Mountain Biking the 18 Road trails in Fruita, Colorado
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- My first real ride on my brand new Santa Cruz Bronson AND the first ride of my Colorado mountain bike road trip!
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Why did I watch this right before bed, now I want to ride my bike! Great video once again!!!
Hahaha, I need a disclaimer.
You're an inspiration, really. I haven't been taking the time to explore new trails and new places enough. I've just been riding the same stuff over and over. Thanks for helping me see the light!
Awesome dude! These are my favorite comments because I want to inspire people to get out and have fun!
I am insanely jealous, I just want to drop everything right now and road trip through the U.S to ride all these trails. Thanks for sharing that with us !
Hahaha, then my job is done, dude!
Cool trails, you and your Black Stallion were flying down those trails! Pretty sweet! Thanks for the vid! Cheers
Thanks Edd! Made for a great video.
Thanks much for all this footage! Been waiting for this,quite some time keep em turning:)
The famous Black Rabbit on its maiden voyage! What a roller coaster of a ride, great video!
Haha, thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
Dam half way through zippity I thought you where going over the edge of that hair pin line edge turn. Colorado a definite bucket list rife for me. Can't wait till you hit moab.
You and me both, brother!!
You're a good commentator. Great job on the technical stuff.
Holy crap~! !!! That's right on the edge man!!!
It was a steep one!
great scenery and great video!# nice job,buddy!!
Thanks a ton!
I just rode Fruita this past sat and there is only one word to describe it “Amazing”!!
Almost at 10k sub mark! Nicely done. Keep up the good rides.
Growing like crazy! Thanks for watching, I appreciate every sub.
Awesome ride....
...and nice quotes.. "hole in ground kind bathrooms...", "I don't have a name for my bike yet....."
Personally, I love those times when you give us shots from different angles, like camera on the ground.
A place like that, open sky, loops, parking nearby, would be ideal for the drone. (personal preference, maybe that is not the channel's point).
Awesome video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jose!! Love the little quotes. It would be perfect for some great drone shots.
Looks like an incredible playground! Wow!
Definitely a picturesque spot!
So picturesque!
Man!! awesome place, awesome riding!!! no surprise you are making all us jealous (in the good way). I guess exposure to sun is some sort of issue but well worth it!! Cheers and ride on!! keep'em coming! !
Thanks so much dude, I love reading the stoke!!
Great footage Brian! Looks like such a fun flowy trail with spectacular views.
Thanks! It was a good ride with great views!
Wow!! I'll probably plan a trip overthere. Thanks BK.
Put it on the list, buddy!
Awesome ride as usual. Those Hubs sound rad 👌
Thanks my man!
I liked that Bronson so much, I bought a new Bronson C last year. :-)
Awesome video. I love the off-bike shots! Fruita is now higher on my list of places to go.
Thanks man! More to come this week!
I am looking forward to it. Also, I spent the weekend away from the internet and it looks like you gained 1.5k subs! thats awesome.
Hahaha, pretty crazy, right?
another really cool video bro can't wait to see more. 👍
Thanks Nelson!
Another great video! I really like how you show the car park and where you start the trail, and also finishing up and putting your bike in the pickup. Most people just start the video already on the trail, which doesn't give a sense of a proper beginning and ending. I also love that you took the time to position the camera to film yourself going past a few times. You could maybe invest in a session and face it backwards on the handlebars, giving you another view to cut to now and then? Either way, love your channel, I look forward to every new video!
Thanks so much man! I have seen the Session pointed back on some videos and it is a good shot!
What a long very nice looking ride.. Now that's a trail where if you and the wife are upset with each other you just go ride your cares :). Great riding.. Oh the name you can go with is Wild Rabbit.. Be blessed.
Hahaha love that. Wild rabbit, nice!!
Awesome video, man! Feeling jelly over here 👍
Haha, my job is done!
Wow! Great Video! I'm currently working my way through ALL your videos. They are all good, but this one... THIS ONE is amazing! Thanks for building such and entertaining channel. You inspire me!
Fantastic! Welcome aboard.
Great videos, keep them coming.
Thanks Nick, I appreciate it!
I'm really inspired by what what you are doing with your youtube channel, it has turned my mountain biking flame into a bonfire, even though I don't have the money to buy a bike it has definitely inspired me to try my hardest to get a bike and enjoy the trails, by the way your channel has amazing content keep up the great work and I'm super jealous that you get to do this as your job and ride the best bikes and trails in the world!
Thanks so much man, it really means a lot. If you want it bad enough you will FIND A WAY
Next time you are out this way, go about 8 miles les past Fruita towards Utah and ride Rabbit Valley. It's a good cross between 18 Road and Moab style riding.
Interesting! Thanks for the rec!
Great ride!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks dude!
Excellent video. You did a great job capturing Zippity. I'll be stopping there again this October.
Thanks Brendan!
The Dipididoo-Trail !? seems amazing to ride XC-style. I love your trail-movies and i hope you can continue to put them on your channel. It is so different compared to our trails here in Sweden. Especially this desert-trail.
Mountainbike is also so different here in Sweden where we haven't so many big mountains to ride down. In America it seems like enduro-bikes is mountainbike. Here 70% ride hardtails and not so much downhill-trails. But we starting to get more and more riders include myself that riding full suspension bikes. But most of them are XC full suspension like my Scott Spark. Even the pro riders are winning 70km marathon series on full suspension bikes. But all have lockouts.
Very cool Magnus! I love hearing about how MTB is different around the world!
Parts of Zippety Do Dah look just like a roller coaster!
Awesome! Finally some Bronson action and Colorado goodness. :) Zippity looks like such a fun, fast roller coaster. I can't wait to ride it (On the list since I saw Nate's video of it). Black Rabbit is s great name, btw, and It looks like it performed flawlessly.
Haha the waiting on the Bronson never ends!! Pretty fun stuff!
just got back from riding in Fruita for the first time what a great place to ride, both 18 road and kokopelli trail system is the best riding I've done so far, great video
Fantastic! Kokopelli video on Wednesday!
awesome looking forward to it
Excellent video, keep doing what you are doing
Thanks bud!
Fast and flowing, love it!
Big time!
Badass trail, Badass vid! sitting in the Midwest dying to ride now.... arrrgh
Thanks man, glad I can give you a little fix!
Cool stuff you have on your channel!
Thanks man! I appreciate it
bronson cockpit looking super clean!
That's what dreams are made of!
Its just amazing to watch this . Thinking of going just to ride on my own when I get my a nice bike and truck
Thanks man! That's my goal, to inspire you!
brings back memories. rode these trails in 99, side trip from Moab. nice
Nice! Love hearing that
Hi Brian,
Another great video.
I rode these loops in May 2015. You should of hit the 28--mile (54-Km) loop. It included Sarlacc, which was freaking awesome.
On the whole the rides in Fruita/ Grand Junction were really good, better than Moab in my opinion, and the hotels are way cheaper.
Going back next year (May/June 2017) on my new Cube Stereo 160 SL C:62. I cannot wait...!
Happy rides...
Regards.
Yeah, I definitely need to get back to 18 Road! Too much good stuff I missed.
You have to ride PBR. It's fun and flowy with small jumps. It's my favorite trail on the 18 Road Trail system.
I missed it!! But if you search for my buddy The Singletrack Sampler he has a wicked PBR vid!
I live like 10 minutes away from 18 road
Old Blue Hare for the bike :)
Great ride, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Awesome videos, man! Since you're in CO, you should get down to Cortez and do Phil's World and the ribcage. Keep the videos coming!
Ahh, missed it this time around!
Awesome! Great reviews. Thanks. Park City, Utah has some spectacular trails. Midmountain trail, dishwasher, are fun. Then, drive up to Sun Valley, Idaho (there's a RV park just outside that you can camp at.).,. all before the winter sets in. Thanks for posting the Rockville video. I haven't been there since they added the Payment box. I lost a lot of skin on the shins there. Next time your in Sacramento, cruise to the trails at Granite Bay, then drive over to Auburn for some Rivine riding. I also recommend Bend, Idaho, which has Cog Wild Adventures that can shuttle you.
Nice! Rockville is my home town trail for sure. Love the suggestions, can't get enough of them!
Well done man on this channel. I watched this channel since you started and the amount your channel has grown is amazing good luck for everything man
Thanks for sticking around dude! So glad you were here from the start.
Awesome videos! Your channel deserves way more subs!!!
Thanks man, tell a friend or 10!
BK-XC Yeah I will for sure! Keep doing what you're doing!
Dude ! Hey Bri we have a nickname for you man we're gonna call u "Zippetty do da" Great trail ,middle of nowhere man awesome ride , bike looking sweet and you didn't die out there in the heat looked like a nice place , little different to other trails
Keep it going legend 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Hahaha
Another great video man!
Thanks Andrew!
Keep up the good work mate!!!really enjoyed it
Awesome, glad you got a kick out of it!
You're so lucky! It looks waay better than BC and looks so much more fun!
Pretty different terrain!
Damn these trails you ride just look so perfect and so fun to ride! I'm so jealous that I don't life in an area where you can ride trails which are maybe a little bit comparable to the one's you're riding. They just look so nice and like sooooo much fun. Don't get me wrong I love austria but as a mountainbiker it makes me almost sad to life here! You're really doing your job damn well by riding the best trails in the world! Big fan of your work and of course huge fan of yours! In my opinion you deserve to get more than 200k subs! Greets from Vienna from Steph
Thanks so much Steph!!
Your channel is blowing up hard! Kudos mate, always look forward to your videos. Got in straight from work to check if you had uploaded any new vids! how sad hey!?
It really is starting to take off, pretty mysterious CZcams voodoo but that's fine by me! You can count on Monday Wednesday Friday at 330 am pacific time
Great Video Brian. Fruita is one of my most favorite places to ride. Been there several times. Most recent was in 2011. Was there for a full week with a bunch of work buddies. I broke my collarbone on the first day of riding! However, I wasn't going to sit out that vacation so I continued to ride the rest of the week. Took a lot of ibuprofen and Aleve. Great memories.
I think a good name for your new bike is Betty Page. The right amount of curves with a kick ass attitude.
That looks like so much fun I want to do that.
You can!
You really should do the Sarlacc Trail up on top of the Book Cliffs above the 18 Rd Trails. Awesome views!
Next time!
Looks Fun man!!!
Oodles of fun!
While your in Colorado, you should really go mtn biking in the town of eagle. The trails are my favorite trails out of the vail valley!
Next time!!
Thanks for your video I've been bedridden for a month and I can't wait to get out!
Awesome, glad I could give you a little juice while you're on the comeback.
Excellent video -- just don't make the mistake of calling Fruita riding "boring" again. I've been from here to there and back again, and Fruita has some of the best singletrack in the world. Troy Rarick is a world--class trailcutter. Keep ridin', man, just keep ridin'.
Great vid as always! Keep em coming and congrats on pursuing your MTB-CZcams channel full time.
Video angle idea: Next time you're on another "Punchy" or XC type trail, it'd be cool to have the GoPro on a chainstay so you can see how often you actuate the dropper up/down in a single ride. I recently got a bike with a dropper and its changed everything for me. Maybe even how to do a video of "How to ride with a dropper" to get the most out of it.
Thanks Adrian! Yeah, I really like the idea of going for some different angles to switch it up!
Looks like a fun trail! I live near Salt Lake, but have never been here. Have you been on the Wasatch Crest Trail? If not, I think you would like it. You can shuttle it from Mill Creek up to Gaurdsman Pass, ride the crest trail, down into Mill Creek Canyon and back to your car. Very scenic and fun.
Definitely worth checking out Fruita! Yes, I rode Wasatch before I had my channel and dug it!
Duuuude, going so fast on the cliffside at around 9:15. Sweaty palms, man
Wheeeeeee
Still working my way through but you have to add PBR and Kessel Run to your next visit if you haven't already!
Yep, I definitely need to get those ones next time!
good ride !!
on your way back if you are going to stop in salt lake do the wasatch crest trail it's way fun
Didn't have time to hit it, but I did it last summer and really loved it!
Damn man! Had me leaning left on the ridge line , lol!
Hahaha that's great
i was just saying your really good and crazy at this kind of stuff
Thanks man!
So I just watched 18 Rd, Lunch Loops and Kokopelli/Loma. You just hit some of what I think is the best riding in western Colorado! Nicely done man! Monarch Crest s super sick too but, if it involves a shuttle, I don't think you can put it in the same category, right? Keep up the great work! Your killing it!
Thanks so much Corey! You know, those shuttled rides tend to whoop my ass just as hard as a big loop - and GOD DAMN they are fun! Stay tuned for two more videos from the Monarch Crest.
Awesome vid!
Thanks Matt!
Great stuff as always BK!
You should definitely check out Noble Canyon down in SoCal when you make it there. 10 miles of pure BK singletrack haha
Haha nice! SoCal is on the list. Maybe in November.
Awesome mate!
Thanks dude!
Those blind rollers are sketchy! This is my favorite Colorado video you've shot.
Haha, seriously sketchy! Thanks dude
Gotta love that bike on those trails! East them for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Yeah buddy!!
and another good video my friend
Thanks bud!
nice ride! as usual.
Thanks man!
Can you make a video on what you use to secure your bike to the back of your truck? Thanks for the great, suspenseful video!
Good call, I'll think about it! Thanks for the love!
Great vid keep it up👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Aaron!
Another cool video. You should start expanding on your camera views. Quadcopter, fork mount, rear view and so on
Definitely something I think about!
the view was amazing, you pretty fast there too, but great video thanks
Thanks dude!
Very Very Rad!!!!! Keep Shredding
Thanks dude, it was a great start to the trip!
PLease come to Rotorua, New Zealand agruabley the best place in the world with the best dirt!
Definitely on the list!
Man this trail had some skinny spots. I think I might fall of the edge of the world if I rode it right now!
Very exposed!
just awesome.
Now we are talkin!!!
Haha thanks man!
Man I wish there were trails like that in my town.. how do people go about building those trails? I'd love to start something like that where I live. Sick video! keep 'em up bud!
It really is amazing the trail work people do!! Thanks for the love
From your gear- listing on your website I see that you use multiple batteries for your GoPro. How long does each one last approximately? And do you film continuously while riding or do you switch the camera on and off from time to time?
BTW: Amazing video, as always. Wish we had trails like these where I live.
One GoPro battery lasts about 45 minutes, so I'm always checking the battery and stopping and switching.
Rediscovering these older vids, looks so fun out there. But what happens if you're out that far and have a mechanical that can't be fixed? Do you bring stuff with you for those kinds of scenarios?
I have a bag full of tools and random stuff in the car, but you can only do so much to get back to the car!
Must be great to live in Cali. You can drive anywhere near you to ride the best!
14 hours is pretty far, but not terrible!
Ok, how was the ride compared to Tahoe Rim? The ridgelines look awesome!!! So want to. E there! Keep these videos coming, awesome job.
Very very flat compared to the Tahoe Rim Trail. Somehow gained 1,500 feet over the ride but it didn't feel like it. Thanks for the love!
Very cool, man. Very cool ride.
One question though: What do you have in the back of your truck to secure your bike? Is that the rig that kinda locks in as you close the tailgate? Maybe you could send me a link? I really appreciate it. Awesome, awesome Bronson! So jealous :)
Thule Insta-Gater! Pretty nice for one bike. Don't know if it would fit two. Glad you enjoyed the vid!!!
Great vid. That ridgeline trail system looks awesome. Is there anything somewhat comparable to it back in the bay area? Oh and great bike. Been thinking of a Bronson as my next bike but unfortunately missed out on the great closeout deals on the 2016 models.
Nothing like it anywhere I've ridden (that I can remember). Bronson has been sweet so far!
Watched this vid with the family this morning, turn around and all their mouths are open....lol.
Hahaha, awesome!
love the little sequence at the end, mix the footage up bit, good effort bro, MORE it shows the filming effort and totally breaks it up a bit. u see that , no get creative dude most likely end up with more subs innit.... U gonna have get both those wheels skyward 4 me though bro, u know u want to.......!
Wow I was just on that trail! I live next to lunch loops in grand junction
Thank you sir
My pleasure.
Nice vid and riding, can you give me anymore insight on the 5010 vs Bronson? I'm gonna buy one of them to compliment my Stumpy29. Also I'm right on SC size line at 5'11 not sure if I would like a med or a LG.
Thx for your help and for all your vids.
Ken
Gotta get out and ride em! The 5010 is lighter and has less travel. That might be perfect if you're not doing big hits. I always want to be overpowered and have as much suspension as possible (within reason). I don't mind it being heavier.
I love this trail, open space and you can see the mountains from afar. How did you set your new shocks? I just got a new bike myself
Left the fork stock and set the shock at my weight. Still dialing it in.
Should have hit Vernal UT McCoy Flats, Red Fleet, and Lapoint trail systems would keep you busy.
Nice
You're in Vallejo?! Up in Vacaville myself.
Recommend Crockett Hills Regional Park if you have never been. Have a nice flowy pump and jump trail there.
Haha, yup, got a couple videos about it!
your asking him to jump........!
see we wanna see those skills progress dude, upward onward n upward ;)