Cargo bike ride up Els Angels

[@lesand5484]

I love the design of the monopole!

[@kovenant7]

Seems practical and fast.

[@mitmon_8538]

I love my analog Pinion. Lots of people hate grip shift, but I'm a big fan of that too. What's interesting is the grip shift doesn't actually have shift indexing, it just spins. The shifting actually happens in the Pinion gearbox itself. I have the Priority 600 all road bike and since it has a 32 tooth chairing and 28 tooth cog with it's 600% range, it can crawl up hills. I think I've only put it on the easiest gear a couple times and that allowed me to spin at a pretty high cadence and only go 3 or 4mph.

[@BubbleGum-s5c]

gorgeous ride. Thanks for all you do

[@Ichtyosapiens]

really enjoyed this one!

[@comounaverdura]

@@Ichtyosapiens me too.

[@sandrochiavaro7831]

What a fantastic escapade Russ. Very interesting setup. Since we hunts hung one of your piece print in our staircase, this has a lot more significance to me. Always a fan.

[@jeffandersen6233]

I watch many of your videos often. This one will be watched often during the dark cold winter here in Wisconsin. The painting I'd like to see would be looking over your handlebars with the red and bags and a sweeping curve framed by the rock, trees and blue sky. Perhaps with one or two cycles heading up hill. Great footage, interesting bike (though I did not like the sound it makes). New country and a paint brush instead of a fishing pole but with chill riding all the same.

[@rickbartley9255]

I’m really impressed Russ with your stamina, and then resting enough in a short period of time to be able to slow down and paint. Well done sir!

[@Fatbutnotflat]

loved the ride. I miss your riding videos, and lately i've been watching Probably Riding too to fill the itch.

[@dandevvers]

I did this climb on a Brompton from the Madremanya side earlier in the year. I felt little bit out of place but it is really nice ride and everyone was friendly (even the roadies 😂). The view from the top is beautiful and I’m pretty sure the espresso I bought from the cafe was only a quid 👍

[@brianrobitaille4256]

Hey! I bought the same shirt-jersey at the Sea Otter a couple weeks ago!!!

[@seanc5718]

now do it on the omnium and see what's faster

[@JohnPilling25]

On the French side you get little roadside signs telling you distance to summit and average gradient for the next kilometre every kilometre up named cols. Nice ride Russ!👍

[@antoinep9733]

“Why does the fridge door keep beeping at me while I’m trying to watch Russ’ video? Oh wait.”

[@kovenant7]

This is the coolest nerd bike I ever thought I would see. I like it. I don't know if I'd keep the drop bars though.

[@thomaskuhn6541]

Another cloudy day in Girona, I think you made the right call moving there.

[@Willibopper]

A new Pinion will take a few hundred km to smooth out, but it should get noticeably smoother after a while, at least that's my personal experience.

[@thakoharris]

This is living. Love the video.

[@oatmonster]

Longer form vlog style videos like this are nice too 😊

[@RodMesa-e2t]

Those sections of roadway that had a nearby steep drop off without guardrails kinda freaked me out.

[@paulaspinall919]

Me too. Then thinking about it maybe if you slow down you will feel safer. Saves a fortune for the road building.

[@reidh]

love the video!

[@sagehiker]

Not one flappy floppy fly fishing shirt to be seen. Nice to wring out the the Monopole. 26:25

[@bertkreft9689]

want to know how stabel the handling is - on downhill - in highspeed sections - up to 50 mph

[@jered2177]

Heard Nolan is going to be a GCN presenter.

[@comounaverdura]

Great video You really got some exercise today. Why does the bike make that noise when you don't pedal?

[@PathLessPedaledTV]

It’s pinion gearbox.

[@wayneclement7201]

Just needs aero bars 🤪

[@jered2177]

Retro Grouch!

[@Florianjkp]

1:29 😢

[@l2l791]

That Garmin us super annoying.

[@lesand5484]

Is the sound at 6:10 caused by the transmission system?

[@TheRickurb]

Is that a brake rub I hear on the descent?

[@chrisj683]

As ever, love the bike. But for over $5,500 dollars? Who’s world is this going to change? You can’t revolutionize transport via the upper middle class. They’re just not full of revolutionary zeal. The global south needs this kind of tech, not Jan in Zurich.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

They actually have their own, for quite some time now, in the myriad forms of cycle rickshaws. In the Philippines/Indonesia, they're called padyaks/becaks and take the form of sidecar cabs welded to bike frames, while in other parts of South Asia/Southeast Asia, the rickshaws will have the cargo space/passenger seats directly behind the rider

[@gnufoo8478]

Have you ever been to Zürich?

[@splashpit]

Half price second hand

[@ChesterApricot]

preach

[@nahguacm]

The global South has bikes, and capable ones, as a common mode of transport. They broadly can't afford a "everyone has a car" society. Reliable, simple, capable bikes like the Buffalo bike are more common in impoverished areas

[@parisrose8173]

The noises coming out of that bike are just horrible. Love the video though.

[@PathLessPedaledTV]

It is surprisingly noisy.

[@tracystollberg9543]

I have a Co-Motion Americano with a Pinion P18 gearbox and a Gates belt drive. It also came with a noisy Industry Nine hub with a narrow spline since it only needs to accommodate a single rear sprocket. I replaced it with an Onyx Racing Products hub, with a sorague clutch. Silence reigns!

[@brianrobitaille4256]

Today a cyclist died on Els Angels😢

[@Exorcist-z3z]

40 seconds and only my view, smh bro fell off. Big index shifter hacked his algorithm.

[@TheRickurb]

How could that roadie that passed you not say anything to such a spectacle? I’m not a fan of roadies

[@Frisco-moves]

Looks like he waved. Dia or Bon Dia is usually said by 99% of roadie's in the area pro or amateur as they pass.

[@TheRickurb]

@@Frisco-moves that’s great to hear. But it is definitely not the case here in the United States. Roadies have a reputation of being standoffish and rude. And it is well earned

[@Mikolaj_u]

My word, that's one ugly bike

[@TheRickurb]

Come on brother, when you getting an e-bike?

[@drill_fiend1097]

It was already a big jump for him to try out the belt drive and electronically shifting Pinion, you gotta give him a break lol 😂

[@TheRickurb]

@@drill_fiend1097 will do! Lol

[@aktik6000]

Uugh! I couldn't ride that bike with this freehub 🫨 give me a quiet one, other than that nice cargo bike!

[@ForKnFifties]

Bike noises are nice

[@aktik6000]

@@ForKnFifties I want to hear tires and surrounding nature, not that rubbish zzzz 😉

[@brianrobitaille4256]

Hey! I bought the same shirt-jersey at the Sea Otter a couple weeks ago!!!