Bikepacking the Corsica Crossing
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2021
- In October of 2021, Belén and I rode what we call 'The Corsica Crossing': a 318km tour from Bastia to Bonifacio. Find the route, photos and story of each day over on Komoot: www.komoot.com/collection/137...
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Makes me want to pack and leave tomorrow. Love the serenity in your videos. Your quiet, patient, contemplative style, really captures the ambiance and the essence of cycle touring.
Means a lot, Stefan! You should totally ride it once you have a week of free time. It’s easily reachable from France or Italy, and even Spain, by ferry.
Wow, despite the set-backs, including the weather. You guys managed to create another stunner of a video. The landscape looks amazing. I really enjoy and appreciate your style of video making. Everything looks so magical. Thanks for your efforts in sharing your adventure with us. Look forward to seeing you guys in future journeys. All the Best, Rob
Thanks a lot for writing that, Rob. Means a lot!
You really produce professional quality videos. Always a pleasure to watch.
Thanks, Tim! Appreciate that.
Great video! Loved to watch it
Very stunning and relaxing film. You captured great pictures from this island.
Thanks, Steve. I’m sure you’ll enjoy what’s coming of Sardinia even more…!
Really nice video! Your filming is great :)
Incredible adventure. Thanks for sharing!.
What a nice and relaxing video again. I guess there's always good and bad any place you go, but I've just added this trip to my bucket list of places to visit, even with the rain. Thank you both for making the best bike touring videos. 🚴 🇨🇦
Thanks for that feedback, William. It’s true, and I’m happy you decided to put this one on your list… it’s going to be worthwhile! Wishing you sun and tailwinds.
Beautiful filming, calming music. Thank you. Sorry it disappointed you. Keep smiling.
PS: I had read about bullet holes in many of the sign posts on Corsica and you filmed one such!
Thanks, Jen. It was a strange thing to see, they felt so out of place against the peaceful landscape!
Great video, thanks! It was nice to be with you in Corsica. The cycling season here is over and it is cold (-20 degrees) and snowy. Greetings from Finnish Lapland!
Always a challenge to stay in riding mode once the season is over. Uploaded this video from the Netherlands, with the trip already behind us and rain pouring down outside!
Another wonderful well made video with stunning pictures. Great story telling. Thank you for all the work you put in to let me part of it. Looking forward to the next one (Sardegna?). With a smile from Switzerland. Mich
Thanks Mich, means a lot! Yes, Sardinia is next, and it’s going to be an incredibly fun series!
Great shots, cool video.
They really don’t like road signs 🪧.
Great video again, love the audio too!
They don’t, right? Those things get butchered!
Buen video chicos, como siempre gracias por compartir
Great place Corsica,have biked there many times,the last,being in October 2019.Not that well known,so not over developed,thankfully.Great video.
Really appreciate the video. Was looking for a route through corsica and man you delivered!
You should make a video on videography techniques! and gadgets you use :)
I like that! Will do sometime in the future.
@@tristanbogaard and also what it costs to travel the way you do.
I cycle toured in Corsica 3 or 4 times in the 1970's and '80s and it has always been a special place for me so this video brought back wonderful memories particularly when I saw the beautiful church in Murato that I have passed by several times. Perhaps October is not the best month? I was always there in May to mid-June, leaving before the summer tourists invaded. I suspect that a lot has changed since I was there but I see that the Corsicans still block out highway signs that don't use the village names in the Corse language. Thanks so much for the video and I'm looking forward to seeing your travels in Sardinia.
We definitely need to come back to Corsica and get off the bikes too to explore some of the mountains there. =)
Really happy to hear that, Art! Yeah, our timing might have been off, but there was generally quite a lot of rain around that part of the Mediterranean this summer. And yes! It’s kind of funny and sad at the same time, the roadsign language being blocked out. Looking forward to showing you a very different journey around Sardinia.
Very nice video, especially when you consider that one of you had to ride up the mountain again to get the camera after the recording. You can feel the atmosphere very well.
Thanks Gerry! It sure is quite a lot of work to film on the go.
Amazing video. As always.
Really captures the atmosphere of cycle touring.
Thanks.
Hello...
I have been watching a few of your videos lately and must say I am enjoying them very much.
With that being said, could you possibly make a video showing what bike computer you use and how you put it thru its paces?
I believe it is a Wahoo but would like to see how you use it to save maps and navigate as well as gather the needed info to track any given trip for that matter.
Again, I am really enjoying your channel and plan on sticking around for a while so any specialty videos you offer are warmly welcomed here.
Thanks for all the hard work you put into the creation of theses videos and keep up the good work!!!
Blessings to both of you as you travel and document your trips for the rest of the world to see.
Thanks for the elaborate comment, Raul! I will take specialty videos into consideration for my future content. It’d be nice to have a couple of videos of my favorite gear up anyway, now that I’ve used most of this things for a few consecutive trips.
Back in '98 I was in Corsica for a hiking trail (GR20) and also I had some setbacks but the weather was amazing... You have a bad rainy season I guess. It's in my opinion still one of the most beautiful Islands on the European continent.
I think we did indeed. If there’s a next time for us in Corsica, we will try to visit in a dryer season!
@@tristanbogaard ik geloof dat Corsica in het voorjaar en begin zomer beter is qua weer.
Brilliant video, I would like to do the tour myself.
Do you have any advice how to best go back from Bonifacio to Bastia and have the bikes carried… Train? Bus?
Just finished your route Tristan.
Man that last hill almost killed me, lol. Unfortunately didn't get to finish it "completely" though as one section had a rally race going through it so bad to back track to Corte. Headed to Sardinia next though; for the Trans sardinia. Thanks again for the route, super stunning scenery!
Glad to hear you rode it and are on track to Sardinia next! Hopefully the fences / gates situation is still the same on our retraced TranSardinia, since the original had so many of them blocking the way. But now should be a wonderful time to ride it.
@@tristanbogaard I guess I'll find out following your route. Weather looks good for a week starting tomorrow though in Sardinia. I thiught it your comment about the westher was funny though, as it said it was going to rain in Corsica every day; pretty much. However, I think I just missed every day and had good weather.
As a Corsican resident I enjoyed your video but next time come in May/ early June, beat the heat and better weather. October is a transition month with the beginning of the rain
Thanks for the tip! Will keep that in mind
Thank you for sharing the video! How did u found the campingspots?
Mostly intuition! That gets a fair bit of training when bikepacking in different places.
Were you a film making student? These videos are of professional quality. Thanks for all of the effort!
Appreciate that! I did not go to film school, just years of repetition and trying new things while out cycling. Really enjoying my current style, will stick with it.
I am just catching up on your videos. Have loved them all. You two are great story tellers and have your book as well. Question for you, how do you like the Specialized Diverge’s with flat bars vs your prior drop bar bikes? Do you prefer the flat bars now, or could you see yourselves going back to the drop bar bikes down the road.
Thanks for your thoughts on the matter and safe travels! Doug
Hey Doug! Thanks for your compliments. Yes, personally speaking I really enjoy the flat bar, and Belén does too. But for city cycling (commuting + smaller trips) the drop bar has a lot of advantage due to its width. So I’d say we prefer flat for long trips but enjoy the privilege of having drop bars when they provide more comfort on a more urban trip, too. Hope this helps! And enjoy your day!
Nice video! May I know what camera and lens are you using? Love your color grade.
Thanks! This was shot on an Olympus EM5 mark III with a 12-40mm lens. A very versatile combination.
Aloha, I enjoyed your video. I do have one question why did you choose October for your trip?
I suppose it would depend on the weather a lot! And Corsica can be notoriously rainy, so it could result in a wet October. But just thinking of autumn scenery, I’d say it’s worth a try!
Very good video. How you manage to capture both of you most of the time ?
By running back and forth with a tripod!
@@tristanbogaard it needs a lot of effort and time to do that. Marvelous.
Which hip belt is that you are using to hold 2 waterbottles please?
That’s the Moment Fanny Pack, in black. Works great for bikepacking!
@@tristanbogaard Thanks, wishing g you many more exciting adventures.
shower filming, what's next? LOL how much vanity!
The inside shower fit the outside shower! But I think it’s my limit 😬
msr Hubba Hubba NX??
Nope! The much more durable Elixir II!
Komoot link doesn't work?
You’re right! It should now.
@@tristanbogaard thx!
Did you realy take the camera every single time on a spot in front of you to pedal past the camera......?..... and then all the same way back to get it? How many KM in total?
Yep, did do! Not sure how many km’s it added but for sure a couple per day.