Bicycle Touring America's Longest Rail Trail - The Katy Trail
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Here we go on another adventure. Ive been waiting to get to this trail for years. So glad to finally get to America's longest Rail Trail. coming in at 239.6 miles, The Katy Trail traverses Missouri from east to west. Stay tuned as I roll one of the nicest trails in the country from Machens To Clinton Missouri.
The Katy Trail: • The Katy Trail
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264 miles sounds like a super great week to me. Old cycling guy here in Ireland loving your videos. Recon I’ll never get to tour in the US but these films are the nearest and great. Happy trails.
Thanks for watching, someday i'll make it over that Ocean and ride Europe.
I'm from South Africa 🇿🇦 I hope to come ride such a trail in the USA one day... Thanks for displaying your country, I watch a lot of Ryan van Duzer's trips too... Very inspiring. A must do for myself... Even that Ragbrai looks awesome... One day man... One day! 🙌 Awesome video
Hope you get here soon. Come on over, lots of travels to ride.
No schedule, no deadlines; no hurries, hopefully no worries. This the way a bike tour should be done.
Just taking my time, always. I spend so much time thinking about bike touring when Im home and back at work, that when I finally make it back on tour I find it very easy to relax and be present in the situation without that whole "I got to get there", semi-competitive attitude. Ive been on bike tours with deadlines, and dates I had to be back by, and it kinda throws off my head game. If at all possible I try to travel open ended and the willingness to be open to direction change, no set schedule, and where ever the highway points me next. To me thats whats its all about. Hope to catch you out there Weezle.
Here’s our story of cycling Missouri from St. Louis to West Coast. We got some cycling maps from Missouri DNR that were just beautiful, all the roads color coded for safety. Flooding was heavy that Spring so we headed south thru Potosi. The maps were total fantasy. There wasn’t a safe cycling road down there. We would divert to get on “safe” roads only to find heavy high speed traffic with no shoulders, just drainage on the side. Walked half way across the state on SR 8 to Rolla. So glad to see Missouri has begun to develop its bike structure. Still for me, Missouri has some of the most dangerous cycling roads I’ve ever ridden. Narrow, high speed, rolling hills, and lots of narrow turns and no shoulders. Stunningly beautiful place but not a cycling paradise.
That sounds like a tough one, hard for me to not like Missouri because I was on The Katy Trail the entire way across the state. The roads I did ride, were super quiet and very nice. Thanks for watching.
Didn’t expect a reply but you got me thinking about our cycling adventures crossing Missouri. I looked at the states newest cycling route map and it is still showing Hwy 8 as being a moderately safe route. It is really treacherous. When we arrived in Rolla the woman at the motel shuddered when we told her we rode 8. We have lots of family in Missouri so we go back there often. The roads are still not cycling friendly. That is why we are happy to see the Katy being developed. It also shows a change in the mentality of citizens of the state. It is a conservative place where it can take a good deal of persuasion to gain acceptance of something new. To see the number of cyclist increasing is encouraging. Because as we all know, seeing the world by bike is the greatest. Keep your vids coming. We enjoy them immensely.
Missouri is beautiful, so are the people!
Had a great time in The Show Me State.
Nice video. Especially love the drone footage. What a great trail!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Liked your idea of left of center smv badge placement.
Thanks for another riveting episode. Terrific camera work and editing. Thank you for the foresight in documenting all of this. Inspirational.
Thanks for watching, what great ride.
So good I just watched it again.I want to ride this someday soon.
Awesome, thanks for watching it again. You are the man.
That is one heck of a trail. Stop at everything sounds good to me. Take care and stay safe, Al
Its really an awesome trail, cant wait to do it again.
Really good stuff! I enjoyed the ride and insight into the KT. Thanks for sharing! Look forward to checking out more of your adventures. Cheers😎👍
Welcome aboard! Many adventures to come.
So good i had to watch it twice. french dip
I rang that bell just for you, buddy. Appreciate the double view, lets get some sandwiches.
@@TravelingThru222 LOL
@@TravelingThru222 we should do a day ride dude. 1/2 way between me, here in Philly, and wherever the fuck you are
Beautifful day for to bike packing..
Thanks shearing your vidios.
Glad you like them!
@@TravelingThru222 yes my friend..
I like this..👍👍👍
I’m currently biking across America and my route doesn’t go through the Katy Trail. I feel I might have to change my route. I’ve been told it was a beautiful trail. I did the GAP on my trip and I enjoyed it. So I’ll figure that out. Amazing video!
You won't regret detouring to ride Americas longest Rail Trail, a week of no cars, no dogs, and not worrying about shoulders. If you can swing it, The Katy is well worth it. I rode 144 miles of The C&O this year on my way out west. Seems like we are going the same way. At the end of The Katy is the town of Clinton, Then if you ride to Osawatomie Kansas, straight west, that starts The Flint Hills Nature trail, longest trail in Kansas, seventh longest trail in the country. Its about 100 miles long and so beautiful. Hope this helps you on your trip. Let me know how it goes. But I cant speak highly enough of The Katy Trail.
See you on the road.
Summer June 2021 so much rain!.... trail washed out and even went under water,
had to get off at Jefferson City and get back on at Sadelia.
Was enjoyable when, it wasn't raining blinding torrents..no regrets🙂 tho
Sounds like a tough one, but always great memories. Glad you had fun, catch you on the trail.
Excellent!!! Very beautiful! Very zen!!! I love french dips!💯💯💯
Thank you 😋
Cool vid.
awesome bro. keep on gettin it 🤘 shout out from hampstead md 🚲
Thanks! Will do! You're close to The Torrey C. Brown Trail, Ill be back to ride that in its entirety at some point. See you on the road.
There are so many abandoned railways in the country; I hope other states do the same thing.
Glad you enjoyed Missouri. St. Charles is my hometown I live 4 miles from the trailhead. I ride the Katy all the time
Hey, St. Charles is a great place, right along The Missouri. Thats awesome you have access to this amazing trail everyday. Its hard to pinpoint which section of the trail was my favorite, just had a really great time out there. Stay tuned for Kansas.
Lived 5 great years in St.Louis. The Katy was just a little path along the Missouri back then. So glad to see it turned into what it is today. These great trails are a treasure.
Awesome! Glad you are enjoying the ride.
The Katy Trail is a great ride. See you out there.
Hoping to ride this trail in the future 🙂
What a great trail, cant wait to ride it again. Hope to see you out there.
Hopefully you're getting lots of solar and enjoying the Katy. You're going to be able to eat like a king along the trail. TEBIDS is a Highly Suggested stop Hostel, Showers Bed Kitchen and Low price.
Thanks for the tips.
Trail looks sweet. Damn.
Had a great time out there.
GAP trail continues into the C&O trail, together they're 355 miles. The only reason it's not "longer" is they're not considered the same trail even though they meet.
Yep.
Great video! Such a peaceful trail.
Had an awesome time on The Katy, you're going to have a great time next year.
What up
I am from Montréal Québec
And i would like to hit these trails.
I see you are a simple and humble guy.
I like that 2.
I hope u will come to Canada to hit some nice trails 2.
I might just be up in Alberta later this year, see you on the trail. Thanks for watching.
Lee's Summit,MO. to Alton, IL.
There's a rails to trails in Tulsa also called Katy I heard trails are being built to connect it to Katy in Missouri
I didn’t know about the Tulsa trail, maybe I’ll check that out sometime. Thanks for the tip. The Midwest is massively developing bike routes, I was shocked when I rode across. Can’t wait to get back out there. See you in the trail.
Nice to see you checking out the Katy. I'm not much of a bicycle Rider but I want to be for the week it would take me to get across. Looking to park near the beginning and ride the train back from Sedalia. Can't wait to see the rest of this trail on your journey.
Awesome, you're going to have a great time out there. Theres not much out at the eastern terminus. Might have to park in St. Charles and take a shuttle up to Machens. Some people start in St. Charles though. Have a great trip. More Katy Videos coming soon.
@@TravelingThru222 I'm nervous about not being an experienced of a rider. I do thousands of miles every year on motorcycles, which uses some of the same muscle groups but my conditioning for bicycling isn't as good as it should be.
Nice!
Thanks for watching.
@@TravelingThru222 You're welcome. Perhaps you'd like to watch this: m.ua-cam.com/video/uwJx6EpqiWI/v-deo.html
If you swoop into New Mexico your going to have to give us a Breaking Bad Vibe
see what I can do.
@@TravelingThru222 Hope your cell signals stays strong and you can soke up plenty of solar for your gear.
Dron flight view nature beautiful
Many thanks
thanks! luv it.
Thanks for watching.
Imagine the train running on that route. Wow
Its really an amazing feat. They built the trail all in a flood plain because it was flat and straight. The K and T Rail Line. KT.
It still does run on that corridor from Clinton,MO to KS
Does this trail have electrical outlets (say, in nearby towns, or bathrooms)?
(For charging one’s battery or batteries.)
Addendum: some *are* shown near the end. The chief issue, then, is finding an outlet every twenty to forty miles, as well as power where one crashes for a night…
You could find power from time to time, but I would bring a battery bank.
Awesome, that trail is a bucket lister for sure. Would the surface work for a roadie like me? 23mm road tires
The Katy was such a great ride. looking forward to doing it again. 23mm should work fine, if you get around squishy areas you might run into issues. The Katy Trail is hard packed crushed limestone, you should be fine. Hope to see you out there.
@@TravelingThru222 Thanks! It is my goal to eventually ride the thousands of miles of rail trails in the midwest. I am in OH so I don't know how long til I have time to make it to MO
Thanks !
No problem!
Squirrel! =D
Hello there, what is the best none-rainy seasons to go for The Katy Trail please ?
The summer would be you’re best bet. Can’t wait to do it again.
I'm afraid that the Katy might be really boring scenery though. Is it just flat farmland mostly?
Yeah, some say its a boring trip. Its definetly a lot of trail. Its basically flat, The first half follows the Missouri River which makes things interesting and also has large bluffs, the western half, say from Columbia to Clinton is like cornfields. But beautiful sunsets and sunrises, plus longest rail trail in America as of now. The Cowboy Trail in Nebraska is scheduled to extend to the longest trail. The Katy is worth riding, but Yes, there are more exciting trails. I cant wait to ride it again.
@@TravelingThru222 Thanks for the info. I have done the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal Towpath Trail which were both great. Maybe I will do the Katy or the Erie Canalway Trail next!
is this the same katy trail that goes through uptown dallas?
This is good ol' Missouri. End to End.
Epic, looks very peaceful. Does the KT run all the way through Missouri to Kansas?
The Katy runs from Machens MO, to Clinton MO. Leaving about 80 miles to the Kansas Line. Not too much out there but the wind.
Actually the Katy trail goes from Clinton Mo to Machens, Mo 237.7 miles. There is a spur trail - The Rock Island Spur that goes from Pleasant Hill Mo just west of Kansas City Mo (47.5miles) to the Katy Trail. Sept 2020 I ran the entire length on foot from Clinton to Machens in 3 days 10 hours. Great experience.
Railfans hate this
Ok
Who's playing your music for this?
I use strictly UA-cam music for the audio library.
What time of year did you ride the trail....it looks nice and green but you are wearing a coat? Enjoy the trail...it's a great ride!!
I was on The Katy at the end of April, had some chilly nights for sure. The coat Im wearing replaces a Patagonia Fleece I always wore, but I found this Enlightened Equipment Apex Torrid that is way warmer and half the weight, plus it had a hood. The coat is more a backpacking item, but it will be with me on many trips to come.
Awesome! What’s your bike? 🤔
Never mind! Trek 520 😂
Thats it, haha. Thanks for watching.
Hi. What is your opinion on people who use recumbents bicycles to go bike touring? I'm asking because I have a 3-wheel recumbent bike with electric assist.
I say if it makes you feel free and you feel good when you ride it, Then thats good enough. 3 Wheeler with electric assist, sounds like one sweet, laid back, chilling cruise to me. Personally Ive never thought about owning one, standard bicycle just works for me. I see no problem with anybody riding anything they want. Hope to see you on the road sometime.
how wide of a tire are you running on your touring rig and did you have any issues on the surface on the KT?
I was running 38x700's, I had no issues on the trail, no sinking and I never felt as if I should be moving faster. Thats one sweet ride.
Another great vid from TT! You seem to do very well solo, if I may ask,what is your secret?
When I’m on the road feelings of loneliness never creep in. I’m too occupied enjoying the view.
I rode the Trans -Am 2018 and took a detour to ride the full length of the Katy Trail the most boring part of my ride sorry each to there own. Give me the Rockies any day.
Thats too bad.