Mountain Biking Cottonwood Trail in Salida, Colorado 

Why are there 4 dislikes? How can you dislike these videos? I can't ride as often as I'd like and these videos are the closest I get to being there! Thanks for doing what we'd all love to be doing Brian!! Living the dream!

Still love that you start your videos with speed, no commentary and then the trailname + logo appears. Killer!

Thanks so much for your mountain biking series...wonderful videos & such a great positive approach. Congratulations on your efforts.

I just used your video for some “recon” on Cottonwood. Worked great! Awesome trail, really enjoyed it. Thanks for making this video.

Wow! The trails pass through so many diverse environments it is amazing

Brian - I've been off the MTB for about 12 years. In that time I've been a serious roadie doing 3000 miles or so per year. But, I recently placed an order for a '17 Scott Spark. I've been watching your vids almost everyday and getting pumped to get back into it. Thanks for the awesome work/riding so far. Keep it up!!

your videos make you feel like your actually riding. great work Brian 🤘🤘

Great trail as allways... :) Congrats on the first 100 miles. I thought it is only me who counts... I got mine in mid june and I allready have 2500 km on it. So far so good. Only replaced tyres, brakepads and chain.

The first part of the trail looked amazing - buff and flowy. Perfect!

Another great video Brian . You seem to handle most of those really rocky sections well. I'm impressed how well you narrate so calmly while riding, very cool and informative. Also I like how quiet your bike seems over bumps. 2 thumbs up from me👍🏻👍🏻

Love how you always just say, "howdy" to everyone... srly lol when I hear you say that. You're a good guy, so funny!

Thanks for the Wednesday morning stoke! Nice work smashing through those rock gardens like there's no tomorrow :)

I like it when you stop and show the views. Thanks for that and for the videos!

looks like Colorado is the heaven of MTB'ers... Looking forward to see that Crested butte video, amazing lines and landscapes there. Nice video

Awesome ride once again, and I love it if someone actually gives commentary while riding. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks Brian, another inspiring ride, same affect every time, "maybe time for a quick ride during lunch break!

This trails are looking so cool each time. In Germany we don´t have so many nice trails. That makes me sad but it is awesome to watch your videos. Good job :D

I'm going to be out there (Salida) over Spring Break late this March, and I'm really stoked to ride some of the trails if I have time in between skiing. I'm about ready to start riding again after my winter hiatus in wet, muddy Indiana!

I can't afford a proper mountain bike yet so I've been riding my Walmart bike for the past two months on trails. It's rough but your videos inspire to get out and ride even though my gear is crap. Keep up the good work man.

Your riding has improved greatly!

Bent the front wheel past repair on my cannondale trail last week. New WTB i32 wheelset come in the mail today. Cant wait to get riding again.

I'm following your advice, grabbing my bike and going out for a short ride! Nice vid as always.

You and the Bronson are one. Great riding and footage. Cheers!

Was out there last week with 9 buddies. Definitely a tire eater. 3 of them flatted. I’m running double downs front and back and had no issues. My bike is going on 1900 miles. Don’t understand when dudes buy amazing bikes and don’t ride them. Great video man.

Great videos! Keep it up, I am enjoying seeing them all while I wait for my bike I just ordered :-) What camerasetup are you using, I assume you have a gimbal?

Great video as always! That trail looks similar to the ones we have back at home! Nice!

Nice Trails, it reminds me of the trails around my area, Rocky chunky and Techy, Nice! Nice ride Brotha! Cheers!

Wish we had trails like that where where I live in Taiwan. Beautiful hiking trails, but not much for mountain biking. Love your videos, the closest I can get to real riding. Let the vids keep on coming. You're awesome.

That bike looks really smooth👍

It's refreshing to see someone talk through "the pain" of climbing and get some enjoyment out of it. It makes it easier when I'm out there riding to do the same and truly embrace every obstacle that nature gives us on a ride. Love the videos! they are so different than what anyone else is putting out there. Do you use an external mic or is that mic just the one from the GoPro because it sounds great.

I would definitely hate falling on those rocks. Specially when ur looking at the scenery and ops!!! Anyhow nice work.

Quality content, as usual. Looking forward to the colab with Seth!

Keep up the nice work with the vids man! Out of curiosity how do you mount your camera? Do you use GoPro?

Another awesome edit brah ^^ Will be riding similar arid fare this afternoon ;-) I would like to see a vid of the in between stuff i.e. when not rolling the chunder - unpacking bike, snacks, talking to yokels, checking bike/repairs etc. PS - what phone you using?

I've got a Specialized Camber thats going on 10 months old and its done the best part of 2000km (1240 miles) I hate seeing good bikes getting no use!

Great video as always. Congrats on the 100 miles and many more to come. I've put around 2200 on my trance in the two years I've owned it. Bikes are meant to be ridden, it's sad to see them sitting in a garage with close to no use.

Nice ride. Great comment about the bikes sitting in people garages. Not just MTB but expensive road bikes.

Good old home. Great lakes and fishing too. Not sure where the strava and GPX files are in the description.

Another great video!!! Always stoked to see a new vid from you in my notifications. You know I'm always interested in your Bronson (and the other bikes you ride too). Maybe you could do an in-depth 100 mile review of the Bronson? I'd love to hear your thoughts on things like: 1x12 Eagle , fork, shock, suspension travel, tires & wheels, carbon vs aluminum frame and handlebars, etc., Reverb dropper, dropper vs light weight compliant seat post, and any other opinions you may have for us bike nerds! Thanks buddy, huge fan! I'd so love to just quit my job and go ride the best trails in the world on the best bikes in the world, so jealous lol!!!

While I can't ride cause of surgery in just gonna watch your vids and get inspired

Hi Brian. Brilliant news to see how fast your channel is growing. Have you washed and polished that new Bronson yet to go with those new wheels? Des P

Another great video. Have you given any thought to publishing longer clips...maybe highlights of the climb and then the entire flow back to the bottom. There are tons of us who are always looking for good 60-120 minute videos to watch while on the trainer. Keep up the great work!

Sweet footage! Can't wait to get a mountain bike! Looking at a Stumpjumper, not sure between the regular or plus tire size though...

Flow show at 03:40 looks like a heck of a lot of fun man! Great commentary and great footage as per usual. How'd the Bronson handle those drops? Looks like it ate them right up eh?

Thats good that you finished this trail with no flats. I am also from Colorado and this is one trail I wanna ride. As soon as I have a all mountain bike. Right now I just have a downhill bike.

I have only been subscribed for 3 weeks now, but I love your channel. I also have one question: do you recommend the Bronson for a rider who rides outside of the bikeparks,in the wild? Keep it up man!!!

Man! this makes me so hungry for some cycling.. wish i had hills in my area... only flat sandy trails

I was going to say...hope he does monarch crest, but you mentioned you were doing it manana. It is an epic ride, have fun!

These videos get better and better every time I watch these! Would you recommend to to switch to a 1 by system on a hard tail or keep the sram 2 by system that comes with my bike?

nice video look like a great trail really looking forward to the monarch crest trail video , it's definitely on the list to do for next year

Nice ride and video! This interesting effect when it looks like your camera is a bit late following you on tight turns is because of gimbal?

Now I'm yearning for Colorado!

Brian, using the settings on your GoPro how long can you record it? A ride of 2 hours... Do you record everything? Btw great video!

Oh man. That trail is really cool. I hope that someday I will be able to ride there too. :D

Did you ride North Backbone on the way up to Cottonwood? Though not a downhill, it's still quite a sweet trail.

If you get the chance, come to southeastern Idaho, tons of trails, city creek in Pocatello and Jackson hole bike park are 2 pretty good options

Nice ride! Any tips for improving climbing ability/capacity over time?

looks like a fun ride! now that you have almost 100 miles on the bike what are your top 3 favorite bikes you've ridden so far?

Cool video Brian. Do you know the reason why your camera seems to be a bit slow on turns? Is it your gimbal which can't turn the camera fast enough?

Love your videos! You should have someone record you from behind trailing you. So we can see you go through obstacles

When you out on these adventures do you ever come across wildlife? Id like to see the footage. Ive almost hit deer several times riding here in the Missouri area. Keep up the good work man i watch every upload

Come to San Diego and ride the Nobel Canyon Trail. Just ONE of San Diego's epic rides DUDE!!!!!!!

great videos nd channel mate, how long do you spend on editing your vids. there sick

If you like the rocky trails, then you should visit Devils Backbone in Fort Collins, Colorado.

I was ducking and jiving in my seat on this ride. Your videos are so good, I think I am going to set up a trainer in front of the big screen TV. Then ride with you, on rainy days. One thing bad about this idea, it doesn't rain in Los Angeles, California to often. Take it easy, keep up the great videos.

Hey Brian, I know that you don't take requests, but I am looking at buying a pivot switchblade and haven't seen many reviews on the bike. I was wondering if you could do a first look/review on the bike.

Hey love the vids! I currently have a giant xtc se hard tail, had new shimano hydraulics and crank brother pedals, do you think this will be ok for some lightish downhill?

I've clipped the NX derailleur on my Bronson a few times. My friend has already broken the X01 on his. I really think it sits too low for for the rocky stuff.

If you come to Australia, you should come ride one of the meanest bike parks in the world in south Australia its called fox creek. There are also about five other bike parks around the same area

Nice ride. I'm curious, what kind of pedals are you using?

2016 to date I've ridden my MTB more than 6,000 km (3,726 miles) and climbed 14,376 m (47,165 ft.). The climbing would be greater but I live at the beach in SoCal. I would estimate more than 80% of my riding is in the dirt. For the first year I owned my Trek Fuel EX8 it never left the pavement. My buddy bought a MTB and got me in the dirt and I've never looked back.

I assume you you carry a pump with you, do you raise the pressure of of your tires when you ride on pavement to the trail head and and lower them for the ride. then pump it back up to get back to the car?

Rocks looked pretty unforgiving, but no flats, not bad. Cool trail.

Do you prefer shimano or SRAM gears and brakes? Great vid!!!

been watching your work Daily for quite awhile now but had to make a RU-vid account so I could give ya a subscriber keep up the great videos, where is your channel based out of ? come to Ontario I'll show ya good workout wish we had mountains

you should try northstar bikepark next summer. I wanna see some jumps too.

My buddy Alexander did this run a littttttle faster than me: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RrJRdjxc000.html

Wow, 1,500 views in 4 hours. You're ripping it! I did Cottonwood last year and loved it. Never posted up my video of it though. Probably won't now as it would look like crap now as it was before gimbal smoothness. Ha Ha. BTW, Surprised you don't have a bell on your bars. Trails in our area tend to be very busy and hikers like bells.....

@BKXC where are your local trails at? I will be in fruita soon and if you are around that are would love to get a ride in with ya :D

was this on your full suspension btw love the vids!

Hey BK! Another great installment. Not sure how it would help with the sun at such a low angle, but google "GoPro Lens Flare Hood". I use them for my still photography all the time.

What site and how much did You pay for your gimbal ? Nice vlog

as always, very good video!

Glad you have your thumbs in the right place now hahaha

Hey, what tyre combination are you using? I see a minion dh up front, but can't see the rear... Just to know the kind of tires I''ll need for dry conditions like that. Tks

One day I will get out and hit the trails you do but for now I need to focus on my skills and save up for a bike that can handle it

Those trails look to have a very similar design and feel to my local. (Aus) Too bad it's magpie swooping season... Always smashing through hell to get away from the aggressive ones... But hey, it's randomized sprint training!

When are the new tee shirts coming out, Brian?

i think you're ready to get back to salida and check out uncle nazty trail, its so amazing

Great video

Man, there is like one rocky, rough spot on the trail where I ride in Ohio, and somehow I managed to wipe on it and was down for a month. These trails make me clench pretty much the whole time.

nice video

just out of curiosity what tyres did you have on?

when can we expect video and a review on new wheelset and susspension?

Is your next channel going to be bicycle themed song parodies?

Love the video! Can you do a bike check?

Nice one!!

If you had the choice where would you rather live? Colorado Springs, CO or Tacoma, WA

Speaking of Colorado… I’m looking for some trail suggestions for Breckenridge area. I have a trip scheduled for July and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated guys/girls

Good thing they warn people. I bet more then just pinch flats happen, like bent or snapped frames and rims if you hit one of those rocks the wrong way. Not to mention broken bones.