TransCaucasus - crossing the Caucasus on a mountain bike

[@Star-es6cq]

Looks amazing! I am sure you had great time

[@JTadventures]

Thanks! Yes we had really great time, nice memories on this trip…

[@georgianextremeways]

This is our country 😍

[@JTadventures]

you live in a beautiful country ;)

[@alexhandley5841]

Hey Absolutely love the video! What a trip and amazing singletrack. It must have been incredible. I’m looking into doing a very similar ride in Georgia. How much singletrack was there? What percentage of the whole ride was singletrack more or less? If you could let me know that would be amazing! Thanks again for the inspiration. 🙂

[@JTadventures]

Hey Alex, I am glad you liked the video. We rode basically over 4 passes, 2 were beautiful mountain unpaved roads and 2 were over 3000 metres high and just singletracks with some hike-a-bike uphill sections but amazing downhills in Caucasus landscape. So I would say we were half of the time on singletracks. Basically if you watched The Trail to Kazbegi by Joey Schusler, we were trying the same road, but successfully as there was no snow on Atsunta Pass and opposite direction which seemed more bike-able for us... There were some other possibilities we wanted to try, but didn't have time, e.g. during free day next to Omalo there was a nice rigde I wanted to try, but we were dealing with some technical issues and needed some rest too :) If you need any more help, don't hesitate to ask or drop me an e-mail. Cheers, Jaro

[@JTadventures]

btw. if you didn't notice in the comments, you can check our path in details here - en.mapy.cz/s/fudehogake

[@TondaKmoch]

Wow

[@revision4733]

Wow, so beautiful. I liked you video so much. Good job

[@JTadventures]

Thank you, I am really happy you like it!

[@horsa2361]

Velmi pekne spracovane :) viem si predstavit vsetky tie stopy kvoli kamerovaniu, no vo finale to za to vzdy stoji ;) parada!

[@JTadventures]

Vdaka! Hej, ked to cloveka bavi ako mna a predpokladam aj teba, tak je to najmenej :)

[@srileo]

Superb adventure. Envious.

[@JTadventures]

Thanks, it definitely was!

[@CyclingAround]

awesome adventure! and cool movie ;)

[@JTadventures]

Yes it definitely was, I can only recommend! Thanks :)

[@abdelali789]

Awesome! I am planning to make a same trip, I want to ask you in which month you went and is there any problem with checkpoints border passports if I go deeply into the border? Thank you

[@JTadventures]

Good for you :) We were there at the end of August. We didnt’t have any problems with these checkpoints passport controls. As far as I remember we got the permission after Juta and returned it in Girevi few days later. There were some checkpoints inbetween, but I don’t think anybody stopped us. Easier to know some Russian or have translator app ready :)

[@abdelali789]

@@JTadventures Thank you so much for your response, please what permission you mean? If I want to climb mountains there and go to this point, should I have a permission or I can go freely, and for checkpoint controls did someone of them check your passport or not? Thanks I appreciate your help 🙏

[@JTadventures]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@abdelali789 basically just for moving in this area you obtain the permission on the first checkpoint, you just need valid passport and tell them the plan or days you need it and they give it to you. and you need to have it until you are leaving this area, that’s all.

[@Yacomo095]

Chalani parada. Krasne spracovane a krasne zabery a urcite aj zazitky 👍

[@JTadventures]

Diky moc, hej bola to fasa!

[@AlexSabinHusariu]

awesome! looking forward to do almost the same route :)

[@JTadventures]

great! just enjoy it, it is adventure to remember :)

[@realityjoy3478]

Zdruf, paradzinka! Keď budeš niečo podobne plánovať rád sa pridám! Stačí dať avízo. Ď.

[@JonasMTB]

Awesome editing, so many great details! I really enjoyed that. Good work :-D

[@JTadventures]

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate that from you, as your videos are inspiring for my next bike adventures and also for improving the video output :)

[@srileo]

Am curious why you all are carrying the luggage in backpacks instead of some rack system? It’s pretty heavy uphill, no? Love that you are using regular bikes mtbs and nothing exotic and expensive. Shows us that the effort matters more than equipment. Keep it up !

[@JTadventures]

we had both backpacks and bikepacking bags. I mean I know there are still options to have more luggage on bike, but I personally prefer to have big and light things on bike like sleeping bag, tent, jacket, and the rest in my backpack. the bike is then more manageable and I can enjoy the downhills on trails more, especially on full suspension mtb :) but I mean that’s just my perspective, I know some people prefer to avoid backpack on bike, for me it is not a problem…

[@MallorcaRaul]

Hello!! I'm planning similar route. I've watch a gas cylinder. I thing you buy It in Georgia? IS gas cylinder easy to find there?

[@JTadventures]

Hey Raul, yes we bought it in Tbilisi. It wasn't so easy to find back then, but you can ask and it is definitely possible :)

[@MallorcaRaul]

@@JTadventures Yeah! Thank you. I will fly to Kutaisi, in the west of Tbilisi. I hope I will find gas 🤞

[@JTadventures]

@@MallorcaRaul you will definitely manage it in a big town!

[@idiotix6561]

krasa :D klobuk dole, ze si mal energiu este aj kvalitne tocit :) bohovske

[@JTadventures]

vdaka moc! niekedy je to mozno trochu obeta, ale tak jednak ma to bavi, jednak mame spomienku a jednak mozno aj inspiruje :)

[@idiotix6561]

@@JTadventures jasne ze je to obeta :) ale potom ten vysledok stoji naozaj zato! nakoniec to vsetci ocenia ked pri takom videu mozu zaspominat

[@alestajtak9349]

Dobre, dobre! Asi by som si to dal znova, išli ste rovnakú trasu ako my :) podľa čoho ste to plánovali?

[@JTadventures]

Ahoj Ales, jednou z insipracii bol aj tvoj clanok :) Ja som ti vtedy aj pisal, mozno si pamatas, takze ti dotatocne dakujem! Vratil by som sa inak hned, urcite sa niekedy chcem, v Tusheti by som kludne stravil aj tyzden a pobajkoval to tam krizom krazom alebo potom nam miestni bajkeri doporucovali Svanetiu, takze je tam este co objavovat :)

[@alestajtak9349]

@@JTadventures Cauko, to som rad, ze vam to vyslo:)) Do svanetie chodime na skialpy, nepocul som, ze sa tam da urobit nejaky komplexny dlhy trail cez rozne sedla ako cez Tusheti ale treba to nejako vykoumat, moznosti urcite su:))

[@JTadventures]

@@alestajtak9349 Hej no, oni skor mysleli ze je tam dost trailov na pojazdenie, cize byvat tam a chodit hore dole na jedno-dvojdnovky, nie uplny bikepacking ako toto. Ale trosku som kukal do map, mozno by sa nieco aj dalo alebo taka kombinacia. Ale tak Tusheti, to je uz moja srdcovka :)

[@trailblazer_nomad]

How did you transfer the bikes to Georgia?

[@JTadventures]

We flew with bikes to Georgia by plane, had it as oversize luggage. Within Georgia we had transport reserved over a company organizing MTB trips.

[@trailblazer_nomad]

@@JTadventures Wow, I didn't know planes can do that. Thanx, awesome trip!

[@JTadventures]

@@trailblazer_nomad sure no problem, it is possible, you just need to pack it in box :)

[@theazzo75]

hello, congratulations, is it possible to have traces of the path? thanks

[@JTadventures]

Hello, sorry for my late response, you can find the track here: en.mapy.cz/s/fudehogake. Hope this helps :)

[@Bohous26]

I was supposed to be there in this June, stupid virus ruined everything! :-(

[@JTadventures]

Sorry to hear that... Even I had a plan to visit Svanetia with bike this time, maybe next year :)