45 days crossing Canada on a bicycle

[@Gergith]

I fixed your brakes in Toronto! Awesome video! Thanks for sharing :D

[@_the_biking_viking_]

You guys are just amazing and still one of the best and friendliest bikeshops I ever been to! Hope you all doing good!!

[@alirezafazeli8222]

Thanks for sharing your precious experiences.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thanks for watching my videos 🥰

[@copic8241]

WOW I'm glad you stayed safe. What an accomplishment.

[@char5477]

Very well done on your solo trip across Canada!! I'm impressed!!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thanks heaps 🤗

[@reganarendse6157]

Super impressed. Brave and super strong. Well done

[@MrTswo]

Watching this brings back good memories of my trip. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidic55]

Nice to see you can react angrily when the weather is horrible. We've all been there.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Hehe, mostly smiling but sometimes some frustrating feelings gets between 🙈

[@gracht24]

Tremendous effort, done solo as well which is even more harder

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you for your nice comment 🤗

[@sharonkay2674]

Congratulations Biking Viking. I really enjoyed seeing this video. Thank you.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you for watching it and I'm glad you liked it even though I'm better biking then making movies 😅

[@kevdaigle]

This is exactly the video I needed to see. I've been wanting to make this trip but everyone I saw would take months and months.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Oh that's great then! 😀 It's a beautiful trip just a bit hectic/dangerous between Thunder bay to Toronto, so take it easy there if you go on the Canadian side 😇

[@kevdaigle]

@@_the_biking_viking_ Is there a way I could message you in private? I am leaving on my cross canada bike trip in 3 months and I have a couple questions.

[@fujifatbike5793]

You are a no-nonsense bikepacker. Love your fortitude, emotional and physical strength. No doubt you have the DNA of a Viking. Adam H. would have never able to keep up with you...hahahaha! Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Amizmiz, on the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Glad you liked it, true that I think Adam and me don't keep the same rhythm when it comes to biking, but he definitely wins when it comes to editing videos 😂

[@robbaker9088]

Chapeau! What an adventure 👍😃💪 nice video too, thank you for sharing

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you for watching it 😊

[@cassidyarrington4572]

What a cool trip would love to do it myself one day!! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@chriscohlmeyer4735]

Only missed some 1.000kms by ending in Halifax and not St. John's.

[@alijannatpour9206]

I just watched your video, and I loved every bit of it. Well done!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Wow, thanks, that made me really happy! 😊

[@LeaMorgan]

One brave crossing through Ont, happy you stayed safe, wonderful cycling story!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

To be honest I'm happy everything went safe since the road from Thunder bay to Toronto probably been one of the most dangerous roads I ever biked on, wouldn't do it again 😇

[@LeaMorgan]

@@_the_biking_viking_ I hate driving that route with all the big trucks there is another route down through Fort Frances next time I will try that route.

[@Golf05]

@@_the_biking_viking_ I did my ride from Yarmouth, NS to Tsawwassen, BC and found western Ontario to be the most difficult stretch. Head winds didn't help either but the terrain was energy sapping, to say the least. Congrats on your journey!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

@@Golf05 headwinds are my only enemy 🤯 Snow, rain is ok but that wind can drive you crazy. Nice that you also made the crossing 🤩

[@derkgold6395]

The moose at 17:15 so cool. Im really inspired to do something This radical! 🎉

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Of course! Go for it!! 😊

[@mattdobbs-dr2rt]

Amazing! Very long way

[@RobertVinet]

Amazing effort. Congratulations on accomplishing your goals.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you Robert! 😊

[@briantyhy4880]

45 Days cycling across canada. I had to laugh when you pointed out on the map where you cycled through bc. The beautiful viking cycled much further south close to the us border and not close the yukon border. An amazing adventure and great video. I know I could never accomplish a trip on bike across canada in 45 days. thanks for posting

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you so much Brian for watching my video. Truly was an amazing adventure and definitely want to go back to explore more. Was a bit hunted by the winter that kept being two days behind me so had to do a good amount of kilometres every day to finish my mission. Big hug from Sweden (mini version of Canada)

[@briantyhy4880]

@@_the_biking_viking_ I have only cycled 180 km in one day twice. Once in the Yukon and was totally wacked out arriving home at 12:30 at night and the other time in Sri Lanka in the northern flat terrain but totally baked at 40 to 35 c. Best of luck on your next adventure and safe cyclng

[@elmercyperro]

How did you cover so much territory so quickly? Did you run to main mechanical problems with your bike? How many hours did you bike per day?

[@keithc5729]

Thank you for the narration. I like to hear about the trip, not just music and scenery.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Yeah I'm not the best making videos and I'm honestly often to lacy to get the camera up, but next trip in September I will change it up a bit since many people chare your opinion. Thanks for your input, hugs from Sweden!

[@Grosmeo]

Bravo. It takes a lot of courage and determination to do what you did

[@beaujim108]

Our route along the Northern Tier in 2000 included some stints in Canada, one several hundred miles on the Trans Canadian Highway. During our planning a friendly Canadian emailed and mentioned that the TCH often has a narrow shoulder and that Canada is a country very serious about resource extraction. That is, lots of mineral and logging trucks. The shoulder ended up being about 18 inches where we were. Actually, what I came to fear the most were the old Americans driving bus sized motorhomes.

[@cherfaouiabdelmoumene8392]

Amazing trip. Wish do it some day

[@user-nq9gz4xf7f]

I wish i new there was a bike path from Montreal to Quebec. I just did it on hyw 138, north shore of St Laurence river, a nice ride. You are amazing. One day i did 129 kil, cuz i had to, and that would be routine for you. Its fun to find a campsite, usually at sunset no one will bother you. You make it look easy!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Well done you aswell! The main thing is to travel the way it suits yourself then we are all winners in the end 😊

[@Badkitty17]

I need excitement and adventure , before I get too old to do anything . This looks awesome to me . I live 2 hours from jasper but my family is on the east coast and the trail runs right through my back yard lol so that’s convenient! I should do that next summer

[@Hootyhoo-jq9vq]

A wonderful trip. Thank you for sharing.

[@antp1125]

What courage sleeping alone in Grizzly bear areas. I am amazed!

[@Rolliemoho]

Brilliant, well done 😁

[@dermotpurcell8861]

Really enjoyed that keep them Common

[@cavenerd]

Wow! you are awesome. travel safe :)

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thank you heaps!!

[@TapioBlue]

Wow, you're quite the trooper!

[@HS-dn5uu]

Wow bravo to you!! I wish to do such ride one day.

[@daveexplore3856]

Awesome, well done. 😎😃

[@alicyclochallenge3063]

Great experience you are a hero

[@keithdouglas9848]

Awesome 👍👍👍

[@Soundchain101]

Love your cross-Canada adventure! Could you share a link identifying the bike trail between Montreal and Quebec City?

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Thanks, thats gonna be tricky since all that is on a old phone, not even sure what map I used, but just remember that part was one of the easiest since its miles of bikepaths connecting them, was lovely to bike

[@evanthedrummer7800]

I’ve road to Niagara Falls before, u could’ve kept going along lakeshore drive

[@_the_biking_viking_]

@@evanthedrummer7800 definitely must come back one day 😊

[@sk8ben66]

really nice to see a video of someone crossing canada in bike.45 days you are a machine.am surprise they let you roll on the highways ,I have always thought its illegal .and why doing it at this time of the years,its gray ,cold ,rainy and you never know if its going to snow

[@jaaklucas1329]

Epic!

[@dermotpurcell8861]

This look awesome

[@zarb88]

I have been looking forward to this video ever since Adam and you decided to do the trip separately. Really beautiful scenery, but the narrow frame detracts from the video. When your back brake pads wore out could you have switched with the front till you got to a shop? I enjoy your adventures and the maple leaf sunglasses were very cute..

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Hi hi! Thank you for nice words! The trip through Canada was amazing and I'm also happy I did it on my own, but wouldn't do it again since the roads in Ontario are just way to dangerous. Unfortunately it was a big project to remove the break pads and in the end they had to be drilled out so was a bit thougher mission then it looks like. Think the salty weather conditions I had when I biked in OZ made them really bad. But now all good!

[@algeorge55]

Incredible

[@evanthedrummer7800]

Where did u get that touring bike I’m looking for one

[@_the_biking_viking_]

@@evanthedrummer7800 I bought it when I lived in Austria, its a gravel bike from Scott, super happy with it 😊

[@paulahavens2764]

when photography please use landscape setting it give a better view. Thanks for sharinging this was a great video other than when you filmed on picture instead of landscape. I want to travel from ontario to winnipeg Manitoba. this summer 2022.

[@forajc]

You are a beast!! I cycled across Canada in 1976 with a group and we took 75 days, with one day off a week. Could you post your daily schedule with distances?

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Must been amazing to have done it 1976 a bit more untouchaed nature then I could imagine. Biking Japan - Bali, Indonesia at the moment so can't give you the exact distance I did on my Canada trip (got it in my calendar back in Sweden) but normally I bike between 150-200 km a day depending on weather, hills and wind. I think I have it all in a Instagram post, will see if I can find it

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Found it, this was the daily distance on my Canada trip : 160K 160K 200K 170K 165K 170K 165K 175K 165K 210K 140K 193K 165K 175K 166K 145K 135K 160K 160K 155K 140K 150K 110K 185K 140K 150K 150K 190K 160K 160K 170K 170K 140K 170K 183K 173K 155K 170K 165K 145K 155K 170K 125K 120K 100K my daily distances the 45 days crossing Canada.

[@forajc]

Thanks!! Did you take any days off?@@_the_biking_viking_

[@bicycledad7660]

What do you do with your bicycle at night ? Please and thank you

[@_the_biking_viking_]

I just lock it to a tree or something else when I'm camping, sometimes I even lock it to my tent if I can't find anything else to lock it up with ☺️

[@mademahendrawidhiutama3148]

The real viking 🤙🏿🤙🏿

[@beaujim108]

In1998 I was taking an orange juice break at Highwood House General Store on route 40 the highest paved road in Canada. Some friendly Canadian asked if I was riding up to Highwood pass, and said he had just come down and had seen a Grizzly bear up there. A bit shocked, I asked how far up and he said near the top. Relieved, I told him it was 24 miles to the pass and it would take me hours to get there so the bear would probably be gone. Nevertheless, I kept peering as far up the road as I could as I climbed on my Bike Friday pulling a 50 pound trailer. Somewhat past the halfway point I saw something brown and became cautious, but then it resolved into cattle and I felt great thinking cattle and bears did not hang together. On a rare downhill going 20 mph I saw a grizzly by the woods about 30 feet from the other side of the road. He was looking in the direction I was going so I passed him at a good clip. Unfortunately, another friendly Canadian had told me the night before that Grizzlies were the second fastest animal in North America and could run 45 mph. Canadians may be too friendly when it comes to sharing grizzly tips. The short downhill having run out I was back to climbing at 5 mph waiting for a sprinting Griz to swat me off my bike. I’m blind in my left eye so it was hard to look back and see where the guy was, so I plotted on uphill. The 2 lane road had 8 foot wide shoulders with the woods cleared about 30 feet from each side. It was developing a steep embankment down from the rode when I noticed a second grizzly bear. But this one was walking slowly toward the road, and was about half way from the woods to the road. I thought about turning around, but behind me was a griz that hadn’t seen me until I was past him and moving rapidly away from him, that is, until I soon hit the next uphill. Having seen and smelled me he might not miss a second opportunity. The current bear was on a collision course with me. But we would lose sight of each other due to the steep embankment and I hoped it would slow him down. So I poured on my sprinting power and got up to 8 mph, not quite a fifth of the grizzly running speed. I prayed and rode for all I was worth just waiting for him to plant a paw on my trailer and stop my bike flipping me onto the road for his dining pleasure. After a bit I turned far enough to look and he was about 100 feet behind me standing crosswise in the other lane looking around slowly. That was the last time I saw him, I put my head down and kept digging for Highwood Pass.

[@LukeGyver]

Well done. I also believe the bear was drunk.

[@vannic713]

Big admire u! I am gonna to this trip end of July! May I ask you some trips and advise? How dod you charge up devices?

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Sorry Im not so often on my KZbin ☹️ I always use a suncell sharger that I put on the back of my bike and it takes one hour to charge a phone if its sun out, also carry a power bank with me for when it's bad weather. Feel free to ask any questions you like, or did you already complete your trip?

[@redzepplin7397]

Wow, thats amazing, were you not scared at all?

[@_the_biking_viking_]

To be honest not, just the trafic was a bit hectic sometimes 😇

[@garnierfruct]

Sorry if this has been answered previously but how did you manage the food and especially the water? I imagine there are sections up north that don't have much civilization. Did you ever buy food to bring or was it all prepacked from the beginning? And did you use only your own water or did you drink what you found?

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Hi, I actually filled up water at gass stations, rivers and lakes I found along the way, never had a issue with the water situation. 😇 Food I carry with me, oatmeal for breakfast and often pasta + sauce for lunch and dinner also night many baguettes at Sumbway that I found allot of in Canada, nice with some fresh vegetables 😊

[@vijender1990]

Hi What is this book Can you please share it's link

[@arcoulant87]

Chapeau

[@prodbaxi]

incredible! i want to do this in may! also you sound super norwegian... is that the case? well done!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

I'm actually Swedish but work in Norway so you are kind of spot on 😊👌🏻

[@jeandavidyeah8840]

le but d'alain côté il était bon

[@caleb9090]

🎉👏👏👏

[@harry70394]

,👌👍

[@Guillermo-ym5yn]

I guess Newfoundland is not part of Canada anymore!

[@Topk.streams]

I witsh do same thing

[@register1430]

Well done. Too bad you only had phone quality video - and no landscape?? I am a bit skeptical of the numbers however - round numbers you would have had to have done a few 200+ days to make this happen with very few rest days. Ok Ab to Manitoba you could make time on the flats but BC Van to Jasper is at least 10 days and then around lake superior into Toronto - Mtl corridor that is slow going. Olympic caliber cyclist with support van, that I could see. Sorry I don't buy it.

[@AsplundhFamily]

The record for the fastest bike crossing of Canada is 13 days, about an average of 500km a day. 45 days is fast but by no means unachievable, especially if you spend significant time per day on the saddle.

[@register1430]

@@AsplundhFamily No doubt even 13 days with car support , the right bike, gear and mechanical luck and LEGS OF STEEL. Was speaking just to this ladys claim. 40-50 days you still need everything to go right and make enjoying the scenery secondary over speed.

[@gc9435]

@@register1430 With the right wind, Manitoba can be done in under 2 days with a fully loaded bike by an old man. I did it. So it all depends on the power of a west blowing wind. If you look around the web, plenty of people do the across in that time frame. Unsupported

[@register1430]

@@gc9435 ok I'll feed the troll..... you are either a liar or a moron ... only 2 choices. But maybe with that "right wind" at say 75-100kmh + a sail + electric motor + feed tubes + IV drip + piss tube + no sleep + cool shades you are right. I'll look "around the web" .... no one EVER lies on the web. Oh shit I forgot, Manitoba totally tilts10% west to east the whole way..... maybe you are right. Bottom line - I just don't believe this otherwise nice sounding lady

[@gc9435]

@@register1430 Well it seems someone knows nothing about long-distance cycling. Even google estimates cycling across Manitoba takes only 25hrs. Which is a slow 19km an hour. Perhaps you can go out on an adventure and tell us about it. FYI going West to East Manitoba is mostly down a slope. So have fun under your bridge.

[@jaapongeveer6203]

Just saw this. You may not realize it but you didn't cross Canada as you didn't ride in Newfoundland.

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Well, i biked from coast to coast, never claimed or said I biked through all the provinces, but definitely would like to go back one day and bike NF looks so beautiful

[@jimgarrity2048]

45 days to cross Canada...hmmmm!!!!

[@_the_biking_viking_]

Counted on 46 days to cross when I started so I was one day wrong in my calculations 🙈

[@MrOj53]

En blond Svensk Viking