Rich's Coast-to-Coast Epic Ride | Solo Mountain Bike Adventure

Rich had planned an epic cross country bike adventure from coast to coast across the north of the UK, starting in St Bees and finishing at Robin Hood Bay. His plan was to be covering approximately 200 miles in 4 days, solo. But due to a much tighter production schedule, we had to ask him to do this trip in 2 days! - Can he make it in time?

In association with Garmin.

Rich's route on Komoot here:
(Advanced riders only)

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[geno.m.t.b]

GMBN Should do a day in the life of the camera man

[matthewspring]

I have done the coast to coast on a mountain bike and remember some of those hikes, had some great downhills as well, took me 5 days

[JustBens]

My dad did this in '92 on a fully rigid Kona Cindercone and with all his gear on his back!

[weebryan]

Really enjoyed this, this what i call MTB, i love hitting trig points and this can include road, gravel, mud, hike a bike, marsh lands all in one day, good job Rich i know that feeling of an empty tank in the hills, and also I started us google earth and komoot for planning trips, get an idea of steep hills an terrain

[GulloMotard]

England Is Such a beautiful country, i 'd like to do something like that sooner or later, to see all these wonderful landscapes!

[fitnesszoosheffield]

I did Whitehaven to Scarborough MTB in 3 days. Loved every minute of it with some brutal climbs & quality downhills. It had stunning scenery & have to say it was an epic ride 🚵🏼‍♂️🏅🙌🏼

[the_spanner_chmp]

Well that was definitely an epic ride and achievement Rich 👊
It's great when you plan a route and the bridleways aren't what they used to be or not used and totally overgrown 😂
Awesome stuff Rich and #GMBN 👊 🤘 😎

[Chris-cilu]

Rich, you’re insane. I love these videos of the ridiculous challenges you get and still deliver above and beyond performance. Keep it up man!

[computerbob]

Well done son!
It's a pity they cut it down to 2 days! You could have done more filming and mountain riding etc. And, not been quite so knackered at the end!

[richcrompton]

Epic job Rich. Those fells are brutal when you are pushing your bike up them and a lot of the down-hills aren't exactly an easy ride either! Great job. Having to set-up your own shots on the hardest parts of the ride can't have helped either! Awesome!

[SteelRt]

Love the GMBN epic rides and this one really put the E in epic. Of course riding in that part of the world, the E would be followed by, "by gum".

Superb effort Rich. Well done mate!

[angussutherland]

Epic Rich, respect. I'm betting that was the best fish & chips you ever
Great video.

[doc.j.]

Good effort mate! Always worth using a satellite overlap to see what is shown on the map is actually on the ground. Can be useful, as well, for seeing the surface you'll be riding on, so you can gauge how hard or easy it will be. Great video, love this kind of content.

[JJMilk]

Monster ride!! Respect!! 🤩
Totally agree with the tea choice. 😉

[rorythetiger]

Good old tetley tea, milk 2 sugars and the bag left please please can we have more videos like this... well done rich. Epic.

[stevecrump]

Big effort. ..I feel really good after that trip out with you...Thanks for bringing us along 🙋

[michaelkonon]

That's how a perfect weekend should look like!! 🙂👍

[marcosniper]

Epic an amazing rich bike ride that you want to go cycling hahaha great work great shots!!

[dannypryordoyle]

That was fun for me at least! Thanks Rich! When its not my beloved French press coffee, my favorite tea is Irish Breakfast with just a bit of milk and sometimes honey.

[charles_]

I just cant stop thinking of him putting up a camera, and then needing to go back and pick it up again..