Hi. I watch your videos quite often. What always strikes me is how very peaceful your rides are. I live in Bombay, India and here traffic is not only extremely busy, but also aggressive and on the edge. My bicycle rides (non-commute) are early in the morning. Your videos help me unwind, after my stressful commute by car.
Thanks for sharing your videos. I'm relatively new to the channel so I'm making my way through the videos but I have been using them while on the bike trainer at home. It's nice, it's like I'm taking a bike tour of your city with you.
And 9:33 "...stupid stop signs..." I hear ya. Used to live outside of the US, where they had round-abouts. You approach an intersection and need to go around a center island yielding to your left (or right depending on side of the road.) They are able to slow traffic, but keep it flowing. If no one to your left, you just drive - no stopping. No idea why we don't have more of them in the US. That road you're own is perfect candidate.
My thought is that stop signs are political and government/planner laziness at its worse. I practice stop as yield. ruclips.net/video/06HBVw9iSrQ/видео.html
Hi BB, great video, I wish the area that I live had such quiet roads and beautiful countryside. Your comment about the speed that the cyclists travel along the cycle routes in London is absolutely correct. I live just outside London and travel 10 miles each way to work and back each day, and although I do not travel through central London each day, I have completed many charity bike rides starting in central London and have seen some truly horrible accidents caused by cyclists travelling at 20 / 25mph beside others travelling at 10 / 12mph. The slower ones pull out to go round one of the million or so pot holes that litter the roads around London, and are hit by the faster people. The injuries I have seen are unbelievable. It kind of makes sense though, at least if you are hit by a car they are fairly blunt compared to all the parts that stick out of a bike. Its fine to travel fast on the open road ( I do myself ), but amongst slow traffic and slower cyclists, its much safer to slow down a little.
I enjoy these longer rides because I browse the internet while listening/watching you and they're also a good way to get tips in a single video. By the way Bikeblogger I live in Saint Louis too, you should sell me one of your bikes and then we can cycle together sometime!
Hey BB, Much better pronunciation that time :) The French version would be Moto-BEE-kahn Take a look at a Garmin GPS for your bike(s), It can be moved from Bike to Bike. Gives you a Map page, Turn by Turn directions and can display MPH/KPH, total miles, trip miles and a bunch of other data. You can upload all of the data to your computer as well. You can create a route on your computer and download it to your GPS via USB. You also can even record data while Jogging by carrying it in your pocket. I have a Garmin Edge 705. I don't leave home without it If you want more info, PM me
I enjoy these videos you do. I've not done much traveling in the US. It's interesting to see your bike travels through your area. I also like the videos you do related to bike maintenance and upgrades. I would REALLY like to find a used bike that fits me well and then upgrade it myself. How did you go about developing your bike maintenance skills? Thanks Bike Blogger.
26:08 Safety first, being nice second. Oh man, that rings the bell. I always thought I try to be that but I got #2 in front of #1 long enough to let a Range Rover coming up on me fast and WHAAM! I was hit by a Taxi VAN monday between appts. From the dentist. Had crossed the Mississippi Twice at this point of the day. Earlier it was so near-fog that all the road workers were protected by cop SUVs with their flashers on all downtown -- I had never seen this before. So I am way over on the right lane and there is a bunch of cars coming up plus the Range Rover seemed to be on my butt (my red flashing light going even though it was noon! That's how much I felt I needed the safety.) and I go to switch to the left lane and I am under skyway building with huge bricklike columns you can't see around and there's a yellow cab coming my way. That is all I saw. I never even saw the light turn yellow. I never saw a light. I braked hard, the front tire was rammed and I thought his window broke as a shard of glass flew (I later realized this was the underside of his rearview mirror) across my vision from right to left. I guess I was dragged a few feet -- it all happened so hard to know it just happens so fast. Out came a short black guy who you could tell didn't like bikers. He was already angry or has a super short fuse. He claims he has video (which should be interesting to see as I don't think I was ever even quite in his windshield's view) and later a bystander asked him a question so I got him swearing at a woman and telling her to go F^%& herself so if this goes to court that should help. Mainly it comes down to one law: A car in MN can never be within 3 feet of a bike so my interpretation is that he is at fault. And I did have extra precautions going -- the red laser/LED light flashing. My Eddie Bauer Convertible Travellers pants (convertible from shorts to pants) have a WHOLE rubbed/heated/melted through them that I didn't even know was there until just a few minutes ago. (But it lines up with my leg wounds.) My leg did get two slight bloody scratches, my left hand stung so bad it'd make the worst Aluminum baseball bat sting feel like nothing. I was a little week in my knees and my Right shoulder hurts and radiated down my tricep but I barely realized it then and was focused on getting lunch and getting to my next appt across town. Then my appt got cancelled, I was BETWEEN the HOSPITAL and the CLINIC with the hardbricklike concrete skyway overhead so I could have gotten checked out but I was too tired. That was monday.... I came home, ate a quick bowl of rice and went to bed. Now it's early Thursday Morning -- I guess I have been sleeping all this time and finally feel less shaken. BTW I adapted this bike to have BMX handlebars so if the original MTB handlebars had been on their I would at least have one severely broken arm, probably two because the regular handlebar position is about 9 inches lower. All I can tell now is my brass shim got pushed out, the plastic handlebar cap is gone, and of course the handblebars misaligned from the wheel (which I rotated back into position at the scene). I haven't had time to look it over for anymore damage. Didn't seem to want to shift well. But I thank those disc brakes. I did ride it home, all on the sidewalk, and seem to have no broken bones so any crash you walk away from is.... wow, was it loud. People from every corner saw and came over and there was so much noise. Well that was my week, how was yours? ;-) I'm still so amazed how much of your city and vernacular is like ours....wabasha near the Mississippi River, the same suburb name... its almost like a twilight zone episode sometimes. But thanks for sharing an uneventful ride... obviously just what I needed to mentally get back up on the horse! My mother is having surgery tomorrow, pray for her. At her age (78) it weighs heavy on me. GA alone kills far too many older folks. I had a relative who went in to amputate just a toe and she died on the table.
I do like the longer rides. A few reasons why. 1. I like to hear you talk. 2. St. Louis is a very nice city and it looks like you can really ride a bike there, without any issues. 3. I like the fact that you are taking us on a trip somewhere. 4. Not only the place you are goiig is important als the ride to there. 5. I like to follow you on Google Steetview and by telling the names of the streets you are traveling it is easy to do. A longer bike trip makes that a real event. I do remember a trip you took to Jefferson Barracks Park, also a longer video, which is very nice. I must say I do watch the longer videos when I have the time for it. Viewing the video takes me longer then the lenght of the video, because I see so many things I like to ltake a closer look at. Maybe a video, where you cross the river to the other side of the Mississippi ?
Thanks for the kind words DutchBikeBlogger! Those are some informative points I'll remember. I have actually crossed the Mississippi River in a few videos like this one here ruclips.net/video/lWDMdnU-G7M/видео.html and this one ruclips.net/video/t-nTKmgGtoY/видео.html all my longer videos are on this playlist ruclips.net/p/PLEZf1_jDCYJ3nS25lbENgFxYieaBu7Pyk
LOL Bike BLOGGER I was getting chased by dogs at the pond at night and I just went 30 miles per hour the whole way because I was because they were chasing me.
+Random Bike Trips A bike mounted camera is the easiest, fastest, safest, and most stable and comfortable option for me. It is inconspicuous and the best way to capture authentic interactions between cyclist and motorist.
this is your fixie correct? how do you find it climbing hills? I want to get into cycling and I haven't road a fixie since I was a child. Any advice or insight would be awesome!
+Linux,Baduk N'More (Aj) I ride a singlespeed which allows me to coast, but it is one speed just like a fixed gear bike. Climbing hills is tough sometimes. One gear is limiting but if you live somewhere with few hills it's enough. Some people ride singlespeed or fixed for simplicity or for training. A good singlespeed bike has brakes, lightweight wheels, and bullhorn or road style handlebars IMO. Fixed gear bikes allow you to brake by putting back pressure on the pedals. The rear cog is fixed to the rear wheel and does not allow for coasting. I recommend singlespeed coastie bikes over fixie bikes for the road.
Fancy looking bike. Do you know if the gold colored components are anodized or just painted? A little too flashy for commuting as it may strongly attract the attention of thieves but for home based rides it would certainly show off a bit. Look carefully at the geometry as the head tube angle changes dramatically while the top tube length stays almost the same between sizes. This means the smaller one will handle quite a bit differently than the large one as far as steering input goes.
I think the attack of the giant potted plants around 56:40 is on you BB. Looks like they were put there to close that road so somebody wants those there, gravel warts and all. Besides, you're getting faster and since you gave up the mountain biking, your skills may be atrophying. I think you need to swap tires on one bike, designate for urban assault duties and go find more gravel! I used to and will ride again with pure roadies and as a group within the same gender, they are the worst bike handlers.
+254171275fb In July, the Tour de France racers log 100+ miles a day, but even they have some rest days. My point is that you shouldn't compare yourself to others. Just remain focused and track yourself and you'll inevitably improve over time, trust me. ;)
Just work up to it. I commute 31 miles round trip twice a week. Each ride is 15 miles. This past weekend I rode 56 miles, but of course had plenty of stops.
I like the long videos because I love STL but unfortunately don't get up there very much, so this is a way for me to see the city. Whatever happened to the rear camera view?
+Patrick94GSR Rear view camera is coming back in the near future. It takes a lot longer to edit my videos when reviewing and splicing together two film strips.
Awesome ride. Thanks for sharing.
Another nice day BikeBlogger. No I'm not jealous ;-)
Hi. I watch your videos quite often. What always strikes me is how very peaceful your rides are. I live in Bombay, India and here traffic is not only extremely busy, but also aggressive and on the edge. My bicycle rides (non-commute) are early in the morning. Your videos help me unwind, after my stressful commute by car.
+Prabuddha DasGupta Thank you Prabuddha DasGupta!
Amazing! Beautiful camera. Make more pleaseeeeee!!!!
St. Louis is such a quiet city. I love it!
Yay, that was a nice one and a great running time! Ty BB for the nice views! Greetz, OC
I live in Davenport Iowa, its a part of the Quad-Cities. I ride along the Mississippi river every day!
Thanks for sharing your videos. I'm relatively new to the channel so I'm making my way through the videos but I have been using them while on the bike trainer at home. It's nice, it's like I'm taking a bike tour of your city with you.
I can just listen to you while I play my xbox. Great video man.
And 9:33 "...stupid stop signs..." I hear ya. Used to live outside of the US, where they had round-abouts. You approach an intersection and need to go around a center island yielding to your left (or right depending on side of the road.) They are able to slow traffic, but keep it flowing. If no one to your left, you just drive - no stopping. No idea why we don't have more of them in the US. That road you're own is perfect candidate.
My thought is that stop signs are political and government/planner laziness at its worse. I practice stop as yield. ruclips.net/video/06HBVw9iSrQ/видео.html
Hi BB, great video, I wish the area that I live had such quiet roads and beautiful countryside. Your comment about the speed that the cyclists travel along the cycle routes in London is absolutely correct. I live just outside London and travel 10 miles each way to work and back each day, and although I do not travel through central London each day, I have completed many charity bike rides starting in central London and have seen some truly horrible accidents caused by cyclists travelling at 20 / 25mph beside others travelling at 10 / 12mph. The slower ones pull out to go round one of the million or so pot holes that litter the roads around London, and are hit by the faster people. The injuries I have seen are unbelievable. It kind of makes sense though, at least if you are hit by a car they are fairly blunt compared to all the parts that stick out of a bike. Its fine to travel fast on the open road ( I do myself ), but amongst slow traffic and slower cyclists, its much safer to slow down a little.
Nice ride. Thought you were going to ride the stairs.
I love my long rides 15 to 20 miles around the city or on a trail. Do it regularly.
I enjoy these longer rides because I browse the internet while listening/watching you and they're also a good way to get tips in a single video. By the way Bikeblogger I live in Saint Louis too, you should sell me one of your bikes and then we can cycle together sometime!
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Hey BB, Much better pronunciation that time :)
The French version would be Moto-BEE-kahn
Take a look at a Garmin GPS for your bike(s), It can be moved from Bike to Bike. Gives you a Map page, Turn by Turn directions and can display MPH/KPH, total miles, trip miles and a bunch of other data. You can upload all of the data to your computer as well. You can create a route on your computer and download it to your GPS via USB. You also can even record data while Jogging by carrying it in your pocket. I have a Garmin Edge 705. I don't leave home without it
If you want more info, PM me
I enjoy these videos you do. I've not done much traveling in the US. It's interesting to see your bike travels through your area. I also like the videos you do related to bike maintenance and upgrades. I would REALLY like to find a used bike that fits me well and then upgrade it myself. How did you go about developing your bike maintenance skills? Thanks Bike Blogger.
26:08 Safety first, being nice second. Oh man, that rings the bell. I always thought I try to be that but I got #2 in front of #1 long enough to let a Range Rover coming up on me fast and WHAAM!
I was hit by a Taxi VAN monday between appts. From the dentist. Had crossed the Mississippi Twice at this point of the day. Earlier it was so near-fog that all the road workers were protected by cop SUVs with their flashers on all downtown -- I had never seen this before.
So I am way over on the right lane and there is a bunch of cars coming up plus the Range Rover seemed to be on my butt (my red flashing light going even though it was noon! That's how much I felt I needed the safety.) and I go to switch to the left lane and I am under skyway building with huge bricklike columns you can't see around and there's a yellow cab coming my way. That is all I saw. I never even saw the light turn yellow. I never saw a light.
I braked hard, the front tire was rammed and I thought his window broke as a shard of glass flew (I later realized this was the underside of his rearview mirror) across my vision from right to left. I guess I was dragged a few feet -- it all happened so hard to know it just happens so fast.
Out came a short black guy who you could tell didn't like bikers. He was already angry or has a super short fuse. He claims he has video (which should be interesting to see as I don't think I was ever even quite in his windshield's view) and later a bystander asked him a question so I got him swearing at a woman and telling her to go F^%& herself so if this goes to court that should help. Mainly it comes down to one law: A car in MN can never be within 3 feet of a bike so my interpretation is that he is at fault. And I did have extra precautions going -- the red laser/LED light flashing.
My Eddie Bauer Convertible Travellers pants (convertible from shorts to pants) have a WHOLE rubbed/heated/melted through them that I didn't even know was there until just a few minutes ago. (But it lines up with my leg wounds.) My leg did get two slight bloody scratches, my left hand stung so bad it'd make the worst Aluminum baseball bat sting feel like nothing. I was a little week in my knees and my Right shoulder hurts and radiated down my tricep but I barely realized it then and was focused on getting lunch and getting to my next appt across town.
Then my appt got cancelled, I was BETWEEN the HOSPITAL and the CLINIC with the hardbricklike concrete skyway overhead so I could have gotten checked out but I was too tired. That was monday.... I came home, ate a quick bowl of rice and went to bed. Now it's early Thursday Morning -- I guess I have been sleeping all this time and finally feel less shaken.
BTW I adapted this bike to have BMX handlebars so if the original MTB handlebars had been on their I would at least have one severely broken arm, probably two because the regular handlebar position is about 9 inches lower. All I can tell now is my brass shim got pushed out, the plastic handlebar cap is gone, and of course the handblebars misaligned from the wheel (which I rotated back into position at the scene). I haven't had time to look it over for anymore damage. Didn't seem to want to shift well. But I thank those disc brakes.
I did ride it home, all on the sidewalk, and seem to have no broken bones so any crash you walk away from is.... wow, was it loud. People from every corner saw and came over and there was so much noise.
Well that was my week, how was yours? ;-)
I'm still so amazed how much of your city and vernacular is like ours....wabasha near the Mississippi River, the same suburb name... its almost like a twilight zone episode sometimes. But thanks for sharing an uneventful ride... obviously just what I needed to mentally get back up on the horse! My mother is having surgery tomorrow, pray for her. At her age (78) it weighs heavy on me. GA alone kills far too many older folks. I had a relative who went in to amputate just a toe and she died on the table.
I do like the longer rides. A few reasons why. 1. I like to hear you talk. 2. St. Louis is a very nice city and it looks like you can really ride a bike there, without any issues. 3. I like the fact that you are taking us on a trip somewhere. 4. Not only the place you are goiig is important als the ride to there. 5. I like to follow you on Google Steetview and by telling the names of the streets you are traveling it is easy to do. A longer bike trip makes that a real event. I do remember a trip you took to Jefferson Barracks Park, also a longer video, which is very nice.
I must say I do watch the longer videos when I have the time for it. Viewing the video takes me longer then the lenght of the video, because I see so many things I like to ltake a closer look at.
Maybe a video, where you cross the river to the other side of the Mississippi ?
Thanks for the kind words DutchBikeBlogger! Those are some informative points I'll remember. I have actually crossed the Mississippi River in a few videos like this one here ruclips.net/video/lWDMdnU-G7M/видео.html and this one ruclips.net/video/t-nTKmgGtoY/видео.html all my longer videos are on this playlist ruclips.net/p/PLEZf1_jDCYJ3nS25lbENgFxYieaBu7Pyk
LOL Bike BLOGGER I was getting chased by dogs at the pond at night and I just went 30 miles per hour the whole way because I was because they were chasing me.
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You should do strava : )
BB, do you not like to use the chest mount view anymore?
+Random Bike Trips A bike mounted camera is the easiest, fastest, safest, and most stable and comfortable option for me. It is inconspicuous and the best way to capture authentic interactions between cyclist and motorist.
7:30 you cross Historic Route 66
this is your fixie correct? how do you find it climbing hills? I want to get into cycling and I haven't road a fixie since I was a child. Any advice or insight would be awesome!
+Linux,Baduk N'More (Aj) I ride a singlespeed which allows me to coast, but it is one speed just like a fixed gear bike. Climbing hills is tough sometimes. One gear is limiting but if you live somewhere with few hills it's enough. Some people ride singlespeed or fixed for simplicity or for training. A good singlespeed bike has brakes, lightweight wheels, and bullhorn or road style handlebars IMO. Fixed gear bikes allow you to brake by putting back pressure on the pedals. The rear cog is fixed to the rear wheel and does not allow for coasting. I recommend singlespeed coastie bikes over fixie bikes for the road.
Can you give your thoughts on this bike? moosebicycle.com/en/vegas.html
Fancy looking bike. Do you know if the gold colored components are anodized or just painted? A little too flashy for commuting as it may strongly attract the attention of thieves but for home based rides it would certainly show off a bit. Look carefully at the geometry as the head tube angle changes dramatically while the top tube length stays almost the same between sizes. This means the smaller one will handle quite a bit differently than the large one as far as steering input goes.
+Linux,Baduk N'More (Aj) IMHO, Get disc brakes in front at least. They're cheap enough these days and the performance is masterful.
May I ask you? What kind current speed at your bike?
+Иван Анисимов 15 mph, usually more.
I think the attack of the giant potted plants around 56:40 is on you BB. Looks like they were put there to close that road so somebody wants those there, gravel warts and all. Besides, you're getting faster and since you gave up the mountain biking, your skills may be atrophying. I think you need to swap tires on one bike, designate for urban assault duties and go find more gravel! I used to and will ride again with pure roadies and as a group within the same gender, they are the worst bike handlers.
how are you able to ride 15 miles? I take breaks in between. even riding 10 miles too much for me
+254171275fb In July, the Tour de France racers log 100+ miles a day, but even they have some rest days. My point is that you shouldn't compare yourself to others. Just remain focused and track yourself and you'll inevitably improve over time, trust me. ;)
Ah, I see
Your body can only go so far, after that it's all a mind game! Plus if your having fun who cares how far you go!
Just work up to it. I commute 31 miles round trip twice a week. Each ride is 15 miles. This past weekend I rode 56 miles, but of course had plenty of stops.
Mann I just I just drive
I like the long videos because I love STL but unfortunately don't get up there very much, so this is a way for me to see the city.
Whatever happened to the rear camera view?
+Patrick94GSR Rear view camera is coming back in the near future. It takes a lot longer to edit my videos when reviewing and splicing together two film strips.
BikeBlogger
yeah I can imagine so. I only have one camera and that takes me long enough to make a 4-6 min. video with a few cuts.
Having the camera in between the grips gets you a thumbs down
can you do a night video long ?
+Cyclist Bloger I'm sure I'll have one especially as summer nears and daylight heats up.
+BikeBlogger ok man nice why did the car Honk at you and yell ?