We did this in September of 2020; great times! Thanks for posting; brings back good memories.

6:12 That view looks like a painted backdrop for some epic movie. Sick!

The view from the first hut were epic! Thanks for sharing. Hope to do this trip sometime.

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

Highly recommended, it was the trip of a lifetime!

5:54 I love that country. Lizard Head, Wilson Peak and of course down valley in the background. Last dollar road out of Telluride is a CLIMB. 😊

Wow great video!! Looks like an amazing trip. Glad Kent was able to join you guys

Spectacular views.

i did all of my touring with a singletrack trailer and a lightweight XC bike, after that i took to hiking with my friend Marty the donkey we just completed the PCT

Amazing trip for sure!

Great video! Looks like a trip of a lifetime!!!!

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

It really was! We had a blast

Nice bike setups. Full suspension bikes with Revelate bar bags and Old Man Mtn racks. 🤘

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

The OMM racks are great. I have a Tumbleweed T-Rack for bigger trips that I like a lot, but it doesn't feel as stout as the OMM.

Lucky missing that Moab downpour

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

missed it by a few hours thankfully!

Hey there, I'm doing this trip in September 2024 (next month). What kind of advice can you give about packs on the bike for this trip? I've been studying the packs you guys have. What would you have done differently?

What a great looking trip! You guys make great videos. What bikes are you riding? Cheers on a super ride ! Bearly 🤣

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am riding a Chumba Sendero, Megan has a Spot Mayhem. Our friend Kent has a YT Jeffsy.

@chuckrodgers4780

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronnull8950 love those Chumba’s, the Senero’s seem to be the perfect bike for those events and Bikepacking in general. We can’t wait to see your next adventure. Happy Holidays, cheers

Hi there, Did you guys ride with tubes? Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

we all had a tubeless setup on our bikes. I think between the three of us we had 5 spare tubes just in case but thankfully did not need to use any!

@jorynelson1682

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronnull8950 thank you for your reply

"Bearly"...i see what you did there

After you were done riding for the day was there a lot of time spent at the hut relaxing? Trying to decide if I should take a hammock

@aaronnull8950

10 ай бұрын

Definitely a lot of time to relax! A hammock would have been worth the weight if I went again. We also brought a card game with us and played that a lot while hanging out at the cabins. Some of the days we would go ride around after getting to the cabin and unloading our bikes. I think the 2nd hut had some really cool trails in the area to explore.

@ElrataAlata

10 ай бұрын

@@aaronnull8950 awesome thank you can’t wait to go

Awesome video! How many miles, average, a day did you travel? Was this through "San Juan Huts"?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes it was through San Juan Huts. They have a few different routes available. Each day was around 30-40 miles on average I think. A couple of the days were shorter but with a lot of elevation gain.

Very 😎.

What time of year did you do your tour?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

It was early August

I'm looking at doing this with a friend next summer and am thinking through bike choice. I have nicer / newer gravel bike (titanium and can fit up to 50C tires) and fat bike, and an older (not tubelss) hardtail mountain bike. I'm thinking mostly roads, but maybe similar to yours, trying to fit in 15-20% of it as singletrack. I kind of want to take the fat bike (carbon Salsa Beargrease - no suspension other than the poofy tires!). Do you think that would work well on the route as you did it (realizing there will probably be some walking and I'm not much of a technical singletrack rider)?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ben, if I was choosing between a fat bike and a gravel bike I would take the gravel bike on 50c tires with somewhat aggressive tread. There are plenty of long road stretches that would be a bear on a fat bike, especially on days 4-7 which got brutally hot in August. There are a couple sections of singletrack that might be tough on a gravel bike, though...particularly the singletrack coming into Moab (either porcupine or falcon/eagle).

@user-bl1jl5zd1x

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Aaron! @@aaronnull8950

Doing this next year!

Awesome... What camera did you use?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

iPhone 13 Pro. I have been happier with the results from my iPhone than the GoPro we have, other than its a lot harder to get footage while actually riding.

How much of the trip was singletrack?

@ElrataAlata

Жыл бұрын

Wondering how the guy on the hard tail did? Seems like the way from what seems like mostly fireroads?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

@@ElrataAlata I was the one riding a hardtail, and it worked out great! Most of the days are kind of a "choose your own adventure" in that you can ride a lot of optional singletrack or stick to gravel/dirt roads. We probably did 15% or so singletrack in total. Some of the trails were pretty gnarly on a loaded bike, but nothing a hardtail can't handle.

@danmcvaugh

Жыл бұрын

Did this trip a few years ago and did almost all the single track options no problem. Looks like these guys might have skipped porcupine rim at the end which is the best mountain biking of the whole trip, but can be a bit more difficult with packs. We rode with seat packs instead of handlebar packs, which we had to take of a strap on our backs for porcupine rim because our rear suspension would hit the packs.

do you share huts with other riding parties?

@aaronnull8950

Жыл бұрын

It depends, each hut can sleep up to 8 people I believe. We had 3 in our party, and one other (Phil) who was riding on the same day. It was really fun to get to know him and we had a great time!