Cycling the Lost Coast, California | Adventure Bike Touring

[@gambitgavin]

Hail storm! Great to see you guys doing well. Lost coast looks epic!

[@YAMSWORLD]

Best vid so far! Looks amazing. X

[@marcoaiello5520]

Hi Anna, thanks for your amazing video! I am planning to cycle down the lost coast together with my partner and I am not finding much information. Do you remember what was your itinerary?

[@AdventureBikeTouring]

Oh great! We loved it, definitely worth doing! We camped the night before at Humboldt county fairground, then got pie for breakfast in Ferndale and then headed up a very steep, bumpy road to start the journey! We followed the coast road, then went past Petrolia - there's one state campground that we spent the night at, and then the following night ended up camping at the state campground in the Avenue of the giants. Does that help?

[@marcoaiello5520]

@@AdventureBikeTouring Thanks Anna, super helpful! If the campgrounds will reopen we will definitely follow your route. If not we might opt to ride north along the 101. Thanks!

[@bruin4937]

Wow, at about minute 4:00 I just noticed how large and full your *FOUR* panniers were! About how many pounds of gear, food, and water added to the weight of your bike alone in your panniers and any add'l bags?

[@AdventureBikeTouring]

Oof yeah! Right at the beginning of a year long tour, carrying a lot of gear! If I went back in time, I would carry less. On the other hand, I was a total beast! Getting up all those hills with all that weight 🤣. When I weighed the bike and gear at the airport, it was about 32kg, but that's without food or water. And I was carrying quite a bit of both!

[@bruin4937]

Adventure Bike Touring 😳Wow!!!

[@AdventureBikeTouring]

@@bruin4937 3 months in we got rid of some stuff, and nowadays when I tour, it's super light 😂

[@bruin4937]

@@AdventureBikeTouring That's awesome. I've seen others with fully loaded panniers and handlebar bags and cringed at how difficult so much gear and weight can make your ride - gasp! Hope your rides are more enjoyable, too, with the lighter weight. :-)

[@AdventureBikeTouring]

@@bruin4937 Don't feel too bad, we did 20,000km including plenty of mountains, you just get used to it hehe

[@craa22uk]

cable disk breaks? have you checked the not-actuated pad is screwed in - has to be done quite often - cali looks lovey!!!

[@AdventureBikeTouring]

graham gillies yuss they are. Have checked but they're just not amazing...