Backyard MTB Trails | Building & Riding!
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- Опубліковано 26 тра 2017
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Welcome to Berm Creek. Here’s the berm. And here’s the creek you’ll end up in if you don’t use it.
For the past few weeks I’ve been building trails at Berm Creek, or I’ve been doing my best to. If you want to build good trails-sustainable trails, Berm Creek could be a case study in what not to do.
Take and gander, and you’ll find half baked retaining walls, poor drainage, and singletrack so skinny that your pedals hit the sides. Still, I’m learning fast, and with a little luck Berm Creek will have vastly improved by the Fall. Let me show you what I’ve built so far.
This is the first trail, aptly named Berm Creek. You start on this steep descent which throws you right into a tiny berm. You can really lean into it and it’s a lot of fun.
An optional line would be this rock garden, but I’ll only use that on special occasions.
After the berm is a little detour up the hill, a turn around this tree and finally a fork in the trail.
Right of the fork is Coax Climb. It’s too muddy to ride now.
To the left is a detour called Goodman Ledge. It has a switchback so tight that I’m not even sure it can be ridden. When it dries we’ll find out.
Either path takes you back to the trailhead.
This area after the berm is right next to a drainage pipe, so I need to do something about that. We’ll call it a creek crossing.
I’ve always had respect and appreciation for trail builders, but now it runs deeper. The more dirt I move here, the more bummed out I get about tire ruts and all the damage that occurs when the trails are ridden wet. I can only imagine what it’s like to have hundreds of other people riding my trails, without any regard for who maintains the place.
Of course I won’t need to worry about that. You may have figured out by now that Berm Creek is in my backyard. Still, I always seem to get lost here. Like every good trail system, Berm Creek needs a trail map.
The map doesn’t have elevation profiles or data, but it’s still pretty awesome. Awesome enough to have a permanent spot at the trailhead. For this, I’m cobbling something together out of wooden planks. To cut acrylic you need to score it with a blade, but I didn’t have much luck with that. The jigsaw was worse. Eventually I figured it out.
Now we’re in business.
These brown fiberglas markers are just like the ones in Pisgah. I got these stickers online too.
These trails are designed for bikes, and trail dogs. Nothing against ATV’s or Horses, but I don’t have the space or resources to deal with that. Tomorrow I’ll install my trail markers, and hopefully it will dry up enough to do some riding.
My markers are installed, but it rained again last night. According to the weather it’ll rain again today, but dry up by tomorrow afternoon. By then, I’ll have some visitors to ride the trails with.
My friends Brian and Alexander came by and helped me break in the trail. We had a lot of fun, and even encountered some challenges. I almost flew into the creek.
Now that the trails are worn in there are some things I’d like to change, and add, but all in all I think Berm Creek is off to a good start.
The real purpose of these trails is for testing. When making adjustments to a bike, I can have a quick romp to make sure everything feels right. You could say that these trails are just an extension of my shop.
What do you guys think? Have any of you built something like this in your yard? Do you maintain trails in your community? Let me know in the comments, and give me some insight into what to do next. Thanks for riding with me today and I’ll see you next time.
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TUOMAS!
Its crazy to go back and watch episodes like this and your garage build and compare it to how far you've come now!
My friends and I (a couple of 12 year olds with shovels and mtbs) went into the woods in our backyards and made a huge trail to connect everyone’s backyard. We had so much fun but yet a few trips to the doctor. It surprisingly only took about 4 months.
Same I also did that at 12 and I’m 16 now and the trails are pretty fun
How are they holding up
When you realise that his tiny backyard has a better trail system than your entire local forest.
Just get involved with the trail builders in your community and you will get nice sneak peaks of whats up and coming I do this and i get a fresh idea of whats happening in my area for mtb
@@OdysseyWafflez yeah man no build no ride 🤟🤟
can someone please recommend a good shovel and mcleod? preferably quite cheap
@@emmetfoster7430 Is that Bob Marley?
@@Crumb_Trails No, but that's funny. I can just hear him singing it now, "noooo buuiiiild no ride".
So much fun- stoked that I got to help wear berm Creek in and look forward to many fun laps to come 🤘 🚵 😁
Full stoke!
dude i watched you hit the ground and all I could do was say out load "OH NO NOT AGAIN!" Seth is soo your kryptonite!!!! When riding with him you need to like wrap yourself in bubble wrap or something lol!!! love your channel too. You and Brian keep up the good work!!!
hahah Mario I'm all good homie! Tuck and roll!!
Alex! KOM on Berm Creek plsssss! betting that Brian is going to take it but i have faith in you
ilikewasabe haha there's so much time to make up on the climbs and only so much dh. I'll give it my absolute best wasabi 👊
Im sure your wife loved the idea haha
RocketPod I got about 5 laps in on my "trail" before my wife closed it...
The big difference here is Seth's mountain biking makes him money where as almost all of ours costs us money. We've already seen he can stretch a dollar with all of those hacks. He might even make more money than her, she can't be too mad! haha
I guess, you might even be right on that, but it's not all about the money dude :)
Loved the idea and the whole video though!
Seth doesn't really "make money mountain biking," he makes money by coming up with good ideas, filming, editing, narrating, and producing content that people find entertaining. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
easy to google
Anyone here in 2019 to see how far berm creek has come? Sad to hear that the house is being sold but I know Seth won’t fail to impress us with berm creek 2.0 haha
berm peak
Yup berm peak
He just complete one of the trails, it’s sick!
I just finished watching a video of Seth making a jump into an airbag so sick
jacey read the amazing almost-10-footer!
0:38 good save man!
You need to build a drop from your house
nice profile pic, got me good
Pure gameplay channel it's house not hous
Pure gameplay channel and you need to finish elementary school.
okey, changed
Angus Dewar you need to give people a break.
I mean a tabletop couldn't hurt right... You're the MAN Seth!! LOVE everything you do and are doing to get people (myself) into biking man... Fuck Yeah!
1:05 you absolutely smushed that plant
Back again to revisit those crazy days...
I think you should make that first berm huge so you can really rail it!
General Penguin exactly👍🏻
Damn, you have such crazy attention to detail. Really went the extra mile with the trail marker
Anyone else see the bug on the trail map at 3:20?
Anthony Martino I scrolled through the comments just to see if anyone else had
Same
"Shoes are highly recommended" with double c? xD
yep
Spider*
I have watched you for 6 years and you where a big part om my childhood and now 6 years later you have finally opend berm peak
Seth you could build some jumps
Yes
I've built a trail in my back yard and here is the advice I have after starting it a year ago. Make it a loop trial so that you can do laps as long as you want. Make multiple paths for the trials and turn around loops so you can do the trail in reverse so there are sort of high intensity and low intensity sections. The idea is to make the trial interesting and continuous. I've gotten tired of the 20 minute drive to the trials closest to my house so it's nice to be able to go in my back yard and get a good hour or two ride in.
For your trial I wound connect the heads of your trials and add a turn around at the top so you can go back down the steep drop and technical curves and then climb up the less steep hill next to the rock drops. That direction would probably be less energy consuming which will help make the trial fun in long rides. You would go the way you currently have the trial set up and when you start getting drained you would start doing it the opposite direction. This also helps work in the trial in a wider area because you will take different lines each direction.
Another thing I do to make new trials is to draw up a rough line that you want for the trial and just brake up and turn over the dirt. Don't pack it in or anything just leave the dirt as soft and loose as you can and start riding that. I know it sucks and will be slow dirty riding but the dirt will get packed in to the angle and path that you ride rather than trying to create and pack banks that end up being the wrong steepness or having a packed line that is against the flow of the trial. I'm sure you've already seen that in your trial that there are sections that you end up riding just alittle to the side of where you originally built the trial. Also don't try to fight nature on your trial. If there is a section that has irrigation issues try to make the trial work with it because they will just continually be problems and destroy the trial. On my trial I have a few places that are either humps or little jumps over channels that I've made for water to flow.
I don't know if these tips carry over to full sized trials but they have helped me maintain and enjoy by backyard trial.
If you emailed me your trial map I could draw on little trial connectors and add on's I think would be a lot of fun for your trial and send it back to you.
Thanks for the tips. I'm starting to build some trails this summer so this is a big help.
This is the video I watched that started my passion for mountain biking thank you Seth for sending me into a hobby I never knew I would enjoy so much it started with a backyard trail of my own and only went from there
I have a cool trail system in the yard I grew up in, about a miles worth. It started out just me riding in the woods on one of my dad's old lawn mowers that we took the mower deck off of. In middle school I got a little side by side go cart and expanded it a bit. At the end of middle school I saved up enought for a dirt bike and I connected my trails with a neighbors who was about the same age. As we got older we built jumps and creek crossings and it became a place where we rode mountain bikes, dirt bikes, jeeps, etc... I loved maintaining it, you know clearing sticks after every storm, clearing leaves after the fall. Now when I go home to visit my parents I still love to spend a day clearing it out and walking it (because all my toys are at my house now). This vid brings back some fun memories.
I'm I the only one who thinks Seth has took it up a level now. love the channel now keep it up
1:05 R.i.p. plant
LOL
Emil Ståhle 😂
Emil Ståhle xD
its SUPER impressive how he's going now
For REAL lol
Can you link to where you got the stickers and marker please?
I've got a half mile unkept trail next to my house I want to fix up.
Am i the only one who likes Seth's videos before they even begin
I think you should like his videos if you enjoy them. Don't just assume you're going to, I would watch the whole video before rating. I think a like or dislike has meaning only if you do it for a reason.
nah, we like his videos before watching because we know its gonna be dope
Google User every time, hasnt failed us yet
yeet yeet
No i do to!!
1:44 seth uses the trail even when he's walking
you need to do that so the trail stiffens up
I have a small 6/10 of a mile loop at my house with 60 feet of climbing and descending and a couple fun jumps and berms
MTBHorner no
Make a video of you ridding it
It doesn’t matter the quality I just want some ideas for my backyard trails
I subbed
i have a backyard trail in my backyrd its not enough the trail dacsent have jumps my and brother are up on it
we are building a drop in my back yard
Love this! We're attempting to create a track at our cabin in the woods. Not much downhill but might be enough to create a few rollers. Trail building is so much work. Big props to those of you trail builders who give us the opportunity to ride.
*so there is a water leakage? how about a swimming pool in the trail too, jump in it whenever you want*
You are that fat bicycle guy right? I hav seen your videos
Ohh hiii i am from india too, really big fan of you sir, love your channel
Vinay Shokeen same
Fat Biker Vaibha
How about you add one of those features that are like a wall ride! They are usually made of wooden planks with cross beams behind it for strength. You see them a lot in downhill races! If you added one on the berm it would be a great feature and make it have a little more variety!
That would be sick, but he doesn't have a lot of room in his backyard.
iIt could take place of the berm
That was what was intended! You could use the little dirt berm or go up a little farther and use the wall! I though about the room in his backyard, so I thought it would be a great idea for it take place of the berm. Or, a little hybrid of both like 1 quarter dirt berm and 3 quarters wooden wall ride!
You're the man Seth. Your videos always put a smile on my face...love what you do!
Hey Seth, Because of this video I've been building a trail in the woods behind my parents house! Thanks for spreading the stoke!
Thanks for riding with me today, Seth. I just came horm from a party, broke my phone, and got in trouble with a friend of mine. These vids are extremely soothing and exactly what I need rn. Much love from Germany, hope to ride one day w/ you :)
you should make some jumps and ramps 😁😁😁
pump track
AceRidesBikes yeah
Marino Raspović ii
yes,and some curves whit eh rock falls
Marino Raspović how bout a drop in from his deck
I'm so doing this at my cabin next summer! I'll have to cut through a ton of thick brush but that will part of the fun. Thanks for the inspiration!
I dig it. Spent all weekend making a downhill single track in my backyard. Just have a semi north shore drop off and table top to complete. Great work Seth
Add a table top jump for suspension testing
table top dropoff at the top, its pretty steep.
I have built a freestyle area with jumps and such and a trail around that. it is pretty big because it is in a massive dirt lot right around the corner from my house. the thing is, I live in AZ so it is a lot tougher to build and maintain jumps. I have been seeing some things pop up that i haven't built, and the trails r getting used a lot. which is great to see people r using my creation and adding onto it! at my dads house there is a crazy area in a wash where local kids(including me) have spent years building and actual freestyle park with huge jumps. we have also made countless trails that go for miles. it is not uncommon to see kids with shovels out there working on them! u should come to AZ btw, our trails are a whole new animal than what u r used to
damn i wish people would do that in my area, but the city is one of the fastest (was the fastest a few years ago) growing city in the state and they are building tons of stuff on the unused land, and the land that is unused is somtimes patrolled by police giving out tickets.
Ethan Marsingill what state are you from?
Ethan Marsingill ya they destroyed one of the jump areas and now they r building a retirement home there lol dumb old people (kidding). I live in PHX/Peoria.
im from georgia
I have made around 100 trails we I live and you inspired me to start riding now I have road for 1 year now
I am building my first trail in my back yard thanks to watching your vids.
Build a mini jump
Make a wooden bridge over the creek!!
He probbally doesn't own the property across the creek, but good idea anyways, Or he could possibly build a jump across, That would be pretty sick
If that is a subdivision, it would be typical that the creek is part of a common area.
I've got a backyard trail with drops, jumps, rock rolls, wooden features, berms, rock gardens, skinnies, roots etc. One tip is after riding in mud is rake the the trail with a leaf rake, it gives it a nice look and good surface.
I'm not super into mountain biking but I like watching it and like to go riding sometimes but honestly most of all I just respect you for making the most of what you got and bringing the trail to your backyard honestly it's inspiring
Such a shame the video ended
totally agreed...
Man, your DIY skills are killer! Awesome trail!
What started it all, actually started watching Seth from this video, now he is one of my favourite youtuber and is the only youtuber where I take the time out of my day to wait for his new videos to come out so I can watch them straight away
I remember the early days.... still kicking ass nice dude!
Make some wooden north shore features!
lol i thought i was the only one who built these kinds of trails in the backyard. I am now building a pump track and think one would work perfect in your yard.
That is actually a proper trail and i love the professional map and sign
Trail building can be such a source of accomplishment and pride. Also, such a huge frustration when people trash what you, and your friends (because it's never really done alone), have spend dozens and/or hundreds of hours building. Great job, love the little touches like the trailhead map and trail marker. :)
Amazing. I had no idea once could do something like this in his back yard.
I remember in one of your portable kicker videos, you said if you were to build something bigger it'd be somewhere where you can keep it permanently. You can keep it now that you've got space in your back yard! I think you should build a jump line :)
TtopMusic that would be sick
TtopMusic he does not have the space for it
Yep, fun stuff Seth. I have a very difficult set of trails on our property in the surrounding woods - the terrain tends to be steep but I managed to get a few long sections of single track included with permission from my neighbors. It's great for practicing jumps and techniques.
I've been here for a year since 80k and I didn't realise how fast this channel had been growing
Your sign has a friend on it :) 3:23
LOL I saw that too
Alvaro Sanchis i thought i was the only one
Time to burn it down
You can officially start trail dog training!! 😁
YESS!!
I like the creativity. Fun times!
I have been thinking about this a my house. So cool! Thanks Seth
I really like your videos Seth I wanna do this stuff but I had a heart transplant in 2015 and in The summer of 2016 I had a set back when a virus attacked my legs and I couldn't walk and I had to learn how to walk again. I'm back to walking and even running still haven't done to much on the bike tho but I'm trying. I wish I had the money to buy a mountain bike also there are some cool spots here in Michigan. Keep making the great videos they give me a lot of inspiration.
great to hear that you are trying get better soon
Trevor Sullivan i hope that you can start riding soon!
good luck.
Trevor Sullivan good luck, but mtb's are not that expensive actually, i got my first one(new) for $150! the bike isnt as important as the rider ;)
kuba grzegorz
I got my first one used from a friend of a friend für 20$
Wow, your wife must be pretty cool!
Eamon Kelly lol
Subscribed because of the honesty in failure, this is real material.
Just recently I've been into cycling. Don't own a mtb, but my sister's basic road cycle. At first I and my neighbour cleared the small yard of overgrowing weeds. It has small bumps, I've been practicing there. Then I got the idea to build more. The whole yard is somewhat of an L- shape, so after two weeks, I plan to make a tiny/small trail using the rest of the land as this unused part has a bit of elevation of 2.5 feet.
I love these vids man keep going! So cool trail!
you shuld ad a little jumpline paralell to berm creek
My 6 years old son says: that was a lot of fun! It was very challenging! I own a Trek Super 16 bike! I loved the DiamondBack fat bike for kids on one of your videos!
DUDE! This is so impressive Im just smiling, and inspired!!
Kudos for such a great implementation, Seth. Great use of the land, features, and it looks like lots of fun. Keep up the awesome work, man!
There's a little friend of yours on your sign at 3:22
fantastic workshop and an awesome job on the trail. wish my garden had the elevation and size to do the same. you guys are totally amazing and I'm a massive fan.
Thank you so much!!! Now because of you I am going to make a trail in my yard . If you are ever in NY stop by and if you want help.
I have my own trails in my yard it has been slammed full of single track, dirt jumps, wooden ramps, skinny bridges, and I have a rock garden. but you did say you have a creek in the back of your yard. so my advice is cut out a shelf (like alipha) down to it then back up for some water feature. I know you re limited bc your yard is pretty steep but try to make some flow if you can. its to bad you moved I've been trying to find you at all the parks is here in florida but you got some nice riding up there! (like so Seth see's)
oh my parents dont agree with my trails in the back but its whatever
Zackary Ratcliff Thank you so much! This just gave me a few ideas for the flat trail in the forest part in my backyard. The wood bridge things and ramps would really make it nice. I have like one downhill part but I feel like that’s not enough. Thanks again!
Seth got himself new safety glasses!
This gave me so much inspiration for a track I’m building near my house
jigsaw: *doesnt work*
Seth: Tf?!
your voice is like Morgan Freeman's it makes everything sound good.
Great job Seth!
I too am a backyard mountain biker, although I am lucky to 16 acres. So far I've built about a mile of singletrack.
About 4 years ago I started hosting a Winter Backyard Fat-Bike Time Trial for my friends. We snowshoe the trails and ride all Winter. It started with 8 riders and has grown every year. We had one race with over 30 riders!
I give away prizes from my "bike junk" bin.
This year two more friends added Backyard Time Trials and we had a series! Great fun.
Keep up the fun!
I’m building one right now and this video helped A Lot! Thank you
We built a BMX track in our back yard with some awesome jumps. Started with a bulldozer to rough it in and the rest was done with shovels and kid power!
Idk why but i loved this video sooooo much!!!❤️
build a pump track or a downhill run !
couple pumps before the berm by the creek.
Pump tracks are cool but overrated. Take too much space (you need to destroy a lot to build it) which is a shame in natural places like where Seth lives now.
iainthavinthat true but who knows. He may have other land as well as that in his back yard
that would be a short downhill run tho
Crazy to see how far you've come. I remember watching these videos at least 4 years ago in Colorado. Went out and bought myself a mountain bike. Now we have recently temporarily relocated to Charlotte, NC and we are going to Ashville this weekend to see the town. We are staying in Canton and I saw the name "Berm Park" of things to see near by. I recognized the name and looked into it a little more. So awesome what you've done! Keep it up "Seth's Bike Hacks"!
Very cool. I made a beginner trail on our property for my wife. One lap is a half mile with a 52 foot elevation change, but I have recently added a short loop. I also have plans to add a more challenging section through the woods. Enjoy your trail!
It shouldnt be seths bike shack it should be the "Hack Shack"
+tom scott Thanks Tom! I may use that!
Had the same thought!
Seth's Bike Hacks you should sell advertising space on your roof for the drone views!
make a dirtramp to jump over the creek
marina prela Yes, please!!
Yes, I have a bike trail I would recommend building a jump to a drop
Thank you.
I know I’m a year late but my father and I built a small track in our back yard that grew from bmx to mini bikes then to r/c cars after 20 years. Used a lot of soda,beer and wine to harden the faces of jumps roll in and the small straight we had. Don’t know what kind of dirt is down there but it worked wonders here in jersey!
Come on Seth. We know you want them. YOU NEED SOME DIRT JUMPS!
Ps when are you coming to whistler?
I'm actually making my own pump/skill/trick/regular riding tracks in my backyard just from what I have seen in this video. I will probably post a video of it soon.
stoked to see it!
Sam Hens :D
I worked on it a ton but kinda dropped off on it
I made a 200ft track so far and about 4 ft wide with one starting platform and a jump made of wood and metal
Amar Original any update?
And so you did... NOT.
Just started working on our project last week been cleaning out brush . Thanks for the inspiration on this, because where we live you have to travel across the state to get to a bike park. We have 10 acres that we can build on. Thanks again, love your videos.
You inspired me to build a small loop trail Across the street Seth thank you!
awesome creation 😎👍
That was a great video. Nice job!!
I must've watched this video 10 times and it never gets old
This vid inspired us to make a trail at home. We made it on the side of a small hill similar to your place. Version 1 was a bit too much work to ride with too many turns all the way back up the hill. Version 2 we tried to make it a bit more flowy and it is now more fun to ride. Next step will be to build up the berms a bit more and maybe add a small jump. Thanks for the inspiration. Building a trail has been a fun father and son project.
Awesome video again man, keep it up
Wow it's really Awesome bro i love it ................
My friends and I made a 3 foot ramp out of red clay with water and shovels at our local bike paths. Pretty cool, it's a jump everyone now uses.
I’ve been searching for a video that helps with building my own backyard trail. In SD I live behind a canyon with a nice steep hill that leads to another trail and I’ve been thinking of building a trail from my house to that trail and this video really inspired me! Keep up the awesome video making!