Thank you William. That means a lot, I will pass that sentiment on to the rest of our O'Connor clan 🙂. Always nice to read your comments. Hope your having a beautiful week.

Wow, thank you. Hope you're having a nice week.

Oh that's so cool it enhanced your watching experience. Thanks for sharing that

Thank you, I will dig into my archives to find the songs

@@ThatMountainMoment Thank you! 😊

Thank you so much. So glad you're enjoying it and took the time to comment. We just posted a new early winter story yesterday.

Hi Glen! So glad you enjoyed it. Hope your having a nice winter season. What you been up to?

Thank you!

So good to hear from you! Been a while. We're going to get out on the fat tire bikes tomorrow in the fresh snow so making the most of the cold but yeah those late day summer rides are always floating through my mind. Hope being back east is treating you well.

That's so kind of you to say, I'm really happy you feel that way about the channel. The fact that you comment on every video we've made, with such nice words means more to me than you may realize.

Thank you! We hope you enjoy it. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. The community on here is my favorite part and I look forward to it everytime

Yeah I still love the natural trails that don't intrude on the aesthetic of the woods. The big wide flow trails are fun but all feel the same after a while and the look of them feels less connected to the forest. Glad you liked it.

I recognized your screen name right away before I opened your message and realized haven't heard from you in a bit. Holy cow! How've you been? Glad your back

Ha ha, Every once in a while, a treat like that makes it all worth the effort.

Thanks you guys. Can't wait to release the first fat tire e-bike adventure in the snow and filming another this week after we get 12-14 inches. So fun!

And to you as well, I hope everyone's future is more bright in this crazy world. I think seeing places of beauty is so centering and interacting\sharing our positive experiences as a society are vital. Great to hear from you, how's winter going for you. -2 F here this morning!

I believe they are on sale right now. Im very impressed with the build quality and little details like the derailleur guard, the geofencing which senses if someone is near it that coukd potentially steal it andthe speaker alerts and then you get a notification to your phone that someone is near your bike, a dropper post, the range and battery life are really good. 60ish miles to a charge. And its just damn good looking. The power is incredible. I'm 200lbs and I could tow Nikki uphill in the snow on her skis like it was nothing. Really good e-bike value for under $2700. I like companies like @vanpowers that prove that good,fun e-bikes don't have to cost over 5k. It's honestly the funnest bike I've owned for how many things you can do beyond a normal bike. Full length episode coming soon where it's featured a lot in the story.

Thank you so much for the kind words, I love hearing from fellow creators, what type of channel content do you create?

Agreed! I do love winter but start to miss the greenery for sure, spring isn't too far away though. Where is hime for you? I see a hotrod in your profile pic, do you own a shop? Motorsports was my career for a long time. Grew up in the hotrod scene.

@@ThatMountainMoment I live in Ukraine. My channel is about mini car model, and this just another car hobby. And how did it happen that cycling became a hobby, is this rare among car enthusiasts? Especially custom or sports cars?

Oh so glad you found us, thanks for watching and subscribing. We totally feel you on the traffic situation which is why our rides have as little pavement as possible and sticking to gravel roads, forest roads, and snowmobile trails are also a great option in the warm months. I try to remember to post the link to our ride routes in our descriptions but if I don't it's because we know our area so well that we just wing it but I am always willing to create that route for you, just let me know if there's a video you see that you need more info on. Also the RideWithGPS app has been the absolute best way I've found to create a route because it gives you the percentage of pavement as you're building the route. I really want to create a route building 101 video or series showing how we build our routes because I've found a few tricks with that app that I feel are very useful especially in New England. If you use the app our profile is under the same KZbin name. I really want your wife to be able to enjoy an amazing day on the bike. Ecploring a new backroad or region, with Nikki her one requirement is a stop at a good cafe for an iced coffee or a quaint general store and I'm always on the hunt for a pristine swimming hole or dip in a river and thats what's awesome about ride with GPS, most of us that build routes on there add those little gems into the route. It really is life changing to use that app and look at a ride as a full day trip beyond the ride itself. I personally feel that's the life long approach to keeping the enthusiasm. If your in NH the NH gravel Facebook page is a great resource and they keep a route data base that we all contribute to. My routes on there are under my name Caleb O'Connor. Vermont is honestly the best place in the country to ride quiet gravel roads, the opportunities are endless with close to 10,000 miles of gravel and class 4 roads. Highly recommend a trip there if you can swing that. My mom lives over there and it's truly dream like. Please don't hesitate to reach out for any more questions and I hope this helps your wife enjoy the freedom of exploring our beautiful new England by bike. Thanks again for commenting and watching.

That was number 13. But anything on that row was awesome!

Great question. I taped them on so that I had another riding position that would allow me to sit slightly more upright. Thanks for asking

William! so good to hear from you again. Always look forward to your poetic comments. Thanks a bunch right back at you.

Hey man wow it looked hot in your video, is that right for the time of year? Winter is setting in here in UK, I feel for those who’ve lost their homes in LA, climate change is real and present. Your videos are positive sentiment for the soul in these challenging times. Have a great weekend 🙏

@WilliamMcCannMurphy yeah Nikki and I have friends out that way in California and we were just talking about how sad it is that people are losing homes and loved ones. Climate change is very real, we see it here in the winter, there used to be so much snow and it would start in October some years, now winter barely gets started in December and it's much more mild and way less snow.

@@ThatMountainMoment Hi thanks a bunch for the reply, yes climate change is real and present, we need to start taking care of the land, or we’ll have no land to take care of for future generations. Please remind me of your name, I see you’ve listed Nikki in your reply. Cheers

@WilliamMcCannMurphy my name is Caleb

One of our favorite general stores in New England for lunch. Really nice staff too.

Gotta look fear in the face in order to over come it ha ha. Just kidding, the lightning had passed to the east far enough where it was safe.

So glad your enjoying it. The only camera I use is a GoPro. Oh and my drone

Ha ha! Yeah, it's really hard for Nikki to leave free stuff stops empty handed. The duct tape did surprisingly well seeing that the canoe has been out there for over 10 years to my knowledge. It's sooo cold out today. Raw new England winter day for sure. Just attempted to norfic ski on what ended up being a frozen tundra...we ended up just going for a winter walk instead. Really neat seeing the rivers almost completely froze over. Haven't seen that in a few years. Currently thawing out as I edit the next episode.

@@ThatMountainMoment Look forward to the next video. Nikki is hilarious! LOVE her! The thought of you thawing out just conjured the memory of those old Campbell's soup commercials of the snowman slurping chicken noodle soup! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2OsdK2ad61jr7s

@charmontravel ha ha I remember that commercial! The fact that you were able to find that on KZbin is impressive. Yes Nikki cracks me up at least a few times a day and when I'm writing she'll here me laughing at the clips from the other room.

@@ThatMountainMoment That's awesome! 🤣😅

I love all the different trails in there. More mtb terrain than gravel bike but makes it interesting ha ha. It always feels adventurous in there. Forestry tagged the canoes for removal while we were out there.

Ha ha it's -15 F here and so windy right now. Heading out in the backcountry skis but I have a feeling the trainer is in my future today as well. Glad to bring a little l sunshine your way though ha ha. Thanks for saying hello!

I'm glad you caught the film grain! It's a subtle touch I like to add for a retro feel in some of the intros. If there was a week to add some warmth it would definitely be this week. Went way north in Vermont yesterday to find snow to film a ski video and it was so cold the camera wouldnt function at all. kept shutting down ha ha. gonna try taping a handwarmer to it next time. yikes!

Nice! That's a great setup, how do you like the Mezcals? That was going to be my next tire choice for bikepacking trips. I bet it rides nice with the 2.35s. I think over 2 in general is a noticeable difference in comfort on long rides or rugged terrain.

@ I have loved them for mixed terrain riding. Gravel, chunky gravel, forest service roads. The 2.35s do fit, but there’s zero room left over for mud/snow. I’ll definitely be going with the 2.1s or 2.25s in the future.

They get really good reviews from what I've read. We need new bikes this year so I'm debating staying with the 650b but those offerings get harder to find it seems. Most of the 29er bikes only fit up to a 2inch. I also like the strength of a smaller wheel when you hit rocky mixed terrain. I'm 200lbs and then you add bikepacking gear and that's a lot of stress on a wheel. How does those roll on normal gravel? Thanks for the feedback

@ they are pretty quick. I switched from 650b x 48 gravel king sk+ and my average speeds are pretty similar. I picked the mezcals because a huge percentage of the tour divide field uses them. If they are good enough for them, then they are plenty good for me haha.

@mi.gravel ha ha I used the same reasoning in wanting to try them next.

thank you!

Thank you! How's your winter been?

I’ve shoveled snow the last two days, and been riding indoors. That’s why I like your videos, they make me forget where I am for a few minutes!

Totally! I've want to do some raw form edits this coming season where it's just nice camera shots from different perspectives and the sounds of the ride with minimal or no dialogue. I like making both styles for sure and love story telling so mixing it up is fun. Thank you for the feedback

Or do an edited version and raw version of each video has also been an idea I've been pondering.

@ThatMountainMoment I used to like making kayak fishing videos on my original KZbin channel and editing them beatmatched and all back when I was more into cinematography and fauxtography but the more I made them the harder it was to find music for them lol I get it man making videos in that format is fun and gets that creativity off your chest. I feel like where you live though some nice longass unedited videos with the crunchy gravel underneath you coupled with the scenery is begging to take up disk space on your rig 😂

I'm so glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for watching!

We sometimes take peaked trail but also go from other starting points and just ride around in there randomly on all the snow mobile trails.

I tried to really bring out the summer hues in the color grading since we're into the winter blues for 6 months😉