Bike Touring Busy California's Central Coast - Pacific Coast Bike Route - Ep9

[@pedrofernandez8729]

Your videography is so seamless, it looks like you got a video crew following you around. Great job as always. When you told that guy you were from Key West, he must have freaked out, that's as far from there as possible in the continental USA

[@Luigi13]

I second your thoughts about the videography, he is seamless and well executed on all sides. Best rider to film himself on KZbin.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

He did look bewildered at me being there giving him a pair of pliers. They were really nice. I will try record more interactions next tour. Thank you for watching, Pedro.

[@AdventureCyclist]

Riding on the sidewalk is like playing a video game. Random pedestrians, kids, cars loaded up on Starbucks, dogs, and more are all part of the obstacles. It's like the Paperboy Nintendo game. I've noticed on this trip and I think in the latter part of the last trip that you've switched from a stationed GoPro/camera on a tripod to just using the drone. You capture so much more movement in one area and make it all look continuous. The time saved and the footage gained is awesome. I put your video up on one monitor and follow along on another monitor using Google Maps. Saving locations, places, and research areas. As always, thanks for sharing.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi BT. Two monitors is a great idea. Mapping your way on a tour is so much fun. I spend so much time every day studying where to go and what to see. Even when not touring so I get why you are doing it. I remember the Paperboy arcade game from my youth. That was a blast. Yeah sidewalks are fun. The next episode has some good boardwalk action along Venice Beach... You noticed the drone usage right. It makes for more diverse footage but I do love the Canon camera on a tripod ride by's the best. Another reason I used the drone more often towards the end of tis tour is that somewhere along the way in Bog Sur, I lost the end of my tripod that clips to the camera and wasn't't able to use it. Improvisation made me use the drone and now I plan on using it more often. But no way I will give up the real ride by's, lol. Thanks for checking it out. Only one more next Saturday.

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

I liked the drone footage far more than ride-bys - gives a better sense of location.

[@stefanomigliuolo3468]

I have been “escorted” off a divided highway by the State Patrol, twice (once in Iowa and once in Maine). In both cases the officer was exceedingly polite, agreed that there were no signs stating “no bicycles (etc.)”, but insisted that my presence was a distraction to drivers. I didn’t argue and took a side road at the first opportunity.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I've been pulled over twice as well. Once in Kentucky where I was detained in the state troopers car until he had a friend come with a pick up to take me to the next exit and the other in Washington state. That time the trooper had no legal reason to stop me but was only letting me know to be cautious. Both times were good experiences with good dudes.

[@MarkARebuck]

only once for me, but same “officers were good folks and their heart was in the right place” vibe.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Divided highway - as in freeway/major highway??? (Like 101 in much of the Vid?)

[@stefanomigliuolo3468]

@@dennisyoung4631 yes, major highway - as in 6 lanes with median (US route 20).

[@Oliberg23]

I’m from the central coast and have never seen a video on it. It’s not a very much talked about part of California. So cool to see the roads I drive every day! Great video looks like a blast

[@FlyscoutRyder]

You live in a great area. Thank you for watching.

[@gorbyteeter6380]

Always makes my morning to see a new Flyscout video!

[@TheRickurb]

Yeah, me too!

[@yanlap2183]

very nice part of your trip.

[@TheRickurb]

Soooo cool

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Thanks man.

[@columbiashoes]

Beautiful area, Diego. I find road treasures all the time, lots of tools and gloves! Hard to take them with you when space is limited!

[@FlyscoutRyder]

"Road Treasures", I like that name. I will be using it next time I get a chance, thank you. Tools are easy to give to others. I do keep some stuff for myself that I keep sending home. There's a box in my shop with them. Especially kid artifacts "toys". I think of them throwing them out of the car window and asking the parent to go get it... First life lessons are tough ones.

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

You cycled my regular route. Magnificent. The bike path from SB to Ventura is totally awesome. The bike path route from Ventura to Ojai inland is also just as good. Thanks for sharing - you totally rock! I love CA.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Thank you for saying that Stephanie. You are right, California is awesome. My favorite state to tour in. I've crossed it three times plus the Cascade section in the north east. Next year I'll be looking to head back to the north east and do the Sierra Nevada and peninsular Ranges to Tecate Mexico. Thank you for watching.

[@DanCorning-i5w]

I've watched all of your videos from your first tour to this one. They just keep getting better and better. Thanks for taking us along on your ride.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

You are welcome and thank you for watching and reaching out. Stay safe.

[@PumpkinVillage]

Another awesome ride. Some beautiful country. Thanks for the video and take care, Al

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Thank you, Al. As always, it's great to hear from you. Take care as well.

[@Colnagorob1]

You where lucky getting on the highway where you’re not allowed to ride, I tried it at the same junction and got stopped by the police 😂but he gave me directions on the way I was allowed to ride so wasn’t too bad

[@FlyscoutRyder]

That sounds like a good experience. I find troopers and officers to always be helpful. When I come into a town looking for a place to camp, I always ask an officer as soon as I find one. They tell each other of you being there and get the added security as well.

[@MBT32]

It's bittersweet watching this adventure coming to its end but at least we know that in a few months we'll have more. That Gaviota pass was beautiful a mix between I-70 in Glenwood Springs and I-15 in Virgin River Gorge. Nice drone shots exiting the highway and over the beach. I wanna go ride my bike now!

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I hope you got out on the bike. Thanks for saying that. Gaviota Pass and that entire day were absolutely perfect... Bicycle Touring!!!!

[@ninjaOboy]

That's a beautiful ride. It's such a shame that there isnt a separate path to keep you off the noisy roads. Looks beautiful! I can only imagine how peaceful it would have been before invention of the car

[@FlyscoutRyder]

You bring up an interesting point. It must have very peaceful before cars but its the advent of vehicles that brought roads. The past also came with many dangers that aren't there now. Thank you for bringing this up. Made me go into a worm hole of thoughts.

[@davidgray9743]

Great video D. That burrito though, wow! Keep truckin!!

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Thanks D. Love to hear from you here and you just made my day ✓

[@dennisyoung4631]

Saw an *electrical outlet* there - I need to keep it in mind should I go down that way under *electrification.*

[@dog-so1vj]

Cool bike trails and paths.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Yeah, right? It's a lot of fun to change it up from hectic to chill.

[@FollowThomas]

San Luis Obispo, awesome, that's where I ended my tour. Now I can see what's the next section looks like. 👍

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I hope you enjoy this last episode uploading this Saturday. The end of the PCBR is definitely unique, different from the rest of it to the north, and very entertaining.

[@FollowThomas]

@@FlyscoutRyder looking forward! 👍

[@darrellbeer1]

Hi Diego. Darrell here. Thanks for letting me ride along with you again. I live an hour north of San Franciso and my daughter went to college in Santa Barbara so I know the area well. Some day I hope you do a series on the area where you live. Till next time

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Darrell. You live in a beautiful region of the country. I plan on covering the state of Florida and the Florida Keys were I live but not this year. It'll likely be 2024. I hope to document all 50 states and Im close. Thank you for riding along.

[@jamsaanich4993]

I would like to know your dash camera setup because the image is always so stable

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I use four cameras to gather the content. Canon G7X Mark iii, GoPro 8 and 9, and DJI mini 3 Pro drone. Thank you for noticing. Stable footage is a huge task and it takes practice. I don't fix cameras to the bike so it's all hand held while riding.

[@christopherhugh-jones3673]

Great video Diego! Great photography as always and seeing this part of the coastline. I’ve been saving up these last two episodes to watch so looking forward to seeing you arrive in LA! 👍👌

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Chris. I hope you enjoy the episodes. It was a memorable tour of one of the prettiest routes I've yet seen. Thank you so much for your support here and thru Patreon. You are always so kind with your comments. This encouragement makes me want to get better at sharing the content in hopes of getting more people to live out their dreams. What ever they are. I'm leaving for another tour in a few days and I will be trying my best to create content as I go. Please take care and be safe.

[@christopherhugh-jones3673]

@@FlyscoutRyder Thanks Diego! Your trips are certainly inspirational be in no doubt! I’m saving the final episode for a quiet time this week and look forward to your next series. Have a great trip and be safe! 👍

[@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb]

Great video. Central Coast is the nicest part of California.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I love the entire state and after three crossing of it on my tours I still have much more I want to see.

[@ricardoguillen8326]

Admiro mucho tus viajes amigo

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Gracias Ricardo. Aprecio tu comentario y que has tomado el tiempo para ver episodios de mi canal.

[@ricardoguillen8326]

Eres casi como un ídolo para mi y mi sueño es algún día poder tener un buen equipamiento de ciclo turismo ya que siempre fui un ciclo viajero muy pobre y casi sin equipo pero aun así e recorrido más de 13 países de latinoamerica y mi gran sueño es padalear por otros países del mundo como España o Tailandia

[@FlyscoutRyder]

@@ricardoguillen8326 Tienes que hacerlo, hermano. Tailandia seria muy económico. Yo he visitado pero no en bici. Se de muchos que lo hacen y es bien posible. Algún día hare Latinoamérica como tu. Ten cuidado y mantenme al tanto.

[@Bigfoot-px9gj]

I rode the coast highway (a combo of US101 and California SR1) all the way from San Diego to Port Townsend, Washington three times. Twice with a friend and once alone. Every cyclist I met along the way said I was going the wrong way. My response was always that anyone can do things the easy way.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Tim. I hear this criticism of which way we are supposed to ride a route all the time. On my end of criticism it's the whole concept of riding from west to east when crossing the country because the prevailing wind is from the west. I have crossed the country three times and it has always been starting from the east coast. Head winds and high mountain passes for some reason make sense to me. Thank you for watching this episode. Be safe out there.

[@verlinrice9955]

Diego 😊❤, another great adventure. Thanks for bringing us along with you for this fantastic ride. 42 mph wow. What was your average speed for this ride? I enjoyed this ride along the coast😊.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Verlin. Not sure about the average speed. That's a difficult metric because I stop all the time to record. If I had to guess I would say that I am on a windless flat scenario I like going at about 12mph or so. Climbing I would say about 4to6mph and downhilling... as fast as I can, lol. Thanks for checking this one out. One last episode next Saturday.

[@SteveW-ny8im]

Great episode! Boss !

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Bro, you have no idea how much it means to me when my actual best friends get on here commenting. You guys supporting me makes my world go around way better. See you soon.

[@RoadyPacking-CyclingAdventures]

As always, another spectacular chilled ride along vid dude and that camp spot looked lush!!

[@FlyscoutRyder]

El Capitan camping spot was on point. California makes for easy camping. Oregon and Washington too. Im crossing the southern states now and it is much harder to find camping but is as expected. Thank you for watching. Season 4 is being gathered now.

[@dustysadventures]

Great video. I really enjoy your videos!

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Dusty. Thank you for watching and reaching out.

[@joetorrey6922]

AWESOME

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Thanks, Joe. Im currently recording a 4th season crossing from Georgia to the west coast. So far Im psyched with the tour. Stay tuned.

[@susanfridsma2861]

HI Diego! I'm still watching your episodes and reading all the comments and replies. So fun! The scenery is beautiful and your ability to capture the beauty and your adventures are great and so fun to watch. I had dreamed of biking the PCT at some point in my life, but I think I just did it through you. I don't do well on hills. What range of grade of inclines do you think they are? Do you have a gizmo of some sort to measure it? If you do, mention it at intervals. I do see the 7% declines. Nice rewards. I did the C&O Towpath in June with other gals. Since most of the trail was dirt and it had rained the day before, the path was muddy with hundreds of puddles. So thankful for hoses to wash the bike and our legs off of lots of mud before going into the Airbnb's. (Those girls DO NOT camp, as I'm told many times.) 2 months from now the same 3 of us will continue the Mississippi River Trail and bike from St Louis to the Gulf. I need to train more for the 55-95 mile days. At least it is much flatter and downhill to the Gulf! Take care and I'm looking forward to the last of this trip and next trip's episodes. When do you guess they will start being posted? You haven't even started and I want to to see the episodes already! -Sue

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Sue. Great to hear from you. Awesome comment. Sounds like the C&O had a muddy disposition. It's great to hear you are out there covering ground. That's great you are doing more of the Mississippi River Trail. I plan on riding it as well this summer. I was looking at Greenville to New Orleans before turning west again. Yes, if you don't want to climb I would avoid the PCBR. It is a non stop climbing affair from WA to Los Angeles. You do get rewarded with insane downhill action, though. About the grade, I don't have a way of knowing unless I get it from a posted sign. But I would say that it was steeper than Colorado but not as much as the Appalachian Range. Colorado has longer climbs and the Appalachians are shortest. So I would say the West coast is sort of in between. Makes my day to hear you are still watching my channel and enjoying the progress. I'm still a struggling KZbinr with dreams of someday having the pipe dream realized. I love the process and tell myself to keep at it so we'll see how it goes. The last episode of this series uploads next Saturday at 8am. I think it came out good and a good farewell for now. I start touring in a week or so from Georgia. I'm looking to cover all the southern states and lots of National Parks once I get to the west. I have a new bike I built and will share it on the channel on the first episode but not sure when that will be. I'll be trying to create content to upload while I'm on this tour. Let's stay in touch and be safe out there. D.

[@ovidiuschiopu5758]

Love all your videos. Well done! And congrats on the ride! I rode the PCR from Portland to Santa Barbara last year and will be doing it again in a couple of weeks. This has been a great motivator! Did you follow the ACA route maps or did you ad lib it?

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I didn't follow the ACA maps. The route seemed and is well marked and sort of straight forwards. Thank you for saying that about my videos. One more episode next Saturday to finish this season. Take care.

[@Adrian-dx6yz]

I biked SF to LA last June and seeing these roads bring back some really good times. I was wondering how much extra time it takes to film yourself doing it, especially with the drone? do you have to stop and set it up every time?

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Adrian. Glad you found my channel. I use four cameras to gather the content including the drone. Stopping throughout the day is a constant part of the process. I record about 1 to 2 hours of content for each day and end up with an average of ten minutes of final content per day. You are watching Season 3 of the Pacific Coast Bike Route. I'm currently editing and uploading Season 4 which is of a 2023 cross country tour from Beaufort, South Carolina to Los Angeles. Season 5 will be of the tour I did this fall of the Cascades Volcanic Arc from Vancouver, Canada to Chester, California just south of Lassen Volcanic national Park. Thank you for watching.

[@boblatkey7160]

I always told people that truck drivers are working for a living and they really don't worry me even if they get close. It's RVs and mobile homes that worry me! 😂

[@FlyscoutRyder]

I agree with you 100%. My least concern are the truckers and motorcyclists. I more worry about riding in the dark and people towing anything. Thanks for watching.

[@hmbdata]

Ah bummer about the SB bike path. If you got off earlier, you'd have a bit of zig zagging, but the bike path is safe and all the way into town

[@FlyscoutRyder]

thank you for sharing this

[@PhilipHood-du1wk]

I dream of riding cross country like you do. I have six bikes built I could take. They're ready to go. I have the time and money. I study maps. I can't ride with the cars and trucks. Can't do it. You ride where there's no shoulder at all! I just don't want to get run over. Seems suicidal.

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Philip. Thank you for your comment and for checking out my content. I understand your concern about riding in any road. If you are interested in touring there are other ways to safely enjoy it. I try share with the audience all the possible ways one can tour. There are many rail trails in the United States that are so amazing and totally safe to ride. Here are a few you can take a look at: The Katy Trail, GAP, Empire State Trail, Palouse to Cascades Sate Park Trail, East Coast Greenway, and there are others. Also, if you like to climb the Rockies has tons of passes that are shouldered and without much traffic. I hope you get out there, it's a blast.

[@custodialmark]

Oh o or as i once did try to go; 1982 tour frum Mesa,Az to border. Butt on I-10 i got pulled over twice by same HP lady cop was to arrest me after last Az rest area . on-ramp Mom pulled up in lil wagon as we were on way to Pow wow in beutifulll Compton colllege. i prooved we kin to get lift vs jail. i did parts, santa monaca peer, youth hostels, short job on the QM1.or two?

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Mark. I hope you are doing great. Always good to hear from you and read your stories. Thank you for watching.

[@homeworkfive5040]

it’s funny you set up the camera and you have to turn around to go get it?

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Oh yeah, all the time. Especially when it’s tough going. You could say it’s discipline but I actually enjoy the task. I’m constantly looking for that right place to do the ride by’s or the drone shots or all of it. Trying to get better at it all the time….

[@ronmeier578]

morning , today is 11,6,23 while on a ride the other day i saw a couple of guys on touring bikes . when i yelled morning these guys seemed to be excited about my greeting. then i wondered if one of the guys might be you, i know your on tour somewhere now i thought if your ever in the area of menifee calif so cal . i would like to take you out to dinner or a meal, or just a hot shower if your inclined . thanx big time for your videos, hugs ron

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Hi Ron. Thanks for the invite. I looked up Menifee and made a mental note. I think I should be north of you sometime towards the end of this tour but you never know. Thank you. Lets keep on greeting people. I’ve been hiking in Csnyonland and Arches NP and have been talking with so many hikers. Ot’s a lot of fun to meet people in these natural settings. Im getting psyched about season 4 with all this content Im gathering. Be safe.

[@tomasaperlo8494]

Awfull riding over there man, i hated central california and drivers hate us, never again for me

[@FlyscoutRyder]

Oh no. I hate hearing "never again" but I understand you, bro. The last bit of the PCBR is quite hectic at times. But other times it's so entertaining with bike paths all over the place and lots to see. Thanks for checking it out.