What a beautiful place to ride ♥️ And yes, the two day out and backs in both directions and end each day at the car works so well for me and then leap frogging it to the next location to repeat. I like the bailout option in case it’s needed as well as the sleep in the car option if it’s pouring down rain. @TheBane1979
Haha. Loved the end. Won’t spoil it for anybody who hasn’t watched yet. You definitely lucked out with traffic. Good call going on a weekday! The drone really enhanced the video, otherwise, all you see is the tunnel of trees so to speak. I think my daughter has done some road races around the Red River Gorge back when she was racing. Here in NE TN, a lot of my favorite riding has gotten damaged from the hurricane. Even up into SWVA, the rail trails were affected. During the winter, I normally go two hours south to Greenville, SC to ride. Their road racing session actually starts in February. It’s amazing the temperature difference from a two hour drive south is. Makes the winters a little more bearable.
I cant wait for the Florida "Coast to Coast" tour. Glad you're going to be doing some winter bike packing as well. No end in "quality content" on this channel!
@@HackHunter1835 yea, I need to stay at it. I don’t want to sit around all winter and lose the progress I have. Im hoping even if it’s type 2 fun in the miserable cold, it’ll still help with the seasonal depression
@@TheBane1979 I hear ya. Once we set the clocks back, no more evening rides for me. The drive to work is dark, the ride home its dark. Hoping for a mild winter hear in Ohio
@@paulmartin2455 glad you enjoyed it! I started out my adventures hiking and backpacking myself. I still hike/backpack, but the bike stuff has taken up most of my free time lately!
@@paulmartin2455 if you haven’t yet, please subscribe! You can find a few more videos of the RRG that I’ve done, hiking and backpacking and more drone footage I believe as well
Great video with gorgeous views! The drone footage definitely kicks it up a few notches. Looking forward to your Cranberry Wilderness adventure. Thank you for sharing!
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I had forgotten how pretty that area is, I did a backpacking trip there in 1992. There was a small cave along a dry creek bed, that the entrance was about 30" several of us went into. There was a domed area with a bunch of small bats, plus water flowing through a crevice, and the water dropped into a cylindrical hole about 8' deep where the water just disappeared into the rocks in the bottom.
@@johnnydoe66 I bet that was really awesome, I’ve done some backpacking there as well, before I started biking. I may need to see if I can find this spot!
@TheBane1979 Wish I remembered exactly the location of it, but it was on a section of trail that parallels the creek bed. We were on our way out when we found it, and you could hear the water inside the cave where the water was falling into that hole.
Still watching. There are some trails off the Greenbrier River Trail just north of Marlinton that look interesting that may be fun on your mountain bike. Sent you some pictures of the trail signs.
Great footage! You probably know but the Cranberry River road up from the campground is gated for 15 or so miles. We biked down from the other end once and it was great. A lot harder going the other way. LOL
@TheBane1979 Yeah you can get around the gates easy on a bike, even loaded way out. We take trailers. You might meet a horse drawn wagon or two from outfitters but usually just the occasional fisherman on a bike. A lot of old guys stay in the campground all season I think. Lol
Technically I think you can fly a drone as long as you launch it from the other side of the river and keep it on that side as it's not in the wilderness area.
Really nice video, with lots of high-quality drone footage of the Gorge. And thanks for the shout out. Of course, I'm very familiar with the loop that you rode, but have never actually ridden it myself as I thought I'd eventually do the Red River Ralley ride that the Bluegrass Cycling Club puts on, but have never gotten around to it. So, seeing your video serves as inspiration to go do it. What was your total mileage and elevation for the ride? Are you on Strava? And where is home for you?
@@KentuckyCycling I’ll toss the Strava stuff up on here when I get home. It should have been around 27 miles (I ended up back tracking to get my drone I left in the car) Actually your gravel rides in the area is what gave me the idea lol. I just got a mtn bike and as they close those roads this year I’m gonna go bike them!
Every video just gets better and better ❤
What a beautiful place to ride ♥️ And yes, the two day out and backs in both directions and end each day at the car works so well for me and then leap frogging it to the next location to repeat. I like the bailout option in case it’s needed as well as the sleep in the car option if it’s pouring down rain. @TheBane1979
Everyone should have a MTB. Be careful, bikepacking in the wilderness is much more fun than being on roads. Another great video Bane!
@@kmccarr I’m definitely looking forward to it!
@ we have a 300 mile dirt ride planned for Dec. in FL?
@@kmccarr I’m gonna try to go do the C2C trail and if I have time maybe bike all the way down through the keys
Haha. Loved the end. Won’t spoil it for anybody who hasn’t watched yet. You definitely lucked out with traffic. Good call going on a weekday! The drone really enhanced the video, otherwise, all you see is the tunnel of trees so to speak. I think my daughter has done some road races around the Red River Gorge back when she was racing.
Here in NE TN, a lot of my favorite riding has gotten damaged from the hurricane. Even up into SWVA, the rail trails were affected.
During the winter, I normally go two hours south to Greenville, SC to ride. Their road racing session actually starts in February. It’s amazing the temperature difference from a two hour drive south is. Makes the winters a little more bearable.
@@chrislang7146 I’m glad someone stuck around long enough to see it lol
Now I want one lol
I cant wait for the Florida "Coast to Coast" tour. Glad you're going to be doing some winter bike packing as well. No end in "quality content" on this channel!
@@HackHunter1835 yea, I need to stay at it. I don’t want to sit around all winter and lose the progress I have. Im hoping even if it’s type 2 fun in the miserable cold, it’ll still help with the seasonal depression
@@TheBane1979 I hear ya. Once we set the clocks back, no more evening rides for me. The drive to work is dark, the ride home its dark. Hoping for a mild winter hear in Ohio
@@HackHunter1835 yea, I get off work at 6pm so it’s dark when I start and when I get off, I hate it lol
love the RRG, especially the backpacking, but you've given me a new way to see it. Thanks for this excellent video.
@@paulmartin2455 glad you enjoyed it! I started out my adventures hiking and backpacking myself. I still hike/backpack, but the bike stuff has taken up most of my free time lately!
@@paulmartin2455 if you haven’t yet, please subscribe! You can find a few more videos of the RRG that I’ve done, hiking and backpacking and more drone footage I believe as well
Great video Bane ✌️
@@arthurhamlin9998 thanks for watching!
Great video with gorgeous views! The drone footage definitely kicks it up a few notches. Looking forward to your Cranberry Wilderness adventure. Thank you for sharing!
@@WatershedWatchwoman thank you!
Another awesome video. Thanks for sharing with us. What is the cranberry wilderness?
Looking forward to your Florida coast to coast ride.
@@garybolender954 the cranberry wilderness is in WV, about an hour east of the new river gorge
lol good ending… definitely quality content
@@Bestrong61 I’m glad people stick around long enough to see it lol
Thanks for watching!
Hello from Brookville Pa. Just starting to get into riding so watching to get ideas.
@@dustybarrick3661 ya know, finding some one bike touring last year is exactly what got me into it!
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I had forgotten how pretty that area is, I did a backpacking trip there in 1992. There was a small cave along a dry creek bed, that the entrance was about 30" several of us went into. There was a domed area with a bunch of small bats, plus water flowing through a crevice, and the water dropped into a cylindrical hole about 8' deep where the water just disappeared into the rocks in the bottom.
@@johnnydoe66 I bet that was really awesome, I’ve done some backpacking there as well, before I started biking. I may need to see if I can find this spot!
@TheBane1979 Wish I remembered exactly the location of it, but it was on a section of trail that parallels the creek bed. We were on our way out when we found it, and you could hear the water inside the cave where the water was falling into that hole.
@ I can’t remember half the places I go lol
Great video!!! , I was there with you that day at Chimney rock, very good job
@@OverCuba oh yea, I recall! How was your trip?
@@TheBane1979 It was very good, it is very nice to return each season and see the creativity of nature
@ it’s one of my favorite places. Different every season
Still watching. There are some trails off the Greenbrier River Trail just north of Marlinton that look interesting that may be fun on your mountain bike. Sent you some pictures of the trail signs.
Great footage! You probably know but the Cranberry River road up from the campground is gated for 15 or so miles. We biked down from the other end once and it was great. A lot harder going the other way. LOL
@@WayOffTheTrail I’m assuming we can get around the gates on bike right? I know it’s closed, I assume to motor vehicles right?
@TheBane1979 Yeah you can get around the gates easy on a bike, even loaded way out. We take trailers. You might meet a horse drawn wagon or two from outfitters but usually just the occasional fisherman on a bike. A lot of old guys stay in the campground all season I think. Lol
Technically I think you can fly a drone as long as you launch it from the other side of the river and keep it on that side as it's not in the wilderness area.
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@@buzzinbill1962 lol, we get so much hate lol
Really nice video, with lots of high-quality drone footage of the Gorge. And thanks for the shout out. Of course, I'm very familiar with the loop that you rode, but have never actually ridden it myself as I thought I'd eventually do the Red River Ralley ride that the Bluegrass Cycling Club puts on, but have never gotten around to it. So, seeing your video serves as inspiration to go do it. What was your total mileage and elevation for the ride? Are you on Strava? And where is home for you?
@@KentuckyCycling I’ll toss the Strava stuff up on here when I get home. It should have been around 27 miles (I ended up back tracking to get my drone I left in the car)
Actually your gravel rides in the area is what gave me the idea lol. I just got a mtn bike and as they close those roads this year I’m gonna go bike them!
@@KentuckyCycling strava.app.link/SwQ5jwHqeOb
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