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What is "portage?"

Wow. Just wow....

Interesting…how do you make rear wheel stay on the rail?🤔

My one rule for ride old railway rights of way: always start on the downstream end and ride upstream! That way you're riding downhill on the way back, when you're tired.

ICZcams keeps unsubscribing me from your channel for some reason. Have you been breaking the rules to piss them off?

What is the chances of getting pictures and dementions of that rig?

Why didn't you stop in that place with the abandoned buildings? That was so interesting.

Would have liked to see the tressel

Hey, nice design. My rail bike has some of the same features, separate carriage for guidance and support, front wheel is removed and forks firmly attached, etc. I like that you have incorporated the outrigger as part of the carriage; mine is a different piece that attaches behind the seat and runs on wheels for the other rail, and sits high above the center so as to clear obstacles. The outrigger can be set for various rail gauges, which allows use on narrow gauge. Your design solves the problem of what to do with the front wheel. I usually leave it in the car. Recently, I converted the attachments to fit my ebike. At age 83, I think I can justify using some power boost. I did put in a lot of miles in the past, with my "Flyby" folding bike, from REI. Have rail biked all over the PNW, and some in Arizona. Where you were looks just like places I have been in Idaho, but not nearly so remote. Happy rails to you!!

Ever thought about having bigger wheels…maybe kids bike tires…so it doesn’t go cluck clunk over the joints?

On that railway bike do you have to steer a lot or does the bottom piece just do it for you cause while I was watching it looked like you weren’t steering

I'm sorry for how hard I laughed when you realized you forgot your tent! Such a relatable moment though hahaha!

so your back wheel can just slip off the rail at anytime? seems pretty annoying.

GREAT VID! thanks for posting! Will you ever go back and try again? maybe small electric chain-saw for the blow downs??

🎉🎉Jan

Good adventure. After you forgot your tent I thought you might check to see if there was a town ahead and grab another tent and then just pick up your old one on the way back. Surprised that you didn't seem to be following along with Google Maps or something. A small solar panel would keep your phone charged. Also, FYI: "Argentina and Chile use 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) track gauge, as well as 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 33⁄8 in) or metre gauge."

What does this? Samsquamch

This is fantastic.

All that destruction by the river possibly a sasquatch?

Oh I do so love it when you tell the truth. I laughed 'til it hurt. Great video. Forgetting the tent wasn't a failure, it just motivated a change to the adventure.

take me to lac megantic! :D TX for the video!! :D

I’ve just paused this video to say OMG, I cannot believe you forgot the tent. Right, now back to the video

Is this the final version? No v12 with a jet turbine?

* Beer before life *

Probably want tall stem extenders and riser bars or your backs, shoulders and necks will ache after about 10 mins. Mountain bikes are optimized to be balanced over, leaning forward, going downhill, not ridden for hours on flats. Nice front rack idea though.

Sweet💪🏻 How is it that the rear wheel does not slip off the rail?

Awesome video! This version of the railbike seems to be very easy to build and carry. I've created one steel version, but it is weighing around 30kgs without the bikes :)) Did you use 30mm VSlot profiles? Do you have some plans / drawings of the construction? Thanks a lot!

28:47 It must be a Turbo Encabulator built in to the rear wheel.

13:26 From this point forward I will always refer to tornadoes as "death lawnmowers"

That was so much fun. Thank you. My wife and I watched it together. Your setup seems to be the most stable one I've seen so far (we have watched a few of these types of videos). We loved your honesty (you are not the first person to leave something behind, lol. We once left one of our sons behind at a basketball stadium over an hour from our house. It was very dark once I got back to him!). Don't ever think that your footage is 'boring'. Watching the scenery go by in such a beautiful place is hypnotic.

If there isn't any rust on top of the rail itself it's been used recently and used pretty often I'm glad you got out okay but it might be a line that's used every few months or so and the risk of having a train at speed coming down the line while you're on it even if it's every few months isn't worth it

This is so cool

I see trees like that mutilates where they grind them all up on the roadsides with a big toothed grinder thing that eats them up, bums me out when they kill all thr cook willow trees. Man yhat looks almost like copper harbor

thats actually pretty freakin rad

Awesome idea and video. Subbed!

All those shots of you going past the camera know I appreciate them

full video? link

Nightmare material 😂

Whats the car? 😅

Great video. I was a whitewater canoe guide in my previous career and spent a lot of time in places like you're in around the country. Those swaths of broken trees are not from tornadoes when they're lying in a straight line. Those are from microbursts. Powerful downdrafts that hit the ground and continue for considerable distances, given their highly localized nature, often crossing rivers where you'll see the trees lying in the same direction going up the other side. There are a few I've seen that knock down massive trees that leave scars for decades. The Derecho did similar damage in places back in 2022. Tornadoes usually leave a circular pattern of damage over large areas.

I booked that exact site then broke my leg two months before I was to go. My best friend and I followed through with our plans and helped me hike that brutal portage from Murray lake with a cast on and crutches. I couldn’t walk but I made it there. It was one of the hardest but best things I’ve ever done. It was over two months ago and I still have calloused palms from the crutches. Great content, Love your videos! You’ve inspired me and my best buddy to purchase some packrafts for some new adventures. Keep the content coming! Ps if anyone is going to Nelly lake bring swimming goggles! The water is cold but my god it’s absolutely mind blowing with the goggles on.

Beautiful, surreal place. Wish I could be there. Thanks for sharing!

fantastic , what a great idea, welldone !!!!!!!!!!

Him relaxing and being drunk probably saved his life

I aplaud you for giving me something unique in 15 years of watching CZcams and many, many cycling videos. Excellent content!

Rail heads are NOT shinny when the line is abandoned idiot! this is a used line! and I take it you cut the tree down and put it over the track in the first place!

cool thing you built there. looks like you dialed it in. some extra bolts and lock washers and wrench along with a bottle of locktite or 3m 5200...😁. I'd probably pass on the handsaw and just bring makita chainsaw or reciprocating saw and a bunch of batteries. dang....your going into some virgin ( kinda) territory and it's not going to be steep climbs. just cruising and soaking it all in. you probably should have a couple or 3 cans of bear spray as well. can't wait to watch the next video! 😎👍

I don’t think it’s the rail part that makes it sound noisy. It’s the knobby tire on the smooth rail. I bet it would be nearly silent with a hybrid tire on the rear.

Bike packing is just a word. About five years old. Nobody can explain what it means that makes it different from touring.

Love the vid!! And compliments on your attitude in spite of the tough conditions 🙏🤍 leaving for this trek at the end of the week... forecast isn't promising, but this provided some inspiration to embrace the adventure one way or another!