A HUGE thank you to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to DrinkLMNT.com/APLUSK to get your free sample pack with any purchase. 📅 This video was filmed in mid July 2024 🚲 See all of our bikepacking gear: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/ ✨ Keep California beautiful and PLEASE follow Leave No Trace principles: lnt.org/why/7-principles/
@@AdventuresofAplusK not misleading from you - misleading from the company. I always feel that “free” with purchase is misleading. It’s great if you already are going to spend the $ on that product, but if you just want to try it out, not so much. Don’t worry about it. I think I was just in a grumpy mood when I wrote that 😁
Congrats on your first bikepacking trip! 70 miles through the Tahoe National Forest sounds like an epic adventure, and the views looked absolutly amazing. The tough parts and challenges you faced just make the trip even more memorable, and reaching the Sardine Lookout Tower must have felt so rewarding. Thanks for sharing - definitely inspired to try bikepacking myself one day!
Amazing effort on this trip! I can't imagine trying to bike, talk and film yourself but you somehow managed to do it and get some impressive shots! I love cycling, especially gravel riding so this got me excited to try some bikepacking in the future.
Good on you!!! Congrats on getting your first bikepacking adventure under your belts!!! And what a great trail!! Also, love the talking to the cows. :) I do the same. When they talk back someday, I will be worried. Thanks again for sharing!!
Well done! We rode in the area in June and will agree that it is beautiful there. We have a pic taken on that same overlook at Stampede. Looking forward to more of your bikepacking adventure vids. Cheers!
I love that you are getting into gravel riding and bikepacking!! One of my favorite things to do. Keep up this great content!! Love seeing you guys push yourselves. 😊
We're watching while resting after averaging days of 10 mile walks in Copenhagen and Malmo from seeing your content and our Google Flight capture of low fares. 👍
Well now you’re doing all the fun things I do! Glad to see you enjoyed the riding with gear. It can help you cover so much distance when the trails and gravel are right.
What a fun bike trip, that second morning looked like a beautiful day! It's fun because I started watching you guys and Ryan Van Duzer about the same time a few years ago so it's fun to see the worlds collide!
LOVE all your clips The backpacking and hiking are my Favorites as it gives me inspiration to get out and move on. Your video's ship is spot on. can't get enough of it. Drone videos also. However this bike video didn't really capture the experience I was looking for. Glad to see you two out there as I TRUELY LOVE and FOLLOW you. YOU GUYS KEEP it UP.. I lOOK FORWORD TO THE NEXT ADVENTURE. STAY SAFE . Peace
Awesome adventure video!! You guys do these fun and exciting activities and share them! It’s so inspiring to see. I’m not sure I’ll ever go bike packing but I’m thinking about it now.😊
Love your new adventure!!! As a backpacker I am very intrigued with what you packed and how it was carried. Please do a video or include this in another video. As always… we are glued to and love your experiences!!!!
Thanks! We planned on doing a gear rundown in this video but just ran out of time! We do have a write up of all our gear on our website here: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
Riding a bike is so fun, downhill! Looks like a beautiful setting but still a grueling path. I have a theory that kayak camping is 1 piece of equipment harder than what 99% of people are willing to do so you get the whole landscape to yourselves. Cool to hear that is how bike packing is, makes sense!
Hellow Adam & Kathryn! Adam, as a Louisiana born and raised guy, I have to ask if that crawfish e'touffee was as good as your thought it would be? Also, I'm SO glad that you brought that fly rod with you on this bike trip. Sorry you didn't have time for fishing this time...but you were prepared!!! Let me say for both of you ... if you younger bikers struggled a bit on those bikes, I would not even come close to getting up to that lookout at the top of the mountain. You would've seen be sitting there after I drove up.
Cool! I did that loop as my first bikepacking trip too. I used my iPhone and made a UA-cam video with a maybe 35 views ? I have the Redwood also and moved to a full suspension bike though to help my old body on the great divide. Hint .. get some thicker sleeping pads .. you’ll thank me. I have the ones you used too but upgraded and so glad I did !
For coffee we just used our backpacking stove, kettle, and some pour over coffee from a brand called Kuju. You can see all of our gear we took here: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
We haven't added it up, but you can see all of our gear at this post! If I had to guess, probably under $1,500 each adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
Great video! It's always fun to watch your adventures. Could you tell me the name of the book you referred to a few videos back when you were backpacking? You said it was encouraging you to be uncomfortable and do hard things.
As you guys age, like us old, active folks, consider pedal assist electric bikes with comfy seats. You still get the great workout. K would love as it helps her hand with A!
You can get really good hill climbing gearing on your bikes for steep hills. See your friendly neighborhood bike shop. Advice from old man: don’t be too hard on your knees.
My legs are thrashed from bike riding. I am not super graceful and I am constantly bashing my legs against the pedals that have a little spiky things.. ☺️ Walking and running are too slow, cars are too fast, biking is perfect.
I love your videos, but I worry about your safety. I lived on the Oregon coast for several years and I had to leave because of bears, cougars and bobcats. A cougar nearly got my neighbor and her dog when out hiking. Please don't be naive about those wild creatures and carry a gun or two. 😮
A HUGE thank you to LMNT for sponsoring this video! Head to DrinkLMNT.com/APLUSK to get your free sample pack with any purchase.
📅 This video was filmed in mid July 2024
🚲 See all of our bikepacking gear: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
✨ Keep California beautiful and PLEASE follow Leave No Trace principles: lnt.org/why/7-principles/
A bit misleading, as it is a “free” sample pack WITH ANY PURCHASE.
That being said, love your videos. Keep up the good work!
@@cindym5302 We state in the ad that it is free with any order, so I am not sure how that is misleading.
@@AdventuresofAplusK not misleading from you - misleading from the company. I always feel that “free” with purchase is misleading. It’s great if you already are going to spend the $ on that product, but if you just want to try it out, not so much.
Don’t worry about it. I think I was just in a grumpy mood when I wrote that 😁
Thanks for taking us along on the ride! Great scenery!
You guys should really be proud of yourselves, you crushed it. The views were awesome as well.
Thank you!
Looks incredible! Way to go 🎉
Those Poseidon bikes are a good value. Great looking bike.
Congrats on your first bikepacking trip! 70 miles through the Tahoe National Forest sounds like an epic adventure, and the views looked absolutly amazing. The tough parts and challenges you faced just make the trip even more memorable, and reaching the Sardine Lookout Tower must have felt so rewarding. Thanks for sharing - definitely inspired to try bikepacking myself one day!
Amazing effort on this trip! I can't imagine trying to bike, talk and film yourself but you somehow managed to do it and get some impressive shots! I love cycling, especially gravel riding so this got me excited to try some bikepacking in the future.
Good on you!!! Congrats on getting your first bikepacking adventure under your belts!!! And what a great trail!! Also, love the talking to the cows. :) I do the same. When they talk back someday, I will be worried. Thanks again for sharing!!
Thanks! We had a blast! haha ya the day the cows talk back would be exciting to say the least!
Such a fun adventure! I love those Walking Tamales. I found them at Aldi, of all places. They are great for camping!
Well done! We rode in the area in June and will agree that it is beautiful there. We have a pic taken on that same overlook at Stampede. Looking forward to more of your bikepacking adventure vids. Cheers!
K so proud of you, great effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🚴♀ Adam would be a great politician!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was expecting to get a glimpse of Kona at the end! We
Hello Adventurers, and WOW!
This was awesome and VERY challanging with the bikes. You to guys are AMAZING!
Great job on your first bike-packing trip! The scenery was beautiful and I’m sure it helped during the difficult times!
That looks like fun. Glad you had a great time.
So fun! And thats one of the best areas.
As an aside, we just got home from Palo Duro and your info. was so useful, thank you!! ❤
Two of my favorites: A+K plus biking. Thank you so much!
Heck ya! Thank you for watching!
I love that you are getting into gravel riding and bikepacking!! One of my favorite things to do. Keep up this great content!! Love seeing you guys push yourselves. 😊
We had a blast and can't wait to do more! Thanks and thanks for watching!
We're watching while resting after averaging days of 10 mile walks in Copenhagen and Malmo from seeing your content and our Google Flight capture of low fares. 👍
Oh that's so cool! Hope you had a wonderful time!
So proud of you two! Great trip! I'm glad you've caught the cycling bug. So much to explore.
We’re so pumped! It is a ton of fun and opens up so many new things to see and do! Thanks for watching!
Well now you’re doing all the fun things I do! Glad to see you enjoyed the riding with gear. It can help you cover so much distance when the trails and gravel are right.
We're so pumped to get more into it! Thanks!
What a fun bike trip, that second morning looked like a beautiful day! It's fun because I started watching you guys and Ryan Van Duzer about the same time a few years ago so it's fun to see the worlds collide!
We love watching Duzer! He’s actually who inspired us to get into Bikepacking. That second morning was top notch!
That was cool but work....Kudos!! Happy Trails 🐕
Wow...A plus K and biking what a great combination. Hope there will be more bike adventures !
Beautiful location! Well done on your first big trip!
Yes it was! Thank you!
Really enjoyed the tent porch testimonials. Need to do more of these.
Thanks! We'll consider adding in more debriefs like that!
That was super cool i've been wanting to do a bike packing adventure. I'm a little lazy I have a E trail bike.
Hey as long as you get out there!
Bike packing looks very cool. Only downside is not being able to bring Kona! Thanks for sharing.
Ya we wish we could bring Kona! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for sharing. I love watching your adventures!
Glad you like them! Thank you for watching!
Another activity on my bucket list. Busy building our new Sprinter now though. Next spring maybe?🤞
Nice! Good luck building!
Yay LMNT!
Heck ya!
LOVE all your clips The backpacking and hiking are my Favorites as it gives me inspiration to get out and move on. Your video's ship is spot on. can't get enough of it. Drone videos also. However this bike video didn't really capture the experience I was looking for. Glad to see you two out there as I TRUELY LOVE and FOLLOW you. YOU GUYS KEEP it UP.. I lOOK FORWORD TO THE NEXT ADVENTURE. STAY SAFE . Peace
We did our best 😃
Awesome adventure video!! You guys do these fun and exciting activities and share them! It’s so inspiring to see. I’m not sure I’ll ever go bike packing but I’m thinking about it now.😊
That’s awesome to hear! Thanks and thanks for watching!
Thanks A+K
Love your new adventure!!! As a backpacker I am very intrigued with what you packed and how it was carried. Please do a video or include this in another video. As always… we are glued to and love your experiences!!!!
Thanks! We planned on doing a gear rundown in this video but just ran out of time!
We do have a write up of all our gear on our website here: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
Great vid! Looking forward to more bike camping adventures!
We hope to have some more bike adventures in the future! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this GREAT video!! Bless you on your way. ❤
Great job, you two! 🚴 ⛺️
Thanks! It was a ton of fun!
You guys are awesome
At my age, eikes are even more fun! Glad you liked it!
Any mode to get out there is great!
Another success!!! This looks super fun! 💖
Wow, congrats! That looked tough!
Thanks! It was at times, but so much fun! Can't wait to do more bikepacking!
Riding a bike is so fun, downhill! Looks like a beautiful setting but still a grueling path. I have a theory that kayak camping is 1 piece of equipment harder than what 99% of people are willing to do so you get the whole landscape to yourselves. Cool to hear that is how bike packing is, makes sense!
It was an awesome route! But very tough. We loved the challenge and that the challenge kept people away 😅😂
That looked super fun 😊
Pretty exciting!
Walking tamale...I'm intrigued! 🌮 🌮 🌮 🌮 🌮!
Oh ya they’re super good!
Great video with awesome views! I’m going to have to visit that place. Wait- you camped at Bear Valley and no bears this time?
Thank you! We didn't see any on this trip!
Always count on the sierras for crazy weather
Hellow Adam & Kathryn!
Adam, as a Louisiana born and raised guy, I have to ask if that crawfish e'touffee was as good as your thought it would be? Also, I'm SO glad that you brought that fly rod with you on this bike trip. Sorry you didn't have time for fishing this time...but you were prepared!!!
Let me say for both of you ... if you younger bikers struggled a bit on those bikes, I would not even come close to getting up to that lookout at the top of the mountain. You would've seen be sitting there after I drove up.
Have a great day
lots of VT trails for you guys to try out next time you're out east!
Oh ya! They’re on our bucket list! VT is one of our favs!
Cool! I did that loop as my first bikepacking trip too. I used my iPhone and made a UA-cam video with a maybe 35 views ? I have the Redwood also and moved to a full suspension bike though to help my old body on the great divide. Hint .. get some thicker sleeping pads .. you’ll thank me. I have the ones you used too but upgraded and so glad I did !
It was a great trip! Just enough of a challenge for us!
So scary the fires in Reno!
It is! Hopefully it gets under control soon!
I’m an avid cyclist: gravel, mountain biking, fat tire, and road cycling. This video has me all jazzed up.
Heck ya!
What was the name of the coffee maker you used for outside? Really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for taking us on your travels!
For coffee we just used our backpacking stove, kettle, and some pour over coffee from a brand called Kuju. You can see all of our gear we took here: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
Kept thinking This would be REALLY fun with our e-assist bikes (we're 70 & 78)! 🚲
Ebikes are fun too! But we enjoy activities that challenge us
@@AdventuresofAplusK Ah, youth! 😉
Love this idea! I live close to Tahoe and am interested in trying this type of camping. How much does one bike setup cost roughly??
We haven't added it up, but you can see all of our gear at this post! If I had to guess, probably under $1,500 each
adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
Great video! It's always fun to watch your adventures. Could you tell me the name of the book you referred to a few videos back when you were backpacking? You said it was encouraging you to be uncomfortable and do hard things.
It’s called the Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter. Highly recommend and thanks for watching!
Hey you two, great stuff as always! What brand of rear bike rack you using? Thanks!
Thanks! You can see all our cycling gear here: adventuresofaplusk.com/cycling-bikepacking-gear/
As you guys age, like us old, active folks, consider pedal assist electric bikes with comfy seats. You still get the great workout. K would love as it helps her hand with A!
Great for those that would like or need e-bikes but we’re happy with human powered for now 😃 we like the challenge
How do you record all this out of curiosity?
Hi! What do you mean by how? Like what gear do we use or how we physically film our videos?
Another great adventure for you guys. I just added new videos to my channel.
Thanks and thanks for watching!
Are you planning to do the Leadville 100 miles as well??
But isn't that a footrace at over 10K in elevation?
Oh we're no where near in shape for that! We also don't have any interest in doing any races. We're all about slow and steady. Thanks for watching!
welcome to my world
What's the name brand of your bike rack?
It's the Thule Elite Van XT
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Great video! Do you have an affiliate link for the meals in a bag? Want to try! Thank you. 😊
Hi! There’s no affiliate link but you can get 10% off with the code take10!
How does Koni do with the new bikes? We met yall in Moab and we were on our bikes you told us they made Koni nervous.
Hey! Kona has gotten better about bikes over the years, but we don’t ride our bikes around her
Hope you’re doing well!
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Sorry to see much of that Bear Valley area is currently being consumed by fire. I hope you two didn't leave any unattended campfires.
Wildfires are a huge bummer. We never leave fires unattended. We’re very well versed in campfire safety 😃
You can get really good hill climbing gearing on your bikes for steep hills. See your friendly neighborhood bike shop. Advice from old man: don’t be too hard on your knees.
Ya we do need to adjust the gearing. It was tough!
Did y’all go tubeless? More bike packing videos!
No, not tubeless yet! Not ready to invest in it yet. Hoping to do more soon!
Respect for your bike packing! Not my cuppa at all.
We appreciate you watching! ❤️
Do your bikes have motors, I didn't see any???????? for the hills??????????? Put a basket on the front for Kona.
Just the motors in our legs 😃
Wish we could bring Kona along but don’t think she’d enjoy the ride
@@AdventuresofAplusK Thank you for your honesty about the adventure!
If you two get up to Southwest Montana you are welome to park on our RV pad by our home and we have WIFI
That’s very nice, thank you!
Hi! Do you handle editing yourself or have you hired someone? I’m an editor and would love to discuss, if you’re interested
We handle it ourselves. All good here. Thanks!
@@AdventuresofAplusK I appreciate your quick response
My legs are thrashed from bike riding. I am not super graceful and I am constantly bashing my legs against the pedals that have a little spiky things.. ☺️ Walking and running are too slow, cars are too fast, biking is perfect.
Haha we do that all the time too! 😖 we love the paces of bikes also!
Good for y’all but the ride did not look fun!
It was tough but that’s what we were looking for. We like challenging ourselves
@@AdventuresofAplusK I think that’s awesome. If you stay in good shape you’ll be better off when you’re older (said the 65 year old). 😂
That’s the goal! Thanks for watching!
I love your videos, but I worry about your safety. I lived on the Oregon coast for several years and I had to leave because of bears, cougars and bobcats. A cougar nearly got my neighbor and her dog when out hiking. Please don't be naive about those wild creatures and carry a gun or two. 😮
We have spent years in the backcountry out west and aren’t naive about risks. 😊