Some remarks:
- As a cyclist from Europe (the Netherlands) I have the impression that Canada is beautiful, divers and vast, but not cycle-friendly. As far as I could see in this movie, there were no cycle-freeways, prohabited to cars. One must have a rare kind of attitude to cycle for more than 3 months along roads dominated by fast passing cars! Rather stressy. In other words he must be a real kind of hustler having done this.

- Estonshing that he can not produce a well constructed motive to cycle cross Canada. If one thing comes up by cycling it is that the mind is totally free, because the body moves automaticly.
Due to cycling (or any other thing one does automaticly, even washing the dishes) the mind often comes to ideas and thoughts, that would not appear sitting in an easy chair next to the fire. He has had 3 months of time on his bike to motivate this trip and all he concludes is that he finally wants to reach the Atlantic.

Nevertheless I admire this guy, because of his toughness. It’s time for him to cross Eur-Asia:
13.000 kms…….

Meeting the other cyclists was cool, especially the girl with her dog – ace.

For me, the film shows that most people want to do things too quickly, and the cars whizzing by reflect that. Whats the rush? The faster you go the less time you have to enjoy the view.
The comment left by Earl about pissing off the drivers reflects the sort of fascist attitudes some drivers have when it comes to cyclists and other slower road users. He rode 6000+km unassisted, give ‘im some slack.
Top film, Top bloke.

Great film, great adventure, great sentiment.

I feel for your struggles all the way through. The stomach pains, the flat tires, the helmet hair-do, the climbs, the weather… but most of all documenting it all. Great technical achievement with the side cam (construction), the editing, music, the titles, and shooting (various angles and shots), and scenery. Very well made. Doing the trip is hard enough, but documenting it, man that is tough! Oh, by the way, people who haven’t done a trip like this won’t ever get it or appreciate it.

Nice to see other riders – with dogs! I love the down hill rides, I know you do too. So few people, it must have been very introspective, as well as good exercise. Did you pick up any chicks? What was your top speed? Did you ever forget to unclip you pedals? Nice to get a bit of radio too.

For most people there needs to be a destination and a purpose, but its not essential. Some find the purpose as they go along or when they finish. Others never quite finish. Either way, its amazing what the human body can achieve with the right spirit. With all that you achieved, with all the people that you have reached, why not add a deeper message? peace? ecology?

I never saw a bear during my 11000 km trip around japan, but I wore yellow for some other symbolic reason and hit lots of hills too. Check out my trip on http://www.flickr.com/photos/1manjapan/tags/1manjapan/
(you start at the end of the trip so jump to page 40 if you want to see the beginning). See you on the road one day. Love the beard!

great vid.

Some build details are at: http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5652

I know he attached a camera to that bike, and took one photo a minute the whole time he rode (I think using a timer circuit attached to the cam’s trigger? It’s probably on one of the sub-pages on that thread, but I’m missing it), but I can’t find a link to the video that resulted.