I cycled 700km through France

Congratulations Mumbo! I once rode everywhere in my city, for a year straight. No busses, no taxis, ubers, or anything of the sort. One of the best years of my life... Then, I met a woman. She has been doing the same lifestyle for three years straight! I was immediately humbled 🙂

Living in nearby Switzerland I like France and I understand your obsession with Croissants as much as I don’t like your pronunciation of the word. Nethertheless well done biking 722km!

Man honestly, I love your cycling videos. The depth and personality that shows through really is heartwarming. I love the vids and everyone who helps you along the way!

The furthest I’ve ridden was 102 miles on my mountain bike. Like you said, the highlights contrasting with low points was crazy and the feeling of finishing was amazing. I can’t imagine doing something similar for seven days, especially through France! Bucket list item for sure

As a deliveryman in Toulouse, and doing 20-30 km on a daily basis, I can confirm that front wind is a cyclist's worst enemy.

I can't wait till I finish uni so I have time to do this, i had to quit a professional career after illness and Ive started getting back into cycling for the first time in 2 years. Seeing a complete beginner work their way up to this massive trek is incredibly inspiring and definitely a booster to get me out again!

Wow this hit me hard… the talk about the fresh perspective and opening your full and fridge and complaining about having no food. Dang. Loved the stories about your journey, loved the photos, loved the message and how the bike journey really taught you to appreciate the little things in life, I hope I take that message to heart and think about it every day. All around fantastic video that I really appreciated and enjoyed, God bless

Glad you found something you enjoy doing that gives you an immense sense of accomplishment. It’s really cool to hear you talk about it while we get to see the beautiful pictures along the way.

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I live in the Netherlands and for us cycling is litteraly mostly what we do. Seeing you and other people from Different countries encouraging people to cycle more and doing it yourself is amazing. It truthly is fun to do and helps you get anywhere you want. A bike is also very eco friendly so maybe if we all cycle more we can help the planet and help ourselves!

I followed you on Strava during this, such an achievement! It's not just the cycling, but you have to find food, a place to sleep etc. Proud of you buddy!

This is amazing to see! I did a tour with two of my friends to celebrate our graduation from highschool. We cycled about 1400km through Germany, from the North down to Lake Constance, spread across three weeks. We visited friends and family on the way and "filled the gaps" with youth hostels. It was a truly wonderful experience despite having nearly two weeks of absolute dog shit weather. Some days we could barely see 100m in front of us due to the extremely heavy rain. But that just ment that arriving at a warm place at the end of the day and hanging our clothes over the charging cables we spanned between our beds in our room was like arriving in heaven. I will never forget this experience and am extremely happy to have those two friends I was able share this with. I definitely wanna do this again visiting more countries.

I had to cycle into a 30mph headwind recently for the first time in months and I forgot how absolutely deadly headwinds are on bikes. Respect for doing 60-odd miles a day into the wind, that's about as far as I can go with a tailwind lol.

2:43 mumbo looks 50 years old in that photo. 4:04 And 12 years old in that photo. 🤣 The range of stress, emotions, joy and raw experience of life must have been crazy.. I cannot imagine riding 65 miles a day for 7 days straight with weather and hills. 💀 What an absolute legen

Its motivating to see this. I haven't watched a Mumbo video in ages and now this is popping up just as I procrastinate on packing my stuff to go bikepacking in france.

I never watch videos like these normally, but the style of this channel really elevates the content, and they’re really motivating, at least for me

Great job - Defined the whole ethos of bikepacking - lets go ride our bikes!!

Pesto Pasta is my gold standard for long-distance backpacking trips. Adding smoked salmon brings the meal to another level.

Mumbo, you are living a life that I very much look upto, and one that I hope to live one day myself. Doing something you love for work, having the ability to take a break when needed, a really neat hobby/passion/second job, and travelling frequently. Obviously there might be struggles we're unaware of, but you give me hope that life can be much more than just work and paying bills!

The "see ya" at the end just makes me smile