5 Of The Best Things To Do - Cycling The Lake District

[@dafyddgiddins9861]

These are the kinds of videos that GCN really misses out on not having. This format is great; but I think another format that would be great is you two picking out long distance routes in the UK and making videos just on that route.

[@TheImprobableIronman]

I adore the Lake District. Top tip - if you take your wife there for a cycling holiday and plan a nice 'easy' flat one, don't drop a little climb called Red Bank (I think) in. It's short and doesn't look like much when you're route planning but must be over 20% in places - let's just say it nearly resulted in a divorce on the first day of our holiday. Loving these videos guys.

[@ColdDarkNorth.]

At least there’s gingerbread in Grasmere before you get there! (But yes, Red Bank is proper stabby!)

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

I would be divorced and homeless if I tried that. Like your style and stay safe 😂🫵🏻

[@tomreingold4024]

This is loads of fun. I’m in NYC where I was born and raised. Did you know that the hills in the UK and Scandinavia are the same as the mountains of the east coast of North America? They were formed before Pangea split into America and Europe, and they are the oldest mountains in the world, 450 million years. People from big mountains such as the Rockies and perhaps the Alps think that our small mountains are easy because they’re short. But they are short and HARD. When they come from the west coast here to our east coast, they are astonished at the challenges. I toured the British Isles for two months on my bike way back in 1981, and I climbed the hills of the Lake and Peak Districts. My bike was fully loaded with all my luggage. It was an epic trip, and I hope to be back one day. Maybe I’ll have a sticky toffee pudding, as I’ve never had one.

[@Fixin-To]

Get your laughing gear round some Spotted Dick.

[@nkantar]

These travelogs are quite fun, but feel almost rushed? Would love to see you two talking more about each of the routes you feature, either in a longer video or separate ones. Still very enjoyable, though!

[@jakeskelton8080]

Love the new format. I personally would love to watch like a paired, slower-pace vid where you actually tackle a route mentioned, like the 3 monsters, and document as you go, and how you find it over say 10 mins

[@JakeMay]

Agree, could happily watch a 30 minute version of this

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

Wrynose & hardknott is the hardest climb combo I’ve ever done. I rode the National three peaks solo and climbing through there in the night was savage. The decent off hardknott at 11:30pm was scary AF. Love the lakes though. Stunning place to ride

[@capt_darling9454]

Love Tobes! Blessed be the RouteMakers.... Some incredible riding round there

[@ColdDarkNorth.]

Too kind my friend! 💚💙

[@stegotron]

As a Cumbrian I can confirm it rains sideways so it can definitely be raining and windy at the same time. Also, if someone says to you "60 mile ride" in the Lakes it can mean vertically too. Cold Fell and Birker Fell are good warmups for Hardknott if you're over the west of the Lakes.

[@ColdDarkNorth.]

Obvs gave them Birker and Corney as long list places to ride 😂🙄😬

[@stegotron]

@@ColdDarkNorth. Should have made those a priority and that they had to ride them both. 😁 First time I went up Birker I had never ridden further than 30 miles. We hit the bottom of Birker 25 miles in. It didn't go well.

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

Cold fell is a really nice hard climb. The descent heading north is epic too

[@matthewlewis2072]

I've had the "sea water blowing sideways" experience. When sheep are hiding behind walls, time to pack up and go home

[@olliepayne9632]

Great Dunn fell ! Can’t forget that 11/10 on 100 greatest climbs and my mates cottage is at the start !

[@MoreWattsDaddy]

Hexham Alston Penrith GDF Tanhill MIT Stanhope Crawleyside Consett be easier than the Everest on a BMX…..

[@rh6078]

Really enjoying this series you're doing, are you heading to the Peak District next? I really love cycling there. So many good climbs and great towns and pubs to stop at

[@jordonvandermolen7327]

Fun stuff! Well done videos, part of me misses the low budget vlogs, but most of me is stoked about the progression the channel has made and really like the regular addition of Jimmy.

[@04dixons]

Love the vid, the South lakes has some amazing roads and also dropping into the Tough of Bowland

[@simonandrews8878]

I agree guys, we have a cycling tour company based in the southwest promoting multi day rides in the U.K.

[@CycletheNation]

Aaaahhhh. Home!

[@maxbucky24]

Love these sort of videos

[@2wheelsgood.]

As a keen roadie and hill Walker, I’ve rarely bothered with the bike in the National Park.The high fells on foot is where it’s at!

[@andrewbotto6802]

Brilliant video. Also loved the Northumberland one.

[@drevo50]

Brilliant timing. I'll be up there next week!

[@lilybailey4011]

just wrapped a trip there, it was sick! the three passes out of Keswick are a must, and there's a shop at the top of honnister for an emergency coke 😅 highly recommend a biking & hiking trip, to give your body some variety and rest on alternating days. the bus system there is excellent, so just leave your bike at your accommodation and you can get to hikes very easily!

[@mrpoutine6588]

I really like the idea of this series. There are plenty of quality adventures to be had locally (wherever locally is for you).

[@nickc4716]

Rode the Fred Whitton route a couple of years back with a mate. Perfect weather (surprisingly). One of the best days on a bike I’ve had. Highly recommended.

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

It’s one you have to do once, and vow never to do again. Hardknott after 85 miles is a punch to the throat hard 😂

[@MTBScotland]

Loaded a few of the climbs in the Lake District in wahoo magic roads.

[@biking261]

Francis looks like the Yates brothers in those Scott glasses 😋

[@invalice123]

Love this format! thank you. inspired to go out there now!

[@JakeMay]

Really excellent format - would love to see a second series (maybe with local experts showing you around their ends?)!

[@aaronedgeart]

Headed there in two weeks with my fiancée, super stoked!

[@davidhopley9361]

Don’t forget to check out the very expensive bike shop in Ambleside!

[@dafred9898]

Bond, Francis Bond and the ducks of SPECTRE.

[@stewdickson]

Jimmy has elevated himself to God tier with the "Only one Lake in the Lake District" super fact. Interestingly, only one Lake in Scotland too and it's in cycling mecca country as well! *hint* *hint*

[@matthewbarnes472]

Love the new format!!

[@andrewsledge8649]

Gravel ride from Wray Castle to Waterhead. Stunning route.

[@EveryoneIsAgainstMe]

I remember cycling up the Hardknott with a full touring setup (panniers, tent, the lot) and a motorcyclist passed me and on a switchback hitting 45% his front wheel reared up, with the whole bike back flipping down the road requiring four people to get the biker back up. It is brutal. It is evil. It is beautiful. Also you need to go to Grasmere for the best gingerbread in the world.

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

I did that as well. I did the national 3 peaks but I rode between the climbs too. Snowdon to Wasdale after climbing Snowdon nearly broke me. Hardknott/wrynose in the dark was scary and brutal

[@stevehughes975]

This is what you guys do best! Loving it😊

[@mikeymike1792]

I look forward to seeing the Devon episode. Dartmoor's a bit obvious, but I think you'd love the Tarka Trail (although it is a bit simple) and Haldon Forest. Not to mention some of the South Devon stuff.

[@matthewlewis2072]

Exmoor. Just been there...f**k me

[@callumthorsen5474]

Love the new format

[@chrislang7460]

Little Langdale over into Great Langdale is a nice ride...

[@jonburnell532]

Love this type of video, looking forward to the others. I've got the C2C soon and that takes in Hardknott and Wrynose.... My legs are already protesting! 😆

[@thebikepackingadventurer]

It is a beast of a combo. The descents you can’t really enjoy properly as a reward either as braking from speed takes ages. Be careful on hardknott to wrynose descent the switchbacks come from nowhere fast

[@datchucktaylor]

Bring a spare chain link and a chain tool!

[@DarenC]

I've done the Fred twice - not ashamed to say I had to walk up Hardknott both times

[@benscrumhalf]

Need to make a special mention to Grizedale Biking Trails, just down from Ambleside - Absolute blast of a day on the hills between Coniston and Windermere !

[@Cade_Media]

This was on our list but we ran out of time! Great suggestion

[@KKyt_2000]

A longer version of this format would be great!

[@douglas8707]

0:54 is a very good point! Also, make sure you get some Grasmere gingerbread. Perfect ride fuel.

[@gusmicklewright8589]

Wrynose & hardnott are no joke - did a ride over them in my first year of uni and the climbs were brutal & to top it off punctured on both descents (rim brakes not recommended)

[@alanhill7965]

These videos are making this expat homesick well done guys sublime work !

[@garypurchase4738]

I like the format. 👍

[@nickguest6122]

The best STP!

[@Battery-Powered]

Great video guys!

[@spurbot]

Cool video amigos keep it up. Cuidense

[@Jacobtyson30]

Love this!!!

[@eleventybillion2301]

We did the Fred this year and stayed somewhere mid way up The Struggle. It was fun riding up that after finishing the Fred 😢

[@UK-Cycling]

Top video. You missed the award winning restaurants and that Cumbria is the cuisine capital of the U.K. Best regards Martin

[@zlRoc]

Simple, informative, and beautiful, just great content! 🤟

[@Poffigirl]

Ooh are you coming to my neck of the woods? Snowdonia and Anglesey? We have loads of zip wires, longest one on Bethesda! Some fab routes around here both on road and off and they're about to open a new gravel.route through Snowdonia

[@Ritch-t-biscuit]

Bunch of suggestions that most cycling publications miss from a local: Blea tarn pass from little langdale is probably one of the most rewarding climbs in the lakes stunning views. Hawkshead hill decent/climb to coniston stunning bends early morning ride to avoid the cars though. Lyth valley and bowland bridge climb and decent to Windermere. Stunning area beautiful rolling terrain and some cracking climbs over to Kendal. Very quiet usually. Last of all the Shap A6 road from Kendal followed by sedbergh via howgill lane/b6257. Could even extent this to Kirkby Lonsdale. Cracking riding around there for something a bit quieter but equally stunning views.

[@marcin7154]

Wow!Air guitar on a bike.I think I've never seen it before.Well done Jimmy👍

[@danielosman3134]

Great videos I expect to see mid wales in there at some point! Stay in a bothy in the desert of wales

[@markcoombs9260]

Nice one guys 😊

[@this_Jamie]

This is a great series team! Shout out to Garmin. If you could do a 'first gravel holiday' you would make me inredibly happy! Thanks! (Also the Dr. Pepper tattoo? Hard yes)

[@malcontent_1]

Absolutely loving this series

[@yousufkazmi7842]

Welcome to the Atlantic Coast of the UK, we get Atlantic Weather as Ireland deon't have enough elevation to slow/ stop it. Story goes that Barton Bridge on the M60 is the highest point between it and the Atlantic on the prevailing weather direction, not sure it's true, but it feels true !

[@beckywareing3956]

Enjoying the new format videos, informative, funny (as usual) but it's nice to you filming outside.

[@parishayes2000]

Cartmel is great and home to one of the best Michellin Star restaurants in the North. If your budget can stretch to either of them I'd highly recommend!

[@clairer9551]

Love the format, looking forward to the next one.

[@keithevans5667]

Fab video Lads! Sticky Toffee Pud defo well earned!

[@jeanbout7868]

Did Honister and Newlands this weekend, was purely stunning! Unless your a domestic pro, worth having a 36/32t at least

[@sjtutty]

Love this format!

[@palmer3977]

Great series guys.

[@RobinSanks]

Bring back the vlogs in the lake district with Harry and his manor

[@grahambell9831]

Excellent video guys......looks like a mighty fine road trip from the Lake_😉 District 👏. Up and Down the Yorkshire Dale's next? 🤔🤞👌

[@anthonykelly3231]

Hi guys, I love the lakes and am there at least twice a year, you did miss the via Ferrata at honister , great extreme activity

[@savagepro9060]

The Poetic License of Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Coleridge, Alfred Tennyson, Charles Lamb, William Wordsworth et al provides, hitherto, the best groupset to mentally ride the self-contained mountains and narrow, radiating glaciated valleys, steep fells and slender which the Lake District exhibits.

[@Ryanv7x]

Loved it! Keep it going gentlemen.

[@MrGibjab]

Great videos! Appreciat the food recommendations

[@betterontap]

Loving this new series. Keep it up!

[@asamaddison5451]

Loving these. Thanks so much

[@emmabird9745]

I've never cycled in the Lakes, but walked a lot. If I cycled there, I reconned I would walk a lot more!!! 15% is about my limit these days.😄 You missed the Langdales, I recon they are steeper than Wrynose and Hardnott. Love the theme of these vids, keep 'em coming.

[@ColdDarkNorth.]

Definitely not, but pretty stabby up Red Bank or Blea Tarn 😬

[@rodcosta2345]

That;s just crazy fun! Great content!

[@danevans3381]

Great video series! How are you not over 1 million subs yet

[@massmoor]

Are you guys visiting the North York Moors? Also brutal riding but not as well known as the Lakes maybe.

[@IanHulme]

That cycling tan line 😂

[@ridethelakes]

Great video, hopefully more videos like this please!

[@cneubert28]

This is great. Though I'm now curious about the Dr. Pepper tattoo.

[@gavinward3176]

Take an easier ride to Grasmere and get some of Sarah Wilson's gingerbread. Well worth the trip!

[@lingodingobat]

Like this format :) keep it up 😊

[@dexterx9862]

Awesome video, more of this please :)

[@markmitchenall5948]

You missed out on Grasmere Gingerbread Shop!

[@darrengarvie8832]

This is a proper cycling video where to put your legs to the test in the UK 😁 now you need to come to Ireland north and south 😁 loads of rides you also need to speak to Darren Tapp ex British MTBer and around gravel guy now living in Enniskillen 😁

[@iansellers1251]

Zipwire at Windermere

[@Grant-bu4nj]

This is the best video guys can you do some more please 👍

[@martinmalloy5997]

My son when he can be bothered makes fantastic sticky toffee pudding.

[@markburton3306]

I’m out of puff just watching

[@alexspencer7170]

Having done the Fred Whitton a few years ago, i can confirm it is a b***ard....nice video and good tips!

[@mikeymike1792]

I thought the Hardknott was mental enough in a car. Sod doing it on my bike with an 11-28 cassette!

[@kevstephen9393]

Nice one 👍

[@perrysimo1]

Great videos guys. You must do the Peak District in this series. Francis, I think you need to get another tattoo, I could still see some bare skin when you did the wild swim. I’m doing the ctc Whitehaven to Newcastle soon - that reminds me, I must start putting in a bit of extra training.

[@allanwarsing]

Primo content. Allez!

[@ZanderLexx]

If anyone says to you street/gravel bikes can't fly show them this 6:07 :D That was an OMG-WTF-AWESOME-COOL moment.

[@johnclement4781]

Oooh Francis has some new sunglasses and they don’t look like sungod 🤔 what are they ?

[@jim_mountain_88]

Best videos you've done since ride across America with Justin.👍

[@itscliffvtr]

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