5 lessons from travelling the world by bike
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2023
- This year I plan to make 30 videos that help you to live a more purposeful and fulfilled life. It’s been three years since I finished the bike trip. Since returning to the UK, I’ve focused on building a life away from the camera. I’ve become more private in what I share and as a result, my CZcams channel has become somewhat dormant. I want to keep this balance of privacy but also create videos that rather than just entertaining people, have the effect of helping people to make changes to their life.
What better place to start than to make a video that bridges the gap between the world bike trip aCnd my current life.
I’m excited to share my thoughts and lessons with you over the coming year. I'm going to be making videos about leadership, travel, business, sales, productivity, and human performance. This is not an exhaustive list and I plan to follow my interests to share what I think you will find value from.
It feels good to be back.
0:44 - Say yes to offers of kindness
2:00 - Don't listen to the news
4:20 - Thrive with less
6:03 - Make a plan but be open to change
7:54 - Community=Belonging=Happiness
10:23 - Summary
I appreciate you Adam. I found long distance biking as a great form of therapy. I lost two children in 3 years and biking has saved my life. You’ve inspired me to bike the dalton. I’m an Alaskan but I’ve never been that far north. Hoping by the end of June to bike it and meet new people. Sorry for tmi. But you and Ryan helped me a lot. I saw a quick picture you shared of you two and it made me want to tell you. Thank you❤
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Please share some of your story, if you feel so inclined. Bravo You. Metta.
@@1unsung971 my daughter and son were both born With a very rare skin disease. babies mother and I are both non symptomatic carriers of the disease. its called junctional herletz epidermolysis bullosa or JHEB. its known as the worst disease youve never heard of. biking saved me from losing myself. 1 in 10000 are non symptomatic carriers. idk what the odds are. ive only met one other family in alaska who have had kids with the similar disease there are several sub types. they live close to the same town as mother. bearing sea coastal town,
Respect all world touring cyclist. They are the most resourcesful, determine people. ♥️ from Malaysia.
Great comment about being the person to create community after you get home. It’s often only 1 or 2 people who can bring everyone together and make things special for another 40 people, having one more of those “community maker” people who give a shit is actually a huge step change for many.
My man!! Love this.
Thanks Ryan. Loved watching your run in Mexico recently. Makes me really want to make it there soon. I hope you’re doing great.
I lived on a sailboat for four years and experienced many of the same things you did while traveling/living by bike. I left my community and missed it terribly. (I also missed my bike!) Most people are kind. We don't need a lot of stuff to be happy. Haida Gwaii is an amazing place! Thank you for guiding me down memory lane.
Such a nice video - I enjoy watching it and then Ryan Van Duzer appears! What was that!? :) Nice.
I've never seen anyone capture Africa in this way, l'm talking about the ppl are so beautiful and happy, not worrying about material things just really happy with life.
I agree with everything and I identify a lot with your words.
Ok, mi amigo, I am certainly an admirer of yours after hearing about this trip, but you really do need to be corrected on this erroneous statement you've made @ 4:34 about possessions... I have a churango...it makes me happy...I have a nylon string guitar...abosultely makes me beam with joy... have a german shepherd...he makes me very happy....I have a flute....totally happy that I have it...I have a DJI Mavic mini, it made my trip in Indonesia a happier one and when I revisit the photos I have taken with it, I am made super happy, yes, when I am able to take it out these days I marvel at how awesome it is and how amazing the photos are, I am made happy by this possession.
My lad, there is a wise way to declare part of what you are saying..."buying many things can create many burdens, be careful not to burden yourself this way..." and, "there is a happiness that money cannot buy, it is love and the reward of loving all people, so be careful to love people and use things, not the other way around. "
These are the things that the wise men and women of the world are saying, but to say that possessions cannot make you happy is indubitably false.
Keep up the good work, mate. May God bless you to do so.
If you can afford it and as you say they bring you joy I don’t see the issue. If your skint and you find yourself still buying stuff for no reason, that’s more of what I was getting at.
Nice. I’m still traveling across the USA and everyone was attracted and were generous. It’s still kind of a mysterious. I love this life.
Beautiful video. Well spoken. My wife and I quit our jobs last month and are planning to go for a 6 month bike trip in summer. After listening to you I am even more looking forward.
Hello did you do it?
Hi Adam, I found your channel only yesterday when looking to see travellers in Alaska! Absolutely fascinating and what a beautiful trip. Boy you are some cyclist!! And this video today reflects my own confusion at the moment - the desire to be free and disconnect from all the chaos I thought perhaps I was only looking for, but now I am not so sure and I think I'm looking for community too. A balance! I forward to hearing your ideas. Thank you.
It’s a tough one that I find myself struggling to balance. I think the answer for me is to put in time and patience into building community. Giving more than I receive and being consistent. Freedom on the road then feels secure when you know you have a community to return to.
Disconnecting from the chaos is made easier on a bike tour but with it comes a different type of chaos. It’s more localised and is usually in the form of bike repairs, personal interactions and dealing with loneliness.
I will return to the road at some point but I doubt it will ever be for as long as 18 months. I just love the people I see daily too much.
thats so true what you say about community. I´ve been travelling for a few years now because I want the freedom and adventure, but it does get lonely sometimes. it would be amazing to find the perfect travelling companion. thanks for your video and your amazing adventure!
Geopolitical borders are recent, often arbitrary and unnatural. So much conflict could be avoided by dismantling these borders and abolishing all religions. 1995 -1996 I rode from Singapore to UK, through the Stans. Borders are areas of friction, fear and high drama. I would like to remake the World without borders. This is a marvellous video. Thank you. Go well, live strong.
I'm going to disagree with you on "abolishing all religion" they've tried that before obviously and it means punishing people for following a religion except for atheism, that is, they're allowed to believe there is no creator and we're here by chance. Does that sound like something you'd like to be in charge of?
I'm a Christian but I think freedom of religion has worked pretty well in the U.S. (and other places), and that's the opposite of wiping out religion.
right on man, thanks Adam
Thanks Adam! Did part of your route through Thailand and Malaysia. Was a great (but hot and humid) trip. If I get to UK I'll be sleeping in your yard. :)
Holly cow Adam...it is so good to see your video. I was subscribed to your channel but it got away from it but I am back. It is great to see you on CZcams again and I really enjoyed your content regarding post life after a major bicycle tour. Many things you experienced in that year, but I think you are so much richer for the trials and tribulations your experienced. The topic of what happens after such an adventure is something that rarely gets discussed and I know for me after crossing the US from the Pacific to the Atlantic along the northern territory , I had a really hard time adjusting to the old life...I did give up my car and it has been great for my health, both mental and physical but not so much with the ladies but not dating keeps more money in my pocket. Keep well, keep safe and glad to see your videos again. Cheers....Ticocycletourist.
We are riders too. Travelers on magic carpet. Magic Road Dogs
5:41 as someone who already has 4 bikes ( 3 gifts 1 bought) I needed that. I was going to buy a dedicated touring bike, and although I could it wouldn’t be what would make me happy and I don’t exactly need it to start touring. Thanks!
Learn about a people, a culture, through the people, not the news. A beautiful message, a beautiful way of life.
I have resided in Las Vegas Nevada since Oct of 2021 from being born and raised in San Diego, CA for over 50 years: Now as a food courier, after having been my Father's Caregiver for three years, I appreciate the fact that I can now use more of my spanish (which I took 6 years of classes in Spanish since Jr. High School - College). A lot of people fail to know the benefits of being bi or multi-lingual as I myself from my families blood line are of mixed races.
Adam, you were one of my inspirations when I went on my first bicycle tour in 2019. I did my second one last year, which was more people focused than cycling focused. I've learnt so much through those trips, and the solitude helped a lot in enabling the learning. But lesson #5 is a hard truth. There is a freedom in charting your own path (literally), but it comes with loneliness and the deep longing for, well, belonging. So glad to see an update from you, and hope to get to meet you in person some day to share our experiences. Until then, have a good one (:
Love your videos and have been watching for years. I can relate to so much of what you are saying. Looking forward to everything that you have coming up!
Spot on Adam! Thanks for sharing your beautiful insights and life lessons. They really resonated with me. I'm a longtime cyclist who is rediscovering bike touring in my retirement and these are just the type of life lessons I am trying to incorporate into my life. I'm a better person on a bike!!
First time I’ve come across your videos but really loved this, very inspiring and look forward to watching more!
Great video Adam - your world cycling adventures have helped inspire me to travel on two wheels, and this video is really inspirational too! Welcome to the south coast 🙂
just finished listening to your podcast, really enjoyed it on my daily commutes! also thanks for this advice :)
Thanks for filming this Adam, this just popped up on my feed and so pleased it did. Subscribed, good luck with the videos. My wife and I are planning our first bike packing trip for December
It's the fist time ever that your videos popped up on my feed.
Great review of your experience and inspiring lessons you shared with us all.
Happy to subscribe right at this moment. Kindest regards from Cape Town, South Africa.
Welcome back! Nice to see a new video from you
Wow.... Thanks for the ride brother.
Love this! Thanks so much Adam, great tips for life. I switched off from mainstream news for over 3 years. Not to be ignorant but for the sake of mental health. Inevitably it reduced the fear of others and the perceived world. That in itself can propel more kindness towards to others. When I went travelling, I found the overwhelming majority of people are kind and giving. Keep building that wonderful community 🌊🦭
Absolutely, NEVER squash the spirit of giving. When we accept "gifts" from others, what we are "giving" is the opportunity for others to give. If we only ever give to others, but refuse to accept what others offer us, then we are in essence killing the spirit of love from flowing through the body of humanity. This was a tough lesson for me to learn because this is a hard thing to do because we're often trained up not to take from others if we don't need it, or maybe we feel that we are way more fortunate than the people trying to give to us, and that is when our desire to not be a burden on others can put a serious kink into the free flowing spirit of love that is often displayed in action by acts of giving, sharing, help others in what form. I've also learned, the hard way, that even if I don't need it, I always accept the kindness of others because in my acceptance of their "gift" our souls meet, and for a brief moment we get to share the precious gift of time (life) with each other over an act of love and kindness. I've been a full time bike rider (no driver's license) since 2004, and that's not just daily commuting rides, or rides to run errands, but also multi week bike tours a few times a year, and since I have been riding pretty much 300 days a year since 2004, I have had lots of opportunities to give and receive the precious gift of love from others while out on the highways and byways, and that is what makes a ride truly special and unique. Keep on riding, keep on giving and keep on receiving. Peace.
I learned #2 at an early age. I haven't watched the news since I was 17. Sometimes I felt anxious, nervous or sad at random times at random places. Because I did an hour of meditation daily at that time, it naturally made me question my thoughts and feelings and I found out those bad thoughts and feeling came from negative information streams, with the News being the biggest one. I haven't watched the news for almost 10years. Where as I used to feel anxious and unsafe around people, now I am glad I have people in sight when I feel unsafe.
Great video Adam, loved the positive message and advice, I’m learning more about both minimalism and stoicism to help with my mental health and happiness. Your a Top Man Adam stay safe.
You really helped get me Into touring Adam! You also helped get into south East asia. Thanks for the inspiration
Excellent, some of the best life advice thank you
So nice to hear from you!!
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I really found these to be meaningful lessons. Thank you.
Loved this. Thank you
What a lovely video from a gentle spirit, I wish you the very best.
Love it! Just got recommended by CZcams and looking forward to following!
Great advice! I rode from Barcelona to Genoa in 2016, and I can't wait for my next long trip. Following you now.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom, Adam. This is very relevant given the current global situation.
I've always found when cycling -- whether far from or close to home -- that cycling and walking lets us see the world more fully than driving in a car. We can really see and experience what life is like in each particular place, because we are traveling at a slower pace that allows us to more fully experience each place, and each group of people.
Beautiful video. After hitchiking for a long time i can relate so much with all points you mentioned and you presented it very well... I miss my nomad life and it puts a constant smile in my face everytime i recall memories from it :)
It’s good to hear from you, Adam. These are good words
Lesson Six - Sacrifice for the one you love because giving is an important to built strong relationships
This is such a wonderful video!
Thank you for this video Adam. It is honestly one of the best and for me the most inspirational, bicycle touring related videos. That I have seen in a very long time.
That’s very kind feedback. Thank you.
Thank you. Not what I was expecting. Good all round lessens for life, on or off the bike. So true.
OMG I haven't even watched yet but I'm so glad to see a new Adam video!
I found the hardest part of a trip like that is connecting with people when you get back.
Thank a lot for this sharing, it help me a lot to me to make my trip plannings.
Absolutely love your round the world trip videos Adam. I watched them all again recently. They are so inspiring and professionally made. Can't wait to try my own adventures in the near future when the kids get that bit older and myself and the Mrs have a bit more time.
That’s very kind. Thank you.
Haida Gwaii is awesome. Actually about eight of us rode up there from Vancouver Island specifically for the Edge of the World music festival, but we cycled all over the North Island. It was great, although it rained all through the festival.
Hats of to you Adam, it is beautiful listening to you and your experiences of long distance traveling, I am from India Bangalore, hope to meet you. God bless you.
i go in small bike tours for 10-15 day since i have cats and can not leave them for long , , and every time i see bike tourer and i have time , i seat with them and buy them a beer :)
Agree, agree. Lovely video
beautiful words 💚
Came across by accident wow what a really nice guy . My wife and are have been to France Northern Ireland Southern Ireland Wales Cornwall and this year we are cycling the North coast of Spain . It’s awesome 😎
I needed this video. ❤
🙏🧤👏 This man gets it 👌🔥🔥🌍🌐💡🌟❤️❤️😜
Great Video😀
Hi Adam
I have been following you for about Two years now. I'm looking forward to your videos.
Hi Adam, you are absolutely right. I volunteering all my life. Be a giver not a taker...saved my life three times. If I care about people.. people care about me. Traveled in France with my old bike for a year..back packing in South Africa... now I live in Australia. I'm originally from Switzerland 🙂
Thanks for your simple and truth explain. Cheers Roger
Nice talk, very insighfull.
I want to recommend the movie Secret Life of Walter Mitty if you haven't seen it, it's an inspiring travel movie.
Also about the second one, someone said they would be worried about their safety in Israel where I'd been and I thought that was ridiculous because they're from Flint, not far from Detroit. There's probably a reason they had moved to west Michigan, but still. We were safe in Israel because there was tension between Israeli Jews and Palestinians but no animosity toward Americans.
Great lessons 👍
You make so high quality videos
Well Put!
enjoyed this video Adam! would be interesting to hear more about how you have been engaging in community , I think it's maybe interesting angle to talk about place in this too. i wonder if there's more internal migration in the UK since so many more go to university, but I feel for friends who stayed in the town we went to school at because they were suddenly on their own and without the social scaffolding uni provides people
I've been waiting over 2years for my dream touring bicycle from Mercian that I brought with my first paychecks and I'm next in line!!!!!! finally!!!
That’s such an interesting perspective, and one I’ve never considered. I felt like the minority for going to university. Probably a result of being from a council estate. Most people I went to school with still live in my home town, even if they did leave for a couple of years.
Nothing quite beats buying a touring bike. Best investment I’ve ever made.
Hi Adam, long time no see! Good to see you back!
Good to see you back man! Nearly sent you a message when I did my UK trip last year but you weren't on the route. Have you got any more videos planned!?
Great video, Adam. When I decided to cycle across Europe, I knew I was embarking on an incredible journey. (I have cycled across Europe three times). Along the way, I saw firsthand how different countries and communities worked-the beauty and the hardships. As I plan to cycle to Africa in January, I understand how important it is to go in with an open mind and no expectations. Life doesn't always turn out how we plan, and that's ok. During my journey, I've discovered the truth of the old saying: no plan survives its first contact with the real world. If you happen to be along the route in April when I'm cycling to Wales, I'd love to hear your story. what unit were you in? I was in 7/16AAB
Chuck that job in and get back out on the bike again mate!! Also, get back to the dales...God's County!!😎
brilliant!
Thank you for so freely sharing....enjoying your videos...I've been doing short bike packing trips but plan to explore further soon. Do you think you'll go on a longer tour again in the future?
Thank you. Good luck for your future trips.
I don’t think I’ll be doing a really long tour anytime soon. I’m really happy with the balance I have with my life and a big tour (over a month) would pull me away from that too much.
That said, I have dreams about walking the pacific crest trail one day so who knows.
I see some of the Malaysian Clips... Lovely
I am in my 40s, i ve been a cyclist most of my life, did a few short trips and always dreamed about long lifetime adventure bike trip....i wanna do it
Share kindness 🌟 Stay blessed 🌞
I love you Adam
-Billy Bob Mcdoogle
Wise words :)
Earned a sub, cheers.
Wisdom!
This speaks to me, still trying to find my community. I guess it’s good that I’m still trying though
Good luck finding your group. I went to a new hiking group this week and had a great time. Maybe try something new and see how that goes.
Jon Snow, the King of the North!
Great overview video. New Sub here 😃
That's Cool Bro!!! I just watched a vid of you and a women cycling up the coast of Thailand, I think you were cycling from Singapore to the UK did that plan change???
Really good tips. Any plans for future adventures?
Lots of plans but not sure if I’ll film any. Im heading to Norway shortly and have just returned from a week skiing in the Alps.
I might film a local bike adventure soon. Watch this space.
One of the best spoken ways to put it all.
In 2019, at 18 y/o I rode my bike across the us relying on the kindness of strangers, and it was one of the greatest adventures in my life. You nailed every point my friend.
What a journey and adventure! We would have been cycling at the same time. Thank you.
Hi Adam. I have followed you for some years now and now very soon ill be starting on my own cycling adventures. Thank you for the inspiration you have given me.
My channel is Paul travels by bike and it would me an honour to have you as a subscriber.
Thanks again . Paul
I hope you are doing well with sobriety and life.
Hi Adam, I randomly came across your video and really enjoyed it. I lived on my bicycle working/traveling around the world from 1987 to 1996. Our lessons are similar, and that journey changed my life in so many positive ways. My channel here is all about interviewing people doing cool positive things in their lives. I also have another channel called Joe's Velosophy where I talk about more philosophical ideas pertaining in some way to bicycles. Thanks for your positive message, and if you are ever in the south of France I live in a wonderful community in the foothills of The Pyrenees. I am a Warmshowers host, look me up and come on down. Keep on rolling and smiling. Peace, Joe
Thanks Joe. Offer goes to you also if you’re ever on the south coast of England. The bike = freedom and is a beautiful way to see the world. Love your messages.
@@AdamHugill Thanks, my wife is a Dorset girl I met while cycling in China and talked her into buying a bike and coming with me into Tibet 27 years, and two kids ago!! So I may be on the southcoast one of these months. Here's a link to an interview I did with a fellow countryman of yours I also met while cycling. You may be from the same part of England. Your accent sounds a bit similar to his. Be well, and hopefully we'll meet up one of these days in person.🚴♀️😁 czcams.com/video/ZsFkmaC-fs8/video.html
What a story! And what a wonderful place to meet your wife.
John Bishop is a legend. I really enjoyed watching the interview with you both. I didn’t know he was a bike tourist too. You interviewed him at Bournemouth which is where I live too. What a small world. We’re from different areas but we’re both Northerners.
I once cycled from the UK to Andorra and onwards to Gibraltar. I loved the Pyrenees and would love to return. I’ll be sure to note your name and account in the event I make it.
See you then!!🚵♀️😎
About dangerous places…A few years ago, we arrived on our motorcycles in Los Cabos, Mexico. We felt slightly scared, because at that time it was the most homicidal town in the world. When we left a restaurant, we noticed that we were followed by somebody… it was a waiter, waving with my wallet. ‘Sir, you forgot!’
So, between murdering each other, Mexicans can be very nice people indeed. Like everywhere else you go.
Thanks for your lessons, I completely agree.
Hmmm, I don't do the last one. At 71, and in part as a consequence of Covid-19, but mainly as a result of my life-long struggles with anxiety and depression, I've withdrawn from friends and community. Part of my increasing interest in bikepacking is because I can do it away on my own, like a hermit. To be honest I haven't missed the belonging. My anxiety has decreased, and I'm much more in control of my mental health. So yeah, I always valued community, Now I've withdrawn I don't feel lonely or sad. I just feel more even-tempered.
I don't know what that says about my selfishness or my failing to contribute to community. It is just how I cope.
You're maybe very introverted, that's not a bad thing, so long as you aren't mean towards others which I'm sure you're not.
Ha, I had that in Mexico, people would shit me up on buses about the town I was going too
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Being on a bike for so long in your own head really allows you to learn how to speak and really allows you time to just think.
You’re in Brighton kind of area now? Didn’t see that coming!
Couple of hours from Brighton. I’m in Bournemouth.
Hi bro r u fine ☺️ big fan from ladakh India 🇮🇳