Epic Adventures at Home!

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • After some beautiful traveling it was time to get back to bombing around on the Industrial Gravel and all the weird cuts in my home town. All of the weirdness and abandoned Akron glory is on display in this ride. Rust Bel Gravel grinding at its finest.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 78

  • @Thrillhous.e
    @Thrillhous.e Рік тому +7

    Bike adventuring across an abandoned gymnasium is bucket list worthy (and a tiny bit spooky) Great video!

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      I hope someone salvages a lot of that place before the vandals completely destroy it.
      Thanks!

  • @carlhansen9512
    @carlhansen9512 Рік тому +3

    Post-industrial apocalyptic adventure riding. Love it!

  • @SvenLokkenson
    @SvenLokkenson Рік тому +4

    Looks super fun.....you captured the freedom of the bicycle well! Your tires must have a good immune system. ;)

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому

      Yeah! Those tires actually have tubes in them now - but a bunch of tread(and luck) too.

  • @TheLankyCyclist
    @TheLankyCyclist Рік тому +3

    Need to get caught up with vids. Really digging the music on this one! Some great riding as well!

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      I love that first tune - all their music is good. Can’t believe it isn’t copyrighted.
      I can’t believe Ben found even more new cuts!

    • @DIY-DaddyO
      @DIY-DaddyO Рік тому +1

      ​@@TimFitzwaterNo copyright music that sounds cool!?!? I'm all over that...

  • @WheelersAtLarge
    @WheelersAtLarge Рік тому +16

    Brilliant! Reminds me of the kind of stuff we used to do as kids. Must get out and enjoy shredding the local streets and trails around town. Fantastic ride 👍

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +3

      Thanks! I feel like a kid when we do rides like this. Exploring every interesting/strange part of the city.

    • @ajbarnes777
      @ajbarnes777 Рік тому +2

      Was just about to comment the same thing. Good times :)

    • @Lughnerson
      @Lughnerson 6 місяців тому +1

      I'm near retirement age and yes, this reminds me of those early days on my bikes. The age when we start going off on our own, which is why I like this type of riding and exploring.

  • @Cycling-Brian
    @Cycling-Brian Рік тому +3

    Out exploring, like when we were all “up to no good” kids? Looks like a blast!

    • @WheelersAtLarge
      @WheelersAtLarge 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, those were great times! It's good to be that way again, if only for a moment every now and then 😁👍

  • @neildrabinski3330
    @neildrabinski3330 Рік тому +3

    Perfection. I would like this a million times if they would let me.

  • @robertgraves3215
    @robertgraves3215 Рік тому +1

    I can't say you guys don't ride enough . Thought of y'all going across the Arigoni Bridge , Middletown-Portlandia , CT river . Today I picked up an awesome Austro Daimler Pathfinder roadie for 100 bucks, barn find , totally, unbeleivably mint. The 45+ year old Austrian Semperit tires look brand new, and still hold air! Amazing. It went in the BOB trailer, sans seatpost , on its back, wheels strapped to the sides. Held down with old inner tubes. ride was about 50 miles round trip. I am so fucking toast. The air is finally sort of breathable. Thanks for making colorful art out of that industrial death zone. Tim makes it up the insanely gnarly factory terrace path while other kid- riders cave, cry and testify. Yep, he's still got it!

  • @hellogreg1973
    @hellogreg1973 7 місяців тому +1

    Love the freewheeling vibes

  • @esromoski
    @esromoski Рік тому +1

    So good! Def need to get back up there to ride with y’all again soon

  • @alexanderrigda7002
    @alexanderrigda7002 Рік тому +1

    I could watch this all day. Great vid!

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому

      Thanks! You'll have to come down and hit some of these cuts one day.

  • @williamlebron9873
    @williamlebron9873 Рік тому +1

    That was most DEFINITELY a EPIC ride. GREAT video. 🍻CHEERS🍻

  • @miguelvillarreal1484
    @miguelvillarreal1484 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for bringing us along on your adventure!

  • @rogerhart612
    @rogerhart612 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video. Great sound track. That looked like a fun ride. Very cool.👏👏

  • @kmccarr
    @kmccarr Рік тому +1

    A bike should bring out that sense of adventure and the little kid in everyone, rather than just “stats”. If you only focus on beating your last time, and never wondering what’s down that road or path, you’re missing out on life. Great video as always.

  • @mesagoat
    @mesagoat 11 місяців тому +1

    rad rollin' glad to gitta glimpse o' the mexican biers finale!

  • @rustyshackleford9498
    @rustyshackleford9498 Рік тому +2

    Looks like an awesome route!

  • @Ey_up
    @Ey_up Рік тому +1

    Now thats a choon!

  • @joshwilson3407
    @joshwilson3407 Рік тому +1

    Wooohoooo! 🚲✳️

  • @DAMN55117
    @DAMN55117 Рік тому +1

    very nice

  • @markday1714
    @markday1714 Рік тому +1

    great content big fun ! question: Do you guys always walk the trestles?

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому

      A lot of the ones we cross are abandoned and not safe enough to ride - this one there is no point to ride because you can’t get onto it or off it with out hoping off the bike anyways.
      So the answer is “most of the time”.

  • @bah5310
    @bah5310 Рік тому +2

    And the ride by the numbers?

  • @liljuz1981
    @liljuz1981 Рік тому +1

    whats the first song in the vid?

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      I have the band linked in the description- the song is called Sylvia.

  • @bradvenenga8600
    @bradvenenga8600 4 місяці тому

    What is the first track Silvia on the video?

  • @stephenmorton8017
    @stephenmorton8017 Рік тому +5

    The tetanus loop?

  • @jameshuggins4300
    @jameshuggins4300 Рік тому +7

    Awesome video Tim!! Thats why I ride cuz it makes me feel like a kid again!!👊

  • @paulaspinall919
    @paulaspinall919 Рік тому +5

    “Tim n the Kidults in post dystopian Akron!”
    Wow there is a heap of derelict land and buildings. Great ride. Great fun.

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +2

      Yeah - post-Industrial for sure. Might as well make the most of it! 😎

    • @DIY-DaddyO
      @DIY-DaddyO Рік тому +2

      Kidults, not heard that before, brilliant word. Sums up this style of ride out perfectly.

  • @tahoward818
    @tahoward818 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for a glimpse into you area’s industrial past. Your capable camera work and crisp editing enhance the story. And the music is fun.

  • @TEG7651
    @TEG7651 Рік тому +3

    RIDE it like you're 12, pure FREEDOM

  • @hoboesque_
    @hoboesque_ 7 днів тому +1

    😆my isp provider dropped yesterday and my first thought was . Shoot! I planned to watch Tim fitzwater videos with my dinner . I so love the first song on this video .

  • @TheRickurb
    @TheRickurb Рік тому +2

    Real friends help you get the sticks out

  • @JDandy
    @JDandy Рік тому +1

    You had me with the Fish in the beginning. I want to (attempt) to ride those stairs sometime.

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      Yeah - I need to try them again. I think its possible. The Fisher is getting a new home and parts swap over at Dirty River.

  • @christopherwebb3517
    @christopherwebb3517 Рік тому +2

    Great video! The Rust Belt in all its glory.

  • @DIY-DaddyO
    @DIY-DaddyO Рік тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant ride out and great music too. This kind of fun, exploring about on any kind of bike, well maybe ATB bikes, is what's been lost in biking. Sometimes it not about long distance at high speeds or massive air on full sus, for most of us it's just a ride out, to see, to explore.
    Any UK viewers want to form a Kidult riding group?

  • @laivotajs
    @laivotajs Рік тому +2

    Nice ride!

  • @johnmclean8643
    @johnmclean8643 9 місяців тому +1

    Growing up near Boston in the 1970’s,we would sneak onto the trains 🚂,go into the City and explore all the abandoned buildings..It’s all developed now..Your videos remind me of those great times..Maybe it’s time to move to the Rust Belt 🏭🏣🏢🕋🧱🚲🍻

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  9 місяців тому +1

      The building in the thumbnail is being torn down as we speak. There is a lot around here to explore - though I wouldn't mind a bit of that redevelopment!

  • @TravelingThru222
    @TravelingThru222 Рік тому +1

    Cool video, Looked like a fun ride.

  • @glennpettersson9002
    @glennpettersson9002 Рік тому +1

    The perfect go anywhere fun machine 😃

  • @ronstuff6330
    @ronstuff6330 Рік тому +1

    9:14 GO!!! GO!!! GO!!! GO!!! GO!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      I gave it my best shot! We had never ridden those strange stairs before.

    • @ronstuff6330
      @ronstuff6330 Рік тому +1

      It was a good run. I was impressed!
      @@TimFitzwater

  • @Cycling-Brian
    @Cycling-Brian Рік тому

    I’ve noticed that your riding areas don’t have the “homeless camps” that we tend to have in similar areas around my town. Mind you, the unhoused folks around here typically are friendly when I say hey to them, so it’s not a big deal. I was noticing the difference.

    • @TimFitzwater
      @TimFitzwater  Рік тому +1

      Lots of homeless camps where we ride. Same - everyone is nice and we always say hi. We were very close to the city center on a lot of these cuts - the city has been fairly harsh and most of the homeless have moved to places a little more secluded.

    • @Cycling-Brian
      @Cycling-Brian Рік тому +1

      @@TimFitzwater this makes sense. it’s one of those things that I notice due to my older brother’s experiences after he had two strokes.