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Yes, that's pretty much how we did it since we don't camp, but stay in hotels or B&B's. There seemed to be good access to both along the trail.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the positive comments. Heading out to the GAP Trail in early June, then a few more Wisconsin adventures during the summer. Maybe a fall trip as well. Enjoy your riding season.

@@lammetrackproductions3962 Thanks. Happy riding to you guys, too.🙂

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. We have yet to use Amtrak during our trips, but it looks like a good way to go. We're doing an out and back on the GAP Trail in June. Hope to also fit in a fall trip..maybe the KATY again?

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for the kind comments. Hope to complete the editing of the southern end of the Pinellas Trail and post it soon.

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Thanks for watching. The Driftless trip sound like a challenging, but beautiful ride. Amtrak does go to downtown Milwaukee from Chicago. From Milwaukee, you can ride the 225 miles or so to LaCrosse on around 185 mile of Rail Trails and (bike paths in Milwaukee and Madison area). I have ridden every trail on that route, and done multi-day trips along the route. The only tricky part is around 40 miles of road riding from Madison to Reedsburg. I do not know of an electronic version of the trails, but the Wisconsin DNR Site has maps and information on all of the trails. The trails you would be interested in would be: Glacial Drumlin Trail from Milwaukee area to Madison Area, 400 Trail, Elroy-Sparta Trail, and LaCrosse River Trail. The last three trails are connecting trails to get you from Reedsburg to LaCrosse. You could continue along the Great River Trail to Winona, MN as well. If you need any help with your planning I would be glad to help. Email: lammersbw@gmail.com Another CZcams site to check out is Paul Suchecki. He lives in Illinois and has several videos about some rides in Wisconsin. Also check out my Elroy-Sparta Tunnelpalooza Video for an overview of the Elroy-Sparta Trail. I live in the Madison Area so let me know when you are riding through and maybe I can ride along for a bit.

@@lammetrackproductions3962 thank you for the generous reply. I’ll dive into those references and send you an email after I’ve done a bit more research. Also, I just saw a CZcams video about gravel cycling routes around Galena, IL. I’m thinking of including it as another home base to ride loops from in the driftless. If I can find a third base in NE IA, that might be perfect. Anyway, thanks again, and look out for an email from me.

Thanks for watching and checking out my channel. It is called Da Brim. I wear the sporty version. Keeps most of the sun (and rain) off my face and neck. Here is the site: dabrim.com/

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Thanks for watching. Plenty of great trails in Wisconsin. Can ride from Sheboygan to Milwaukee 95% on trails. Can ride from Milwaukee to LaCrosse and on to Winona, MN on trails (there is a 4 mile gap east of Madison, and about a 30 mile gap between Madison and Reedsburg, need to take roads) Madison is a great hub for three great rail trails, Military Ridge, Badger, and Glacial Drumlin. Plus trails in Madison are great! We will be doing an out and back on the full GAP Trail in mid-October. Hope to post the video a few weeks after.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed our video. Have fun on your trip.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm hoping that my new 360 Degree GoPro Mount will help with that.

Thanks for the kind comments. Glad you enjoyed our video. I currently use a standard type handlebar GoPro mount that I kind of piece together. I do try to raise it up and forward as to not include my front bag in every shot. Still working on a mount that I'm totally comfortable with. The biggest and best change that I made was upgrading from a GoPro 3 (used in my first two bike trip videos) to a Go Pro 8 with video stabilization capability (used in the KATY video). This really ended any major shaking and bumping on the videos. Still working on my camera work.

Thanks for the positive comments. It was a fun trip. Glad you enjoyed our video. We plan on staying closer to home and riding the Wisconsin trails this season...with we hope...more videos to produce.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun ride on a great trail. Upgraded to a GoPro 8 with a handlebar mount, so much smoother than our 2021 video on the GAP/C&O shot with a GoPro 3 with chest mount....hope to ride those two trails again in 2024. Staying closer to home this season as we plan on riding several Wisconsin rail trails this summer.

Thanks for watching. Hope is was helpful if you are planning your own trip. Here is the link for Da Brim purchased from Adventure Cycling site. www.adventurecycling.org/cyclosource-store/apparel/sp/da-brim-sporty-helmet-visor/

In June I will be doing the C&O and the GAP trail, your video is very insightful and thank you for the link.

We came off the bridge and used city streets to get to the hotel. They were not too busy and were very wide. As I recall I think we took Clay street to High Street to get us close. It was also pretty much down hill to the Capitol Plaza. A bit tougher on the way back since se did have to go back up the hill to get back on the bridge. Hope this helps.

There's a ramp that's been built to get bikes up to the bridge and then streets into town.

Hey Tom, While touring fully packed down, we usually push a fairly easy gear and try to keep up a faster cadence. So on my Trek 520 I use my middle chain ring on the front most of the time and ride on the middle of my rear gears and adjust accordingly. Not sure of the exact gear ratio. So on a rail trail with only slight elevation changes, we can usually ride around 12 mph, going a bit slower on the uphill grades, and faster on the down grades. Hope you found our video helpful.

@@lammetrackproductions3962 Thanks, that is helpful. Both myself and my wife tend to ride in harder gears most of the time when we are out on paved bike trail (largest front chain ring and two smallest rear gears) but I think we would both benefit from an easier approach when on gravel or going much longer distances.

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.