I'm a fair weather rider, possibly due to spells of commuting in all conditions. Now I'm free to choose when I ride, I can avoid the rain. I enjoy your ride narration, as it enhances the views of the surfaces you're on, the landscapes passing through and details, like Mason-Dixon line. Thanks for posting.

GAP/C&O was my first tour. Great trip.

This is easily one of my favorite bike channels. Love all the adventures you share. What I love is that you show the audience that bikepackimg is accessible to everyone, no need for the lightest fanciest gear, just an adventurous heart and two wheels!

A great vibe and story. I am in the Mountain US West and we did not have the kind of infrastructure history so this is all fascinating to me. We are on a blessed continent to have the diversity and opportunity.

My wife and I did many parts of both trails from 1989-2014, but never could find the time to do either one completely. Taking the old train from Cumberland to Frostburg and riding our bikes back was a real kick we enjoyed three times, the last with our five yr old grandson. Trains and bikes are the best!

Good job with your video…I’ve ridden the GAP/C&O several times and have gone both ways. That is Pittsburgh to DC or DC to D’Burgh. Because I live in Western Pennsylvania I prefer finishing up at the Point mainly because I know I’m done whereas finishing up in DC I still have a 5+ hour drive home. In early September, 2021, I and 9 friends rode from DC to D’Burgh. On Wednesday September 1 we headed out from Cumberland right into the remnants of Hurricane Ida with heavy rain and headwinds gusting up to 75mph. Once we crossed over the Eastern Continental Divide the trail was pretty much flooded some times the rushing water was above my bottom bracket. Fortunately we were only going as far as Meyersdale. We all made it with lots of stories we’ll all be sharing for a long time. The ride was a fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Foundation of Western Pennsylvania named “The DC To D’Burgh…Pedaling Parkinson’s Outta Tahn”. I have Parkinson’s and was riding an ebike. Because the water was sometimes over my mid-drive motor it was unbelievable that it didn’t cut 12:17 out. A real testimony on the Bosch system.

What a great ride we got to go down that grade from the continental divide . How ever the 60 miles up was tuff from connesville to cumberland . Loved the last 23 miles

I enjoyed your trip on these two trails. I did a part of the C&O as a kid in 1969 from Georgetown to Great Falls. Also familiar with the Ohiopyle area. I've been there many times to camp and kayak the river. I did do a few bike miles there too. Good memories, and to see some areas from my younger years that you traveled!

I had to stop the video after Ohiopyle because don't want to spoil it for myself. In the last 3 years I've ridden segments of C&O from Cumberland to Paw Paw, and GAP from Cumberland to Ohiopyle over a few day-trips. DOn't know if I'll get back this year but someday I will complete the rest of the GAP from Ohiopyle to Pittsburgh. It's a lovely trail. And I think I fed that same cat you guys did!!

Having grown up in Cumberland and living outside Shepherdstown for several years, this beautiful trail brought back great memories!

McKeesport was dying since the steel mills closed but when they closed one of the main bridges going towards Pittsburgh the few remaining bars and shops and restaurants disappeared

I really enjoyed your videos about the C&O. Thank you for sharing with us.

Great! Hope Brad had a manageable bout and is fully recovered now.

Yiu were fortunate that you weren't plagued by mosquitoes like my brother and i were, when we rode from Pittsburgh to DC in fall of 2018. However the Allegheny trail was excellent, and i hope to ride it again if my cancer permits.

My ride from Ohiopyle round trip to Meyersdale was fun, I ride on a loaded Pashley Roadster Steel 3 speed, drinking Guinness and Smoking Cigars, while riding! Great Trip, thanks for sharing.

Gr8 Video Tim, Still on my Bucket List

Great video. This makes me want to go ride. Thank you.

Such a nice place and I envy you guys. For now I'm off the saddle ever since I broke my arm. Can't wait to be back. Always be safe out there especially on slippery roads.

My husband and me rode this trail in 2003. It was my least favorite bike tour we did but the history was interesting and it was my first and only time staying in a hostall which was fun

Great video and content. Thanks for sharing :)

Awesome, thanx for bringing us with you !

Tim--really enjoyed your C&O/GAP series. I've been toying with that trip for years now. I think I may put that trip together in June. I did not know that Amtrak was an option. That sure makes the logistics easier when you leave a car at one end.

Thank you for posting the three helpful videos on the Amtrak, C&O, and GAP portions of your trip. I'll be taking the train from Cary, NC to DC in the next week or so to ride up to Pittsburgh on the bike. I've had to delay the trip a couple times after recovering from cold and flu so fingers crossed I'm good to go this time.

That trail looks amazing, thanks for sharing. Looks like all had a great time❤

Another cool trip. Love the “Jason King” vibe…

Great adventure ride. I rode the GAP trail just last week as part of my month-long Amtrak and Bike coast to coast travel absolutely loved the GAP trail.

I did my trip the week after you from DC to Pitt. My experience was very similar and your video was excellent. I heard “you are going the wrong way” very often as well. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm getting ready to do the Katy Trail across MO , but I enjoyed the GAP and C&O so much that I might do them again instead. Waiting for maybe May 20 or so for warm weather though!😂

A friend asks for help you help em.

Great series and wild how you made it back before the storm. We did the GAP last fall and this brought back great memories. The Ohiopyle section is my fave with deep woods and beautiful scenery. Didn't realize what a gem that park is. We did this the opposite direction and one of the benefits is the exhilarating downhill from the continental divide. We're planning on exploring your neck of the woods this summer in Cuyahoga Valley NP.

Thanks for the video plan to get in shape ride the outdoors got out of touch with nature I need this thankyou

Oh that climb to Ohio Pyle State park is brutal! But I keep going back! Hope Brad and the rest of you are well. Thank you for the great video,

As a beer drinker, I want to drop in behind y'all!! 🍺 🍻

This is on my list for next year, although definitely not in two days. More like four. I'm old. There is work going on in Pittsburgh on the trail leading to the Point. It will make things easier, I think.

Nice series! I'll be doing the C&O & GAP in June as part of a longer tour from Virginia's Outer Banks to Chicago, but your video & narration gave me a really good feel for what I'll see this summer, and some good ideas where to stop for supplies (beer). Thanks for making it!

Nice ride

❤️Brad

Great video and narration. I am considering doing the Gap in the Fall and I was interested to see the route from East to West. I have bounced back and forth between Myersdale and Cumberland a few times so I am familiar with the climb and the thrill of screaming downhill into Frostburg. Liking the concept of traveling in this direction.

Tim, I've done the GAP multiple times now, and in my opinion, Cumberland to Pittsburgh is the best direction. The downhill into Cumberland is loads of fun, but 120+ miles of easy pedaling going SE to NW trumps that as far as I'm concerned. Riding the C&O and GAP next summer, really enjoy your videos.

If you can steal the time (or are retired like us) there are major attractions to enjoy along the Trail. Like Harper’s Ferry, the Antietam Battlefield National Park is a major Civil War site. There is an auto tour of the battlefield that you can do on your bike. And you can stay at the Antietam Creek Campsite, one of the Canal’s most appealing. At Ohio Pyle, you can catch a 15 minute shuttle to Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, Fallingwater. People come from all over the world to visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kickback in Ohio Pyle and enjoy this antique community, the State Park and the beautiful setting. After finishing the Trail, some riders use Amtrak’s Capitol Limited to ferry their bikes back to their car. We didn’t reserve bike space in time, so we instead rented a pickup truck at Washington DC’s National Airport and dropped it off at Pittsburgh International Airport. You can reach National Airport from Georgetown via bike trails along the Potomac. Join the crowd at Gravelly Point to watch the departing airliners as they pass a seeming stone’s throw overhead.

I remember those views of Pittsburgh but from the other side of the bridge when I biked through in 2017.

Sweet Mags!

That was my little orange sticker at the divide map…we came thought in june

Great Tour! Too bad for Funny Brad. I'd love to do this one day but without the camping. I'm high maintenance. Lol.

My preference is west to east, but I do get the logic of doing it the opposite direction, but my reason is always logistical....I have a good friend in Maryland just off the C&O so a place to stay, a shower and a place to pack up the bike before heading to the Metro and ultimately Reagan. East to West or West to East, regardless of your skill level, the GAP-C&O is a fantastic tour!

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sh*t, Tim, you did it again! (i'm finnally cing ths)

The lean two you mentioned a little bit from Pittsburgh how far from Pittsburgh would you say it was. Unlike the c&o looks like a lot of the campsites cost money on the GAP trail. Im going to ride from Pittsburgh to Maryland because Maryland is closer to my house

love the C&O/GAP trails, I actually prefer going from DC to Pittsburgh I have only done it alone and its been late July or august so I probably ride longer days being alone and not really wanting to stop moving in the heat... Starting fresh on the rougher C&O dirt and then ending on smooth crushed limestone GAP is nice. Online I noticed a fair amount of complaints about the C&O surface but would hate to see it become a normal smooth bike trail... the dirt makes it fun/unique . *Spotted lots of folks on "normal" everyday comfort / hybrid bikes with thinner tires maybe with the explosion of gravel bike popularity more everyday REI/big box stores "do it all" type bikes will come with fatter tires stock. Cant wait to go again, in a few weeks... and its looking like I will even have the time to go again in the fall.

Thanks so much for this video series - In a few years, once I lose more weight and gain muscle, I am planning to AMTRAK to Pittsburgh (via D.C.), biking back to D.C., then AMTRAKing back home. For the bike, I'm thinking of riding an electrified Velo Orange 20" wheel Neutrino - if not, maybe a Crust Evasion. But, "it's not the bike, it's the rider" - and this 70+ year old, former commuter/MS150 rider needs a lot of improvement. B&B/Hotels are my preference. On AMTRAKing the bikes, are wider randonneur/porter front racks a problem (approx. a foot wide, narrower than the bars)?

Did Gap eastbound in 2021. It definitely is slightly uphill from Pitt to the divide. I felt it. Doing it again next week (Sept.2022) but may do DC to Cumberland also. I fret about that 23 mile climb from Cumberland to the divide though. You must climb 100 ft of elevation per mile. I don't have the legs of some of these avid riders who do bike all the time. IDK if I can do it. I may shuttle up there.

Great series! Quick question. You started in DC but were parked in Pittsburgh, how did you get to DC to start your ride? I'd like to try this ride myself.

Great video! I doing the same trip, other direction (Pitt to DC) next week. Any issues finding lodging?

Check out the C&O Trail we rode first! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itGDZ66exrWrmqM.html

I plan on doing Pittsburgh to Cumberland then flip and go back to Pittsburgh May 2023, Any helpful advise for a 66 yr old guy in healthy shape? BTW is 4 days doable?

sorry i didnt check with woman's name in the purple bike but can you too me what brand and model of bike she was riding,, it looked like it fit her so well,,

How did you get back from Pittsburgh?

Which All City bike is buddy riding?

What size tires do you recommend Tim

No sign of Big foot I guess.

REMEMBER: If you’re not (sometimes) climbing, then you’re not riding!

What state this in migth ride 40 miles of this trail by the way is it step hills

Could I ask what parking deck you used in Pittsburgh?

you made a wrong turn: the trail shouldnt take you thru mckeesport. you should have stopped at the little boston inn in boston, pa. great people.

What bike is the girl riding? It looks really upright

Just keep those stupid children's toys out of the way of my Harley twig boy!

far out and way cool !!! finally found this one :) ..., little factoid here: technically, established in 1961, C&O trail predated "1st" rails-to-trails = WI "Elroy-Sparta Trail" by six years..., except it was a tow-path. So does that mean i still rode 'the first' as a child on my 24" Schwinn Typhoon shortly after Elroy-Sparta opened in 1967 ??? perplexing questions here to ruminate on while riding this or in your hood or the next ??? ..., Rails-to Trails Conservancy says there's now = 2,000+ Rail-Trails in U.S/ 25,000+ Miles of Rail-Trails/ 40,000 Miles of Multiuse Trail/ Rail-Trails in all 50 states en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal_National_Historical_Park en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elroy-Sparta_State_Trail www.railstotrails.org/