Doing My Best To Ride In Greek Mountains on A Strange Bike!
This week I find myself on the Greek island of Crete where it is very. very hot and equally as mountainous. I’ve hired a road bike so lets get on with it!
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31 Comments
Great ride Leonard, amazing scenery. Have you gone on your own or are you meeting up with friends sightseeing Greece 🇬🇷
Wind noise makes it difficult to understand you at times.
Every night during the summer months in the Southeastern USA you have the same insect noise till about 1 or 2 in the morning.
Almost done rejoicing when it's under 35 degrees! Soon I'll be waiting till 3pm for the warmest time. Mostly still doing the Woodruff thing but doing the 1/2 commute route once a week. It's amazing how much a health care company in America cares about their clients when they have skin in the game! My wife who is ill, they could care less! Uninsured and uninsurable! For all the wrong in this world you have the edge there ! Cheap petrol anyone?
glad to see you enjoying your vacation ✌️
@9:15 "kinda secretly enjoyed the climbs as well'… that made me smile! Stunning scenery and a top ride, well done Leonardos.
Wow Leonard! You've become all international now. This so great…one day you come and ride with us in Malaysia
Ah, cicadas – here in Sydney you get a refreshing spray when you ride under the trees. Yep, cicada wee 😳
You should do holiday blogs.
What was the bike Leanard? And how much did it cost to rent?. Are prices similar to mallorca etc?.
Yep, big black beetle type called a. cicada. They rub their back legs together trying to attract a mate making the noise. Sounds like there are thousands of them but actually normally just a few can make a real loud din!
Ooh gosh, a sudden jump to a bare topped Leonard, bit of a shock there, lol.
So happy to visit my land. Next time come to Thessaloniki and we are going to Chalkidiki for cycling and swimming.
My hope is to do Crete next summer. Did they have a decent selection size wise of bicycles? I would love to take my rubaix but probably not worth the risk. Thanks for the video.
Oh yes brother,the insects we call them tzitzikia and they mean summer,they are relaxing although loud sometimes.you were in a beautiful and amazing place.
Love it!!! And cicadas (or something similar). Noisy. Summer isn't summer in Japan unless you hear cicadas. And then Autumn brings the 'ringing' or 'chirping' bugs which is actually quite cute and almost refreshing to hear!
Crete is fantastic for cycling, been a few times. It's not flat so if you don't like hills, you're in for some pain. A mix of long gradual efforts or steep curving climbs. On the plus side, big fast decents, just watch out for the goats. The roads are well maintained and generally very quiet. From my experience, the drivers in Crete respect cyclists and don't skim you. Love the small villages and views.
Great video, have visited Crete before but never tried cycling there, might have to repeat. Funny though that cycling does not seem to feature very much in Greece, when there we saw very few cyclists around and when you look at the Pros I cannot remember ever having come across a professional Greek cyclist – I wonder why.
Looked lovely but that heat must have been a killer 🔥☀ 🥵
Would you mind sharing how you mount the GoPro for filming your cycling? 👍
Hi can I be cheeky and ask where you get you cycling clothes from as I'm struggling to find anywhere. Thanks for you help on advance
glad to hear your enjoying greece…i live the next island east of crete 'kassos' and yes there are NO flat roads here either! i cycle the mountains here 5-6 days a week with some at 25% + at 74yrs old i feel as good as ever and push my lowest gear of 34-32 when riding the steeper slopes….been here 9yrs now and dont regret moving from the u.k.as i can cycle throughout the year….we rarely get cyclists here because of the mountains but 'karpathos' my neighboring island seems to get a few due to an influx of europeans wanting to experience greece but much riding is off road with fabulous trails…hope all the riding goes well as the weather is oh soooo good! david.
Crete is fantastic with great beaches but also the north Greece is also fantastic with no winds!!!
Take a look at Kastoria and Kavala, take a look at the island of Thassos (every year at the May many cyclists go to Thassos to make the 100km perimeter of this island).
I really enjoy your vlogs! Be healthy 🙂 Greeting from Kavala – Greece!
Nice work! We have the most deafening Cicadas here in Japan during the summer. My ears did actually hurt recently! BTW, my 80 y.o father is visiting Japan from Pompey and 1.) he has been riding a bike for the first in years, and 2.) getting into your channel. I hope he can keep both of them up when he gets home. Ride safely!
Really enjoyed watching this and the sun and smile on your face says it all. Cheers!
Terrible audio
Plus side, it might even be cheaper to stay over there than to pay for the gas here for the heat 😀
Superb footage. I could really feel and taste the Greek islands as you rode around. Would have loved to have been sitting in the cafe with the roof of pink bougainvillea as you pedaled past. If I ever get back to those islands I must remember to hire and bike and ride those quiet roads though the hills.
Awesome time
Sorry Leonard, but the wind noise renders it unwatchable.
Having just got back from Crete myself (Chania area), all I can say is well done for even attempting to cycle in that heat. My cycling highlight of the holiday was seeing continental rider Polychronis Tzortzakis doing hill and gorge climbs.
Thanks for sharing the video.
I was in Crete 35 years ago. One of my most pleasant holidays ever. I travelled across the island by public transport. I also was in Agios Nicolaos, In the early eighties a popular TV-series, Who pays the ferry-man, was filmed here. I didn't rent a bike in Crete, just didn't think of that.