Check out the full North Coast 500 route on Komoot here: gcn.eu/nc500kmoot

@Grunchy005

5 жыл бұрын

Global Cycling Network Omg Love It!!!!!! Actually they have Scottish werewolves, good thing you missed em 😄

@mehmd1913

5 жыл бұрын

What gear did you use? What brand of tires etc?

@alexnoor7689

5 жыл бұрын

Guys, you have terrible accents! Speak with full pronunciation of GB English please! Foreign viewers need that

@christianaristizabal7396

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what size, type (tubeless, clinchers, folding bead) tires were on that 3T? Especially tire width?

@C.Medina

5 жыл бұрын

When are the best months to do a ride like this? I don't want to go in the super windy season. Or Scotland is a hit or miss in regard weather?

I watched this video a couple months ago and immediately booked my ticket from America to Scotland. I’m finishing up the route today and I gotta say it was for sure one of the most amazing times of my life. Thanks GCN 🤘

@keithlordofalbascotland3371

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you pal spontaneous best way to be

@4WCmOozpni

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! I want to do it next year. I'm not really into sleeping outside in the rain though. Did you stay at any B&Bs that you can recommend or did you go for the full outdoors experience?

@mark3212

4 жыл бұрын

@@4WCmOozpni I went full outdoor experience! I'm sure there are a ton of good B&B's but unfortunately I won't be able to recommend any

@cubbykovu8955

4 жыл бұрын

Hey MArk D do you want to go again ? I would love to do it but I would also like to go with someone :D

@l7ete

4 жыл бұрын

We're doing the same route in April. There are bunkhouses along the whole route which are around £20pp per night.

Not even sure these GCN videos can be classified as KZread videos anymore...the production quality has gotten so good they're more like short films. Keep up the awesome work!

@estebankid10

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Keller there are thousands of channels that post high quality proper film material.

@nl3712

5 жыл бұрын

American Flag please name a few. So hard to find quality content on KZread

@goldenretriever6261

5 жыл бұрын

Actually very good commercials.

@loganclark7902

5 жыл бұрын

Fucking right

@suminshizzles6951

4 жыл бұрын

@@nl3712 kzread.info/dron/qiYX6cqxQI9CqhH_kvHeOw.html Iohan Gueorguiev

GCN needs an entire backpacking series. Nothing educational, just the trip, their experiences and the locale. This has got to be my favorite type of riding and my favorite GCN show.

@taxusbaccata3001

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! And now I want to prep my bike for bikepacking :D

@recurf7492

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe even a backpacking channel?

@johnnunn8688

4 жыл бұрын

mazeltov11, do you mean ‘bikepacking’, it is a cycle show after all.

@brookwalsh

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnunn8688 YES. so. much. yes.

@moreadventureuk

Жыл бұрын

Here here, there's no better way to travel!

I was sad when Matt left, if Si ever leaves I will cry! Great video

@KandiKlover

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I loved watching the Matt on GCN.

@cristiangamboa2037

4 жыл бұрын

That will be a sad day indeed.

@robinseeberg3715

3 жыл бұрын

If Both Dan and Si leaves, i won’t be watching GCN anymore

@shubhank20

3 жыл бұрын

Very true all GCN presenters are great and we kind of have an emotional attachment to them but out of all if Ollie ever leaves GCN I will forget GCN ever existed.

@robertbodnar8745

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinseeberg3715 and Ollie

Utterly brilliant video, hope the film crew got some cake after that. Shame it all that lovely scenery had to be condensed down to just 35 mins.

@McG518

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed that could be an hour plus long...

@FancyMcDancy

5 жыл бұрын

Shame that all that lovely scenery had to be condensed down to just 3 days. Stop - or go slowly - and smell the flowers guys! Not everything is about how quickly you can do it!

@narutoqweavatar

5 жыл бұрын

At least they got to sleep in a hotel :)

@ianstewart8301

5 жыл бұрын

ggm02 agree! I could’ve watched more. Wish they actually went for 5 days.

@Ey_up

5 жыл бұрын

Someone said to do it in three days...😙

Si, you are one lucky guy getting paid to have such amazing experiences. What a bonus bumping into Jenny, you should get her on the show sometime soon.

@simonrichardson5259

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Jenny was just the coolest. Will be trying to rope her into a video soon for sure!

@ianstewart8301

5 жыл бұрын

Malesoun yes. Get Jenny and more female riders.

@prestachuck2867

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jenny for restoring legitimacy to the world record. You rock!

@zero5uk

5 жыл бұрын

Si's a good down-to-earth dude. He deserves that bit of luck and you can see he doesn't take it for granted. Suited to this kind of work.

@lauriequinn7511

4 жыл бұрын

Jenny was my guide on a ride through the Outer Hebrides 3 years ago. She is awesome, fun, clever and tough. Great human, I am so lucky to have met.

As someone who as toured quite a bit through Europe and across the United States I can tell you that any day over 100 miles with a fully loaded bike can be absolutely brutal. You really get to know yourself and how tough you are physically and mentally.

While I like GCN a lot, I particularly like the videos with Mark Beaumont. He really strikes a chord in my cycling for a sense of adventure.

@cherylestrunk7291

3 жыл бұрын

Funny,Thanks

@katiefinnegan4649

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend your read his book then. I thoroughly enjoyed the spark for adventures

@ScottKinnear

Жыл бұрын

I went to see Mark do a chat for Entrepreneurship week at Dundee Uni in Feb 2018, a great speaker, and very interesting. Great video, the guys made Applecross look doable 👍🙂

@morosis82

Жыл бұрын

I think that's it hey. It's not let's see how many laps of a circuit we can do, it's let's see how wild a route we can do, and then do it in a completely bonkers time. Honestly this one is getting added to my list for routes I'd like to do in Europe next time I get a chance.

Can’t tell anymore if I’m watching GCN or a Sundance Film Festival winner! Sensational video, great content, beautifully edited and truly inspirational. Thanks guys

I thought your Iceland jaunt was breathtaking but something I could never afford to do. But this... I will have to do, at a slower pace, of course. Britain has amazing countryside and thank you for showing us this fact.

@Munkenba

5 жыл бұрын

I roadtripped Iceland's ring road by car back in November, which was obviously gorgeous. But watching this, I don't know why I bothered to go so far, Scotland is only a day's drive North and the scenery looks just as good.

@kevinfox5594

5 жыл бұрын

@@Munkenba though as someone who lives up in Scotland if I was coming up from England specifically for the North Coast by bike I'd skip the drive and get the train (preferably the newly refurbished Sleeper) up to Inverness to arrive nice and relaxed

@Munkenba

5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinfox5594 I took a sleeper to Edinburgh two or three years ago, it was wonderful. Never been further north than that, but damn do I want to.

@meeeeeeeeeeeify

5 жыл бұрын

Go for it Richard! I did a similar thing last September, but a bigger route (starting from Glasgow) and taking more time of course! Absolutely stunning, so few cars, and so easy to do - I just hopped on a train!

@thelonesoldier4518

4 жыл бұрын

Britain is totally underated. You have the lake District, the dales and Scotland! Don't know why people sometimes bother going abroad!

I love the ease in which they talk about miles and kilometers in the same sentence, but sometimes it distorts how big of an effort it really is.

Pretty sure a GCN side channel just dedicated to Si bikepacking would be amazing! 5-10 day routes. Get some of the world's best to go along for the ride and hit up every corner of the globe. Do it!

@cherylestrunk7291

3 жыл бұрын

Funny,Thanks

That might just be the best cycling video I’ve ever watched! Great effort guys.

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE GCN VIDEO EVER!!!!! This is honestly so inspiring! Love it!!

Every single downvote is either someone who does not ride a bike or is jealous of you. As a cycling addict for 14 years this video gives me chills. Excellent work guys! Cheers from Portugal.

This is one of the best films shot in Scotland that I have ever seen. It is on a par with Highlander and Local Hero! Pure Inspiration!

@gcn

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve

What an amazing and inspiring ride. I have driven many of these roads for work and it is the most beautiful scenery in the country. As someone who is just getting back into cycling and 30 miles is a challenge I can't comprehend how you can do so much in a day. I doff my helmet to you both. Thanks for brightening my Sunday morning.

10 years in Australia without being homesick for Scotland once until you mentioned Stovies. Great video.

@alchamone8133

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@riddlydiddlyimawantedmanin4442

3 жыл бұрын

almost burn some onions, add water and boil potato's in that water, then add whatever you want (or have left over) as the recipe varies all over Scotland. My families recipe is simple, caramelised onions, add potatoes, boil boil boil, add corned beef, eat eat eat. Should be able to cook it yourself :)

Is anyone else a new(er) cyclist watching this over and over all summer dreaming of the day you get to do something like this?

@whoarewe7515

2 жыл бұрын

Yes this year me and a trailer for the dog. Have you got out yet? Are from Wales? Thinking we're going to do wales this year.

@zozik7

2 жыл бұрын

I am fairly new to cycling, would love to get to do this, would like to put a training plan together for it, maybe do it in 5 days, 100 mile a day

@katydid5088

2 жыл бұрын

You don't even need to go cross country (meaning to Europe) to see such beautification sights, although you totally can if you want. Beautiful spots cycling the coast are fortunately easy to come by.

@theo5928

2 жыл бұрын

@@whoarewe7515 I've just got into the idea of bikepacking this year, by no means an experienced cyclist but did the Lon Las Cymru (route 8) last month. Completed it with some friends in a week and had the best time, I can't wait to do more, can't recommend it enough. I'm from Pembrokeshire and didn't realise how beautiful and diverse the Welsh landscape is. Really makes you appreciate your home :) Scotland is next on the list methinks, everyone says not to go this time of year cos of midges though

@whoarewe7515

2 жыл бұрын

@@theo5928 your trip sounds brilliant. Yes I want to do Scotland aswell and heard the same thing about midges was looking at a head net for when sitting round trying to get a smokey fire lit. Hope you have a good time in Scotland if you can let's us know how you get on.

I struggled to do the NC500 in 3 days on my motorbike! Hats off to you guys. I'm a budding cyclist now and am inspired by these videos - thank you!

My experience of cycling in Scotland is very small. But when I was cycling down from Edinburgh to York I actually hurt my neck from checking out the views as it was so incredible Like Si says, go visit Scotland it is a beautiful part of the world and the people are absolutely some of the most pleasant people you’ll ever meet!

Awesome video guys, I was the mad Yorkshire guy a day or so ahead of you wild camping NC500 for 4 nights! What weather we got 🌞Most epic, breathtaking, wild multi day riding I've ever done. Got to be seen to be believed up there 👌beautiful filming GCN

What can I say ..🤔 back in the 60's four of us went from Epsom in Surrey all the way to Kingussie, Scotland via the Eastern track, ran out of time, so had to head back on the western side. The whole trip in 3 weeks youth hostelling with 2 bloody great panniers fitted over the rear wheels of my Claude Butler - a triple clanger at one end with a chain connecting to a 5 gear changer at the other end, and only being able to use 13 gears because the chain wouldn't expand/contract enough at the extremes! And I watch this excellent video film of yours while lying in bed from what is gloriously entitled a 'Spine Stroke!' and I'm loving every moment! I might add i must be slightly mental cause I'm thinking that when I'm fully recovered I might persuade my stepson to join me on that 200 mile endurance course you have video'd. This video has brought back the memories of the sheer joy of peddling along country roads, out of the way of the main roads when possible, and all this enjoyment done with maps! 🙂🙂🙂 I've just asked the wife of we could cycle this route, in 3 days with the addition of electrically assisted bikes. I've been told I'm hallucinating. Possibly so. Keep up the excellent videos. I envy you 🥴

Really enjoyed watching this, brought back memories of my NC500 ride, which we did in a more relaxed 7 days. This ride needs to be on every cyclists bucket list.

These type of Epic bikepacking videos are something else. Great scenery, great music.....fantabulous!! Have to say, you got lucky with the weather - I hate to imagine what it would have been like had it been wet, windy, etc

These GCN adventure/travel videos are simply incredible. I am blown away by Si Richardson and the authentic way that he lives into the cycling life. It inspires me and makes me dream of bigger things. Thank you for the videography, the story telling, the cultural exploration, and the splendor of moving through the world on two wheels. Keep it up...

@erikig

4 жыл бұрын

Kudos to the crew too, I can’t imagine the amount of time and effort it takes to set up some of these shots 🙌🙌

This reminded me of the cycling tours of the highlands I've done in the past, especially the north west coast, I could almost smell the clean fresh air, wonderful.

gorgeous. thank you so much for sharing this beautiful landscape.

You know when Mark says it’s a hard day you’ve put in some serious Klms

Really strange seeing my home city on GCN. Thank you for doing justice to the beauty of Scotland’s Highlands. It truly is the perfect place to live ( if the midges aren’t out anyway 😂)

Inspiring ride and just so beautiful! Great video!! Thank you!!!

What a great video, I need to do this route now, next year's plan is set! Thank you

Well done to the team who filmed this, some breathtaking shots, kudos! Very enjoyable watch!

This makes me proud to be Scottish. Most beautiful place on earth

@NewPolishScientist

5 жыл бұрын

Scotland is amazing. I prefer to go there on holiday rather than canary islands, mallorca etc.

@douglaspate9314

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. I agree!

@Stoo61

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky enough to have been to 45 countries across the world and only went to the Hebrides for the first time last month and it blew everything else out of the water. Makes me even prouder than I already was.

@davidelibralesso4345

5 жыл бұрын

I have been lucky enough to be born and being living in Italy, travelling to many places in the world. Scotland is by far my favourite place. What a beauty.

@andyduhamel1925

5 жыл бұрын

Having had the privilege of working globally in my lifetime by far the most amazing beautiful destination is Scotland, a microcosm of the world but I’m a tad biased.

Please do more of these! They are so wonderful to watch. Great content and editing.

That was fantastic - beautiful, awe inspiring trip and genuinely nice blokes riding together. Epic stuff.

Yes another amazing bike packing video :D getting me motivated for my 400 mile bike packing ride.

Best GCN video yet? Must be there or thereabouts! Echo the other comment about it being a shame it's condensed into half an hour, could easily have been an hour long special! Chapeau to Mark, Si and the crew, brilliant 👌

Brilliant...seen it before, but still enjoyes it. THANKS very much for your effort.

Oh, how this took me back to when I rode Lejog (long route). Brought back so many memories. Northern Scotland...what a beautiful place. Thanks so much...such a great video 👏🏼👍

One of the best GCN videos do far 👏🏻👏🏻 Love it!

I like a lot when you do this kind of videos... I know it is hard to do it... but it on my favorites

Absolutely brilliant videos these. I'm so impressed and even more entertained. Just great fun to watch. Thanks so much :-)

This is just awesome. Pure happines in my inside. Thank you GCN, you're wonderful.

I did half that ride in 5 days in 1978 wearing trackie bottoms and trainers! Wonderful video and congratulations to your camera crew

What a fantastic showcase of Scottish cycling, the NC500, should be on everyone’s bucket list.

@Grunchy005

5 жыл бұрын

Now imagine jogging it 😄

@nl3712

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Already pinged a mate to see if he’s keen...

Absolutely wonderful video. I’m so envious of this trip. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing the route, guys. Definitely on my bucket list now.

I love how everytime they get on their bikes and start riding again, they're like "oof"

This two's-up series is excellent. Scotland is beautiful.

Thanks for putting this together, and what a fantastic ride!! Amazing who you bump into out there!

A truly inspirational film. Green with envy...thank you for sharing!

Fabulous! On my official bucket list. Thank you for taking me on your adventue.

This is by FAR the best video GCN has ever produced. Absolutely stunning and entertaining to boot. Thank you so much.

Such an inspiring presentation. Simon I love commentary. Moving on to the next video to learn about your "kit".

That looked just magical, what a beautiful route. I've never been Bikepacking before and that has just inspired me so much. Just amazing, thank you for sharing.

I’m not a road biker and I moved away from Britain over 20 years ago, but damn, that makes me miss the UK and could make me a bike packer. I so want to do this.

This video have opened my eyes to the epic world of bike packing, truely breathtaking and inspiring! Chapeau!

That was great therapy, riding the turbo watching you guys, thinking about how much enjoyment we will all have when we get back out in the wild. Thanks very much 🖒🖒🖒

This is amazing, beautiful landscapes friendschip and cycling can’t be better!!!

Si bikepacking videos are just the best. Lovely 😀

Super episode. Wow, great ride, great coverage by the crew and two chance encounters with epic endurance athletes. Thanks GCN.

This is beautiful. I keep rewatching. It really captures the feel of what it's like to cycle in Scotland in the spring, when the weather is good, of course :-). Shout out to the audio mix and the birds.

Thank you guys, so looking forward to going home to Scotland now, and doing a lot more exploring.

Cracking video Si, Mark & team! Beautiful cinematography of a spectacular part of the world. Adding this route to my ride bucket list!

This has to be THE BEST GCN video yet.. awesome, great job guys!!

A wonderful tour, that's what cycling (and haiking) is all about, the personal challange, the nature and these beautiful landscapes. Thank you for this inspiring video.

Thanks a bunch for sharing this trip. Epic video!

Stunning video. Really high quality production. Huge congrats to Si and Mark for completing a monster ride, and huge congrats to the technical team for monstering the production!

A huge thumbs up from me! Absolutely the best video on the channel. A fantastic part of the country with stunning scenery. I was fortunate to experience the Etape Loch Ness sportive a couple of days ago, having the opportunity to ride around Loch Ness was an experience in itself. Watching this video brings back the memories and fuels my desire to return for more epic riding. Keep up the great content.

That was epic! Breathtaking scenery and a real challenge. More videos like this please. My favourite on your channel so far. Kudos to all involved.

Stunning...I could watch this 500 times. Beautifully done in all respects.

Fabulous video.....i always knew Scotland was beautiful...i just didnt realise how much....breathtaking 😊

The best video I've seen on GCN, well done both

I love watching your travel videos. This one will be one of my favorite. Keep going guys! Thx!

GCN did it again. Great coverage, and commentary, I really enjoyed and inspired to do some long miles on my road bike.

Ooh that was good, very inspiring! Looks like you really lucked out with the weather. And don't worry Si, your freehub will scare off any predators!

Stunningly beautiful landscape and what a great ride. I tried to calculate how many days I would need and I ended up closer to two weeks. Just to have time for faffing, obviously. ;) But seriously, mad respect for this epic ride! Thanks for taking us along!

Si, Mark, thank you. massively inspirational video, with outstanding editing. so fun to watch and pique my wanderlust.

Well done guys! Amazing trip, wonderful landscapes, nice explanations and commentaries, superb video post production. Thanks to all the team.

Great video, quite nostalgic for me did this in late May 2018 when we had those two weeks of blistering weather. Was like 25 to 30 degrees most days!

Incredible stuff. It's on my list so will checking your route... May be take slightly longer to do it, definitely going to factor in some faff time.

I think I just added a bike packing trip to my list of adventures next year. Truly inspiring and deeply moving scenery and video. Thank you.

Watching this again. Incredible bit of film and Mark is such a legend isn't he. Well done Si!

Wow absolutely amazing, who doesn’t want to go to Scotland after watching this. Cracking video lads well done 👍🏼

This looks amazing! What a dream. Scotland is beautiful.

I have been struggling to get back out riding again but having watched this the Scotland 500 is definitely on my bucket list. A stunning production. Well done to all.

That was such a beautiful and inspiring video.Thanks.

phenomenal in every aspect imaginable. One of the most impressive and enjoyable things GCN has ever done. Chapeaus all round.

@cherylestrunk7291

3 жыл бұрын

Relax

Just booked our tickets to Scotland. Doing this May 2020!

@steviedee8921

4 жыл бұрын

maybe not ..😰😷😷

@chuckfessler2652

4 жыл бұрын

Yuppp. This got canceled

@footyfan1248

4 жыл бұрын

Although I am a cyclist, my Brother and I had the 500 penciled in for May on our motorbikes......sharing the disappointment Chuck, hope you do get to do it sometime soon.

@langdale55

4 жыл бұрын

We’ll be ready to welcome you back, Chuck. Until then. Stay safe and Haste ye back!

@cayesh1234

4 жыл бұрын

oh man, I feel for you. I can almost hear the collective sigh from all the cancelled bike trips in the world.

Enjoyed this video,your chatter, sense of humor, grit, such a fun(grueling) adventure. 💗💗

such a good video, for the past few years i have been backpacking in mainland Europe in summer, italy, spain... but i was planning Scotland this year, and this has just solidified that. So cool. Thanks.

So proud this is my beautiful country. Proud to be Scottish.

@gcn

5 жыл бұрын

Oh Flower of Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@Prof.SchulzeSternberg

4 жыл бұрын

I haven’t been to Scotland for ages. Definitely time to change that.... awesome country and landscape, extraordinary people

@footyfan1248

4 жыл бұрын

I am English and visit Scotland pretty regularly. You have every right to be proud, such a beautiful country.

Yet another great bike packing video 👍. Si seems to be the bike packing presenter among gcn presenters

@dennisuerling899

5 жыл бұрын

He is doing a great job with it. I won't complain.

@ianstewart8301

5 жыл бұрын

HJ Shoon I agree. Love seeing his adventures

@robbchastain3036

5 жыл бұрын

Katherine would do well, too, I suspect.

@gcn

5 жыл бұрын

We're loving it HJ, stay tuned for more!

These epic ride style videos are by far my favorite feature of the channel. I watch most of them multiple times.

Great inspiration. Thank you

Really enjoyed watching this.

This is one of my favourite video here right now

this is just an awesome video...I rode across Canada ten years ago and this footage brought back a lot of memories. Thanks so much - great content!