GRAVEL BIKEPACKING – CROSSING THE NETHERLANDS IN THREE DAYS

Because we wanted to get out but not be in any crowded areas we came up with a new Botje Racing challenge: To cycle from the North to the South of the Netherlands, with as much gravel-roads as possible. We ended up with a 460km route, passing by all our grandparents so we could see them for the first time since this Corona thing started.

Check out the entire route on Komoot:
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I think this is most beautiful day of my life Morning of us I think ibex a little bit too much for three days where are we and what the hell are we doing we’re an acid Essen uh sure yeah we try to go to but there’s no train now today the plan was to visit our grandmas and grandpas

To rape them and wish them happy gröna exactly stay strong we are on a new butcher racing team challenge welcome to this video and we called it the butcher racing Northside out amends to Corona special because we haven’t seen our grandparents in ages because of the corona crisis we don’t want to meet

Them because we’re scared of getting them sick but we wanted to see them now after almost two months in this thing anyway so we decided to bike back our way from the north grandparents live through the center of the Netherlands where my grandparents lived to the south of the Netherlands

Where guys grandparents live it’s just the element of me right now because guy all of a sudden had some school stuff to do excuses so he’s joining us later today and we plan to ride from corner to the failure but now we’re stuck in hasta

So we have to start an awesome yeah it’s a shame so the whole idea is that we do everything that we can off-road so we have our gravel bikes with us fat tires plenty of luggage a tent to sleep in because we’re doing two nights it should be fun and then later

Of course we’ll tell you about our bike set up because it’s dope but this is the first time we’re doing bike biking with these bikes so we’ll have to see [Applause] we’re off 155 kilometres to go today and I think we’re heading straight into a nice nice area Poke friends with a lot of imagination so nice and quiet still no flats I bought tire plugs how do you call them to bless bugs yeah but then sheep version shameless plugs off-roading that’s not about by quickly this is not a Rhodes period We just passed a sign that said this is the most beautiful cycling path invented in a competition held in 2017 you judge for yourself hey guys yeah welcome to the vlog there is a life Valley City will be in the Cup Matty I can take what I need to get by

Doesn’t make it easy Now return beautiful boy down tomorrow and today but the date I bet my rain check Yeah look are we halfway yet almost halfway it is such a nice road I’m really really surprised because I use kamut the only input I think three points for the whole route of today said that we were on a mountain bike and it’s finding such nice roads single tracks

These gravel paths it’s avoiding all downs if we only just went into town just now to get some lunch it’s really really amazing every bridge near to swallow that means we are almost individual we had like ten case of tarmac now that means we only have six together question for the viewers which

Water is this which River is relative small it’s a hottie we don’t know need a failure drop it in the comments be together take me back I hadn’t even thought the feeding is all gone ice cream break we’re two thirds of the way in Yama the viewers want to know

What’s your strength funny you’re asking everything unskilled zero to 21 yeah 20.7 EDS moments still have one third of the way to go yeah with plenty of rebel I hope to reach the 21 the magic 21 I think it’s not possible question 2 whoop is it possible to get 21 tread no answer If I could take you back to my Yama what’s for lunch table French typical French cassette biker how many calories do we not that many 280 welcome to life I’m cooking with you I’m a butcher okay this is very very disgusting I wouldn’t fit my dog there’s the name of the spaceship of

My star click right wager yeah tell us about your cooking setup yeah it’s amazing first I will get everything out I’ve got a small rag of clothes please if you know which brand it is so I’ve got a titanium cup you need to take and titanium is very cheap on Aliexpress

I’ve got my gas back haenam spoon not that cheap not Jenny’s in this porridge pouch I got so small not express how he expressed what I have need to have a flat service put it on a flat surface is because safe and secure safe and secure because we don’t want to burn failure

Down and then this is a windscreen can you guess which material this is black no titanium of course another part matches there’s old there putting is so old oh my god Sarah Medina this was always test one of your matches at home another thing we learned okay this is ridiculous

Is there another way to make fire whoa I got it don’t throw it into the nature my time lesson one Wow another typical French recipe for a jerk first of all it is a cuisine française look at this mmm no more time you could use a clean stick to stir it

Look it’s sealed no no wait 30 minutes 35 Oh 35 5 minutes now with strong when I returned from my span oh wow put me together take me back without how do we feel but I just passed this I’m going to call them yo you been to

Snatch somebody good I am yo yo yo you guys look good we are at the today’s low so today’s lowest point my saddle is on today’s way to a high point but your hair looks okay right it’s a four hours after we were at the supermarket we’ve

Set up camp can’t see you can’t see anything basically Jon we have three times three tents we’ve had dinner had a couple of beers and now we’re going to sleep so I guess this is also the end of the video we will be back for more kilometers

Tomorrow and they got a lot of comments today about our backpacking setup so maybe in the morning we can all show what we packed how we packed it and how we carry it on the bike good one thing that’s a good one for now sleep well

Yama thank you and see you in the morning I had a feeling the feeling is off