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Once I packed it in the box I could bring it on the plane as check in luggage, once you check in and they put the bag tag on it they will give you directions to the oversize bag drop off area, there is also an oversized bag pick up area in the arrivals hall. I flew Korean Airlines and it was within the 23kg checked luggage allowance so no extra charge.

Yes there are some in the towns and there are a few shops and service stations where you can buy supplies, but much less available than on the Warburton trail, and the distances between them can be quite far, it's definitely best to plan and bring enough water, especially if the weather will be warm.

I don't remember the name of the bus service I used but I used the intercity bus terminal next to Sasang metro station in Busan, I went there 2 days earlier and bought my ticket over the counter, just so I knew I had my seat locked in. If I go again I will stay near Satsang, it's near the cycle trail and with the metro station there's easy access to the whole city, it was so hard to get around Busan with a bike. I met some people on rental bikes, not all of them were well maintained so if you use that option have a good check of the bike before you leave. Bringing your own works ok but remember busses and taxis from the airport won't carry a bike and trains only accept bikes on the weekends, when I left I brought my bike to the airport on the train on Sunday and put it in storage there until I flew out mid week. Wasn't too difficult bringing my own. You will have the best trip, I would love to do it again. Any more questions just let me know.

​@@erikekdahl6233 Thanks! I decided to rent to make my life easy. I contacted bike nara and they gave a good quote for giant hybrid. My main worry was how to return back to seoul. And when I saw how you took the express bus it just confirmed my trip.

Not too steep, it was designed originally for steam locomotives so they couldn't build it too steep, but one climb is really long, between Yarck and Merton, so even though it's not that steep it does feel like it never ends....

Great, you will love it! I've been eyeing off some of the bike trails in NZ too, thinking I should give the Alps to ocean trail a go maybe next summer

@@erikekdahl6233 you will love it! We did the Oamaru to Duntrron section a couple of weeks ago, which is going in the opposite direction...def start at the Alps! 🥵😆

Hi, you will have a great time, the weather in Korea is best for cycling in spring and autumn, I went in October and it was near perfect weather. The map you get from K-water is probably not good enough to use exclusively but in combination with phone based navigation you can make your way quite easily and find the certification centres. Once you get off the path into city streets it's sometimes not very easy to move around on a bike, a lot of the time I had to walk my bike on crowded sidewalks or lift it over obstacles, most of the time I had accommodation very close to the trail so it was easy to leave my bike at hotels and get around without it. Some cities are better than others. Trains have a lot of rules about bringing bikes, so I used a bus to go from Busan back to Incheon, it's no problem to bring an unboxed bike on the bus, the bus terminal in Busan is actually close to the trail so I would stay near there next time, then use the subway to get around the city without the bike. Busan was the hardest city to move around in with a bike. I stored my bike box at the hotel in Incheon, I stayed in the same hotel before and after the ride, most hotels will be happy to do that, you can also store the box at the airport and bring your bike to the city on the train but only on the weekend. Taxis and buses will refuse to pick up a bike at the airport, either in a box or not, try to arrive on a weekend. I booked all my accommodation in advance because I had never travelled in Korea before. A lot of other people were finding accommodation as they went and didn't seem to have any trouble.

@@erikekdahl6233 Thanks for all this great information, Erik! Much appreciated! 👍By the way, I just read: "There is a monsoon season that occurs from late June to mid-July." That's exactly when we were planning to go, but in 2024. 🌧🌬

@@FlowJunkie65 I would probably avoid June/July to be honest, you would find the weather far more pleasant for cycling if you could wait a few more months, but it's up to you, I'm sure you can make it work whatever you plan. I actually intended to include in the video a bit about the weather and the seasons to ride but I forgot to make it 🤣

@@user-fb2me3th6z Yes, I have seen videos of the trail being under water during monsoon season. Thank you for this reminder because it has to be factored into my planning.

Thank you very much @@user-fb2me3th6z !

Thankyou, it was such a good trip, I want to do it again 😅 but thinking.maybe the Taiwan cycling route #1 next🤔

Thankyou 🙂 Yes Stratford also has a train station, I caught the train there in the morning and then got the train home from Traralgon, I found it easier to do it that way because there are more frequent trains from Traralgon, since it can be a bit difficult to guess what time you are going to get to the other end of a rail trail.

@@erikekdahl6233 thank you, good point on the direction you chose. Good advice.

@@erikekdahl6233 How many hours did it takeyou to do this trail?

@@k.whiking4372 on this trip it took me a bit under 5, hours, it's always a bit longer when I'm making a video though, you can probably do it quicker than that. I've ridden it twice, the surface was quite loose gravel both times which was slow to ride on, but I think that can depend on the weather at the time.

Sounds great, I get down to Tassie at least two or three times a year, I'll try to fit it into my one of my trips, my mum and sister both live there, and my sister cycles a lot of trails, maybe she knows it.

@@erikekdahl6233 no worries. A couple of interesting well made UA-cam films made by Jeff Jennings on Denison Gorge including drone work and riding Tulendeena to Scottsdale.

It's a great trail, you'll love it.

Thanks so much 🙂

The Tulendeena to Scottsdale RT .North East Tasmania. 26 km at this stage. 16 km through bush down hill 1 in 47 grade to the Great Forester River then 10 km farm land mostly. Will be extended to Lilydale and possible Launceston.

Thanks, I'm waiting for lockdown to be over too so I can hopefully finish my project of making videos of all the rail trails in Victoria. Might take me a while though.

@@erikekdahl6233 that's alright mate. Slow and steady wins the race.

It's my pleasure, I can't wait for Victoria to open up again so I can do some more.

Thanks:) Bellarine is my closest trail too so I've done it a few times, nice to see they are continually improving it. I've loved rail trails for years too, I've got 2/3 of the Great Victorian rail trail on video now but stuck in lockdown and can't go and finish it, hopefully in the summer months I'll be free to make a few more videos.

@@erikekdahl6233 Yes the well maintained and on going improvement proves the friends of the Bellarine Rail trail do a good job. Really look foward to your next rail trail video when lock down finishes . Sent my father yesterday a link to your videos he is really inspired.Now he is orgainising all these Victorian rail trail rides with me in tow! The above comment is true the ferry can take you directly across the bay I am sure bicycles can be carried. Though having South Geelong Station so close by helps. With the summer months approaching perhaps the opportunity of riding some more trails will be possible? including the already established but improved rail trails and the new proposed Casterton to Braxholme. Plenty of riding to do more time needed .See you on the trails !

Yes I've seen the pictures, it's a shame I missed it but one day it'll happen again and I'll make sure to be there for it.

I'm not familiar with the Warburton to Powelltown Trail, but I just googled it, looks pretty good, I hope it's open still.

@@erikekdahl6233 We did it 15 years ago was the odd tree over it, it ran along a river. I wanted to do the Bicentennial National Trail from Healesville to Corryong but I had a knee replacement so not up them high country hills now

Climbing and climbing and climbing 😅😅😅 great effort Erik

Beautiful scenery

Thanks, that's great! How nice are all those old bridges on the way to Timboon... I love Rail Trails so I thought it'd be great to try to spread the word a bit. I'm working on making videos of all the rail trails in Victoria but it'll probably take a while 😆

@@erikekdahl6233 - Hi Eric, I refrained from commenting earlier because I was going to make another account with my own rail trail and bike path videos on it. This account is old and I want to delete it. Anyway, lack of time always beats me and I haven't even got my Action Camera yet. (I'll get there eventually) I'm relatively new to cycling, this is about my 2nd year, and I'm 54. So not young.....but like you, I love the rail trails! I have always ridden motorbikes, and it’s the getting out in the bush that I enjoy these days. I've done *The Bellarine Rail Trail* with my wife and really enjoyed that. They day we went just happened to be the weekend of the music festival. We had no idea, but there were thousands of people at Queenscliff and it had a great atmosphere to it. We explored Queenscliff and rode around the beach on the bike paths. It ended up being a long ride though. The next one we did was *The Lilydale To Warburton Rail Trail* Once again, it was a great day and I think my favourite Rail Trail so far. It was a hot day though (34C) so it was a struggle in the open paddock parts. Warburton was beautiful and we had lunch along the river. I'd driven through there so many times and had never stopped to look around. I quickly followed that up with the *Ballarat to Skipton Rail Trail* I did this one solo as my wife wouldn't be able to do that distance. I like riding alone, and enjoyed that ride until I suffered from leg cramps on the way back. It worried me, I couldn’t stop them and I couldn’t ride or walk. Eventually they stopped after about 2hrs and I was able to ride again. I'm so glad I took lights, because I ended up riding in the dark for about an hour, maybe more. I’m going to do this one again soon, because I wasn’t happy about the leg cramps which happened at the 70km mark, I’ve ridden over 100km many times without any problems. I’ll beat it next time. In January we did *Beechworth to Bright* with another 2 couples. Originally we were going to do it last year making it a 3 night holiday. Starting at Wangaratta to Beechworth, then to Myrtleford.....onto Bright. Bushfires stopped us from going. After watching your video, I realised it was a long climb going up to Beechworth and I better do some more research. I wasn’t worried so much for me, but others in the group might have struggled. (I would've struggled too, but I like a challenge) As it turns out, it was a hard getting accommodation anyway, so left out the Wangaratta to Beechworth section, and rode from Beechworth to Myrtleford, then the following day we rode to Bright and stayed the night again. I loved the downhill from Beechworth, but I can't remember that much about the rest of it because we were talking all the time. If we talked less and concentrated on what we were doing, we wouldn’t have missed the Everton turn off and rode towards Wangaratta for over 6km! Obviously, we had to double back. Not good on a 30C day, and we only saw the funny side after a few drinks. We stopped at Gapstead Winery and that was a great afternoon. Well deserved after our 12km detour. Myrtleford should not have been 64km's from Beechworth....lol The next day was an easy 30km ride to Bright, and the river at Bright was packed because it was around 30C again. Bright was beautiful, and we had a great time there riding around the river. We didn't ride back to Beechworth though, we got Bus A Bike back to our cars in the morning. That was one of the best weekends I've ever had, period. I picked up your tip about going around the river in Myrtleford rather than down the main street from your video. So thanks for that. I do research my rides, but I might have missed that tip. 2 people from our group got up early in the morning and went for a jog down that track. I then saw your *Timboon to Camperdown Rail Trail* ride and just had to do it. I showed my wife, and she said "Yep, let’s do it" So we did that last weekend. The Trestle Bridge section was just amazing and we spent a lot of time going through there and taking photos and exploring paths. Actually, we spent too much time there, because as we were riding through the Golf course in Cobden, I had to suggest to my wife that we skip the last 6km and go back so that we could make the ice cream shop. For some reason, it closes at 5pm. We took our own lunch and ate on the Golf course. I always take sandwiches, but if I find a nice cafe, then I buy food. That first section was amazing, and we will be going back for sure. I found little swimming holes that you probably saw as well. We loved Timboon, what a beautiful little town. I'm in Hoppers Crossing, so I was locked down during Covid and couldn’t get out and do any Rail Trails. At one stage, we had a 5km radius restriction as you probably know, but I still managed to do 30km rides without breaking the rules to keep my bike fitness up. (I assume you are not in Melbourne because you were able to do the Rail Trails during our lockdowns) My wife doesn’t ride as much as me, so she does struggle on the long rides. I think I’ll do the Bendigo one by myself and then start doing the longer rides with a Hotel in the middle so my wife can come. I didn’t think I’d enjoy staying in Hotels/Motels with the bikes, but it was actually really good. We put both bikes in the rooms at night. We managed to fit in enough clothes for our 2 night stay, including toiletries. Because it was warm weather, it was shorts, jocks and t-shirts and a little fold up raincoat just in case. We only have the one set of panniers between us, and its one side each and share the centre. Not very large panniers either, just the Topeak MTX panniers that fold up. Normally I use the panniers to carry water, and lots of it, but I had to settle for two little 600ml bottles from Coles tucked in amongst the cloths and stopping in towns. It worked out well for the Beechworth to Bright ride. Sorry about the very long comment, I just wanted to give you some feedback of what others are doing on virtually the same rides. Thanks again for you videos!

@@gjw45 Hi, Actually I live in Werribee so same area, the only trail I got to ride during the middle of last year was the Murray to Mountains in that short window between the 1st and 2nd waves when things opened up a little, when we were limited to 5km I just rode up and down the Werribee river trail and lollypop creek trail just for exercise, did Bellarine and Timboon after the ring of steel came down and Bendigo was just Tuesday last week. Now thinking about Great Victorian or Great Southern rail trails next. Depends on how my work schedule matches the weather.

@@erikekdahl6233 - Werribee? I can't believe that, what a small world. As for the lock-downs, I must've mixed your dates up with other people. We did have a small window there, but for some reason I couldn't do the Rail Trails. Thinking back, I'm pretty sure I got stuck catching up with family and birthdays etc. Before Covid, I used to do Werribee River at least once a week. In Winter, it was always a night ride for me. I would do it as a loop, riding up Hogan's road to the start of the path, then coming back home on the Federation Trail. I really don't like riding on the road these days, it's all good until you get some idiot in a car. So I've only done it once recently, and have seen the new park section. (No more climbing the stairs) I couldn't decide where to go last weekend, and made a last minute decision to drive to Westerfolds Park and do the "Main Yarra Trail" It was a such a great ride, it had a bit of everything in it, including a few more hill climbs than what I was expecting. I'm not that good with navigation, and the signs going into Melbourne didn't seem to exist where you needed them, so I got lost a few times. It's the type of ride that once you do it once, you really do not need directions. I absolutely loved the ride, and can't wait to do it again. I think it was meant to be a 66km round trip, but I ended up doing just over 80km. But that's me getting lost and exploring other tracks, I can't help myself. You have probably already done the ride, but it was all new to me. I want my wife to come next time, so I'll do it one way. I think we will catch the train to Flinders St, then end the ride at the closest train station to Westerfolds Park. I normally drive to all my rides and sometimes parking is an issues, so I'm keen on taking the train! Yes, the Great Victorian or Great Southern rail trails look good, but are long ones. My wife and I were going to do them with a hotel thrown in. But matching work, weather and time is a balancing act. Do you always ride alone?

@@gjw45 I do that exact loop of Werribee river trail/Federation trail/Hogan's road, we've probably passed each other out there. Most of the time I do ride alone, especially if I'm making a video because I'm stopping all the time taking pictures and videos. Also I ride to the City and airport a lot using Fed and western ring just using the bike as transportation.

It's a great trail isn't it, I've done it quite a few times too but I live on the other side of the city so it's a whole day out for me, I usually catch a train to Lilydale. 80km return is pretty much a perfect distance for a comfortable ride.

I rode back to South Geelong and caught a train home, I've never used the ferry, don't know if they take bikes but if they do that's would be a nice way to get home. I was quite impressed with this trail, it's had a lot of work put into it in the last few years.