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Hey I think I know Joey
hey Seth
Haha, little bit of NJ/NY influence there.
lol
I don't even bike but I think what you are doing is really cool. You put quality stuff up and you are a likable guy. I will keep watching you to see how big you can get. That Patreon idea is one I might steal for my Channel ;0.
Thanks so much, dude! It's a labor of love that definitely has a solid business potential.
that's it!! I'm commenting and liking every post I see of yours. let's get that trajectory going up
Thanks bud! It all helps!
Ya me 2
same!!!
just got here but Im gonna watch every vid from old to new and do the same!
Love this channel.
Ned Whiting - MTB sa
It's awesome that you took your passion and made it a full-time career. Growing up in PA close to the Jersey border, I have got to say that your Jersey Joey is spot on. One more thing, come up to Sun Valley. Lets ride!
Hahaha, that's great thanks Rob!
Love the sponsorship impression 😂😂😂!! Great humour and glad to see you haven’t sold out!
Haha thanks
good luck with your channel in the future! cant wait for more :)
Thanks dude! Lots of great stuff to come!
I love how I finally found a channel that I subbed to when it was under 200 subs and now it's growing big!
Hahaa, I remember that chicken in your avatar! Thanks for sticking around.
Happy for you man. Good luck and hope it's a great success. My trip to Moab and your videos did inspire me to get into the hobby. My 2016 Santa Cruz Bronson X01 build has shipped! Got a great deal! Maybe you can do a weekly or biweekly Q&A based on questions from your subscribers. And perhaps expand to some videos on riding technique and skills training. But you definitely have a niche so don't lose that! Cheers
Thanks so much, man! Glad you found a sweeet deal on a Bronson!
I'm saving my money so i can buy a bike and my camera so i can start a channel. You inspire me every time i see your videos. Good luck.
Awesome, dude! Hit me with a link when you get it going.
Raul Martinez make it happen man!
Amen man I too have heard that call your truly living the dream riding for a living. I'll definitely support you. Your so lucky you broke off the shackles of the 9 to 5 cubical prison
Thanks Matt! Nothing worth having is easy!
Joey Trek called. He said fuggedaboutit !
Hahaha, I don't want him to track me down!
Good luck man!! Found your channel a few days ago and your content is hella dope!
Awesome, glad you could join us here!
Super pumped for you Brian! Can't wait to see what the future holds.
Thanks!! It's gonna be a great ride.
Looking at your views, I think a lot of people are like me, while there is some interest in far off trails, getting honest and meaningful feedback on bikes is solid gold. It's no secret that bikes are getting more expensive and the best some of us can get is a parking lot test, usually of a frame that isn't the right size, before we have to commit to $6K+ purchase? Insane. Look at your views, the new Enduro, the Hightower, the Trek, they are 5X more than your trail rides. What you're missing and what the Interweb is missing is shootouts. Put together 3 or 4 bikes from the same category, spend a week on the same trail and rail them back to back to back. Sure, give the highlights but also the negatives. Example, I had looked at the specs of that Trek plus bike and thought the bottom bracket looked too low then I caught a comment in your ride about all the pedal strikes you were experiencing.Sure BikeMag does their annual thing but each bike gets an individual video and the reviews are pretty watered down. But because you don't have corporate sponsorship that you have to worry about, you can give real feedback! Do this and you will take over the Internet.
Yeah man, I think this would be a fantastic thing to do, and eventually something I'd love to take on. I'll need to get some buy-in from the bike companies where they would actually send me a bike for three days. Out of pocket something like that would cost $450 per bike!
FREEDOM FOR A BROTHER let's see a shows of thumbs !!!! It's like breaking out of the MATRIX we all wanna do it!!!!!!
Hahaha! Love it man
hahahaha you got it right
Would totally support you but I don't have a debt/credit card and my parents wouldn't understand 😖
you can try
It's all good dude, just tell some friends!
I love your video's man, stoked that you are following your passion! Keep up the good work, and if you ever come to Vancouver Island I would love to show you around!
Thanks so much dude, I appreciate it!
Congrats man, livin' the dream! Good for you.
Thanks bud, it's going to be a great ride!
Don't sweat it buddy, just keep riding ! We got your back !
Thanks dude! I appreciate it!
Very inspiring, good for you, good luck with future rides and trips, enjoy every video.
Thanks dude, I appreciate it.
I swear to God, please can you do more "Joey Trek" videos, that is just the funniest stuff I've seen all day.
Haha I haven't broken him out in a while! Gotta find a way
😂😂😂 the trek part it was really really funy😂😂
I have a EX9 27,5 but not happy with it
Hahaha, I knew you'd enjoy that.
I ride a Trek, but found that part hilarious! haha
Bruh! Glad you are making your dream come true one step at a time! Truly motivating and inspiring! BK-XC and beyond! Ride on!
Thanks Edd! Gonna keep the fire burning as long as possible.
Hahaha, the channel raised to a new level, supporting your attitude as well as your rides 👍
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
Pledged! - now make more trips to Colorado, and let's shred!
Thanks so much man! Next year?!
Hope you do well in your youtube ventures. Love your videos keep doing them and good luck :)
Thanks man! So far so good!
Very proud of you man. Get away from the desk job. Get out and ride. Do reviews. I'll throw some support soon. Keep it up man. I wish I could come be your partner. I know I could do a lot for you. But I work full time and almost quit my job, but my company loves me and pays me well. Good luck man. You rock brother.
Thanks dude, I appreciate the support!
Pledged! Happy to help. I love your vids and hope to see more. If you are ever in San Diego I'd love to share a ride with you if I get my new FS rig from Christmas!
Thanks so much, dude! I will be taking a SoCal trip eventually and I'll talk about it on my Patreon page!
Nice I cant wait! I have a few trails around here I have ridden but they aren't as long a ride as you are used to. Most of them are short tech trails. There is one i am going to hit this weekend that is 15 miles round trip.
Commenting helps. Tied favourite channel along with Seth!
Thanks man!!
You're going places soon man, I love your videos keep em up bro
Thanks dude!
To add an interesting twist to the trails you ride - when the weather changes you should check out Rays Indoor MTB in Cleveland. Cleveland-Area mountain bikers train/lap Ray's Gary Fischer trail to keep fit. It's not insane, especially if you're west-coast high-elevation fit already, but it's fun. (And Cleveland is super cheap)
Yeah! I've heard about Ray's. It sounds so cool!
Was that a real draft kings pitch? Lol
Hahaha of course not
Hi Brian, I see stumbled across you when I was looking for a Hightower review just a couple of weeks ago. It was so nice to see a good vid without some run of the mill trash indie track behind it. I was just quite taken with the plain speaking, bit of swearing and if necessary, a bit of slating for high end gear. I ended watching most of the stuff, in awe of the sunshine and trails. I occasionally buy a bike mag, but sod that, I'm more than happy to pass on a couple of quid for someone to live a bit of a dream. I think fair play for going balls out, quitting the he job and giving us something that is honestly great to watch. Good luck to you pal.
Thanks mate! I appreciate the kind words so much. Always fun to hear about how people find me!
Hahaha, loved the whole trek session, had a good laugh at that! Keep it real man, very cool!
Haha, thanks man
Yassss!! Thank The Lord!!!! And please come to New Zealand!! Rotorua!
Haha glad you're pumped!
Congrats goodluck hop you become more popular
Thanks bud!
When you get your new Trek (Bontrager'd out), I know who you can give your Bronson to ;)
Hahahaha!
Do it your way. Good luck and have fun.
Thanks brother, I appreciate it!
Been a subscriber for quite a while now. Having known that you actually get profit from comments and likes I would have commented and liked all your videos way earlier!
Even though I'm from The Netherlands and will probably never see the trails you ride, I still love watching your videos man. It inspires me to get on the bike and shred the trails ;)
Sadly I broke one of my carpal bones (triquetral bone) three weeks ago and still can't ride, but your videos really give me the urge to get back on the bike as soon as possible.
Keep up the great work, I know a lot of people will support you. Actually I'm sure they will, seeing your subscriber number grow with the day.
Greetings from The Netherlands
Never say never, dude! Glad my videos are helping you get through!
Would love to sponsor you man. Don't have a credit/debit and parents wouldn't really get it... Loved the trek bit btw😂. Keep making rad videos man! Your coming to NZ! Hell yeah man hope you love it down here
It's all good buddy, tell a friend!
Lol your voice impersonations are hilarious :D
Haha thanks dude
Man......I'm jealous, I'm not having even close such a great start...
I'm in of course. I hope you like my country, you'll have fun in Spain, but you'll really always recall its food..
Don't give up!
Thanks so much Jose!
I think Trek have some really nice stuff, as many other companies... this is why is interesting to keep you neutral and independent, because we want to know your neutral feeling from any bike and brand. Thumbs up ;-)
Yep, Trek has some great stuff! But you're right, I want to stay neutral if I can.
Congratulations! You went PRO MTB! I salute that you followed your passion for MTB, many desire that courage but very few can actually can do it! Many accolades!
Thanks Alex, it has been an amazing road and the journey has just begun!
Sound's like you're speaking from experience and already got an offer from Trek lol,
Dont sell out mate, you'll make it with the help of your subscribers.
look forward too seeing New Zealand trip, would love to go myself, Rotorua looks awesome.
Good luck!
Hahaha, nope, just came up with the Trek thing off the top of my head!
Hey I'm Joey trek
Best part of the video
Im excited for you man. It has been a pleasure watching your videos since I stumbled across your content on r/MTB. $3 a month to help you live the dream is a small price to pay.
Thanks man! I appreciate it a ton!
That's cool. I'm glad you're following your dreams and making them come true. Can't wait to see what's next.
Thanks dude, I appreciate it!
cant wait to see what you got going with seths bike hacks, found your channel thru there. good luck with everything, you put out some amazing content!
Thanks so much, dude! I really appreciate it.
my pleasure :D
at work when i cant ride my bike, i just take my phone.. go to youtube and scan one of your rides, and its probably the same thing. that has been my therapy eversince. thanks for making this video. really inspires me. i wish i could start a channel on my own.
That's awesome, man! Glad I can help!
I love how you are following your dreams you should come to Lebanon hills in Minnesota it's not a huge awesome place like whistler but it's a great place to ride.
Nice! I'm always looking for new trail suggestions
Love the Joey Trek accent. 😂
Haha thanks
Hey Brian, love what your doing. Keep it up bro. I would really like to talk with about getting started doing what you love
Thanks man! You can shoot me an email bk@bk-xc.com
great decision! looking forward for your videos! keep it up! i wish you all the best!
Thanks so much, man!
Joey Trek is my homey... I think you should set up a cameo
Haha yeah gotta get him back in
I shared your channel with all my friends man
I appreciate it!
love your channel, taught me so much about mountain biking. I just wanted to say thank you so much.
Awesome, glad you like it!
Hahahah that Trek part had my dying.
Thanks Emil, it was fun!
Same here , especially the bontrager part.
Wow! One giant leap for a man, a small step for mankid - or how was it? Some day I'll do the same - I'm on my way.
Hahaha, thanks man!
your dream is coming true good for you its very inspiring just keep true to yourself looking forward to your future trips good luck to ya Brian
Thanks Steve! I appreciate it, bud.
shit i love your channel man. just to see all the trails you ride motivates me :D good chance i support the patreon!
Thanks dude, I really appreciate the support!
OMG Trek will probably never talk to you ever because of that trek imitation Hahaha. So great.
Hahaha, you never know, they might love it!
Do you think you'll travel outside the us, like please come to Scotland!
Just went to Spain. I'll get to Scotland eventually!
I only recently discovered your channel, but I've been working my way through your videos ever since; a period of a couple of days now.
As a rider who can currently only dream of being able to travel and ride the trails that you ride, see the sights that you see... I'm happy to help!
I've just finalized my $3 a month pledge to your Patreon, and I'll likely increase the amount in a month or so!
Keep up the good work, man; I love this channel! Thanks for taking the time and putting forth the effort to film, edit and upload your rides for us all. :D
Thanks so much, dude. I appreciate the pledge!! I'm so happy when I can get people hyped up about riding.
You're very welcome for the pledge! I'm more than happy to do what I can to help support, since I get a lot of enjoyment out of your videos.
Hi Brian, this is a pretty big step for you and I wish you all the best. I love your videos and will be supporting you along this journey. If you don't mind some friendly suggestion: Possibly try to eliminate profanity in your videos just as Seth did on his channel. I am all for free speech and not holding back the words of choice but unfortunately from a publicity standpoint it just limits your viewer base and overall exposure.
Just pledged. Cheers bud and I look forward to more awesome rides! All the best from your Northern neighbour.
Thanks so much! I've gone back and forth on the profanity thing, and it's just more entertaining when I don't restrict myself and just let it rip. Anyone can copy my videos, but no one can copy my personality. If that keeps me from being advertiser friendly, I'll have to live with it.
Agreed! Definitely more entertaining. Thanks for considering :)
Haha you fullllllllyyyyyy committed to the Joey Trek bit. I love it.
Hahaha yessiree
Joey Trek -- that bit was gold! xD
Needs a "Don't watch while drinking milk" disclaimer
Hahaha, thanks Blake!
So awesome to hear you are doing it full time. Now you can say you have the best job in the world because you do. I'll definitely try to do the Patreon as well. Can't wait to see your channel grow.
Alright just pledged. So excited to see your future content.
Thanks for the support, Trevor! If I can keep building this awesome audience I can keep riding these awesome trails!
Joey Trek needs to make an appearance in some more videos. Cracked me up mate :)
Hahaha, yeah he's been hiding out for a while!
I wish I could do what you do...
You really need to visit the U.K.
Yeah man!
I recommend going from Scotland down to South Wales.
you can get an amazon affiliate link also.
Yup, I've got em!
What is the link ?
This will work: amzn.to/2cCTrBz but any product I talk about has an Amazon link. I suppose I could put this in the description of every video but not many folks make it that far!
You could also get deals with companies like CRC, Jenson and the like. See if you can work a deal with them to offer your readers a special deal with a promo code and stuff like that. When posting up reviews on gear and stuff post up your affiliate link and look at your partner sites and see who is offering the best deal for the reviewed product so your viewers know they are getting the best deal.
Just gotta make sure to promote your long form review on the videos and mention the affiliate link...be very open about it and say that by purchasing product through that link it helps you keep the videos coming and all that.
I have run a few sites (The Mountain Bike Life was the last one) and ethical monetization was the hardest thing to do, I think honest gear review videos with affiliate links can really pay off. Look at a site called the Wirecutter and check out how they do it....no ad revenue the whole place is run by affiliate links! (I actually am looking at starting a review site run like this...shhh.)
Check out Gary Vaynerchuck too, He is pretty amazing with social media and making sure that you give more than you ask for....some good shit. I know you like Casey Niestat and they have done a few videos together...good shit right there.
Thanks for all the good info man! I do have affiliate links and promo codes going strong on the videos about gear. I just haven't done any gear in a while since I've been out travelling. Gotta get some of those videos mixed in again.
Laughing my ass in 2020 of your NY Joey from trek! 😂😂😂😂Hey you ever tried stand up comedy? 😂😂😂😂😂
Great info.. When I close on our house on October 11th I will sponsor you. Lol I like your second personality aka Joey Trek.. Be blessed
Hahaha thanks dude!
Dude are you from new england? because you NAILED the Boston accent!
Haha, that was a little bit of Bill Burr, mixed with a little bit New Jersey. I just love doing accents.
I really hope this channel takes off, you deserve it man! you are great behind the camera and are a decent rider you just need to get into the mainstream which will come with time
Thanks so much, man! It really is about growing the audience one person at a time. It's comments like these that confirm I'm doing something special.
Wow, you made my day! Keep at it mate!
Great Treck CEO impression at the end.
Hahaha, thanks dude
Hi Brian. I just wanted to wish you all the best with your venture to go full time with UA-cam. I'm sure it will be a success because of the person you are, the rides you present and your interaction with all your subscribers. You have the knack of being a 'friend' without any of us meeting you. I am very glad to have been with you since the beginning. Best wishes Des P
Thanks Des! I always look forward to your heartfelt comments! Thanks for sticking around and watching my travels!
Brian!!! i'm going to sponsor your next Video!!!! Love what ur doing man!
I'll you on the trail :D
I love ur videos sooooooooooo much I watch them every day
😁👍
your Trek impersonation sounds like Moe from the Simpsons.
Hahaha, yeah!
Great to hear you are going for it :) Wishing you all the best of luck but i reckon you are onto a winner here :)
Thanks so much Phillip! I think so too, just going to take time!
omg
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I'm getting an error if I pledge.
"That pledge amount is below the minimum"
Is $0.25 too low for Patreon?
I changed it to $1 per video, with a $3 maximum, and that worked.
Ahhh, of course! WTF. I'll make an adjustment.
Patreon should really tell you when you set the amount that it is below the minimum, rather than waiting until patrons get to it. Not to worry though.
Seriously!
Brian answered a call from Joey ftom Yeti 😂😂😂😂
Keep going! You are awesome!
Thanks Bart!!
Good luck with your bank account
Thanks man!
I had to LOL at Bontrager bells
Hahaha nice
sorry for late subscription, More power Brian!!!
Welcome aboard!!
Good luck!
Thanks man!
I'm so stoked you're coming to the basque country! I just crossed paths with Doug from Basque MTB a few days ago, he was riding with a group over Vera, by the border of France. I'll make sure i'll be following your trip. I am coming on board with the sponsorship, i never did yet, but your adventures speaks to me. (maybe) I'll see ya on the trails ;)
Thanks buddy! I really appreciate it!
Had a little issue with the minimum so I just set a max donation per month. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing those Colorado videos! Those future trips sound awesome too!
Thanks bud! I switched it over to $3/month instead of the 25¢ thing. ALWAYS something.
Couldn't stop laughing when you were doing the trek skit lol
Hi BK,
Keep up the great work. Thank you very much...
I don't want to spoil the party... But what is your plan B if you injure yourself? I keep my fingers crossed that is never happening.
Cheers from Germany.... PK...
Thanks man! I think about getting injured a lot so I ride within control as much as I can. That's why I never hit jumps.
Glad you are sticking with this full time, Joey...er Brian. I'm not sure how UA-cam monetization works, but why don't you use the the click-ads that pop mid-video or the 'You can skip after X seconds' commercials before your videos start? They are annoying and I never actually look to see what they are advertising, but they are easy enough to mindlessly click past.
Thanks Navarre! I definitely have the pre-roll video ads going and it made a big difference in my ad revenue. It feels too cheesy to add those "click to kill" pop up ads. With enough patrons on Patreon I won't have to worry about it.
This is why I love your channel!! Just found your channel this week have been watching your vids nonstop. Keep doing you man, remember, you're not just an employee, you're a CEO. This channel is your company. You've got my support brotha! You've gotta come over to my turf in marin, we can hit camp tamarancho trail in Fairfax.
Awesome, thanks so much for the kind words! I definitely need to get back to Tamarancho when I have time.
less Joisey Shore Trek stuff, more North Shore trekking LOL
Hahaha I like that
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Soooooo happy for you 😄
Wish you the best of luck on this greattttt chanel 👍👌👏.
With on doubt in my mind this channel will rise like a jet plane ✈ 🚀!
Keep it up 👍 👍 👍.
By the way Did you succeed with rockshox the remote lever?
Thanks so much! Haven't been home to play with the lever.
That’s awesome Brian just keep the freedom! Doing great!! Love your channel. Also you are looking like Chris Martin from Coldplay in this video haha
I’m putting together my 2 passions Astronomy and MTB, thanks for the inspiration!! Keep doing what you doing!!
Hahaha yes, I've heard the Chris Martin thing before! Thanks for the love!2
And hell yes I love Moab!!!!!
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