BIKEPACKING THE A1 - BRITAINS LONGEST ROAD
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2024
- The A1 is Britain's longest road at just over 400 miles combining the capital of England, London and the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh. As we have bikepacked the busiest road, the m25 and the longest motorway, I thought it was time to tackle the longest road, the A1. Bikepacking my way from London to Edinburgh self supported with wild camping along the way, let's see how this goes ....
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The gear I am currently using
Frame bag - • BIKEPACKING FRAME BAG ...
Seat post bag - • TOPEAK BACKLOADER 10L ...
Jones Handlebars - • THE JONES H-BAR - BIKE...
Gravel bike - • SONDER CAMINO UPDATE B...
plus bike MTB - • BOMBTRACK BEYOND PLUS ...
GPS device - • GARMN EDGE 830 - LIKES...
MTB shoes - • SHIMANO ME7 FIRST LOOK...
All the gear from GNT - • ALL THE GEAR FROM THE ...
Vest bag - • DECATHLON EVIDICT 10l ...
Ortleib bar roll • ORTLEIB HANDLEBAR ROLL...
Dynamo setup - • BIKEPACKING WITH A DYN...
Questions answered - • KEEP SMILING ADVENTURE...
Gb divide bike/gear- • THE GB DIVIDE - BIKE/G...
Sonder looped bar - • JONES H BAR TO SONDER ...
Tarpstar tent - • BIKEPACKING TENTS - 3F... 
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Heyyy all hope you are all having a nice weekend as always thank you very much for choosing to join me on another adventure. This one was a nice and muddy one. This week we will be heading all the way along Britain's longest road, the A1, Britain's longest road. Hope you enjoy the adventure.
See you in the next one :D
Also for those that might have missed it, there is now a keep smiling adventures' website where you can download all the GPX files to explore routes and see all the gear etc (still a work in progress) but head over to www.keepsmilingadventures.com to check it out. ✌
You're a machine Josh, hardcore, especially at this time of year!
That's a helluva ride. In the mid 1980s I was a member of the North Road CC ( founded in 1885 to 'promote fast and long distance cycling on the Great North and other Roads.'), at the time almost all of the Great North Road could still be ridden. Early each season we had a Saturday clubrun, setting off at 3:00 am from Hadley Highstone, Barnet and riding mainly on the A1 and finishing with a sprint for the "City of York" sign at around 6:00 pm, in time for a shower before the meal we had pre-ordered for 7:30 pm. Some would take the train back, but we usually took a couple of leisurely days, with a night at Lincoln YHA before returning to London.
Wilsonnnn!! 😅 Great video mate.
😂😂😂😂
this is the first video of yours i’ve had the pleasure of watching, i celebrated with you, i beamed with pride, my heart broke at the flats and mud and i feel so inspired to get out. thank you for sharing this was incredible to come along with!
You have a charmed life Josh Parsons. I know you put a hell of a shift in every day, but mostly, you "keep smiling" on your "adventures".
Hats off to you dude.
New tent looks better for windy nights.
That front light of yours could be a tad brighter, but I suppose it's the recharging issue.
The train ride home must be a delight.
Pleasure to watch your gravel trips.
Hope you never stop.
Thank you.
"Found a mascot" - AKA, pried it from the fingers of a crying child
As always fantastic video, really enjoyable! Thanks !
Well done Josh - fantastic, enjoyable watch, as ever.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the support 🙌
Nothing but respect ✊ hats of man
I think i need an encourageing friend like your garmin always telling me im nearly there, one great ride out! Cheers.
Wonderful video well done. Some grit shown with a dollup of humility, top notch.
That was great! I've lived near the a1 most of my life. Nice one 👍 👍 👍
What a lovely film, never seen your content before, but I’ll definitely be watching more of it. A really inspiring story and route. Well done fella.
Brilliant video thank you 😊
Unreal effort again Josh, you're truly inspiring. Thanks for another great video, honestly the best content for me on RUclips.
Thanks Josh
Very enjoyable video and your tenacity is incredible.
Love what you do. Love bikes.
Loved that Josh… thank you, brilliant
Tip top stuff, Josh. Thank you.
Neat ride and great watch! Thanks for sharing it
Great video! Really enjoyed that as I travel up and down the A1 regularly. 🚲
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Well done...
Excellent, great video Josh
Totally awesome effort Josh! Thanks for riding, making and sharing. 🙏 You should call your new mascot Leo.
Well done, brilliant stuff
Absolutely fantastic adventure as always Josh. Well done :)
What an amazing achievement, well done man! and great video!
Great video, Josh. Up my end I see, Chesterfield and Worksop. Hope you enjoyed your stay 😊 👍
Really enjoyed this
Helping me recover from a knee replacement!
Thank you ❤❤
This was Superb, thanks for sharing your mission with us, my kind of viewing 👍..
good video Josh
great to see you again
Superb effort and video as usual Josh, loved that “sneaking across the field” segment 😂
Best thing I've seen all week , Couldn't help thinking why didn't you take the Bombtrack & why didn't you get some more sealant when you knew you had a problem .Very inspiring though .
A lot of road on a route like this, Bombtrack would have been overkill. By the time I knew I had a problem, I already had a puncture. So I would have had to find somewhere to set the tyre up tubless again. Not just buy sealant.
Well done a fantastic ride
Excellent ride Josh in the cold, mud and wet, standard weather here...
Wow what a journey.. you did so well.. beautiful filming, music and editing great job dude.. subscribed 😊 Pete 🚴🏻👍
Kudos for keeping going thru that mud, that would be my nemesis I think! But you found some fab camp spots and stayed positive. I'm English but haven't lived/cycled there for a while, so this was a nice video for me! ❤
Another great video Josh keep up the good work👍
Great watch 👍🚴🚴💪💪
This will be absolutely great to do, during the summer
Well done!
Nice one Josh. Loved the ‘silent movie’ sketch.
Creat video josh its so inspiring what you do so muddy out there in those conditions
Well done. 😊
Unbelievable achievement and can’t believe you rode past my house again and I didn’t see you! Really enjoyed watching this and look forward to your next adventure.
great!! something I have always wanted to do as I have spent the last 30 years going up and down the A1 (son in Newcastle, in laws near London)
👍👍nice videos!! ❤️🚲
Wow- an LEL off road route!!!
Hi josh what an adventure ☺️
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Beautiful video…cheers.
Thanks Josh Sorry about the Mud Brilliant Video as usual
Well done mate great video🍺🍺🍰🚴
Excellent video again👍 would have liked to have seen more of your route between Berwick and Edinburgh☹️ tubes, I have used slime tubes for many years or I put slime in the existing tubes I have found this much more reliable than tubes or tubeless down side is a little heavier in my experience they can last 3 years without changing.
What a great project..I’ve driven, hitchhiked and raced 10, 25, and 50’s on the A1… but this is off the charts. And at this time of year? Looks like you should have taken wellies.. PS Its the Great North Road..not Northern. Keep on riding 👍
Great video
Praying for some better weather for your next adventure !
Lovely channel to have happened across.
LOL, sneaky does it! 😀😀😀
Do you think anyone spotted me? 😂
My usual Commute goes from St Neots to either Huntingdon or Alconbury on those roads/tracks. You missed out on a little detour to Graffham water on some lovely gravel tracks
Thanks
About 5 mins in you go right through my hometown I see the underpass. Buzzing bout that
I’ve been running a tool bottle slung in an under-down-tube bottle cage, and after a similar sealant ‘error’ I added a small bottle of Stans to it.
Saved my ride a few weeks ago, plugged the hole with a large Dyno-Plug.
That spot you found the first night was lovely. Try to see the A1 as gentle white noise if you’re not too close. Very restful!
Hey Josh..what a lovely documentary! I admire your tenacity and love the way you film. I would have given up on the trails and used the roads near the start! Your choice of music is perfect. Just a little suggestion..carry a couple of Tyre liners with you if you have to go over to tubes in an emergency. They wont stop pinch punctures but will stop thorns. Cheap too. Subbed! :o) x
I love the A1
I'd call that lion Werberzerk Piffle. 👍👍
Great adventure. Consider me subbed. We will be on the old A1 shortly to travel up to Lake District. Not on bikes, sadly. Great to see there are plenty of trails up that way, bit moist though.
New viewer here. Great video, great adventure. Have a sub. PS, when not looking at the screen, the voice reminds me of Conor from GCN.
Colossal effort on difficulty terrain. Kudos for not only riding it but documenting it in the manner you have!
Can I ask how did you clean yourself and your kit during the adventure?
It's got to be Floyd surely. If you know you know. Great content . See you soon ✌.
Another cracking video. Nice one!
The name for your lucky lion find. 😎
I was convinced this was Simon Reeve from the early narration.
I’m surprised there weren’t reports of an orange spiked orb 🤭 Enjoying the vid 👍🏼
Enjoyed this video nice one!
You were (rightly) complaining about the noise from the road -- have you tried earplugs? I got a pair of Loop ones and they're really good at dimming down that sort of noise.
Great video as always. Consider a Rohloff and gates belt. Drivetrain problems are gone. Thnx.
So is my money 😂
i dreamed for a bike adventure like this all my life…still do
Hi Josh,
Great video again mate,
What drivetrain setup and derraileur do u use on your sonder?
Tks
Great video dude. The lion looks like a Nigel to me.
It's a hippo in disguise. Name of Swampy.
This is the first video of yours I've seen and it's remarkable! What an adventure. As a runner around Peterborough, I can attest to how bad the trails and fields are right now.
What a journey though and how much we lose by jumping in a car and traveling on a motorway when this country has so much simple beauty.
P.S. Where do you charge your device batteries and do you really not lock your bike up in the woods?
Great video.
I always wonder the same with these type of videos, “how many miles did you really do when you take into account going back for your camera so often 😂”
adventurous smiley lion
Great video. Loads of questions to ask, some from my wife, but that’s for another day…. What is the jacket you wear? Is it a waterproof shell?
Great video! How are you finding the tarpstar?
Josh, good video overall, good videography, good editing and good narration, you tell the story well. Great effort through tough conditions...how do you cope with wet feet? The lion...has to be called 'Lenny' 🚴😉
Thanks, :D honestly, I just make sure I get my feet nice and dry at the end of the day. And try my best to avoid getting them wet when riding if I can. Not always possible, of course.
You should do the Cape Epic.. Will be a walk in the park for you
Brilliant vid loved it but Inner tubes ??? Sorry but I love em
One thing with garmin is it is accurate but unfortunately it doesn't yet know what a direct route is. It'll send you 50km to the east to go from one side of your home town to the other, but the distance based on the route will be fairly spot on
The mascotte is the Dutch orange lion soccer mascotte.
Yes you must be a machine,what,how and where did you eat ? Well done sir !
Great video love your recording style it's my preferred style for these kind of trips. What's the tent you are using I really like the look of it?
It's the alpkit tarpster one that I used on this trip. ruclips.net/video/RcQoBdZSAb8/видео.htmlsi=mDrZ1BOIEOvCLTsD
@@KeepSmilingAdventures cheers I'll give it a watch I like the idea of using a hooped bivvy for adventures but think the tent is a better option after seeing a few other videos of yours 👍🏻😁
I built a rigid 29er, 2x9, drop bar with mudguards and 40c tyres that would suit that. I just need to muster myself.
I think while it's great to tick off the A1 sticking as close as you can to it, sometimes it doesn't provide the most interesting route.
I know for a fact there are a lot of interesting places/routes just away from the A1. You will have to go it again but with a more interesting route ...😂😉
Really enjoyed this vid . How did you charge the camera and other gear ?. Little sun as well, or did you stop at places etc , but didn’t film or mention it !.
I have quite a few batteries for the multiple cameras I carry for these trips, but I also have a dynamo that I can use. www.keepsmilingadventures.com/electronics/the-dynamo-the-second-best-invention-since-the-bicycle
Good job u didn't go through Warwickshire as its always flooding badly here and has been for months!
Great film. Quick question: What do you do when camping these long winter nights? Seems like on most days you were camping from dusk until dawn. So from about 4pm until 8am. Do you have a good book with you or did you sneak off to the nearest pub? ;)
oh nice to see folk using mollie style bags on handle bars. I repurposed half my old paintball gear 10 years ago for bike pouches.
Very good effort josh, you are a machine, ill say it again, you need a pinnion gearbox and belt drive bike! I'm sure one of the manufacturers would sponser you?
Is that new technology for bikes instead of the normal chains and sprockets.
Well done how did you power everything...dynamo?