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Mine was to high and gave knee pain after about 8 miles...moved down just 3/4" and no pain...

I currently ride an Electra Townie 7D. It is a great bike for riding flat level ground. However, I want to bike a portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway as a “Bucket List” item. I want to work up to this. My plan is to identify a 20-60 mile stretch that has gentle, rolling slopes that I might ride with my current bike, but realize that at some point I might have to upgrade to a hybrid bike. I was wondering if you might suggest a training program that would culminate in a 30 mile/day ride. My thinking has been to work slowly toward building my stamina to ride 10 miles in 1:15-1:30 minutes and that that might allow me to break a day’s ride into 3 10-mile stretches with generous rest between each stretch. Does that seem reasonable? At present, I can comfortably ride 7-8 miles in 50 minutes. I would appreciate any advice you might offer. By the way, I’m 74 years old (older, but NOT old).

It looks comfortable. At 61 my MTB flat handlebars caused me issues. I opted for a 40 deg swept back style and have found it more comfortable on my shoulders and hands. I'm more interested in riding all terrain aside from extreme off road. Your new bike has caught my eyes and idea's! thank you! Rails to trails route in Wisconsin looks appealing to me.

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In 1981 I also graduated from high school in northern Indiana. Three days later I got on my bike with the goal to ride to Oregon. I made it to western Montana instead. I’ve always wanted to finish the trip but can’t now in my present condition .

I'm a little late to the party! 😂 Just found your channel today. Great video.

I've been stealth camping on the side of the road for 12 years. Got about 15,000 miles of touring in and I commute everywhere too. Excited to get going from Billings, MT through the cascades, down to the red woods and yosemite. It's about 2500 miles and I'll be starting on July 14 at age 36. Got some new goodies for this tour: coolibar sun gloves, a 64 oz insulated water jug that i put on my frame, a ridewithgps subscription, a 3 pound macbook air to work on the road, and a kiting paraglider to practice ground handling for paragliding. Now to get my gearing, brakes and chain all set, and I'll be ready to go. Might even document it and try to sell the way I live my life to the social media gods like Paul here. At least I hope he made some money from this :) P.S. get yourself some marathon supreme tires. What a quiet dependable ride they give! And even though they have no tread which makes them fast on pavement, the 2 inch width gives you nice traction on dirt roads

Want to end close rear passes, like deliberate close passes...... definitely get and use a mirror. It's disturbing though the number of vehicles you'll observe suddenly move to give you room when they notice your actually watching them in your mirror. Turns out just removing their capability of surprise entirely defeats the motivation to even attempt a close pass for shits and giggles. I incorrectly assumed I'd still be observing attempted deliberate close passes (inches) in the erogotec mirror I installed. Before installation deliberate close pass occurred every 3-4 weeks and it seemed like there was a competition going as to who could get closest. Not anymore. Not a single one for more than a year now and I'm riding more not less. Thanks to the FORD EXPLORER driver that removed all the fun for everyone else. Less than a couple of inches, really rattled me....but No one is ever sneaking up and getting that close behind me ever again.

Good info for tour planning here, and thanks for putting in the effort. Last August rode part of the way home from Ragbrai (only as far as Decatur Ill tho). Used the Hennepin and Rock Island Trails along with some nice rural roads. Much hotter then.

Paul is a genius. But does not even know it. Just some of the best biking videography ever. Plus his fabulous maps. Great music. Superb commentary. No wasted words. 🙃

Hi Paul, how tall are you? My LBS only has the 54 cm but it’s on sale. I was hoping to score a 56 cm. I’m 5’10”. Hoping to use your height as a reference in my search. Thanks!

Are you listening Surly? 🙏

Keep on Riding ✌️Appreciate the great content.

Very inspiring for a 67 year old Kiwi who is planning his first 100k trip on a bike when it gets nearer to summer. Thank you.

At least two wheels? Now I know.

Great stuff as usual, great drone shots and music. Your commentary is the best of the bike trip videos, be they trail or road.

surly really got cheap on this bike, Alivio is an absolute insult. They should be ashamed

Your videos are always an inspiration to reach beyond what I thought was possible. I'm 72 and still pushing those boundaries. Thank you for setting such a great example. Be Well and Prosper!

Enjoyed watching your ride to Pittsburgh. As you say a must do for cyclists……

Hey Paul your videos never get old I just keep watching them. Question do you wear riding padded shorts under your shorts. I changed to your Terry seat and it does help. But the butt does get sore. Haha. Thanks

Always attach the panier with tigh wraps

This is such a great video. It is filled with valuable information. Thanks for making it.

Glad to see you're using a more upright riding position, with traditional handlebars. I made the switch from drop handlebars (which I never liked, anyway), to traditional handlebars. Much easier on the neck! Also glad to see you use toe clips, like I do.

Great camera work and editing, thank you, Paul! And I bet, your former students are the biggest fans of your channel!

That route runs right by my house.

Great production and great music. Thanks for this.

Used to live .5 mile off the NTP. Mile post 423. Spent alot of time riding it. Used to ride to Hohenwald and back or up to NV and back. Did alot of night rides, too. On a cold, clear late October night I rode past a wolverine shuffling along. He looked at me. I looked at him. Just 2 of God's creatures heading north on the NTP. Life can be strange, but wonderful. lol

Looks like a great trip! Thanks for filming it and sharing. Sometime give Western Wisconsin a try 🙂.

Pan-yeah.

14:22 I'd like to challenge you to go on a tour, not an overnighter, and use some BMX flat pedals. I did and haven't looked back. Except to check for cars. They really are much less trouble to tour/ride with...

Those American road surfaces look great.

Thank you great video. If anyone is still reading my 2¢ my absolute worst gripe of bicycling on highways are the all the ginormous pickup trucks these days Big. Loud. SMELLY. And sometimes rude. They make bicycling questionable.

Oh! If you ride to Alaska, be prepared for mud.

Sorry Paul. I'm a '86, 610 Miyata man. The Surly D.T. is a fine, maybe better, bike, but your 1000 Miyata's are cheaper, proven, less maintenance bikes. There. I said it 😉

I lived by the Greenbrier at Spring Creek when i was a kid. There was a little train that made a daily run between Cass and Roncevert. It hauled the mail and one boxcar, sometime a flatbed car with logs and a passenger car. We could ride between Roncevert and Renick for ten cents.

Lots of great tips in this video, especially about dogs. The title could just be renamed to cycling rather than touring because the situations are very common in everyday riding. Don’t unnecessarily go into the centre of the road but in general I like leaving a small margin by the side of the road to prepare for side gusts, pot holes, anything which means you have to go off the road, there isn’t always a grassy verge.

Wind isn't a problem. You've got gears for that. But I wouldn't ride on those roads in the USA for any money in the world. You need bikepaths!

you have an amazing ability to tell stories and keep things interesting!

I really like your thoughtful upgrades, Paul. We come from similar professional backgrounds, and I'm retiring next summer. So, I'm thinking about buying a new bike to mark the occasion. Honestly, my 2 favorite Surlys were the Troll and Long Haul Trucker because I refer 26" wheels and V-brakes, so I'm glad that the Disc Trucker is at least offered w/ 26" wheels on the smaller frames, which I may get in the Pea Lime Soup paint color for visibility sake, or maybe the Bridge Club w/ 700c wheels. 🤢 Keep on Disc Trucking, Paul!

I was taught not to keep all the way to the right. Keep a little distance from the edge of the road, or you are giving up any margin for error. But extreme caution is adviced. Awesome video by the way, subscribed.

Hilarious insights! I'm in Pasadena, in California outside LA, and I understand what you say about high elevations and long hills...🤣 Also my attitude about drivers is... always assume they are looking at their phone, not the road. By the way, I suggest you try bike touring in Taiwan. It's great. I have done it. Here's a small point about how it might change your thinking: police stations in Taiwan have air and water for cyclists. Imagine thinking the police station was a friendly place! That's the kind of attitude change the place can inspire...

Great video. One question, do you know where I can consult to travel from Clinton to Los Angeles, California?

Do you ever find yourself going back to your old bike?

Man, dog owners, traffic and the kind of antagonizing nonsense you see with that... the worst enemy with cycling always has been other folks ruining your day it seems. If I didn't live in a country where I can virtually cross every state on dedicated cycling roads alone, I'd not be an outdoor cyclist, period. There is no joy in riding big roads to me, and better asphalt doesn't make up for it either. Beyond just the traffic concern, open, wide roads really take away from that sense of speed you get with vection, like all the shrubbery and foliage rushing by fairly closely feels very different from when your frame of reference barely seems to be moving at all. I can't wait for a future where robo fleets are mandatory, and the human element is discarded, I am absolutely livid thinking about how many people don't even bother fully crossing the middle of the road before overtaking cyclists. Heck, somehow all of them feel like they have to tailgate you right until the very last moment, like your SUV is going to take advantage of riding in my frail bike's slipstream. Not conforming to those basic traffic rules should get your license revoked permanently, you're just another human waiting to kill a group of riders because they couldn't bear to take it slow in a discovered curve.

Good on you for going solo the first time around!

In a way it is too bad that the trail does not continue along the old Railroad grade from fountain West all the way to Spring Valley.

Actually, historic fact that branch section down to Harmony used to continue east through Canton, Mabel and over to Caledonia. That section of track was abandoned by the Milwaukee Road, about five years before the other section of Railroad was abandoned. Also note before you get to County Road 8 in fountain, the trail veers sharply to the left which is not on the old railroad grade. The old railroad grade crossed County Road 6 and curved right into downtown fountain.

@ 3:30 you are not biking across an original railroad bridge because that is not where the original railroad grade was.

There are sections near Houston and near Harmony that are not on the old Railroad grade because of stubborn landowners refused to let the DNR convert the old railroad grade into a trail. That unfortunately happens in places.

If you looked on the Railroad picture archives website or videos from C vision productions, you will see photographs and movies of the trains that used to traverse along this route before it was abandoned in 1980.