Returning home from work, traffic jams, eat, watch BKXC new video's, sleep, dreaming about these virtual trips, wake up, eat, traffic jams, work... at least this channel is giving me positive energy, keeping me focused for the next spring eMTB and MX rides... amazing footage, positive energy as always. Thx a lot.
That train route is one of the ten legendary train rides. Basically one of the ten bucket list train rides to exprience before you die. It's full route is #7. Amtrak's California zyhper is #6 Amtrak's empire builder ( Seattle to Chicago)#5 #2 is Australia's gazelle.( a train ride from port Adella to Darwin.) (if you are lucky to be on the first summer ride you get a sunset BBQ in the Outback. They even have a special siding just for that)
And I was thinking to myself about how neat it would be to catch a video of the train while you were riding, Brian. That in itself was super cool, then you get out on the trail and you get the flowing trails, water crossings and beautiful vistas......unreal!
Very cool riding! Not sure if someone else has already said in a past video or something, but the reason you have to backpedal to get into the easier gears is to release the "Pauls" in the gearbox. It's the same in my Surmey Archer hub in my Brompton.
St.Moritz region is one of my favorite areas in the entire Alps, if I was rich I'd have a house there! Lakes of Upper Engadin valley are amazing and mountains all around are so beautiful, especially the mighty Bernina group.
Only bit by bit I can catch up with all the great videos you post! This is another stunner! I've been to St. Moritz at the end of last April when I shuttled my Dad to St. Moritz for a 80th birthday trainride to Tirano & back. I tried to do the 673 back then, but there still was too much snow everywhere. I planned to come back anyway, but after watching that video, it is 100% I have to go back :)
Kind of funny how you eliminate the clouds and the grey sky you change the whole dynamic! If you didn't say this trail was from last year's video, I would have never known!
I do the "oh F it!" hard brake for forgotten gloves all the time! Ha ha. This series is very motivating to get out and ride for some reason (I just did 15 hard miles and now I want more!!!)
So you started in Switzerland but ended up in Italy. I recognize you had the final meal at “Crotto Belvedere” in Chiavenna, that’s awesome typical food from Valchiavenna (Lombardy). Great choice, definitely no game at all with the close swiss friends...
Nice seeing it without snow. 👍👍👍 always the best with a Blue skys You should try it in winter with a fat bike. 👌 snow and Blue sky’s the best in February.👍 Been lucky to drive there from the U.K. all around The Geneva area. E bikes are popular because you can’t take a car into a lot of villages / ski resorts. Access is by train. You can only take a car so far in places. Switzerland is amazing in winter and summer. 👌
Beautiful scenery! Yeah, I recently heard a similar report/statistic about E-bikes in Europe.... they're for sure getting more popular here in the states as well.
When you passed those first people I thought you said "zwei bier" as a joke LOL, only realised the second time you passed people that that wasnt what you said :D Amazing views as expected, I love Switzerland!
So Beautiful!! But man it’s crazy that you don’t hear chain slap or rear derailleur noise!! That’s pretty rad in it’s self. Keep Killing It🤙🏽 and Live-Life-Loud!!!
Brian, time to get on the emtb train...even Ben is riding one. Imagine how much more riding you'd get in, or far fewer shuttles you'd have to take if you had an emtb...
Hi buddy I wouldn't be happy with the gripshift as well its like going back in time, spend all that money on a brand new bike excellent suspension and then they stick a gripshift on it WTF lol. Great trip tho Brian excellent footage.
great stuff buddy One Squirrel hahaha more than what you see home of wildlife lol Brian more food must say made me hungry watch that food nice like the Cave cool ;0)
4:30 zehn i hade german as language in school well i had it last week but i moverd to spanish instead because it´s what i chose as first hand choice but atleast now i got it WOOHOO
Brian. Fantastic ride and the scenery is bloody stunning. Still not sure about the bike and the shifting... Think i'll stick with the lever on my Rallon! What are your thoughts on it now?
The grip shift problem is not an excuse, it is a legitimate ergonomic concern. The same goes for the difficulty of getting into very easy gears -- the ones you are most likely to need *right now*. The system needs work.
You can get used to the grip shift and not being able to shift gears under load, just shift in advance or stop pushing for a split second, for me a bigger issue is the double freewheel (both in the transmission and in the hub itself)
Those are split seconds you do not have in rough terrain. Getting used to the *required* added movements does not make them disappear. You can not anticipate everything, and that is how the standard shifting setup became standard. It just does not care how you fucked up, it will work regardless.
Yep, I agree the ergonomics didn't quite work with my riding position, it felt like a pretty big distance. I'll be riding another gearbox bike in January in NZ and I'm curious to see if the "easy gear" shifting thing will happen on that bike as well.
Your comments on grip shifts are not excuses, I was really surprised that the bike you are riding had them. I thought grip shifts went the way of the dinosaur like friction shifters . The comments you have of them are the reason I thought they were not used any more, because they far inferior shifting system than what out now.
Srs question: when you ride a trail or terrain that you've been to before, do you find that you take different lines or ride a little more ballsier than if you were 100% blind?
"I won’t be posting the GPS tracks from most of these rides, as they are “off the beaten path” routes that took weeks to scout and piece together." - whoever told you that wanted more money... also, all these routes are even on komoot.
In this clip it looks like he was having trouble only when riding a mix of loose gravel + sand on top of hardpack ... and that's a tough one to find grip on!
Still riding the grip shift gear box bike I see. You ready to trade up your bikes when you get back home? Seems like it would be more difficult to ride to me.
@@bkxc The 2 big problems I see and have had early days with twist grips are. 1/ They were hard to twist and the need to grip hard to twist 2/ The ergonomic of twisting puts your wrist into a position of risk of causing injury. Especially if you hit a hard bump or rock.
@@nickvrancken2131 Definitely dont knock them until you've tried them hey. Yes they're not for everyone I agree that much with, but they've allowed me to ride further and for longer than I normally would on a regular bike while still getting a huge workout.
@@galdwyn .... That's what some of my friends were saying. My experience was that even in Eco mode, it's not nearly as taxing on your legs when climbing. I think you can get your cardio into the target zone reasonably, but I don't feel the fatigue in my legs with the "help" that the pedal assist affords. I'm sure Brian doesn't want this to become an e-bike discussion board, but I will say this. If I'm headed out to a trail system where I want to cover 50-60 miles over a couple of days, at nearing 50, and it doesn't have any bigger jumps, drops, or sketch rock gardens that I LOVE to ride....I might consider an eBike just to enjoy the adventure aspect of it, cover more ground, and not be completely wiped out following the ride. I would have never said that a few years ago, but now that they are becoming so mainstream, it's hard not to feel ike at some point...just to ride with your buddies who have one...it won't almost be a necessity. I'm not sure how I feel about that...
Dude, without appearing to be rude, for a rider of relatively limited skill and ability, you really should be wearing some shin protection on a trail like that...
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Returning home from work, traffic jams, eat, watch BKXC new video's, sleep, dreaming about these virtual trips, wake up, eat, traffic jams, work... at least this channel is giving me positive energy, keeping me focused for the next spring eMTB and MX rides... amazing footage, positive energy as always. Thx a lot.
That's what it's all about, getting you fired up to go ride!
You know when the scenery is incredible on the GoPro that it has to be absolutely insane in real life! Switzerland is high on my bucket list!
It really was! Super special out there.
And it's only a Hero4
@@hotwhells20 Hero 4 is STILL the best all around GoPro in my opinion!
That train route is one of the ten legendary train rides. Basically one of the ten bucket list train rides to exprience before you die.
It's full route is #7.
Amtrak's California zyhper is #6
Amtrak's empire builder ( Seattle to Chicago)#5
#2 is Australia's gazelle.( a train ride from port Adella to Darwin.) (if you are lucky to be on the first summer ride you get a sunset BBQ in the Outback. They even have a special siding just for that)
Ten is "zehn" my friend :D Dude, Italy/Switzerland is so nice to watch and again you remind me how important it is to visit such places!
I hope you get there!!
And I was thinking to myself about how neat it would be to catch a video of the train while you were riding, Brian. That in itself was super cool, then you get out on the trail and you get the flowing trails, water crossings and beautiful vistas......unreal!
Thanks so much, it was a blast!
Very cool riding! Not sure if someone else has already said in a past video or something, but the reason you have to backpedal to get into the easier gears is to release the "Pauls" in the gearbox. It's the same in my Surmey Archer hub in my Brompton.
St.Moritz region is one of my favorite areas in the entire Alps, if I was rich I'd have a house there! Lakes of Upper Engadin valley are amazing and mountains all around are so beautiful, especially the mighty Bernina group.
Only bit by bit I can catch up with all the great videos you post! This is another stunner! I've been to St. Moritz at the end of last April when I shuttled my Dad to St. Moritz for a 80th birthday trainride to Tirano & back. I tried to do the 673 back then, but there still was too much snow everywhere. I planned to come back anyway, but after watching that video, it is 100% I have to go back :)
Awesome, I hope you do!
Amazing trails and it must be fun to come to a place you already visit and see and ride it in a different time of the year!
The landscape is amazing! Thanks for letting me live vicariously through your videos!
Thanks Tommy, it was a beautiful run!
Brian I hope you and your family are safe with all the wild fires in CA !
Very, very smoky here at my house. The fire in Paradise is about 2.5 hours north of me, so no danger.
Wait up, I've got to pick my jaw up off the floor. The views in this series are incredible.
Thanks so much!
Beautiful. And the meal at the end looked delicious.
Kind of funny how you eliminate the clouds and the grey sky you change the whole dynamic! If you didn't say this trail was from last year's video, I would have never known!
Hahah yep!
I do the "oh F it!" hard brake for forgotten gloves all the time! Ha ha. This series is very motivating to get out and ride for some reason (I just did 15 hard miles and now I want more!!!)
Awesome!! Thanks dude
Those trains were cool. You don't see stuff like that alongside ripping trails very often lol. Your videos never disappoint, bro 🤘
So you started in Switzerland but ended up in Italy. I recognize you had the final meal at “Crotto Belvedere” in Chiavenna, that’s awesome typical food from Valchiavenna (Lombardy). Great choice, definitely no game at all with the close swiss friends...
Yes!! That place was cool!
This trip is awesome. Such beautiful places. Definitely a bucket list one. Stay bless my brother.
it felt like the train was stalking you, like in the Leslie Neilson spoof on the Fugitive
Hahaha yes
Very hard trail with many rockgarden! 🤩 And WOW!
Hey bkxc just wanted to say that youre videos have inspired me to start up my own youtube channel
What a tour! great riding and great scenery
Nice seeing it without snow. 👍👍👍 always the best with a Blue skys
You should try it in winter with a fat bike. 👌 snow and Blue sky’s the best in February.👍
Been lucky to drive there from the U.K. all around The Geneva area.
E bikes are popular because you can’t take a car into a lot of villages / ski resorts. Access is by train. You can only take a car so far in places.
Switzerland is amazing in winter and summer. 👌
Oh wow, never thought of the transportation aspect!
Finally part 5
Just downloaded and watched the other 4
Its 🚲🔥💯👌⛰🏔
Wow, what a beautiful ride !
Beautiful weather nice trail.. what else could you ask for.. Drooling
Beautiful scenery! Yeah, I recently heard a similar report/statistic about E-bikes in Europe.... they're for sure getting more popular here in the states as well.
They're coming in full force!
Beautiful trail...just as winter is coming here
Yep, I've heard the white stuff is falling out there!
@@bkxc starting to. Not sticking here yet though...which means mud :(
When you passed those first people I thought you said "zwei bier" as a joke LOL, only realised the second time you passed people that that wasnt what you said :D
Amazing views as expected, I love Switzerland!
Haha yes!
BKXC now offers language lessons while riding chunk. You expanded my poor German vocabulary, thank you! If you need a Spanish interpreter, hit me up.
Hahaha awesome
Cool video. The hill fire burned all of my favorite trails. The rocky peak trails just got caught on fire
Shit!!
The Robin leach of mountain bikers!.. Cheerio!!
Hahaha!
So Beautiful!! But man it’s crazy that you don’t hear chain slap or rear derailleur noise!! That’s pretty rad in it’s self. Keep Killing It🤙🏽 and Live-Life-Loud!!!
I think it was a gearbox to be honest.
Brian, time to get on the emtb train...even Ben is riding one. Imagine how much more riding you'd get in, or far fewer shuttles you'd have to take if you had an emtb...
I'd love one! They're just not legal on 90% of the trails I ride. Tough to justify the expense.
Living the life dude, living the life.
Thanks Mike!
Hi buddy I wouldn't be happy with the gripshift as well its like going back in time, spend all that money on a brand new bike excellent suspension and then they stick a gripshift on it WTF lol. Great trip tho Brian excellent footage.
Thanks Alan!
Oh wow! So beautiful! 😍 Thank you!
great stuff buddy One Squirrel hahaha more than what you see home of wildlife lol Brian more food must say made me hungry watch that food nice like the Cave cool ;0)
The cave was pretty neat!!
The trains and the views are amazing man!!🤘🤘
OMG!!! The FOOD! I broke out sum lunch meat and sliced cheese with crackers and a glass of grape juice.... IM THERE WITH YOU MY FRIEND! LOL
Hahahah !
4:30 zehn i hade german as language in school well i had it last week but i moverd to spanish instead because it´s what i chose as first hand choice but atleast now i got it WOOHOO
F*cking love these videos and this channel. Keep going Brian!
Hoping to get a final bike check and thoughts on that bike and gear box
Not much more to say, I rattled it all off during these vids!
@@bkxc I'll just have to watch them all again, I guess. ;)
I miss the orange bike. :( Great stuff kid, cheers!
It'll be back!
Nice work!
That looked like an epic
You should ride Mount Wellington in Tasmania
Brian, U the Man !
What a place to ride awesome
Brian. Fantastic ride and the scenery is bloody stunning. Still not sure about the bike and the shifting... Think i'll stick with the lever on my Rallon! What are your thoughts on it now?
Said all I have to say about the Deviate in these videos!
Are you considering buying a E-Bike for your next bike? And if so what kind of E-Bike would you buy? Thanks awesome trails 👍😊
That was EXCELLENT!!
Thanks Thomas!!
The grip shift problem is not an excuse, it is a legitimate ergonomic concern. The same goes for the difficulty of getting into very easy gears -- the ones you are most likely to need *right now*. The system needs work.
You can get used to the grip shift and not being able to shift gears under load, just shift in advance or stop pushing for a split second, for me a bigger issue is the double freewheel (both in the transmission and in the hub itself)
Those are split seconds you do not have in rough terrain. Getting used to the *required* added movements does not make them disappear. You can not anticipate everything, and that is how the standard shifting setup became standard. It just does not care how you fucked up, it will work regardless.
Yep, I agree the ergonomics didn't quite work with my riding position, it felt like a pretty big distance. I'll be riding another gearbox bike in January in NZ and I'm curious to see if the "easy gear" shifting thing will happen on that bike as well.
@@bkxc Could you talk about braking and shifting into lower gears at the same time? Is it an issue?
wow you just enjoying your wonderful life bro...GOD bless from ph bro.its norman.
Oh man awesome. That section after the two hikers was crazy. How are you staying on the bike? Great video!
It was ROUGH!!
European scenery is on another level
Your comments on grip shifts are not excuses, I was really surprised that the bike you are riding had them. I thought grip shifts went the way of the dinosaur like friction shifters . The comments you have of them are the reason I thought they were not used any more, because they far inferior shifting system than what out now.
You zig and you zag, climb till your sick, then zig and zag again.
..........great ride thanxs!!!!!!!!!!!
Such an adventure
I would have used the e-bike. That looked pretty brutal. What elevation were your riding at?
We got up to 8,500 feet, so that's pretty decent!
Wow nice place nice video:)
Try Davos next Time !
Srs question: when you ride a trail or terrain that you've been to before, do you find that you take different lines or ride a little more ballsier than if you were 100% blind?
Yeah, you have a decent idea of what's coming (even if it was a year ago), so I find myself going harder.
Putting those German skills to the test mate ;)
Good job for the most part though
Hey Brian.Are you coming in Europe next year?Maybe I'll tag along. :D
I hope so, but no plans yet!
Yep, e-bikes are big bussines.
Boulder Dash? Brian
Making a shadow vid would be awesome ríght.?
when exactly did you film this? incredible weather!
Sept. 27, 2018
...Somebody asked Roger Federer what was good about being Swiss. He replied, "Well, the flag is a big plus!"...lol
Hahahahha
That was the most European looking meal I've ever seen
My dinner for tonight looks really lame now...
@@crjmoto i just threw my cheese burger right after watched the video 😏
Hahaha yep
نء ميمج
I'd worry about my rear mech on these trails.
Haha yep, good thing I didn't have one!
its going on...Yeahh :-) Thumbs UP Baby ;-) your German is not to bad :-))
Do you think (or have you discussed) the shifting issue with these guys and can it be remedied?
Wished I would have hopped on a different one just to see if it was the standard thing or if the one I rode was just a little off.
would you please tell me the name of that hotel you spoke about? thank you :)
www.palue.ch/
"I won’t be posting the GPS tracks from most of these rides, as they are “off the beaten path” routes that took weeks to scout and piece together."
- whoever told you that wanted more money...
also, all these routes are even on komoot.
Did you have to change tyres during this trip, cause it seems like the tyres would get worn down and lose grip pretty fast
In this clip it looks like he was having trouble only when riding a mix of loose gravel + sand on top of hardpack ... and that's a tough one to find grip on!
I'm guessing Ben and Chris probably swap rubber on these bikes every two weeks!
what tyres were on that bike?
Still riding the grip shift gear box bike I see. You ready to trade up your bikes when you get back home? Seems like it would be more difficult to ride to me.
Question remains whether a derailleur would have survived the trip instead!?! 🤔
It takes a bit of getting used to, but it was still a really fun ride.
Find your “Zen”
Are you going to get the hero 7?
Eventually!
zehn ist ten auf deutsch XD yeah german. I like the logic of our words. look up the translation of „umfahren“ it is just so funny XD
In Ulm, um Ulm und um Ulm herum.
BKXC the city is pretty neat
Why a grip shift aren't they an eighties thing and aren't 99.9% just crap??
Well, look at MTB - it's a *70's* thing! Concept stays the same, but stuff is evolving.
@@geemail369 But these are newly developed and released MTB's and they have twist grips.
@@richardkaz2336 .... which *also* might have improved over the years ...
I think it'd be fine if it was a little closer to where my hand is!
@@bkxc The 2 big problems I see and have had early days with twist grips are. 1/ They were hard to twist and the need to grip hard to twist 2/ The ergonomic of twisting puts your wrist into a position of risk of causing injury. Especially if you hit a hard bump or rock.
Super
This series is reaching Harry Potter level!
Hahaha love it!
Super cycle
Yewww
What is your opinion on E-MTB's
I know they are becoming a lot more popular, especially in Europe. Still a bit slow here in Australia but getting there.
John Lambert so you’re pro ebikes for mtbing. To me it beats the purpose a little bit.
@@nickvrancken2131 Definitely dont knock them until you've tried them hey. Yes they're not for everyone I agree that much with, but they've allowed me to ride further and for longer than I normally would on a regular bike while still getting a huge workout.
you're right about that @@johnlambert1744 If I ever get the chance ill try one for sure.
@@galdwyn .... That's what some of my friends were saying. My experience was that even in Eco mode, it's not nearly as taxing on your legs when climbing. I think you can get your cardio into the target zone reasonably, but I don't feel the fatigue in my legs with the "help" that the pedal assist affords.
I'm sure Brian doesn't want this to become an e-bike discussion board, but I will say this. If I'm headed out to a trail system where I want to cover 50-60 miles over a couple of days, at nearing 50, and it doesn't have any bigger jumps, drops, or sketch rock gardens that I LOVE to ride....I might consider an eBike just to enjoy the adventure aspect of it, cover more ground, and not be completely wiped out following the ride. I would have never said that a few years ago, but now that they are becoming so mainstream, it's hard not to feel ike at some point...just to ride with your buddies who have one...it won't almost be a necessity. I'm not sure how I feel about that...
I’m pretty sure you are being stalked by a train!
It's coming for me!
Your breaks squeak so much you should get that checked out
who else remembers this spot from Gran Turismo 5 ?
Oh wow, I don't!
but that food though :-)!
Twas amazing!
Who needs brakes??
SİCK!!!!!
You absolutley have the WORST job.. great videos as always..
That is a lot of cured meat. Hope your colon's ok! ;-)
Better than ever!
Dude, without appearing to be rude, for a rider of relatively limited skill and ability, you really should be wearing some shin protection on a trail like that...
ein zwei drei vier fünf sechs seiben acht neun zehn elf zwölf drezehn vierzehn...... hahah and i'm not even german
Cool but Italy was better.
Not first