BIKEPACKING - THE CAPITAL DIVIDE [EDINBURGH

BIKEPACKING - THE CAPITAL DIVIDE [EDINBURGH - LONDON [PART 1/2]

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Ай бұрын

It's been a little over seven weeks since my crash, but today marks my return to the trails with a bikepacking adventure that I am very excited for. The Capital Divide, a route stretching over 600 miles from the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, to the capital of England, London. This is a route I have been putting together over the last couple of years using trails I have enjoyed over the last couple of years since starting to film these adventures. My journey will take me through the stunning Pentland Hills, the rugged hilly trails of Northumberland, the North Pennines, and the rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales. From there, I'll head towards the East Coast, making my way to the scenic Lincolnshire Wolds before making my way into the bustling heart of London. Finishing my journey at Big Ben.
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Framebag - • BIKEPACKING FRAME BAG ...
Seatpost bag - • TOPEAK BACKLOADER 10L ...
Jones Handlebars - • THE JONES H-BAR - BIKE...
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Ortleib bar roll • ORTLEIB HANDLEBAR ROLL...
Dynamo setup - • BIKEPACKING WITH A DYN...
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Gb divide bike/gear- • THE GB DIVIDE - BIKE/G...
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Tarpstar tent - • BIKEPACKING TENTS - 3F...

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@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

I'm super late to get this pinned comment I was out getting the redemption for part 2 so make sure you subscribe so you don't miss that. Anywhoo welcome back and as always thank you so much for sticking around for the time I needed to take off. But it felt so good to get back on the trails with the capital divide I route I have created using some of my favourite trails that I have found over the last couple of years. Connecting Edinburgh to London, the long term plan though is more epic with plans to extend this over to Cardiff - Dublin - Belfast sounds good ayy. As always, thanks for the continued support. ❤ Check out the keep smiling adventures website for routes kits and more - www.keepsmilingadventures.com/

@tzrrsdave Ай бұрын

Got to be one of the best riders in the uk

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Best riders at breaking things maybe 🫠

@slammedmugen Ай бұрын

Woohoo, Josh is back!! Good to see you back in the saddle & stay safe.

@Lepercurtidoo 10 күн бұрын

Good to see you biking again. As I Bikepacker I swear by mechanical brakes. They are much easier to repair... And nowadays there are really good ones out there. Oh and yes, the bombtrack is better for trips like this. Anyway, just my 5 euro cent of feedback. Looking forward to your next adventures. Greetings from Belgium

@martinhutchinson9265 Ай бұрын

Glad to see you up and riding again. When you get a mechanical like that, stick out a call on the channel. I was only a few miles from where you ended up and had a spare SRAM caliper in the garage...

@stuheadley8552 Ай бұрын

It's good to see you're back. If you haven't done one already; can you do a video on how you worked out your routes for the rides? Thanks.

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

It's honestly just riding lots of combinations of different routes all over the place. I will use Komoot normally to plot them to get the GPX. But ultimately it's just getting out there and riding. If you check out www.keepsmilingadventures.com/ I have all the routes I covered on this channel, you can maybe find some routes you like the look of and get riding. Once you figured out what you like riding, you can put together a route you like, using the bits you like and missing the bits you don't.

@joffbrown 12 күн бұрын

I know I’m 2 weeks behind but great to see you back

@TheCoopsvids 11 күн бұрын

Good to see you back Josh been waiting fir part 2 so I could binge watch together … Appleby area bit if a mare I was working in area about same time you did the ride Atb Coops 👍🏻🚴

@damedavidfrith55 Ай бұрын

Lovely to see you so happy back spinning them wheels ,safe happy riding an thanks for taking us on a wonderful adventure 😊

@bagzybaker Ай бұрын

Appreciate you man, good bike packing vids, and 47 quid 😂 holy chronic dude I'd be wounded too 😂

@Chriswilliams-lx9mx Ай бұрын

Great to have you back geeza 🚴‍♀️ 👍👍

@martystacey4429 Ай бұрын

Good to see you've healed Josh👌👊Thanks for the views😎😎

@todd92371 27 күн бұрын

So glad you are on the roll again!!! Good for you. Just saw your website and it's so well done!!!

@antoniodgarrison 29 күн бұрын

Good to see you back man! Hope the ride was amazing!

@HighFell Ай бұрын

The Hills of Northumbria and North Pennines are hard going but scenery is epic. Loved your video, making me eager to be back out there. Hope you get everything together to do this ride fully soon 👍

@alanhill618 Ай бұрын

Great to see your bike on the bike josh another excellent and inspiring videp well done

@stevejezzard3233 Ай бұрын

Great to see you back again Josh !

@StephenJones-hx1bz Ай бұрын

Welcome back, Josh. Great vid for examples of what can go wrong, too. Must have been gutted to have to jack on your 1st ride back! Looking forward to part 2.

@TrainDriverRob 27 күн бұрын

Great to see you back! Onward and upward from here 👍

@blister4walken Ай бұрын

Good to see you back on the trails. In your happy place. The bike needed more rest than you it seems. Look forward to pt 2.

@gav7651 Ай бұрын

Great to see you back on the bike Josh! Strange to see you camped your first night really (really) close to where I live outside of Peebles. All of the bike shops in and around Peebles are expensive (local rental and business rates are very, very high) but NIck and Pippa at BSpoke are really kind and always go that extra mile. Sorry you had to ditch the route but glad you've recovered. Looking forward to the next episode!

@fionahunt8530 22 күн бұрын

I lived in Peebles for 20 years so great to have a look at it again. Thanks.

@arlenegariepy8957 Ай бұрын

Back in the saddle again!! Awesome! :) :)

@Brettski777 24 күн бұрын

Good to see you back on track Josh. All the best from the East Riding.

@ianccrook8899 Ай бұрын

From Oz … thanks very much. Beautifully done. Inspiring stuff.

@RoadyPacking-CyclingAdventures 25 күн бұрын

Great to see you back on the road dude! Of course you couldn't just do an overnighter to test the water.... love it!

@simonwiltshire Ай бұрын

Great to see you out and about having fun again, and that's a big ride out to start off !

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Quite possible, normally go through London to get up north

@elimupod816 Ай бұрын

welcome back KSA, the bikepacking adventure videos were not the same without your videos! speedy recovery bruv!!

@Scotty-wy6vn 24 күн бұрын

Welcome back

@welshbikepackingadventures 25 күн бұрын

Wow iv never heard of those bearings going in the jockey wheels. Another thing to stress about on my next adventure lol..

@richardfrancis5683 Ай бұрын

That's a hell of a back on the bike ride Josh! Glad you're back. :)

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

start as you mean to go on and all that :D

@djpablo73 Ай бұрын

Good to see you back out mate

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Felt great to be back out

@Bargos1968 Ай бұрын

Glad to have you back :)

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for sticking around 🙌

@nielsgijswijt790 Ай бұрын

I think I saw you in London last Friday, if not, fair enough, I had a ginsters in honour of you anyway

@Drystonewallingcumbria2002 15 күн бұрын

Mint mate, you come through Kirkby Stephen my home town and through Wharton hall!

@AVFTSCycling Ай бұрын

Welcome back Josh, been looking forward to your next adventure and watching this properly! I wanted to thank you, you're one of my KZfaq inspirations and I'm currently in Scotland because of you and others 🙂 and omg, £47! I just bought 2 pairs of jockeys for £10, that's mental

@dalj4362 Ай бұрын

Nice to see you back in the bike mate. Crazy price for the jockey wheels, but it got you out of trouble.😊👍

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

I need to remember to buy back up of backups these days. Glad you stuck around mate 🙌

@bikerm123 21 күн бұрын

We cycled out of Peebles the same way as you. The same bike shop sold us some brake pads for £12 to fix my wife's bike. We were slightly happier at the price😳😳

@Fromupnorth46 29 күн бұрын

Glad to see you back Josh. Looking forward to watching this one

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@Fromupnorth46 28 күн бұрын

@@KeepSmilingAdventures my neck of the woods Northumberland and North Pennines. Bummer about your brakes. Just glad to see you back out peddling.

@iankennedy5358 Ай бұрын

I wished I had seen you when visited Edinburgh. You passed by where I live when you cycled up the water of leith. I hope you loved cycling along the canal and up into the pentlands

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Always enjoy Edinburgh :D

@Nix_sound 13 күн бұрын

I loved these videos as usual, it sucks you couldn't finish because of a mechanical issue. Sram have let you down big time on this trip bud.

@KeepSmilingAdventures 12 күн бұрын

I got back on the trails a week later to get redemption, aha video is out now. Just a little tactical bike change

@user-qf4pj6fp3p 29 күн бұрын

Tnx Josh!

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for tuning in

@jmack8274 29 күн бұрын

Great to see you back at it, love these vids! Get rid of SRAM, I had the same prob on 3 levers, rubbish, go GRX all the way you wont look back!

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

I have had a lot of issues with these. But the cost of these hydraulic leavers is ridiculous, when comparing to their MTB counterparts. Spoiler alert but to make the sonder a more reliable build I'm going to make it FLAT BAR :D

@jmack8274 28 күн бұрын

@@KeepSmilingAdventures seems to be a few going down the same route tbh. Be interested to hear how it handles! Enjoy.

@urbexshauny7939 27 күн бұрын

47 quid is literally insane. like you say, no wonder theyre going out of business. when i was looking for a new touring bike i told multiple bike shops ive got thousands just sitting in the bank for a new bike and almost every one of them had this attitude of "dunno, cant help ya". a bit of common sense and making a few suggestions and they might of got themselves a sale but in the end i had to order online all the way from aberdeen!

@reinhartbigl367 25 күн бұрын

Great video...thanks again! Are you running hydraulic or mechanical brakes?

@fishmaster1960 28 күн бұрын

Fair play Josh you don't do things by half 😀 .....was that bike shop run by Dick Turpin

@ranxxerox6407 Ай бұрын

20:40 they're either frozen or pissed off! PMSL. Although I would rather them die! (the little B******)🤣 Its great to see you well enough to do those miles, even though the bike let you down. A great video with great views and great editing. Cant wait for the next one) It was great to see the Pentland hills (I'm headed there in a few weeks for a one nighter before catching the train to JOG 🙂 Keep inspiring us and keep smiling!

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy yourself and have a great trip. No midgies for you, hopefully 🤞

@paulcomptonpdphotography 13 күн бұрын

Hi, i got to ask where was the reservoir at 17:18..

@chrisbarnett507 Ай бұрын

I was travelling through Kirby Stephen at the same time with the horse fair on, interesting! Was doing c2c on e-bikes, st bees to Robin hoods bay. Can you swap out the hydraulics for cable ones? Good to see you back on the bike Josh

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

I really wouldn't want cable discs, off-road just don't really cut it. Especially loaded, I'm going to make this bike more reliable with a flat bar set up. The road hydraulic stuff is just too pricey for me to keep it going.

@alextaalvakman5445 Ай бұрын

Good to see you back on the bike. I really love to watch your content. 🙂 Unfortunately, I still have some recovery ahead of me after tearing a muscle in my upper leg.

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Heal up fast mate

@alextaalvakman5445 28 күн бұрын

@@KeepSmilingAdventures Thanks, I try my best, but speed is not a thing with these kind of injuries 😅

@br5380 Ай бұрын

7:45 Should’ve waited the few miles until Innerleithen, 4 bike shops there.

@br5380 Ай бұрын

14:06 the burn near our house, If you’d have panned right we’d have seen our rope swing 😀

@markm3384 29 күн бұрын

Glad to see you back. What bars are you running Josh?

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

They are the ritchey venturemax

@simonk337 5 күн бұрын

Which decent was that at 40mins with the chilled music please?

@finnsmith309 29 күн бұрын

Looks wonderful! Temperatures probably comparable between the UK in summer and NZ in winter at the mo 😆 I’m curious what pole you use for your pyramid tent. Does that come with the tent or did you buy separately? Looking for something to use with a tarp :)

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

And I still got burnt 🤭 I have done a video on tent on the second channel @MOREkeepsmilingadventures, but it's sold separately. This one is a 3 piece carbon pole from gram counter, I did have a 5 piece one which broke on the dales divide. Alpkit who made this tent do also sell a pole separately also.

@slammedmugen Ай бұрын

Contribution to the Sram fund!

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much :D psst Shimano fund me thinks 🤭

@BinManSays 5 күн бұрын

SRAM joky wheels suck man I swear they must use the lamest stock grease because my GX eagle got so crunchy after I first got some degreaser but I just popped off the bearing covers and cleaned the hell out of them and packed some good grease in them since then they've been fine (I got back in the saddle last black Friday)

@ownyourworld 29 күн бұрын

Good vids, can you tell me how you planned your off road route ?

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Plotted it on komoot using trails i have enjoyed over the last couple of years

@paulallen3031 Ай бұрын

Bummer Are you using sram brakes? I found them the most unreliable brakes I've ever used, shimano for the win Great video 👍🏻👍🏻

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Yes, and I agree. Unfortunately when I built this bike it was the best I could get, if I remember correctly grx had just been released, and you couldn't get it anywhere.

@st1ffee 27 күн бұрын

Pembrokeshire is the toughest part of

@KeepSmilingAdventures 27 күн бұрын

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@tzrrsdave Ай бұрын

It breaks my heart when I have to go to the bike shop, I like keeping them in business but 16 for 2 tubeless valves 5 on fleabay

@jacquelinejunor9994 26 күн бұрын

Shame you had to bail on this one, my boyfriends bike shop is only 8 or 9 miles south of Waverley, I mentioned to him, your problem with brakes, and the Sram jockey wheel price definitely £47

@Neil.C57510 28 күн бұрын

7:30 😳 jeez, were they ceramic jockey wheels for that price?!

@KeepSmilingAdventures 28 күн бұрын

Bog slandered SRAM

@gsavage02 Ай бұрын

Time for some rx4+?

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

Anything but SRAM really at this point

@wilfwilliams Ай бұрын

Those jockey wheels are a rip off, I ended up getting some out of an old bent derailleur. Now I have Rholoff, but that’s another whole level of expense (to start with)

@KeepSmilingAdventures 29 күн бұрын

I should have asked how much for a rear mech and just taken the jockey wheels off that. I'm sure I have spent less on a rear mech in the past

@muttscycles3435 26 күн бұрын

I wouldn't have charged you £47 quid.... Trade plus a channel mention 🤣 Infact let me check the mark up on that.

@muttscycles3435 26 күн бұрын

Well.. that's a £10 Mark-up (if the shop bought from Zyrofisher) so £47 is pretty much bang on target tbf. I'm guessing you went sealed bearing over bushing that's why they were more expensive. "Sram code SSP059000A" SRAM SPARE - REAR DERAILLEUR PULLEY AND INNER CAGE KIT GX 1X11/FORCE1/RIVAL1 TYPE 2.1 (MEDIUM/LONG CAGE):

@KeepSmilingAdventures 26 күн бұрын

Yeah the guy in there said the non sealed bearing ones wouldn’t work, not sure if thats true but i do normally use sealed bearing ones. Non sram ones. Didn’t have the inner cage or anything just the jockey wheels.