Hi Bill. I love this video and thank you for putting it on youtube. May I offer one more tip that I learned in college, about tearing paper? Do everything you are doing exactly as you are doing it .. and add this one little step. Just before you tear (and after you have used the bone folder)… - fold the paper and wet just the edge where you plan to tear. I use my finger dipped in water.. I just want to get the edge - fold the paper the other way and do the same thing on that side - fold it back one more time - wait a few seconds to let the water soften the edge - now tear your paper just the way you are doing .. this makes the paper easier to tear and actually makes the edge a bit softer and prettier (IMO) I hope you’ll try this ang let me know if you like that added step or whether it is making no difference for you.

This is a great video! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and the process so carefully! :))

Excellent narration!🐸

Yesterday, I realized I wanted to make my own spiral bound watercolor notebook because I hadn't found want I wanted in the store. And voila! today, I found your video! THANK YOU!

Brilliant!

Thank you for sharing. This method worked best for me as well. I did something very similar when making my first watercolour sketchbook a couple of weeks ago. I even made a video documenting the process. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWSUfX18rLdoa80feature=shared

Great video! I would like to view your other videos, too.

A technique for quelling aggressive dogs when encountered on my bike rides is to talk to the animals as they chase me. The typical conversation often starts with the aggressive animal greeting me with barks and the chase begins. I return the conversation with baby talk like "Hi! Oh, you're such a beauty!' and "Who's the good puppy? You are!"

Nice ride but I would have avoided the streets paved with bricks on the way to Main Street. You could have picked up the Blackwater Creek trail by going down Bedford and then turning right on Hollins Mill Rd. before The Dahlia…...but I'm sure you know that route. Good way to avoid traffic on Rivermont.

So did you get a video of the dogs chasing you?

Nice empty roads!

Love your creative options, Bill! Fun. I've been looking at making one's own accordian fold book to whatever size one wants, can draw on one or a few pages

Excellent explanation and instructional video. Wonder if I could use cereal box cardboard for the cover pieces, then cover with some sort of acid free paper? Would weight be adequate for sketchbook about the same size as yours?

Bill, this really helped me make my own sketchbook. Thank you so much

Loved this video. Greatly appreciate the cm to be included, many people from the US don't do it. Also really loved your attitude, you seem like a man who could teach me a lot. Love from Spain!

Cut the cuff off an old cotton sock and slip it over your non-dominant hand to use as your brush wipe-off cloth.

I used an aluminum for a couple of years in my job before throwing away. I don’t know where you live or when you sketch in the wild but an aluminum clipboard will get painfully cold in the winter. I found that wearing gloves made my work more difficult so I finally gave up on the aluminum keyboard so that I could use thin gloves that allowed me to write and operate electronic.

I've been ebiking for over 10 years. Use the power, enjoy it. You'll go further and use it more often. You're still getting exercise. I have two regular bikes too, the ebike is basically a car replacement.

This is an absolutely brilliant idea. I just received mine (had to get it from the US because all the UK ones were plastic). I thought that, being metal, magnets would adhere, but on mine, they don’t. However some other KZbinr suggested using refrigerator magnets with clips the wrong way round: instead of using the magnet side face down and the clip face up, you can use the spring clip to attach to the board and use the magnet to hold a metal travel watercolour box-with two clips, the box sticks to the palette like a rock. Even with the box and the paper, there’s plenty of room for a brush, pencil or pencil, a clip-on dual water pot and so on. And it all folds up compactly. I’d never heard of a folding clipboard before so wouldn’t have known to look for one without your video. Thank you so much!

Great video- enjoyed the ride😊

I'd use an old credit card or similar plastic card to spread the glue evenly down the paper. I make my own journals too. I have a spiral binding machine and kit.

Bill the clamp you’re using on the handlebar to mount the Insta 360 appears to be made of plastic on the rotating ball. If so it will eventually fail and you camera will hit the deck. It looks like the one I actually started out with. Subsequently I have purchased three other clamp styles all were superior to the one that I believe you’re using. My most recent one is the Insta 360s stem cap mount on top of the fork. Your video is very good for beginning e-bikers and well done. I ride a Bosch equipped gravel bike class 3. Whenever I pass a cyclist riding an analog bike I tell them not to worry they’re just being passed by an old, fat, out of shape e-biker. 😂 good luck with your e-biking.

Could you cut a hole in one side if the clipboard to insert the collapsible cup?

10:47 Wolfbane will be located in the old Coca Cola building

It’s easy to unlock that bike to get class 3 speeds. I also replaced the 7 speed 14-28t freewheel to a 11-28t and have no more ghost pedaling at higher speeds. This is just an option if you still want to get exercise while moving quickly. I found that helped me use mine as a car replacement much more often.

Nice work. Enjoy the summer riding!

Hello you can cycle better than I can. I am working on my ability to ride up to 15 miles. I am still working so don't get to ride as much as I want. I have had my bike since September last year and have little over 500 miles on it. I have tried filming rides but don't know what I'm doing yet. good video looking forward to seeing more. This is my to seeing the country.

Is it possible that you have Swiss ancestors? I live close to a village that sounds like your last name. I have read that a large group of people from said village emigrated to America 150 years or so ago and kept the name of their hometown as a family name. Anyway - nice video!

Hell yeah looks like your having fun !!! Get in there big dawg

What I like about people making these ebike videos is that they are going places on their ebike that they would not normally go.. I live next to the Rockies and I would like to have a bike that has the power to get up the mountains and the stopping power of when I am coming down the mountains.. I do like the ebikes that have the bmx handlebars.. That upright position is more comfortable than the mountain bike or street bike position..

Go ahead 🥰🥰

Is that your actual last name? Fucking legendary

I'm more inclined to get a Ebike since I bought a Bat Safe XL lithium 🔋 box to safely store the batteries in my house. Have a EGO electric lawnmower now and all of my lawn tools are battery so getting used to the idea of a electric bike. Have no interest in a electric car.

Great ideas. Thanks from a newbie.

Thanks for this video,Bill. I appreciate you sharing your experience as a senior e-bike rider. 11:50

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What a nice area to ride.

That is a cool little idea to use it for sketching,didn’t even know nurses had something like this. Thank you for sharing. 🙌🏼✨🙏

Try self adhesive magnetic strip to fix your paintbox

Love your videos. Can you tell me where you got your biz card watercolor pallet? Thank you

I think you’ve inspired me to take my e-bike out there and spend the day riding 😊

Hey Bill, nice to see you again. Hope you are well. Stay safe out there.

Please post a link to the camera particulars.

A great narration and tour.

Very nice!

E bikes are great. I have a bd knee and it’s so much easier when I not a bit of help climbing a hill.

Hi Bill. I just want to pass on a warning. I'm not sure if your E-bike was made in China, but their bikes have caused lots of damage, as they catch fire while charging. This has nothing to do with the Chinese people whom I love, nor the Chinese government which I detest. But everything to do with safety. If you have a safe place to charge up, away from your house, so much the better. Best regards, and happy cycling!

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What is the name of the sunDisk app? Please tell me what is the name of the app! Thank You

A close up of the black back bit would be great, thanks ❤