any sort of infrastructure being addressed, i would love to see bike rail tracks just for bikes along scenic routes and between towns. Especially with electric bikes getting so much better! I think a lot more people would opt for the bike ride. Stay safe out there! 💖🙏🕊
Nice rig and a good video. From my own rail riding experience, Ive found that putting my day pack and any other gear, or even a rock, at the end of the outrigger greatly improves stability and that means you're counterbalancing less with your body. You get to sit more upright on the bike. Some trick engineering there. Very nice.
I went out on a day of fishing with 4 fishermen in Sri Lanka. It was a catemerran. The main body was a Mango log about 22" in dia and 24' long. There were about 50 identical craft out on the water, near shore. They were aiming for shrimp, and threw all the juvenile fish (all dead) back in the water. There were no mature fish, because the region was so overfished.
Appreciate the amount of work and time that went into all these shots, camera angles and editing. The history and the stunning scenery just add up to a real documentary. You really should travel with the lightest rail bike you can make and document abandoned railways around the world: it would be a winner. Just go easy on your choice of "music": better still have none. Thanks again for this video.
I agree, NO 'music' would be best!! I'd also llike to know more details about the bike. Would he consider building such bikes for sale to others? Costs?
Another "I loved the music" reply. You are a skilled video editor and cinematographer. I didn't think I would watch the whole video but it was so compelling I just kept going to the end.
The wires between the rail segments aren't "grounding wires". They are "bond wires". Low voltage electricity travels through the rails for signalling purposes so that is why they must be bonded together with wire to keep the current flowing uninterrupted. When a train is in a "block" that is controlled by block signals, the electricity travels through the steel axles of the rolling stock or engines to the other rail completing a circuit and causing the signal to display a red or stop indication. Once the train leaves the block the signal automatically returns to either yellow (approach) or to green (clear). Great video, BTW! I own a Gazelle peddle-assist electric bike but would love to have one like yours complete with hi-rail rig.
I would love it (and I am sure others would as well), if you could post or do a video of all the parts and pieces and assembly of the bike, especially the components that allows it to ride ont the rails. I'm not saying I wouldn't do this to my ebike, but I am also not saying I would!
Born and Raised in Cambria. Every bit of this ride felt nostalgic to me. As well as being a fellow EV enthusiast (on an infant level CTY) Absolutely incredible man. There is a very pure element to your videography. Almost like the narration from “The Sandlot” felt for me when I was a kid. Thanks for this and keep it up!!!
This is incredible at so many levels. Smart dude with resources and time to go way too deep into too many hobbies. I have so many questions after watching. Thanks for posting.
A hundred years ago, Southern Pacific RR had a train which ran from San Francisco to the Santa Cruz beach. Thats the rails you rode on near the beach. The train was called the suntan special & ran on weekends. In 1943 California had a major ass kicking storm and a tunnel in the Santa Cruz mountains the RR went thru collapsed. SP felt it would cost too much to repair so they never did. They sold the line from the tunnel to the beach to the Roaring Camp Historical RR in Felton who run excursions along the south end of the line today. !
Wilder is some of my Fave riding in CA. It was really epic seeing it from a different perspective! Props to the Lost Boys nod:) Funny when the drone started to follow the rails after the tree canopy scene…like it knows the mission. ❤
So true true, I have no idea why it did that. Instead of following me, it pointed down the tracks in the direction I was going to go, like it knew where I was headed next.
@@kev7777777777 Hi ! Maybe you have separate video about this E-bike ? Interesting design, i would like to learn more about its process of building. Greetings from Ukraine !
I grew up in Pescadero and have wanted to ride these abandoned rails for years. Awesome video. Amazing footage and you captured the beauty of the CA central coast. Hats off to you. Cool bike and custom rail guides as well.
I'm not exactly familiar with what California's "Central Coast " is...could someone who knows post the starting point and the finish line . I'm surprised the author didn't include it himself .
This has it all, intersting engineering, a nice old railroad and breathtaking footage of the landscape around it, all greatly put together. After seeing this, I really hope I get to see some of those places in person.
Awesome bike and absolutely breathtaking scenery. Your footage is amazing, I hope you'll do much more adventure in the future and you'll share it with us.
I've watched several of these videos with guys riding the tracks but this was the first one with an ebike. You did a great job of recording your events and narrating it, much better than others.
As an automation engineer, I travel the world engineering some of the most complicated factory builds you can imagine. In the next life, I HAVE, to start engineering things that are more fun. I LOVE THIS! GREAT JOB!
that intro was siiiiiick, whole video is epic.... it is almost like a short movie, I bet if you remade it with a story of some kind,, it would be huge, something like, a day in the life of a DIY apocalypse survivor :) and the bike is super cool !!! and the locations! the sights are spectacular indeed, also love the various track bridges!
it's funny that you mention it but, watching this, I was reminded of Kim Stanley Robinson's "Three Californias" SF trilogy which features traveling on abandoned coastal railways in a post-world war III world.
I can't think of any new compliments to add to these comments. As an 83 yr old rail bike rider, this fulfills all the fantasies I have dreamed of over the years. I recently adapted my own rail bike setup to my ebike, now I need to find a partner go with me.
This is the type of cool stuff RUclips is made for ! I don’t bike and not into trains really but what a dope video ! Thank you for all the work and info… really great. Made my day !
That was great and well worth the watch right through, Thanks for taking the time to do it. I love the mods to your bike and would love some more info all about the bike and the modifications
so much to marvel at man! your filmography and editing is spot on, the bike looks amazing and so does the adventure. must admit it gives me some hope for the future to see this awesome tech all put to good use!
The design of this bike, from frame to rail mount is... well, ingenious. I once designed and built a track bike for a woman racer, built a wooden jig, ordered my Columbus tubbing and lugs and brazed it up. The woman in question road it for 6 years and loved it before she had to retire it after a crash that snapped the bottom bracket. That was years ago, I don't have the tooling required to do it now but if i did, I would be riding the tracks myself at 65 years old. Camping along side of the tracks, sleeping under the stars and exploring the countryside, wow, count me in. Kudos to you sir, very impressive!
Im discovering your channel with this video, i'm quite blown away by the quality of your movie, choice of music, angles, narration, the bike and the idea ! Well done sir, i'm going to watch the rest of your content :)
I am glad that those tracks were not removed. Having lived in the Bay Area for 38 years I have seen several miles of where you rode. I have enjoyed every second of your video. Keep on traveling and thank you for sharing your trip.
Very cool, I recognize many of the places from road bike rides and hiking trails. The Roaring Camp railroad still stops on the short section in front of the Boardwalk and I've seen some maintenance carts on the tracks in more recent years so I guess it isn't 100% abandoned.
This was AWESOME. As someone born and raised in Santa Cruz, but had to leave the state a couple years ago I loved seeing all the local scenery. Your build for the rail bike is awesome as well. It's not a niche I thought I'd ever find myself in, but homemade rail vehicles are so interesting. Yours is definitely the coolest I've seen so far.
I am well familiar with this railroad sub. Walked it from Watsonville to End of Track a few times for track renewal projects. That section south from Santa Cruz to Watsonville is real nice also with the trees growing over the tracks. Also know of quite a few ‘abandoned” routes throughout the Union Pacific system. From mountains to deserts. Some long some short. If interested in some other spots let me know
Using the drone as a mounted camera is a next level big brain move. I've used mine as a handheld steadicam before but you have now enlightened me of it's full potential.
I am just blown away as to your adventure for us all to see on RUclips. This has to be way better than going on vacation with all the headaches that are associated with a journey. I hope you can make more great videos for us all to see. The filming was BANG ON for sure. The bike you made is just like I would of made being a machinist tool die maker. Drop a line fealla, and don't be shy either. Peace vf
This video is amazing man … brilliant design also ! I’m also a machinist and can appreciate all the hard work you put into making this equipment. Great work bro
that shop is so cool and very usable today if there is water flow . . so cool and ingenious for the era . . . I really like that stuff too, all of it . . the ranch, the shop, farm, trails and tracks, riding, the works . . id convert that old shop to a woodshop as well, make some nice guitars . . . acoustic and electric .. Wilder guitars!
Looks awesome! Would be nice to see a vid about the bike build and the battery pack too. Also what about the frame, did you buy it? Looks perfectly adapted for the battery box.
Nice rig👍, did a little of this back in old days when I was a kid, the technology you’re using is amazing, it’s right out of a 1980 sci-fi movie and now it’s real, excellent work🥇
@@devrak798 In runaway with Tom Selleck, ruclips.net/video/zCZY9Z6WvSY/видео.htmlsi=LcfN9_vyarEsI71Z In this movie they had flying video Camera drone. I think there’s others movies but can’t think of another right now. I totally Laughed about that Missal bullet because I didn’t think they could build a mechanical gyroscope that’s small, until a few years later when I heard that Boeing Aerospace company was using a fully optical gyroscope with no moving parts in one of its new aircraft. If you watch old movies like that one you can kinda get an idea of the challenges that humanity overcome for the technology we perceive as normal today.
Epic video! Love the story telling. I have 2 Ebikes I built with the BBSHD. Looking to add the rail setup you made to one of them. My frames are Specialized Big Hit as the bottom braket works perfectly with with the BBSHD. You should look into a mid drive if you make another bike. They're way more efficient and the range is considerably better than a hub motor.
First let me say "Awesome" Great shooting , great edit, great audio mix, great voice over, great kit for tracks, great music!, so are you guitar player or drummer ? I love the central coast and getting lost in the "G-map roads" twisting through the grapes . I rode a motorcycle through so many sets of Dunlops on the best roads in the world in the central coast I can imagine what cool railways there are hiding up there. This video reminds me of the homespun genius that California cultivated among it's culture A dying pedigree . Now about that train rail kit for my bike...?
As a train engineer and a cyclist I've enjoyed every second of this video!
That's not a bicycle. It's a moped. It does not qualify as a bicycle under probably ANY state law and definitely not under California law. He's taking it places set aside for bicycles. He is why people hate ebike riders.
@@tarstarkusz i hope you had a great day
@@tarstarkusz It's good you brought that up. I wondered why he was getting all those dirty looks from that huge mob of bicycle riders who were being really inconvenienced. I think more people (i.e. drivers) hate bicycle riders than hate ebike riders. People who live in glass houses... ya know.
@@tarstarkusz ok ruski
@@GunRunner3those same people probably hate most car drivers also.
This is the coolest video I have ever seen thank you for documenting your journey!
Damn I thought this was a fake account until I clicked and saw it’s actually grind hard🤣 love your guy’s content
Thanks for the compliment. I have watched some of your videos, and your channel was one of my inspirations to do youtube videos.
@@kev7777777777 That is so cool to hear! What is a good way to get ahold of you? Id like to start a chat!
You can email me on my channel
You guys should make something that runs on rails.
I am 62Year-old stroke victim stuck riding a comfortable chair
You're vid lifted me from my lazyboy and sent my soul soaring
It was great 28:23 flight
Thanks buddy
Hmmmmm.... Maybe I should make a railroad attachment for your Lazyboy!
73, recently had to quit riding, I'm with you bud.
@@kev7777777777 ill subscribe if you find this man and send his lazyboy down the tacks
I thought the same. How fun would it be to build an Offroad lazyboy with rail attachments. That'd be crazy
@@kev7777777777 It’s always been LA-Z-Boy now. Mandela Effect.
2/2024.........Gramps here! 70 year old man,.......totally enjoying your video! "You got it made in shade", bro. I wish I was young again. ....In my 20s in the 1970s my college town had seldom used railroad tracks running through the town and out in the sticks, miles in every direction. I wanted to invent a simple track runner back then, I was studying sculpture, and had access to junk yards, and tons of tools at my school. It never happened. I made found object sculptures, and unique one of kind furniture. Some of the things I made incorporated cool junk from the junkyard. Great video! It was thrilling seeing you tool along on your electric bike, I love the inventiveness of your track runner, with that out-rigger wheel. Bravo!
@Davett53 70 y/o here too...This looks like such a wonderful adventure...and so well presented. After seeing this, I know if I were (much) younger, I'd be doing it too!
@@rwh777 Yeah,...in my college town, they had tons of tracks many no longer in service. It would have been easy to build something, to run on them. A manual powered pedal bike. A battery powered motor attached to a seat. That was in the early 1970s. Since then the rail companies have pulled up most of tracks, and my college turned the pathways, into walking trails. Planting trees, seeding the soil with wild flowers and grasses.
I love this y'all folks bring the wisdom and knowledge to our generation. Y'all had the best working ethics and skills ever growing up.. respect to growing up without technology because that's what made the times so good and innocent
Am 76 in western Australia, am gunna convert my old mountain bike, we've got huge amounts of unused rail out here 😂
@@davetupling2678 Sounds like fun. Yeah I'm 70 and now suffering with legs that don't work any more, and spine problems. I don't live near any abandoned RR tracks, these days. The ones that were near my college in the 1970s, have been dug up, and removed. That is a current shame,...old rail lines are being removed, and I guess recycled. The paths that the tracks had been laid out on, have been converted into walking paths.
What a time to be alive:
Back in the day those shots would have required a $1M+ CAMERA SETUP with a million dollar CREW aboard a well trained HELICOPTER PILOT (after filing for permits)... and you still wouldn't get 4K quality and color management without proper lighting and film selection.
What a time to be alive. Glad this young man is taking full advantage and generously sharing with us.
Instant sub.
Do you have a charge level indicator for that 5kw powerpak?
@@philgiglio7922all ebikes have that
Agreed, all the tech we have now including that ebike is just crazy isn't it..
He has a five dollar mic that blasts wind in our ears at a much louder rate than it is in actuality. So annoying. Even little kid RUclips channels have figured that one out. You just put a chunk of foam around the mic.
@@whiskeymonk4085yeah this dude def just bought his RUclips setup off Amazon for $75. all his budget went into the $6,000 bike. And his camera quality is ass. The bitrate is horrendous and zero depth cus he's using stationary cams for motion capture. Cool video but this dude rides his bike like a douchebag and it's quit amateur quality. And the way he narrates like he thinks he's an anime protagonist is cringe
That one person could film and produce such a fantastic video is an incredible testament to both the creator and the advances in technology that enable such an effort. Just, Wow!!!
@WiilyDerbbinphlatte What is illegal about it?
I wish I were young again. I’ll live vicariously through people like you! Thank you for sharing your adventure on the old Espee.
Goes really quick, doesn't it.
I am 59 and I thought the exact same thing
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It goes way to fast! When your young you think you have time to do the things you always wanted to do later on but then before you can realize it time has slipped away from you and your life has changed before you can do those things that you always wanted to accomplish! Wife then the Family comes first! Before you realize that that time you put off doing those things you didn’t have time to do are just distant memories of the past that you didn’t take the time to enjoy!
Was hurt while serving in the US Navy in 1991. That changed my life forever! The injuries and the things I was forced to do also changed my body in a lot of negative ways… As I sit here typing this the pain in my body reminds me of the things I have to move to accomplish right now… things that when I was younger I would already have done by now. Now I have to take the extra pain meds just to be able to walk to the bathroom and back to my bed…
As my mom warned me before I left to go to my boot camp as well as when I was talking seriously about joining the Navy…
“Beware what you wish for because sometimes your dreams become your never ending nightmares!”
Do not put off the things you want to do now! Because tomorrow may very well be to way to late for you to be able to do those very things you always wanted to accomplish yesterday!
Words of advice from a man who put certain things off to long only to realize… he should had done these things he wanted to accomplish while he had the chance! Because now they are now distant dreams of the days gone by…
Beware what you wish for because when these goals are achieved they always come with consequences! List to your dreams! Most importantly listen to your instincts and your inter voice!
Just how old are you? I'm 72 and I have no problem doing what this guys doing and more! 👏🏽 👍🏼☺
@@alpharomeo15 do and make a video so we can see?
Wonderful video,
with your courage and "adventure-ism" you have show us great geography of CA.
Easily the most impressive amateur video footage I've ever seen. The talent you have for putting the bike together, co-ordinating the drone footage, planning, editing, incredible one person effort. Wow! 👍
As a train driver and mountain biker I was captivated start to finish. Amazing footage and production. So well done! Who knew Santa Cruz MTB's used to be a gum factory!
Yes, when I was a kid, my parents would stop by there and us kids would run into the front lobby and get free packs of gum.
It's actually more than SCMTB as it has USGS and about 120 other businesses in it now.
operator you mean ?
@@dizzythakidd7350 I thought it was Engineer !!!
I did some work in the lipton soup factory in the day
Stunning videography. And what a cool concept- run on tracks, then fold up and ride on a nearby beach or trail. Clearly this took some serous planning, prep and hard work to execute 👍👏🏻
This is just so cool it's ridiculous. I've always believed that the bicycle is one of Man's greatest achievements, and now you've managed to take it to an even higher level of engineering genius. Right On!!!
Yeah? Please locate home-built rail cart ride from the Santa Cruz Boardwalk
east along disused tracks into Watsonville. Why not do it yourself one way
or another. 4 miles of which as found in the RUclips video is extra delicious
@@jcee2259 Because I'm about 2000 miles from California!
As a mechanical engineer and a cyclist, this was very cool and super impressive. I keep thinking of different designs, specifically to shift weight to the outboard wheel (for a more comfortable ride so you don't have to lean to the left) but what you have is more versatile than any of my ideas. Best I could come up with is a basket over the outboard wheel to at least take the backpack off.
Either way, happy rails.
A choo choo bike!!
Yeah like a sidecar backpack frame or something
I moved from Pleasure Point to rural Germany 7 years ago. Thanks for letting me visit the place again. The city of Santa Cruz subsidized my first E-bike (using a lead acid battery) around 2000 or 2001. Now cruising the forests, fields, and river shorlines on e-bikes is our favorite outdoor activity. I hope you're enjoying how people from all over the world are admiring your adventure!
Now it's your turn to document rides through rural Germany ...
That’s far away from home.
Wow! What a cool way to adapt your e-bike for use on rails. Gives you access to areas few people get to see. What a great adventure!
This 71 yr old recluse in Hawaii is mega-impressed. Every aspect of your journey was impressive, including the tech work on the bike, and preparedness for whatever unfolded (pun intended). I resided in Nevada County, northern California for 15 yrs (until 1998), and would often go out on NID (Nevada Irrigation Dept) trails on a 1-speed beach cruiser bike made in Taiwan. It's a lovely way to experience the countryside. I never saw others on the trails.
especially the part where hes trespassing- very impressive
@@tommurphy4307Do you think you can get a bust?
Hear your Hawaiian pain and would offer comfort. But.
my own empty trails are now subject to hungry bear visits .
Their winter hibernation requires a lot of body fat. When
you do see their feces always look for buttons and zippers.
Growing up in Santa Cruz in the 1960s I remember the trains rolling through town. As surfing kids, many of the trestles we walked on to get to Bear Can Beach, La Selva Beach, and a huge rope swing at the Rio Del Mar trestle! Walked the cat walks on these trestles when a trail would thunder overhead....we thought it was so cool. Watched the begonia festival in the late 1960s from the Capitola trestle......this video brought back all those memories. As kids we put coins on the rails before a train would roll through and marvel at the flattened coins. Smoked my first joint at the road overcrossing at Summers Drive in Aptos......love your bike! You should ride the route from Marina to Monterey but TAMC may own that line now and they can be sticklers to deal with.....awesome video...thanks.
I'm pretty sure the tracks at Davenport have been unused for over 12 years. Am I wrong?
Yup, after 1960 my parents purchased property beside the San Lorenzo River,
North of Felton. One assisted nuclear weapon usage overseas and another
made a fortune from the Golden Age of California Real Estate. Me? In later
years I climbed atop a half-sunk foreign warship that was still radioactive.
This was one of the better-produced (cinematography, editing, and soundtrack) Rail Bike videos that I've watched here on RUclips. Well done!
videography*
@@cebruthius Correct, he uses video cameras, but, he's telling a story which fits into the category of cinematography (cinematography is a generally accepted term for story telling which has been an accepted term for story telling even after video cameras were introduced as another medium for telling stories.) I learned this when I went to film school where I also learned videography. Thank you for pointing that out to me. I would never have known unless you told me. (I was a member of the Southwestern Film Consortium for four years while I also studied film and television production at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where we [students] also shot productions on video cameras as well.) I have also worked in the film and television industries for more than 39 years, so I suppose I know something about the nomenclature involved in both industries.
The first functioning video camera was invented by John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer and inventor. Baird demonstrated his invention, known as the "televisor," in the early 1920s. However, it's important to note that Baird's televisor used mechanical scanning rather than electronic methods.
The first video camera to transmit a video picture through the air or electric cable was developed by Philo Farnsworth, an American inventor. Farnsworth's invention, known as the Image Dissector, used electronic scanning rather than mechanical methods. In 1927, Farnsworth successfully transmitted the first image using his electronic television system.
It's worth mentioning that there were other inventors and engineers who made significant contributions to the development of television and video camera technology, such as Vladimir Zworykin and Charles Francis Jenkins. However, Farnsworth is generally credited with creating the first fully electronic video camera and transmission system.
While there is overlap between videography and cinematography, the term "cinematography" generally implies a higher level of artistic and technical expertise, with a focus on narrative storytelling and visual aesthetics for the big screen. Videography, on the other hand, tends to be more practical and functional, aimed at capturing events or creating content for various platforms. The term "cinematography" in the last couple of decades through the use and cross-over of digital video into the cinema for story telling has allowed professionals who work in both mediums to tell their stories on the big screen as there is considered to be very little difference between the two forms of technology. So you will hear professionals in the entertainment industry use the term "cinematography" loosely when talking about the business of story telling, whether on the big screen or on a flat screen. Almost all "movie" theaters now and have been using digital projectors for quite some time and only a number of "art house" movie theaters still use film projectors. Even the word "movie" comes from the term "moving picture" which all forms of on-screen entertainment are doing. They're moving. At least, our perception within our brains says they are.
It's important to note that the boundaries between these two fields can be fluid, and individuals may use the terms interchangeably depending on context and industry norms.
@@lowerastral1963 "Hello ChatGPT, can I get an essay from the perspective of film school alumnus?"
@@cebruthiusand it's only gotten worse since the time you left this 🙄
Your talent as a rider, engineer, editor, and videoographer are simply outstanding. I was thoroughly entertained and now a subscriber to your channel. Thank you for such worthwhile content!
soundtrack and even your announcing/expositional voice were both excellent as well.
@@yuckyool The voice in this video is almost certainly AI-generated, to be clear.
Why do you say that?@@taylora9814
@@taylora9814 I also think it is though this one is close to perfect and didn't disturb at all. I think we are almost out of the uncanny valley.
@@StephanBuchin😂😂👍👍🇨🇦
old meets new, technology allowed you a path of a bygone era. It is almost poetic. Congrats on your adventures and achievements that got you there.
Wow, really impressive. This has the vibe of a Warren Miller ski film. Your narration style and incredible scenic shots? You nailed this. Thanks for sharing.
Is the narration not computer generated? 19:58 is a typical mistake you see in these kinds of voice generative models.
@@artispeedy definitely sounds AI generated to me too
@@artispeedy It is
@@artispeedy The drone is a DJ, spinning dub all night long...
Can't get over this horrible AI narration, so dramatic and self-serious. Have to watch this on mute unfortunately.
would love to know more about the e-bike, the range is insane. i would love a bike like that.
Same. Anyone know the make/model?
I'm interested as well
Bump, would also like to know about the bike. That thing looks tough!
@@bolland83 Bump,Bump,
I used to ride a Stealth Electric Bomber, which is a similar rear hub motor as his bike. They still make them.
Cool to see this. I remember guys building rigs to do the same 50 years ago. I was a kid and totally excited about the idea. Only issue was the rail companies didn't want anybody on the abandoned tracks due to liability. Too bad, the whole idea was to utilize the abandoned rail lines for bike transport - no traffic, grades were easy. Just be safe out there! Great filming, by the way.
Yeah this video is pretty much all illegal... Very cool stuff but a bit ignorant/arrogant to post
@@beargillium2369Yeah someone should report this video to the authorities and get this channel banned
I could employ the remainder of my life taking out organic obstructions for public usage of railways.
But, why take away the joy of that task from avid railway interests ? Let me gift it to such readers.
This is definitely one of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips. What an absolute joy to watch. Thank you so much for sharing. Happy travels!
Your production values on this video are phenomenal, great editing.
What an awesome adventure and ingenious engineering. The Lost Boys scenes interspersed with shots of the boardwalk and bridge were an especially great touch. Very nice work. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.
"You don't have to beat me, Michael. You just have to try and keep up".
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I thought at least one of those movie scenes was from Magnum Force, which was one of the Dirty Harry sequels... You can tell because he's holding a .44 Automag. Terrible gun, always malfunctioned, but it looked super cool.
i own all the automags the.30 carbine is my fave automag III @@mdemers767
The guide wheel you built for the front works so well. That one clip of you going across that sandy street was really impressive.
He knew it was impressive, because it's technically two different points in the video he's showing the same clip - One a zoomed close-up shot. That's some confidence, right there.
I'm wondering how the back wheel was kept on the track and didn't fish tail. Front wheel was most definitely locked from any wiggle but surprised this mechanism worked for the big and small back wheels to stay on.
one of the. most underrated youtubers in my opinion his videos are absolutely worth every second of watching
You need to send this video to DJI. Being an amateur droner since the original Mavic Air, this is some of the best amateur drone usage and footage I have ever seen on RUclips. Very nicely done.
Very nicely d(r)one.
This is the first time I have ever heard of a drone with follow mode and avoidance features. Wow!! That's cool! I wondered how the drone kept you in its frame when you weren't even touching the controls. And found they're not that expensive, either.
I was literally in Santa Cruz hiking down the abandoned tracks telling my friend "oh I wonder what kind of rigs people have made to ride down these". That was a week ago and RUclips just recommended this to me 🙏
Google knew your every move and heard you from your location then the algorithm set up 😅
I love your film, plus your passion for engineering really shines through. I cannot believe anyone hasn’t thought of reopening this track as a heritage steam route…? Would be amazing with those views!
That's what I was thinking, you have the population too.
You must have some serious battery power, what with the bike and all the drone shots. Would you consider doing a behind the scenes type of video showing how you put this all together?
I'd love to see that too! I have a 2600w Splach Scooter (Calif company!) that pulls like your bike, but with all your weight and attachments you must have huge wattage on your bike to wheelie up hills!
Yeah this is exactly why I picked up my phone. Was watching this on my TV and thought “how cool!” and then thought “where and how are you recharging everything???”
5kWh, it's mentioned in the video.
I'm totally on board with this idea
A guy called Andy Kirby does all this and shows how to put the e-bike power up etc ,messes with a lot off the new tech ,
Congratulations on an amazing build. I would purchase the plans as I am sure many others would as well. I have been wanting to do rails to trails- long day rides and this would be the perfect set-up!
I really enjoyed every bit of this. The cinematography was amazing, and I can't imagine how much time and tedium it added, but like you said, it was likely to turn a 6hr ride into 12hrs. Your bike, and the set-up you've designed and built, are frickin' amazing. 10/10
Agreed! The entire video,I was just amazed that this came from only ONE PERSON!!! Incredible!
Truly amazing. It's better produced than a lot of cable or streaming TV series. I only wish he'd shot it a little later once CA started having winter rains...this area can be very green.
Omg! 😮 look at all that equipment that is so well preserved!! Shocking
Epic video buddy, you absolutely nailed this 100%. You've inspired me to go out and do something similar, even if its just bike camping down the coast. Awesome scenery, fantastic videography, really well narrated, and edited. Unique, wholesome, addictive, with just a hint of rebellion. You have a hit on your hands. Thank you for your creative content and unique perspevtive. I have to know though what kind of E bike do you ride? Cheers from Western Australia.
Yeah this bike looks and sounds awesome did you buy it or build it yourself?
Following to see what bike cause it’s what we’ve all been wanting
Looks like a diy project I've never seen any bike like that
I’m from East coast Australia and also very keen on info pls
@@JoshuaCampfens
I think he built this bike himself, he hasn't replied, so that's what I'm picking.
This trip you made looks like so much fun. I'm an avid bicycle rider, watching this made me jealous. Have a great life.👍🚴🏽♀️
This has to be my favorite video I’ve ever seen on RUclips.
Wow, what a fantastic video ❤. This is what I call a packed multivitamin video that is made for my soul. It has techy innovative stuff, bike stuff, rail stuff, nature & coastal scenery, adventure and history! Can it get any better? yes, it is all mixed in a California Dreaming salad bowl😊 Thank you for creating this. I bet many years from now other adventurers would want to retrace your steps in their own time.
Brilliant engineering, cinematography, editing, history lesson and adventure! If we had any sort of infrastructure being addressed, i would love to see bike rail tracks just for bikes along scenic routes and between towns. Especially with electric bikes getting so much better! I think a lot more people would opt for the bike ride. Stay safe out there! 💖🙏🕊
Nice rig and a good video. From my own rail riding experience, Ive found that putting my day pack and any other gear, or even a rock, at the end of the outrigger greatly improves stability and that means you're counterbalancing less with your body. You get to sit more upright on the bike. Some trick engineering there. Very nice.
I went out on a day of fishing with 4 fishermen in Sri Lanka. It was a catemerran. The main body was a Mango log about 22" in dia and 24' long. There were about 50 identical craft out on the water, near shore. They were aiming for shrimp, and threw all the juvenile fish (all dead) back in the water. There were no mature fish, because the region was so overfished.
@@brahmburgersand that's why there is fishing laws
Appreciate the amount of work and time that went into all these shots, camera angles and editing. The history and the stunning scenery just add up to a real documentary.
You really should travel with the lightest rail bike you can make and document abandoned railways around the world: it would be a winner. Just go easy on your choice of "music": better still have none. Thanks again for this video.
I agree, NO 'music' would be best!! I'd also llike to know more details about the bike. Would he consider building such bikes for sale to others? Costs?
Don't listen to the whiners about the music you can't please everybody I thought the music was apropos! 👏🏽 👍🏼☺
Not sure why they don’t want music. I thought the music enhanced the experience. Job well done.
@@d.jasonmcneese2730 Some videos music is best left off, especially if there's trains running. But this video the music fit right in!
Another "I loved the music" reply. You are a skilled video editor and cinematographer. I didn't think I would watch the whole video but it was so compelling I just kept going to the end.
The wires between the rail segments aren't "grounding wires". They are "bond wires". Low voltage electricity travels through the rails for signalling purposes so that is why they must be bonded together with wire to keep the current flowing uninterrupted. When a train is in a "block" that is controlled by block signals, the electricity travels through the steel axles of the rolling stock or engines to the other rail completing a circuit and causing the signal to display a red or stop indication. Once the train leaves the block the signal automatically returns to either yellow (approach) or to green (clear). Great video, BTW! I own a Gazelle peddle-assist electric bike but would love to have one like yours complete with hi-rail rig.
I would love it (and I am sure others would as well), if you could post or do a video of all the parts and pieces and assembly of the bike, especially the components that allows it to ride ont the rails. I'm not saying I wouldn't do this to my ebike, but I am also not saying I would!
Born and Raised in Cambria. Every bit of this ride felt nostalgic to me. As well as being a fellow EV enthusiast (on an infant level CTY)
Absolutely incredible man. There is a very pure element to your videography. Almost like the narration from “The Sandlot” felt for me when I was a kid.
Thanks for this and keep it up!!!
From your first class production, I hope somebody starts a tourist railroad on this line. Tracks are in great condition. Thanks for all your work!
If there were no cameras and you told this to your grandchildren they wouldn't believe it. What a sensational video.
This is so much better than watching 28 minutes of trash on TV. Very interesting and cool. Thanks!
Easily about the best independent video production I've ever watched in twenty years. Keep it up!
This is incredible at so many levels. Smart dude with resources and time to go way too deep into too many hobbies. I have so many questions after watching. Thanks for posting.
A hundred years ago, Southern Pacific RR had a train which ran from San Francisco to
the Santa Cruz beach. Thats the rails you rode on near the beach. The train was called
the suntan special & ran on weekends. In 1943 California had a major ass kicking storm
and a tunnel in the Santa Cruz mountains the RR went thru collapsed. SP felt it would
cost too much to repair so they never did. They sold the line from the tunnel to the beach
to the Roaring Camp Historical RR in Felton who run excursions along the south end of the
line today.
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Wilder is some of my Fave riding in CA. It was really epic seeing it from a different perspective! Props to the Lost Boys nod:) Funny when the drone started to follow the rails after the tree canopy scene…like it knows the mission. ❤
So true true, I have no idea why it did that. Instead of following me, it pointed down the tracks in the direction I was going to go, like it knew where I was headed next.
@@kev7777777777 What drone did you use?
@@whereverimayroam74 DJI Mini 3 pro
@@kev7777777777 Hi ! Maybe you have separate video about this E-bike ? Interesting design, i would like to learn more about its process of building. Greetings from Ukraine !
I grew up in Pescadero and have wanted to ride these abandoned rails for years. Awesome video. Amazing footage and you captured the beauty of the CA central coast. Hats off to you. Cool bike and custom rail guides as well.
I'm not exactly familiar with what California's "Central Coast " is...could someone who knows post the starting point and the finish line . I'm surprised the author didn't include it himself .
This has it all, intersting engineering, a nice old railroad and breathtaking footage of the landscape around it, all greatly put together. After seeing this, I really hope I get to see some of those places in person.
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.
Holy cinematography batman! 👌
Awesome bike and absolutely breathtaking scenery. Your footage is amazing, I hope you'll do much more adventure in the future and you'll share it with us.
Great Video!!!
I've watched several of these videos with guys riding the tracks but this was the first one with an ebike. You did a great job of recording your events and narrating it, much better than others.
As an automation engineer, I travel the world engineering some of the most complicated factory builds you can imagine. In the next life, I HAVE, to start engineering things that are more fun. I LOVE THIS! GREAT JOB!
That e-bike is sick!
Amazing combination of adventure, technology and documentary filming. Well done!
that intro was siiiiiick, whole video is epic.... it is almost like a short movie, I bet if you remade it with a story of some kind,, it would be huge, something like, a day in the life of a DIY apocalypse survivor :)
and the bike is super cool !!!
and the locations! the sights are spectacular indeed, also love the various track bridges!
it's funny that you mention it but, watching this, I was reminded of Kim Stanley Robinson's "Three Californias" SF trilogy which features traveling on abandoned coastal railways in a post-world war III world.
I can't think of any new compliments to add to these comments. As an 83 yr old rail bike rider, this fulfills all the fantasies I have dreamed of over the years. I recently adapted my own rail bike setup to my ebike, now I need to find a partner go with me.
Absolutely awesome ! Love the scenery and the California history. Thanks for all that work. I think the music and video clips are outstanding.
This is the type of cool stuff RUclips is made for ! I don’t bike and not into trains really but what a dope video ! Thank you for all the work and info… really great. Made my day !
I love three stuffs- ocean, bike and railway!👍👍👍 And I watched ALL👍👍
Thank you, my friend!👍👍
Total railroad fanatic here. What an amazing experience for the cyclist and us armchair viewers! Thank you for sharing sir!
I didn’t want this to end it was so well put together .
That was great and well worth the watch right through, Thanks for taking the time to do it.
I love the mods to your bike and would love some more info all about the bike and the modifications
so much to marvel at man! your filmography and editing is spot on, the bike looks amazing and so does the adventure. must admit it gives me some hope for the future to see this awesome tech all put to good use!
The design of this bike, from frame to rail mount is... well, ingenious. I once designed and built a track bike for a woman racer, built a wooden jig, ordered my Columbus tubbing and lugs and brazed it up. The woman in question road it for 6 years and loved it before she had to retire it after a crash that snapped the bottom bracket. That was years ago, I don't have the tooling required to do it now but if i did, I would be riding the tracks myself at 65 years old. Camping along side of the tracks, sleeping under the stars and exploring the countryside, wow, count me in. Kudos to you sir, very impressive!
Thanks for the ride down memory lane dude, that was my stomping grounds. Killer saddle time
You just gave me my first item for a bucket list i never knew i had till seeing this,thank you.
Im discovering your channel with this video, i'm quite blown away by the quality of your movie, choice of music, angles, narration, the bike and the idea ! Well done sir, i'm going to watch the rest of your content :)
Same here !!! 👍✊
I am glad that those tracks were not removed. Having lived in the Bay Area for 38 years I have seen several miles of where you rode. I have enjoyed every second of your video. Keep on traveling and thank you for sharing your trip.
As an electric bicycle, that is the neatest bike I have ever seen. Your adaptation for rails makes it awesome!
do you know what bike this is?
@@MarkusDBurner Looks like a custom build to me. An amazingly professional custom build.
This is narrated like it should be on the discovery channel. Awesome video!
Very cool, I recognize many of the places from road bike rides and hiking trails. The Roaring Camp railroad still stops on the short section in front of the Boardwalk and I've seen some maintenance carts on the tracks in more recent years so I guess it isn't 100% abandoned.
This was AWESOME. As someone born and raised in Santa Cruz, but had to leave the state a couple years ago I loved seeing all the local scenery. Your build for the rail bike is awesome as well. It's not a niche I thought I'd ever find myself in, but homemade rail vehicles are so interesting. Yours is definitely the coolest I've seen so far.
Beautiful shots. I love California's Central Coast region. Awesome video.
I am well familiar with this railroad sub. Walked it from Watsonville to End of Track a few times for track renewal projects. That section south from Santa Cruz to Watsonville is real nice also with the trees growing over the tracks. Also know of quite a few ‘abandoned” routes throughout the Union Pacific system. From mountains to deserts. Some long some short. If interested in some other spots let me know
What an amazing and ingenious adventure. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Using the drone as a mounted camera is a next level big brain move. I've used mine as a handheld steadicam before but you have now enlightened me of it's full potential.
Wow! What a fascinating escape! Brilliantly filmed, edited and scored. Nearly 2 million views now and well-deserved. (subscribed)
I am just blown away as to your adventure for us all to see on RUclips. This has to be way better than going on vacation with all the headaches that are associated with a journey. I hope you can make more great videos for us all to see. The filming was BANG ON for sure. The bike you made is just like I would of made being a machinist tool die maker. Drop a line fealla, and don't be shy either. Peace vf
The visuals are on point. Crazy what's possible with a decent drone and an eye for filming and editing.
A •very good• eye I must say 👍😊
What a fantastic use for your little drone, I’m sure it’s happy to be living its best life, working just as it was designed to ❤❤
This video is amazing man … brilliant design also !
I’m also a machinist and can appreciate all the hard work you put into making this equipment.
Great work bro
Great editing , great engineering , great riding ! Thank you !
the AI voice is deeply unsettling but cool video nonetheless
that shop is so cool and very usable today if there is water flow . . so cool and ingenious for the era . . . I really like that stuff too, all of it . . the ranch, the shop, farm, trails and tracks, riding, the works . . id convert that old shop to a woodshop as well, make some nice guitars . . . acoustic and electric .. Wilder guitars!
Looks awesome! Would be nice to see a vid about the bike build and the battery pack too. Also what about the frame, did you buy it? Looks perfectly adapted for the battery box.
looks like he made the frame...definitely custom for his use case, but I would love more info too, also about the hub motor / wheel
Of course he bought it. It's titanium frame. And battery. Those 2 easily 5k usd to buy
I’m interested in the bike too. I love long rides and my curent E-bike can’t go 120 miles without multiple charges or battery swaps.
@@eXTreemator he built it
It's very cool idea to have a trip using abandoned rails, - good and smooth road and wild views. Perfect! Greeting from Ukraine.
Nice rig👍, did a little of this back in old days when I was a kid, the technology you’re using is amazing, it’s right out of a 1980 sci-fi movie and now it’s real, excellent work🥇
What Sci-Fi movie do you remember this from?
@@devrak798
In runaway with Tom Selleck, ruclips.net/video/zCZY9Z6WvSY/видео.htmlsi=LcfN9_vyarEsI71Z
In this movie they had flying video Camera drone. I think there’s others movies but can’t think of another right now. I totally Laughed about that Missal bullet because I didn’t think they could build a mechanical gyroscope that’s small, until a few years later when I heard that Boeing Aerospace company was using a fully optical gyroscope with no moving parts in one of its new aircraft. If you watch old movies like that one you can kinda get an idea of the challenges that humanity overcome for the technology we perceive as normal today.
Wow! I'm impressed! Great videography! This is something that should be shown publicly on the National Geographics TV channel!
Epic video! Love the story telling. I have 2 Ebikes I built with the BBSHD. Looking to add the rail setup you made to one of them. My frames are Specialized Big Hit as the bottom braket works perfectly with with the BBSHD. You should look into a mid drive if you make another bike. They're way more efficient and the range is considerably better than a hub motor.
First let me say "Awesome" Great shooting , great edit, great audio mix, great voice over, great kit for tracks, great music!, so are you guitar player or drummer ? I love the central coast and getting lost in the "G-map roads" twisting through the grapes . I rode a motorcycle through so many sets of Dunlops on the best roads in the world in the central coast I can imagine what cool railways there are hiding up there. This video reminds me of the homespun genius that California cultivated among it's culture A dying pedigree . Now about that train rail kit for my bike...?
This guy sounds like he's narrating a true crime documentary lmao
My trail name TOM(the old man),At 74 still love biking,Extraordinary video,well planned and unbelievable mechanical design,THANKS!!!!