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@Pelennor 16 сағат бұрын
I have a giant fathom e+3 bike with a 400 watt battery.
@desmeade3581 Күн бұрын
I recently fulfilled my plan (return journey) to bring my fully loaded ebike (Cube) from Cork Kent to Newry (NI) using Irish rail and Translink. Thankfully most if not all the dots joined smoothly. Firstly by being able to wheel my bike aboard at Cork Kent into the dedicated bike carriage which they call a Mark 4 carriage, cycling across Dublin city centre to Connolly, around to the rear car park entrance and directly on to Platform 2. Super easy! The Enterprise from Connolly to Newry, had a dedicated Bike carriage, again wheel-on although it still requires lifting your bike to get it aboard. My one concern was when arriving at Newry at platform 1, there was no easy access to get the bike to the station exit on the opposite side. They kindly suggested I use the lift, but again this requires lifting the bike diagonally and jack it up. Not easy! However, they also suggested I use the down-stairs (easy going down) leading to another car park. This worked! With a heavy ebike. Being on the "wrong sided of the tracks", can cause a problem. No pun intended.
@Ebiketouringlife Күн бұрын
Yes getting from one platform to another can be a nightmare, in Scotland where I’d only a 5 minute transfer window I carried the fully loaded bike up stairs onto the bridge between platforms
@udayy4448 2 күн бұрын
Hello sir, thank you for your informative video. I was searching for something similar and found it very helpful. I plan to travel from Sallins to Dolphins Barn and was wondering if the Grand Canal Way would be safe to use during early mornings and evenings, especially during office hours (6am and 6pm) As I don't have an e-bike, I'll need to pedal the entire journey. Do you think this would be feasible for a 20-year-old? Finally, could you estimate how long it took you to travel from your starting point to Sallins? Thank you for your time and assistance.
@Ebiketouringlife 2 күн бұрын
Hmmm I think that’s very ambitious. That’s about 30km each way and 3-4km of that on a rough slow surface so tough to do in much under two hours. But also from next month when the clocks change it will be dark around 6 and I think most of the length isn’t lit so at the least you’d want a good head torch. There was a problem with teenagers stealing bikes and attacking riders at the section near Dolphins barn but that was a few years back and I’ve not heard anything recent. That said if you’re a fit 20 year old and determined it’s not impossible and perhaps you don’t have much else in the way of choice financially ? There is a train to Sallins I think, not sure about buses
@udayy4448 Күн бұрын
Thank you very much for this information. You've given me a lot to think about. Thanks again for your time. Your videos are truly one-of-a-kind in Ireland, and not a single person does videos like how you do.
@Simply1ism 2 күн бұрын
Well presented history and good camera usage. Well done, touring trips can be unpredictable and journey memory is limited - for myself. Thanks....
@Ebiketouringlife 2 күн бұрын
Thanks, my initial motivation with the channel was as somewhere to upload the videos to as I find they greatly aid recall and slowly I started added information for others
@petrnovak9930 2 күн бұрын
Great video from keen cyclist, thanks. May I have a question? What brand or type are your handlebars? Thank you, just keep pedaling! Take care
@Ebiketouringlife 2 күн бұрын
the handlebars are just the ones that came with the bike (Raleigh Motus Tour) with a 12 euro extension bar bolted on for a handlebar bag. I had a quick look just now and they don’t redeem to have any seperate branding
@anthonykelly5 4 күн бұрын
done that route (i think) in 2007 .a group of us cycled the camino from bilbao to santiago, great tour very tough in places.great video .
@Ebiketouringlife 4 күн бұрын
Were you following the main route (in which case you’d probably have crossed the mountains to meet it at Burgos) or one of the coastal routes - there seem to be about 8 of them
@ridgebackdk 4 күн бұрын
great video . have been looking at doing this route myself for a while .. i live in monasterevin so use a lot of the route anyway when i get time to get out ...
@b.griffin317 4 күн бұрын
Do you have experience with Thermacell when dealing with midges?
@Ebiketouringlife 4 күн бұрын
Nope - I had a proper midge head bet which really worked well although you look weird. The cheap mosquito head nets are not very effective as the mesh isn’t fine enough
@anthonymcdonald8444 4 күн бұрын
Yiphee, thanks been looking forward to this. 😊
@Ebiketouringlife 4 күн бұрын
Thanks for the enthusiasm!
@anthonykelly5 5 күн бұрын
what a fantastic tour you obviously love touring solo,surprized you didn't sus out campsites .i'm way to old to tackle anything like that but love the videos thanks Andrew keep safe.
@Ebiketouringlife 4 күн бұрын
hotel accommodation was cheap enough and the nights on the plains a little too cold for camping to make enough sense although there certainly were a few spots I’d have lined to wild camp for the view
@jxpat 5 күн бұрын
Wonderful video with just a little over-explaining 😉 New subscriber
@Ebiketouringlife 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, I actually cut out some explaining too. That one was a pretty spontaneous I’m going to be trying to fit these anyway so I might as well record the process
@jxpat 5 күн бұрын
@@Ebiketouringlife don't take any stress. The information was definitely good 👍
@boobwizard-420 6 күн бұрын
3:16 oh I have them, they're very good. They often come as standard on some touring bicycles I've noticed
@boobwizard-420 7 күн бұрын
That is one expensive sleeping matt
@anthonykelly5 7 күн бұрын
might be an idea to cut water bottle in two and use it for a sleeve for end of the poles when packing them away.
@Ebiketouringlife 7 күн бұрын
@@anthonykelly5 yes although of course that adds some bulk/ weight. I think once you know about not dropping the bag on the ground you do it way less often and it’s the repetition rather than occasional forgetfulness that does the damage. Couple of years later & many additional nights and the repair itself is still doing the job
@anthonykelly5 9 күн бұрын
shared this to my facebook page hope you dont mind.
@Ebiketouringlife 9 күн бұрын
Oh that’s great, the more reach for the videos the better
@anthonykelly5 9 күн бұрын
great video i cycle all those roads around meath louth im from drogheda so newgrange is just 7 miles from my place,anyway great video pity about the miserable weather.your a mind of information.btw have you all your routes on your phone im useless at this tech stuff in my 70s lol.
@Ebiketouringlife 9 күн бұрын
I use cycle.travel to create, edit and store routes on, there is a link to this one in the video description. And yes it’s got a phone app so I use it for navigation. It’s very good for finding cycle paths and backroads even in bits of Dublin where I’ve cycled for years. I cycled the Navan to Kingscourt greenway a couple of weeks back and am thinking about a Boyne route
@ronanw1 10 күн бұрын
Thinking of doing this as far as Carlow in a day. How long roughly do you reckon it would take to get there without an eBike? I adapted your cycle.travel route and added it to Komoot. It says ~8 hours
@shaneg7665 10 күн бұрын
Great video
@Ebiketouringlife 10 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@boobwizard-420 10 күн бұрын
22:55 big whoops
@willycumming1091 10 күн бұрын
Mountjoy Gaol was built c.1850 so prisoners could not have been involved in building the canal.
@Ebiketouringlife 10 күн бұрын
That would seem pretty definitive then! The waterways Ireland podcast has an interesting episode on the little that’s known about the canal construction workers
@paulheynen3209 10 күн бұрын
Great video. Ive often thought of trying that route. I’ve only gone as far as salins. One way to avoid that section between Adamstown and hazelhatch you can go through Adamstown and use Tubber lane. Much quieter route than the one you used in the other video
@Ebiketouringlife 10 күн бұрын
Yes someone else recently alerted me to that - I’m intending to ride it up n the Autumn as part of a canal loop
@adityagupta101 11 күн бұрын
Like the video format, the research and commentary gives a context to an otherwise repetetive video of the canal.
@Ebiketouringlife 10 күн бұрын
Thanks, the Timelapse footage is intended for anyone cycling the route who wants to know what the various surfaces & barriers look like
@mgoneills 11 күн бұрын
Great video enjoy watching them what camera are you using. Thanks
@Ebiketouringlife 11 күн бұрын
GoPro 11 - detail my setup here Cycle tour recording - photos, video and audio techniques and reviews for bikepacking kzbin.info/aero/PLRcr37Lk8e4Vmi1HAgRORjLicgTNuSeJz
@denisgrehan242 11 күн бұрын
Great informative video, thanks. I have either walked or cycled the full route, to St Mullins, where there is a nice cafe. Your video brought back memories, and I am looking forward to the second half. Thank you for your efforts in making the videos.
@Ebiketouringlife 11 күн бұрын
How long ago did you first do it - I did a section in 2020 from Bagnelstown to St Mullins but nothing above that
@denisgrehan242 11 күн бұрын
@Ebiketouringlife I've done it in bits over the years. The last section we walked from Borris to St Mullins in 2018 I think. Grass track lovely. Few months ago camped at river hollow camping on barrow river 20km from St Mullins.
@RenGarciaYT 11 күн бұрын
great video!
@Ebiketouringlife 11 күн бұрын
Thanks for the encouragement
@anthonymcdonald8444 11 күн бұрын
Nice video, when are we going to see the rest of the Spanish adventure?
@Ebiketouringlife 11 күн бұрын
Probably next Weds - summer sees a huge backlog build up but that gives me more to do in winter
@anthonymcdonald8444 11 күн бұрын
@@Ebiketouringlife fab thanks can't wait.
@jxpat 12 күн бұрын
Just found your channel. Have you thought about taking a solar panel for charging when you're stopped? This guy charges with a portable solar panel kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYeko4lsoaqjgdmcttps://kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYeko4lsoaqjgdk
@philipmckeon8944 15 күн бұрын
I’m a Dub for my sins. 😂 Donegal is a beautiful place. I’m too old for camping along with health issues. Wish I could though. 👍
@Ebiketouringlife 15 күн бұрын
I’m old enough that an issue I have with the videos is the involuntary groans on the sound track whenever I lever myself out of the tent or bend to pick something - but determined to keep going as long as my health allows me
@VistasdelMar2008 16 күн бұрын
Where are you now?
@Ebiketouringlife 16 күн бұрын
back home now with finally enough time to edit & post the many hours of footage I recorded
@VistasdelMar2008 16 күн бұрын
@@Ebiketouringlife Sitting in Northern Spain where I live thinking about some training e-bike rides along the Camino before heading to Cadiz in the spring where I would like to do the EV along the Mediterranean coast to Barcelona and beyond. Great videos, I’m going to have a look at all of them as I find they are instructive even though my approach will be less intensive - I have much less battery storage, will ride on a e-bike more suited to city cycling (Tenways Carbon belt driven). Did you find a lot of variety for recharging in small towns?
@Walt1119 16 күн бұрын
Great video, and fantastic scenery and campin spot!! Thanks for sharing with us!
@Ebiketouringlife 16 күн бұрын
the weather can be very hard in Connemara but when it’s good it’s one of the most beautiful places on the planet
@Walt1119 17 күн бұрын
Great informative video, I really enjoyed it! A great deal of useful info. I have watched day 1 of your trip and will watch more. Thanks so much for sharing with us!!!!
@Ebiketouringlife 16 күн бұрын
Thanks - I’ll also do one on the ferry crossing itself now that’s it’s Autumn so I’ll be mostly at home with time to edit
@Walt1119 17 күн бұрын
Good video, very informative! Glad you mentioned the Cycle.Travel site, I wasn't aware of it, and yeah! it even works here in the states! Have watched a few of your other videos, I tend to like some during the day ride footage and the details, camping, setup,teardown, and cooking too.. your hotel and meal coverage at your stay at the end of the day was great, the whole day on high speed sometimes I couldn't watch, just too much movement for me, but,, Thanks so much for sharing with us!!! I'll be watching more of your adventures!!! Oh, and detail about your ebike progress battery usage, charging ect are always interesting as I haven't motorized my bike yet and find it interesting!
@Ebiketouringlife 17 күн бұрын
Im learning by doing with the videos and yeah everyone wants more on where im staying etc so started that this year. The road footage is as much so I have it stored & because when planning routes I often was trying to use street view to get a clue as to how rough an off road section was or how dangerous an on road section. But once I have the full day by day up I’ll do more narrative styles ones across logical multi day segments like Bilbao to Burgos etc.
@Walt1119 17 күн бұрын
Nice video, interesting commentary. Thanks for sharing with us!!
@Ebiketouringlife 17 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@karenringer5995 19 күн бұрын
Thank you for your reply . I will try it lol ❤
@mrsscattycathy 19 күн бұрын
Love your advice. Would love to know what type of ebike ur cycling please as I have 3 year old Giant Liv Amiti and only use for shopping and occasional long trips but it I think the eco mode is bad on these so I stay in lower manual modes depending on terrain. Buying second battery is good idea but the charger is heavy enough itself. Thinking of looking at lighter ebike with lighter battery and lighter charger. What do you think please?
@Ebiketouringlife 18 күн бұрын
Depends on your touring style - if it’s between hotels or other places your certain of charging then your battery can just have slightly more range than the longest distance you’d do in a day. If like me you wild camp then the extra battery means you don’t need to panic if you go a day without a charging possibility Mine is a Raleigh Motus Tour which I reviewed after 11,000km here in the context of the questions your rightly asking Review after 11,000 km on a Raleigh Motus Tour - 6k of those bikepacking kzbin.info/www/bejne/goScf3drjM6ZpLs
@Walt1119 20 күн бұрын
Fantastic campsite, I guess the trick would be trying to keep the sand out of everywhere!😁 Great channel and nice gear review. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
@Ebiketouringlife 19 күн бұрын
Glad you found it useful, can’t remember if it’s in this video but I have a small foldable polystyrene rectangle ‘seat’ that I step from going into the tent which greatly reduces the amount of sand on bring in
@peter236uk1 21 күн бұрын
Hi question i see you have a raleigh motus tour. I live in cornwall and it has alot of sharp steep hills. I like the bike and there are some deals around wondered what you think of the bike regards hills
@Ebiketouringlife 19 күн бұрын
I’ve gone up a lot of very steep long hills - they are still work but much less so
@Walt1119 21 күн бұрын
Interesting info and a good video. No ebike at this time, but wanting to get back into touring, haven't done any for 20? years, older now, thinking about this older leggies, ebike sounds better all the time. Great channel, just ran across it, subbed too!! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!
@Ebiketouringlife 19 күн бұрын
Glad you found it useful, I’ve got huge use out of mine for sure in the 3 years since I got it
@karenringer5995 25 күн бұрын
do the pubs mind you just plugging in ,or do you ask permisson from the pub owner. ian a little worried if i push to far away from home .thank you for all this information ,
@Ebiketouringlife 19 күн бұрын
I might do a video on that specifically but generally I just plug in providing I’m going to be eating and drinking 100 times or more worth of whatever electricity I’m taking. It’s often mid afternoon so the bar usually being run by a teenager with no decision making powers anyway
@anthonymcdonald8444 26 күн бұрын
This takes me back I walked this route in 2008. Thank you.
@peter236uk1 27 күн бұрын
Would you say this bike would ok for use in a hilly Cornwall
@Ebiketouringlife 27 күн бұрын
At least the way I use it yes, mountains on my Spanish trip had very extreme slopes. Now you would still be working hard to get up those hills but not at the level required on an unassisted bike.
@peter236uk1 27 күн бұрын
What bike do you use
@Ebiketouringlife 27 күн бұрын
A Raleigh Motus Tour - I review it hereReview after 11,000 km on a Raleigh Motus Tour - 6k of those bikepacking kzbin.info/www/bejne/goScf3drjM6ZpLs
@peterrafferty9838 27 күн бұрын
Most important piece of kit is the good old corkscrew 😁🍷
@Ebiketouringlife 17 күн бұрын
I should do an entire video on that decision - I’ve got by fine so far with seeking out screw tips and the couple of times I forget returning to my teenage bang the cork in off a walk with a knife technique. Probably should do wine reviews a the end of each day 🤣
@helenenevoldson4756 27 күн бұрын
Clearly as a 67 yr old under 5 feet woman I'm not going to get my ebike up into that storage position. I probably couldn't get an analogue bike there either. No more cycle tours in Ireland for me sadly.
@Ebiketouringlife 27 күн бұрын
Good news there as the new carriages being introduced now allow you to almost wheel your bike on - I’ve not yet been on a train with them but they look so much easier
@boobwizard-420 27 күн бұрын
You can open cork wine bottles with a bicycle pump , check KZbin for instructions... Looks like a fun trip thanks for sharing
@livingsimplytosimplylive6817 27 күн бұрын
Wonderful vlog
@Ebiketouringlife 27 күн бұрын
Thank you
@Tarmaccyclocross 27 күн бұрын
How about getting a proper bike instead of an electric moped that’s not proper touring
@Ebiketouringlife 27 күн бұрын
Top tip - you’ll be much happier in life if you avoid getting mad at what random people you’ve never met do for fun. Just scroll on and think ‘deep blue ocean’
@anthonymcdonald8444 28 күн бұрын
Just started ebiking and have the motus tour, but with the battery in the down tube. Can you please tell me where you get your spare batteries from and apart from changing the unit did you have to replace any other components. Great videos by the way. Thanks!
@Ebiketouringlife 28 күн бұрын
I googled the battery model which led me to a French website which supplies them at what was a considerable discount over prices here. The seat post snapped on me at about 4000km which is a known issue but the replacement is at 15,000km. And I’ve twice snapped the kickstand bolts but that’s due to overloading and then not being careful when deploying
@anthonymcdonald8444 28 күн бұрын
One more question sorry. The Nyon retrofit did you install it yourself and is it easy? If you did could you consider doing a video on how to it would be fantastic. Thanks for the quick reply. Looking forward to watching all the videos especially Spain. 😀
@Ebiketouringlife 28 күн бұрын
@anthonymcdonald8444 i got my bike shop to do it as there are a some rewiring to the motor involved
@anthonymcdonald8444 28 күн бұрын
@@Ebiketouringlife thank you 😊
@smuilc 29 күн бұрын
Dis is how ye get people to go Furry on an e--boike. Furry Glen is the session.
@Ebiketouringlife 17 күн бұрын
is this what I get for not being more clandestine on ‘the apps’ 🤣
@seamusdelaney9133 Ай бұрын
Hi. Once again a great video. Seamus.