Thanks! I was a little self-conscious having such a good time and being so hyped on seeing totality that I didn't want to make people feel bad for missing it. The spring weather and ride combined with the eclipse was truly incredible.
I love this video! A bunch of friends on a perfect ride to experience a once in a lifetime event. It doesn’t get any better and you captured it perfectly!
I couldn’t see I was working but you nailed it! Cool. A lot of people from here went to Lake Erie area. Somewhere I want to visit! But alas, I wasn’t prepared. So I live vicariously through this vid. Appreciate it. Nice shots. You killed it.
Thanks man! Lake Erie can sometimes be the least of the Great Lakes but it has some truly awesome spots like this. Getting to see something lthis there was a perfect moment.
Thanks so much!!! If I had more time I would have considered making it even longer - there was some more fun banter but I felt like I had to get it finished and it might have been getting too long. Its been so drilled in me that ten minute vids are the thing so I do love to hear that positive feedback. Thanks again!
Great video! I watched the eclipse from the other side of Lake Erie and it was awesome. I decided to drive down and did get stuck in a bit of traffic on the way home, but thankfully nothing too crazy. Doing it on the bikes would have made for an even better day!
Thanks for the trip from Akron to Cleveland. I knew when I slipped away from work to my driveway in central ohio that you had me covered! Of course, nothing compares to being there in person, but you gave us the next best thing. Appreciate the great capture! And eclipse or not, I love that bike ride to the lake and back. You even threw in the typical blue heron moment, which I never take for granted. Spoiler Alert: The bonus was Edmund inspecting the tube.
Thanks! It was truly a magical day all around. I actually struggled on the best way to convey it. I am wondering if Edmund had any reaction to the eclipse - but cats are cats - so probably not. He just got done running around like a mad man and is sleeping on my leg now. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your experience and footage with us. It was completely cloudy where I live, so it is great to get a taste of the experience in some other way. Glad you enjoyed it!
I really didn't look into things much before hand (which is extremely uncharacteristic of me) so I didn't either - so glad we were in a spot where we could witness that!
One of the things I found perhaps most special was the silence. As if on cue all birds went silent .. BTW, I really enjoy your vids and dig the music too.
Loved the video! So glad you got to see the totality! It's so different than a partial eclipse, isn't it? I like the phrase "Four-pack for the road" too.
Friends, bikes, and total eclipse is a recipe for an epic day. A picture will never relay the full awesomeness of an eclipse but it may capture a small piece. My advice to anyone who has never seen totality is do what you can to see it! I drove 10 hours to stand in a Walmart parking lot in Missouri for 3 and a half minutes of totality and I would do it again tomorrow.
I hear you - I would drive a long way and the location really wouldn't matter. That being said I'm glad we did end making a rad day out of it. I totally get why people chase them now! Cheers!
Tim this video is absolutely amazing! The route is so cool along all the boardwalks, amazing paths and across all those bridges, so different to here in the uk. I’d love ride there one day! Amazing photos as usual. ❤🏁🏁🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Thanks so much! Cuyahoga was a native American term meaning crooked - so we are riding the old canal path but crossing the same river over and over....and then the Great Lake! Cheers!
We drove down from Northern Michigan to the Indianapolis area and the Monon Trail for the eclipse. Like you said, absolutely the best way to find a place to watch the eclipse was by bicycle! Ended up in Carmel, Indiana and watched the eclipse from Civic Square where the town of Carmel had set up food trucks, live music, and beer! Totally great experience and very mellow. All the hype of these huge out of control crowds seemed to be unfounded…at least in the area we were in. All in all, a fantastic experience, made all the better by doing it by bicycle!
Great vid. Got to see trails going into Cleveland that were not around some 40 years ago. Looks like nice bridges going into Cleveland. Nice to see the area has gotten nicer. Thanks.
Great video. We always hear politically and economically how different everyone is. Great to have moments like these to show that people from all walks of life aren't that different. Glad everyone up there got to experience it on a beautiful day.
I live in Avon Lake and there was so much hype from the city and I think everyone was a little disappointed. I rode my bike around town in the morning and I did see people milling around but nothing compared to what they were expecting. But I couldn't help noticing the chem trails starting around 13:46 because it was happening over us too and a lot of that stuff looked like it was falling dangerously low. Love your videos and am always looking for known landmarks. I get out in the flats and tow path too. It's a long gradual climb to Akron. Stay strong!
Huh - I didn't hear anyone seem disappointed. Everyone seemed super excited and glad it wasn't over-crowded. The events that I saw all seemed to have decent turn outs. But as I mentioned - I would have been stoked even if this experience was observed from outside my door alone - it was magical. "chemtrails" lol!
@@TimFitzwater The eclipse was spectacular but the city hired shuttles and food trucks and were charging for parking that nobody showed up too. That's what I meant about disappointing. They were expecting to cash in and it didn't happen anywhere close to what was expected. A major rare celestial event could never disappoint me. We all loved it. Hope to catch you on the trail one day.
Great vid!! And 100% agree go Endurance casing. Best tires I’ve had on my gravel bike. Got me through Unbound south route last year no issues. Same tires will take me on the Unbound north route this year. Hands down worth every penny.
CT , as you probably know , got 93%. My day was a bit bizarre. Rode to Rocky Hill (awesome 8.9 mile route and weather!) to take my practice session driving test, which was scheduled during totality. (I'm 61, and stupidly, let my license fees lapse, so they make you do it all over if you lapse beyond 2 years, doh. The real test is April 23. ) So I saw it at about 1/3 through my driving instructor's welding helmet that he smartly brought along. It just got shady dark. I did OK, he said. We had a somewhat reasonable middle aged conversation. I did not drive perfectly, oh well. He noted that there weren't a lot of people on the road as we headed back to the office. Rocky Hill is a pretty nice town, clean, respectful, nice businesses. People waving. Nice work. I'm sort of 50/50- meh on it, but some of the photos I saw , (Rangley Maine) I will admit were pretty damn kewl. Yes, memories. One more for the slide show.
As I've heard others say and I hate to say but will - even a 99% eclipse is nothing like totality. When you can actually look up without the glasses, when the weird wind blows in, it gets cold out, 360 degree sunset - its just absolutely magical and hard to believe. I do understand why people chase them now. No photo or video(mine included) can do it justice.
Maybe the media hype was to deter people from coming so we wouldn't have traffic jams. I didn't care. I was going to watch it from the trail somewhere and the closest to me was the Simon Kenton trail in Bellefontaine. So glad I went! Your in such awe it almost feels spiritual. It's no wonder the Mayans and other cultures revered it like they did. I wanted to ride 15 miles to The Great Serpent Mound to see it but it's too much road riding for me. Glad that you got to see it too. If anyone ever gets the chance and it's within a reasonable distance they should see it.
For sure - I think they were basing it on 2017 and it worked. They probably planned better based on that too. We were talking about how crazy it would have been for the cultures that didn't know how to predict them - must have been terrifying! There isn't much advanced warning at all. The light really became noticeable maybe ten minutes out? Yeah - anyone with a chance or the means should try to see one. Cheers!
Yes. If we were in a place where we were worried about something being stolen it would be our bikes....so we would be keeping an eye on them. We had a line of sight here.
Superb video! I made it a road trip with a good friend and his 2 kids - 1625 miles round trip and well worth it. Great view from Mt. Carmel Illinois and thank goodness the weather cooperated. I took a chance and did a timelapse of the eclipse with my iphone - some high cirrus clouds diffused the sun enough that it did't scorch the sensor - posted it as a short on my channel. I was lucky enough to live in the path of totality back in 2017 and there was no way I was going to miss this one - an awesome event!
Thanks! Thats is rad. I definitely see why people make the effort when they know what it is all about. I was watching a tech podcast from NY today and they had come to Ohio - they said all their friends who stayed in NY just didn't get it They were like, "not to be those guys but, a total eclipse is a billion times better than a 99% eclipse." So true - in 2017 I wouldn't have even known it happened without some filters.
What a great video. Nothing better than bikes and friends. I enjoyed the eclipse in western Maine. Didn’t know what to expect but had a great experience. I can see why people travel so far to experience totality!
Thanks! Yes - I definitely get it now. I was watching a tech channel and they were saying all the same things. "a total solar eclipse is a billion times better than a 98% partial eclipse".
Trust me. You made the right call riding your bikes. The traffic heading south toward boston and nyc from Burlington VT was absolutely mind boggling to see that far north in New England. The night prior to the eclipse, I 91 northbound had a constant, never ending stream of cars the entire night. I could faintly see the highway from my airbnb. It wasn't my first time in Northern New England, and I was absolutely floored by how many people were pouring into the state. I planned my escape incredibly well, If I must say. I viewed it in Montpelier. I knew the extra 45 seconds of totality wouldn't make the experience any better, but it would save me 4 hours of driving. The drive home for me would normally be just under 4 hours, I made it home in less than 6. Viewed it in a parking lot right off the interstate, and immediately bailed outta there. It was a mad rush to the on ramp lol. Some poor guy's car broke down on one of the few overpass bridges in all of Vermont. That was what caused the first backup. I'm sure many others ran out of gas or broke down in the backup caused by this one dude. The VT state police were doing a great job keeping things moving though; there was also a ton of people driving like GTA to get home quicker. It was actually insane how people were behaving. Luckily the traffic really opened up once you got into Massachusetts. It was heavy, but moving at normal speeds. Heard it took some people over 12 hours to go from Burlington to NYC or Boston.
Wow! I will always be glad for the awesome day we had on the bikes....but I'm still so surprised as to how mild the Akron/Cleveland traffic was. Cheers!
Nice pics, Tim. Totals are cool. Once you see one, no others compare. I saw the total 2017 eclipse and this one was 80% for my town. Pretty meh. Good news though, I biked to work that day.
Yeah - in 2017 I walked outside and stacked some filters and was like, "cool - an average photo". Without knowing it was happening you wouldn't know at all. Even a 99% wouldn't compare to totality. I get why people chase them now - pure magic. Cheers!
Wish I could've traveled to see this one - or even the one in 2017. I was fortunate to see the total eclipse in 1991 when I was in Chiapas, Mexico. I actually had no idea it was going to happen and just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I understood immediately why some people choose to chase them. It really is a sublime, almost otherworldly experience. Seems like you all had a phenomenal day!
That is so crazy you just happened to be there!! There is nothing else like it. Being that we got totality in Akron its fun to talk to everyone all week about it - everyone says the same kind of things.
Hey, thanks for documenting my ride and eclipse experience.😀 I’m almost surprised we didn’t run into each other at the Canal Exploration Center on the Towpath returning from Cleveland. We couldn’t have missed each other by much. I’m glad I had an excuse to be in Cleveland to view the eclipse and I’m really glad I got to ride a bike to do it. I mean riding through a National Park in early spring ain’t too shabby either. 👌
Yeah! Either thing would have been awesome on its own but together - *blows chef's kiss. It would be so interesting to know where we missed each other.
Hanging out with a bunch of friendly cyclists would be the best thing to combine with an eclipse. Would have loved a few more photos of that 360 sunset - that was ace! I was at work in 2000 here in the UK when we had a total and I remember it was cloudy and the usual dull UK weather to we hardly noticed it going dark! 😅 Have fun!
I thought we were going to get that cloudy weather too - April in Ohio is probably pretty similar to the UK. But yes - turned out to be pretty much the best day ever!
I knew you would make good use of that day and event! So many similarities to mine. Not interested in crowds and cloud concerns I just decided to ride north until whatever happened pull over and watch. Found the same beautiful serene day that you did. Ended up in this goofy little park with this other guy who just showed up. We shared my glasses and took it in. Only 99.something here but still way cool. Rode back. Eclipse with a great ride thrown in on a perfect weather day. And it’s rained non-stop since. Lucky us.
I’m up in Washington state and I remember when it happened here and everyone went down to Oregon to see the total solar eclipse. I5 was absolutely packed with cars. It’s probably because we don’t have a lot of freeways. We only had one that goes north and south. Love the videos!
I think the media hyped it because of what happened in 2017. We definitely do have a lot of routes around here though. Its awesome to know why it gets so hyped though because it is truly like nothing else. Thanks so much!
Hah, no way. I was sitting on the grass with my bike along the short trail to the coast guard station and I thought somebody in one of those bike groups looked familiar.
Oh you did it better and that's okay. We stood outside on the front porch for it and as soon as the sun started coming out we went back inside and worked. The worst part is that it was a pretty cool event and I sort of wish we'd made a bigger deal about it.
It was really a last minute decision too. I thought I would just be stepping outside my door. With hindsight I'm glad we did something - I would have had a hard time concetrating on any work after that anyways.
@@TimFitzwater I did in fact have a hard time concentrating. That said, the nature of my current employment has me working against deadlines so bleh. I wish I was a better photographer.
After experiencing gridlock from Louisville to just past Columbus for the last eclipse trying to get home, I was worried about the traffic after the main event. People would trickle in all weekend, then all try to leave at once. I'm so glad you guys didn't buy the hype, braved the media's doomsday predictions, and had an amazing time! (We saw it in our yard, I had family in from out of town, and wouldn't trade it for the world, but secretly I'm so jealous we weren't on the lake!)
I think they probably predicted everything based on 2017 and that kept people off the roads for the most part. It was an awesome day out! But as you mentioned - it would have been rad at home too.
Man, Thank You so much. This was excellent. What a pleasure and privelege to be brought on your journey. My favorite part is your narration and story, sure the Eclipse footage was great to, but your personal journey was still best. Loved it !
Thanks! It is kinda funny because the eclipse footage is the weakest part of the vid -they just really can't be captured. The journey is the story I guess. Cheers!
You are generous in letting the music be used. I felt the new album worked great for this video! I will take you up on that if I get back to Louisville - I've had a great time every time I've been there - for work or for fun.
Enjoyed video. FWIW: Research contrails. They are not all water vapor as in the past. Chemicals and rain plus or rain minus efforts account for huge contrails today!
funny, you rode from my sisters place to my cousin in cleveland. enjoyed seeing the area again. been years since i last visited them. long way from miami florida
@@TimFitzwater I bike a lot. Watch a lot of videos on biking when I am bored. Crazy you cannot see what is going on right above you. Really made an ugly sky. I guess a lot of people can only see what they are told to see.
@@jacobmeis1249They are properly called contrails, con for condensation (or, vapor trails). But, then again, you may believe otherwise (which you must know, I think is ideology).
@@paulvanreesch2493 You are sooooo smart! I wish I was as smart as you! I am soooo stupid. Gosh what a stupid person I am! Thanks so much for educating me. Contrails quickly disappear, these create a disgusting haze over the whole sky.
At no point did you sound like you were gloating. The joy at just being out and having a great time came through very clearly.
Thanks! I was a little self-conscious having such a good time and being so hyped on seeing totality that I didn't want to make people feel bad for missing it. The spring weather and ride combined with the eclipse was truly incredible.
Cycling friends, coffee, a long trail ride, an eclipse, lunch/beer, nothing better!
Heck yeah!
Great job capturing the day! One of your best videos yet!
Thanks so much!🌅
I love this video! A bunch of friends on a perfect ride to experience a once in a lifetime event. It doesn’t get any better and you captured it perfectly!
Thanks man! I haven't talked to anyone yet who no matter what they did doesn't think it was the best thing ever.
For me I'm glad we also rode bikes.
I couldn’t see I was working but you nailed it! Cool. A lot of people from here went to Lake Erie area. Somewhere I want to visit! But alas, I wasn’t prepared. So I live vicariously through this vid. Appreciate it. Nice shots. You killed it.
Thanks man! Lake Erie can sometimes be the least of the Great Lakes but it has some truly awesome spots like this. Getting to see something lthis there was a perfect moment.
Excellent video and pics! I also really like the longer video. 🍻
Thanks so much!!!
If I had more time I would have considered making it even longer - there was some more fun banter but I felt like I had to get it finished and it might have been getting too long. Its been so drilled in me that ten minute vids are the thing so I do love to hear that positive feedback.
Thanks again!
10 min vids,over rated,we members are always up for more! I wud say a "Totality"of every ride!!🤣😆😉👍✌️
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Tim,
Thank you for another great video.
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Those are 55mms. There is clearance for more though.
thank you. I typed before you said what they were. then I came back and edited.
Great video! I watched the eclipse from the other side of Lake Erie and it was awesome. I decided to drive down and did get stuck in a bit of traffic on the way home, but thankfully nothing too crazy. Doing it on the bikes would have made for an even better day!
Sounds like a great outing.
It was!
Thanks for the trip from Akron to Cleveland. I knew when I slipped away from work to my driveway in central ohio that you had me covered! Of course, nothing compares to being there in person, but you gave us the next best thing. Appreciate the great capture! And eclipse or not, I love that bike ride to the lake and back. You even threw in the typical blue heron moment, which I never take for granted. Spoiler Alert: The bonus was Edmund inspecting the tube.
Thanks! It was truly a magical day all around. I actually struggled on the best way to convey it. I am wondering if Edmund had any reaction to the eclipse - but cats are cats - so probably not. He just got done running around like a mad man and is sleeping on my leg now.
Cheers!
Thank you for sharing your experience and footage with us. It was completely cloudy where I live, so it is great to get a taste of the experience in some other way. Glad you enjoyed it!
Bummer about the clouds - I really thought that is what it would be like here. Cheers!
The journey including the video, still photos, and narration was really well done!
Thanks!
I did not know about the 360 degree sunset. How amazing!
I really didn't look into things much before hand (which is extremely uncharacteristic of me) so I didn't either - so glad we were in a spot where we could witness that!
One of the things I found perhaps most special was the silence. As if on cue all birds went silent .. BTW, I really enjoy your vids and dig the music too.
Loved the video! So glad you got to see the totality! It's so different than a partial eclipse, isn't it? I like the phrase "Four-pack for the road" too.
Thanks!
A partial eclipse really is almost nothing once you've seen totality. Night & Day - figuratively and literally!
Cheers!
love the video - and as always the great images. thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much!☀️
That's beautiful terrain Tim,,, thanks for sharing... I see myself doing some East coast rides... Western Canada Don
Friends, bikes, and total eclipse is a recipe for an epic day. A picture will never relay the full awesomeness of an eclipse but it may capture a small piece. My advice to anyone who has never seen totality is do what you can to see it! I drove 10 hours to stand in a Walmart parking lot in Missouri for 3 and a half minutes of totality and I would do it again tomorrow.
I hear you - I would drive a long way and the location really wouldn't matter.
That being said I'm glad we did end making a rad day out of it.
I totally get why people chase them now!
Cheers!
Tim this video is absolutely amazing!
The route is so cool along all the boardwalks, amazing paths and across all those bridges, so different to here in the uk.
I’d love ride there one day!
Amazing photos as usual.
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Thanks so much! Cuyahoga was a native American term meaning crooked - so we are riding the old canal path but crossing the same river over and over....and then the Great Lake!
Cheers!
@@TimFitzwater so cool!
We drove down from Northern Michigan to the Indianapolis area and the Monon Trail for the eclipse. Like you said, absolutely the best way to find a place to watch the eclipse was by bicycle! Ended up in Carmel, Indiana and watched the eclipse from Civic Square where the town of Carmel had set up food trucks, live music, and beer! Totally great experience and very mellow. All the hype of these huge out of control crowds seemed to be unfounded…at least in the area we were in.
All in all, a fantastic experience, made all the better by doing it by bicycle!
Heck yeah! It seems like all the warnings came from 2017 and people heeded them.
Cheers! It was magical!
Great vid. Got to see trails going into Cleveland that were not around some 40 years ago. Looks like nice bridges going into Cleveland. Nice to see the area has gotten nicer. Thanks.
Oh yeah - it is totally different - and they are constantly building more!
Great video. We always hear politically and economically how different everyone is. Great to have moments like these to show that people from all walks of life aren't that different. Glad everyone up there got to experience it on a beautiful day.
Thanks!
My mom said the exact same thing last night.
It really was one of the most amazing day!
Cheers!
Looked like an amazing day. I drove from MN to southern IN for totality. Absolutely worth it. What an experience.
Totally worth it right?! Everyone I've talked to all week says the same things - there is nothing like it. Cheers!
I have never ridden my bike past the new bridge. That's amazing. Next time I'm in Cleveland I'll be sure to ride out to the station
Do it for sure - it is the coolest spot!
Biked to Port Colborne on the other side of the lake to watch it. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
Nice! 🌞
I live in Avon Lake and there was so much hype from the city and I think everyone was a little disappointed. I rode my bike around town in the morning and I did see people milling around but nothing compared to what they were expecting.
But I couldn't help noticing the chem trails starting around 13:46 because it was happening over us too and a lot of that stuff looked like it was falling dangerously low. Love your videos and am always looking for known landmarks. I get out in the flats and tow path too. It's a long gradual climb to Akron. Stay strong!
Huh - I didn't hear anyone seem disappointed. Everyone seemed super excited and glad it wasn't over-crowded. The events that I saw all seemed to have decent turn outs. But as I mentioned - I would have been stoked even if this experience was observed from outside my door alone - it was magical. "chemtrails" lol!
@@TimFitzwater The eclipse was spectacular but the city hired shuttles and food trucks and were charging for parking that nobody showed up too. That's what I meant about disappointing. They were expecting to cash in and it didn't happen anywhere close to what was expected. A major rare celestial event could never disappoint me. We all loved it. Hope to catch you on the trail one day.
@bobgabel6497 ah - makes sense!
very cool day you guys had. awesome day on the bike. im jealous.
It really was rad. I still can't believe how it all fell into place.
I’m a huge fan of these longer videos Tim! Excellent quality as always
Thanks! I'm old school and always think in that ten minute time frame - so when I get positive feedback on going long I really appreciate it!
Great vid!! And 100% agree go Endurance casing. Best tires I’ve had on my gravel bike. Got me through Unbound south route last year no issues. Same tires will take me on the Unbound north route this year. Hands down worth every penny.
Thanks!
Awesome. Yeah - I love the ride feel of the standard but what good does it do if I keep flatting and have to put tubes in them....
whoa! that’s me in the new mexico jersey 👋
Nice!
CT , as you probably know , got 93%. My day was a bit bizarre. Rode to Rocky Hill (awesome 8.9 mile route and weather!) to take my practice session driving test, which was scheduled during totality. (I'm 61, and stupidly, let my license fees lapse, so they make you do it all over if you lapse beyond 2 years, doh. The real test is April 23. ) So I saw it at about 1/3 through my driving instructor's welding helmet that he smartly brought along. It just got shady dark. I did OK, he said. We had a somewhat reasonable middle aged conversation. I did not drive perfectly, oh well. He noted that there weren't a lot of people on the road as we headed back to the office. Rocky Hill is a pretty nice town, clean, respectful, nice businesses. People waving. Nice work. I'm sort of 50/50- meh on it, but some of the photos I saw , (Rangley Maine) I will admit were pretty damn kewl. Yes, memories. One more for the slide show.
As I've heard others say and I hate to say but will - even a 99% eclipse is nothing like totality. When you can actually look up without the glasses, when the weird wind blows in, it gets cold out, 360 degree sunset - its just absolutely magical and hard to believe. I do understand why people chase them now. No photo or video(mine included) can do it justice.
@@TimFitzwater Hmm. Okay. Word is that a couple hundred people got married during that.
I was freezing because I had brought a little wind breaker but it didn't occur to me how cold it would get.😂 Especially being sweaty from riding out.
We had heard but it still caught us off-guard! So wild and magical! Nothing like it!
New to the channel and to bike packing. Great video🤘🏻
Thanks!
sick vid can't wait til its warmer in upstate ny
Thanks! Yeah - the eclipse was awesome but good weather was just what I needed.
Maybe the media hype was to deter people from coming so we wouldn't have traffic jams. I didn't care. I was going to watch it from the trail somewhere and the closest to me was the Simon Kenton trail in Bellefontaine. So glad I went! Your in such awe it almost feels spiritual. It's no wonder the Mayans and other cultures revered it like they did. I wanted to ride 15 miles to The Great Serpent Mound to see it but it's too much road riding for me. Glad that you got to see it too. If anyone ever gets the chance and it's within a reasonable distance they should see it.
For sure - I think they were basing it on 2017 and it worked. They probably planned better based on that too. We were talking about how crazy it would have been for the cultures that didn't know how to predict them - must have been terrifying! There isn't much advanced warning at all. The light really became noticeable maybe ten minutes out?
Yeah - anyone with a chance or the means should try to see one.
Cheers!
This was a great video. I too saw it in totality but in Lake Placid! Also, love the bag on the back of Erin’s bike. Can you tell me what she uses?
Thanks! Lake Placid is beautiful.
Its a Swift Industries Catalyst Bag - that was a limited edition colorway though.
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Cloudy. Nothing to see in N.J.
Bummer.
I mowed right through the eclipse.
Totality?
You had totality?
@@TimFitzwaterI was mowing my grass ,because it just keeps growing ,so I had to enjoy the eclipse on a zero turn . 😳
Do you all leave your bags on the bikes when you go in to eat?
Yes. If we were in a place where we were worried about something being stolen it would be our bikes....so we would be keeping an eye on them. We had a line of sight here.
I rode like 8 minutes to see the eclipse but it still would have been worth 80 miles
Nice. As mentioned I didn't have to go anywhere but out my door - making a day of it was cool though.
Holy cow I saw all those turtles stacked upon that log in the canal. Spring has officially arrived! I love checking out turtles on my bike rides!
Oh yeah - that was a 5 Star Turt Alert!
Love how you guys have fun on your bikes. Great video Tim.
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Another great day out. Thanks for taking us along.
For sure! Cheers!
Superb video! I made it a road trip with a good friend and his 2 kids - 1625 miles round trip and well worth it. Great view from Mt. Carmel Illinois and thank goodness the weather cooperated. I took a chance and did a timelapse of the eclipse with my iphone - some high cirrus clouds diffused the sun enough that it did't scorch the sensor - posted it as a short on my channel. I was lucky enough to live in the path of totality back in 2017 and there was no way I was going to miss this one - an awesome event!
Thanks!
Thats is rad.
I definitely see why people make the effort when they know what it is all about.
I was watching a tech podcast from NY today and they had come to Ohio - they said all their friends who stayed in NY just didn't get it They were like, "not to be those guys but, a total eclipse is a billion times better than a 99% eclipse." So true - in 2017 I wouldn't have even known it happened without some filters.
Great day. Glad to see you had some clear skies. Somehow you hacked the perfect plan together and no bummers resulted! Kudos.
Yeah man - I love it when no plan comes perfectly together!😂
It really was an amazing day.
What a great video. Nothing better than bikes and friends. I enjoyed the eclipse in western Maine. Didn’t know what to expect but had a great experience. I can see why people travel so far to experience totality!
Thanks! Yes - I definitely get it now. I was watching a tech channel and they were saying all the same things. "a total solar eclipse is a billion times better than a 98% partial eclipse".
Looks like you had a classic dreamy day!
Trust me. You made the right call riding your bikes. The traffic heading south toward boston and nyc from Burlington VT was absolutely mind boggling to see that far north in New England.
The night prior to the eclipse, I 91 northbound had a constant, never ending stream of cars the entire night. I could faintly see the highway from my airbnb. It wasn't my first time in Northern New England, and I was absolutely floored by how many people were pouring into the state.
I planned my escape incredibly well, If I must say. I viewed it in Montpelier. I knew the extra 45 seconds of totality wouldn't make the experience any better, but it would save me 4 hours of driving. The drive home for me would normally be just under 4 hours, I made it home in less than 6. Viewed it in a parking lot right off the interstate, and immediately bailed outta there. It was a mad rush to the on ramp lol.
Some poor guy's car broke down on one of the few overpass bridges in all of Vermont. That was what caused the first backup. I'm sure many others ran out of gas or broke down in the backup caused by this one dude. The VT state police were doing a great job keeping things moving though; there was also a ton of people driving like GTA to get home quicker. It was actually insane how people were behaving. Luckily the traffic really opened up once you got into Massachusetts. It was heavy, but moving at normal speeds.
Heard it took some people over 12 hours to go from Burlington to NYC or Boston.
Wow!
I will always be glad for the awesome day we had on the bikes....but I'm still so surprised as to how mild the Akron/Cleveland traffic was.
Cheers!
Nice pics, Tim. Totals are cool. Once you see one, no others compare. I saw the total 2017 eclipse and this one was 80% for my town. Pretty meh. Good news though, I biked to work that day.
Yeah - in 2017 I walked outside and stacked some filters and was like, "cool - an average photo". Without knowing it was happening you wouldn't know at all. Even a 99% wouldn't compare to totality. I get why people chase them now - pure magic.
Cheers!
Wish I could've traveled to see this one - or even the one in 2017. I was fortunate to see the total eclipse in 1991 when I was in Chiapas, Mexico. I actually had no idea it was going to happen and just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I understood immediately why some people choose to chase them. It really is a sublime, almost otherworldly experience. Seems like you all had a phenomenal day!
That is so crazy you just happened to be there!! There is nothing else like it. Being that we got totality in Akron its fun to talk to everyone all week about it - everyone says the same kind of things.
Hey, thanks for documenting my ride and eclipse experience.😀
I’m almost surprised we didn’t run into each other at the Canal Exploration Center on the Towpath returning from Cleveland. We couldn’t have missed each other by much.
I’m glad I had an excuse to be in Cleveland to view the eclipse and I’m really glad I got to ride a bike to do it. I mean riding through a National Park in early spring ain’t too shabby either. 👌
Yeah! Either thing would have been awesome on its own but together - *blows chef's kiss.
It would be so interesting to know where we missed each other.
Hanging out with a bunch of friendly cyclists would be the best thing to combine with an eclipse. Would have loved a few more photos of that 360 sunset - that was ace! I was at work in 2000 here in the UK when we had a total and I remember it was cloudy and the usual dull UK weather to we hardly noticed it going dark! 😅 Have fun!
I thought we were going to get that cloudy weather too - April in Ohio is probably pretty similar to the UK.
But yes - turned out to be pretty much the best day ever!
I knew you would make good use of that day and event! So many similarities to mine. Not interested in crowds and cloud concerns I just decided to ride north until whatever happened pull over and watch. Found the same beautiful serene day that you did. Ended up in this goofy little park with this other guy who just showed up. We shared my glasses and took it in. Only 99.something here but still way cool. Rode back. Eclipse with a great ride thrown in on a perfect weather day. And it’s rained non-stop since. Lucky us.
Heck yeah!
Great video. Love the bike prep and gear choice before riding too. Thank you!
Thank you! It was a rad day out. I'm surprised I published that prep footage with my morning face.😂
What an amazing experience and a great riding day with friends!
It really was one of those perfect days!
I’m up in Washington state and I remember when it happened here and everyone went down to Oregon to see the total solar eclipse. I5 was absolutely packed with cars.
It’s probably because we don’t have a lot of freeways. We only had one that goes north and south.
Love the videos!
I think the media hyped it because of what happened in 2017. We definitely do have a lot of routes around here though.
Its awesome to know why it gets so hyped though because it is truly like nothing else.
Thanks so much!
Hah, no way. I was sitting on the grass with my bike along the short trail to the coast guard station and I thought somebody in one of those bike groups looked familiar.
Awesome! A lot of bike out there that day! I wonder if you are in the full clip?
@@TimFitzwater I'm over on the middle of the grass to the right at 20:18 :)
Heck yeah!
Oh you did it better and that's okay. We stood outside on the front porch for it and as soon as the sun started coming out we went back inside and worked. The worst part is that it was a pretty cool event and I sort of wish we'd made a bigger deal about it.
I also wish I would have gotten out my 360 cameras. That would have been very cool
It was really a last minute decision too. I thought I would just be stepping outside my door. With hindsight I'm glad we did something - I would have had a hard time concetrating on any work after that anyways.
@@TimFitzwater I did in fact have a hard time concentrating. That said, the nature of my current employment has me working against deadlines so bleh. I wish I was a better photographer.
After experiencing gridlock from Louisville to just past Columbus for the last eclipse trying to get home, I was worried about the traffic after the main event. People would trickle in all weekend, then all try to leave at once. I'm so glad you guys didn't buy the hype, braved the media's doomsday predictions, and had an amazing time!
(We saw it in our yard, I had family in from out of town, and wouldn't trade it for the world, but secretly I'm so jealous we weren't on the lake!)
I think they probably predicted everything based on 2017 and that kept people off the roads for the most part. It was an awesome day out!
But as you mentioned - it would have been rad at home too.
Man, Thank You so much. This was excellent. What a pleasure and privelege to be brought on your journey. My favorite part is your narration and story, sure the Eclipse footage was great to, but your personal journey was still best. Loved it !
Thanks! It is kinda funny because the eclipse footage is the weakest part of the vid -they just really can't be captured. The journey is the story I guess. Cheers!
Thanks Tim! You have been far too generous and supportive with my music man! If you are ever in Louisville, beers on me!
You are generous in letting the music be used. I felt the new album worked great for this video!
I will take you up on that if I get back to Louisville - I've had a great time every time I've been there - for work or for fun.
Enjoyed video.
FWIW: Research contrails. They are not all water vapor as in the past.
Chemicals and rain plus or rain minus efforts account for huge contrails today!
Thanks.
Nah - I trust the scientists that predict eclipses to the second on that one too.
Cheers!
Nice, you had great weather for totality!
Yeah - we got so lucky!!
funny, you rode from my sisters place to my cousin in cleveland. enjoyed seeing the area again. been years since i last visited them. long way from miami florida
Is your sister in Cuyahoga Falls? I love this ride!
Cheers!
@@TimFitzwater she is about 5 minutes from downtown Akron. just south of Glenwood Ave east of north main street.
Ah - gotcha. I know Glenwood. I ride down North Main all the time. They are about to put in bike lanes on it.
@@TimFitzwater one day i will surprise her by biking the ohio to erie from Cincinnati.
chem trails
why do I keep getting these weird ass comments all of a sudden?
@@TimFitzwater I bike a lot. Watch a lot of videos on biking when I am bored. Crazy you cannot see what is going on right above you. Really made an ugly sky. I guess a lot of people can only see what they are told to see.
@@jacobmeis1249They are properly called contrails, con for condensation (or, vapor trails). But, then again, you may believe otherwise (which you must know, I think is ideology).
@@paulvanreesch2493 You are sooooo smart! I wish I was as smart as you! I am soooo stupid. Gosh what a stupid person I am! Thanks so much for educating me. Contrails quickly disappear, these create a disgusting haze over the whole sky.
Tim, beautiful video of totality, thanks! Sorry for poking the crazy.