 There we go one. What's up? We are in beautiful Durango, Colorado. Matthew, what are we about to do? Well, we're in Durango right now. Yes, about to do a seven-day mountain bike adventure. Yes Moab to Moab Utah one of my favorite places in the world one of your favorite places, right? Yeah, easily and Matthew here We met on the very first lap of my very first burning man ultra marathon back in 2013 Shut up, legs. Shut up, legs. Shut up, legs. We can dance later. That was a good day That was a great day. It was a great day and since then we've done other adventures We've run across the Grand Canyon in back. How is the echo here? The white rim adventure. The white rim adventure And I call on Matthew when I want to do cool stuff. Thank goodness. Thank goodness So what we're going to do we are gonna take the San Juan hut systems Trail It's not their trail, but it's their hut system and we're gonna ride for seven days all the way to Moab and the great thing About San Juan huts is the huts have all of our food all of our Gear we don't need to bring any camping gear. What else? We don't need to bring even barely anything barely anything and we'll show you what we're gonna bring So these bikes are called Reeve R-E-E-B But if you take it this way B-E-E-R You've got beer and so these bikes are part of the Oscar Blues Brewery in Lions, Colorado They make these awesome bicycles hand-built in lions in this barn and their stuff is really high quality I've never ridden one and I'm really excited to try it out and then they have this really cool Drive train system. Whoa. Yes. I love this. It's the pinion and gates carbon drive As you all know, I love the gates carbon drive and the pinion system I have it on my priority 600 and I've been using it for about a year and a half and The best thing about all this setup right here is like there's zero maintenance It just always works and you never have to grease this chain all of the gears are in here There's a 600% gear ratio change from top to bottom. So we'll have plenty of gears I have never used this system on a mountain bike I've always been very curious to see how it works and we're gonna put them to the test for the next seven days All right, so something about this bike something. I'm interested in I've always used a 29 inch wheel and these are 27 5 plus which means that they're they're much fatter than normal and so hopefully they'll absorb some of that shock and Vibration from those from those long days on the trail. We'll see how it goes I have not ridden a hard-tailed mountain bike since I was in high school I've been rocking full suspension forever. So this is gonna be new to me for sure And I believe the only way to do multi-day adventures is on a hard tail But it will beat you up a little bit And I have to say we didn't we didn't buy these bikes these bikes are not ours gates my friends at gates Let us borrow these bikes I know you guys love to learn about what I bring on my trips And I'm really excited to show you here because I'm really not bringing all that much compared to my other bike tours I am bringing two wool riding shirts. I'm bringing a buff Of course one of the necessities of any bike tour is a drone that will be in my camelback. I Also have of course Duh my shaver can't leave home without that. I have a new helmet. Look at this new helmet It's so cool. That's the camera that goes on top of my helmet. I'm bringing one pair of padded liners bike gloves Pump sunscreen don't worry mom. I got my sunscreen this right here is a little power block that can charge Phones and other things this is the only piece of camping equipment. We need to bring it's a silk liner for The sleeping bags that the the huts will be Providing us with this is a Garmin. I have heard that navigation can be tricky So we have all the maps loaded on the Garmin I also have the maps loaded on my phone and I have the maps printed out So if we get lost Matthew This We're really not paying attention because we have all of the different ways to find our way around here Since we will not have any power out there. I'm bringing lots of camera batteries I am bringing two pairs of extra socks This might seem totally unnecessary, but I'm loving this book for all of you bike adventure people out there This is awesome. Jedi Jenkins follow him on Instagram. That's how I found out about him This is a book about his ride from Oregon to Patagonia I'm halfway through it and I don't want to leave it So I think I'm gonna rip this thing in half and and shove it in my bag somewhere Hey, we're making a video bird. I have a little tripod To set up so we can get cool shots of Matthew and I riding our bicycles a little bit of squirrels nut butter That is a chamois cream iodine in case we find some fresh water out there on a river Tire irons tools, of course. This is a little rain jacket Charger for the drone extra tube Extra drone batteries these things weigh a ton. So really this is what's weighing me down and these right here This is another one seems kind of unnecessary to bring running shoes I've never gone running while on a bike tour because usually I'm plenty tired And the last thing I want to do is go on a run But I am training for the javelin 100 at the end of the month So I need to get some miles in and Matthew tell us about this crazy running streak you've been on So I haven't missed a single day of running since June 2nd of 2012 And even though we might have some big days. I don't plan on missing one over the next seven I have these cool slap bags made in Boulder, Colorado, which I will use for food and other things Bop bop my bags are made by my friends in Boulder green guru all of the material is upcycled Which means that it's reused tents and other things from the outdoor industry The route is gonna take us through some high alpine and down into the desert So we definitely have some puffies to stay warm at night. It's gonna get cold. It is late September and Matthew I can't tell you how grateful I am that you're with me on this thing. Oh, I'm stoked to be here Yeah, we're gonna have so much fun out there. It's just us two usually in these hut trips You can have up to eight people, but we're the only two doing it this time So we're gonna have a lot of alone time out there in nature Which is a good thing. Yeah, it's great. I love nature and the stars have been incredible lately There's like no moon. So I'm really excited about being under the stars and yeah, let's go have ourselves a really good time What do you think? I love it. Let's do it. Let's do it So me being me I didn't really pay attention to all of the details the route doesn't really start in Durango it starts way past Durango past purgatory resort and we couldn't have gotten there without our new friends Yeah, what's up my man? How you doing buddy? This dude is six nine We need to put the camera up there to get it all way taller the dozer The power of social media put us together. I said is anybody driving this way he threw our bikes in his suburban And here we are. Thank you so much. Yeah, man. Have a great ride. We will bro There goes Jim We're all alone now, bud What do you think? Oh No, what are we gotten ourselves into? You know what we've gotten ourselves into the best seven-day adventure in the history of the world I haven't even done it yet, and I know it's gonna be amazing been wanting to do this for a long time I feel so good to be out here and again. This is a spot in Colorado. I have never been this has been a summer of Discovering my beautiful state, and I can't wait to see how things change as we ride all the way towards Moab and before any big Ride we got to do this little chant it wards off all evil spirits, okay, and it goes a little something like this No Not much oxygen up here, but there's just enough for Matthew and Ryan to have a great time Have a good day We've only been riding about 30 minutes and the views already are just blowing us away This is absolutely incredible Yes I'm so happy. I'm here I can't tell for sure, but I think this bee over here is taking a nap in this flower And it is very cute. I got really close and he didn't move. He's just chilling That's where I would take a nap if I were a bee. I think these guys right here. I Think those are mountain bluebells, and I'm impressed that they're still blooming This late in September, and I think the reason why is because this area had so much snow this winter And it took so long for the snow to melt that These guys are finally seeing the light of day Just in time before the next snowfall See what I'm seeing. Look at this. Look at this. Bouncy bouncy bouncy So I forgot to mention that there are two ways to get to the hut There's the main route which starts in purgatory And then there's the alternate route as what and that's what we're doing and the alternate route is a little bit harder more Sniggle track and more more walking, but it certainly is worth it Oh look at that snow. It's like a slurpee with no taste This squiggly little line says Stay right now we get to go down This that was a fun downhill, but my hands ache. How your hands? Aha so many rocks who put all the rocks on this trail I'm glad to see you're not crashed just ping So I just rolled up on these three dudes, and I was like, oh is everything okay? They're like no crash. She's no web. He's no flatties, and I was like, oh, but they got a flattie How did they have no clue happened about 50 feet up the trail there just started hissing at me What do you think of this trail? We're regretting it right now, but After the fact I'm sure we love it. Yeah, yeah for sure tight to fun. All right. Yeah. Yeah, so awesome to meet you guys This is so random to run into viewers of my channel way out in the middle of nowhere You've gone past a few of these little Creeks that are totally white. It looks like there's something out of Lord of the Rings or something I'm guessing they're all white because of some sort of minerals Maybe there's a spring up there, and it dies the rocks, and it definitely makes it look Magical mystical moments My legs are feeling it for sure. I haven't been mountain biking a ton this summer, so You know my skills just aren't there But it's day one out of seven by the end of this Look at that. Whoo. We did it Today's ride was 20 miles. We left at 10 30 a.m. It is 4 30 It took us for that six and a half six hours to get here It had to be longer than 20. Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna say that it had to have been longer than 20 But that just goes to show this is this tough business out here and mountain biking Really, it's just it's just a lot slower than road touring You know you're going up and down steep stuff, but oh, yeah, we're here. It feels so good. Let's go home sweet home Here's our firewood for the night There it is Very simple, but They have lots of food Here's all the food and that's exactly what I was waiting for look at that And man's for dinner. Oh look at all of this food They've got corn and sweet peas and chopped up tomatoes the pineapple This is my favorite right here. They have beans and spam if you eat spam and there's just ravioli Impressive look at all the scratch labs blocks. Yeah, they have everything you could ever dream of and a whole box of milky ways Some smoked shorty sausage and they have cold Drinks my friend. Here you go. It's my favorite, you know if you're a beer drinker. They have all kinds of beer Even dales and on our more bicycles. They've got a propane stove even fresh bananas. Check it out All the spices you could ever want even a pineapple. They have a fresh pineapple. That's amazing Been waiting all day for these Mmm. What to eat? Do I have Cheerios? Do I make up some Thai food? They have fresh fruit down there and in this cooler We have tortillas And for Matthew we have bacon. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, and there's eggs And there's cheeses and fresh vegetables carrots ginger green cabbage. That's nuts If there ever was like a zombie apocalypse, I would try to find one of these huts ASAP. You'd be set for a long time It's gonna be so cozy All right, so we're being very lazy tonight because it's cold and we're tired So we're just gonna open up a can of beans and just dip chips in them. Which is pretty good. Oh, look at that gourmet Oh, yes, Matthew. What is that? This would be the day one guide trail guide All right, I think we should ceremonial ceremoniously burn it. Thank you day one for all of the beauty and Awesome trail. Yeah, that was a beautiful day. Thank you. Now you will keep us warm