Suilven: Escape The City And Explore
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2025
- Adventurer Alastair Humphreys has form for taking Brompton bikes to remote places - we first came across him 8 years ago following his trip to Muckle Flugga in the Shetlands with a Brompton which inspired us with the possibilities the bike offered.
So when it came to testing out the new Explore Edition, we knew exactly who to pick up the phone to - did Alastair have any ideas for an adventure that could start in the city and show how you could get into the great outdoors with a Brompton for the weekend? Of course he did…
Bugging him since the first time he saw it, the summit of Suilven had been tempting him to the Scottish Highlands for a while. So with filmmaker Tem, they headed off and this film is the result.
This was absolutely beautiful, well done! Got to say though, even out there in such an isolated place, I couldn't just leave my Brompton behind without constantly worrying it'd be stolen.
Haha. Same thought to me. Beautiful landscape but worried to go home without Brompton. Lol
I laughed out loud, it's so true damn
Dear Alastair and Brompton I have returned to this video time and time again during lockdown, it’s honestly kept me sane thank you. I can’t wait to be able to cycle freely across counties and countries without having the worry!
I’ve watched this SO many times. Completely inspired me to Brompton wild camp and start a channel. Amazing, thank you 🙏🏻
Me too😂😂
Yes!! Please make more of these types of films! Love multimodal bicycle touring with the Bommies.
A masterpiece....and an inspiration...very well done!
Visually and aurally stunning. Great wee film. Just wonderful.
These videos are so well done. So beautiful , that they bring tears to my eyes . Thank-you .
Wow. The quality of this video is amazing. So beautiful and interesting. Thank you.
What a beautiful film. 👍
beautiful video
Touched my soul - deeply - to tears
Really wonderful film. So many of us aspire to do a trip just like this, unless we already have. Nice!
Fantastic film... great work!!!
The clip is so professional from the music, screen to your voice. It is really calm and intrigued clip to keep watching until the end.
We really appreciate that 🙌 So much top quality work goes into these videos, thanks for noticing!
Beautiful and inspiring! Thank you for creating it
Captivating. That is the word I would use to describe this video. Like the last commentor, I am in my late 50's and used to love doing things like this. But alas, time catches up to all of us and now our dreams are realised by You Tube and memories......
Why? I’m in my sixties and recently did LeJog on my 3 speed Brompton, also Way of the Roses and other tours of the UK. You mustn’t let age get in the way!
What a fantastic video.
Beautiful video 👌
what a beautiful and inspiring movie!
I've actually visited a Brompton dealer today, planning to purchase 2 bikes. The waiting list though is currently 1 year! 😳
Looks like an amazing trip
Buddies, beautiful scenery and Bromptons! Yes, an amazing trip indeed. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful. My kind of an adventure i wanna do one day!
Amazing !!! Give us the inspiration for nature travelling !! Thank you
So much to inspire here. We CAN still find adventure and peace. It is there for us if we dare to dream. It can also tread lightly with the right travel ethic. Beautiful story, told humbly!
I've seen images of Suilven before but your film has made me want to go there. It's amazing that you can fit a Brompton and an inflatable boat into your rucksack.
Sin duda el mejor video publicado por Brompton Bikes, realmente espectacular. Mis felicitaciones.
Nice promotion video of the boat. Great job !!
What is the make / name of the boat?
I love that poem.
Really really enjoyed that, great job from an epic trip.
Just bought a Brompton C Line. Loving it. Big fan of Al H too. #microadventure!
Amazing video, fantastico adventure. This is very inspirational. Thanks for sharing!
Great color, great bike!👏🏻
Such a well put together film and superb cinematics throughout. Makes we want to make films, and ride a brompton!
Great video! Inspiring, I enjoyed it, thank you.
Inspirational video
Amazing and inspiring
this is beautuful, thanks you for this video!
Great video l love it, HK
Beautiful!!
Amazing video!!
This is always beautiful
Subscribed because of this video.... Stunning!!!
Nice work.
What an amazing video. Loved watching it. X
An inspiring adventure on a Brompton and public transport.
Great stuff. Exhausting and relaxing at the same time
Great, excellent! Took me away from the hospital during lunchtime.
Love it. Broke back mountain on Bromptons.
Such a beautiful little video. Subbed.
After watching this ad, I tell myself I want one of this.
Wonderful ❤️
Wow. Nice escape
So beautifully shot and executed trip. But the video feels like a commercial being too short. We need the feature length film. The planning. Arguing. Gear ideas. Etc. More!! 😬
really excellent
beautiful video. and i would love to own the explorer one day
We just need a Brompton that turns into an inflatable boat 😂
Tremendo!
Awesome.
Amazing what inspiration a bike can trigger.
Beautiful Video
awesome videography!
Por eso tengo una Brompton, me encanta y a mucha gente le llama la atención
Wow, I just love those red kayaks you have where did you get those from?? I just love them
Very inspiring ❤️❤️❤️
Just incredible, very inspiring adventure, I was quite surprised when the got the blowup kayaks, and paddled away, did not see that coming, or where the kayaks there before? do they make paddles that pack away that small?
They do! Look up Packraft 👍🏻
Very cool indeed!
impresionante
greetings from Spain
Was anyone watching Brompton while you walked up mountain ?
Both of you are awesome 👏 👍🏻 👍🏻
Love it
Өте керемет видео 👍 екі жігіт жақсы достар екен 👍 өте тамаша 👍
Amazing !
Outstanding work! I love how you avoided overtalking in this piece.
Genial !
Mi avete fatto sognare. 🙏
Nice life cool live...!!
amazing, good video n good experiences. top class
Being a New Yorker, I was more worried about the bikes left behind, than with them climbing a hilly mount.
Haha
I was thinking the same lol
😂
Beautiful video and history!!!
I love the video, and the concept (and the look of this bike!) but I notice the bikes had a number of extra bike-packing bags on them (2:30), that weren't being carried off the train (1:54). Did they really pack a boat, plus paddle, plus camping gear in a back pack and 28 litre front bag?
Have a look at this for another example of packrafts plus Bromptons - ruclips.net/video/e-Xsikg1TT4/видео.html - packrafts are amazingly compact. However, you are correct that making a film like this requires extra gear (drone, tripod, lenses blah blah) so we did have a friend following us in a van to carry some stuff. My aim though was to do a trip that would have been possible using only the bags you see in the film, had we not been making a film.
@@al_humphreys Thanks for the reply, and fair enough. The video is amazing, and I've since bought a packraft and am planning my first Brompton + rafting adventure. Thanks for the inspiration. Brompton's are amazing!
@@SimonFuto this might give you a few ideas - ruclips.net/video/e-Xsikg1TT4/видео.html
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Great video, and a nice trip!
Can you please post details of the inflatable boats you used?
m.ruclips.net/video/pWQ1QOUxeyo/видео.html
Which Train / Bus do you take (Inverness-Ullapool ? or ... and then ... to start the cycling/walking...) to do this beautiful trip ? It is incredible, I try to climb Suilven more than Thrirty years ago and I can't because an insect go in my ear and I come back to Lochinver to extract it from my ear... Your film is inspire me a lot. Thanks.
Been on Suliven many times & cut out the long hike in by using my MTB.The rough track in would be no place for a Brompton so smart move with the rafts.Today i collect my first Brompton so the next time i do Suliven :)
Are you ever going to make Explore Editions again? Love to have one
Which inflatable kayak was that? That's going in my pack for my next bikepacking tour for sure!
Adventure pure!
Really enjoyed your video thanks 🎸 what model brompton are you using please, and did you upgrade it?
I enjoyed this. A good idea, a micro-adventure, available on our doorstep, without jet travel. The most “dangerous” species to worry about up in the North West Highlands of Scotland are the midges - they can drive you mad.
very nice video so beautifully shot. May I know what bag you use to carry ur cameras during cycling? I was afraid the minor vibrations will spoil the camera eventually
I love this.
masterpiece ..true explorer
Beautifully done. Can you provide any links for the inflatable boat?
Seems like a ALPACKA - Scout. Don’t know for sure.
Thanks!
Google 'Alpacka Packraft'
Anyone else feel at 1:00 they're riding too close to the edge of the carriageway? They're in a shared bus & cycle lane and there isn't enough space for a bus to pass them safely within the lane. By riding that far to the left, it could encourage someone to try. Personally, I'd position myself a good 1-1½ metres further right.
how tf did you manage to take such good scenes ?
also how much all this filming material weighs ?
where did you put the bikes during the climbing ?
extremely beautiful video, thx
I suppose they didn't climb at all, as the mountain wasn't too steep. And they had a film crew so they personally carried nothing aside from their own gear.
Wish I was there;)
Amazing
When I was a college student fifteen years ago, I took this train and slowly took it. Speed is inversely proportional to romance, sometimes we don’t need too fast high-speed rail
Love the ideas this is putting into my head. Strip away all the "stuff" you don't need and travel light, really light. Wonderful. Thank you Brompton for the pictures in my head and the plans already forming ...
Pootling along I have decided on doing the same, started selling stuff I don’t need and want to ride my Brompton to more remote locations. This is inspiring.
Who worked the drone & other cameras?
Great
It's beautiful , sublime were the concluding lines from a poem?;can anyone tell me which one? Uday Balakrishnan