BIKEPACKING KING ALFREDS WAY [TAKE 2] Sonder camino titanium

Bikepacking the king Alfreds way, after my first attempt breaking the bombtrack beyond + this time we take on the 220 mile off road ride on the sonder Camino titanium
The ride: / strava

[@pootlingalong8928]

Enjoyed this, even if 40mph downhills are not my idea of fun (had to watch through one eye, squinting) 🤣 Thanks for sharing, excellent 👍🏻

[@Caroline604]

That was epic. Really enjoyed watching you rattling along the trail. I kept thinking the wahoo was going to fly off! Lovely scenery and no music - which can overpower some videos. Thank you for taking the time to film this. Looking forward to more...

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Rattling is a very good way of describing how some of them trails feel 😂 Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@garethjones3806]

Did this two weeks ago. That des ent at 27.02 was so sketchy in the wet. Wheels locked up and skidding down. Great loop and adventure. Well done 👍

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

ooo yeah i can imagine its way steeper than it looks on camera

[@m1les7]

2nd time lucky! 💪🏁🏁

[@timporter8886]

Well done, second time lucky..How you do epic rides like that on pasties, sausage rolls and biscuits, I do not know..haha!

[@topcat8891]

Looked like a fun trip nice one 👍

[@jasonk1794]

Thanks, enjoyed both your videos. Glad you made it. Great to have some inspiration! Only just started riding so it was great to see 👍🏾

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it ✌️ thats great, enjoy all your cycling adventures 🚴‍♂️

[@Nobby77]

Fair play mate, I done it over 4 days around the same time. I'm not a cyclist and bust my ribs up pretty bad on day 2. Wouldn't want to do anymore miles (would prefer half) a day than we done

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Gutted mate hope you heeled up ok. Ive actually done this ride in one go as well now, that was a long day 😂

[@Nobby77]

@@KeepSmilingAdventures managed to complete it mate. Knocking it out in one day is lunacy lol.

[@mybikeandme]

Hi, you mentioned you filtered the river water, what did you use to do that please?

[@r.davies2702]

Wow man, I can't believe how quiet it was. You were so lucky not meeting any other people 👍

[@74dfr]

seems I met you on the North Dorset Trailway the other day... hope you got back ok! better luck for your next trip... (orange Kinesis Tripster)

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Ahh hey man thanks for stopping, I actually managed to get back that night. I walked 30 miles that day 😂🤦‍♂️

[@74dfr]

@@KeepSmilingAdventures haha, good effort! look forward to seeing more of your adventures

[@martindimbleby1439]

Top effort, enjoyed the vlog

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Thanks martin glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@martinreed9264]

What gearing did you have on the bike? You didn’t say - great video

[@jeremyplummer4906]

Would you prefer to be on a gravel bike or MTB?

[@Mark-Randlesome-Tutor-and-Muso]

Wow, you did it! Good on you dude. That bit before the SDW looks a bit hairy.... i'm supposed to be doing that with panniers!! might have to strap them on :-) Looks like an epic ride.... inspired me to get on my bike and get it done!!

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Their is certainly some bone rattling sections, the bigger the tyre the better. Good luck with your ride mark, enjoy it

[@jennibristol7720]

Well done on completing it the second time around and not breaking your bike this time.

[@grahambullman]

Awesome stuff, well done. Really useful for me as I'm planning to give this a try later in the year (or maybe next spring CV19 depending). I've ridden probably 30% of this on various days, but never all of it in one go. Will be 5/6 days for me I expect as I ride an electric fat bike (Range anxiety). You're right about that fast hill down to QE park though. Much better the other way. :)

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

ahh nice man hope you will get to do it soon. The good thing with this route is the hills are not to ridiculous (well most of them) so even if you do run out of battery you should still be able to ride most things. I discovered that hill riding the south downs a few weeks before and it was epic, i thought i was going crash at one point though it was so fast

[@grahambullman]

I rode the South Downs Way a couple of years ago and got to about 30 at one point down the hill. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZvcnImunZdrnac

[@justinf1343]

Thanks for the follow up 👍. I’ve decided I’m going with the hard tail 29er over my gravel bike. Do you think it’s a route that will get overgrown with weeds or were the trails pretty wide and clear?

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

I think a 29er with some fast rolling tyres would be a good option there are a few road sections. Most of this ride is pretty well clear, only one section i recall being quite over grown but it was still ridable and not really that long.

[@jamesjhall]

Great video! I’m doing K.A.W in a couple of weeks on a gravel bike. What sized tyres did you have? I’m toying up 40mm or 44mm. Thanks

[@KeepSmilingAdventures]

Hi James, i had 43mm tyres and they were fine. To be honest most of the KAW Isn't that rough so either of those tyres would be fine. If its looking like its going to be wet though bigger the better. Enjoy

[@DavidMackenzie]

That bit with the cows looked so sketchy. UK’s deadliest mammal!

[@freequest]

6:18 If there is anything I have learned from Minecraft, you should be fine as long as you don't show the cows Wheat. 🤣🚲👍🏾

[@paulannable3734]

Josh!