Thank you for this review esp the various video shots of the trailer while it's being towed...great to see the shock working! I've not owned a bike trailer before, but something like this could be my first.

Thoughts, we NEED Hiker-Biker camping facilities at all provincial and national parks! What are they? Well they are camping sites without space cleared for a car! The California state parks charge $10 per site per day! Each site often includes a locker for critter safe food storage, some have device charging, some have bike charging! These should be $15 Canadian dollars! I know very little about the Empire State Trail, but the C&O Canal TowPath has free Hiker-Biker camping, and I feel that someone with a NPS yearly pass should be able to leave a car a the trails HQ without any extra fees, unless you intend to bike both ways I would use Amtrak to go to Washington DC then bike west to the West Virginia. If you are extra punky you could add the Gap to the mix but not all camping on the GAP is free or cheap. NPS Pass, $80 USD camping (C&O) free For me my deal breaker is that all I own as cars are V8 trucks so I'd be sponsoring some big oil executives bonus, I need a cheap car like a Toyota Venza or Sienna which is big enough to camp in!

Thanks! I hope your doing ok.take care and i hope you make an update if you havent already.❤😂🎉😊

Thanks for your honesty…Hang in there Dean!!

Yet another great video Dean...thanks so much for taking us along on another awesome adventure! Cheers!

Excellent I'll check that too. 👍

Thx for sharing about mental health. I also use my bike riding as therapy for C-PTSD -DID I totally understand about the ruminating and how being on tour totally stops it. Going to send you some resources that have helped me via email. Keep on peddling 😁👍

Always enjoying the channel, and happy to help with “buy me a coffee “. Don’t give up on the help, it may just be a longer journey stick with it and hopefully you will see the benefits. Looking forward to seeing you back out there.

Thanks for being so honest and vulnerable on your channel. Bicycle Touring is good therapy!!! We will remember you in our prayers. Peace be with you brother!

I'm currently on a 5 month bicycle tour. I bought this frame bag for this tour and quickly had the exact same problem as you. I have had to sop up the water out of the bottom of this bag with a rag so many times. Very disappointing. I'm also thinking it must be a zipper failure. Thanks for the video, now I know it's not just me.

Prayers for you, my friend!

Away from your channel for a while. I will get caught up on the ONT ride. Idea. Maybe rebrand the channel name and narrative with health as a focus. BELL does the 'lets talk" campaign, maybe they will steer some $$ to you. Reducing the M H stigma and ideas for coping is laudable goal.

I hope your channel membership eventually increases as to allow you to pursue your dreams. Yes, riding bikes is most definitely therapeutic, good for the mind and the body. I can vouch for that since my own health problems are held in check because of it. I will try to chip in a few dollars. I would do more if I could. Cheers Dean.

well done to all, thanks Dean for bringing us along on the BT700, looking forward to your next adventure, great stuff

Any idea what the difference is between the normal and deluxe model? can't find any info on their pag and the only difference i can sus out is the small extra L piece of metal welded near the base, and for an extra $20 (aud) i'm confused on what possible benefit it could give over the normal MIK.

A great tour guys and congratulations to you all. That looked like 10 days of fun riding. I look forward to seeing it all over again in a year. Take care. Jay

Will the rack pack/rc type bag work with the rc roll top panniers on the same rack? Concerned about the mounting systems of both interfering with each other.

Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Congratulations on completing your ride! Whats next?

Enjoyed the videos! Looking forward to your next adventures

I find gnarly unmaintained rutted single track less than fun especially with lots of exposed rock or diagonal roots, nice to see you survived, but I do love multi track dirt or non technical single track. I prefer a multi-surface tire like Kenda 26-inch K831 Alpha Bite Tire as it is silent on roads but it has good off center and side knobblies when needed. Used ones can be acquired from the used or broken department store bikes but I have had them last thousands of kilometers on roads Even with your data loss, your videos were great, makes me want to GO!

Nice! Love the St. Jacobs area. Best farmers market in Canada by far!!! Awesome job to accomplish this trip in just 10 days!!! Since we did not get down to Southern Ontario we might have to come out here in a few years to do this trip!

Hi Dean. Greetings from Montreal. I came across your channel this morning. Great videos! Listening to you talk about back, neck, wrist issues, I can totally relate. I’ve had the jones h bar for a couple of years, and I find the different hand positions really help. Your video about that Jones bar pack convinced me that that bag would be useful, I am wondering if that bag is in the way of placing your hands close to the midline of your bike (upper and lower)? Those are two of my favourite hand positions…keep up the great work!

Good job g.uys,and thank you for the ride.

Bravo Guys!!!!!

I love mine and I live in Ireland 🇮🇪 🌧️

Thanks Dean, another great video update. Bowering lodge was an amazing place, could have spent a day or two there listening to Richards stories. Great stuff! Bob...

Great review

I bet you wish you had a dollar for every time you both got the name "Inglewood" wrong :) But seriously I love how the local community offers help for cyclists on the BT700. And what a great ride over the two days. Take care. Jay

Enjoyed, thanks Dean

Hahaha coli'ss ! Nice one man ,thanks for the ride.

I went to high school in Shelburne - thanks for the trip down memory lane, even if it *has* changed some since the mid-80s. Cheers

You guys did well. Congrats! By the way, you said that next year you would be more prepared. Of what would that preparation consist? I am curious of course since I should join you next year. Great video again. 🙂

what about encounters with farm dogs?

thanks Dean and friends, great stuff

The Lodge you came across looks fantastic. It's these kinds of random, unexpected discoveries that I love about bikepacking and touring. Take care. Jay

Nice! The bugs were unbelievable in Ontario this oast summer! Is that normal?

Fabulous!

how do you find things like this? i live on the lake not far from you, and we cant seem to find events or routes like this?

Great video Dean! Sorry to see/hear that you guys called it early…but given the forecast, a smart decision…no sense in taking unnecessary risks! Thanks again for this series! Cheers!!

Watch some wonderbro my friend, I can relate, there’s always light at the end I can assure you, we all in this fight together, btw it looks beautiful there

Thanks!

To you beautiful human, I wish you all the peace and happiness in life. Just wanted to share a practice that has significantly helped me in depression. Wanted to share this with you that maybe it just helps you out even one tiny bit. Please take a holistic approach (meting a counsellor, friends, loved ones, exercise, healthy diet , healthy sleep, taking it day by day), with all that you are already doing. Please try this breathing exercise meditation for a few minutes. Initially you can do this twice a day ,once comfortable you may increase however you feel like. Please try this persistently daily two sessions at least. The method is explained in the video below. Please do try out and have a wonder fulfilled life :) Sit in a comfortable and quiet place. Close your eyes. Each ingress or inhale inwards should carry the word 'Allah' to the core of heart and every egress or exhale outwards should bring the word 'Hoo' out to strike the heart. That would create a rhythm of Allah Hoo in every breath. You should however, not try to make these words with the sound of your breath, because the Zikr is not done with the breath but with heart. This spiritual practice should be done twice a day at least for 5 minutes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXqtnYhmoahojKM

awesome video, going to try this trip myself now! :)

Subscribed, shared and commenting. Hope your channel continues to grow 🙌🏼

Fantastic video and the footage is perfect. Thanks for all the details. Helps to plan my own bike adventure and stay!

For waterproof durability, which would you give the nod to, Bontrager or the Ortleib you have also reviewed? Thanks, I love your honest reviews.