 Hey guys, you know what it's time for it's time for an adventure This bike behind me the Priority 600 has been my daily commuter bike for the past year I Absolutely love this bike. It is bombproof. It has the Gates carbon belt drive that has the pinion gear box All the gears are nicely enclosed and safe inside this gearbox. It is smooth I've only had one flat tire in the entire year and barely any mechanical anything to ever deal with it just runs So it got me thinking I should try this thing out on a little adventure tour I'm curious to see if this city bike can also be a touring bike It's probably not as fast as my Trek checkpoint But it's the low maintenance factor that really excites me. Where is this grand adventure gonna take place you ask? Well, I've got something really cool in store. We are gonna go wait. I said we didn't I oh, yeah It's not just me going on this trip Ladies and gentlemen, I'm bringing back one of my favorite people in the world. We've been on many adventures together We rode from Boulder to Burning Man. We rode around Cuba We rode the cowboy trail in Nebraska ladies and gentlemen, my favorite your favorite Dana We are gonna ride bikes from Grand Junction, Colorado on the western slope of the state to one of my favorite little towns in the world Moab, Utah, but we're not gonna take the highways We're gonna take a system of back roads and dirt roads and it is going to be so beautiful It is called the tour of the canyons And this trip is organized by the San Juan hut systems and it's a really cool Organization that has all these huts around the back country of Colorado for skiing and hiking and biking And so we're actually gonna stay in huts as we go Which means we don't need to pack as much stuff because all the food and all the water is taken care of It's gonna be three days of riding about 55 miles a day There's gonna be some up and some down Which will be a good test for the priority 600 because it has it's called a 600 because it has a 600% gear range from bottom to top so we're gonna put that thing to the test as we go up up up And yes, of course, I'm gonna bring this little guy So we're gonna have some beautiful aerials. The desert is my happy place. I love it so much Dana is one of my favorite people on this entire planet. This adventure is gonna be so beautiful So why don't you come with us and let's have a good time What's up, Dana? Look what I have room for one more bike one more bike right there You got room for me and wait you have a priority 600 I have a priority 600 Dana, I'm really excited to spend the next week with you and ride through nature and have a great time and you know Just ride bikes. It's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be awesome. Let's jump in and go time-lapse time You know the really funny thing about this is I don't really drive I have a license now, but I never drive. I hate driving. I'm very uncomfortable with it and I hate driving I rarely drive. I let everyone else drive but me and Ryan I'm gonna make Ryan drive. That's a bad idea Here right here is all bug guts We did it. Oh my god. That might be the hardest part of this trip. I'm sweating my hand Look at my hands. Ah Driving is not our thing biking us is our thing. Let's do that. Let's do that. Let's do that Here we are downtown Grand Junction Dana. We're back on another adventure. How you feeling like it's Christmas morning It is like Chris. We didn't sleep much last night No, you're too excited to sleep and we found this really cool piece of art and we're gonna show this to you It is so cool Dana. There are three different things here You're important. You are strong and this one gives you inspirational message for the day. So Ryan, are you ready? He's begins with you Hit it again, that was that was pretty good. He begins with you I've got this with all my essentials like my rain jacket and stuff I've got this with like my power bars and my phone and my phone chargers I added extra two bottles and then I've got my fun. Don't go. This is like three days worth of riding stuff And I'm super Excited to see how this kind of commuter bike holds up touring like you know The thing is we don't have anything to do but ride our bike all day. So we're just gonna get on these amazing maintenance free machines and take them all the way to Moab What does DNX mean Dana's antha true love forever That's what it means. Oh, hey Ryan, will you hold my bike? Oh, never mind. I have a kickstand What look at that usually when I'm on a bike tour, it's all packed up I just like lay my bike down or lean it against the wall not anymore Just boom kick that baby down the bike stands up some of your best days haven't happened yet Today, maybe one of them We're gonna have a great day and remember before we start any bike ride. What are we saying? No crash. She's no whammy. No flatties No wind in our face breakies. No breakies Dana. I actually when we rode the burning man. She broke a collarbone We had a bad crash She's broke a call about We promised your wife that won't happen. That's right. We added no breakies. It's a beautiful day It's gonna be like 80 degrees Dana. Love you do it. I love you, too. Yes. All right first day We've got about 55 miles ahead of us We're gonna head away from the metropolis of Grand Junction and into the canyons and the way it works with these San Juan huts You follow this really easy to follow map and you get to the huts and it's all stocked with food and life is good We are out of Grand Junction heading Into some beautiful scenery of the canyons. We've made it Dana Yeah, so from here on out. We just got a Pedal and smile and enjoy nature Really excited to be exploring a part of Colorado that I have never seen before and this is really cool I love exploring my my home state These roadside shrines right here always make me stop and think and pause And send some love to these people who I don't even know But also it's a reminder that roads are dangerous, you know, even though there's not much traffic on this little road You know things can happen So you have to really be be sharp at all times because you never know and even then a total accident could occur But on all my rides all over the country I see these shrines and I always ride by and just Send a little love. Here I come Here we are This ride We've probably gone about 20 miles now Which is the furthest I've ever ridden my priority 600 like I said, it's my daily commuter I ride it around town To get groceries and stuff. I think it's gonna have no problem out here in cowboy country very Sagey whenever I'm in the desert. I take advantage of picking up some sage One I love the smell of it I fell in love with the smell of this when I was on an outward bound course when I was 16 and 2 it protects you So I always take a little piece and put it on the bike Dana. We're protected now. We are protected Damn Dan, we're pretty high. Yeah, Ryan. You know how we got here climbing like a couple of times I was like, you know, I feel like we're climbing just climbing and then we would kind of have what seemed like a downhill You know those false flats, but I think we're climbing. Good job. Whatever goes up must go down I'm totally in the middle of nowhere and look it's one of those little free libraries. Oh, yes This is the best the karate kid part two. I never read the book I didn't even know there was a book, but the movie was one of my favorites as a kid for sure. I Love these little free libraries. It just shows that people care about their communities And they want to just hook people up and bring smiles to people and here we are in the middle of nowhere Totally middle of nowhere. Usually you see free libraries like in cities and urban areas, but here we go Love it Imagine living here the views you would have to wake up every day to this We've come to a gate. It's kind of like a treasure hunt. They give you a map to the hut and a key. It's not even locked Welcome we're home. This is so beautiful. Look at this backdrop we have There's our home for the night we are here and we're actually not the only ones that gonna be in this hut tonight We have roommates. What's up? We just met in Gateway and Yeah, they pack eight people in this thing All right, we got it. Oh, yeah, it's just like a Boy scout Cabin Oh, they have lots of beans. That's all I care about. Whoa. Is that the beer cooler? Take one out put one in it says cookies. Look at all this food Milky Way Snickers We get to stay here and get fat. They even have fresh fruits and vegetables. That's pretty cool Since there's a beautiful river right next to our hut, we have to take advantage of this. This might be extremely cold because it is snowmelt Yeah, it's a little cold but once you do it it feels so good. What are we having Dana? Oh surprise surprise beans Cheers Good job today. People ask me all the time if I get sick of beans. I've never gotten sick of beans. Not yet. Not yet