Seattle to Portland Bike Ride 2022 Vlog - The Perfect 200 Mile Day [STP 2022]

[@BestSideCycling]

www.strava.com/activities/7480903782 Did you ride STP this year? What were your thoughts and would you do it again? :)

[@BestSideCycling]

@@SpencerSnow awesome job! You totally could have if you went that far out the first day :) must have been a nice victory lap the second.

[@mikekelly7340]

Did it this year as you know. Congratulations on your accomplishments.

[@adamschulman8618]

Yep, did one day as well. Did two in 2018 and also “melted” on highway 30. Biggest difference was the weather this year and loved the tailwind to bring us home! Great video and nice ride!

[@mikebaltierra]

I did two days 140 day one; 66 day two Yes I will do it again ;-) Bring on R2B2!

[@BestSideCycling]

@@mikebaltierra great work dude! Glad there wasn't any stray dogs to ruin your ride. You got this 🚲

[@JerryHilts]

Great ride. Congrats on your first one day StP. The big green thing on your left in St. Johns is a water tower. Also, sorry to tell you, but Vancouver Ave is called that because it connects Portland to Vancouver, Washington which is just across the river. It’s not named after Vancouver, B.C., although both cities were of course named after the same person.

[@jamesl.rubart8116]

Great job and love how you crushed the Puyallup Hill!

[@howardwells9002]

Congratulations “Best Side” ! A great video!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing some bigger and bigger rides from you. Hope things are well.

[@tonytigerking]

Amazing ride! "On your left" while going up the hill is...satisfying! Should post a segment video for "The Hill". I think my favorite part might be the part before Winlock...nice smooth tarmac with slightly rolling hills and nice views....so nice. Ride after getting into Oregon...not so much enjoyable. But the finish is certainly memorable, and the city of Portland was pretty cool.

[@BestSideCycling]

Great idea, I was planning on making a specific climbing video on the whole hill soon. Totally agree, lots of highlights even though some of the route can get pretty rough.

[@spc6000]

Thanks for inspiring video. Keep up your expedition and sharing local rides.

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you! Hope you're getting some riding in too :)

[@inspktr51]

That was my buddy in the Project one, we were riding with a fast train and you guys got dropped before the Tenino trail. And that’s when we got lost, we went for a 15 mile hilly loop to that dead end. when we made it to centralia the guy in the madone (Agustn) had already gone by. You made good time and that was our goal to be at the finish line by 5 but we didn’t got there until past 7pm. Great video.

[@BestSideCycling]

Great to have ridden with you then! Haha my friends could have kept up but I wanted to take it more chill and with a smaller group. So I got dropped would be a more apt description. 🤣 Wow! That's still a good time for 222 miles then. Hope you had a good ride.

[@inspktr51]

@@BestSideCycling lol actually we started from west Seattle, so we still ended up with 205 miles but with like 1000’ extra elevation.

[@brown4m]

Another great vid!

[@havefunandbikestuffOver40]

Nice! This is on my bucket list. So I'll see you one day for sure! Well done!

[@BestSideCycling]

Haha sounds good are you from around Seattle

[@HuntersCyclingAdventures]

Great video and a hell of a ride can’t wait till I can do something this big

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you! And I'm sure you will soon, be sure to let us know all about it :) happy riding 🚲

[@SpeedyBlueBiker1]

Great video of the 2022 STP one day ride! You guys were really moving right along.

[@BestSideCycling]

Appreciate it, was nice to finally have a big "ride"/event to vlog about :) Definitely have my crew to thank for that pace ^_^

[@matthewxcurry]

Epic! Congrats to you and that dynamic team!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you man! Hope you've been riding your ebike

[@jeremyglenn3130]

Well documented & congratulations again on STP 1 day!!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thanks man! It's been real good seeing you at all these events too :P feeling all the support! Hope you had a blast too

[@davidgrainger7844]

Awesome! Congratulations. What an excellent time of completion too. I’m glad you and your crew made it without incident. I hope you recover well.

[@BestSideCycling]

Thanks dude, and for sure... we didn't get any mechanicals! Hope we'll go out on a ride soon!

[@adambeck369]

I did the 2 day for the first time in 2022. Watching this took me back. Super excited for this year!

[@BestSideCycling]

Hope you have a super great ride this year!

[@mattyu007]

That climb was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Congrats on finishing STP 1-day, an amazing accomplishment!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thanks bro I wish you had your euc there 🤣 I'd look so slow

[@mattyu007]

@@BestSideCycling I certainly don’t have the endurance that you guys had! 😅

[@MOLRobocop]

Good job. Props also need to go out to Cascade. There's a TON of logistics and coordination to a ride of up to 10,000 people down the rode, fed, watered, and back home. Plus the support crews doing setup, tear-down, and road support.

[@BestSideCycling]

Good point! Definitely was thinking of them but missed the explicit props. Thank you Cascade Bike Club!

[@cyclingxventures]

Love your vids, man! great team! hoping to do this next year...great job! Subbed!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

I am waiting for this to open for registration. I will be doing it one day this year, wish to see you guys again. I will be in a orange and blue De Rosa, shouldn't be another copy around easily.

[@BestSideCycling]

Awesome! Hope you have a fantastic ride. I may not be in the one day crew this year as I might ride with my dad :)

[@ambrosethomas5339]

Awesome. Feather weight looks fun

[@BestSideCycling]

Hahaha feather weight is not fun in the wind or downhills but it's definitely different 😂

[@davidw860]

If it makes you feel better we 2-day riders also had to fend for ourselves on the shoulder of the Longview bridge. What an awesome summary video. We rolled into Castle Rock at 8pm. I wish I could go that fast.

[@BestSideCycling]

Oh no, sorry to hear that but seems like you made it through! Thank you :) Honestly, that's about the same pace it would have taken me to get to Castle Rock my first time in 2018. I think I got to Winlock at about 5:30~ but I was super dead... It's been a couple years cycling daily but if you find a couple like-minded folks working as a team you'd be surprised by how fast you can go!

[@willasa5840]

The caravan escort is for a few hour window on Sunday during the busiest period -- I hear roughly to 1pm'ish this year. You might have gotten there earlier because you started off from Castle Rock. It is by authorization with Oregon DOT and WA DOT only.

[@willasa5840]

Nicely done vlog . Did a good job of describing the differences of your 1-day vs previous 2-day experiences and some 2022 changes in general. Thought you were gonna burn yourself out on the Puyallup Hill with that burst, but you kept it up the whole climb!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you! Definitely a very different ride indeed but enjoyed both in their own ways. I'll upload a full video covering my hill climb with data but there was a false flat in the middle which helped me to keep it up. 😂

[@daxmotis27]

The green thing in St. John’s is a water tower. Just curious what you would guess avg watts/kg was for 1 day finishers. Looking to train for this and wondering what a good goal would be. Great video.

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

23:06, water tower. In some part of the US, water pressure on the supply side is created in some area by gravity as water pressure will gain 0.433 psi per verticle feet drop. Enjoy your day.

[@allanohlsen7729]

Nice, you guys cruised! I got in at 10pm, 14:20hrs riding. Not bad for an old guy. :-)

[@BestSideCycling]

Nice, considered me impressed! Were any of the Cascade folks still around to give you your loot? :D

[@allanohlsen7729]

@@BestSideCycling Yes, I received the t-shirt and sticker/cloth sticker. I liked it better when volunteers used to give you an embroidered patch as you came in. I noticed, not as many riders this year.

[@BestSideCycling]

@@allanohlsen7729 haha yes I called that out too at the end of the video. I just miss the matching style of the patches as I have them all together

[@chuckfield4931]

2010 I did stp and the Puyallup hill on my Cannondale one speed!

[@f00zh]

You're a beast, bro! 🏅🚴🛣️👍

[@BestSideCycling]

Thanks! Hope you're getting out there too on some rides :) will definitely try to slot in time to go to South Seattle /Tacoma soon.

[@f00zh]

@@BestSideCycling I've tried to bike at least once a week and I always feel a lot better afterwards 😃 . I'm also trying to get in shape for bicycling from Tacoma to Seattle, so hopefully, I will do it before September. 🚴🌇

[@billweberx]

Did you stay overnight in Portland? Where? How did you get back to Seattle? Thanks and Congrats.

[@BestSideCycling]

Yes I did, overnight at a hotel with family that drove down from Seattle then I hitched a ride back. They have a lot of organized bus and transport you can always take to go back

[@billweberx]

@@BestSideCycling Thanks! I'm moving to Seattle in April and would like to try the STP ride next year.

[@SeattleJCB]

Wow! That’s pretty awesome specially one day ride ! Our team did the 2days and it was Hot 🥵 and we actually took more time to rest because of the heat! Anyways hopefully someday 1day ride STP😅

[@TheAsianDavid]

Jumbo is that you? TDF pace haha

[@BestSideCycling]

Hahaha I was making jokes that I basically have three WVAs and I was Jonas (I wish).

[@DanielTompkinsGuitar]

Amazing! Any plans to do RAMROD? I would love to see that.

[@BestSideCycling]

I am indeed signed up but I am monitoring the heat-wave too. There will definitely be a video on it if I'm rolling out :)

[@davidgiezyng4195]

Awesome job. Are the rest stop areas near the course? How far off are they ?

[@BestSideCycling]

If you're joining the official seattle to portland event there's a lot of rest-stops along the course! So you'll be well taken care of.

[@beatricerice2584]

How far do you ride daily?

[@BestSideCycling]

I ride on average 1 hour and 10 minute averaged per day! Distance depends on which bike and route I'm doing: made a video over my past year kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3usaoN4bqprgqc

[@lastpme]

Doing 200 miles in one day is impressive. I did 100 miles once by myself and I was struggling at the end.

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you, it's much easier with a group to ride with, support in rest-stops and the works!

[@mikebaltierra]

the puyallup hill - three green paint "false summit" that was pretty funny

[@BestSideCycling]

I lost you at three green paint, what happened? :P

[@mikebaltierra]

@@BestSideCycling on the section that went from Sumner into Puyallup, the first climb it looked like it was going to plateau... But looking down at the tarmac someone spray painted "false summit. You got this" and then there was a second part to that climb.... And then at the down hill someone spray painted "wheeeeeee" letting riders know that climb was over and it was downhill

[@columbiashoes]

Did you shoot this with a GoPro? What version?

[@BestSideCycling]

GoPro 10 and 11

[@NHX610]

Phenomenal riding. This guy makes it looks easy. IT IS NOT! The last time I did the one-day ride I made it to the finish line at 8:45 pm - 15 minutes before they officially ended it for the day 1 riders. Sadly, the finish line photographer had already packed up and left. SAD!

[@BestSideCycling]

Thank you 😂 my first go at the stp I wouldn't have even been close so you are doing great. Are you going to be riding it again next year?

[@NHX610]

Yeah I'm riding it again, I'll be about four hours behind you.

[@BestSideCycling]

@@NHX610 spoilers I may be doing it on my brompton so maybe not!