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I'm really enjoying Seth's Bike Hacks at the moment. He can ride good, but makes it look like he's a normal human doing achievable things. Mostly I enjoy his building projects though. He also gives me serious property envy.
Any other suggestions for some quick 10-15 minute fixes?
For some reason I do not get on with GMBN at all. The talking heads irk me.
We've been enjoying Rebuilding Tally Ho, which is an English shipwright named Leo who is skilfully restoring a 1910 wooden yacht over on the NW coast of the USA. Really enjoyable, especially this episode where Leo went to Georgia to mill the oak he needed for the new frames. The miller's accent is unbelievable:
Not bike related but ElectroBoom makes me properly laugh:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0-OtVpF0wOKEqT2Z1HEtA
Not necessarily endorsing, but quick look down my subs list at ones you could look at:
Mahalo / IFHT
Mtb Trail Hub
Red Bull Bike
Skills with Phil
Daily MTB Rider
Pithy Bikes
Reluctant Rider
DIG BMX - 5-10 minute daily video of very good street BMX riders
Anything that doesn't have "The Deakinator" on it.
Matt Jones channel is quite good, the Pro mtber. Might not be for everyone though
I have had a quick peek at Skills With Phil. Nice chap.
Cathrovision is top of the shop.
Pinkbike do some good stuff.
I don't mind the Deakinator, seems a sound bloke once you get past the "oi oi" bits.
I do not get on with GMBN at all. The talking heads irk me.
Some videos are good but they suffer from having to put so much out.
All filler, not much killer.
BKXC has some good stuff - his UK and Alpine trips in particular, but he does go to some interesting places.
Not much XC on it, though!
Non bike related, but I like a lot of the Tom Scott stuff. Things you might not know, two of these people are lying and citation needed are good.
https://www.youtube.com/user/fabwibmer/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/aaronmlarsen/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/cgracingbrigade/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmU9EykS0m5okYVU3ceslw/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnc6t2N9R_6eu5tieEe0-lw/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/nrgizerbunny/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/gplama/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY9JUMYI54lLOHpb_zbIedQ/videos
GCN is good, most of the training/fitness stuff carries over and their presenters are good, and actually quite funny. GMBN has some good stuff but a bit daft at times.
Barry Godin has good bike packing videos of Scotland. There are some great bike packing documentary films on youtube too.
Ben Cathro is a good shout. And it made me realise that my favourite channels are those which have a unique goal, and focus on it. Ben Cathro's work on in-depth race analysis. Seth's building projects. Something that sets them apart from the channels which just show a bit of everything.
Always seem to watch Seth's Bike Hacks, even though I have little interest in constructed projects or constructed trails, etc.
Mctrailrider and bkxc - selectively watch those for places I've been or interested in going.
Cathrovision - watch the lot for the race analysis stuff
Not seen a Barry Godin vid for ages, but used to watch them all (prolly cos they were vimeo, and nobody uses that)
GCN/GMBN - watch a few, but skip anything to do with big-wheel BMX, and I got a bit bored of half the tech vids (doddy just seems too overkeen and seems to have had one of everything since MTB came about). Mostly watch the ones where they get out in the hills bikepacking etc. or the SDW in a day challenge etc.
Pinkbike - only ever watch Friday Fails, mainly to justify why I don't do sick to the power of rad - the best ones are when the bike hits them again from behind, or they get totally submerged in puddle/river.
non bike stuff - for me it's periodic videos, standupmaths, numberphile, computerphile,... and a couple of channels mainly related to hiking the national trails and various wainwrights/munros/etc.
He can ride good, but makes it look like he’s a normal human doing achievable things.
Mctrail Rider is quite like that, too.
I'm very much drawn into a couple of Dutch guys getting a T55 tank operational again (sub-titles though) - it helps to pass the time between Project Binky fixes: mastermilo82
He also does some Colin Furze type stuff too.
Oh, and some of the more recent Beard Brothers stuff on hiking and bike packing is very good.
For a treat, sit and watch 'Hooks'
Second votes for the aforementioned SampsonBoatCo Tally Ho project and Beard Brothers.
Ed Pratt Unicycling around the world is good.
Finnegans Garage is a good watch for some US style car projects/silly roadtrips and drag racing.
Another geeky boat renovation is Sail Life in Denmark. Some of the farmer stuff can be interested, Tom Pemberton is one that keeps popping up on my feed.
Use to watch a few travel series but they've mostly pushing hard for subs which usually involves bikinis for clicks, sensational clickbait titles which riles me, and are pushing out too many videos to keep up with, these being Kombilife, Sailing La Vagabonde, SV Delos. I still watch the odd one but once they start trying to publish new videos twice a week I find I am watching for the sake of it rather than interesting/creative content.
Jedi’s channel is always worth a watch. Good mix of skills stuff, honest kit opinions and insane riding
I'm enjoying Biking with Bobo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVBFAuXbAkw3Gz3mav5siA
... even if only for the dubbed over fist bumps.
Durianrider
only kidding 🙂
I like Seth and a lot of the others mentioned. I also like a lot of his mates. Singletrack sampler for the mix of van life and mtb in great locations. Biking with Bobbo for the juvenile humour and seeing someone who is not a riding god progressing. BKXC for the stunning trails he gets to ride all over the world.
UK wise, I quite like pinned TV as he is fairly local to me, rides a lot of the trails I ride and seems a fairly down to earth bloke with a genuine passion for what he does. Dave Jenvey for the crashes and ordinary blokeness.
In no particular order...
Maximus Ironthumper
mastermilo82
Harry Dwyer
Laura Kampf
Bad Obsession Motorsport
colinfurze
Dave Jenvey (This guys sheer determination to succeed despite all his crashes is amazing)
Baskett Case
Sebastian Keep
Mike Boyd vids are quite entertaining, where he learns how to do shit. Quite a few of them in there.
Sam Pilgrim is great. A few on here particularly enjoy his bike build videos 😂
How it's Made
Sam Reynolds is a good crossover from Deaks and Matt Jones.
Ali Clarkson
Cathro , Wyntv, BKXC , Dudes of Hazard , Paul the punter, reluctant rider, skills with phill , seths bike etc etc. For non biking 1bike1world is the best guy on youtube , A young dude from Dunbar travelling the world and saving the planet.
Second Cathrovision, i like his dulcet tones and he comes across as a genuine guy.
Yoann Barelli for his mad as a box of frogs videos, especially 'Into the gnarr' serious.
BCPOV is ok
BKXC/McTrail rider, I can watch with the volume turned down as their hoops and high pitch laughing can grate.
Get fit with Natasha is always a good watch.
From my subscriptions list, I watch all of these regularly:
Pinned TV
Ben Cathro
The Lost Co
Aaron Gwin
Worldwide Cyclery
Vital MTB
GMBN
GMBN Tech
Matt Jones
Awesome MTB
The Syndicate
Pinkbike (mainly for the EWS content)
Daily MTB rider
Will Easey
Jeff Kendall-Weed
Island Bike Life
Bike Magazine
Pinned TV. Shropshire based MTB videos with a down-to-earth, real-world UK riding feel.
Hell on earth - urban exploring
Dustin kliens gravel adventures.
Good music, nice bloke, lovely views.
Lols at Andy Paul.
+1 for Barry Godin.
Maybe not Gnar enough for most on here , but if you like CX try Cameron Mason & Trinity Racing.
Great tunes and some good footage of elite cx.
Bombtrack cycles.
Jenny Tough.
Randomtandem cheers me up no end as does Rapha gone racing.
If you want to check out the exciting world of Audax and deliveroo served with a wry sense of humour try Adam Watkins. Probably my favourite ,seriously , although there is a bit of talking head sorry.. 🙂
Quite staggering how many cycling youtubers there are these days. Hurrah.
Gee Milner for his dream builds
Pinkbike and their Privateer, Humbled, Hot Laps, Field test series and anything with Levy
Mahalo my dude - especially the trip to Japan, that is an epic video
Fox - I really enjoy the Dialed WC videos. Jordi has the patience of a saint.
Kirt Vories
Trippin Fellaz
Vital MTB
Yoann Barelli and his into the gnar
[mini gloat]I trapped Cathro in a gondola chat up at Fort Bill for the Scottish enduro round. Shot the breeze on Troy's run at worlds / "best world cup ever" (Bruni/Pierron/Hart) / Frenchies and the number of riders who pick up a confidence "wave" in the course of a season vs how one rider used to pick up confidence and dominate.
Unfortunately he didn't have any useful guidance for how I could pick up my confidence in the face of the upcoming enduro.
Seen him at a few of these. Always takes the time to chat. Top bloke and an epic racer.
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Some non-biking channels I am subbed to:
Peter McKinnon:
https://www.youtube.com/user/petermckinnon24
Little King Goods:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSql-GFCO400w7xNFbYeug
Crafted Workshop (you might recognise him you you watch Seth or Singletrack Samplers channels):
https://www.youtube.com/user/craftedmagazine
Driftworks (some great car builds):
https://www.youtube.com/user/DriftworksLtd
Also a bike one, Backyard Trail Builds, short videos of a guy building trails in his yard:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1iGpIm2g0D8lZvhtqetHmg
Paul the Punter is a really good one I enjoy. He's another "mere mortal" rider who's very good at the production side of things and is very relatable. Did a good series this summer touring Morzine, Champery etc.
A recent vid where he was invited to an end of season event by Fox and goes riding with a bunch of the fastest DH racers.
I’m a fan of the Pinned TV channel, very relatable UK MTB/grass routes enduro racing. Most enjoyable.
Dave Jenvey
I liked bkxc but find his constant laughing through the videos a bit long in the tooth and it's almost like he's having to tell us how good it is when we can clearly see most of his rides look mega and is living the dream overall great content seems a nice guy but I have the whole idea patreon is funding his dream
Patreon has also funded Seth's new house ....he says every penny from his patreon is going into a bike park ....well you can go onto patreon and calculate how much they are making and if he's building a bike park i should be the world's best given how much he's earning .I also find his content has become lame and it's almost as if he finds the whole filming YouTube side of things inconvenient these days as his videos are never more than monthly .
Pinned tv great guy vlogs can be hit and miss .gets a shit load of free goods that us mere morsels are paying for And isn't always the most pc guy but I quite like that won't him
Daily MTB rider _cznt stand him.watched a couple never again
Paul the punter -as above
Skills with Phil great in small doses but again quite repetative
Sid and Mackay single-track sampler awesome MTB and the likes are all absolute drivel.sponging free loading sponsor arse sucking parasites the lot of them
Tom caffrey great videos but ffs off piste is for skiing and been sick is how I feel on a Saturday morning after 2 many Stella,s and you taking the piss at ae forest out of the e
Xc boys just made me realise your actually a local bell end
Ben cathro absolute legend can't do anything wrong in my eyes
Mctrail rider ok again in small doses
Ali Clarkson local hebden lad and top bloke and rider to boot but videos can be boring
Patreon has also funded Seth’s new house ….he says every penny from his patreon is going into a bike park ….well you can go onto patreon and calculate how much they are making and if he’s building a bike park i should be the world’s best given how much he’s earning .I also find his content has become lame and it’s almost as if he finds the whole filming YouTube side of things inconvenient these days as his videos are never more than monthly .
He releases a new video every week, not every month. It's his full time job, he has 1.6 million subscribers so he's doing something right and earns accordingly. I'm glad he's made enough cash to buy himself a s****y house, I reckon he deserves it. Good on him.
BKXC (on Patreon) - have actually built a number of roadtrip holidays these past few years from trails watched on Brian's channel.
I quite enjoy the Project Amber videos - its just a bloke and his dog converting and living in an old ambulance, but it's strangely compelling!
Like Seth and the things he does beyond the biking itself. Like BKXC, v jelous of all his trips especially the recent Pyrenees although his patter is becoming a bit repetitive. GMBN is good when it's not trying too hard to entertain.
Dave Jenvey is a bit of a tool and he and his mate rode like hooligans past walkers on some of my local cheeky trails which is not helpful
My current fave is Hambini who a friend put me onto last week.
This is the one I started on and it got me hooked. Good if you've got a bike engineering interest and like people that call a spade a spade...
I like Sam Pilgrim. Down to earth lunatic who rides stuff I can only dream of!
We’ve been enjoying Rebuilding Tally Ho
It kept cropping up in my suggestions and I'd intended to give it a look sometime, but this thread prompted me to watch it.
Crikey! That's not for the faint-hearted!
Excellent if you like that sort of thing. Hope it doesn't bankrupt him!
+1 For the Matt Stephens 'cafe Rides',Episode 5 with Daniel Oss is my favourite so far,but they're all good to watch.
Nothing to do with bikes but I like the mad scientist/inventor types
Mark Rober
Colin Furze
The slow mo guys
Or Corridor & friends for stupid fun videos with great VFX
If you like pure fast riding footage, check out followCamfriday of Nate Hills: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywMHpWJsb9GXD0lakYf6WA
Grind Hard Plumbing, not what you think...
Bike engines into kids pedal cars, then lob them around there own mini rally stage
Anyone into guitar pedals?
Nahh, thought not.
But if you are bored, interested in two blokes playing guitars and trying out/explaining how all the myriad of pedals work/sound like then this could be for you.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnUXq8mGmoHt0e6ItuTs10w
Another non-biking channel I’m pretty much glued too..
https://www.youtube.com/user/fullychargedshow
Try donut media for car guys, surprised no one has mentioned it already
A few more
Francis Cade
Peter McKinnon
Senders
Not ones that haven't been mentioned so far.
Juliette Elliotts content is good cycling, mainly road
Epic TV Climbing Daily for climbing
Nate Murphy Adventure Show just a good show. He's grown on me.
Athena Mellor, only just found this. Easy watching some relatable adventures
Mark Felton Productions, interesting military history. Very well done
Rides of Japan
Scott Manley
Aircrew Interview
Fullychargedshow
All worth a look.
I watch a few of the above plus short edits on Instagram. It often feels all a bit the same with the good riders all doing cutties. I don’t enjoy it as much as when you bought a copy of earthed or new world disorder.
Has Yoann Barelli been mentioned, his videos were pretty fresh before he got injured. I think pink bikes content is brilliant. I’m also a sucker for a specialized marketing video. Jc trails and mtbyumyum are both good for unbiased bike reviews.
Are these guys really making that much from patreon as Cathro always thanks all his patreon subscribers and it doesn’t seem like a huge amount of people paying for his content.