Can I Ride Across The UK On A SINGLE WHEEL?

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This week I battled through intense leg pain for 3 days to make it across the UK on a Onewheel! Enjoy

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[Music] this is the united kingdom and this is the distance you have to travel from the north atlantic sea to the north sea or as it’s commonly known the c2c cycle route spanning over 144 kilometers this route takes you across the uk battling steep gradients bad weather and at some points just straight up isolation from any towns or cities today i am going to attempt to complete this journey on one of these this is a one wheel imagine an electric unicycle and a skateboard had a baby you would get a one wheel one was originated on kickstarter in 2014 where their campaign exceeded their 100 000 goal to raise over 630 000 since then they’ve basically become a bit of a phenomenon for internet creators and ev enthusiasts around the globe now one wheels can be pretty expensive so i bought this one this is a one wheel pint i bought it for cheap on facebook marketplace because we like to save money this version of the onewheel is the cheaper version so it gets around six to eight miles on a single charge which ain’t good if you saw my last video where i rode an electric scooter from london to paris you would know that the scooter had a range of 50 miles and i was able to carry a petrol generator which i strapped to the scooter and that was my lifeline this time i have about a tenth of the range and i can’t exactly carry a petrol generator on this bad boy but there is a but i have a solution from here you can see a cable that runs out of my one wheel and where does it go into my backpack when i open this backpack up we have two 60 volt 4 amp hour batteries connected in parallel via splitter which goes into an extension cable which is wired directly into the battery of the one wheel and if my calculations are correct that gives me around about 27 miles of range i honestly haven’t even fully tested this thing yet so i don’t know if it’s gonna work but the point of this channel is to throw ourselves in the deep end and see if we can make something that shouldn’t be possible possible this setup took me a few days to make it even without blowing up my fingers a little bit in the process if you look closely you can see the sea right there i’m currently on the coast i’m about to begin my journey from here to the other side of the uk where i’ll end up in newcastle guys we’re gonna give it a go so without further ado let’s get on the road hello this is day one mile zero let’s do it okay [ __ ] great not to a good start now one wheels are known for not being very good for long distances i don’t know why i chose to do it on this but i wanted to make it a challenge last time it was a challenge it was hard but we did it so why can’t i do this another thing about one wheels is it gets very tiring on your feet there’s a lot of balance involved hopefully i’m gonna be able to push through with this massive bag on my back my foot’s already tired my legs already tired ow i barely even got down to the end of this road i’m four miles in and i had to stop because my leg is literally like my feet are burning it’s so painful this is not easy even though this is a shorter distance what i’m doing i think this is way harder i just need to relax for it so my goal for the day was to travel 23 miles from drumbra to a campsite by brampton but after only four miles i was truly feeling the fatigue in my legs and my feet i was genuinely thinking to myself that i’m not sure if this is even gonna be possible i don’t know if i’m gonna be able to take this pain for the next three days but i decided to take a second take a deep breath regroup and push on [Music] i’m seven and a half miles in and my legs feel like jelly this is awful why did i do this like the worst vehicle i could have chose so i’m now in a place called carlisle i’m gonna stop at a coffee shop and recharge my board and my legs [Music] cheers guys i’m getting marked by flyers so many flyers here bro [ __ ] you know even though there is tremendous pain in my leg i am actually having quite a good time i’m enjoying this man i wish the whole route was like this just no road pure cycle pass but no i gotta go on roads where it’s scary and people shout at me ah mate there’s a swarm of mosquitoes or flies or something oh my god this is awful they’re in my eyes my mouth man and i don’t have my gogoons this time [Music] [Music] i’ve had a guy message me on instagram saying that he’s gonna come and drop me a pepsi so i’m sending my live location let’s see if he actually turns up the cycle path has run out so i’m on a full-on main road right now cars come whizzing by look at this i just got hit in a face by a bee i’m scared [Applause] oh geez yes boy what’s good my [ __ ] guy let me take it let me take it oh [ __ ] oh my god bro thank you bro i appreciate that bro you actually turned up what the [ __ ] oh [ __ ] look what this guy just brought me a pepsi max lime are you mad hug me you know i sent you my location i was like he’s probably not gonna turn up oh man there’s good people out here bro look at this oh i’ve just been blessed what’s your name rhys you’re a legend bro have a good one what a joke this is what i say man do not underestimate the kindness of strangers i put an instagram story up with the location he said i’m going to come drop you some food look at this man now i’m going to chill and have this pepsi [Music] cows let’s go hello cow they must be so baffled just some weird advanced monkey thing gliding past them [Applause] these roads are scary man i don’t like riding on these main roads i am now in a town called brampton brampton there’s no one here it’s a bloody ghost out god oh my legs burning oh god so even though my legs were absolutely burning i had finally made it only a few miles away to the first stop where we would be camping up for the night we are two miles away from stop number one it’s been a long day oh i just crashed i smashed my phone it’s going up this last hill half a mile away it just nose-dived i’m straight off luckily i didn’t faceplant i managed to run out a bit and kind of land on the grass but i’m so close as well man okay we need to get there look at that yeah i think we’re good it’s just the screen protector i always crash i never get it on camera every time when you’re on low battery these hills take a lot of power and it just cuts out look i can feel it it’s trying to cut out now let’s do it come on let’s go oh don’t count on me please don’t really slow come on now we’ve come all this way gone through all of this and you’re trying to give up i mean why is there more hill it just keeps going i think we bloody made it let’s go campsite we actually made it oh yes yes that was long okay let’s get in here is tonight’s bed this is where i’m sleeping tonight today has been grueling i really did not think it was going to be as hard as this i genuinely didn’t think it would make my legs as tired as it did it’s just pure fatigue in in the back leg after like five minutes of riding man i’m just dead my legs felt mashed at the end of that but look we’re 25 miles in we’re at the first stop now i’m starting to get that feeling that fuzzy feeling that this is possible and that we’re gonna make this happen tomorrow we’re gonna be making the climb into the pen irons which is quite steep and honestly i think it’s going to test the range of the board i don’t want to go too far tomorrow i just want to make sure we get through the pen islands and i don’t get stranded in some random place so i’m going to get some sleep wake up tomorrow and then we are on day two of the journey [Music] [Applause] [Music] [ __ ] man already [Music] we’re back on the roads day two i had a lovely sleep last night i was a bit chilly i have a very ambitious goal today to get to a place called hexam which is almost 30 miles away from where i am right now i don’t know if it’s going to be possible but one word coffee shops the coffee shop is going to be my savior i’m praying [Music] shut up she [ __ ] this challenge man my feet are just so fatigued man from all that riding yesterday even like a mile on this thing you’re just seeing pure pain it is it’s fun these challenges are fun but when you’re in pain the entire time it kind of takes away from the whole aspect so after only a few miles in to the journey of day two my feet were genuinely in unbearable pain i was feeling unmotivated frustrated and pissed off and honestly i just wanted to quit but sometimes in life when you are down the universe sends you a sign and that is when i met this woman it’s kind of like a skateboard and a unicycle mixed into one but it’s electric i’ve never seen anything like i love it thank you so much the looks that people give me are so funny i love it but thank you so much i’m riding this from coast to coast right now yeah of course you can thank you awesome oh god young people that’s good for young people i appreciate that so much because yeah i don’t know i like to do cool weird things and yeah this is a cool way thing yeah i’m trying to keep the young spirit alive i’ve got one life you know i might as well make the most of it well you’ll see the video on youtube say hello to youtube if you want to do you mind being on my video you will be on this youtube video so say hello to well i’ve got i’ve got a million people that watch my videos so what was your name lizzie lizzy it was great to meet you i have to go because i have a goal to get ready to go but thank you so much i’ve never seen anything like it and i take my hat off to you young man thank you yeah yeah that’s it oh god you’ve made my job i love that so much see ya i love people like that there’s karen’s and there’s lizzie’s be a lizzy she’s great some people they see this sort of stuff and they think stupid you’re an idiot and then some people they see the magic in it man that gave me some good motivation then because i can’t lie i wasn’t feeling good but shout out lizzy she made me feel good man she made me feel motivated again there’s a reason for me to do this i really am in in the middle of nowhere right now these journeys take me through some funny experiences remember guys it is not about the destination it is always about the journey and you might go through pain you might go through suffering but if you push through the journey is always worth it i know you’ve had a really bad day [Music] but i’m right here it’s gonna be [Music] okay [Music] we’re gonna be okay [Music] i can see it i can see the starbucks side we made it to the stop number one not even where i want to get today but after this stop i have to do what i’ve done today again yeah boy i’m booking a travel load because it’s raining tonight apparently and i’m not trying to get rained on in my hammock we’ve got another 10 miles from here oh my legs are feeling it [Music] [Music] so with the goal of covering 30 miles on the second day we were finally closing in on the second stop of the trip but before that i just had to meet one last stop to charge [Music] and we are covering the river tire right now [Music] [Music] they’re a bit hostile we’re on the final stretch until stop number two this is where i spend my night and i can relax my feet oh yes we made it let’s go there she is oh my god we made it the errington coffee house oh my god that’s been a long journey today i stopped number two this is where i’m gonna spend the night in this airbnb that is 28 miles today probably more like 29 30 miles we have now done 58 miles in total we’re getting close you know we’re actually making decent progress [Music] [Music] mad i am going to have a shower i haven’t showered in like three days all right guys i’ll see you in the morning it is the morning oh it is the next day also the third day of this journey i’m not gonna make any promises guys but i think i could make it to the coast today it is 34 miles to the coast i had the most fire sleep last night i had a shower i feel recharged i feel ready my feet aren’t the best this board is only supposed to go about six to eight miles but i found a solution i built a whole battery pack took me five days i blew up my fingers but we did it and now here we are almost across the uk i’m gonna pack up now we’re gonna get going [Music] it’s gonna be the longest trip of the journey let’s make it happen it’s sunny the sun is shining the vibes are good [Music] quick break my feet man yeah yeah yeah oh yeah that feels unreal oh yeah that’s nice i’m gonna get a lorry to honk yes live we got the support i want to jump into the sea today that is my goal i have some announcements number one is i am releasing new merch yes i’m releasing new merch i’m releasing some chase freedom tease not only is chase freedom the slogan to my clothing company ascend but i feel like chase freedom really resonates with the type of content that i’ve been making recently chasing freedom inspiring others to do the same and knowing that you can do anything you can if you put your mind to it these are the new teas that i’m going to be releasing i can’t wait to get my hands on some of these if you would like to support the future of these videos you can go to the link in the description they’ll be going on pre-sale within the next few days every person that buys one will be entered into a competition to win a gopro and a tandem paraglide with me and another person i [ __ ] love making these videos i love going on adventures and i love documenting it if you want them to get bigger and better then please support if you can it’s absolutely fine if you can’t i love all of you guys regardless if you can’t then just drop a comment drop a like because that helps in the algorithm it pushes the video up and that means more people get to see these videos those are the announcements back to the video look at this newcastle we’re getting there man we’re closing in we are finally off the main roads we are on a path which follows the river time which will take me through newcastle and onto the coast we’re making solid progress guys very very solid [Music] you should know that i’m well aware i don’t want anything i am now officially entering the outskirts of newcastle look at this [Music] we are officially in newcastle yes by no means is this the end we still have to get to the coast but we have made it to the center of newcastle oh my god this feels made [Music] okay we just had a nice little charge which will hopefully give me the range i need to complete the final stretch to the coast man let’s get on with it [Music] i am four miles away i’m almost at the sea i’m so close i can see a ferry oh my god almost bloody done it so after three days of intense leg pain almost given up multiple times and almost 19 miles covered i was finally closing in on the coast look at this one oh my god we actually made it we made it let’s go boys i made it i made it i [ __ ] made it i can’t feel the bottoms of my feet that is the north coast sea coast [Music] let’s just do and see where it goes [Music] [Music] [Applause] see where this road will take [Music] there we go guys three days 144 kilometers all on a single wheel the batteries worked my legs are actually numb regardless we pushed through and we made it look at that once again my merch is on pre-sale right now the link is in the description guys if this video gets 25 000 likes i’m gonna take a youtuber and we are gonna survive in the paris catacombs for 50 hours thanks for watching and i’ll see you guys very soon [Music] of this over let’s just