I'm a 73 yr. old Canadian cyclist, and have always dreamed of an Adventure such as this, but for now, you make it posible through your eyes, your experience. Thank you so very much for sharing your beautiful journey.

Blown away by your narration, your videography, all of it. How can one not want to travel the world by bicycle after watching this?? Magnifico!!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thank you. I also owe much to other video makers. They've inspired me to the point of wanting this.

As a cyclist, photographer, and traveler - an amateur in each! - I have the richest praise for this video. It's fascinating to see and experience America through the eyes of a visitor to our country. Thank you!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Cycling and documenting it’s a challenge. I had an iPhone and a drone for the video.

@micosstar

10 ай бұрын

yahoo ! @@vladywashere

@malia4284

7 ай бұрын

Cows say mooo

@malia4284

7 ай бұрын

Tornado zones Kansas, Missouri Indiana, Illinois. Ohio,,eastern Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,

@malia4284

7 ай бұрын

There are bison but more west

As a drone pilot I was fascinated by your perspectives, Vlad. As a retired cyclist, now, at 80 years old, riding an e-bike, your determination was great to experience. Congratulations on the ride, the production, and your valuable insights.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Well said! You know beside posting it here, having a document is more important than we can imagine. I don’t have footages of myself when I have young, a kid, and that’s a pity.

Made me feel love for my own country again. Thank you.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Brilliant! One of the best cycling videos in terms of camera work, narration and most importantly telling a story of a personal goal from heart! That drone shot of horses in Montana took my breath away!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, a small drone and a phone was enough. No GoPro

Cool video and it looks like it was a heck of a journey. I think my fellow Americans forget how massive, diverse, rugged and just plain beautiful our country try is. We sometimes need a foreign to remind us.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Very diverse. Among Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, the landscape can turn from humid forest to dry steppe in a couple of miles. You have space, a lot of emptiness that makes any trip look magnificent… and not only on movies.

The people you meet in middle (little towns) America might be the nicest you ever meet.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Very kind people, they seem to have the time and the pleasure to help anybody.

The video is of true traveller describing America as he sees it while riding on his bike! Production quality is excellent. Thank you, Vlady!

@vladywashere

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks! It’s a beautiful and meaningful land to discover and worth to tell in a story. Iconically memorable.

Not a lot audience with you during the actual ride, but a lot of them now enjoying your beautiful and epic journey. Thank you for taking us along with you.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

More to come! Yes. It was mostly a solo journey, except for a few stretches, the popular sections.

Don’t you Love it , America 🇺🇸! ❤❤❤

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Hard to say no

I love watching ultracycling/long distance cycling documentaries, yours has to be one of the best I`ve ever seen! You did a great job condensing this enourmous jouney into a 80 min movie, a truly pleasure to watch and to listen too. Congratulations for completing this insane trip, and for this wonderful film! Thanks for sharing, best wishes!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

It is a matter of time. The distance is doable, so it is about time. Time was the problem for me with my capacities. And time is a problem for documenting too. Not easy to cover 80 days.

Wow, amazing adventure. Great work with video editing. When I was 26 years old, I rode across the United States . It’s a wonderful, feeling discovering something new every day that you have never seen before.

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Very cool! True. Every day a new town, always something new for my eyes

Everything is possible. Life is good when we decide to challenge ourselves..

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

And we know it ;)

Great job presenting the USA, and the unique perspective from a bicycle.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

You took the hard route across the US - from East to West full of headwinds, mostly alone. If you could do this route across the US you could do almost anywhere in the world. Looking forward to your next challenge on the bicycle.

@jamesm.3967

9 ай бұрын

There is no real difference which direction you are riding. This is a myth.

fastest ride on the trans am for me was between west yellow stone and ennis. Did the 52 miles in 2 and a half hours. everyday after that thru montana it was nothing but head winds. I did my ride about 10 years ago, and I think about it every day.. Getting ready to do a year long tour, or maybe just start living on my bike, and exploring the world.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

I know that part. That stage goes north, probably you hade southernly winds. This is a trip of a lifetime, can even be not the longest, but in general is memorable.

Dear Vlady, usually I do not comment on YT videos but your movie made me want to contact you. Your movie took me away immediately! I was impressed by your footage, the esthetics of your camera work, the sound track and above all your thoughts and learnigs along the way! On top you gave me an impression of the United states I had never expected. I have a thousand questions about your journey - maybe I can cover them on your blog and website. Thank you for sharing your journey with the world!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks. Dunno, I am being myself. By riding a bike one have hands and legs busy but the brain keeps on working, Hence, the narration, the many considerations. You could subscribe and watch the episodes about the trip. Many are made on the way, edited with my phone using iMovie only. Check the playlists to find the episodes. And thanks again for your words, it makes me feel helpful and useful. After all is not just vlogging, but for a higher cause, inspiring others.

Well done my cyclist brother, really enjoyed this film. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Also a touring cyclist I think this is a marvelous ride you’ve shared with me. Thanks!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Telling the tale is part of the adventure.

Wow! A truly beautiful film and a fascinatingly different perspective on an incredibly diverse country. Those early cycle trails were just amazing! I had no idea they existed. As for the people you met along the way, they are what makes me believe America is the greatest country on the planet. Thank you so much, Sir. You've inspired me to keep cycling and maybe, one day, I'll do the same journey you did. ❤🎉😊

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking your time and showing your appreciation 🤩❤️

Whow !!! What an epic adventure!!! What a great video!!! What a brilliant music selection!!! What a great job you did!!! A big hug from a non cycelist, non backbacker girl from Germany 🤗

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

:D Danke!!!

Vlady, Thanks for creating and posting this wonderful video. Sometimes , I forget how wonderful and kind Americans can be to strangers. Unfortunately our country is going thru surreal political experience at this time. Your outlook and outsider views are sorely needed and appreciated. If you ever come back to Colorado please contact us as we would love to take you out to dinner and sightseeing in exchange for stories from the road.

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Amazing and complex Colorado. Where about?

@Jbirdsprings

9 ай бұрын

Colorado Springs which is situated between Denver and Pueblo on the front range. Pueblo is on the Adventure Cycling Assoc. mid america route. I know the Trans AM riders pass through there in the spring.@@vladywashere

Vlady, Thank you for sharing such a beautiful, difficult and breathtaking adventure with all of us. Such outstanding drone footage that captured the whole of that area you ventured through. The choice of music was at times spellbounding and enchanting along with the video of the wild horses. Such beauty you brought to life for us. Cheers...

This was absolutely epic and so well done. Excellent narration, editing and footage. I have done my own week-long bikepacking adventures along the US East Coast but my dream is to bike across the country like this (hopefully with less wind and heat!). What an absolute inspiration!

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. The U.S. is so vast that the heat/cold will be there waiting for you at some point. Summer month are good in the elevated areas but not elsewhere. Springtime can be too cold for you to cross the Rockies. Cycling from west to east can help you with the wind but still, you’ll encounter a few days of disrupting wind.

Thank you for putting it all together in one video …. Rewatching again…. 💪💪👏👍🚲America beautiful 🇺🇸great adventure and narration 🙌🤟🌴🌴 “ they ( Americans) don’t set limits “ …..sooo true….this is the best description of Americans I have ever heard….. Living here for 30 years I approve your statement 😊 USA ❤️🇺🇸

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

in Europe we are afraid of let our dreams flying high :) thank you for your words

@wmanadeau7860

10 ай бұрын

That's because there are no limits other than those we allow to be set. If you believe anything is possible then it is, somehow, someday, somewhere ;)

This video helps to restore faith in Americans when all you see on the news and internet is depressing. Happy to see that small town living is still a thing. I knew there were trails for hiker/bikers but not as extensive as this video shows..

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Rural / small town America is somehow at risk and the process isn’t new, but that is a global trend. Towns are wonderful, people are caring. Someone might not understand what we do, but great is also the numbers of cyclists that I have met and that are around this big nation.

What a ride! It looked like the USA treated you well, I hope. You rode within 10 miles of my house in Brazil, Indiana. Your an inspiration! Cheers to a ride well done! 🍻

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

I did! Brazil was so pretty! I did the 40! Just heavy traffic on rush hours.

Absolutely spectacular video! I can’t believe this is just something I stumbled upon on KZread. Very, very well done!! Our country is beautiful and this video shared it so well. Very entertaining!!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Spectacular indeed, or, spettacolare

Congratulations on completing a trip many dream of but will never do. Awesome video. Thanks for taking us along.

@vladywashere

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yes, it is classic, and I’d love to do something of this kind again

What an excellent video. Amazing challenge you set yourself and you achieved it without ego and with great dignity. I salute you. I once managed a team supporting a rider in the Race Across America so I followed a cyclist doing this trip, West to East. They have to do it in 12 days, it is brutal. I think your pace was much better, you experience more and achieve more, speed is not necessarily the best thing. I hope you took the lessons of the ride into your life when you returned.

Nice you did the lewis and clark from missoula, I love that route.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

It’s part of the ACA TransAm

Right on, Brother! I'm 72, with a new hip and a new knee. I have been riding more than ever before. I am planning a 250 mile trip this summer, and this video has inspired me to follow my dreams. I have ridden most of my life, but have only started bike touring recently. I'm getting stronger and stronger, and as far as I'm concerned, the sky is the limit. What have I got to lose at my age? I'm freakishly healthy, and I might as well enjoy it. Thank you so much for the inspiration, the good vibes, the beautiful scenery, and the knowledge that we are, indeed, stronger and more resilient than we could ever imagine. Be Well, my friend, and Prosper!

@vladywashere

21 күн бұрын

Greeeeat words my friend! Step by step and everything is possible!

@katsujinkin60

20 күн бұрын

@@vladywashere Keep up the good work!

Incredible cinematography, lovely narration and a great adventure! It was great to hear your experience of America, I'm glad you made it all the way!!! That is crazy. Makes me want to hop on my bike and leave right now!

This is one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen!

Vlady, I completed a similar ride this summer, traveling from San Diego to Dayton, OH. Covering 2,471 miles between 8 May to 6 July 2023. I averaged 54 miles for 46 days of riding. 14 days of non-riding for rest, weather, or medical (ulcers on both corneas caused by infection due to sweat, wind, & dirt. Your documentary reflects my journey and experiences pretty much exact. Visually, emotionally, physically, mechanically, experiences, almost identical! I took lots of pictures, but only a couple videos as I was mostly focusing on mentally managing each day. You superbly managed and documented in a way that truly captured every nuance of an endurance bikepacking adventure. I am halfway through your video and finding myself longing to get back on the road! Thank you!!!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Not easy at all keeping the focus on the document and its need while cycling almost everyday for the most of the day. It is actually normal to be tired or not mentally orientated for reporting each stage.

Very well done video, enjoyable to watch. I always said that I wouldn't want to have this kind of gigantic bike trip but after watching your video I may consider. Well done, good job putting this all together!👍

@vladywashere

8 ай бұрын

Well said! Consider the option to take more zero miles days or have an entire week break in the middle of your journey. I had 7 days off on a total of 80, which isn’t enough for the most of us.

Excellent record of your great trip, Vlady. Having solo biked across Australia, then back, 40k km over four years, I can appreciate the effort you put into this. That drone provides a lot of context. My travels were from 2009 to 2013, so drones weren't a thing, and being remote much of the time on dirt roads away from town was unable to recharge batteries easily and didn't allow for much video footage. You nailed it, however, without being selfie-focused like so many bike touring. Inspiring stuff.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Today is a little easier. Power banks allow you to travel with energy. But consider, I even had my laptop with me. Of course, two battery for the drone. I also had to mind the energy consume, but I have managed. I have used the drone just once a week, on average.

It’s part travel documentary and part art-house movie. I love it!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

thanks, it wasn't my goal. I have plenty of footage "left" and I might do something artistic with it in the future

the wild horse video was awesome

Extremely entertaining narrative, with all the true poignancy of long bike rides. Excellent job!

@vladywashere

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Just awesome!!!! Thanks

Vlady, stunning, mesmerizing, exhilarating, captivating...simply incredible feat and videography for a solo adventure. You captured the vastness of the West and brought tears to my eyes. I can relate doing a 5-day bike packing trip across Vermont and shipping a box of unneeded stuff home.

@vladywashere

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Shipping parcels is indeed a solution; I have followed other’s examples.

Thank you for sharing!

There's a concept known as "Stealth Camping". Camp out of sight. Put your tent up right as it gets dark. There's almost nowhere in the USA where you can't pitch a tent. If the cops come, they'll just ask you to leave (if that). I pedaled the Katy Trail and couldn't find camping twice. Just pitched my tent on the side of the trail at dusk and was gone at first light. A few folks that saw me just went by and laughed.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have done it but mostly in Scandinavia. The best is to select the spot during the day, then coming back in the evening.

@sailingaeolus

10 ай бұрын

@@vladywashere BTW the "sold out" soda machine you show in Tebbetts, Missouri...I just bought a coke there on Monday. The Katy trail is awesome. Thanks for sharing your videos!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

exactly@@sailingaeolus

Thanks for the awesome video and motivation. I'm working to get myself on a bikepacking trip.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Go for it! That’s the whole point. Propaganda 😃

LOVED THIS!! Hearing your own thoughts, your feelings, your philosophies was so different and more interesting than simply hearing about the places and people. Thank you for taking the time to record and share. Good luck.

@vladywashere

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Frank - it’s not easy to tell a story, or, it’s very easy to fail engaging an audience. For sure a “holiday video” of just places and people isn’t enough - it’s good to add emotions, thoughts and data to complete the story. Thanks for taking your time and for reaching out. Vlady

Thank you for putting together a video that shows how nice and friendly America can be. Being local American, one just often hears how much better some other location can be. I know that is not the point, but it just seems rare to hear it. It also helps me want to make the bike ride along the length of Florida in the near term. Not as long as your own trip, but something interesting to see a lot of the state.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Well said! Amaricans are mostly great and helpful people. The best way is to experience that yourself. Europeans and Americans will always click, we are different but yet similar.

@hejiranyc

9 ай бұрын

I rode from Savannah, Georgia to Key West a few years ago. That was epic! You really cannot understand the sheer enormity of Florida until you have ridden it. Highly recommend.

What an epic and brave adventure, truly special to see and thank you for sharing your journey with us.

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure, sincerely

What a wonderful video - so inspiring!

Bravo! You're determination and tenacity is admirable and inspiring! Congratulations!

@vladywashere

8 ай бұрын

So happy to give these emotions back 👍❤️

Thoroughly enjoyed! Thanks for bringing us along! 🇨🇦

This is amazing! Thank you so much

Just awesome, in every sense. Congrats!

Wow ! This is an amazing video with outstanding narration. Congratulations on your adventure and many thanks for sharing it with us. 👍

Really, really enjoyed your journey! Fantastic!

thank you. this was beautiful.

Beautifully put together , narrated and shot. Congratulations. America is a beautiful country that for 99.9% of the time ignores its political unsteadiness.

Truly inspiring and well done. Thank you!

I gave myself 10 minutes to watch a a few shorts before heading out into the garden for the day. 1 hour 20 minutes and 25 seconds later… great video and congratulations! Made me remember forgotten parts of my rides across the country. I apologize for my home state of Indiana; it’s not at all visually interesting and although generally known for being flat, it’s actually fecund with frustratingly short but steep hills over and over and over and…

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

That is true! Sudden steep climbs there too, nears major rivers. The towns were cool! Indiana is nice, but the countryside is somehow familiar for me; it could be northern Italy’s plains or Hungary.

This is an excellent video. Thanks for sharing your journey and appreciate you story.

Thanks for sharing your trip !!

Excellent video! Thank you

Great movie and thanks for making it!

thanks for sharing!

Simply wonderful

BRILLIANT!

Well done! I really enjoyed your video.

Awesome video and a truly rememberable journey, I’m glad that I was able to watch this and share the journey with you

Absolutely brilliant! Such a wonderful journey! When I saw this video, I could imagine myself on the road with you.

@vladywashere

4 ай бұрын

If you cycle you know it ❤

Incredible video!

Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Your video and travels were very beautiful 🙂

Beautiful

Great video! Incredible drone footage! Really enjoyed watching you pedal across this country! It on my bucket list to do!! Need to start planning......

Beautiful, just beautiful. Your journey, sharing this vast country with us through your eyes was terrific. Thank you very much.

A brilliant record of a fantastic adventure, beautifully filmed. Thank you for sharing 😊

A fabulous insightful video documenting a unique journey.. Thank you. I was thinking, who would be crazy enough to bring the weight of a drone on a cycle trip? I am so glad you did, the photography captivating. Thank you again

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Thank you Anna. The drone is only 249 grams. The controller is not heavy either. It takes some space, but nowadays it is a choice by many :)

Such a great soundtrack to an excellent Video.

Thanks for this reminder to hurry up and have a crack at this same trip. Those Yanks live in such a Marvelous land . BEERS UP

Super 👍. Thank you

Loved it so much!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

This is going beyond expectations. I am glad to reach interested people.

Well done. Captures the Long Distance Emotions.

What an amazing thing you have done! I have seen many, really many bicycle touring movies and this one is the best. Everything is perfect, from your narration, footages, soundtrack.... It was like I was travelling with you. And some comments that you made along the way were my exact thoughts and observations while I travelled. Thank you! You will see how great it is when many years later some thing somewhere, a smell or just anything, reminds you of a place you've cycled here and the scene becomes alive again... All the best!

What a nice and beautiful movie and fantastic tour! It always amazes me what people do, create, and then share. Thank you!

Amazing! Thank you for sharing❤

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Really really well done, amico!

Fantastic journey Vlady and fantastic video!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

I watched all your videos. Respect for all who do this. Enjoyed them all. Thanks for doing this one too.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

awesome. thanks for taking the time to document your trip and share your thoughts.

@vladywashere

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Gorgeous sound track.

Very nice video. I enjoyed sharing in your journey as I watched the whole video in one sitting. It made for a peaceful evening. Thanks for posting it.

That was stunning. Thank you so much for documenting your journey. I thoroughly enjoyed your videography, narration and interpretation of such an enviable experience.

Inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

is this the best cycling journey video on the internet?wow.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Maybe not, but I can do better (and this is my first long video)

you sir are an inspiration! Thank you so very much for this insight into a cyclists mind and the task at hand of cycling through a vast country. Excellent in every respect!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure. It truly was.

Dude, this is awesome.

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

Glad you think so Sven!

What a great adventure! Thanks for sharing your wonderful experience!

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Nicely done! Thank you

@vladywashere

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

Thanks, great video!

@vladywashere

10 ай бұрын

I am glad that you liked it

Good Stuff!