Heads up DC cyclists: the cache is long gone! Two of us were there about 30 minutes after the video got posted, and confirmed the spot in the video is empty. Not too surprised: Kenilworth is a popular spot!
It's crazy watching a video where I recognize all the places you ride. DC is a crazy place to bike. It's both amazing and terrifying. That being said, the commute from my house in Silver Spring to my office near Arlington is the same travel time by bike, car, or train. It makes it a no-branier choice.
That bike shop you went to saved our asses at the start of a tour last fall! We had just gotten off the train for a week-long bike ride up the C&O path when we discovered our rear axle had broken. The C&O is really a gem of DC - you can ride it all the way to Pittsburgh, and there's free camping the whole way!
As in 10:34 am. It was found. Drove an hour, Got there late my self 😢. Very fun meeting other subscribers in this scavenging fun in DC. So much fun. Well worth the drive and the gas spent 🤙🏾
Lol, so glad you got to DC. I find it very bikable. The Mt. Vernon path is awesome! Tons of cool stuff to explore on the VA side. I love that you captured the random abandoned rent-a-bikes/scooters. That's a DC sight for sure. And Kenilworth Park! You hit all the sites. And you're right it's much easier to ride in DC than drive. So glad you came up for a visit! Super thumbs up!
Be sure to hit up Frederick water shed area about 45 minutes north of DC (super chunky and fun) and/or Patapsco State Park (largest trail system on East Coast 240+ miles of trails)
Traffic in Washington DC is crazy. One commute home with a 🚗 full of people who couldn't get on the 🚌, 30 miles in a snowstorm took 3 hours. A dedicated fat tire 🚲 rider could have beaten my time while having fun.
Ah memories. I moved to DC for my senior year and started mountain biking. I used to bike all around the DC area. I lived in Arlington and I would go through Arlington Cemetery and across that same bridge to DC. Unfortunately you can't cut through Arlington Cemetery anymore.
You took my shortcut! I ride that path 12mi each way every day. I have so many things I’d love to say, but I’ll keep it to, “Thanks for visiting, I hope you had a great time!”
DC is a great city and incredibly bike friendly which is why I love living here. Not sure what's so "confused" about it. There's a lot of rich culture and history (not just "American" history but local history) that gets overlooked because most people just focus on the fact that it's the nation's capital. I love the content for the most part, but going on so much about being "non-partisan" felt more derisive than just sticking to your opening statement of showing how DC is just like any other city, and that is very clear by all the politic-ing happening in the comments section. Politics is such a buzz word, when the political is truly personal. The focus shouldn't be on "politics" which desensitizes people to the personal impact of policy-making, but on community building, which is at the very core of DC culture and has contributed a lot to the great biking infrastructure here. Next time you're here, I recommend going to a random carry out joint for mambo sauce and wings, or hitting up el rinconcito cafe for Salvadoran food (although the fried fish at the pupuseria you happened across looked fire). Some go-go music in the background would also be fire :) As many others have mentioned, C&O Canal is also great.
I see those scooters and bikes around Raleigh, NC abandoned in the weirdest places. I do think many are where they are because of the geofencing built into the bike/app.
Regarding your political diatribe - inaction is a choice too. You can watch things go bad be proud you didn't try to stop it. People are actively being targeted with false narratives and cast as 'evil', 'broken' or 'freaks' simply for being born different.
Spent a weekend biking around D.C. last summer and I LOVED it. City is easy to figure out quickly, and it easy and quick to move around by bike. Safe. The bike trails in the area are awesome, and all the sites to see! Rode from D.C. to Mount Vernon 25 miles away, all on a dedicated bike trail. Took my bike on Amtrak train from New England. Didn't get into a car the entire weekend, from my front door. Can't wait to go back.
What gave you the impression that DC was unbikable? when I was there? it was amazingly bikeable. tons of bike paths everywhere and lots of paths extending outward from the city too.
waiting for unbikable to hit cincinnati! it’s canonically one of the worst laid out cities in america, has extreme hills cutting off half the city, nd the other half is cut off by a highway, little to no bike lanes, nd in general probably the worst city to bike in. but it has skyline so that makes it perfect
Ah Cincinnati. I'll never forget biking there. I caught the rear tire of my city rental bike on one of those godforsaken streetcar tracks, which happens to fit those bike tires just perfectly. It's almost like the city of Cincinnati designed it that way. I went down on my left side which hurt for about a month. Good times.
DC is one of the most bikable cities in the US, and has one of the highest transit use per capita as well. The old city fabric helps in this regard in that most of it was setup before cars and it avoided freeways chopping it up (mostly).
One of my favorite places to bike. I used to ride from Rockville to D.C. and it was a great ride even on some of the busiest roads the area is bike friendly but busy.
Hell, yeah, Seth! My girlfriend and I just did Washington DC. This summer, on our electric scooters. We thought it was surprisingly dirty on the highways and roads… arbitrary areas were wheeled. Transportation was not allowed… overall, the free Museums and historical sites made it worth it. Dealing with the police was not horrible. However, they towed every single car on an entire road. Without any notification whatsoever.Luckily the police warned us and our car did not get moved to another part of a city.I do not know... can't wait to go back and continue to check out all the trucks and stuff we missed.
Used to live in DC and by far my favorite city to bike! You hit up all the spots I would every week. It is super bike friendly and really the fastest mode of transportation between car/bus/ and even the metro!
Having lived 10 min away from downtown DC for the first 12 years of my life I can say it’s a genuinely cool place with a ton of parks and good infrastructure. I’m not sure how bad the videos have become in the last 4 years since I left but I have a lot of good memories of DC
I tell you what Seth, I've been watching you since you first started at berm peak, but just realized I'm not even subscribed, anyways please keep making these masterpieces because your video taking is absolute talent, keep on riding bro
Next time you're in Arlington be sure to hit up El Pollo Rico in Virginia Square! (Best Peruvian Chicken in the District). In terms of trails, you would probably love biking the Rock Creek Parkway through the heart of D.C. Thanks for coming out!!
I love that you showed the Lime bikes in actually normal spots. They usually end up in either the anacostia river, in the middle of 395 or on peoples balconies 😂
DC is super bike friendly until you hit these certain spots where the trails just... stop. It's like 90% done and getting better all the time, as long as Cleveland Park NIMBYs don't get too rowdy. Edit: So I live about 10 minutes from the hiding spot. Was there this morning and alas... no dice, but I DID SEE THE ANACOSTIA MURDER TURKEY!!!
I'm digging the bike commuting content, my main way to get around town is my gravel bike so seeing you bike around different American cities is very interesting.
One thing about biking DC is that a lot of the parks close certain days and hours. And they're quite large so going around them might add a mile or two
I saw this video thirty minutes after you posted it , and I headed straight there. I had never been there before. But I found the exact spot.Unfortunately, it was just after somebody else. But I had fun going to a new place. And I definitely enjoyed this, thank you.
Absolutely lost it when you rolled up to the Pentagon and tried to get coffee there 😂 Also it's great seeing you focus on the good bike infrastructure rather than further division via politics
I've been a mtbiker for 27 years and I did the same handlebar swap to my new gravel bike after the second ride. It just didn't feel right, and I couldn't do "fun," stuff with those dropbars. That looks like a Salsa Journeyor frame? Great video! I'd love to see you guys ride Providence RI. Great city with a great a unusual history . Lookup "Buddy Cianci," the mayor when I lived there. The East Side has a mayor hill to climb, used in the early X-games for the street luge. Thanks for the video!
DC is one of the best biking cities. With DMV area having many great bike trails 👍 The Mount Vernon Trail is my daily commute glad u took the trail but next time do the C&O from Georgetown to Great Falls😉
If you’re still in the area there is a mountain bike trail close to DC called fountain head that is definitely worth a look. Definitely your kind of trail.
ps also loved the part where you went: and if you know anything about US politics, you know I aint touching that stuff Thank you for keeping this a cycling channel, we don't need more politics right now.
This is funny, riding to DC from Cleveland on my bike and back was goal I set for myself when I got into cycling. The pandemic ruined that dream. The struggle to get back into cycling shape…..
Seth got close to the pentagon but he didn't get the true DC experience without having heavily armed guards turn you around after taking the CIA headquarters exit instead of the 495 beltway exit lol
Hi Seth, i road DC a few years ago. I had just ridden from Harper’s ferry where the civil war started. It’s a 60 mile ride that i was expecting to ride in 6 hours. It took me 13 hours to ride that. I really not happy about that ride. When I got to dc in missed my train back to Harper’s ferry. Had to spend the night. Caught the rain the next day back to Harper’s ferry. The next morning i drove back to dc to get my bike that I had to leave in dc for the night. There is a bike garage with in feet of the train station. I was able to ride in front of the White House. That entire area is now tiled with 16” or larger tiles. You use to be able to drive in front of the White House, no more. 9/11 changed everything there. The morning i went to get my bike traffic into dc took more than two hours to drive. It started out ok but the closer I got the worse the traffic got. I now live in phoenix and I was there taking care of my dream girl. It was kind fun to ride in DC cause I’ve never done that before. Iv driven down there many many times in my life. I still get lost everytime I go down there. It’s a really fun city though. I guess I’m kinda non political too I hate all of them down there. Well im in maryland now just waiting to drive home.
DC is a surprisingly fun place to just ride around, even on the roads. Fixed gear with chopped bars is the best choice. But conversely, an absolutely horrible place for bike commuting, or driving, or walking, or life expectancy. Best to get in, keep moving, and get out.
Love that my favorite Taco review channel has started doing some biking content!
This needs to be pinned.
His channel name should be biking to get tacos
Taco bikes.... SECOND CHANNEL WHEN???
Heads up DC cyclists: the cache is long gone! Two of us were there about 30 minutes after the video got posted, and confirmed the spot in the video is empty. Not too surprised: Kenilworth is a popular spot!
Also remember: Patreon members get these videos early, so your chances of getting any caches at all are very slim.
But hey, it was good to see you out there.
I stopped by there around 10:00 this morning and there were about 10 people there looking. Pretty sure we found the tree where it was stashed.
The tall guy on small wheels and the short guy on big wheels 😂
It's crazy watching a video where I recognize all the places you ride.
DC is a crazy place to bike. It's both amazing and terrifying. That being said, the commute from my house in Silver Spring to my office near Arlington is the same travel time by bike, car, or train. It makes it a no-branier choice.
Riding a full suspension mtb around the city has gotta be one of the funnest things ever!!! Love doing it and bringing my bike into the city
That bike shop you went to saved our asses at the start of a tour last fall! We had just gotten off the train for a week-long bike ride up the C&O path when we discovered our rear axle had broken.
The C&O is really a gem of DC - you can ride it all the way to Pittsburgh, and there's free camping the whole way!
c&o *plus the gap* gets you to pittsburgh
Would love to see you with BikingDC!!
Was just thinking this
Man, I was about to mention him
Came to make the same comment!
As in 10:34 am. It was found. Drove an hour, Got there late my self 😢. Very fun meeting other subscribers in this scavenging fun in DC. So much fun. Well worth the drive and the gas spent 🤙🏾
Oh no, you went the whole way and missed the C&O Canal!! The best part of biking in Maryland/dc.
Yeah C&O is awesome
Lol, so glad you got to DC. I find it very bikable. The Mt. Vernon path is awesome! Tons of cool stuff to explore on the VA side. I love that you captured the random abandoned rent-a-bikes/scooters. That's a DC sight for sure. And Kenilworth Park! You hit all the sites. And you're right it's much easier to ride in DC than drive. So glad you came up for a visit! Super thumbs up!
Lived in Northern Virginia my whole life outside of DC. I've always felt DC was very bikable!
Same
Be sure to hit up Frederick water shed area about 45 minutes north of DC (super chunky and fun) and/or Patapsco State Park (largest trail system on East Coast 240+ miles of trails)
Seth you shoulda brought your Dad!
Now we need a Wolftick collab video. Lol
Traffic in Washington DC is crazy. One commute home with a 🚗 full of people who couldn't get on the 🚌, 30 miles in a snowstorm took 3 hours. A dedicated fat tire 🚲 rider could have beaten my time while having fun.
Today we learned Seth is Wolftick's bastard love child. Thanks Flag guy
I think the flag guy had you confused with Wolftick Videos. pretty sure that's a father son duo and they've also done stuff on the Ozark Trail Ridge.
Ah memories. I moved to DC for my senior year and started mountain biking. I used to bike all around the DC area. I lived in Arlington and I would go through Arlington Cemetery and across that same bridge to DC. Unfortunately you can't cut through Arlington Cemetery anymore.
You took my shortcut!
I ride that path 12mi each way every day. I have so many things I’d love to say, but I’ll keep it to, “Thanks for visiting, I hope you had a great time!”
DC is a great city and incredibly bike friendly which is why I love living here. Not sure what's so "confused" about it. There's a lot of rich culture and history (not just "American" history but local history) that gets overlooked because most people just focus on the fact that it's the nation's capital. I love the content for the most part, but going on so much about being "non-partisan" felt more derisive than just sticking to your opening statement of showing how DC is just like any other city, and that is very clear by all the politic-ing happening in the comments section. Politics is such a buzz word, when the political is truly personal. The focus shouldn't be on "politics" which desensitizes people to the personal impact of policy-making, but on community building, which is at the very core of DC culture and has contributed a lot to the great biking infrastructure here.
Next time you're here, I recommend going to a random carry out joint for mambo sauce and wings, or hitting up el rinconcito cafe for Salvadoran food (although the fried fish at the pupuseria you happened across looked fire). Some go-go music in the background would also be fire :) As many others have mentioned, C&O Canal is also great.
I see those scooters and bikes around Raleigh, NC abandoned in the weirdest places. I do think many are where they are because of the geofencing built into the bike/app.
Regarding your political diatribe - inaction is a choice too. You can watch things go bad be proud you didn't try to stop it. People are actively being targeted with false narratives and cast as 'evil', 'broken' or 'freaks' simply for being born different.
Spent a weekend biking around D.C. last summer and I LOVED it. City is easy to figure out quickly, and it easy and quick to move around by bike. Safe. The bike trails in the area are awesome, and all the sites to see! Rode from D.C. to Mount Vernon 25 miles away, all on a dedicated bike trail. Took my bike on Amtrak train from New England. Didn't get into a car the entire weekend, from my front door. Can't wait to go back.
So glad you didn't replace your seat with a flagpole when you did the handlebars.
OG Salsa Timberjack frame with a steel Surly Fork. Love it! This was my first real mountain bike setup, but also single speed.
What gave you the impression that DC was unbikable? when I was there? it was amazingly bikeable. tons of bike paths everywhere and lots of paths extending outward from the city too.
Watching Seth bike around DC while avoiding politics like the plague has got to be the most entertaining thing I've seen all week.
biking is political.
@@iandonnelly6684 how?
I think biking is more lefty than righty
waiting for unbikable to hit cincinnati! it’s canonically one of the worst laid out cities in america, has extreme hills cutting off half the city, nd the other half is cut off by a highway, little to no bike lanes, nd in general probably the worst city to bike in. but it has skyline so that makes it perfect
Ah Cincinnati. I'll never forget biking there. I caught the rear tire of my city rental bike on one of those godforsaken streetcar tracks, which happens to fit those bike tires just perfectly. It's almost like the city of Cincinnati designed it that way. I went down on my left side which hurt for about a month. Good times.
DC is one of the most bikable cities in the US, and has one of the highest transit use per capita as well. The old city fabric helps in this regard in that most of it was setup before cars and it avoided freeways chopping it up (mostly).
02:53 Nice to see such things, watching from Kyiv, Ukraine
16:05 That's why Trυmp won 😭
Being a healthy part of democracy and exercising your democratic rights is also caring for your fellow man!
I biked the C&O from Cumberland into DC and had a wonderful time. Would love to see you do something about the C&O and GAP all the way to Pittsburg.
You should have come out to northern Virginia! Out here in Reston we have some amazing biking and mountain biking infrastructure
One of my favorite places to bike. I used to ride from Rockville to D.C. and it was a great ride even on some of the busiest roads the area is bike friendly but busy.
The best way to experience a city is by riding a bike!
Hell, yeah, Seth! My girlfriend and I just did Washington DC. This summer, on our electric scooters. We thought it was surprisingly dirty on the highways and roads… arbitrary areas were wheeled. Transportation was not allowed… overall, the free
Museums and historical sites made it worth it. Dealing with the police was not horrible. However, they towed every single car on an entire road. Without any notification whatsoever.Luckily the police warned us and our car did not get moved to another part of a city.I do not know... can't wait to go back and continue to check out all the trucks and stuff we missed.
Used to live in DC and by far my favorite city to bike! You hit up all the spots I would every week. It is super bike friendly and really the fastest mode of transportation between car/bus/ and even the metro!
I'm definitely digging this series of urban bicycling videos.
10:14 "Pat eats what ALL bike mechanics eat.... anything." hahhaah, Classic.
that squirrel at 6:37 was MOVIN.
how the hell did you spot that???? you got crazy good eyes 😂
The guy on the bike was mistaken you for wolf tick videos lmao
Having lived 10 min away from downtown DC for the first 12 years of my life I can say it’s a genuinely cool place with a ton of parks and good infrastructure. I’m not sure how bad the videos have become in the last 4 years since I left but I have a lot of good memories of DC
I tell you what Seth, I've been watching you since you first started at berm peak, but just realized I'm not even subscribed, anyways please keep making these masterpieces because your video taking is absolute talent, keep on riding bro
Next time you're in Arlington be sure to hit up El Pollo Rico in Virginia Square! (Best Peruvian Chicken in the District). In terms of trails, you would probably love biking the Rock Creek Parkway through the heart of D.C. Thanks for coming out!!
DC is a good city for cycling. I rented a Capital Bike and rode around the city at midnight, hitting the landmarks, and felt totally safe.
That small pink bicycle deserves a bike check 🔥
I love that you showed the Lime bikes in actually normal spots. They usually end up in either the anacostia river, in the middle of 395 or on peoples balconies 😂
I really enjoy this series. All the best.
Liking this urban bike riding stuff. keep doing more
As a local to the area, there’s some great trails around here. Missed out on the C&O canal runs along the Potomac
Please do Toronto - see recent news articles on removing bike infrastructure on a city with already lackluster bike lanes.
Loving these videos and the concept of visiting random cities instead of just MB content
Good content lately Seth, I’m nonpartisan as well. Mountain bikes, gravel, road, bmx, all cool by me
DC is super bike friendly until you hit these certain spots where the trails just... stop. It's like 90% done and getting better all the time, as long as Cleveland Park NIMBYs don't get too rowdy.
Edit: So I live about 10 minutes from the hiding spot. Was there this morning and alas... no dice, but I DID SEE THE ANACOSTIA MURDER TURKEY!!!
I'm digging the bike commuting content, my main way to get around town is my gravel bike so seeing you bike around different American cities is very interesting.
That is probably the most succinct description of American Politics I've ever heard.
One thing about biking DC is that a lot of the parks close certain days and hours. And they're quite large so going around them might add a mile or two
I saw this video thirty minutes after you posted it , and I headed straight there. I had never been there before.
But I found the exact spot.Unfortunately, it was just after somebody else.
But I had fun going to a new place.
And I definitely enjoyed this, thank you.
Also just in terms of biking community it's worth noting D.C. has a great Bike Party usually the second Wednesday of every month.
Urban cycling advocacy on Perm Peak? YES PLEASE!
If you go a little way out (30 minutes or so) there is a nice trail system in Wakefield park in Annandale
Absolutely lost it when you rolled up to the Pentagon and tried to get coffee there 😂 Also it's great seeing you focus on the good bike infrastructure rather than further division via politics
Good to see Pat from Squatch Bikes on again. Rode with him back a few years ago in Brevard. You guys have no fun at all!
The city bikes, and the city scooter jokes were hilarious
I've been a mtbiker for 27 years and I did the same handlebar swap to my new gravel bike after the second ride. It just didn't feel right, and I couldn't do "fun," stuff with those dropbars. That looks like a Salsa Journeyor frame? Great video! I'd love to see you guys ride Providence RI. Great city with a great a unusual history . Lookup "Buddy Cianci," the mayor when I lived there. The East Side has a mayor hill to climb, used in the early X-games for the street luge. Thanks for the video!
Im loving the berm peak travel vlog era
Confirmed the drop is gone, y’all are quick
I lived and worked in DC and found dozens of routes to get anywhere from 40 to 100+ miles. Road biking, of course.
thanks for this series mr. bikehacks!
Got there at 1:39pm. It was found already. Still had fun riding from Virginia.
DC is one of the best biking cities. With DMV area having many great bike trails 👍 The Mount Vernon Trail is my daily commute glad u took the trail but next time do the C&O from Georgetown to Great Falls😉
If you’re still in the area there is a mountain bike trail close to DC called fountain head that is definitely worth a look. Definitely your kind of trail.
Welcome to DC bud. Glad you had a good time!
It would be so fun to see you doing an episode in the netherlands, it's completely normal over here to bike everywhere u wanna go!
It's wild to see Seth on the same bike paths I ride almost every day!
"I am non partisan. I ... hate everyone." Man, you should run for office with that slogan in 2028!
Used to live and work in Arlington and man I absolutely miss riding the area. My favorite commute
I was in DC a few years ago. I didn’t have my bike and was thinking the whole time how great it would be to have it there. I did some serious walking.
Your old orange diamond back is for sale in my local FB marketplace! ❤😂🤘
So happy y'all went to The Daily Rider, love those folks
This content is quality thank you seth
Was the guy saying you didn't bring your dad, confusing you with John and Jeremiah from Wolftick video's?
ps also loved the part where you went: and if you know anything about US politics, you know I aint touching that stuff
Thank you for keeping this a cycling channel, we don't need more politics right now.
This is funny, riding to DC from Cleveland on my bike and back was goal I set for myself when I got into cycling. The pandemic ruined that dream. The struggle to get back into cycling shape…..
Met a bunch of nice people looking for it but it looks like it was found already!
I can confirm that, someone left a post it note on the tree.
Seth got close to the pentagon but he didn't get the true DC experience without having heavily armed guards turn you around after taking the CIA headquarters exit instead of the 495 beltway exit lol
Yeah, have never understood that one. That must happen 300x times a day.
Hi Seth,
i road DC a few years ago. I had just ridden from Harper’s ferry where the civil war started. It’s a 60 mile ride that i was expecting to ride in 6 hours. It took me 13 hours to ride that. I really not happy about that ride. When I got to dc in missed my train back to Harper’s ferry. Had to spend the night. Caught the rain the next day back to Harper’s ferry. The next morning i drove back to dc to get my bike that I had to leave in dc for the night. There is a bike garage with in feet of the train station. I was able to ride in front of the White House. That entire area is now tiled with 16” or larger tiles. You use to be able to drive in front of the White House, no more. 9/11 changed everything there. The morning i went to get my bike traffic into dc took more than two hours to drive. It started out ok but the closer I got the worse the traffic got. I now live in phoenix and I was there taking care of my dream girl. It was kind fun to ride in DC cause I’ve never done that before. Iv driven down there many many times in my life. I still get lost everytime I go down there. It’s a really fun city though. I guess I’m kinda non political too I hate all of them down there. Well im in maryland now just waiting to drive home.
I see a notification for a new Berm Peak video. I drop everything and i tune in..
Seth, you're the best, man.
Next up for you might be making a video in Boulder Colorado and sharing some bike love with Ryan Van Dozer!
3:49 you can do anything on corner bars, I put them on a xc MTB and now ride it even harder than before😂
DC is a surprisingly fun place to just ride around, even on the roads. Fixed gear with chopped bars is the best choice. But conversely, an absolutely horrible place for bike commuting, or driving, or walking, or life expectancy. Best to get in, keep moving, and get out.
Seth's never-ending search for authentic tacos! You're in my neck of the woods this time. I'm in southern Maryland. Enjoy DC!
Its been an hour. I bet that capsule has been found and that park is probably full of people rushing there to get it.
Sure are a lot of people looking rn
I'm on the hunt!
Shoot, stay in the area! there are so many good trails out here!! You must try the Frederick Watershed!!
I’ve seen too many cycle. It’s almost get hit by cars. I work in downtown DC every day. Best way to explore DC is on a scooter or a Segway.
Congrats on the 1 million.
Did mistake you for Wolftick?.
That’s kind of hilarious that he thought you were Jeremiah from Wolftick Videos. 😂
He was confused with the tick from wolftick nation those guys are awsome.
It's so weird, from his reaction he hasn't been in DC yet
I have, even though I'm German😂
Really enjoying these infrastructure videos