The Great Ride
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- WQED explores one of America’s most treasured biking destinations. Consisting of two connecting trails, the C&O Canal Towpath (Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland) and the Great Allegheny Passage (Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA), cyclists from all over the world are enjoying 335 uninterrupted miles of breathtaking scenery and fascinating history. Viewers will follow the trail with a diverse group of cycling tour guides, each of whom take us through a different section of the trail. Our “guides” include a young married couple - both military veterans; four women from Cleveland who founded the organization “Black Girls Do Bike”; a nature photographer; a trail volunteer, and others. www.wqed.org/ride
Watched both years ago and just now.
So, so beautiful scenery and so beautifully filmed!
Wish elementary schools were to show this to potential future cyclists.
how inspiring on so many levels.. the vision of a few, the effort of so many what an adventure! Thanks to WQED for making this video.
Glad you enjoyed it, Jason! Stay tuned for even more content from The Great Ride later this spring/summer!
Well done! I so want to ride this trail before my life is over. God's creation is so beautiful in so many ways... Thank you for putting this together.
Thank you, Gary! We hope you have the chance to enjoy the GAP trail, it's truly a delight!
Thank you for this documentary! I like it very much to see back the scenery a biked trough.
Five years ago I biked the whole trail in my one, coming from the Netherlands and visit my son and his family in Bethel Park. Then i drove further along the Allegheny river trail. The ahead Lake Erie and Niagara falls , then over Canadian side of Niagara river to an along Lake Erie, back to Holland form Toronto.
I shall never forgot this wonderful bike trip and when people here in Holland think its dangerous to bike in the States I tell them how good the bike trails are in the States.
Go girls you must be so proud of yourselves. Such an uplifting video.
Really enjoyed this great documentary. Thanks
A great video - cant wait to visit and ride along the trail as part of my ride from Yorktown to San Francisco. I know how wonderful an off road bike ride can be. In the UK I live 3 miles from the Trans-Pennine Trail which follows old railway lines from the 1800's. Enjoy your bike everyone!
I just realized that I didn't finish this. I did today, love the fall colors. You mentioned about running into not so nice people. Since I suppose that you ride alone, do you take anything for your personal protection.😅
Wow...looks like so much fun! I rode part of it. Maybe the whole thing soon.
You can do it.
That was wonderful. Thank You.
Wonderful, wonderful documentary. I watched with great interest, given that a friend and I are riding the 2 trails in September, going from Pittsburgh to my front door in Alexandria, VA (via the George Washington Memorial Parkway). Seeing this video has me primed and anxious to go.
I'm at peace with myself watching this doc, but I'm also anxious for spring to come. I live in these PA. Mountains where your happiness is what you accept. I reject chaos and division.
I loved watching this video, especially since I'm in the planning stages. Woohoo thank you 😊 🚴♀️🙌🚴♀️❤️
Thanks, Doris! We hope you're able to make the trek and have a great time!
Did you get to ride it yet?
The Great Allegheny Passage Trail has become such an important part of my life and I hope the same will happen with the C&O Canal Towpath. What a wonderful show, THANK YOU!
I couldn't agree more Keith.
Hey Doug! Great video. Loved this trip when I did it with a group of friends a few years ago. It was fun watching this video and remembering all the great spots!
A great watch many times
excellent and a baseline for planning a trip of my own. thanks.
This was a great documentary! I've ridden the C&O Trail- I remember the tunnel riding up to it and my friends and I look at it and think its not that bad even though the sign said to dismount and get your flashlight out, well we ignored the sign (for a few feet) then realized that it was narrow, then dark so we were off our bikes and pulling out the flashlight. We also didn't realize how long it was (come to find out it was almost a mile long). Someday I want to do the C&O trail and the GAP trail all at the same time. I wish you would have included footage of the hiker/biker camps. We had started in Cumberland, MD and the hiker/biker camps were well kept, but the closer to DC they were not well kept and the trails were rocky and not as well kept. But after watching this it looks like they might have made some improvements along those parts of the path. Hopefully someday I will get to bike both paths! Thanks again for this video so much to see and look forward to seeing!
Great video! Love the GAP. Just rode the whole trail in one day this past weekend, planning on going back and taking my wife for a multi-day tour later this year.
Outstanding documentary! Congrats!
Wonderful! What an adventure!
This was an awesome documentary. Just wish the music was a little more quiet and the speech was a little louder.
I am with Clarence, I think Ohiopyle to West Newton area is the best stretch of GAP trail.
Fantastic, doing the GAP in a few weeks.
i enjoy your video. but ya'll getting motel rooms. where's dem panniers and bags. that;s the fun part. camping and carrying your own gear. ya'll doing the easy way. no hard core here. but ya'll did it, and ya'll should be very proud. awesome job guys.
Great video. Considering this for this summer. Any suggestions? I would like to know what you think about your bike choice. Based and trail qualities and distance what would you suggest?
I've ridden the entire trail many times and would recommend a bike with 700 x 35 tires. The tires are wide enough to handle the rougher portions of the trail and the tall tire covers more ground with each pedal stroke. A mountain bike is slower and overkill for this trail. I used a cyclocross bike and it did great.
Are there any groups out there trying to connect all these beautiful bike trails across the country. I am from Northern California we're beautiful bike trails all through Sonoma County period would be great for all these bike trails to be connected one day as one gigantic bike interstate system.
Yaaaa hooooo🏇🏄♀️
See you all very soon again!
Can you walk/hike this trail? All the videos on UA-cam show people cycling.
Great question! While there tends to be mostly cyclists, there are hikers and backpackers that also walk the trail.
Semper Fi brother.
I ride the "outback" weekly!
150mi trail sign me up, not sure how I got here? But I'm glad I did, sure looks fun to ride!
The water from the pumps is horrible tasting, and the trains at night prevent you from sleeping. Those parts were not fun at all.
Can you take an electric bike on this trail?
Magnificent
anyone have any suggestions as to the best way to get your bike back from DC to Pittsburgh?
Amtrak's Capitol Limited train.
Can anyone suggest which half is more scenic, C&O or Allegheny Passage?
The Allegheny Passage...for sure!
I rode both in '17. GAP is closer to the rivers it runs along. The C&O is tree-root filled until you can get on to the asphalt section of the Western Maryland Rail Trail. The ride from Hancock to DC is beautiful.
Lame
Ok tough guy