How We Carry Heavy Stuff With Just a Bike! @BenDurham
How We Carry Heavy Stuff With Just a Bike!  @BenDurham
Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago
This Tern GSD is only a few months old but has over 1,500 km on its odometer... because WE LOVE IT. This is just one small example of how we use it to carry things that we'd otherwise need to use our car for.

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⏬ Products and Gear Used in this video (affiliate links*)
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Main equipment used in this video:

πŸŽ₯ GoPro 11 often used in biking footage (just not in this video)
But the GoPro 13 is the best right now: amzn.to/3ZvBY4C
🎀 Shure SM58: amzn.to/4f5ckKi
πŸ‘†βΊ with a Zoom F3 (32-bit Float Field Recorder): amzn.to/4f5ckKi
🌬🚫 Shure A81WS Windscreen: amzn.to/3XWk5Mm

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My other regularly used equipment:
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🚲 cargo trailer that I use: amzn.to/46eYot4
🚲 cargo ebike: Tern GSD (gen2)
🚲 my ebike: Ride1Up 500 Series Step-Thru (discontinued)
🚲 Natalia's bike: Biktrix Swift Step-Thru (gen1) [review: youtu.be/jbpyzhw9-NQ]

πŸŽ₯ Canon EOS R7 Super 35 Sensor: amzn.to/42rCwIu
πŸ•Ά Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 Art DC Lens (EF mount): amzn.to/4b3OPyy
πŸ–‡ Canon EF-EOS R Mount Adapter: amzn.to/3UHoFfo

πŸŽ₯ Canon EOS R6 Full-Frame used a lot outside the studio: amzn.to/43HmkFS

πŸ‘“ Canon RF 35mm f1.8 lens is my fave lens on FF cameras: amzn.to/40piZXk
πŸ‘“ Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8 L lens: amzn.to/3xa1Aq8
πŸ‘“ Canon RF50mm F 1.2L: amzn.to/35Lp9KK
πŸ‘“ Canon RF16mm F2.8 STM: amzn.to/3udJTEu

🎀 Tascam DR-10L 24-bit lav mic recorders: amzn.to/3XRpu7u
🎀 The newest Tascam DR-10L Pro (32bit): amzn.to/4cDxhKa
🎀 Wireless Lav Mics (I use the old Sennheiser G3 setup): amzn.to/3ufIcpT
🌬🚫 Shure A2WS Windscreen: amzn.to/3zKuzo8

πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ Manfrotto Fluid Head Tripod amzn.to/3VQr4Un
πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ Travel Tripod (very light): amzn.to/3L3zS1T
πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ Slightly larger tripod: amzn.to/3KjIqBY

Stabilization:
🎈current gimbal: Ronin S (discontinued)
I'll be upgrading to the DJI RS 4: amzn.to/3PuVRmV
or maybe the lighter DJI Osmo Pocket 3: amzn.to/40qDGoJ

πŸ’» OBS for screen-captures

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⌚ CHAPTERS ⌚

00:00 picking up by bicycle
01:41 loading the front rack with potting mix
02:00 loading the back with manure
02:49 cam buckle tie-down straps
03:43 our heaviest cargo load ever
04:41 5 km ride back
05:05 more errands by bike

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a few other titles I might try:

How We Put Heavy Stuff on Our Bike
How to Carry Heavy Stuff on a Bike
How we Carry Heavy Stuff on a Bike
How We Carry Heavy Stuff With Just a Bike!They Said I Couldnt Film. Director of City Security Tells It How It IsBike To Work Day Actually Works! (ft. Annette Gilbert) – Wheels & Beyond Podcast Ep.01How This School Principal Started Biking To Work Every Day (ft. Annette Gilbert)Bloor Street IS NOT All of Ontario πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈHow This Canadian E-Bike Brand Will Survive 2025 - with Gordon Lai (Wheels & Beyond Podcast, Ep21)How Doug Ford STOLE Your Rights (ft. Draconian Government Overreach)where are the long-form ride-along videos, Ben?What This Government is Hiding in Plain SightYou carried a painting home on your bike?!Sebastians on the Wheels and Beyond Podcast!Bicycle Mayor of Winnipeg RIDES EVERYWHERE - with Patty Wiens (ep18)
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