50-HOUR FIXED GEAR RIDE 🇦🇺

[@josephxkendrick]

First of the Aussie content. This was a warm-up spin for what was to come. The hardest I've ever pushed myself on a ride. Lack of sleep, crashes, headwinds. Eeesh. Smash the thumbs-up if you like this story-telling format of video. I also totally forgot to mention that I was splashing water in my face whilst riding to stay awake before that second nap. Messed up lol.

[@idiotsontheroadtruckersmp9914]

You know the old Adelaide freeway that is the best i go there with my friends

[@islander5901]

What length cranks did you run on the fixie?

[@islander5901]

Also, what made you do these challenges fixed? Also, you're vegan? Do you manage to stay vegan whilst doing these challenges? Ta

[@BENYEET]

Those were crickets mate

[@cheese7616]

Had to check the comments to see if someone corrected this hahaha

[@BENYEET]

@@cheese7616 it's ok he's never seen them in his defense lol

[@josephxkendrick]

Haha, yeah, someone corrected me when I posted that as an Instagram story. Was just shocked by the size and number lol!

[@BENYEET]

@@josephxkendrick dude you inspired me to start bike riding I bought a decent road bike. I want to travel all around my state eventually.

[@josephxkendrick]

@@BENYEETAwesome! What state do you live in?

[@markifi]

your friend packs awfully light for what he's doing

[@awnoodles4299]

Ive been binge watching your videos, starting with the west coast one. You should have way more subs, keep up the videos :D

[@seaninthecrate1]

what's your bike setup mate?

[@artvandalay2736]

Did you use the aero bars at all?

[@josephxkendrick]

Most of the time! Just not a good angle for filming aha

[@artvandalay2736]

@@josephxkendrick Ahhh I'm glad ahah

[@josephxkendrick]

@@artvandalay2736 Super flat and straight roads in Australia. I did have a pretty tough headwind at points on this ride though and because I couldn't switch to a smaller gear for better leverage, I had to ride with the wide bars haha

[@boyan.t]

This would be a major achievement on a road bike, but on fixed gear it's legendary!

[@truth-Hurts375]

At 17km/hr its not a big deal....going for 50hrs thats a challange...

[@whydoihavetousemyrealnamef7087]

abdullah a fuckin ledge for meeting you out there, do you run a dynamo on these epic rides? cheers

[@ryvnplays9023]

This was such a good video! I’ve just seen your 24H Uber eats and these are addicting to watch. It must be amazing to get to see everywhere, I admire your dedication to what you do. Definitely subbing. Keep up the hard work.

[@SergeyKasyan]

Великолепно! Какое количество зубов на передней и задней звезде? 🙏

[@codeyorgillpodcast]

So epic mate!!! 👍 It is so amazing when you are out there riding in the dark away from all the light pollution.. can really see so much up there... kudos to ya !!

[@Fijay12]

I don't know why but your videos are so nice and chill to watch.

[@Austin_Boath]

idk why vegan influencers get so much hate or get labeled crazy. NO meat eater is doing something like this. Stats don't lie. Great work mate :) I also live in Adelaide, and wanted to bikepack to Melbourne for quite some time. This video showed me I could do anything if I put my mind to it. Who even NEEDS a car? I have one but trying to get back into cycling!

[@josephxkendrick]

Heck yeah brother!

[@runningwithmarc]

YES yes, Loving this!!!!! It was awesome to follow then, and great to see it now! I need to do some more challenges.!

[@cyclingmaven]

Ah, memories.

[@Zxios]

Hey Joseph, when's the rest of the 2016 tour coming? :) Still waiting for you to reach San Diego!

[@abdullahkrawall9295]

Fake

[@stefanhofmann2521]

Wow, great video, really enjoyed this one!

[@josephxkendrick]

lol!

[@coletrudo]

man I hope you're getting some ad revenue out of this. To not only ride that far but to film and edit all this footage is a feat in itself. Cheers

[@nathanb5994]

Damn it’s Joey K from MySpace! I used to live 2 doors down from ya’ in LStone, Luke told me to check out your vids and they are rad. Still got that PMA I see (: stay bless.

[@leftymadrid]

Dear lord I would have probably just melted off my bike after that, turned into liquid, and the tarmac would have absorbed me completely leaving behind my wonderful road bike...

[@josephxkendrick]

Haha! I felt like a ghost!

[@renanrenan3312]

I am Brazilian I want to have a fixed bike, but where I live there are no parts when there are very expensive, you could give me this Christmas with a fixed bike can be old used. sorry for any mistake in writing i'm using google translator since already thanks. God be with you!

[@plantpoweredhealth9383]

nice vid mate,great to reflect on last year pre IndiPac! Epic ride,I wondered how you would recover for the race but you came good! Big kudos. Would have been a great morale booster having Abdullah come out and ride with you. Big props to you both, we are doing the team event at IndiPac again this year, much love Dominic,Paul,Luke and Jen, Team Chain Gang.(formerly Team Double Century), PS they were crickets not cockroaches! lol

[@blockhax6146]

Actually can’t believe that you’ve fucking done that. The shit people manage to do on the bike always seems to astound me. On a fixie no less. You’re a legend

[@njh451]

So good!

[@edwardalborghetti4315]

He ate oreos so likely vegan

[@snarkyboojum]

Great content mate. Love it.

[@vp3093]

damn, i feel like you should have more subs. The way you made this is hella professional. damn this was epic

[@jemuellgaudia8512]

I just saw your 24 hour ubereats and i enjoyed it so much. Keep the video like that

[@johnrovicgerong433]

I see myself as this guy in the future since no one wants to ride with me because I'm slow

[@luismedeiros7139]

Love the video, remind me so much of my ride from melbs to rads. So many memories.

[@plantpoweredhealth9383]

Goods are on you for the win this year my friend! Cheers Dominic Shepherd XVX (Strava )

[@havefunandbikestuff]

Man, you are amazing. That's all to say.

[@pengembarayoutube5146]

cant wait to see your scotland trip ride

[@philipkelly9753]

I cycled 40Miles as a courier yesterday, but honestly mate. You inspire me so much! I feel like I could do alot more

[@rosemeadows629]

You’re amazing!! I cycle like 15-20miles max and am dead!!! Very inspiring:)

[@keegansutton982]

14:13 Classic fucking Abdullah hahaha

[@cSyem]

You rock and you made me buy a bike after a break of several years. I was a bike courier in Bucharest 5 years doing 100-150 km per day till 2013, was pure love and adrenaline :D. I swear, that city was suicidal for cyclists and i think is still in the category "extreme sport" for cyclists :)). So many accidents, usual with womens and taxi drivers. Now i am in London going to work with my new bike, way too easy. Keep going man, you do what I've done years ago, i really understand how you feel.

[@klarkolofsson]

This is fucking nuts!

[@deanherde805]

Awesome effort mate.. You complete lunatic. Subscribed. 😉👍

[@assaad8]

I love ur videos

[@Haiitsamirah]

The bridge at 2.30 tripped me out I thought you were going backwards

[@karanekka2441]

I thought riding from Berwick to Melbourne was far. Holy shit your amazing

[@dtmateo]

Epic!!! So inspiring

[@prao1313]

Bro in India its called 'Faadu'. Tell me what's your biggest fear while you are pedalling solo. Mine is being chased by dogs and get robbed. Btw you are awesome. Keep riding.

[@classydays43]

Cycling in Australia is intense. There's always a headwind, the sun is ridiculous, the hills, though short, last forever and the "gravel" is eother a foot of fine dust or loose pebbles on packed clay. It's rough, but you're on of the few who managed to accomplish it. Well done mate 👍🏻

[@THEJaManes]

How about You think about us - mere mortals, we are barely can acknowledge that its possible.

[@justdomore]

Following google maps :D I know how you felt there - 'how far can it be on the gravel road'..and it never ends :D I did a bike trip in Europe last year on a road bike and was following google maps LOL It's great to watch your videos. Thanks for taking the time to share it with the world. I find great inspiration in watching it and listening to your adventures :)

[@LaMereACaniche]

Why would you do that on a fixie and not on a regular, proper road bike? I'm genuinely curious. On another note, good job mate, very impressive.

[@dD-mb3bz]

What a journey mad lad! Big ups from Russia)

[@AndyJCapes]

Wow this was sick bro! I know you've probably answered this before, but I only found your channel yesterday and this is only the 3rd video I've seen, but why do you ride a fixie rather than a normal road bike? Hello from South East Melbourne btw :)

[@themanplan987]

O thats crazy I haven't seen Abdullah's channel in forever

[@daniyil4843]

Australia seems like such an awesome place

[@moto3459]

Daniel Semi It is mate! I’m a 5th Generation Australian and I wouldn’t ever live anywhere else. I think everyone should come and visit!

[@shikaman]

Do you listen to some music when you ride for so long ?

[@josephxkendrick]

Yes, pretty much 100% of the time

[@Fijay12]

Have you ever been to Poland on your bike? Really curious

[@a.lubrez4812]

Just WOW ! Love from France

[@matthewsully4565]

Nice ride JK. Makes the west coast stuff look easy eh :-)

[@yannickbanville7723]

This is like the 5th time I watch the video. So good!!

[@lizaagers7228]

You look like John Krazinsky

[@liamdocherty83]

Hi Joseph what's new? Any plans for any future vids? You back in London now?

[@josephxkendrick]

Currently on about day 40 in-a-row of doing deliveries in Brighton, UK. Haven't had much/any time to edit because doing 11-hour shifts. Will probably do another 3 weeks or so then call it a day. Maybe I'll try and eek out a video before then. Plans are to go back to Australia later this year and race the Race To The Rock :D

[@IantoCannon]

800k, massive kudos to you mate! This year I'm planning to do a 400k ride around Okinawa (the island I live on). Do you have any advice about how to film it?

[@grimfx5806]

A go pro? I dont know perhaps

[@averyjamesbrooks]

This is so hardcore! Amazing ride.

[@basstrom88]

I grew up in Ballarat and now live in Melbourne, so it's funny to see familiar terrain. The Pentland Hills are pretty formidable on a bike, especially in the heat. I'm surprised you did this trip in February - it's not exactly cold weather then!

[@josephxkendrick]

At least it wasn't as hot as it is now! Went across Nullarbor then along the coast to Sydney and up to Cairns in March-April. I think the hottest day was maybe 35C passing Yalata. And then did Cairns-Darwin-Perth in July-August. Got pretty chilly in the deserts at night on the last stretch, especially heading back down south.

[@thekalevar]

Is pedaling long distances on fixie better than regular road bike when? Why I see so many bike touring with fixed bikes more than regular ones?

[@edwardalborghetti4315]

Maybe so you can zone out and not think about gear changes

[@Julia15881]

Amazing! You are such an inspiration! :) I imediately want to jump onto my bike and start riding, but winter is freezing in austria right now... :(( don't want to wait -.-

[@josephxkendrick]

It'll be spring soon, then you can go explore the Alps!

[@rkan2]

Cavendish powernap lol

[@inkstickart]

truely amazing

[@KurtisPape]

Dame dude, great story

[@AccFinEco]

Great vid great ride! 👍

[@ahmadbudiman80]

epic

[@josephxkendrick]

Thanks mate. Will have some more fixed gear Australia touring videos coming soon.... ish!

[@benjaminvuchetich1990]

You absolute legend

[@disseminateourstrength9268]

Jeez!Makes me wander more! Well done, mate!

[@tombristowe846]

Amazing ride. I'm impressed. But tell me; did you really only expend 13835kj? I calculate that to be just over 3000cal, barely more than you would use in a normal day. Or have I got that wrong? All the best, anyway.

[@josephxkendrick]

It works out at about 3,300kcals - however that is just an estimation that the Strava app generates based on my weight, distance and elevation gain, I think. I don't believe it takes into account wind, other weather, tiredness, waiting time and probably not even basal metabolic rate. I don't have a heart rate monitor or power meter but both those things would make the calories burned a bit more accurate. If the energy shown is additional energy on top of basal metabolic rate then it would give a reading closing to 10,000kcals which would probably seem right for that distance and time spent being alive - although that headwind was killer.

[@tombristowe846]

@@josephxkendrick Yep. That makes sense..Thanks for replying

[@jamesd5241]

500000 views ??

[@adamt5867]

proper ride

[@aliwaleed7053]

Awesome 😍

[@Geppsyy]

Jesus

[@MultiBoozehag]

Great vid and looking forward to the next ones! Have you considered riding New Zealand?

[@josephxkendrick]

Yeah, I'd love to thoroughly go around NZ with a more gravel capable bike!

[@MultiBoozehag]

@@josephxkendrick yeah gravel bike definitly comes in handy here.

[@akainulainen608]

O M G 😍🔥

[@Nubsty]

Why do u eat and drink so unhealthy? I feel like u would feel better if u ate granola and fruit instead of processed stuff like oreos. And the drinks too-coffee is great. Great video. I get tired after about 5 miles of biking.

[@femmy5400]

delicious food is a moral booster, which is needed very much when going on long rides like these...

[@waisinglee1509]

@@femmy5400 One of the reasons to go on long rides is that you can eat whatever garbage you want and your body will just burn it off. No lasting effects. My good and bad cholesterol levels are both below normal and a top surgeon declared me "Superman fit" last year. Haha

[@matthewsully4565]

Ozzy servos and road houses very rarely have anything fresh to eat. Maybe tinned fruit if you are lucky.

[@josephxkendrick]

Morale boost, calories per gram, calories per volume, calories per $, lack of options in outback servos / roadhouses. I wish I could have had date & hemp seed smoothies at roadhouses but I was lucky to find anything vegan at all, tbh! Probably could have made me faster and recover better but it's just the way it is. I actually got into the habit of eating junk food prior to the race across Australia to prep my body for this reality. Eating super 'clean' and then suddenly switching to chips, crisps and soda would have probably hit me harder.