good morning we're cycling to switzerland today no we're not we're almost cycling to switzerland
today the pedalboat we're starting to cycle to switzerland today hey look guys chris is
here welcome to a brand new vlog series where we cycle to switzerland to go and see sun god
you can't you can't wear those can't wear this so we're about to cycle to switzerland it's
about ten thousand kilometers away it says one thousand one thousand kilometers away
it's after a bad start chris more coffee switzerland is about one thousand kilometers
away and about ten thousand meters of vertical elevation we're gonna do the whole trip without
flying so that means getting a ferry from here england all the way to amsterdam dangerous
first stop on the trip is going to be backyard bike shop because one we can check over the bikes
but really that's just an excuse they make good bagels they make good bagels
hello ben are we still going yeah of course we are
are we really yeah of course yeah why wouldn't we be going
i know he's a silly boy i'll be an hour we've timed this trip perfectly definitely on purpose
with a heat wave so expect loads of moaning about the heat for the next couple of weeks because
we're really english i think i've been stitched up again nick the last time i went bike packing with
chris his bike was way lighter than mine like way lighter and i had a miserable experience
and it wasn't because i was really unfit it was because of the bikes so let's weigh them
because you've got your machine i think it's not who's cheating you could how what's the weight
limit on your machine i don't know we'll find that 50 kilos i don't think it's gonna work yeah let's
start off first how much do you weigh like who's heavier what's the weight difference you all have
to carry the extra weight no because no because big people have more power i'm agreeing with you
yeah yeah i'm agreeing with you i'm disagreeing with both of you 24.1 something i hope you've got
good stabilization on that smashing this one 19. something two five great packing success that's
a win for me now i have all the excuses i've got an idea for you to save wait just get one of these
instead of this massive camera you haven't also added all the weight loss with that camera that's
gonna be in the back of their points yeah that's another 10 kilos and i haven't added the weight
of all the gummy sweets i'm gonna buy just on time you're in kit and everything why are you not ready
i am ready why have you two got less than me it's 19 and a half i think it is it's 19. 20.5
both of them are cheating i'm the only one with a heavy bike that's it i expected more from him
thank you
a quick rundown of everything that's on the bike because i know you guys
will ask this is my scott foil built up with an aliexpress group set which is a bit of a risk
loads of bags on the bike we've got tail fin on the back which is a pannier system
carbon rack laptop sleeve which is not available to buy it's like a prototype one 120 litre pannier
on the back then on the front of the bike on the forks i have mounted new tail fin v is that what
they're called v-mount v-mount bags or v-mount packs inside there i've got all soft stuff so
mainly my clothes and it also balances out the weight of the bike a bit so it's not just all
focused on the back then on the front i've also got a bar bag with all my electrical stuff in
loads of cable cable salad cable salad germans have got a word for it cable salad garmin head
unit fidlock bottles hutchinson tyres on some fairly shallow parkour carbon rims set up tubeless
brand new tyres so hopefully i won't get any punches i've just cursed it haven't i all in all
quite a light setup but still heavier than these guys but you've got really heavy cajones
now we are riding to the ferry which is about one hour probably less from here it must be
downhill because it's at the sea this is the final crew for the trip we've got ben
and we got chris it's also ben's first ever bags on bikes trip so he's got to pass the initiation
thank you very much i really thought there would be nobody on bikes here but there's
two cyclists over there to come off the ferry three in front of us
more going through the passport thing this is the way to do it apparently
you know i used to use these on boats as well
i believe it's called a ratchet strap oh my god oh my god i didn't matter how many hours you
it doesn't matter really yeah i don't know how many we've got all day we have a disco
here tonight a lot of girls waiting for you huh oh why is it okay just for you chris cheers guys
lots of girls waiting for chris at the disco i got to press the big red button so far this trip is
off to an excellent start we've made friends with the guys who could potentially get us in the vip
upgrade sweet and what number are we i don't know when i see stairs i follow
for clarity i'm not going to the disco gen oh my god it's going to be cozy tonight boys
which bunk bed you want ben there you go francis
it's a very small room ben very small room it's gonna be super cozy very hot in here can you open
the window what on a boat are you sure what was it we're above water we might we might not be though
but it's going to water that's something there is this is a paint line this is our life raft when we
when we yeah when if we if it gets rough if it gets rough you pull this it's called a
painter line and they go they all go into the sea and then you have to get in one
so we've got strip to it inside it's like there's like a a break which is like a fishing net
you know like you put it in it breaks you if you go too fast yeah well it's a whistle
plan for this trip we've got eight days of riding we're going through four countries netherlands
belgium france for a long time then switzerland each day is like 130 140 kilometers average so
decent distance and i'm gonna try and film a video like this and get it uploaded and edited
every single day and if you don't what's the uh the forfeit yeah what's the fourth bit add a
brick onto the back of your tailgate every single time speaking of that should we get ben and press
for his first bike packing trip he needs something to remember it thinking something
big big what are these well he said he was a sorry we are going to amsterdam why are there that
children's size like why do they sell children's weed slippers he has to build it on the trip
this is 16.99 the lego was like 200. the deluxe one 61.99
ben has got a son who would really appreciate this so it's a really good present for ben's son
actually yeah yeah it's good and we're buying it as a thank you for letting your dad come out and
hang with us shoots missiles real walking arm control 50 actions at once thank you thank you
the uh bike ride is it's quite flat so we thought getting something heavy wouldn't
really be a problem ben has a son so we thought the robot would be something that
he'd really want it might not be another opportunity to buy a robot on the route
going through some quite secluded places like farmland so every day you find an elite trooper
just on the shelf in a shop so i'm sure you can find a good way to lash it onto his
his bike i think if i just leave it here on his bed let me present it nicely
this ferry has an all-you-can-eat buffet which is very good for bike packing trips already this has
been a fantastic choice better than flying better than the train you can get a train to house now
you can't cut your eurostar what is that make sure you eat all up like a big strong boy ben
he's having a laugh man i'm not carrying that yeah it's present it's easy to carry it's for
your son we can fix it onto your bike like straps it doesn't touch the table would be
fine right on top of the telephone did you know i thought if they buy me clogs that's
really annoying but this is more annoying you think that's a great present for your
boy wouldn't he love that it's for five plus he's five isn't he arm control arm control
i spent an hour in my hallway taking t-shirts out and weighing my bike