Bikepacking Under The Midnight Sun In Lofoten, Norway

[@chrisjeffery7519]

I first started following you when I saw you in a video riding with Darren Alff. I liked your calm demeanor and your love of bicycle touring. I just wanted to say that you have come a long ways! Every video you make seems to be better than the last one. I am thoroughly enjoying them. Keep up the good work.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you for your feedback Chris! It's good to hear that I'm on the right track.

[@TerryW5379]

Mike your photography skills are excellent and so are your voice overs. This part of the world is heaven on earth, you are fortunate to be able to bike through such a place.

[@silmaril-g]

More, please! You're the best....

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@simonwiltshire]

Thankyou mike your videos are truely "magical "

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you Simon! Glad you enjoy them.

[@nickisauer9626]

Cudos for making some of the coolest bike touring videos out there. Essential info and nicely filmed and edited. Great stuff.

[@RobinBassett]

Another fine film Michael.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you Robin! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@LeNaInLoVe]

Exceptional photo- and cinematography ❣ The Midnightsun was at the lowest over the municipality where I was born and grew up, Bø i Vesterålen. The Fairytale Municipality. A hidden GEM, and extremely calm compared to buzy Lofoten. We in the Vesterålen Islands, rarely venture to Lofoten during summer tourist season ;) Great that youi enjoyed our little paradise; The Arctic LoVe Islands 🥰🥰

[@phillcubed1745]

Many thanks again Mike. In your response to me in the comments on your last video you mentioned that you have found a nice for at to work with - you are certainly right. The mix of great scenery, shown by great photography and videography, and your comments that include interesting information, works very well. Regards. Phill 😅

[@megandavid5274]

Wonderful video. I felt as though I was there. Such stunning landscape. Truly magical!!

[@barrywu5709]

Amazing and inspiring. Bravo, Mike!

[@colinwellman9480]

More spectacular scenery, it just gets better and better. I imagine having used lots of energy cycling being able to sleep with the sun out isn't a problem. Thanks for sharing, I look forward to the next episode.

[@avishy938]

The videos are so good,it feels like i am there watching them.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you for your kind words! Glad you enjoyed following along.

[@donaguitar]

what stunning scenery, I will definitively go there, it is so beautiful, that nature, the sea, the mountains I love it, thanks for sharing these videos. And yes water is often a problem when cycling, and if you take a lot it is heavy so saving and fill up as soon as it's possible is the thing to do.

[@kevinw7044]

Wow. Stunning scenery.

[@charlesgould8047]

You've really stepped up your editing and cinematography skills this trip Beautiful!!! I'm glad you're able to capture just how stunning this trip was.

[@The_One-Eyed_Undertaker]

Hi Mike, thanks for another fantastic video of a once-in-a-lifetime tour. It would be great if you can make a video about your bar-end gear shifting system and its benefits for a touring setup. Thanks!

[@wannagobiking9071]

Thanks for this addition in the series, may there be many to come😊 btw funny to hear you're using quite a few familiar tunes that I used in my trip as well. And on a side note, perfectly edited in the video 👍

[@paulenright]

Wow amazing! No reason to go to church on Sunday mornings when you can see God's "magic" in your videos. Mike Hope you got a chance to kick around ⚽️on that extraordinary Pitch ... looking forward to next 🎥👏 👏

[@Scor-ah]

OMG Gorgeous scenery! My sister and I were planning a arctic coast of Norway trip the year the Ukraine war started, so we put our trip on hold. But I really need to do it, so beautiful...thanks for sharing your amazing videos

[@Jamie.S.]

Magical, well done mate. I so enjoyed your trip through Tuscany I didn’t think anything could top that series. I guess I was wrong. Thanks for all the effort planning and hard work putting it all together. 👍👍

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you for the feedback! It's good to hear I'm on the right track. It does take a lot of research, but it well worth it in the end when I get nice comments like yours.

[@alafenetre81]

Sunday morning, your new video. Great!

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you!

[@timohuomo7441]

Thanks for a super video! I've been there by car a couple of years ago and wondered that Lofoten would make a great bikepacking destination. This video gave me a confirmation on that. Trip would require a bit of planning since I should travel there from Southern Finland, but seems quite manageable!

[@bengt_axle]

Is it typical in Norge to not have a shoulder on the road to ride on? Does it make it harder or less safe to ride on such roads? Spectacular views.

[@BikeTouringMike]

I think the reason for the roads being this narrow without any shoulders is 1.) the roads are very old, some of them are based on roads made way before the introduction of cars. 2.) it's very expensive to widen the roads due to the difficult terrain and all the surrounding water. The good thing about the roads being this narrow and winding is that it keeps the speed of the cars down. There are larger roads with a wide shoulder, such as the E6 highway, that you'll see in future videos. But I gotta say I felt a lot safer on these narrow roads with no shoulder than I did on the parts of the E6 highway I had to ride.

[@johnleenane4571]

Your videos make my Sunday mike, what an amazing place

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you John! Glad you enjoyed following along.

[@myoldtractorshed]

Thank you, interesting

[@jamesrodriguez1389]

Great video my friend. Which camera do you have?

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you! For this trip I mostly used a Canon g7x and a GoPro.

[@siarzhukhuryn8754]

Nice!..

[@BikeTouringMike]

Thank you Siarzhuk! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Nice one Mike. The Lofotens are indeed very beautiful. But my lasting memory is of Svolvær youth hostel and waking up in the night with a serious cramp in my left calf.

[@BikeTouringMike]

Ooch! Sounds painful...

[@Hertog_von_Berkshire]

Yes it was. I can still feel it today, 38 years later.

[@stefanledin]

Åh…blir riktigt inspirerad till att göra den resan själv någon gång! 🙂 Tränar du på något särskilt sätt inför såna långturer? Det är väl rätt kämpigt på slutet…😉

[@BikeTouringMike]

Nä, jag cykelpendlar dagligen mellan mars-oktober (ca 35 km/dag). Lite löpning och hockey ibland. Men det var mycket pannben på slutet. Det var skönt att de första 6 dagarna var rätt lugna.

[@Kiwi_Rob]

Amazing, thanks for sharing. When I'm.back in Europe, will do this ride. Thank you for the inspiration! PS do you have a gpx file or RWGPS/other profile I can copy it from?

[@esavirtanen6418]

Använder du något lås när du behöver tex behöver springa in i en butik? Jag håller själv på att planera min första tur i sommar och kom fram till att det kanske räcker med något simpelt/lätt lås för att motverka att någon bara springer i väg med cykeln i alla fall. Jättebra videos!

[@BikeTouringMike]

Jag har bara ett enkelt kabellås från typ Biltema eller Jula. Det är mest bara för att försvåra för tjuven lite. Har man rätt verktyg klipper man säkert upp det på några sekunder. Jag brukar sasta mer man att känna av stämningen runt affärerna. Här uppe I norr är det aldrig några problem, men nere I Europe händer det att jag scannar av området utanför affären och bedömer att här vill Jag inte lämna min cykel. Åker bara till någon lite mindre affär istället. Och ett annat bra tips är att om det gå försöka parkera där man kan se cykeln från kassan.

[@marksadventures3889]

He's back! Cool. Good stuff. I'm going to be coming up your way in a few months. Cycle touring and wildcamping if I can on sites if I can't.

[@rasmuswi]

In Sweden, Cemeteries are my go-to places for fresh water. Are the cemeteries in Lofoten too few, or do they not have water?

[@bazzabarry9968]

Hi Mike, I see you've gone back to 4 panniers. Is there any reason you're not using the 2 X pro plus panniers?Asking as I'm about to buy panniers and would love your thoughts. Cheers

[@BikeTouringMike]

Hi Barry! The reason is as simple as I wasn't able to fit everything I needed in 2 pro plus panniers. I needed to bring some more warm clothes and a warmer sleeping bag this time around. That's why I decided to go for the 4 pannier setup.

[@bazzabarry9968]

@@BikeTouringMike Thanks Mike, makes perfect sense. Out of curiosity have you ever tried the bike packer series?

[@hubertwolf711]

When did you do the trip, or what time would you recommend?

[@tonysegadelli9421]

Interesting that you said Norway is reasonably priced if you cook for yourself. I thought that might be the case. I need to come over sometime, especially mid year

[@ermusas1]

can you do a gear update?

[@BikeTouringMike]

I'll do a gear video at the end of the series. In the meantime you can read my complete gear list in the comments.

[@michaelmatthews4096]

Hi mike how you doing my friend?

[@bolleolympus]

❤❤👍👍👌👌

[@fishdip]

#liked 👍😀🏞🏕🚵‍♂