Bike touring Germany week 1 | Harder than we thought
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2022
- Is cycling through Germany in 2 weeks too much? With low fitness exhaustion kicks in and we have doubts. Week 1 of our AMAZING WORLD BIKE TOUR is hard
In episode two we cover week one of our final big test, a 1000 kilometer trip from the north of Germany to the south. Our journey continues in Rotenburg an der Wümme where we had spend our first night with our first warmshowers host ever. We follow the river Weser for a total of four days, before we break away from it and take the shortest route to Kassel as our bodies are exhausted and Arev is in a lot of pain due to an inflammation of her hamstrings.
Weser long distance cycling way: www.weserradweg-info.de
Warmshowers: www.warmshowers.org
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Thank you so much for watching! Arev & Mathias
Sehr schön! Great ride guys, now subscribed!
Thanks. Way to go! 😉
That dancing montage was so uplifting!
Yeah, I guess one can feel how we felt in that moment 😄
very good video guyz, we will wait for moreeee
Thank you so much Arman! That means a lot to us! And we are working hard to get the next one out ASAP ;-)
Very nice to see you guys teaching the people out there to celebrate life!
Great that you see it that way 😉
greetings from a new subscriber from The Netherlands I am 67 and will start next year on my European tour thank you for showing there is pain as well as joy on the tour and not everything is roses but indeed when you go uphill there is the reward of going down with speed😅😅
That sounds amazing! Yes we try to reflect on what is moving us at the time. In the beginning there is quite some pain :-D
We met quite some cyclists that startet some very serious bicycle touring when they ended their professional life. All the best for your trip.
Well done guys! Truly amazing and inspirational video! Thank you for sharing and safe travels!
Thanks so much! Enjoy the journey 😃
Well done you two! I am taking inspiration from your adventures as I look ahead to my own bikepacking and ultracycling events in 2023. Thank you for taking the time to document your journey, which I will follow eagerly. Safe travels!
Thank you very much! Your words motivate us a lot!☺
Great job guys. Your fitness levels will come and your touring levels with it. Super last two videos. Keep going!! JP
Thank you so much! It was quite some work to edit. Took us most of the last two weeks 🤯🥵
@@AmazingWorldBikeTour I've done some complicated edits myself and I know how long they take. It was very entertaining and your editing skills put mine to shame!. Thanks for uploading.
@@Biking360 that is so kind of you to say. Thank you!
Of all the places to bike I think Germany must be one of the best - the nature is so beautiful, the weather is so often good and for the most part the country is so well organised and clean - love watching these routes you're taking.
Hey Örn. Yes our first bike touring in Germany was much more interesting and fun then we had expected. It is a good country to cycle, but we like it genetally better when there is more open nature and not so many people.
Wait til you see NL, the Dutch and the Deutsch know their cycleways
Thoroughly enjoying your videos, thanks for sharing and safe travels!
Thank you Mikheil. There is a lot more to come!
Love your dancing so cool and a good laugh..gold..living the dream..good on you guys..so inspirational
Thank you so much Tusky!
Looking back this outburst of joy probably was the moment when we decided in our hearts to cycle around the world ;-)
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Great film well done to you both liked it at 21 mins when the music got upbeat lol
😅 everybody needs some fun!
Gut gemachte Filme. Herzliche Glückwünsche. Andreas aus Polen.
Lieben Dank! 😊
You seem to have some nice cycleways in Germany. A nice week on the road and a great introduction to you both for cycle touring. Jay
Yes we do. There are countless excellent long-distance cycleways all over Germany. One can literally go everywhere with little contact with cars. They also connect to the EuroVelo routes!
Enjoying the video keep it up ❤
So glad you liked it. You can follow our whole development from bloddy beginners to somewhat seasoned cyclists on our channel 😅
Oh boy, this reminds me of my first tour: day 2 a migraine from h-ll, day 3 knee pain so I had to walk, day 4 fever and a cold. And dispite that i still love bike touring! Great videos!
Wow, so glad that it did not stop you from loving cycling!
And thanks for your kind words. We put an silly amount of effort in the editing. Very happy that people appreciate that 😀
Thank you for sharing your experience. I agree with others that there are no rules when bike touring so if taking a day off or using a train is needed, go for it.
Very interesting 😀😀😀
Thanks. The struggle was really, but we couldn't stop 😅
Yeah, starting out slow and building up is key. Listen to your body and rest when needed. If you start too hard, you just end up injuring yourself...
80k a day is a fine pace. But, stuff happens, so a hard and fast schedule should not be your master. Good luck and safe travels! Stop and smell the roses. :)
Stopping for the roses is a beautiful idea :)
The map graphic is a good addition.
Thanks. If you have ideas on where we can improve we will try our best!
There are days when it gets tough , sometimes , I have to rest every 10-15 minutes , not always a bad thing because I drink some water , failing to drink enough is a common mistake even for experienced cyclists as is eating little and often . Around here , in France , its just one long long hill after another , I sometimes take a break half way up , or sometimes stop to take a photograph , so practising starting off on hills is handy . Well done .
Yes, especially the drinking is fundamental. We try to remember each other to drink all the time, but often it is still not enough...
Drinks with high concentrations of sodium are necessary for intense or endurance rides. Between 500-1,000mg of sodium per liter of fluid is recommended for long-duration exercise. Hydration drinks should also contain other electrolytes lost with sweat, like potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The other golden rule is eat before you are hungry. There is a term called "bonking" - Bonking is a dreaded experience and occurs when the body becomes functionally depleted of glycogen.
Well done you two, hope it gets better for you.
Why only one front pannier on the orange bike? This will add to your fatigue if the weight isn’t balanced.
However, way to just go for your goals.
Thanks a lot. This was the final test tour. We did not have all the equipment for a world tour since we were not 100% certain that we are cut out for all this :-)
Actually 3 of the panniers were from a friend of ours, but she only had 1 small for the front.
Good morning 🤗🤗🤗
Same to you!
Good video
Could you post your route please. Would you recommend this route for someone not from your area?
Also interested in your equipment. Specifically, front rack and panniers. When I did my ride down the pacific coast last summer, I couldn’t get any shop to put on a front rack. Something about fiberglass forks not compatible with racks. made the bike back heavy.
I recreated our route on komoot which we use for planning. You should be able to download the gps data from there even without login in:
www.komoot.com/tour/987400006
Please let me know if it works for you.
We would recommend that route if you want to cross Germany north to south, but there are many dedicated long distance routes that should be just as good.
If you are interested in cycling in Europe the "Eurovelo" routes are a great starting point!
We will do some dedicated content about our equipment, what worked well in the future. I would imagine that fiberglass is too delicate to take the additional beating that comes with the extra weight of a rack and panniers.
We use the "Tubus Tara" front rack and our panniers are from Ortlieb. No complaints.
Socks and sandals ❤❤❤
German 😅
What bicycle brands and tire size do you use? :)
Both 26 inch.
Arev: MTB cycletec Andale, steel frame, second hand, about 15 years old
Mathias: Velotraum, aluminum, second hand, about 7 years old
You might have figured this out by now, when you are very tired and still have many Km to go, get and drink a Coca Cola. The caffeine and sugar will get you to your camp site. You should plan a rest day after 4 days. Your bodies need to have a day off. I will ride no more than 240km about 4 days then take a day or two off. I try to plan to be in a big town where I can visit museums and see monuments.
Hey Jean,
while we are not very big Coke drinkers we have an incredible intake of chocolate bars and cookies :-)
And yes, we will try to slow down in the future. It is not a race, right?
Why not take the train if you're tired? Most importantly, you need to have fun.
Silly reason. We set the bar (maybe a little high) but did not want to fall short.
We still had fun though. Would we recommend to push it so hard? Probably not 😅
01:31 What kind of act was that, chasing that bird?
I wouldn't call that chasing. Seems ridiculous to even think of chasing a bird with a bicycle 😉
@@AmazingWorldBikeTourJust don't do it again, it is rude and unnecesary. We bike lovers should respect nature. For the rest I like your video, best regards from another bike traveller in Spain
Mag Euren Kanal sag mit wieviel Kapital seid ihr aufgebrochen ich plane ähnliches und das würde mich interessieren gruss aus Wien
Wir haben geplant mit 15€ am Tag zurecht zu kommen. Wegen der Inflation wird das aber knapp für uns und unseren bisherigen Reisestil.
Kommt natürlich total auf den benötigten Komfort an. Wenn man sehr günstig selber kocht und nie eine Unterkunft nimmt reicht das bestimmt locker. Es ist aber sehr leicht mehr auszugeben.
Versicherung haben wir separat zurückgelegt.
Viel Erfolg, lass dich nicht unterkriegen!
I have yet to see a fast E biker but I have however almost been mowed down by a few ultra cyclists who train I guess. They almost run anyone off the paths so irritating..if they're going to fly around they need to train on the road
Yes. Touring Germany was kind of specific as we did mostly use long distance cycling routes, that are frequented by so many people doing little day and weekend trips. These days they are often too narrow for the amount of people and e-bikes are generally on the wider side, not to mention us with fully loaded touring bikes.
We feel like in Germany road cyclists tend to share the roads with cars, as our cycling infrastructure is quite often too bumpy and narrow for them. This upsets motorists as they often assume that only motorised vehicles may use the road they are on.
Sir, from what I can tell, your saddle is way too high as well. Capture a little video from the side and review it. Wishing you many happy, and healthy, miles.
Thanks! Really? We did not get it measured as we bought it second hand. I do not feel an issue with the height of the seat. How to tell though? We are both just gaining experience in touring as it is fairly new for us. To me it feels like I would love the bike to be a little longer if that makes any sense?
His pelvis is rocking from left to right - yup, to high indeed.
@@AmazingWorldBikeTour you can get a longer stem without problems, measure what have and order a longer one.
@joramvandervorst7715 thanks. We changed around my riding position a lot since shooting this footage. Main problem is that the frame is too short (not enough reach). Turns out I have short legs. I would need a different frame actually. We tried with much longer stems, but that brings the butt back as well, sitting on the nails of the Brooks.
I think you have planned to do too much from the beginning. I would maybe only have done 50km per day for the first two days. That way I can rest before my body is exhausted. My friend who cycled from the Netherlands to China had a target of around 60km per day, and if she did more, she did more. She also took rest days.
Yes, that sounds like a sensible approach. We just had no idea how big the strain is when cycling day after day.
We will get better at this 😬
Wow! I'm going with a much lighter load: no panniers. Everything front/center mounted on the bike. I've planned a route that has many smaller cities and here in the U.S., we have truck stops! So you can always find one and they usually have very nice convenience stores and at least one restaurant (fast food yuk) where you can grab a bite.
You're hungry because biking just 20 miles can burn over a 1,000 calories and you two are biking 3 times that every day!
I would recommend energy bars and bananas and pickle juice (for cramp avoidance) while you're cycling.
Again, I LOVE the 'real' feel of your videos; not over-edited. Just straight up raw footage! Fantastic!
Another rookie mistake, when touring (the pros will tell you) is thinking about completing a 'set' number of km per day. 60 k per day is more than enough. That way you can 'stop and smell the roses,' which is why you're out there, right? And you should ALWAYS be a nice husband! When a woman gives you her time, her life, it deserves nothing less! Step up your game Mathias! :D
Stay safe! Another great video!
Are you gonna be that light on your round the world too? Truck stops are the best! Yes, we figured that too. We are eating all day long :D
We will try to keep it like this, thanks a lot :)
You are so right, I will give my very best! (Mathias :-D)
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Yes, very light. I have racks front and rear with good-sized travel bags.
Not taking cooking gear or much except rain gear, tent and hammock, couple changes of clothes, hygiene items, cold weather gear (jacket/pants/gloves), tools and medical emergency kit. It all fits centerline on the bike. The bags came with 'built-in' panniers but I found you can roll up your wet-weather gear, waterproof boots and light jackets in them and they zip right into the bags-so nothing hangs. :D
I'll be utilizing Warm Showers, also and truck stops for showers (truckers always have extra shower credits to share) and my budget allows for one or two night a month in a paid room to rest my legs.
Best to you both! Stay safe!