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Rolling Existence
Приєднався 25 сер 2006
We quit our jobs, sold most of our possessions, and began traveling by bicycle in May 2021.
Cycling Across Eastern Alaska // World Bicycle Touring Episode 48
After leaving Denali National Park, we cycled the remote Denali Highway before heading toward Tok and the Canadian border. Alaska continued to leave us in awe of its beautiful mountains and huge tracts of undeveloped land.
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Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon GT365 29x2.0 tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Ergon SMC Core (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus Cargo rear rack (Andrew), Tubus Logo Classic (Jenny)
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black w/Media Mod + DIY windscreen
- Rode VideoMic Pro
- Sony RX100 IV
Music Credits:
Ky Akasha - Memory Within A Dream
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - Join Me
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - 38 Hz
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - Canella
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Instagram: rollingexistence
Bicycle gear list below. We're running a mix of traditional panniers and bikepacking bags.
- 2020 Surly Ogres
- 36h Rohloff Speedhubs
- 36h Son 28 Dynamo hubs
- Ryde Andra 40 rims
- Marathon GT365 29x2.0 tires
- Avid BB7 brakes, 200mm front, 160mm rear
- Sinewave Cycles Beacon headlight/USB charger
- Ergon SMC Core (Andrew) Terry Butterfly Century (Jenny) saddles
- Rogue Panda custom frame bags
- Ortlieb Back Rollers Plus rear panniers
- Bedrock Bags Hermosa front panniers
- Tubus Cargo rear rack (Andrew), Tubus Logo Classic (Jenny)
- Planet Bike AL fenders
Camera Gear:
- Fuji X-T4
- Fujinon 16-80 mm f/4- Fujinon 23 mm f/2 prime
- GoPro Hero 8 Black w/Media Mod + DIY windscreen
- Rode VideoMic Pro
- Sony RX100 IV
Music Credits:
Ky Akasha - Memory Within A Dream
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - Join Me
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - 38 Hz
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
Ky Akasha - Canella
- Provided by Lofi Girl
- Watch: ua-cam.com/video/B450vnT44rs/v-deo.htmlsi=5p15ZYLCJd-0lvlA
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Nine Grizzly Bears in Two Days // World Bicycle Touring Episode 47
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We took a slight detour on our bicycle tour through Alaska to explore Denali National Park. While we were there, the Denali Park Road was closed temporarily at the midpoint due to the Pretty Rocks Landslide. However, hikers and cyclists were able to walk 5 miles around the road closure to access the far reaches of the park. Experiencing the heart of the park without any vehicle traffic was such...
Cycling in the Arctic Circle // The Dalton Highway, Alaska // World Bicycle Touring Episode 46
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We flew from Japan to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in mid-June 2023 to ride the Dalton Highway to Fairbanks. The route stretches through 500 miles of Alaskan wilderness, with only one settlement at the midway point and a couple smaller camps closer to Fairbanks. We carried all of the food we needed for 10 days of riding - by far the most we'd ever had on our bikes! We were blown away by the scenery and ...
Cycling Japan: Northern Honshu and Hokkaido // World Bicycle Touring Episode 45
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After leaving Matsumoto, we continued across the Japanese Alps and arrived on the west coast. We mostly followed the coastline of the Sea of Japan as we traveled north through Honshu before taking a ferry to Hokkaido. We took our time exploring some national parks in Hokkaido before ending our bike tour of Japan in Sapporo. Apart from some intense traffic during Golden Week, this part of our ro...
Cycling Japan: The Kii Peninsula and Japanese Alps // World Bicycle Touring Episode 44
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We arrived by ferry in Wakayama and followed the Pacific Coast Cycling Road around the Kii Peninsula before heading inland across the Japanese Alps. This section had a wonderful mix of gorgeous coastal scenery, charming seaside towns, and impressive mountains. Much of this route was planned with minimal research (as usual) and we were left in awe of Japan's natural beauty and the many historic ...
Cycling Japan: Kyushu and Shikoku During Cherry Blossom Season // World Bicycle Touring Episode 43
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After taking a ferry from Busan to Fukuoka, we cycled across the island of Kyushu and took another ferry to Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four main islands. The rural seaside villages of Japan were a delight to cycle through, and the scenery on the islands varied between quiet mossy forests, gorgeous blue mountain streams, and rocky coastline. Japan is an absolutely wonderful cycling destina...
Cycling the Four Rivers Trail in South Korea // World Bicycle Touring Episode 42
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In late March of 2023, we cycled the Four Rivers Trail from Seoul to Busan with our friend Marcus. At around 630 kilometers, it is one of the longest continuous cycle routes in the world and is famous for its impressive infrastructure. We cruised through beautiful countryside, small towns, and along amazing bikes-only bridges as we rode the length of the country. In addition to cycling, we had ...
Cycling Central Vietnam // World Bicycle Touring Episode 41
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To finish up our tour of Southeast Asia, we spent a few weeks cycling in Central Vietnam. We experienced lots of highs and lows in Vietnam, going from fantastic cycling roads along the coast to intense and unpredictable traffic in the cities. We spent some time off the bikes in Hue, Da Nang, and Hoi An before boxing our bikes and flying to South Korea. Time Frame: Late February 2023 Cycling Day...
Hills and Heat Exhaustion: Cycling in Laos // World Bicycle Touring Episode 40
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We left Luang Prabang after a few rest days and headed southeast across Laos. We visited the Plains of Jars UNESCO site near Phonsavan and cycled through numerous rural villages and long stretches of rice and cassava fields. The mountainous riding in Laos continued to challenge us, as well as the distance and elevation gain between resupply opportunities! We crossed the border into Vietnam at N...
Endless Climbing in the Mountains of Northern Laos // World Bicycle Touring Episode 39
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We crossed the border into Laos at Huay Xai and traveled north to Luang Namtha before heading down to Luang Prabang. Northern Laos is extremely mountainous and the cycling in this part of the country was quite challenging. But every day we were enthusiastically greeted by countless children as we rode through rural villages, and bicycle touring in Laos was truly an unforgettable experience. Tim...
Cycling Northern Thailand // Chiang Mai to the Laos Border // World Bicycle Touring Episode 38
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From Chiang Mai, we took some of the busiest highways we'd cycled in Thailand to go further north. The riding conditions improved a lot once we reached the farming valleys of Fang and Tha Ton, and we took an incredible dirt road route into Chiang Rai. We had a break from the bikes in Chiang Rai before heading to the Golden Triangle and traveling along the Mekong River to the border with Laos. T...
Crossing Rural Thailand By Bike // Kanchanaburi to Chiang Mai // World Bicycle Touring Episode 37
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We rode through long stretches of farmland in the western part of Thailand to reach the mountains of the north. While the scenery in the section wasn't as stunning as the limestone cliffs of Southern Thailand, it was interesting to see all the different crops growing and get a glimpse into rural village life. Time Frame: Mid-Late December 2022 Blog post with route details and GPX: www.rollingex...
Cycling the Gulf of Thailand // Chumphon to Kanchanaburi // World Bicycle Touring Episode 36
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*Warning* The video starts with some gross snake guts that explode all over Jenny and her bike. We cycled up the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, finding small roads along the beach as much as we could. Even the smaller towns we visited had bustling markets and fantastic food, and there was plenty of wonderful biking in this laid-back part of Thailand. In this episode we cycled through the provin...
Cycling Southern Thailand // Satun to Surat Thani // World Bicycle Touring Episode 35
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We crossed the border into Thailand at Wang Prachan and found tons of incredible back roads in Satun and Trang Provinces. We took some time off on Ko Muk, an island just off the coast, before making our way to Krabi and its towering limestone cliffs. From Krabi we switched over to the east coast and continued along the Gulf of Thailand. The combination of amazing scenery, serene beaches, fantas...
Cycling Malaysia's Mountains: Gua Musang to Perlis // World Bicycle Touring Episode 34
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In our third and final video from Malaysia, we cross the Central Forest Spine - a mountainous and much less populated part of the country that was very challenging after weeks of flat coastal riding! We took some time off in George Town, Penang before cycling through Kedah and Perlis, two beautiful states with spectacular limestone karst formations and pleasant roads through rice paddies. This ...
Cycling Through Malaysian Monsoons // Singapore to Kenyir Lake // World Bicycle Touring Episode 33
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Cycling Through Malaysian Monsoons // Singapore to Kenyir Lake // World Bicycle Touring Episode 33
Cycling Malaysia's West Coast // KL to Johor // World Bicycle Touring Episode 32
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Cycling Malaysia's West Coast // KL to Johor // World Bicycle Touring Episode 32
Cycling Across Norway // Bergen to Oslo // World Bicycle Touring Episode 31
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Cycling Across Norway // Bergen to Oslo // World Bicycle Touring Episode 31
Cycling Southern Norway // Sandefjord to Bergen // World Bicycle Touring Episode 30
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Cycling Southern Norway // Sandefjord to Bergen // World Bicycle Touring Episode 30
Cycling the Kattegat Coast // Denmark and Sweden // World Bicycle Touring Episode 29
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Cycling the Kattegat Coast // Denmark and Sweden // World Bicycle Touring Episode 29
Cycling the Low Countries // World Bicycle Touring Episode 28
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Cycling the Low Countries // World Bicycle Touring Episode 28
Cycling England: Hadrian's Wall to the Cliffs of Dover // World Bicycle Touring Episode 27
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Cycling England: Hadrian's Wall to the Cliffs of Dover // World Bicycle Touring Episode 27
Cycling the Scottish Highlands // World Bicycle Touring Episode 26
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Cycling the Scottish Highlands // World Bicycle Touring Episode 26
Our Around The World Touring Bicycles (14,000 miles so far!)
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Our Around The World Touring Bicycles (14,000 miles so far!)
Exploring Scotland's Remote Western Isles // World Bicycle Touring Episode 25
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Exploring Scotland's Remote Western Isles // World Bicycle Touring Episode 25
A Day in the Life on a Long Distance Bicycle Tour
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A Day in the Life on a Long Distance Bicycle Tour
Antrim Coast to Loch Lomond National Park // World Bicycle Touring Episode 24
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Antrim Coast to Loch Lomond National Park // World Bicycle Touring Episode 24
30 Days Cycling the World's Longest Coastal Route // World Bicycle Touring Episode 23
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30 Days Cycling the World's Longest Coastal Route // World Bicycle Touring Episode 23
Cycling the Southern Coast of Ireland and the Wicklow Mountains // World Bicycle Touring Episode 22
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Cycling the Southern Coast of Ireland and the Wicklow Mountains // World Bicycle Touring Episode 22
Biking the Camino: Part Two // Castrojeriz to Santiago // World Bicycle Touring Episode 21
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Biking the Camino: Part Two // Castrojeriz to Santiago // World Bicycle Touring Episode 21
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Thanks for the video! Hoping to do this in the next few years. Is that a Philly accent I hear?
Where r now I live near Williams Lake
Hi, did you do the change over to rolloff yourselves or did you order the Ogres with Rohloff already installed? great info!
How long in Thailand
I am flying ther emid July. Cannot wait!!!
I'm sure you probably already figured it out, but most or all the bike path through Daegu is part of the sidewalks, although some are incredibly narrow. Lived there for a year, some of the best bike riding around.
Looks like such a fun place to tour on bike! Thanks for the fun vids!
I love the helm-hood you wear! I will try to copy it for my bike trip to Cádiz, Andalucía. Have you any tips how you made it?
It's made by Da Brim.
@@RollingExistence I have found their website, thanks! Here in Spain we have to wear a helmet by law. But I guess skin cancer is a much bigger risk than head injury due to an accident. So it looks like this Da Brim offers the perfect solution.
hey there guys I just found your channel after looking for videos to relive my Loire Valley cycle tour, and am enjoying them! I was there in 2022 as well, June to be exact. This video about Les Alpes looks so fun!! Go Bike Tourism!!!!
Very good, I loved the bike panniers, I loved the canal. Divinópolis, MG, BRASIL.
Nice video!! Any dogs ??
Yes, the dogs were quite bad in this section. One even bit into Andrew's rear pannier and punctured our chain lubricant bottle, making a huge mess.
Thank you for visiting!
Nicely filmed and endured! Its easy to get caught out by the weather in the highlands and i live here! Weather forecasts can be wildly inaccurate.... ive set out in what should have been a lovely spring day...and had rain/hale/sleet and snow, i actually turned into a cycling snowman on the hills. came home and was so frozen i could hardly get the key in the door. It is beautiful but always have good gear to combat the worst of the weather- which you sensibly did. 😁
Great video. Thanks!
They seem to have the best routes
That's a cool idea...bike the eorld in boxer briefs. Why not? Looks fine!!🙋
If you're frame bag is collecting water you can actually cut a little hole in the bottom and that will let it drain. If you want to be fancy you can use a grommet system. Which you can get at almost any hardware store
We ended up stabbing a hole in both to get them to drain. Ideally, frame bags would be waterproof considering they are meant to be used on bikepacking trips outdoors, but that doesn't seem to be a priority for most manufacturers. Ortlieb and Rockgeist now both make frame bags that are waterproof but we haven't tried them.
And I'm from Australia
I'm thinking about getting into bike touring
Cheese sticks is good and healthy(protein and calcium)
the Island is called HVAR not Havar!
Final in Muxia Finisaterre is also interesting
beatiful places natura mountains forest
many historical places
Woww expectcular option also very sacrificed
Good option for the camino great adventura
In which month have you been there? Whould you recommend cycling Hokkaido in August? Thanks
The wind and the rain is bearable... But the fckin MIDGIES!! Respect to you both for tolerating wee bstards for so long! There's a theory that the midgies are what's stopping people moving back into the Highlands 😂 Great video, huge respect for dealing with the horrible weather for so long 🙏🏻
There were three of you in America and then suddenly just the two of you in France!. What happened inbetween?
Our friend Marcus was only with us for the first two months of the trip. He rejoins us for our ride across Korea in Episode 42, but the rest of the time it's just the two of us.
@@RollingExistence ah thanks for letting me know. I'm not far off Episode 42, i'm up to where you were cycling through Vietnam. Was just curious how you got to France from America as there seemed to be a bit of a gap n the videos. Have been enjoyable to watch though as a keen tourist myself.
Thanks
Thank you!
Thank you. It’s been over 10 years since I toured through Alaska. The Denali Highway was some of my favorite riding. Happy and safe miles y’all!
What was your favourite place in Japan ?
As far as cycling goes, definitely Shikoku. The coastline was spectacular and there was relatively low traffic. It's more rural though, we would definitely recommend seeing Tokyo and Kyoto as well. We'd like to ride more of Hokkaido at some point as well, we barely scratched the surface of the island and we've heard the northern areas are fantastic.
Beautiful video as usual with no noise. So your Rohloffs have caught up to mine at 20,750. Just broken in now, like a teenager. I rode my 73 lb tour bike 100 miles yesterday, 11 hours. I just watched a video of a girl who just switched her Surly from defaileurs to a Rohloff14. She got it from an idiot who only rode it 200 miles and gave up, so stupid. Damn smoke season is fully underway now, got choked out Saturday and Sunday in Edmonton. It is raining enough to halt the fires some now. Last summer was the worst ever. In 2018 I rode a 3,900 mile loop to Oregon, that was damn smoky as well. Don't be afraid to ride almost anywhere thru Edmonton. The river valley MUPs are fantastic. But more likely is you do the Jasper/ Banff highway to Calgary. Western Ontario is a very difficult slog with few towns, narrow shoulders and busy traffic. I drove thru there in 2019.
That stove cabin was weird lol. Someone could lock you in and cook you 😅
We thought the same thing! Someone could have put a lock on the outside and trapped us haha, it was a little bit unnerving.
@@RollingExistence fun experience when all goes well 😀
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Always very nice to see some footage from you, it is very inspiring and takes you along for the ride. I was wondering: the rain gear you ride in, is is fully waterproof? You use it extensively in this video, also when it is dry, suggesting it is also breathable
We're both using Montbell Peak Dry shells, which are Montbell's version of the Goretex shake dry technology. The waterproof layer is on the outside meaning you aren't supposed to wear backpacks with the shells, but they absolutely never wet out and are quite breathable compared to other 2.5 and 3 layer rain gear. We highly recommend them for bicycle touring. They are discontinued sadly, but the new Super Dry version might be a similar material. The Montbell JP site ships all over the world and is much cheaper than the US site. We bought ours at a physical Montbell store in Fukuoka.
@@RollingExistence Thanks so much for your answer, very much appreciated!
I'm wondering if a mosquitoes repelent roll on would work on that situation?
When we got to Fairbanks we purchase spray on deet and coated our clothes in permethrin, both of which helped a noticeable amount. Admittedly the bugs were never as bad once we were south of Fairbanks.
Thank you so much for your great videos! Always a joy to watch! 2 questions: 1) you rarely say anything about technical issues or maintenance. Would be really interesting! 2) Are you like going back and forth to home and touring? Or more like on a world tour? Trying to understand.
1) We built our bicycles with the goal of having bombproof transportation that we could depend on. In 2.5 years and 25,000 miles on the road, the only maintenance we did was Rohloff oil changes every 3,000 miles, new chains every 6,000 miles, and new brake pads when needed. We had one technical issue when a rock broke two spokes on Jenny's rear wheel, but we fixed that ourselves on the road with spare spokes that we carried with us. 2) We were on a continuous bicycle tour, 2.5 years with our longest break being 40 days in Croatia while we waited for our Schengen visa to reset. We flew several times to get to new destinations. We are now done with the tour for the near future. We're slowly editing footage but we're quite behind, this video was filmed in June 2023.
@@RollingExistence Wow! Thanks! What do you mean, you are done? No more touring? I always look forward to seeing the next video ☺️
Yes, we've decided that it's time to get back to work to rebuild our savings and stay stationary for the foreseeable future. We've still got quite a few videos coming though, our trip ended in October 2023 so we've got four months of footage to work through.
Wow! If I am not mistaken, I think we saw you last week, going to Fukuyama Japan from Onomichi.
What a route. If only we had the time to follow. 2 countries and all those miles and smiles. Amazing. 👍
Could you do a video on how you pack and ship your bicycles to your destinations?
We were on a continuous trip so we weren't packing our bicycle very often. This Ryan Van Duzer video describes it pretty well, we do the same thing: ua-cam.com/video/KnS895Asryk/v-deo.htmlsi=_Ye-KlwSeQHbcX_j
Thanks for taking us viewers along on your amazing adventure! 🙏🏼 So cool you do this!❤ Every episode I enjoyed watching. And I’ve seen them all!!!😅
Thanks so much!! We're glad you're enjoying them 😊
What have been the avr. pace that you guys have on the bike / or focus one? Keep up the good work :D
On flat ground we cruise at about 12mph. Not fast, but our bikes usually weigh 90-100 pounds with food and water.
@@RollingExistence that’s faster then I imagined with so many gear
very good stuff
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Love the views. Don't know if I would love the hills though. What do you eat before a trip, some kind of super foods I guess lol
We were on one long bicycle trip, we were on the road for 2.5 years straight. We just ate as much of whatever we could find! We're really bad about nutrition, we eat a lot of junk but it works for us!
That was a Russian fighter jet
Haha hopefully not!
Beautiful and Brave 🤩
Thanks so much, I always love to see where you guys hang out. Welcome to Canada, have a great trip ! Cheers.