EUROPEAN DIVIDE TRAIL - This Is Where The Adventure Begins (Part 3)
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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Last time around I had my first full day in Finland, and even though the scenery around me was really stunning I still found there was something missing to make this into that epic adventure I was expecting. Gravel. But this third day promised lots of it, as I was preparing to ride through a large wilderness area up in northern Finland. This is bikepacking wild Finland.
List of free shelters in Finland:
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People like you, and Ryan Van Duzer have inspired me to get out and go biking, something I haven't done much of since I was a kid forty years ago. I dont remember the bike seat hurting my ass so much back then though.
Cheers!
Speaking of Ryan, he had even worse problems with his saddle recently ;-) I think he's healed up by now though. He's an inspiration to me as well.
Thanks Mike for taking us along. The scenery in Finland looks very much like my home state of Minnesota in the USA.
More new views of an area i will never see in person. Thank you so much for documenting your adventure!
You're welcome. Glad to ba able to share these adventures with you.
Wow! What a beautiful tour. You keep posting, we keep watching.
Thank you. Glad you enjoy them. Next episode is going to be a long one, I'm in the midst of editing it right now.
@@BikeTouringMike Take your time. It's through your videos that I am able to watch and experience these beautiful heavenly places.
.....and cranking out a 160km+ day....for us viewing in the US.....a century ride. Totally awesome Mike!!!! Not many who can do that. Great ride and great video...thanks for bringing us along!!!!
Hi Mike, Congratulations to 20.000 follower! You inspired me to look videos from Ryan Van Duzer. 😄My English is not good, but if you speak English, I can understand it very well. This is the reason why you are my favorite, if I want to look videos in another language as German. This video is new video in your fantastic collection.
Thank you very much to. share with us, Ronald
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Thx Bike Mike! I like your videos. The slow manner of speaking is relaxing and sometimes funny in a good way. Cheers!
Great video, content, and music selections for this day's journey. What a beautiful setting to spend the evening and night at. Thanks for taking us along with you, Mike!
What a perfect end of the day for you. Felt as though I was there. Thank you
Thank you Caroline! Glad you enjoyed following along.
Thank you for posting your biking adventures. The scenery is beautiful and your calm and positive attitude makes watching your videos a pleasure.
Thanks Mike. Love what I am watching.
Thoroughly enjoyed again, thanks, Mike. Look forward to the next one 👍🏼
A serious distance for one day’s riding. Stunning views at the end of the day make it worthwhile. Enjoyed it as always. 👍
Great video Mike! I would love being so remote! I think it’s so cool that you folks have all these shelters to camp in. We have nothing like that here in the States.
Amazing how vast the landscape is and so few folks there are but great for the soul… Mike I feel your pain ie shoulder slash knee Ache … recently switched to surly Moustache bars with riser stem and boy what a difference knee wrist neck pain magically disappeared wondering if you’ve considered it or tried it out love to hear your thoughts… comfort /Performance continue safe travels Mike👋🇨🇦
I am just addicted to your videos.Thank you again for great episode
Thanks for sharing your adventure Mike.
Thank you! Glad you enjoy following along.
Good to see you back on the road Mike. Is that a new Garmin I spy?
Home the family are all well.
Much love Ed
Yes it is. Finally. It's an Edge 540 Solar. I think I've had my old 500 for about 15 years now. It was well due for an upgrade. Everyone is just great. Hope you're doing fine as well!
@@BikeTouringMike I have a 530, and also had a 500 for years.
thanks Mike, great scenery, so peaceful and vast, great stuff
Thank you Recce. Glad you enjoyed following along.
wow, the lake at the end was stunning. Great video Mike!
Thank you! I think I might have mixed it up with a river, which it actually was. But the camping spot was pristine!
Thank you for sharing! It's so beautiful it almost hurts.
Awesome milage and some great scenery. Nice find on the lean-to. Thanks for the video and take care, Al
Thank you Al, always nice reading your comments!
Love your videos; can't wait to see more.
Pokka has a gasstation with a coffee bar with mars/snickers bars. 😏😏
Good to see that the gravelroad from Pokka was good now, 1 year ago they put a new layer of gravel and it was like pedaling threw mud.
Good to know. I'm putting together a little guide of the EDT and it's great to know about any service I might have missed during the trip. Thanks for the info!
Than you can also mention that there is a shelter just a few km after the fork at Neiden(N). Before the bridge you go left to Finland, at the end of the climb on your left side was a shelter with toilet and fireplace.
We also found the "Vildnis" app useful.
You have a great adventure!! I drove that road by my camper van almost ten years ago and some parts of that were in terrible condition and no 3G/4G available. So if you ended up in problems there you were really alone. But now it seems more safe.
Hello from Tennessee. Enjoy your videos Mike. Best wishes ✌️
Thank you Arthur! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Mike. Its a pleasure to watch your adventure, very nice filmed and narrated. Thanks! On a side note: is it possible that your fork is backwards? Anyways, seems to work for you:) have a good ride!
Another great video Mike! With the next one we'll see you in Sweden 👏👏💪
Thanks!
Thank you! That is very generous of you. Sorry that I didn't respond until now. Must have missed your comment. But again, thanks!
Thanks, looking forward to more of your adventure.
The skiimobile trails are great with the fatbike, they’re like a highway through the forest. Have to ride them with the lights, though. If we have no darkness at the summer, we only have darkness at the winter. The tracks by the roads are a rarity at the middle of the finland, they might cross the road here and there but mostly they’re middle of the forest. They’re groomed and maintained by the local clubs, too.
Thanks Mike, great video as usual.
It's a pretty lonely road... thank you for sharing 🚲 ❤
Glad you liked it! Most of the roads up in that region are lonely desolate roads. Not many people living in these areas.
Still well above arctic circle. Nothing but wildlife and just a few towns. Most beautiful scenery in Finland.
The north gives you all kind of weather. Now in July the northern Lapland has been one of the warmest regions in Finland, around +30C (86F) for a quite some time.
I’m sure your adventure began already in Norway. It’s a nice trip to follow!
Haha! Yes it literally did, but I was waiting for the real adventure to begin when I reached the gravel part of the journey.
20:00 Maybe I'm mistaken but I think the gentleman rule is actually that those who came earlier will be the first to leave if it gets too full, because assumption is that the last one to arrive had the least rest - but you can leave things in laavu to dry out.
That lake looked so peaceful and relaxing. 151km??? Well done!
It was pristine. The fact that it's daylight all throughout the day (and night) allows for big days. Plus the landscape was rather flat as well.
11:38 The first spruces shown on camera. Before that, the only conifers had peen pines. (To my taste, where there are spruces, it's too far south ;( )
Great video! Thank you!
You make nice videos and you are a nice guy as well
Not need mosquito repellent!?
I had to laugh out loud!
* Thanks for sharing the ride!
No, I don't like mosquito repellent, and I had no access to a show for the whole duration of the trip. So I'd rather put on some clothing to stay safe.
Really nice video, so chill and informative :) May I ask, is your front fork mounted backwards? In some angles it looks like it is bending into the drivers direction and I thought it should rather bend forward?
Hello, my friend! I noticed that the fork on your bike is turned 180 degrees. Why did you change the geometry of your Kona? The large base makes the bike more stable and softer, and shortening it will be tough.
Mike, what bag brand is that on your crossbar. Looking for one for my phone etc. Enjoy your videos.
It's an Ortlieb Top Tube bag. Love it so far. I'll post a review of it after this series is done.
I sometimes swap my other more comfy saddle onto the bike when I am touring for a few days
I think I'm going to see if I can swap saddle next time around. I'm not sure if it will work, due to different geometries between the bikes, bu it's worth a try.
Hello greetings from Panamá 🇵🇦
you`re my favourite
Thank´s for another great video! Loved the music choices too. I was wondering about your camera setup. What camera are you using for the driveby´s and scenery at the end? Have a great week!
Hi Mike. Your journey looks amazing so far.
I am a big city dweller and have a new found love for biking. I don't know the ins and outs about camping and such so I have so many questions that you just seem to skip over:
Where do you poop? Toilet paper? Shower? Clean clothes? Clean socks? Washing clothes? Brushing teeth?
Do you need a lock for your bike, surely when you get further south?
Are you not scared of wildlife? I mean such as bears or wolves.
Is the "running" water drinkable, you say you "warm it" but do you mean to bring it to boiling for killing off the bacteria?
Thx Mike
I wish to do one of these adventures of my own soon.
Wildlife you would see in Finnish/Swedish lapland is reindeer,foxes and rabbits. Wolves and bears exist but you won't see them if they hear/see you first as they are quite timid. Water is mostly drinkable as is from a stream (at least in northern parts of the nordics) but many people still boil it or use water purification tablets.
Amazing scenery. Are the forks on your bike on the right way, seem to be on backwards?
Yes they are. I was super tired when I assembled my bike at the airport, and somehow got it wrong. Didn't realize it until I got home again. The joke is on me I guess ;-)
Hi Mike, fantastic video, as always! Can you please say a bit more, or maybe even do a video about how you prepared your own meals to be cooked?! Would really be interesting!
About your comment regarding the Saddle... Do you wear padded pants/bibs?
Nice ride.. Thank you so much for documenting your adventure!
19:34 / 24:24 "There is a website that lists all these type of shelters here in Finland, and I'll leave a link down in the description below."
???
It should be in the description by now. Otherwise, here it is:
hikinginfinland.com/2015/03/tulikartta-a-map-of-all-open-shelters-in-finland.html
Vildnis app
Hi, nice video. Iam interesting about your dehydrated meals. You could make some video about haw to prepare and store it. Iam sure there is planty of those vidoes areond a web, but i rather watch yours ;)
Your forks mounted the wrong way round, disc should be on the left side
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Thanks!
Hi Mike, love the videos. Quick question; in retrospect do you think a more road focused gravel/touring bike with a less aggressive tyre treads would have been better for this trip? Obviously we haven’t seen all of your journey yet. However, I’m watching you cycling along the road a lot and thinking those wide knobbly tyres must be quite energy sapping and inefficient…
Excellent video and well done on traveling so far every day. Do you intend to go all the way to Portugal one day?
Thanks for another interesting video. Can you tell me a bit about the bike and setup?
Hello together!
Anyone who know the link to these shelters he is staying in @19:38?
Thanks a lot for helping out :)
www.tulikartta.fi/index.php?type=Kaikki&lataus=1
I like Mike:)
Great, want to do as part of the iron curtain trail. You mentioned a link to the Finland shelter locations. would it be ok to post ? Thanks
Sorry about that. I always forget to add something to the description that I've talked about in the video. I've added it now. Here it is:
hikinginfinland.com/2015/03/tulikartta-a-map-of-all-open-shelters-in-finland.html
Brooks Rule!
;-)
For sure!
Hey Mike you doing great job Keep going, and what model of Garmin you use and you recommended.
Hi! It's a Garmin Edge 540 Solar, and I'm loving it. Review video coming up further on.
I’m curious as to what you use your create your food packs like the macaroni cheese for lunch?
That's a great question. I use Knorr Snack Pots. I don't know if they are available where you live. But they are a great budget option for a lunch. The sizes are a bit small for a dinner though. But compared to freeze dried meals they are a bargain.
Hey Mike, can you make Video on gears which you use for shooting the videos ??
Great video! Which cup do you use to boil water, looks it’s compact size?
It's a stainless steel cup called Quechua MH150. I think it's 400 ml, which is the ideal size for dehydrated meals. Plus it nestles a small gas canister inside of it.
@@BikeTouringMike thanks!
Are you going as far as Ryan did on the EDT? Did you see any other bikers on the road?
My journey will end around where Ryan and I left the EDT last summer, we headed out toward the coast at around Lycksele. I think I met 4 other people doing the EDT. All south bound. I guess the people going north bound will arrive later in the season.
Tack för svaret! Keep up the good work!
There's not much energy to be gained from this meals you eat