TBH I can’t stand most of the American/Canadian ones.
Are you insanely jealous of the eye popping scenery and mind blowing trails that they all have easy access to?
That's why I don't watch them. I don't need Whistler and Moab pushed down my throat every day especially while I'm stuck at work.
As a noob, I've found Kyle & April to be very watchable and helpful
https://www.youtube.com/@KyleAprilRideMTB
Sawrey mountain bikers for lakes routes. He includes strava routes so easy to download and do the route.
Trailfinder as above but rides a wider area. Followed a few of his routes generally excellent.
mctrailrider
bkxc
I got turned off BKXC during the pandemic when back around May 2020 he started complaining that he couldn't complete his road trips because of covid and that "we can't keep having everything shut down, they need to open the country back up and get the economy going again!" all the while hundreds of thousands of people were dying. Just pure, uncut self importance and narcissism. Also I got tired of him always going on about how special he was because he "worked hard and took a chance" which makes out that if you're not successful in what you do you're obviously lazy.
He was quite right though about the so called 'pandemic'.
Anyway, I recommend Dave jenvey.
Jono Jones does some fairly interesting stuff, not seen him mentioned so far
Pinned TV was recommended to me as they are local. Not my cup of Tea, but to be fair to them they manage to blag a lot of free kit
Laura Jane and Wee Tam are good, mostly enduro stuff. McTrail rider for the munro rides .
MTB Telly - Australian fella who try lots of bike setups with am emphasis on his suspension tuning. Really good content. Nice riding videos and his comments are quite insightful.
Jake Brookes Biking - just a small channel but I like his ride footage and his delivery well done. Also competes a little and you get to see some of his race runs etc. Good for seeing some trails ridden by a mere mortal.
No one has mentioned Into the gnar! or Remy Metailler.
I find Into the gnar quite inspirational & Yoann Barelli is a funny guy.
The bike handling skills of Remy are incredible, the videos insane. The only negative for is the sponsorship mentions, luckily he does them early in the videos, I just flick by them.
I really enjoy Berm Peak (Seths Bike hacks)
The mix of biking and lifestyle stuff is interesting for me and he seems incredibly nice and grateful for his success. From filming how to videos to turning it into a full time job, moving house twice and building a public bike park.
I follow quite a few channels but only watch the most interesting ones. Seth has often interesting stuff, Dangerous Dave + his riding mates are good. BKXC might have been declining a bit but I think his ending quote is inspirational.
Seems that for YT many seem to rely on same sponsors - it was quite annoying when that new action camera was published this summer and almost everybody seemed to be making video about it. Same with Quebec mountain biking, quite a few MTB Youtubers seem to have been there. At least the shaver thingy ads are not as common this month.
GMBN
Runs for cover.... 🙂
Are you insanely jealous of the eye popping scenery and mind blowing trails that they all have easy access to?
That’s why I don’t watch them. I don’t need Whistler and Moab pushed down my throat every day especially while I’m stuck at work.
Ah they're picking the best trails in the whole continent. We probably live closer to the alps than those guys live to Moab, they're just willing to drive massive distances to ride. The trails I ride aren't eye popping but at least they're 20 minutes from my house. But I'm happy to watch HD videos of amazing places and dream of one day visiting
BOBO
Miss Joey Gough MTB.
Very modest and amazing.
Will Greenfield
