Hi Thomas -- Thanks for your feedback. I like to understand where I am riding, not just ride. So I've learned a lot while making these videos. Glad to hear you enjoy that aspect. We look forward to hearing from you on a future ride.
I'm retiring in 3 months and planning to spend my summer ebiking with my little dog. I've really enjoyed your narratives on these rides. Wondering about your work history before retirement? I have been working as a Social Worker for the past 40 years. It's now time to relax and have some fun. Your videos have piqued my interest for probable trips. I live in WVa where we have several rail trails.
You have some great rail trails in WVA! We've only ridden on 1 (North Bend Rail Trail) because we want to save some of the trails closer to home for places to go in the future that don't take days to get to. We just retired June 2023. Up until then we worked, but I was self-employed for the last 17 years, and Randy had a lot of flexibility in his job, so we were able to take a lot of trips before we actually retired. You may have seen the video of our 40 day cross-country road trip. That was our first big act post retirement. Since that trip we can't figure out when we'll have time to stay home -- we have so many places we want to go. Thanks for watching.
Hi. Thank you for the kind comment. Our goal is to show all the trails we ride so people can get a sense of what they will see -- and not just ride by history. Thank you for watching.
Hi Shane. There are so many historical things to see on this ride. It is amazing how many things I didn't know about the Erie Canal before I started riding my bike. I hope you get to do it soon. thanks for wathcing.
Hi Nelson, Thanks for watching. We have Gazelle Ultimate C8 bikes. These is our second ebike purchase -- we learned so much after our first; but technology is also changing every day. We are really happy with the Bosch drive and the fact that we don't have a derailer. We can shift from a dead stop. I keep hoping we'll get a chance to do a video on our bikes, but we haven't gotten there yet!
Hi Don. How are you and Nancy? I sent you a Facebook Messenger note last week and didn't get a reply, so maybe I have the wrong Don??? Sure looked like you. Thanks for the feedback on the video. My first 20 minute + one. We just bought a drone and I used it riding through the lock -- so now we can bring our videos to new heights!! Randy just recovered from Knee replacement surgery so we are getting ready to get back out on the trail -- Washington DC late May.
Do they hate e-bikes on the Erie Canal Trail? I haven't had many problems but I have one leg it is my wheelchair really. This is something I would like to do and bring my tent
We haven't had anyone bother us because we have ebikes and we've ridden almost 2/3 of the entire canal trail. There are more on road sections between Albany and Syracuse than between Syracuse and Buffalo.
Good afternoon! Great videos of the Canal ride. I am going to ride this summer with the supported Parks NY ride. I have a few such rides under my belt riding with a supported ride but this will be my first multi-day ride with my ebike under me. I've had the bike out for a couple of S24O's and I have loved it! Both times it involved camping with no charging. One of the trips was on the Flint Hills trail out of Ottawa Kansas (great place, you guys would like it!!) and no issues at all with battery life because it is pretty flat. The other was some good climbs here in Colorado and I made it back home on my last bar!! I have purchased an extra battery for this trip for peace of mind even if I find I don't need it. Keep up the nice work on the videos. Oh yeah, have you heard about batteries for bikes on Amtrak?? I plan on putting them in my carry-on bag but I would like to keep one on the bike just so I don't have to lug two around with me.
Hi. Thanks for the update on your rides and the tip on the Flint Hills Trail -- I've added it to my biking wish list! I don't think there are any restrictions to having your ebike batteries on the trail. We have run into instances when we are loading our bikes onto a train where they have asked us to remove our batteries from our bikes. I think that was more related to weight than any issue about batteries. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for taking a minute to share some of your experiences. I'm not sure why your comment from 1 year ago has just shown up in my feed??? Sorry... We don't have any experience with Amtrak and our ebikes, so I can't help there. It is my understanding from a little research that the bikes hang on a rack, so I'm thinking they wouldn't want the batteries on them.
I want to do the Erie Canal on my e-bike. I want to go from Albion New York to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. And I would like to ride the Empire Trail 2 new York City I have walked the trail in Rochester. My friend actually gets paid to walk the canal Middleport and that area which is not far from Batavia where I live. He probably don't even allow e-bikes but they do for me because I have one leg. I have a very good picture of that fridge in Rochester we were there the day before it was open.
Canalside in Buffalo is beautiful compared to the way it used to be. At the Buffalo Sabres rink right next to their is where we went and saw AC DC they tore down the War Memorial where I went too many good concert when I was younger
Definitely have made a lot of changes for the better in Buffalo. Canalside is also the starting point for a lot of great bike trails. Thanks for watching!
This is a great video, loved the mix of history with the riding. I live near Macedon NY and have ridden sections of the trail. I would like to do a ride from Buffalo back to Macedon. When you are doing trips like this, what do you do for transportation? I am trying to figure out how to get me and the bike to Buffalo to start the ride back home.
Hi, Thanks for watching and the positive feedback. I really enjoy researching the history of where I am riding. Glad to hear you do as well. As far as riding from BUF to Macedon, we don't have any magic secret -- we jump in the car and park where we want to start and then have to ride back to the car. So we didn't do this trip in 1 ride -- but over several rides. Would be curious to know if you find a ride service that will take you and your bike to BUF.
I live in Batavia New York and I would like to do the trail on my e-bike from Rochester to Niagara Falls. Or between Rochester and buffalo to Niagara Falls. I really enjoyed the video and I know it takes time to stop and film things
Hi. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the video. We have a lot of fun making them. Have a great Erie Canal Ride. We haven't taken the trail from Tonawanda to Niagara Falls yet. We have taken the trail from Devils Hole to the Falls (came down the Niagara River Gorge). It is a beautiful trail you might want to check out. Here 's the link to that video: ruclips.net/video/CgTb3pGvjuY/видео.html. Happy trails!!
Great series- I love my ebike! Have been able to ride so much more with just that little bit of assist! I am curious when you do these rides do you worry about unexpected inclines or terrain draining your batteries before you hit your destination?
Thanks for supporting our channel. We love to make these videos because it gets us looking at places where we might not normally have gone. We keep pretty close track of battery life. We usually start in the lowest assist level on the outbound and know our limits once we see how the trail plays out. Sometimes it does stop us from going a little farther. We had an instance where my battery died exactly at the end of our trip. We were lucky because those are heavy bikes to ride without the assist!!!
How many days did this trip take? How far will your bikes go on a charge? You should do a video talking about your bikes, range, and any issues you may have experienced with them on the trails. Great Work! Keep riding, and stay safe!
HI, since we live along the Erie Canal we did in in pieces over a several month period of time and then pieced it together into a video. You could probably ride BUF to SYR in 4 days easily. Our current bikes go about 90 miles on a charge. The bikes we had when we rode the Erie Canal had a maximum range of 40 miles. We plan to do a video on our current bikes as well as our bike carrier. That’s more likely a winter posting. We haven’t had any issues with our bikes on the trails. Even when we rode the train in Lehigh Gorge they didn’t even ask us to take the batteries off. “See” you on the trail again soon.
There are several sections where you ride your bike on roads. But the trail is 365 miles to ride, unless you want to bike pack the whole thing, there are a lot of great day out-and-back rides. To find the trail vs. on road sections you may want to check out this interactive map: www.ptny.org/bike-canal/map/
Buffalo was the first place they had electricity there is a statue of Tesla in Niagara Falls New York which is way better than Canada for me because it's not a tourist trap
My friend in Medina New York gets paid to walk satanael and check for problems I think it's from Medina to Middleport that would be a great job there's nobody there to bother you
Watched again.
Incredible scenery, and directly visible history!
Thanks for watching, and for taking the time to comment. We hope to “see” you on another adventure.
The most professional video on uTube. Simply beautiful photography and splendid narration.
Wow, thank you! You are so kind. We appreciate your support.
Thank you for sharing your bike trails experiences. I
Thanks for watching!! See you on our newest adventure in a few weeks.
Thanks for the history of Erie canal. It's gonna be my next out of state bikepacking adventure 👍😎
Hi Thomas -- Thanks for your feedback. I like to understand where I am riding, not just ride. So I've learned a lot while making these videos. Glad to hear you enjoy that aspect. We look forward to hearing from you on a future ride.
going to go from Buffalo to Albany in September. Thanks for the time you put into your videos. I enjoy them
We hope you have a fabulous ride! Thank you for your kind comments. We hope to "see" you on our next adventure.
I'm retiring in 3 months and planning to spend my summer ebiking with my little dog. I've really enjoyed your narratives on these rides. Wondering about your work history before retirement? I have been working as a Social Worker for the past 40 years. It's now time to relax and have some fun. Your videos have piqued my interest for probable trips. I live in WVa where we have several rail trails.
You have some great rail trails in WVA! We've only ridden on 1 (North Bend Rail Trail) because we want to save some of the trails closer to home for places to go in the future that don't take days to get to. We just retired June 2023. Up until then we worked, but I was self-employed for the last 17 years, and Randy had a lot of flexibility in his job, so we were able to take a lot of trips before we actually retired. You may have seen the video of our 40 day cross-country road trip. That was our first big act post retirement. Since that trip we can't figure out when we'll have time to stay home -- we have so many places we want to go. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. Really appreciate these videos you do.
Hi. Thank you for the kind comment. Our goal is to show all the trails we ride so people can get a sense of what they will see -- and not just ride by history. Thank you for watching.
Timmery is raving about how cool your video is. She says it sounds like a school informational video only better.
Hi Paul -- Thanks for the positive comment. Not sure about the school informational video, but I'll take it!
@@Adventuresonebikes just means it's well done 👏
Another great biking idea! Thanks so much.
Thanks for your kind comment, and thanks for watching.
I have got to do this ride. Break it into two days that's only 89 miles a day. OHHHHH MAN this ride looks beautiful.
Hi Shane. There are so many historical things to see on this ride. It is amazing how many things I didn't know about the Erie Canal before I started riding my bike. I hope you get to do it soon. thanks for wathcing.
Great video. Thank you for taking us along. What do you folks have for EBikes? Ride On!
Hi Nelson, Thanks for watching. We have Gazelle Ultimate C8 bikes. These is our second ebike purchase -- we learned so much after our first; but technology is also changing every day. We are really happy with the Bosch drive and the fact that we don't have a derailer. We can shift from a dead stop. I keep hoping we'll get a chance to do a video on our bikes, but we haven't gotten there yet!
Doing whole trail in Aug 2023!!
How exciting!! We hope you have a great ride.
Thank you for this amazing video. I have to rate this one as my fav, followed by the New River Trail (wonder why?????). Thanks
Hi Don. How are you and Nancy? I sent you a Facebook Messenger note last week and didn't get a reply, so maybe I have the wrong Don??? Sure looked like you. Thanks for the feedback on the video. My first 20 minute + one. We just bought a drone and I used it riding through the lock -- so now we can bring our videos to new heights!! Randy just recovered from Knee replacement surgery so we are getting ready to get back out on the trail -- Washington DC late May.
Do they hate e-bikes on the Erie Canal Trail? I haven't had many problems but I have one leg it is my wheelchair really. This is something I would like to do and bring my tent
We haven't had anyone bother us because we have ebikes and we've ridden almost 2/3 of the entire canal trail. There are more on road sections between Albany and Syracuse than between Syracuse and Buffalo.
Good afternoon! Great videos of the Canal ride. I am going to ride this summer with the supported Parks NY ride. I have a few such rides under my belt riding with a supported ride but this will be my first multi-day ride with my ebike under me. I've had the bike out for a couple of S24O's and I have loved it! Both times it involved camping with no charging. One of the trips was on the Flint Hills trail out of Ottawa Kansas (great place, you guys would like it!!) and no issues at all with battery life because it is pretty flat. The other was some good climbs here in Colorado and I made it back home on my last bar!! I have purchased an extra battery for this trip for peace of mind even if I find I don't need it. Keep up the nice work on the videos. Oh yeah, have you heard about batteries for bikes on Amtrak?? I plan on putting them in my carry-on bag but I would like to keep one on the bike just so I don't have to lug two around with me.
Hi. Thanks for the update on your rides and the tip on the Flint Hills Trail -- I've added it to my biking wish list! I don't think there are any restrictions to having your ebike batteries on the trail. We have run into instances when we are loading our bikes onto a train where they have asked us to remove our batteries from our bikes. I think that was more related to weight than any issue about batteries. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for taking a minute to share some of your experiences. I'm not sure why your comment from 1 year ago has just shown up in my feed??? Sorry... We don't have any experience with Amtrak and our ebikes, so I can't help there. It is my understanding from a little research that the bikes hang on a rack, so I'm thinking they wouldn't want the batteries on them.
I want to do the Erie Canal on my e-bike. I want to go from Albion New York to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. And I would like to ride the Empire Trail 2 new York City I have walked the trail in Rochester. My friend actually gets paid to walk the canal Middleport and that area which is not far from Batavia where I live. He probably don't even allow e-bikes but they do for me because I have one leg. I have a very good picture of that fridge in Rochester we were there the day before it was open.
Hi. You have a lot of great rides on your list. Ebikes are not restricted from the trails, they just want you to be careful. Thanks for watching.
Canalside in Buffalo is beautiful compared to the way it used to be. At the Buffalo Sabres rink right next to their is where we went and saw AC DC they tore down the War Memorial where I went too many good concert when I was younger
Definitely have made a lot of changes for the better in Buffalo. Canalside is also the starting point for a lot of great bike trails. Thanks for watching!
This is a great video, loved the mix of history with the riding. I live near Macedon NY and have ridden sections of the trail. I would like to do a ride from Buffalo back to Macedon. When you are doing trips like this, what do you do for transportation? I am trying to figure out how to get me and the bike to Buffalo to start the ride back home.
Hi, Thanks for watching and the positive feedback. I really enjoy researching the history of where I am riding. Glad to hear you do as well. As far as riding from BUF to Macedon, we don't have any magic secret -- we jump in the car and park where we want to start and then have to ride back to the car. So we didn't do this trip in 1 ride -- but over several rides. Would be curious to know if you find a ride service that will take you and your bike to BUF.
@@Adventuresonebikes I'll let you know what I find. I think at this point it will be sweet talking my wife into dropping me off lol.
@@Adventuresonebikes Amtrack?
@@ronaldsimmons8346 Don't know. I'd want to know how they will handle our ebikes if they actually provide a bike service.
I live in Batavia New York and I would like to do the trail on my e-bike from Rochester to Niagara Falls. Or between Rochester and buffalo to Niagara Falls. I really enjoyed the video and I know it takes time to stop and film things
Hi. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the video. We have a lot of fun making them. Have a great Erie Canal Ride. We haven't taken the trail from Tonawanda to Niagara Falls yet. We have taken the trail from Devils Hole to the Falls (came down the Niagara River Gorge). It is a beautiful trail you might want to check out. Here 's the link to that video: ruclips.net/video/CgTb3pGvjuY/видео.html. Happy trails!!
Great series- I love my ebike! Have been able to ride so much more with just that little bit of assist! I am curious when you do these rides do you worry about unexpected inclines or terrain draining your batteries before you hit your destination?
Thanks for supporting our channel. We love to make these videos because it gets us looking at places where we might not normally have gone. We keep pretty close track of battery life. We usually start in the lowest assist level on the outbound and know our limits once we see how the trail plays out. Sometimes it does stop us from going a little farther. We had an instance where my battery died exactly at the end of our trip. We were lucky because those are heavy bikes to ride without the assist!!!
How many days did this trip take? How far will your bikes go on a charge? You should do a video talking about your bikes, range, and any issues you may have experienced with them on the trails. Great Work! Keep riding, and stay safe!
HI, since we live along the Erie Canal we did in in pieces over a several month period of time and then pieced it together into a video. You could probably ride BUF to SYR in 4 days easily. Our current bikes go about 90 miles on a charge. The bikes we had when we rode the Erie Canal had a maximum range of 40 miles. We plan to do a video on our current bikes as well as our bike carrier. That’s more likely a winter posting. We haven’t had any issues with our bikes on the trails. Even when we rode the train in Lehigh Gorge they didn’t even ask us to take the batteries off. “See” you on the trail again soon.
Are there section that require you to ride your bike on roads? My wife and I try to never ride on streets.
There are several sections where you ride your bike on roads. But the trail is 365 miles to ride, unless you want to bike pack the whole thing, there are a lot of great day out-and-back rides. To find the trail vs. on road sections you may want to check out this interactive map: www.ptny.org/bike-canal/map/
Buffalo was the first place they had electricity there is a statue of Tesla in Niagara Falls New York which is way better than Canada for me because it's not a tourist trap
Thanks for sharing. I'll have to look for it the next time I'm there.
My friend in Medina New York gets paid to walk satanael and check for problems I think it's from Medina to Middleport that would be a great job there's nobody there to bother you
That does sound like a great job! Thanks for sharing.