The Ancient City of Troy // Bike Touring Turkey Series 1

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Published 2022-11-17
In this video, we start our two month bike tour adventure across the Turkey.

From cycling the narrow streets of Istanbul, to beautiful coastal bicycle paths, ancient archaeological sites, and our first wild camping spot, we experience a lot of firsts. If you’re into mixed terrain cycle touring, you’re in the right place.

Don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to stay in the loop about our next video about bike touring in Türkiye. Join us for what we hope is the first of many bike tours!

Chapters
0:00 Series intro
0:39 Why Turkey
0:58 Flying to Turkey with touring bikes
2:00 Biking through Istanbul
4:00 Our ferry was canceled?!
4:31 Crossing the Sea of Marmara to Asia
5:08 Bike touring Çanakkale to Troy
6:20 Arriving in Troy to first campsite
7:54 Alexandria Troas to the mountains
11:41 Find our first wild camping site

▶ This video is part of our Cycling Turkey series. Watch the rest here:
   • Cycling Turkey Series  

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▶ Gear We Love
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We only list gear we tested on this trip and absolutely loved.

Bike gear:
•Gear ties (saved our trip!): amzn.to/3kRmJBo
•Ortlieb Back-Roller Classic Rear Panniers: amzn.to/3wS6DtW
•Sea to Summit 13 Liter Dry Bag: amzn.to/3XZskEG
•Quad Lock Out Front Bike Mount: amzn.to/3jqZJck
•Blackburn Outpost Cargo Cage: amzn.to/3XZfaY8
•CATEYE AMPP500 Rechargeable Bike Headlight: amzn.to/3jogHrG
•Extra Bike Lights (Ascher Rechargeable): amzn.to/3DyvfMp
•Tubus Cargo Rack: amzn.to/3Rpb1KA
•KINEKT Suspension Seatpost: amzn.to/3wNZ1c8

Camping gear:
•Therm-a-Rest Compressible Pillow: amzn.to/3X00l6e
•Silk Travel Sheet (Great for sketchy hotels and hot nights!): amzn.to/3XVxm4Z
•Katadyn BeFree Water Filter: amzn.to/3WUBUY6
•Therm-a-Rest NeoAir Xlight Sleeping Pad: amzn.to/3HLQpJl
•Opinel No.08 Carbon Steel Folding Knife: amzn.to/3l5TtH6
•Kobo Libra 2 eReader: amzn.to/3kZJTpk
•Hummingbird Hammocks Single+: amzn.to/3WWzGXW

Clothing:
•Mountain Hardwear Women’s Hise Rise Dynama Pant (The best pants): amzn.to/3RmtrM1

Camera gear:
•We’re not listing our GoPro 5 because we hated it. :)
•Hero 10 Black: amzn.to/3Hq94cf
•Hero 9/10/11 Black Media Mod: amzn.to/3HoGurS
•Anker 20000 mAh Battery Pack: amzn.to/3DyvbMn
•Miady 10000 mAh Battery 2-pack: amzn.to/3wNZStm

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All Comments (21)
  • @YIO777
    @9:58 “Hang on, let me downshift so I can go down this hill." Bahaha🤣
  • @cjohnson3836
    I know a lot of people dislike the new Istanbul airport but I like it. Everything once through security is conveniently located. The hotel is like sleeping in an iPhone. And the restaurant had fairly descent kebab. Turkey has become one of my favorite countries. Next time I need to try and get my bike over and do Taurus Mountains. I wish more of us in the west would go there rather than just believe the BS on the news.
  • @jennyfraley6321
    Feels like we're right there with you on the trip! Love seeing Turkey from the bikes!! Great shots and commentary! Can't wait to see more!
  • @cank2442
    Oo türkiyemiz güzeldir 🇹🇷🇹🇷
  • @CruisingMaya
    Great video guys! The maps 🤩. You're gonna have to let me know how you did that! Keep up the great work!
  • @sachdeepkaur5186
    hi guys nice video and lovely trip, I intend to cycle from the Netherlands to Turkey, starting in june. One little piece of feedback, the fast forward parts are very strenuous to ones eyes and just not much fun to watch. They are a bit many and a bit long. But for the rest, reallly great!
  • @nuoutdoor
    Hi there! I like your unique style, and creative channel name!
  • @thattravellingguy
    Wow! Nice story telling and videography. Will be following you two on all your further trips. Have subscribed and turned all notification on so I don't miss any of them. Have been following other cycle tourist like "wheels on a bike" , "sheilagh Daly" could be wrong with the spelling here. "Nomads trails" , "wheels to wander" and "vaegabond" Have you read the book, "far sweeter than honey" by William Spencer?. Do read it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it and it will fuel your spirit of adventure even more. ATB, That Travelling Guy.....