Nothing is Set in Stone Bicycle Tour P.3

[@micklessard9964]

I'm a cycling Canuck who finds your productions a welcomed break from the pandemic. Also, sharing your adventures in a matter of fact way is refreshing. Thanks for reminding me that we are all brothers and sisters who love biking. Cycling without borders on KZbin.

[@BluecollarBackcountry]

I'm still on the road trying to keep up with your videos. Wow, what a climb. I think my old butt and this loaded fatbike would have taken 5 hours to get to the top but it was beautiful up there. I could have taken in those views for quite a while. You're so right about it not always being glamorous. Lol. Great video you two. You're always fun. Keep it up, Tony

[@travischapman6763]

Whoa! Didn't think I'd ever see this region featured! I did a road race there in my college days and my first bikepacking adventure went up that road to the Mesa! It's my hometown are and I'm feeling mondo nostalgia!

[@Henrywildeberry]

A definite highlight of the ride, and it wasn't planned in with our original route. We're really glad we made it up there.

[@malcolmtaylor518]

You're very lucky to be able to ride in that place. Nothing like it in UK.

[@jurekszyper5178]

An unparalleled style of spending time in a beautiful region. Hope you made as many photos as possible with your eyes :-)

[@podrugiejstronie7006]

Wonderful time! Daily dose of beautiful movies. Thank you!!!

[@RandumbNam3]

Thank you for taking us along on this amazing adventure!

[@PatrickArchibald]

Wow is right. Fantastic! ☮

[@miker6270]

Beautiful place to ride.

[@flpirate4565]

The only thing that I can say is spectacular.

[@dylannewton76]

Epic climb, epic hosts. You pair of adventurers made my day

[@paddyredbeard]

I'm really enjoying this series! Looks like you guys really had a good ride. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@amboroverdecillo8101]

You guys are amazing and brighten anybody's day, anywhere! Great production and narration. Look after yourselves on those roads.

[@richb8709]

Wow! What an amazing effort rewarded with amazing views. Thanks to Julian Hutchings for directing me to your videos!

[@Henrywildeberry]

Thank you, and thanks to Julian!

[@spudaei]

You both are incredible, what a climb!

[@alanrose3843]

Super video! We have camped up there many nights. I’m sure glad it is not mosquito season. Thanks!

[@tonyfrewin4822]

Thanks so much for the video. I think this is the best video of yours I’ve seen.

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

Excellent ride. This route brings back beautiful memories for me when I cycled it in the opposite direction from Montrose to Grand Junction up over the Grand Mesa. In 2012 - 126-mile day and approx, 8,000 feet of climbing. The climb from the Montrose side up over the Grand Mesa side to Grand Junction is amazing, forests, lakes, bighorn sheep. The view and the descent from the top of the Mesa looking out over Grand Junction were beyond amazing, can see the canyons to the west. I remember the same views as your excellent video portrays. Thank you.

[@Henrywildeberry]

It sounds like you had a very memorable ride. The longer days make it much more rewarding and usually much harder to forget! Did you descend down the gravel road towards Grand Junction?

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

@@Henrywildeberry No. Good point. We descended down the road we were on road bikes which is further to the east of the gravel road where you were. Forget the highway number. Beautiful wide open road descent with lots of shoulder. Approx 4,000 foot descent from the top of the Grand Mesa. The view was beyond belief with the canyons on the horizon and Grand Junction to the left. We then road west through a canyon along a river into Grand Junction.You got to see it all, gravel, road and the descent on the southern side which I climbed.

[@slavernet]

Great ride, great folks, great gear, great attitude! Always special to share the ride with you both!

[@stigohara4961]

Sleeping in a tent is glamerous! ;-) You both are like John and Yoko. 😍

[@Henrywildeberry]

#tentlife It's pretty awesome on our inflatable mattresses, and pillows. I don't think I could have made it otherwise.

[@mikemaxwell2591]

I must say I did enjoy the video, much respect for you both and Ms. Cools is so much tougher a pirate than one might take her for unless it was on the open road where she was run into ha, ha. A couple of pirates waking up, good job. Be well.

[@walcottav]

Just stunning. What a climb and what an amazing place. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@PumpkinVillage]

That was an amazing climb and the scenery was outstanding. That drop off was epic. Not always glamorous but fun. Well said. That darn cricket thou. Take care and stay safe, Al

[@Henrywildeberry]

I don't know what was harder, the climb, or listening to the cricket?

[@bobtilton3024]

4 minutes into the vid and I am soooooo envious!!! Great series thus far!!!

[@attybong]

what a beautiful place to ride ..

[@stanislawchryk5856]

🤠👌Super widoki 🙃👍

[@davidhannah943]

Just...stunning!

[@robmartin1792]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful adventure with us. How amazing was that ride up to the Mesa!!!???!!!?? A journey the 2 of you won't soon forget. #everyrideisepic

[@cycleish]

Awesome! Glad I found this. My neck of the woods. Years ago(early 90's) I did a loop of the Mesa up the north side and down the south side in a 2 day trip.

Monumental sceneries to my Finnish eyes... Highest peaks in Scandinavia are 2400 m or thereabouts, and you were at 3000 m, did I get it right? Many thanks for these views! Cheers,

[@kenkretz6392]

So beautiful!

[@billysunshine9100]

I gotta say your wife is one of the cutest gals alive, safe travels

[@jimmysqueezyronin5623]

Great set of vids, muchas gracias

[@sagehiker]

Great ride and story. I 70 can be a white knuckle ride in a burly man oil field truck (experienced). Dirt road touring in Utah and Colorado is great but the routes do not always connect to where you want to go. Many of the modern highways were created by brute force of machinery in the 20th Century and not the indigenous pathways or the natural course of topography. BTW, Grand Junction is Colorado’a wine country, so I was amused by the selection of Vivaldi on the ride back down to the valley.

[@Henrywildeberry]

It looks like it took decades to build some of the highways there. The evidence can still be seen of drilling into the rock with holes that were 20 feet deep are just mind boggling. Add to that the volume of rock they moved must have taken thousands of train loads. They literally moved mountains. I was also fascinated by the various layers of rock, each having a unique color and composition. How they layered, and figuring out the stories of the earth evolving must be a geologists dream out there.

[@roblikesoutdoorstuff]

Awesome climb. You guys rock!

[@morg52]

Another really cool climb is Winchester Grade road out of Lewiston Idaho to the town of Winchester. Very pretty camping spot on a small lake near town..

[@Henrywildeberry]

Sounds, dare I say it, Epic!

[@morg52]

@@Henrywildeberry As a sixty years old on a self contained self supported bicycle trip from Portland OR to Bismarck ND. It was a high light among many on that epic trip. Love your channel and your adventures with Ms. Cools. :)

[@tapio-tvintagevelorandonneur]

Amazing climb and scenery! I was thinking I had hard climbs during my North Karelia trip last summer but you guys had a bit harder climb this time.

[@NinthwaveThe]

Fabulous view One bike was squeaking :-)

[@Henrywildeberry]

It was Cools! She wanted disc brakes! Just kidding, it seems like one of her spokes was squeaking.

[@jayvonbatchelor]

Wait till you sleep on a picnic table, bicycle touring changed my life...!

[@Henrywildeberry]

I hope it changed it in a good way?

[@jayvonbatchelor]

Cycling Southern Texas right now, Corpus Christi to Big Bend National Park...

[@mistersmith158]

this keeps getting better and better. Ms Cools took care of that long climb of course. 10 out of 10 on the Cools meter. someone's bike was creaking bad during parts of that climb. I look forward to more of this adventure and seeing Ms Cools out in the wild. You didn't get the KOM but did Ms Cools get the QOM? Bring on part 4 I am sucked into this one good.

[@sheilastallard]

Enjoyed this, are you going to do another one? Keep Safe!

[@odgreenoutdoors20]

Fabulous views, you and miss cools eat steep climbs for breakfast, I knew y’all wouldn’t have any trouble doing that climb

[@Henrywildeberry]

We should add lunch and dinner too at our pace😆

[@yves78]

You guys are rad

[@kenblair2538]

Wow ! Another great day. That had to be the best video thus far. How comfy was that cement floor ? KB

[@Henrywildeberry]

Glad you liked it, Ken! We were on the edge of the cement floor with the tent actually in the grass. .

[@doncompton9453]

Have you guys been to Hope Valley on HWY 88 in the Fall. The Aspens are spectacular.

[@jameswilson7913]

Was hoping to another ride this year but got covid doing better though maybe squeeze an overnighter in before it gets too cool

[@Henrywildeberry]

I'm sorry to hear about that, James. Its good to hear you're feeling better, and with a little luck you'll get a chance to get a overnighter in soon. Stay well!

[@jameswilson7913]

@@Henrywildeberry thanks Henry you guys stay safe can't wait to see your next video

[@JulianHutchings]

That is one helluva climb - wish I could do that? Did you have any punctures on the gravel? And were there any sources of water?

[@JheyVbee]

What size your wheelset and tires? Thanks fot the inspiration.godbless!

[@peterbedford2610]

I would like a gravel road tour where I could stay at a lodge every night. Do such routes exist anywhere?

[@Henrywildeberry]

Good question? I think that would be a great bicycle tour. It would be a little more expensive, but worth it if having a warm bed each night is on your list of priorities:)

[@bengt_axle]

@@Henrywildeberry someone should look that up on komoot!

[@bradsanders6954]

Northern Nevada has some long long gravel roads with small to tiny towns along the way,with planning a ride could be town to town.....Here in nor cal there are gravel roads heading to coast from inland that tend to be steep,but could easily go town to town.

[@Henrywildeberry]

@@bradsanders6954 Oregon might be another good candidate for a gravel route with lodging along the way. The tour divide appears to have lodging along the route, but that's completely uncharted territory for me.

[@peterbedford2610]

@@bradsanders6954 Thanks. I will look into it.

[@bikeandsee1647]

NEED YOUR ADVICE. By the end of a tour my chain broke at the Missing Link. The nearest fixer replaced the whole chain since he does not work with Missing Links. I think he used a normal pin from the new chain.Am I in danger ? Thanks.

[@jimgourgoutis]

Sounds like something on Ms. Cools' bike is rubbing? (chirp-chirp-chirp)

[@wallacedavidg]

How long did that cricket stay with you?

[@Henrywildeberry]

I think Ms. Cools finally shook it off after 750 miles. 😆

[@paulm4113]

I was wondering the same thing about that cricket! Another awesome installment in this adventure!! Love it!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@wallacedavidg]

@@Henrywildeberry I'm glad no 'crickets' were harmed in the filming of this adventure.

[@Gracie.Paulina]

🥰...

[@bengt_axle]

What's the lowest gear ratio you and Cools have on your bike? 1:1?

[@Henrywildeberry]

I have a 0.93:1 and Ms. Cools has 0.82:1

[@bengt_axle]

@@Henrywildeberry Well it certainly takes a lot of perseverance to do that kind of touring. 50 lbs of weight is a lot and just because you have very low gears doesn't make it easy because at a very low gear ratio you are hardly moving. I cold not do such a tour without being clipped in, especially going up hill, because you cannot pull up. Hats off to Ms. Cools. It also seems especially tough because the route is so remote that it looks like even getting water must be difficult.

[@marcin7154]

Highway legal vehicles only? Why?

[@orci77]

Nice videos but adding some more background music would not be bad.

[@HerrmannHinz]