I cycled across Europe with this 50 year old bike (From Finland to Portugal)

    This is a short documentary of my solo bike packing trip from Finland to Portugal. Sit back and enjoy the looooong ride in 18 minutes!

    If you’ve got any questions related to the trip, please leave a comment!

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    1. At the end of the video, I saw you had cottered cranks! Even more impressive. I too prefer old French 10 speeds. Good to know they can make the distance.

    2. Great job with the riding AND videorecording! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us! Coincidentally, I owned that exact same Peugot in green circa 1975, except mine was not equipped with fenders. Congratulations on a great job, and I can't believe that one day of riding in Spain when you completed 308km! 👍

    3. Loved this ride! I also do mountain biking here in Germany — the trails are pure adventure, especially in the Bavarian Alps 🚵‍♂️❄️

    4. I also want to do something like this on my old Peugeot bike. It ist from the 90s equipped with good Shimano Xtr parts, new wheels etc. but still a 35 year old bike.

    5. Very nice video, I agree with the good things everyone said.
      The video quality seems weird – maybe it's something with video rendering or whatever but at some points it seemed pretty bad and I had manually set the streaming quality to 1080, and verified it on two devices.
      Second point – those points in the video where you show the little map and how many days have passed are very nice and help the viewer understand the timeline, I would use them more.

    6. I watch these bike travel videos and can't believe how uncomfortably you guys set up your bicycles, especially for such extensive riding. I had this exact same Peugeot UO8 in college but converted it to a 15 speed right away by putting a triple crank set on it. Also I changed the rear cassette for closer gearing, swapped the Simplex (nylon) derailleurs for Shimano and put on some lightweight plastic fenders. If I still had it today I would put indexed derailleurs and STI handlebar shifters on it and get rid of those cumbersome bottom tube friction shifters. Vintage bikes are great but a little creative tooling with some modern upgraded components can make them much more comfortable, versatile, and safe. Why don't you guys do this? I don't get it.

    7. 40C degrees in Hungary, dull, flat, treeless for four days. If you can't self-cater with real food or have one wholesome meal daily your body will suffer. Don't depend on snacks and gas-station garbage. Cycle-touring in "strange" countries is character-building. Good for you mate (from NZ.) Hammocks require infrastructure requiring more maintenance than grass. The Swiss know this…😁

    8. Veljet! This was amazing to even watch. Hats off and all my respect to you. Hope one day i can do the same.

      Wishing you all the best from Hungary 🇭🇺🤟🍻

    9. When the dude said he was freaking excited to go to Germany he lost me. No one is freaking excited to go to Germany not even Germans.

    10. Hieno video🔥 Lähen ite kans syksyllä euroopan ympäri pyöräilemään, niin mietin että kuinka pitkiä kilometrimääriä poljit keskimäärin ja paljon rahaa meni suunnilleen ruokaan. Videosta nousi myös idea jos itsekin kuvaisin videoita matkalta, niin millaista kameraa käytit dronen lisäksi?

    11. And that, my fellow european brothers and sisters ,it s why WE build this wonderful thing call the EU so Suubels can come all the way from Finland to my country Portugal so he can finally watch the sun…so let us keep this thing going so other suubels can do the same in all directions inside our peaceful land.

    12. Its great to see a basic honest long distance biking adventure… come ride around the coast of Ireland the weather is shocking most the time but the scenery is amazing

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