Jake May
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Cutting out the nonsense
Sometimes as a London cyclist you simply can't be bothered with the suburbs - the slow residential roads, the endless traffic lights, and the impatient drivers who wish you didn't exist. The solution is simple - get a train through it and cut out all the nonsense!
Join me and Trev on a scenic, speedy and - most importantly - extremely flat ride from Paddock Wood in Kent, Nonsense chat, big tunes... you know the deal by now.
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Music:
Phil Graves - St. Spoon
Phil Graves - Turmeric
philgraves.bandcamp.com/album/five-early-pieces
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Відео

Bikepacking Bliss: Norfolk, The Long Way Round
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On the east coast of England, around 100 miles north east of London, is the historic county of Norfolk. Famous for its flat terrain and its stunning countryside, as well as its historic cities and seaside towns, it's an ideal destination for hiking and bikepacking. And, with its miles of disused train lines now converted to walking and cycling paths, it's a particularly appealing option for tho...
This is why we do it.
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Why bother with UA-cam? Hundreds of pounds on camera equipment; countless hours editing; forcing a camera into our friends' faces. On a beautiful ride into the Essex lanes, me and @avocado.cyclist reflect on the message we want to share when we decide to make cycling videos, and whether we've ever considered quitting altogether. Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/ jakemay/ View this route on...
BIKEPACKING set-up and UPGRADES for 2024
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Are these the BEST bikepacking upgrades to make your trips more fun, comfortable, and simple?! I run through my bikepacking set-up for 2024 - what kit has proved the test of time and will continue with me, and which areas I've decided to upgrade. I talk about how I carry my tent, sleeping bag, and everything I need for a weekend on my bike and what equipment I use around the camp. 00:00:29 - To...
Making new friends (and making them wait!)
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Special guest alert! In early June I met up with Rainier aka @avocado.cyclist for a beautiful ride out into the Surrey Hills. Unfortunately for Rainier he overestimated my legs and had to spend half the ride waiting for me at the top of hills. Stay tuned until the very end of the video for a surprise second special guest..! Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/ jakemay/ View this route on Stra...
Escaping the city for brand new roads!
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We took a train to just 30-minutes outside of London and found ourselves on some glorious country lanes... even the angry drivers couldn't spoil this day! Join me, Sion and Harry on a wholesome day out - cycling a flat, scenic 60km loop from Ingatestone, Essex. Thanks to Brendan from Lewisham Cyclists for this great route. Find out about Lewisham Cyclists: lewishamcyclists.org.uk/ Follow me on ...
London to the coast: a bikepacking overnighter
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Join two mates on a wholesome, scenic and fun adventure on bikes, as me and Oliver load up our bikes and head to the south coast of England. Can you go bikepacking on a Cannondale CAAD13? Yes! My Frankenstein-bikepacking set-up involves a combination of bags from Restrap and Apidura, whereas Oliver - who had a much longer journey, originally starting in the north of England - went with a Tailfi...
I forgot to tell him it was a 100km ride...
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Me and Sion head out into some beautiful Essex lanes for a quality day on bikes - even if it didn't exactly go to plan..! Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/ jakemay/ View this route on Strava: www.strava.com/activities/10911263175 Follow me on Komoot: www.komoot.com/user/1311340817820 Music: Saturday's Kids - Bone, Crystal, Ice (saturdayskids.bandcamp.com/album/the-lunatic) Mat Riviere - ww...
I don't know how we got round this unscathed...
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Sriracha in the pannier, sausage roll in the hydration pack, and special socks for the occasion... eight mates cycle into Kent and have a good old fashioned laugh along the way. A glorious 30-mile bike ride from Paddock Wood with Harry and the gang - expect nice views, the usual nonsense chat, and a larger portion of chaos than usual... Cheers Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/ jakemay/ Vie...
Meet Kostüme: the cycling brand taking a new approach
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Meet Kostüme: the cycling brand taking a new approach
12 miles, 3 hills, 2 broken boys - can we finish the Old Sarum Way?
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12 miles, 3 hills, 2 broken boys - can we finish the Old Sarum Way?
6 STRANGE and UNIQUE places to cycle in LONDON
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6 STRANGE and UNIQUE places to cycle in LONDON
We hiked 40 miles in 3 days: The Old Sarum Way (part 2)
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We hiked 40 miles in 3 days: The Old Sarum Way (part 2)
In Search of London gravel...
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In Search of London gravel...
Hiking historic English countryside: The Old Sarum Way
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Hiking historic English countryside: The Old Sarum Way
first 100km ride on the CAAD13
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first 100km ride on the CAAD13
dream London bike ride with mates
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dream London bike ride with mates
6 bargain bikepacking accessories from Decathlon
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6 bargain bikepacking accessories from Decathlon
Bikepacking and camping on the outskirts of London
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Bikepacking and camping on the outskirts of London
2 mates ride Kent's FLATTEST route?
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2 mates ride Kent's FLATTEST route?
Bikepacking STUNNING Suffolk countryside
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Bikepacking STUNNING Suffolk countryside
a £2,300 MISTAKE?! Cannondale CAAD13 first impressions
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a £2,300 MISTAKE?! Cannondale CAAD13 first impressions
BEST alloy bike ever? Unboxing 2023 Cannondale CAAD13
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BEST alloy bike ever? Unboxing 2023 Cannondale CAAD13
Ellis & Jakey Go Cycling
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Ellis & Jakey Go Cycling
the WORST driving habits (according to cyclists)
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the WORST driving habits (according to cyclists)
we cycled 50 miles to see the sea
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we cycled 50 miles to see the sea
7 things I wish I knew as a beginner cyclist
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7 things I wish I knew as a beginner cyclist
2 silly boys cycle 2 Surrey hills
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2 silly boys cycle 2 Surrey hills
three cheeky boys cycle under the Thames
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three cheeky boys cycle under the Thames
BEST GIFTS for BEGINNER CYCLISTS
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BEST GIFTS for BEGINNER CYCLISTS

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @lihtan
    @lihtan 7 годин тому

    #7: Bike lane? What bike lane?? I often find myself mingling with cars on the road because I have no other choice when zero bicycle infrastructure exists at this location.

  • @10xZ00M
    @10xZ00M 11 годин тому

    I'm happy with my bucket, hozelock equipped and short hose with multi-spray head. Saves having to clean bath.

  • @user-hl8lp7bb4x
    @user-hl8lp7bb4x 4 дні тому

    Subscribed👍

  • @Flym4n111
    @Flym4n111 5 днів тому

    Great video! You should report the blocked right of way to the council, it's such a shame to make it less accessible.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 4 дні тому

      Thanks! Cheeky buggers eh

  • @nigelroberts2146
    @nigelroberts2146 5 днів тому

    I've done quite a lot of this route as I live close by in west sussex

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 4 дні тому

      Sounds like a great place to live!

  • @albert2395
    @albert2395 6 днів тому

    Good idea about the Downs Link! Did that about twenty years ago😮 you never realise how fast the time passes, plus the people who drop out of doing such things😢 have to mostly do it on my own now!

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 4 дні тому

      Lots of my friends are starting to have families so I can completely imagine a drop-off of potential regular ride buddies! Hope you are still able to get out regularly

    • @albert2395
      @albert2395 4 дні тому

      @JakeMay my friends have no such excuse! One is getting on a bit, but has loads of time on his hands and is lazy and same with my brother, although he has a dodgy knee, he says when he cycles it doesn't hurt. But won't go cycling! I'm trying to get back to it, but having recurring calf injury probs!!!

  • @albert2395
    @albert2395 6 днів тому

    Hello Jake. When you were cycling to Boxhill, I don't know where you started from? But when I go south in Tooting, I follow the river Wandle from Colliers Wood. You can go all the way to Carshalton Ponds and hardly ever have to cycle amongst traffic!😊 plus, the river scenery is pretty nice!

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 6 днів тому

      Thanks for the tip!

    • @albert2395
      @albert2395 4 дні тому

      @JakeMay I should of added that you can join the Wandle, or as I sometimes call it, 'The Withywindle', being a Tolkien nut, the books that is, not the films, on the Thames, but some of the river from Wandsworth is underground, so you have to go on the road a bit untill you get near Plough Lane in Wandsworth or Merton?

  • @emergencymedianorfolk
    @emergencymedianorfolk 7 днів тому

    I did the short way out to the coast then along to lowe. The Norwich to reepham round trip is a really good day long exercise

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 6 днів тому

      Sounds great! I did a similar-ish thing last year with my Suffolk bikepacking trip finishing in Lowestoft and going through Southwold etc, definitely more to explore round there!

  • @j.r.newton2427
    @j.r.newton2427 7 днів тому

    Check out the Downslink from Guildford to Shoreham by Sea.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 6 днів тому

      Did it a month or so back (and made a UA-cam short of it!) - really great

  • @IsmailK.S-x6h
    @IsmailK.S-x6h 7 днів тому

    👍👍🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤

  • @PierreAlainMaire
    @PierreAlainMaire 9 днів тому

    Enjoyable nonetheless 👍

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 7 днів тому

      Thanks my friend

  • @avocado.cyclist
    @avocado.cyclist 9 днів тому

    And I didnt know Kent had a flat route haha! Need to try this !

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 7 днів тому

      Good for the likes of us 😂

  • @avocado.cyclist
    @avocado.cyclist 9 днів тому

    3 Year hibernation is a long time! haha

  • @iseonbikes
    @iseonbikes 12 днів тому

    Imagine if you played a gig and 400 people turned up. Amazing right?

  • @ahoh3713
    @ahoh3713 12 днів тому

    So true

  • @RetroJamiesVlog
    @RetroJamiesVlog 12 днів тому

    New subscriber right here, great video really easy to watch🎉

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 12 днів тому

      Thanks! Glad to hear it

  • @aenayyar
    @aenayyar 16 днів тому

    Love these videos an def made us want to get to Norfolk on our own bikes. Quick question : why don’t you use old style panniers with the weight low rather than having it all up top? Does it make for tiring steering?

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 15 днів тому

      Glad to hear you're enjoying and yes highly recommend Norfolk! Combination of factors - that bikepacking bags are universal (not needing mounting points) so can go on any bike, are lighter, don't take up as much width so easier to transport on trains / through narrow gaps - all comes down to personal preference though ultimately!

  • @jeremymenage1566
    @jeremymenage1566 16 днів тому

    Cycle lanes often cross side roads, but the give way signs and road markings are where the side road meets the main road, not where it meets the cyvle lane. So, in effect, it is the cyclist who has to give way. If you cycle on the road the driver has to give way.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 15 днів тому

      Agree, the stop start nature of bike lanes passing through road junctions is incredibly frustrating and also physically tiring!

  • @Terrierized
    @Terrierized 17 днів тому

    Norwich terriers for the win 🐾🐾

  • @ol.iver.c
    @ol.iver.c 17 днів тому

    Another smasher, Jake!

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 16 днів тому

      Thank you my friend, and for the lovely music

  • @lesleyskinner4977
    @lesleyskinner4977 19 днів тому

    Very enjoyable viewing 😊

  • @deanplant1500
    @deanplant1500 19 днів тому

    Pay insurance pay road tax have your say other than that SHUT UP

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 19 днів тому

      You're daft mate

    • @deanplant1500
      @deanplant1500 19 днів тому

      @@JakeMay probably but not as much as people wearing Lycra doing 8mph we don’t wanna see arse and balls . Keep gimp suit for bedroom times god bless

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 19 днів тому

      You play football mate? Or any sport? Ever stick the kit on, or is that gimp play? Daft

    • @deanplant1500
      @deanplant1500 19 днів тому

      @@JakeMay no hate football played a lot of rugby but don’t follow it now . Love motor sport though rally x etc ?? Your point is ??

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 19 днів тому

      @deanplant1500 put the rugby kit on when you played rugby did you? Bit gimpy?

  • @PierreAlainMaire
    @PierreAlainMaire 20 днів тому

    Lovely ! Already missing those long evenings☀

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 19 днів тому

      Thanks! Yep noticeably on the turn already sadly

  • @avocado.cyclist
    @avocado.cyclist 20 днів тому

    AND GREGGS IS THE BEST THING EVER!

  • @avocado.cyclist
    @avocado.cyclist 20 днів тому

    I need to join you one day... one day..... hahah the bags on the bikes are scarring me lol

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 19 днів тому

      Do it mate! You forget they're there to be honest

  • @j.r.newton2427
    @j.r.newton2427 21 день тому

    Another top vid maniacs!

  • @WanderWomanChloe
    @WanderWomanChloe 23 дні тому

    Hi, interesting vid. One thing I do to add a layer of warmth is lay one of those emergency blankets you get in first aid kits down on the ground. It really does help. Personally I reuse them over and over. Light as anything too.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 22 дні тому

      Interesting idea! Thanks for sharing

  • @wolfemicable
    @wolfemicable 25 днів тому

    Thanks, Jake. How tall are you? I have a 51 CAAD now and am looking to get a new one soon, considering going to 48 but can't decide.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 23 дні тому

      I'm 5ft8/9-ish but short legs and arms so smaller in terms of how I interact with the bike. Lots of factors to consider though of course!

  • @gexanx
    @gexanx 26 днів тому

    ?

  • @ThatsSoGiorgio
    @ThatsSoGiorgio 26 днів тому

    If you ride on the road, I hate you. So many times I can’t go around because of curves and hills so I’m stuck going 5 MPH because not everyone pulls over to let cars pass. I hate you.

  • @baconshrub
    @baconshrub 26 днів тому

    Am I missing something? I'm not seeing any explanation of what's going on here.

    • @michawasiljew6620
      @michawasiljew6620 26 днів тому

      There no explanation. I guess you have to guess 👍🏻

    • @baconshrub
      @baconshrub 26 днів тому

      @@michawasiljew6620 Okidoke. I'm guessing alien robots.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 23 дні тому

      My friend had to send my toothbrush in the post to me. I thought it was funny but maybe the video is not very clear 😂

  • @admjski
    @admjski 27 днів тому

    Nah they 100% taste different 😋

  • @wayneclement7201
    @wayneclement7201 27 днів тому

    Do you use a tail pack? You didn't show how you carry the tent etc

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay 27 днів тому

      Tent and sleeping mat in the bar bag, sleeping bag and clothes in the saddle bag

  • @jaysee2213
    @jaysee2213 Місяць тому

    I've been a motorcyclist for 20 years and now ride mountain bikes so avoid the road as much as possible but in England there are always stretches that need to be done on the road. EVERY TIME I'm on a road I'm amazed at how people are willing to put cyclists in danger!

  • @robtyman4281
    @robtyman4281 Місяць тому

    Most cyclists DO use them. It's the 'lycra speedsters on £3500 road bikes thst don't.... Because they either think they're in the Tour de France, or that cycle lanes are for 'wimps'. Honestly that is the thinking and mindset of these people (MAMILS)....with their high powered jobs in finance or ironically, insurance! lol. Imo alot of them are just pretentious insufferable twats who think far too much of themselves; and who view everything else as an 'object' that's in their way...... including cars.

  • @joshlock925
    @joshlock925 Місяць тому

    Well good ride that!

  • @rhyssheridan3642
    @rhyssheridan3642 Місяць тому

    I live 5 mins away from that beach. Shoreham is amazing place

  • @BazNard
    @BazNard Місяць тому

    No more cockney s in Sussex

  • @toma.w1820
    @toma.w1820 Місяць тому

    Ah ive cycled a lot of this with my dad. Weve done the reverse, shoreham to bramber then to henfield then southwater etc. Weve only got one section of the downslink left.

  • @likelikelikelikelikelike3971
    @likelikelikelikelikelike3971 Місяць тому

    Great you were off road and not holding up the traffic. Love cycling and a great route. Thanks for posting this

  • @robinbiswas7047
    @robinbiswas7047 Місяць тому

    Welcome to the south coast. The Downslink is our favourite route.

  • @effyleven
    @effyleven Місяць тому

    The Downs Link.. great...but I wish it was still a railway, though.

  • @beardwierd2783
    @beardwierd2783 Місяць тому

    Quorn picnic eggs? There is so much wrong with that.

  • @eggtool54
    @eggtool54 Місяць тому

    Done it a great ride XX

  • @nickbullows6842
    @nickbullows6842 Місяць тому

    Ahh I live next door to shoreham a village called lancing

  • @Avito_yt
    @Avito_yt Місяць тому

    I live on the outskirts of London too in a town called Edinburgh

  • @mikehedges5954
    @mikehedges5954 Місяць тому

    A great ride. As a variation, you can also hop onto the South Downs Way before Shoreham to go over the top towards Ditchling (and Brighton and beyond). Lovely downhill roll into Brighton that way.

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay Місяць тому

      That's useful, thanks! Although quite enjoyed not having to do Ditchling on this route to be honest 😅

    • @mikehedges5954
      @mikehedges5954 Місяць тому

      @@JakeMay agreed. It’s a real pleasure to avoid 😉 Although if you do ever fancy going up the SDW from the Downslink, it does have nice grassy walks (on the steeper bits) and more gentle slopes to ride up. So, a much nicer experience all round 😀 Great videos & thanks for sharing.

  • @CarlHarwatt
    @CarlHarwatt Місяць тому

    full video coming?

    • @JakeMay
      @JakeMay Місяць тому

      Not for this ride but plenty in the bank waiting for me to have time to edit! Treehouse cycling trip this weekend..!

  • @willelliot8928
    @willelliot8928 Місяць тому

    I’ve tripped on acid whilst waking the first parts of your journey

  • @mister_M.
    @mister_M. Місяць тому

    Nice