I'm Too Old for Travelling This Way!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In 2018 I built my Bériault bicycle camper, short, narrow and low in travel mode and long, wide and high in camping mode. Its purpose was to make my travel easier and more enjoyable. However, things have changed...
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I went your proposed route. After my stroke at 63, I had a life changing moment and bought a used camper with all the amenities you spoke of. We travel close to our local state parks once a month during the summer months. Bought an ebike which adds to the traveling adventure. Enjoyed your video of overcoming your knee and illnesses which give me hope. Can't get around much anymore because of leg blockages, but do my best. Ebike gets me out there instead of walking. Thanks for your video!
Thanks for sharing your experience.
I was where you are a year ago (age 77) - took my camper apart and repurposed the trailer and salvaged what I could. I now have a folding Catrike Trail that I put in my MINI Cooper and bike the Tucson Loop. All the best on your travels.
I realise that I'm lucky to have lasted as long as I have. A nice thing about reaching my age is that you never have to worry about dying young.
You're an inspiration Robert. I'm glad that you're going to continue on with the bike only and whichever other mode of travel you move onto. Perhaps a camper van or small motorhome would be interesting and fun. The options seem plentiful. Oh and hats off to Canada!
Thank you for saying so. Cheers!
Robert, it sounds to me like you are adapting successfully and making good choices. Us older folks just can't do all the things we used to do, but you are finding a way to continue doing the things you love. Your camper is an excellent invention, but it's served its purpose for you. I've recently given up RV travel, partly because of my age, so I don't recommend you start that - it requires more effort than you might think, especially on your own. Bike touring with overnights in motels or B&B's sounds like the way to go!
Hi Tom,
Nice to hear from you. Thank you for your insight based on experience. Something to take into account for sure.
Hi Robert. I know what you mean about watching yourself on video. I am 77 and have just finished my Beriault camper here in Tasmania. I am currently waiting for a decent couple of days to take it away on its first trip. Maybe the Spring winds will have abated enough and the rain gone elsewhere by Thursday! Back to watching oneself on video - I made a few videos of building the camper and couldn't help but wonder just who this stooped old fellow was as he slowly got it together. BUT I feel OK (even though I move slowly!) and am looking forward to a good few years of touring around this great State and not being in a tent all thanks to you and your great trailer design. Keep well and keep exploring.
Great news! Congratulations for terminating your project! Looking forward to seeing pictures of your build and to hear about your travels with it. Hope the weather clears up soon.
Glad to hear you beat the lymphoma.
Thank you
Robert, you are really brave to reach the conclusion that ageing is inevitable. I am 82 and when cycle camping this year I found it getting tougher and the pleasure reducing. This week I thought a canal boat trip would be easy ..but I fell in twice! I too think I have reached a watershed...but my ebike (home converted) gived me huge pleasure on 30 mile trips round English country lanes. And all solar charged from a fixed panel on my garden shed. Next project is to build a folding ebike and combine bike and train rides
I see that you're not ready for the Old Folks Home rocking chair! Great!
OMG, Robert, you CPAP on a bike camp trip. You win all competitions with that proviso. I imagine if I had the wherewithal to make a similar trip I would be all “No machine for me. My wife’s not here to suffer, so If I give up up the ghost in my camp, under the pines and stars, SO BE IT!” I admire your your insistence on finding the joy in cycling. I’m a little behind you in years, but you are proving to be a great inspiration for the idea that we shouldn’t be limited by the ideas other people have about age. We will ride as far as we feel fit to do so.
I share your philosophy with regards to your "so be it" approach to life. I don't worry about death, that state of permanent unconsciousness. But I'll do anything reasonable to put it off. Thanks for reaching out.
You are an inspiration for us all Robert. I found your channel many years ago looking for bike campers. Whichever way you can spend time in nature , I hope you continue to find joy and peace in your life. ATVB.
Thank you for your kind wishes. I notice that you are an outdoor girl. Keep it up!
Bravo cousin. J'admire ta force, ton courage et ta détermination ! Très inspirant.
Merci, Colotte. Faut pas lâcher!
Robert, you are an inspiration. It was an honor to go along on this eBike camping trip.
Nice to have you along with me. Thanks for your response.
'Never quit cycling!' indeed. You're such an inspiration - never quitting, just adjusting and moving on. Yours is one of the few videos I look forward to watching, so thank you from Japan!
Thank you for your expression of appreciation and fidelity.
What if there was an ebike pedal RV that was a fixed camper with enclosed cab that you didn't have to pack up and down? That's my dream but I'm not a very good designer and nobody else seems to want to build one. I would love one with recumbent seat at a high enough level you don't have to bend to get in, and where the seat can just fold down flat to form the bed. All you have to do to get going again is sit up and pedal. It could be built pretty easily on the frame of one of those surrey bikes!
You know what? For the past week, I've been thinking or something in the same line. It would be a trailer, but wider, longer and higher than my present camper. It would have the entire side forming a pullout to sleep in and a top that would give stand-up headroom. There would be a kitchen counter at one end and a table that could double as a desk at the other. I'm very excited about it. I think it could work and it would do what you suggest, make setting up a cinch.
Thanks for the update Robert hopefully your strength will improve in time. IM 76 and still cycling luckily.
Thank you, and keep up moving.
I follow your path, dear Mr. Robert! Greetings from Olsztyn!
Thank you for following me
Hi Robert. I'm a former Ottawa resident who lived in Westboro and Stittsville and worked at the former Nortel Carling campus. It was nice to flash-back in your video footage to some of my old commuting and recreational routes. Your videos are both educational and inspiring, and have me thinking in my spare time about how I could build a bicycle camper that would sleep two that my wife and I could someday tow behind our tandem. Easy set-up and take-down is very high on my list of wants, so my current idea revolves around a "Baker"-style tent, with the top of the trailer serving as a comfortable and level bed platform/bench, and a large awning with standing room underneath. Setup would just involve putting the vertical poles in place on the tent, one in each corner, and running guy wires to the awning poles. I wish you good health and I look forward to the chronicles of your future adventures in whatever form they take!
Hi David,
One of the Bériault Bicycle Camper builders has just recently filed for a US patent for a two person bicycle camper. If you want to contact me at my email address I will try to put you in touch with him. However, the ideas you have sound good. And with two people setting it up it would be much easier than working alone. robertebikes@yahoo.com
I'm watching from New Zealand and very much love cycling. You are quite the inspiration. Thank you. Incidentally I grew up in Winnipeg and have a younger brother in Gatineau.
Thank you for your kind words, and enjoy year-round biking where you are!
I hope your strength and stamina recover so you can continue your bike rides because I always enjoy riding along. I related to you watching yourself on the video. I never felt old until I saw myself on a security camera. All the best for you, Robert.
Thanks for your friendly response, Fletcher. I think I can learn a thing or two from your food storage recipes.
Your design will live on in me. I am a few weeks away from a Utility Patent Application on the “Road Abode” -two person slide out version of your camper. Thank you for sharing your adventures, and being so honest with your thoughts. Glad you are going to keep on keeping on! Love; Mickey
Thank you for your kind words and your interest in my activities. I'd be very interested in knowing the patent number so I can see the patent description, the drawings and what changes you have made since you sent me your drawings a while back. I have a couple of Canadian patents in my name and am curious about the US patent system.
@@RobertBeriault753 I will keep you in the loop. Thanks for your knowledge and input
Thanks for another thought provoking, instructive and lovely episode. I always click first on your channel when I see a new video. There are some nice, relatively small RVs out there if you decide to go that way. We've also gone the AirBnB route and enjoyed the opportunity to explore new territory. Not as quite flexible as RVing, but perhaps less expensive.
Thank you for touching base once again, Frank. Next year I'll probably try both ways of traveling.
Was very impressed with your DIY camper and looked to this channel for ebike camping inspiration but then I got a SUV and its sooo much easier. I can bring so much gear and easily sleep in the back (or tent if I prefer, I sometimes bring two!). Recently added a fridge and battery for always cold drinks and groceries.
You're making me envious!
Très courageux de partir en vélo caravane, j'aime l'originalité de vôtre caravane.bonne route
Merci. J'espère que la prochaine saison sera meilleure.
Well done sharing this
I don't know how well I was able to transmit the idea that it's part of life, that at as the body ages, we have to let go of hard physical activities in favour of increasingly easier ones. Thank you for responding.
I felt while watching the video, it was more of a retirement. I wondered why I hadn't seen a video lately. Although I was a subscriber, I did not get notifications! 🥺
I guess it is better than another video of another RUclipsr and it mentioned that he died. Cosmo Weans drove around a tear drop Camper and someone else had to let us know that he died.
I am in the USA and expect that you should have no problem selling your Bike Camper. Someone locally will buy it.
There was a Public Radio show here in the States called Prairie Home Companion. They had "commercials" about Ketchup done satirically since the show was without Commercials. Maybe you need more Ketchup? That was one thing that would cure all problems!
The thought came to mind that one day in the not very distant future I will pass away and my subscribers would never know what happened. I also don't know what will happen to my channel. I don't know if I have to be alive for it to continue. These are things I will have to think about. I looked up Prairie Home Companion. It sounds as if it was fun to listen to.
@@RobertBeriault753 , I am not sure of your knowledge about Canadian Literature, but Prairie Home Companion would tell stories like Stephen Leacock did about the Prairie Provinces, except about Lake Wobegon...a mythical town in rural Minnesota.
Thanks for the hint. I've only been reading serious non-fiction books. Maybe it would do me a lot of good to read a little fiction and humour. I've never read Leacock, but I think I'll try one or two of his books.
Très inspirant Robert!
Merci, J-F
You could probably still camp if you went with someone else to share the work.
That's an idea to ponder. Thanks
I had knee surgery back in 83. It took me almost a year to come back from it. And they you got sick and had to do treatments. Yeah, its going to take time for you to come back to what you once where, if you can. Not sure what else I can tall you. Maybe get your red blood cell count tested, and eat more red meat, or take a iron supplement? Good luck, I know I'm getting almost too old to camp.
Eating more red meat sounds like good advice. As for camping, it's good to know when to quit. Best regards.
Do you pedal much w/ the new knee? It looks like you were throttling in the clips that you filmed. I'm 66 and will need a knee replacement when things get worse. Severe arthritus now, but manageable so far.
The new knee is just as good as my natural knee was when I was 40. I can pedal easily and with force when needed. It's just that I often feel lazy.😉
Who made the rock cairns at your last stop? Is it just something people do, or are the of historical significance?
Excellent question. They've been there for years and I always assumed that they were indigenous sculptures, because this was a popular trading and rest area for them in the past. But no. They are made by an Ottawa artist called John Felice Ceprano, American by birth, and studied here and eventually immigrated. He has been contracted by the National Capital Commission to build these interesting structures.
@@RobertBeriault753 That's really interesting! I'm sorry to hear about the camping decision, but you'll find something that you enjoy! Your videos are very good so perhaps making more videos?
Sure. As long as I don't run out of ideas. Thanks
I wish you had gone with a Trike, I do not miss the shoulder, neck, wrist and lower back pains at all the the chance of a blood clot was so scary I retired my Trek Mountain Bike that weighed about 10lbs or less.
With my Trike I'm not looking at the ground, no more neck, back, shoulder and wrist pains also no balance issues, just sit back and enjoy. But each his own, I will never get back on a bike for I want to see the country side not the 12 feet in front of me because holding my head up about killed me.
I find the idea of a trike very attractive. I will redouble my efforts to finding one I can rent or borrow.
Maybe you need to revaluate what you haul with you besides a partner to help.
I always ask myself what I could leave behind, but everything seems essential. A partner would make a nice difference.