Bikepacking 600km through Sweden's wilderness | Sormland

[@janfrancis2583]

Really pleased you took a chance on Sweden, where gravel and bikepacking is concerned Sweden is made for it. I’ve been living in Sweden for 22 years, from England originally. The gravel roads and single track are hard beaten in Europe at least. It is possible to do Sweden as cheap or as expensive as you want so I hope others feel inspired to follow in your footsteps. If you try northern Sweden it is a bit less populated and therefore refuelling stops need planning as it is possible to cycle hundreds of km until the next stop.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Totally agree and I’ve never felt so welcome as a biker/cyclist as I did in Sweden. The infrastructure is made for it. Really enjoyed the adventure and experiencing the country. I believe there are some nice mountain ranges in the north too. Does sound challenging though!

[@michaelodwyer4000]

Great video. Glad you enjoyed the route. It's always pleasing to see others out riding The Sörmland Project. You even rode right past my house!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! Yeah first time in Sweden and really enjoyed it. Thank you for the route! Some amazing work linking up the whole area with a variety of terrain

[@luzbel4469]

More of bikepacking!!!! Explore Europe!!! Greetings from Argentina Laura! 🔵🔵⚪🌞⚪🔵🔵

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

There will be more for sure! Hi from Scotland 👋😁

[@DizRidesMtb]

Very posh bike ect hunni. Fantastic video laura mate . Looked amazing. Well done to u all x

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Cheers it was a good adventure!

[@Straitjacket808]

Great trip. Love Sweden. Beautiful country.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It is. Nice and bike friendly too. Really enjoyed it

[@Mugtree]

Absolutely love this. Sweden and Norway are my favourite places to ride (outside of Scotland). So glad you enjoyed its. Video just looks fantastic

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Aw great. I (Laura) lived in Norway for a short while about 12 years ago. Scandinavia is lovely. Cheers glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mugtree]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB omg how cool. I have family in Oslo and I lived there for a while in 2018. Didn’t want to leave and the mountain biking was amazing ♥️. It is a fantastic part of the world 👍

[@arlenegariepy8957]

That looked like alot of fun and adventure thanks for taking us along. :) :)

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It was a great week. Nice way to experience a country and have fun. It’s a pleasure!

[@pvakt]

So, my God, it looked so easy to cycle that far! But I understand that it is not that easy. But what wonderful places you stayed. Sweden is fantastic in the summer and I hope you enjoyed every minute of your trip! Great video!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Yeah it was a great trip! Really enjoyed seeing so much of that part of Sweden. Thanks glad you enjoyed the vid!

[@jovibaz]

Looked amazing adventure really really enjoy your vids need to go back and c wot vids ive missed 🤘.... 🍺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks that’s great to hear! Got a good mix of enduro and adventures on the channel 🙌

[@mickilkr]

Excellent bikepacking video! Keep it up!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thank you! Plenty more adventures planned

[@kevinwood8021]

Great VLOG 👊

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks!

[@martinfranzen9151]

Both surprised and happy to see that you visited Nyköping where i live 😃

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Ah cool! Yeah we decided to start there and it was a good choice! Really nice place

[@martinfranzen9151]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB Happy to hear that! 😃👍

[@scrakymtb3495]

Cracking Adventure that 👌

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It was a super week!

[@richardwager283]

Great trip 👍🏻 where did you store your bike bags and travel stuff while you were on the ride? I bet Tam went fishing every day while you were away!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! We stayed in a hotel the first and last night and left them there. We always try seek out a hotel that offers luggage storage. Haha that was his plan until the river rose too much with all the rain 😬😂

[@emtb-explorer]

What an excellent adventure, must admit would never have thought of Sweden as a bikepacking location but you proved me wrong, would be interesting to see how you plan a bikepacking trip as this is something I have become more interested in and would like more info on it, do you think you ability to ride clipless has improved? Great Video Laura andthanks for sharing! 😁

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Good shout, I’ll maybe cover that when I do a vid on my setup etc. There’s a good site called bikepacking.com with loads of verified routes which is a great place to start. Yup the week definitely helped me get comfortable with clipless. Managed some regular enduro rides after on them and felt pretty good but took them off for a race as that felt a bit too much too soon!

[@alindberg8001]

Beautiful, what route was it?

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

this one is called The Sormland Project

[@alindberg8001]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB ah, I thought it was. Looked great

[@Uhmm485]

13:59 was a moose :-)

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! I couldn’t make it out but that makes sense now!

[@vilmh9810]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB Moose (not as American Elks) Also known as "The King of The Woods", "Skogens Konung" in Swedish.

[@TobiasAb]

Elk*

[@TheGreatestOnlyOne]

Is the route on Komoot or similar?

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

There’s a gpx file on bikepacking.com - route is called Sörmland Project 👍

[@jayconfusion4664]

I have allways liked biking and swedish girls.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Hahah

[@petter5721]

There are about 300 000 km of gravel roads in Sweden 👍🏻

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Wow that’s quite something. Ideal

[@wayneemslie8904]

Nice. How wasSweden for costs? Been to Norway and it was very, very expensive. Remeber having shrimp night after night as it was the only reasonably affordable thing in shops!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

I had a similar experience in Norway years ago! I went in expecting Sweden to be similar but I found it cheaper than Norway and actually not too different to the higher prices we pay in the UK now! That said we weren’t in very touristy spots. I imagine Copenhagen is pretty pricey! Drinks were expensive though

[@erik....]

@@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB if you buy beer at Systembolaget it's not very expensive.. you can get a 5.7% lager for 1 euro. That's my preferred way of getting alcohol in the summer on trips instead of 8x more in a bar...

[@TheMariothedog]

Such an amazing trip,..! Tell me, with all that equipment, how heavy does your bike feel? 🤔

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

It was super. Haha well my first trip last year was about 25kg but this year after refining it a bit I reckoned around 20kg!

[@HenrikElsberg]

Nice video. Did you guys camp at the location 16:30 in the video? I think I walk past you guys when i was out with my dog :D I live nearby there.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! Ah no we didn’t. We were just passing through there for one hour. It’s a small world though! It’s a beautiful place 😁

[@thedukeofnorton]

Those pronunciations are hilarious but great effort filming the country!

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Hahah I was cringing when I found out later in the trip how to actually pronunce some of places 😂 thanks!

[@asfaltsbarnett9629]

The animal running over the road was a small moose :)

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

Thanks! I couldn’t make it out but that makes sense now!

[@stonehill27]

Called "fjolårskalv" or "fjoling" in Swedish

[@notquiteoverthehill9576]

Horse is a Moose & freshwater muscle are protected species huge fines for disturbing, they can live to 100years if not interfered with. A bit of research first would be better.

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

I don’t claim to know everything. Thanks for the info 👍

[@davidwpinkston4226]

um, freshwater mussel

[@AnkitKumar-i1f8b]

Even we have more beautiful places in Uttralhand and Himachal, India ..mountain region

[@LauraJaneWeeTamMTB]

i'm sure it is beautiful there. Love mountains