Gravel bike or XC bike? Wild camp or hotel? How would you conquer the King Alfreds Way?

@benthilwind6908

2 жыл бұрын

Cx bike 40mm gravel tyres 30 front 36 rear, a word ofadvice if your not gonna camp don't make there mistake of carrying your camping gear like me 😂😂

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

@@benthilwind6908 A pretty ideal setup...at times i'd have liked more than my 45mm tyres! That's some good advice Ben 😆

@bazza520

2 жыл бұрын

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@bazza520

2 жыл бұрын

@@benthilwind6908 I’ll get back back up

@bazza520

2 жыл бұрын

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that deserves an Oscar. amazing film

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤙 Comments like this are the best 🤟

This was a great watch. And filmed on the only three days of sunshine we've had this summer!

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

😆We timed it pretty well thats for sure! thanks CnE 🤟

The cinematography and visual storytelling are brilliant :D It was a pleasure to work with you on such a wonderful film. Thank you so much for choosing me to voice King Alfred.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martyn. Wouldn't be the same without that top tier voice of yours. Brilliant work!

@MTBLaura

2 жыл бұрын

Wowzers i genuinely thought I was listening to the king 🙌

@AngelPenaRamos

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment on the highlight of this wonderful short. The Voice !! Magnificent !!

Fantastic trail i enjoyed it

Thanks for such a great video. Love it!

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Denis 🙌 it's a cracking ride!

Beautifully shot. Really enjoyed it. Thanks.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! it's a cracking ride 🤙

Loved it 😍😍😍😍 MANY THANKS, ❤️👌🏼👍

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙌

Love this, I'm on day 2 jus finished in reading

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben, what a bank holiday weekend to ride it! The king would be proud 💪

This is great. I'm fairly new to MTB and love to see some local ancient routes that are ridable 💪🙌

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laura! it's an awesome route...when the sun's out anyway 😅

Excellent stuff

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! much more to come 😀

Awesome

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike 🤟

Stunning editing quality! Makes me want to get into video too

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do it...it's the best way to capture memories!!! 👍

Was June when I made this trip. Been raining for weeks but we booked the stops. Kept raining. Mud and puddles and wet chalk and huge ruts and ridges. Accompanied a runner for a time when he found ridgeway too slippery and deep to run. Quite memorable.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Savage to get those conditions in June 😅. I've heard it's quite the different route in the wet...good effort for making it tho! Chapeau

Wow! This was awesome!

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

This is great. Thankyou. We just did the Salisbury to Reading this weekend. The Rain hit us all day 1 but sun day 2 and the beautiful Ridgeway. For me I say hardtail MTB all the way unless its dry dry dry. Even then the ruts make it v tricky for Gravel bikes. I say MTB unless you're trying to break a record or have the power like these guys

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's an epic route isn't it. Lucky we had all that sun...would have been mega savage in the wet! Almost like you need a hardtail for 50% and a gravel setup for the other 50%... nothing will make those ruts any easier tho 😆

@goodguyszoom

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle Exactly. Once the rain hits the chalk downhill...watch out...great fun though. A Wahoo non touch screen needed for me I think. Great film!

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodguyszoom that chalk is absolutely lethal in the wet! Stacked it 3 times doing the South Downs way in the rain 😆 The Wahoo was a lifesaver as always! Thanks Lorne 👍

An enjoyable vid. I may give this route a try next spring, hope I get the weather you had. Thank you, oh’ almost forgot, Gravel bike and wild camp. For a few nights I won;t need a washing machine, as enjoyable as an overnight at a good pub can be.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jimbojet! We super lucked out with the weather for it! heard it can be quite a different trip in the rain! To be honest... I'd have much prefered a shower and a bed for both nights 😂

What a great video. Did the KAW this year August and trying to make a video of it as well, but after seeing yours I doubt I can ever reach this level. Very well done!

I think 3 to 4 days for me. Depending on the climbs. Alfred's way is 1 ride I need to do. 1st night for me I always take a homemade frozen curry, have that 1 decent meal away before the noodles come out.

@wiggle

8 ай бұрын

It’s a belter of a route. Great idea on the curry night out 🤟

Brilliant

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven! was quite the trip 😀

More cycling input needed next vid guys but great watch loved it

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daragh! more cycling ontent needed for sure! glad you enjoyed it 🤟

King Alfred I Strive to improve. I Delivered the Stones as requested. Immortal my unrequited devotion to be at your service ⚡🤐 Love I end losing everything to Love. No more Chocolate Biscuits.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

🤴King Alfred appreciates the stones dearly... but he thoroughly encourages you to continue eating biscuits! 🍪

@Highhohilow

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle My Dearest Wiggle As per you're kindnesses you're Hindness. Only for you and King Alfred I Shall resume my biscuit ways in under 96hours I trust this is to you're Satisfaction humble servant Till the End.

Interested to know what kit you used to film?

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Very minimal setup for this one... Sony a7siii (which is simply amazing) a Sigma 24-70 and a hella lot of batteries 😆

@RyanGrayley

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle what microphone did you use?

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Just the internal one 😆 as I wanted the lightest/smallest setup. with a bit of sound enhancement and some motion array sound effects... it's not too bad!

Great vid. Do you have the route?

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah heres the one we did www.komoot.com/collection/1172911/-king-alfred-s-way-may-2021 I'll add it to the description 👍

Great shot of GEORGE MICHAEL’s former home in Goring as you guys cycle by….

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Ah really! I didn't even know. Which one was it? thanks for watching

@riggerpete

2 жыл бұрын

At 9:04, it’s the many-chimneyed red brick house in the back-ground as you cross the bridge…. Great movie, really well made - loved it! 🙏🏻

I know this route hailing from Salisbury. Not one I have road due to being a roady

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Best route i've done this year...granted this year was pretty limited but amazing either way. Get yourself a gravel/xc bike and the roads literally open up everywhere 🙌

@marccarter1350

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle Yeah. I have just ordered and paid for a Thorn Mercury Touring bike from Somnerset, it's a bit of an all-rounder! It will arrive fitted with Schwalbe G-One Allround. Simple things like decent tyer clearance are a must these days. Racks to carry everything I need. I wanna open everything up, stop restricting my riding to roads only like I have for 40 years! That's how I landed here! Great video, I really enjoyed it. I guess you are Soton based :-) Have a wonderful Christmas, thanks again for the video :-0

Thoughts on the VRS 2??

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

For the price…pretty unbeatable. Full GRX, 47mm tyre clearance and a tidy looking rig 🙌 what more do you need!

@cycobikes

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle Turns out a carbon seat post and better bars as its a fairly harsh ride when you put narrower tyres on.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

@@cycobikes Not going to lie...I cracked my carbon seatpost on this trip! Luckily the local bikeshop had 1 last cheapo seatpost left to get me through the rest of it! Don't think many people get through the KAW without some sort of mechanical! 😅

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@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

👌

Sscocker super stars

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

⭐️🌟⭐️

looks all actors are on drugs as they constantly laugh without visible reason or maybe its a sign of happiness

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

😆 we were all high on bikes...

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@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

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Great video but far too much slow mo action, more biking would have been spot on.

@wiggle

Жыл бұрын

Noted! We've upped the pace in our new videos >> kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpttkquEmtbNito.html

@GingerPhotographer

Жыл бұрын

@@wiggle Excellent - I'll be sure to check them out 🤙

Lovely footage..in my humble opinion ruined by terrible narration.

@wiggle

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Felix! Understand the narration is a love or hate part of it but appreciate the honesty 🤟

@lincolnlu9869

2 жыл бұрын

@@wiggle honestly this would be kinda boring without the narration. It provides a nice framing device as well as narration.

@WarmVoice

2 жыл бұрын

@@lincolnlu9869 I appreciate your support :) When you perform so many different styles of voice, you can't please them all!

@WarmVoice

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Felix. Maybe I'll win you over next time ;)