Thanks you guys. Can't wait to release the first fat tire e-bike adventure in the snow and filming another this week after we get 12-14 inches. So fun!
I love running that trail in the Summer. Once I saw the pond and boats I knew right where you were headed. Great video. Hoping to gravel adventure this Spring. Cheers.
I love all the different trails in there. More mtb terrain than gravel bike but makes it interesting ha ha. It always feels adventurous in there. Forestry tagged the canoes for removal while we were out there.
Sitting up in Canada, snowy and 6 degrees out. You just had to drop a green, sunny, warm, bike riding in shorts, paddling on a pond, feel good video. Thanks.........I needed that, made me feel great. Now to the basement to hit the turbo trainer, yuck😅
Ha ha it's -15 F here and so windy right now. Heading out in the backcountry skis but I have a feeling the trainer is in my future today as well. Glad to bring a little l sunshine your way though ha ha. Thanks for saying hello!
Your story telling just gets better and better! Also, the leadin footage, at first I thought the white streaks were rain/sleet, but I think they are suppose to mimic all film footage. Always like how you add new things to your videos. Also, thanks for the warm feelings during these below zero times. Lets ski!
I'm glad you caught the film grain! It's a subtle touch I like to add for a retro feel in some of the intros. If there was a week to add some warmth it would definitely be this week. Went way north in Vermont yesterday to find snow to film a ski video and it was so cold the camera wouldnt function at all. kept shutting down ha ha. gonna try taping a handwarmer to it next time. yikes!
Where is the latte gonna be, abracadabra there in an opening in the woods, Shazam it’s so perfect and hot and tastes so good, I’m impressed and barista proof, the adventure never fails to impress, timeless, thanks a bunch
Hey man wow it looked hot in your video, is that right for the time of year? Winter is setting in here in UK, I feel for those who’ve lost their homes in LA, climate change is real and present. Your videos are positive sentiment for the soul in these challenging times. Have a great weekend 🙏
@WilliamMcCannMurphy yeah Nikki and I have friends out that way in California and we were just talking about how sad it is that people are losing homes and loved ones. Climate change is very real, we see it here in the winter, there used to be so much snow and it would start in October some years, now winter barely gets started in December and it's much more mild and way less snow.
@@ThatMountainMoment Hi thanks a bunch for the reply, yes climate change is real and present, we need to start taking care of the land, or we’ll have no land to take care of for future generations. Please remind me of your name, I see you’ve listed Nikki in your reply. Cheers
You were talking about your 650bs. I have a 2023 salsa journeyer and I’m running 27.5 x 2.35 Vittoria mezcals (tubeless) on it. Next time I’ll probably buy the 2.25s, but they fit!
Nice! That's a great setup, how do you like the Mezcals? That was going to be my next tire choice for bikepacking trips. I bet it rides nice with the 2.35s. I think over 2 in general is a noticeable difference in comfort on long rides or rugged terrain.
@ I have loved them for mixed terrain riding. Gravel, chunky gravel, forest service roads. The 2.35s do fit, but there’s zero room left over for mud/snow. I’ll definitely be going with the 2.1s or 2.25s in the future.
They get really good reviews from what I've read. We need new bikes this year so I'm debating staying with the 650b but those offerings get harder to find it seems. Most of the 29er bikes only fit up to a 2inch. I also like the strength of a smaller wheel when you hit rocky mixed terrain. I'm 200lbs and then you add bikepacking gear and that's a lot of stress on a wheel. How does those roll on normal gravel? Thanks for the feedback
@ they are pretty quick. I switched from 650b x 48 gravel king sk+ and my average speeds are pretty similar. I picked the mezcals because a huge percentage of the tour divide field uses them. If they are good enough for them, then they are plenty good for me haha.
Just found your channel and I am loving it. Do you post your routes anywhere? We live in Southern Maine and the traffic has gotten crazy here, so my wife hasn't wanted to ride much the past couple years. Watching your videos though is getting her excited again for the possibilities.
Oh so glad you found us, thanks for watching and subscribing. We totally feel you on the traffic situation which is why our rides have as little pavement as possible and sticking to gravel roads, forest roads, and snowmobile trails are also a great option in the warm months. I try to remember to post the link to our ride routes in our descriptions but if I don't it's because we know our area so well that we just wing it but I am always willing to create that route for you, just let me know if there's a video you see that you need more info on. Also the RideWithGPS app has been the absolute best way I've found to create a route because it gives you the percentage of pavement as you're building the route. I really want to create a route building 101 video or series showing how we build our routes because I've found a few tricks with that app that I feel are very useful especially in New England. If you use the app our profile is under the same RUclips name. I really want your wife to be able to enjoy an amazing day on the bike. Ecploring a new backroad or region, with Nikki her one requirement is a stop at a good cafe for an iced coffee or a quaint general store and I'm always on the hunt for a pristine swimming hole or dip in a river and thats what's awesome about ride with GPS, most of us that build routes on there add those little gems into the route. It really is life changing to use that app and look at a ride as a full day trip beyond the ride itself. I personally feel that's the life long approach to keeping the enthusiasm. If your in NH the NH gravel Facebook page is a great resource and they keep a route data base that we all contribute to. My routes on there are under my name Caleb O'Connor. Vermont is honestly the best place in the country to ride quiet gravel roads, the opportunities are endless with close to 10,000 miles of gravel and class 4 roads. Highly recommend a trip there if you can swing that. My mom lives over there and it's truly dream like. Please don't hesitate to reach out for any more questions and I hope this helps your wife enjoy the freedom of exploring our beautiful new England by bike. Thanks again for commenting and watching.
Did you guys just blow by more free stuff?!?! I almost unsubscribed 😂😅. Very interesting about tire height and hill climbing. And, there's nothing like a summer thunderstorm to pull me out of my currently frozen landscape. Thank you for the 17-minute vacation! "The duct tape worries me a bit." 😅😂
Ha ha! Yeah, it's really hard for Nikki to leave free stuff stops empty handed. The duct tape did surprisingly well seeing that the canoe has been out there for over 10 years to my knowledge. It's sooo cold out today. Raw new England winter day for sure. Just attempted to norfic ski on what ended up being a frozen tundra...we ended up just going for a winter walk instead. Really neat seeing the rivers almost completely froze over. Haven't seen that in a few years. Currently thawing out as I edit the next episode.
@@ThatMountainMoment Look forward to the next video. Nikki is hilarious! LOVE her! The thought of you thawing out just conjured the memory of those old Campbell's soup commercials of the snowman slurping chicken noodle soup! ruclips.net/video/I2ICzdBH0yY/видео.html
@charmontravel ha ha I remember that commercial! The fact that you were able to find that on RUclips is impressive. Yes Nikki cracks me up at least a few times a day and when I'm writing she'll here me laughing at the clips from the other room.
Man I swear you can deff pull off 30+ minute long videos without narrating, beatmatched edits or anything, just ride around record where you ride and give it a sickass color grade 💪
Totally! I've want to do some raw form edits this coming season where it's just nice camera shots from different perspectives and the sounds of the ride with minimal or no dialogue. I like making both styles for sure and love story telling so mixing it up is fun. Thank you for the feedback
@ThatMountainMoment I used to like making kayak fishing videos on my original RUclips channel and editing them beatmatched and all back when I was more into cinematography and fauxtography but the more I made them the harder it was to find music for them lol I get it man making videos in that format is fun and gets that creativity off your chest. I feel like where you live though some nice longass unedited videos with the crunchy gravel underneath you coupled with the scenery is begging to take up disk space on your rig 😂
So good! First off, loved the narration at the end! Second, loved the music choices and third, love watching this channel! It makes me happy.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it
More awesome chill vibes. Love it. . .
Thank you! How's your winter been?
I’ve shoveled snow the last two days, and been riding indoors.
That’s why I like your videos, they make me forget where I am for a few minutes!
Loved it!Thanks again ❤
Thank you for watching!
Incredible feeling to this. The greens were just dreamy. Great one
I tried to really bring out the summer hues in the color grading since we're into the winter blues for 6 months😉
Love all the scenery you show us😃
Thanks you guys. Can't wait to release the first fat tire e-bike adventure in the snow and filming another this week after we get 12-14 inches. So fun!
Bravo!
thank you!
I love running that trail in the Summer. Once I saw the pond and boats I knew right where you were headed. Great video. Hoping to gravel adventure this Spring. Cheers.
I love all the different trails in there. More mtb terrain than gravel bike but makes it interesting ha ha. It always feels adventurous in there. Forestry tagged the canoes for removal while we were out there.
Sitting up in Canada, snowy and 6 degrees out. You just had to drop a green, sunny, warm, bike riding in shorts, paddling on a pond, feel good video. Thanks.........I needed that, made me feel great. Now to the basement to hit the turbo trainer, yuck😅
Ha ha it's -15 F here and so windy right now. Heading out in the backcountry skis but I have a feeling the trainer is in my future today as well. Glad to bring a little l sunshine your way though ha ha. Thanks for saying hello!
Your story telling just gets better and better! Also, the leadin footage, at first I thought the white streaks were rain/sleet, but I think they are suppose to mimic all film footage. Always like how you add new things to your videos. Also, thanks for the warm feelings during these below zero times. Lets ski!
I'm glad you caught the film grain! It's a subtle touch I like to add for a retro feel in some of the intros. If there was a week to add some warmth it would definitely be this week. Went way north in Vermont yesterday to find snow to film a ski video and it was so cold the camera wouldnt function at all. kept shutting down ha ha. gonna try taping a handwarmer to it next time. yikes!
Where is the latte gonna be, abracadabra there in an opening in the woods, Shazam it’s so perfect and hot and tastes so good, I’m impressed and barista proof, the adventure never fails to impress, timeless, thanks a bunch
William! so good to hear from you again. Always look forward to your poetic comments. Thanks a bunch right back at you.
Hey man wow it looked hot in your video, is that right for the time of year? Winter is setting in here in UK, I feel for those who’ve lost their homes in LA, climate change is real and present. Your videos are positive sentiment for the soul in these challenging times. Have a great weekend 🙏
@WilliamMcCannMurphy yeah Nikki and I have friends out that way in California and we were just talking about how sad it is that people are losing homes and loved ones. Climate change is very real, we see it here in the winter, there used to be so much snow and it would start in October some years, now winter barely gets started in December and it's much more mild and way less snow.
@@ThatMountainMoment Hi thanks a bunch for the reply, yes climate change is real and present, we need to start taking care of the land, or we’ll have no land to take care of for future generations. Please remind me of your name, I see you’ve listed Nikki in your reply. Cheers
@WilliamMcCannMurphy my name is Caleb
You were talking about your 650bs. I have a 2023 salsa journeyer and I’m running 27.5 x 2.35 Vittoria mezcals (tubeless) on it. Next time I’ll probably buy the 2.25s, but they fit!
Nice! That's a great setup, how do you like the Mezcals? That was going to be my next tire choice for bikepacking trips. I bet it rides nice with the 2.35s. I think over 2 in general is a noticeable difference in comfort on long rides or rugged terrain.
@ I have loved them for mixed terrain riding. Gravel, chunky gravel, forest service roads. The 2.35s do fit, but there’s zero room left over for mud/snow. I’ll definitely be going with the 2.1s or 2.25s in the future.
They get really good reviews from what I've read. We need new bikes this year so I'm debating staying with the 650b but those offerings get harder to find it seems. Most of the 29er bikes only fit up to a 2inch. I also like the strength of a smaller wheel when you hit rocky mixed terrain. I'm 200lbs and then you add bikepacking gear and that's a lot of stress on a wheel. How does those roll on normal gravel? Thanks for the feedback
@ they are pretty quick. I switched from 650b x 48 gravel king sk+ and my average speeds are pretty similar. I picked the mezcals because a huge percentage of the tour divide field uses them. If they are good enough for them, then they are plenty good for me haha.
@mi.gravel ha ha I used the same reasoning in wanting to try them next.
Do you go up the Peaked Hill Pond trail or another route ? How far was the ride, and is there lots more? It looks like fun.
We sometimes take peaked trail but also go from other starting points and just ride around in there randomly on all the snow mobile trails.
Just found your channel and I am loving it. Do you post your routes anywhere? We live in Southern Maine and the traffic has gotten crazy here, so my wife hasn't wanted to ride much the past couple years. Watching your videos though is getting her excited again for the possibilities.
Oh so glad you found us, thanks for watching and subscribing. We totally feel you on the traffic situation which is why our rides have as little pavement as possible and sticking to gravel roads, forest roads, and snowmobile trails are also a great option in the warm months. I try to remember to post the link to our ride routes in our descriptions but if I don't it's because we know our area so well that we just wing it but I am always willing to create that route for you, just let me know if there's a video you see that you need more info on. Also the RideWithGPS app has been the absolute best way I've found to create a route because it gives you the percentage of pavement as you're building the route. I really want to create a route building 101 video or series showing how we build our routes because I've found a few tricks with that app that I feel are very useful especially in New England. If you use the app our profile is under the same RUclips name. I really want your wife to be able to enjoy an amazing day on the bike. Ecploring a new backroad or region, with Nikki her one requirement is a stop at a good cafe for an iced coffee or a quaint general store and I'm always on the hunt for a pristine swimming hole or dip in a river and thats what's awesome about ride with GPS, most of us that build routes on there add those little gems into the route. It really is life changing to use that app and look at a ride as a full day trip beyond the ride itself. I personally feel that's the life long approach to keeping the enthusiasm. If your in NH the NH gravel Facebook page is a great resource and they keep a route data base that we all contribute to. My routes on there are under my name Caleb O'Connor. Vermont is honestly the best place in the country to ride quiet gravel roads, the opportunities are endless with close to 10,000 miles of gravel and class 4 roads. Highly recommend a trip there if you can swing that. My mom lives over there and it's truly dream like. Please don't hesitate to reach out for any more questions and I hope this helps your wife enjoy the freedom of exploring our beautiful new England by bike. Thanks again for commenting and watching.
Scared of lightning so let’s go out on the water in a 16’ long aluminum canoe!
Gotta look fear in the face in order to over come it ha ha. Just kidding, the lightning had passed to the east far enough where it was safe.
Your video was truly beautiful and inspiring. As a fellow creator, I appreciate the effort you put into it. Sub and 👍92
Thank you so much for the kind words, I love hearing from fellow creators, what type of channel content do you create?
Did you guys just blow by more free stuff?!?! I almost unsubscribed 😂😅. Very interesting about tire height and hill climbing. And, there's nothing like a summer thunderstorm to pull me out of my currently frozen landscape. Thank you for the 17-minute vacation!
"The duct tape worries me a bit." 😅😂
Ha ha! Yeah, it's really hard for Nikki to leave free stuff stops empty handed. The duct tape did surprisingly well seeing that the canoe has been out there for over 10 years to my knowledge. It's sooo cold out today. Raw new England winter day for sure. Just attempted to norfic ski on what ended up being a frozen tundra...we ended up just going for a winter walk instead. Really neat seeing the rivers almost completely froze over. Haven't seen that in a few years. Currently thawing out as I edit the next episode.
@@ThatMountainMoment Look forward to the next video. Nikki is hilarious! LOVE her! The thought of you thawing out just conjured the memory of those old Campbell's soup commercials of the snowman slurping chicken noodle soup! ruclips.net/video/I2ICzdBH0yY/видео.html
@charmontravel ha ha I remember that commercial! The fact that you were able to find that on RUclips is impressive. Yes Nikki cracks me up at least a few times a day and when I'm writing she'll here me laughing at the clips from the other room.
@@ThatMountainMoment That's awesome! 🤣😅
Man I swear you can deff pull off 30+ minute long videos without narrating, beatmatched edits or anything, just ride around record where you ride and give it a sickass color grade 💪
Totally! I've want to do some raw form edits this coming season where it's just nice camera shots from different perspectives and the sounds of the ride with minimal or no dialogue. I like making both styles for sure and love story telling so mixing it up is fun. Thank you for the feedback
Or do an edited version and raw version of each video has also been an idea I've been pondering.
@ThatMountainMoment I used to like making kayak fishing videos on my original RUclips channel and editing them beatmatched and all back when I was more into cinematography and fauxtography but the more I made them the harder it was to find music for them lol I get it man making videos in that format is fun and gets that creativity off your chest. I feel like where you live though some nice longass unedited videos with the crunchy gravel underneath you coupled with the scenery is begging to take up disk space on your rig 😂