Cycling the USA - 600 Miles through Texas // A Bike Touring Short Film // Part 13 - Texas, USA
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- Опубліковано 17 лют 2022
- Ever since we decided to cycle across the US we knew that crossing Texas would be a daunting and challenging part of our journey. And especially in the weeks leading up to the border to Texas we were getting more and more nervous about our upcoming endeavor.
We really didn’t know what to expect and were a bit intimidated & demotivated by what we had heard and read. But what awaited us in Texas really blew us away!
We met some of the most open-minded, travelled and generous people of our trip so far here, had great laughs, some agony and truly unique experiences. Even the vast emptiness everyone had “warned” us about turned out to be a refreshing change to the urban areas we’d experienced before.
Once again, this was an important reminder for us not to judge a place without having been there...
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I'm glad you found the real Texas.
I hope Texas people treated you as kindly as the people in Ansbach treated me for 2½ years in the 60s.
I discovered your channel a week ago and now I'm backtracking to watch from the beginning and I'm REALLY enjoying these videos and super impressed with how you keep going. I love seeing the world from this perspective but the thing I really enjoy most is when you encounter warm, generous people. It restores my faith in humanity!
Great to hear you're enjoying our videos! 😊
Excellent filming and editing, well done. It is good you are doing this while you are young, you will have lasting memories because when you start to get old your body just says NO and worse, your curiosity starts to die down.
Thank you 😊
Of course we love this video ♥️
Fantastic shots, gotta say your camera work is absolutely stellar. We're Americans and we've never chosen to tour in many of the places you guys are riding for various reasons, but your videos are making us reconsider our decision to avoiding touring in some of these places! We hope you guys are enjoying the desert southwest, we lived in Moab for the three years before heading out on our trip and Utah/New Mexico/Arizona/Nevada have a special place in our hearts.
Thank you so much! 😊 For us the US has been (and still is) a really interesting experience, not just from a cycling point of view, but in general, as essentially every impression we get here is a new one.
If we were to just look at the cycling aspect though, there would be some sections, especially further east, that we wouldn’t do again. Starting in Louisiana / Texas, the landscape has gotten a lot nicer (and different), making the cycling more interesting as well. 😅
I guess what we’re trying to say is that you may perceive cycling here differently to us, if you already know all these impressions / places from before. 😅
I could imagine traveling by bicycle. I would love too. But I would need enough money to stay in hotels and eat mostly at restaurants. I couldn’t handle the camping and camp cooking. You two are very admirable. Still, I don’t admire you less for the occasional motel stop. Stay healthy.
I've bicycle toured both ways and yeah, hotels are much nicer. I did it in Japan mostly so I would have a secure place for my stuff and could get clean and could explore the city. In 6 weeks I camped only 3 times.😂 Expensive though, but it was worth every penny. My Japan trip would have been very different if I spent every evening sitting in a tent and not out exploring the cities I was in.
@@jodyssey9921 You're video seemed to imply you felt you were letting us down by staying in a hotel. I just wanted you to know this fan didn't feel let down at all and just wants you two safe and happy.
Guys, your documentation is incredible and not least editing and camera work. Such a joy to watch....safe journeys...🙂
Thanks! 😊
. Very good
I started watching my country’s video (Ecuador) and I couldn’t stop 😂.. I’m 2 more videos to finish your whole trip.. I have to say watching them is so relaxing I almost forget about the demons in my head 😅😅😅.. I wish I could do the same you’re.. please don’t stop doing it I’m your fan ❤
Glad you're enjoying them! 😊
Great Texas impressions. Tobias - the quality of the videos is getting better and better. Thanks for sharing the incredible journey with us. Have fun the two of you.
Thank you! 😊
@Chains & Chords I love your videos but I couldn't do it one hit by a car mirror or somebody drinking. It would just ruin the whole trip. There's people who've lost their lives and to me is it worth? It maybe and maybe not but I do like your videos just be really careful and always use a mirror like you have. I've seen it it's very dangerous out there
So cool, Your videos provided me with an after work 'virtual' cycling experience several thousand miles from my home. Excellent footage! Thanks so much!
That’s great to hear 😊 Thank you!
Thank you for visiting my home state.
I have been watching a lot of your videos on FireflyTV/youtube. This particular video was raw and and shown with truth. I certainly enjoyed it. Of course the prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan with their winds also to be dealt with. :)
Glad you liked it! 😊
Great job on this video. We have watched all of them and the quality is amazing!!
Hope the wind and snow storm passes soon.
Stay safe….
Lewis and Marilyn
Thanks guys 😊 We will probably still be stranded in Grand Canyon Junction today but hope to be able to continue tomorrow... but that means we have time to edit the next video! 😅
Land of the free but no camping!
Enjoying your adventures a lot.
Wow, this was the best vídeo so far, beautiful images, great editing and this amazing Texas sunlight. Congratulations and good luck!
Thanks 😊
There you have found the total freedom! I can feel with you! My way was 2'600 km trought australia - outback - that a bit the same. Enjoy your trip.
Sounds great! 😊
Trials and trebulations! You are so cool!
For your feet I would recommend the shimano xm9, rode with them in South America for years they are really perfect
Well darn...missed your trek through TX...
Was a long time ago already for us! 😅
@louisaandtobi. Ik...just came across your vids and getting caught up. Awesome job in storytelling btw! Best!
Everything is big in Texas.
True!
Awesome ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Thanks! 😊
I wish I would have known yall we're coming to Dallas!! I would have meet up with yall!
Great video
Thanks! 😊
All the accumulated experiences will make you wiser and stronger. That is life?
Traveler’s lament, “The sun has risen. The sun has set and we are still in Texas yet.”
New suscriptor from Guatemala living in jersey
Such a shame you're crossing the US in the winter. You're missing the most beautiful parts of Colorado and Utah which are full of National Parks. If ever in the USA again, please come through and check the Warmshowers in Grand Junction. My husband and I have cycle toured through many countries and would love to host you for a few day. Maggie & Ed
Thanks for the invitation! :)
Nice to got the lay over at my ole friends home in Aledo. I have known and grew up with Steve Bales since the 60's. I have to admire you cycles from a distance, since health and age when one is staring 70 in the Hill ahead,,,(@@)! Safe travels and everyone needs to visit Texas once before it dry's up and blows away,,hehe! Bear and Sammie, YT creators on Bears Rod Shop.
Thanks! Yea, we had a great stay at Steve’s place, even though we didnt get to meet him in person, unfortunately.
Mexico 🇲🇽 next 😎
There’s a famous Lyndon Johnson quote about being caught out in the rain in Texas.
Hey, thats a good idea those plastic bags on the stiering handle. For the cold and the rain?
Mostly for the cold! But we got some thicker gloves now and have gotten rid of the plastic bags. But they worked well. 😅
In the US, if you camp out of sight of the road for just one night, you’ll get away with it 99+% of the time.
Yup. When I bicycle tour, I always rough camp for free. I NEVER camp in a park, out in the open nor near any homeless people. The only time I ever was approached by police was on Navajo Reservation in AZ. He was real cool , gave me his card & said to call him if I ever had any problems while riding thru the Reservation. It was a big Reservation. Took a couple days to get thru it.
Cool video ps there no such thing as bad weather only bad gear ..cheaper to buy good waterproof gear in the long run than to spend few nights in hotel ..
True! But our waterproof gear definitely wasn’t cheap… and no waterproof gear is really waterproof in torrential rain! 😉
So cold! Were you expecting it to be so cold?? Hopefully it is warming up for you now.
Weren’t expecting it that cold... 😅
I love your videos. It is so weird, the United states are home of the free, but nothing in america is free! Especially in texas.
Thanks! 😊 Yea, out west now there is more public land though, so we’ve been able to camp there more 🙌
Wow. You really do not expect a BB to fail like that. I hope you were able to find a suitable replacement.
Yea, got it all sorted out quickly in Roswell. We also didn’t expect it to fail that quickly but apparently 5000 kms for a “not so high end” BB isn’t unusual... according to the bike mechanic and google 😅
@@louisaandtobi I’m a Shimano Hollowtech 2 fan. They hold together very well. Ultegra or XT level.
Too bad you’re not coming through Memphis.
@@louisaandtobi We've had good luck with our old fashioned square taper bottom brackets, Shimano UN55. We avoided the external cup style because despite the lighter weight, they seem to fail much faster. 14,000kms on our square tapers so far and they are still smooth and noise free. Hope your new BB holds out much longer than the previous one!
Yea, Louisa has the Hollowtech and that’s holding up fine so far.
We would have also assumed that a “basic” square taper easily lasts 10000+ kms... we’ll see how long this new one now lasts and if it fails again so quickly we’ll probably upgrade it to Hollowtech II.
You are the second person I know that had the bottom bracket broken. I lost my bottom bracket in the Chaco desert in Argentina and had to hitchhike and wobble and push my bike for 450 km until the first bike shop, where I barely escape of losing my frame!. I guess is one of the worst things that can happen with the bike!
Awesome scenery in Texas!
Yea, can’t really do much when the bottom bracket breaks!
Are you kidding? I'm. Not trying to doubt? You. But you walked your bike for 450km, that sounds crazy or did u hitchhike 450km
I ride here in Pennsylvania for 35 years .We have many options of roads here, but we have to learn where not to go .As well as put up with a lot of distracted bad drivers .
The last two falls seasons I`ve spent time cycling 9 Countrys of Europe . Loved it and have done some of your section in your videos . Alp Adria , Dolomites through Cortina Amprezza , Kotor Serpentine I `m wishing you the best and feel sorry for you having to experience our horrible biking infrastructure .I would have suggested Pacific North West ,New England states And the Appalachians back roads .Enjoy stay safe.
Go back to Slovenia Vrsic Pass And Soca river Valley was my favorite
Thanks! We will definitely come back to the US and cycle some other areas. 😊
Do not camp in the city parks , they are regularly policed. If you camp a short distance off any rural road , almost anywhere in the USA , in a clump of trees , out of sight behind a boulder , just about anywhere in a quiet non visible spot (from the road) for just one night ------- there is almost zero chance of being bothered by anyone.Just do not make the camp permanent , get in to your tent just as darkness falls , get up and out right after sunrise , and don't build a fire.This advice is for when you are in rural America ----- not the cities. Also , if your from Europe , the local police will almost always give you a pass ------ it is not worth their time to arrest or fine you because they know you are not going to be around to pay the fine. Just understand the police in America are mostly glorified revenue collectors for their municipalities . If there is no money to be made from you for the city they work for , they will just not bother fining or booking you. They only hassle local people for monetary reason . A European in the states for 90 days , they will just leave alone 99.999% of the time.
What song are you singing in store @ 15:10? Thanks!
"Society" by Eddie Vedder 😊
@ChainsandChords thanks, it was stuck I'm my head at work so I took some time to figure it out vs working on repairs ha
I got in the habit of sleeping under the stars when I couldn't find suitable camping. Obviously only acceptable when not expecting rain, but I found if I lay myself and my bike down behind a bush I could sleep right in the open and not be seen like I would even hidden in a tent. I slept in the middle of a town in a graveyard next to a 2 foot high rock wall one night. Always woke at first light and could be on the road in only a couple of minutes. I'd eat breakfast a few kms down the road.
Sorry you got hassled by the police.
You’re lucky it was a raccoon and not a bear.
You knew the job was dangerous when you took it one word gortex
Watching you have all of these problems in the US after watching all the rest of your videos in all the other countries makes me ashamed to be an American.
We really enjoyed our time in the US, so no worries! 😊
To find a safe place to camp, go to churches. Call the Paster and ask to stay in church yard.
You should watch our “New Mexico” video. 😉