today's video is dedicated to the plan
for riding to edinburgh and the bike setup so if you're not interested in that feel free to skip
this one and stay tuned for in a couple of days when we're actually riding there first job backs
so this bike packing trip is like the opposite of the one we did a few weeks ago
we're going road bikes we're not carrying camping equipment we're going to edinburgh there's like
hotels we want to cover distance without too much messing around pete is going to be joining
me he hasn't done much bike packing before but as you know from these videos he's a very very
fast rider i'm gonna lend him some bags basically the same setup that i've got here i think these
are the only bags i'm taking so tail fin aero pack on the back and a little atticus bar bag
on the front there is no camping gear involved but we do want to take with us all the spares
that we need change of kit for the next day because we're riding back even longer route
from edinburgh along the coast uh the day after and we need some normal clothes for the evening
and shoes so hopefully that all squeezes in there we'll keep the bags in line so a nice fast
setup um obviously we're not going to be breaking any records but when the ride is as long as it
is which kamoot's estimate is about 10 hours on the first day and 12 hours on the second day we
definitely want to keep that average speed as high as possible if we want to enjoy the city in the
evening oh you're a present mate thank you mitch can i keep it yeah if you want it's a bit worse
for where i mean i've been across the vietnam they do look amazing i'm intrigued because like this
there isn't actually i bought it as something that i'd ride through the winter but then also
if i wanted to like some adventure stuff then it would you know be suitable it doesn't have any
actual guides for mud guards or you know panniers but a lot of stuff so good these days you don't
even need that stuff so it should be interesting or if it works we haven't decided we'll see yeah
i put this together this morning so we'll see if it if it still functions your bike's a lot
more appropriate than mine for this it's made of metal it's also slower just gonna get it in
i reckon we could basically do the way there on the way back pretty much completely different go
through the borders on the way up and then come back by the coast i know a fair bit of it there's
definitely bits of it that i've never done before a lot of the cool stuff i haven't done before but
last time i did the bike packing with jimmy we went back exactly the same way as we went the
first day um and it's a bit mind-numbing so we're gonna make sure we don't do that this time we're
going basically twice the distance but not leaving in the afternoon so we've got all day to ride
uh and um a bit of variation on the way back hopefully we'll get to edinburgh
early enough so we can go out for beers that we can first of all have a power nap and then google
beers i mean we're getting up early and doing it very early which is not very on me but francis is
sold to me by the idea of the pouring up i think i did this road in the tour of britain one year
just south of hoik it was like a bit of a burg but i remember coming over the bargain it just being
absolutely gorgeous so i think we could go that hill 10 hours 30. that's for google maps cyclists
we are elite google maps cyclists i reckon the military just be a cool way to start so day one
just over 200k we've made it and pizza rooted a slightly longer uh but it's still quite a flat
ride generally it's 2350 meters i think doable oh yeah it's a westerly wind tomorrow so we like
cross head for most of it but then the last bit will just be cross so this is all the stuff that
i'm going to be taking inside the tail fin and the front pack this trip being quite short is actually
quite a good example just the essentials you need for a short bike packing trip so jacket turns a
patagonia one and it comes with me everywhere even when you go to hot countries like vietnam casual
clothes jersey bib shorts and one pair of socks this is the only pair of socks that i'm taking
it's gonna double up as tomorrow night socks and then riding home tomorrow two would be unnecessary
multi-tool with a chain breaker on it inner tubes with the right length valves unlike previous trips
mini pump small usb lights anchor power bank with the right cable attachments just in case you end
up on the road longer than you think camera charger because i'm guessing you want to watch
the second day as well mask loads of water i'm like on a front bag there's mainly just food
loads of food seriously my front uh bar bag is nearly
all food i've got the multi-tool in there and some stuff that i might want to access
easily but having quick access to your food is one of the most important things when you're doing a
long ride in my opinion not only is it annoying having to stop if you want to access food but you
end up eating less and eating a small bit often is definitely a better way to do it rather than
filling yourself up loads when you stop and then feel like you've got a bit of a heavy
stomach and heavy legs avoid that fill your pockets put it in your front bag somewhere easy
another thing you should do after you've packed test ride your bike because well aside from
wanting to check that it's actually working you don't want to start riding go bike packing and
realize there's like a rattling noise or just something really annoying like rubbing against
your leg things like that can just ruin your day especially if you have to be somewhere on time
so uh yeah give it a check everything for me today running smoothly feels quite good actually this
is like the lightest setup i've ever ridden it's pretty evident after this morning that pete knows
a lot of the route that we're going to be doing out in the morning tomorrow and then when we come
back along the coast day after tomorrow you can do pretty much half of it without a map so i think
we're in for a treat when it comes to good roads i've ridden quite far down this hill now so um
gotta get back up here looking at the forecast we'll have almost
perfect conditions over the next couple of days not too hot not too cold but no tailwind
unfortunately i'm still going to bring a rain jacket because uh well scotland isn't it
i'm ending this video here because i need to get some sleep because i've got to be up at 5am to
get ready for this bike packing trip i wanted to end today with a throwback to about four weeks
ago maybe even longer when i did a competition on this channel to win a bunch of gopro mounts
basically i've picked the winners there's eight of you and i've messaged you all on instagram so go
and check on your dms and your private message box thing uh because my message may have ended
up in there congratulations to the winners thank you as always for watching please like comment and
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