Four guys, four customized bikes, and 250 miles of abandoned railroad in Patagonia

Since I've been doing this blog for the last couple of months, I've come across all kinds of bicycling adventures, besides the typical BMX street and MTB downhill videos that rank high on YouTube.  One bike trek idea I keep bumping into is rail biking on abandoned railroad lines.  ABANDONED is the key word in that sentence, you don't want to do this on active railroad tracks.  If you do that, you'll wind up like the cartoon coyote after chasing the road runner.

This video caught my eye a couple days ago for a few reasons.  For one, it's another rail biking video, which I thought was interesting to start with.  Second, the background scenery is beautiful.  Third, it's in Patagonia, Chile, a long ways away from here.  Fourth, it's a long trek, these guys set out to ride 250 miles, along a rail line known as El Trochita.  Last, these guys are all retired, they appear to be in their 60's.  When they bill it as the "adventure of a lifetime," they mean it.

The video is nearly 25 minutes, which is a long watch in today's busy world.  It's mostly shots of them riding down the tracks past their video camera.  But it's cut together fairly well, and they meet some interesting locals, and local wildlife, along the way.  It's a cool little video, and a type of bike trek most people probably haven't heard of.  So here's a look at rail biking, yet another type of adventure you can have on your bicycle.  This is a good little video to chill with a beer and watch after a long day.  Or something like that.

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