Last ride for the Ripmo 🇺🇸 50 STATE SHRED: NORTH CAROLINA

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A couple years ago I checked out Buffalo Creek and had fun doing the loop backwards and forwards. This time we go way beyond the loop and check out the new Weed Patch Trail. It’s an epic out and back. A great day for the last ride on my Ripmo.
• Weed Patch trail official site: conservingcarolina.org/weedpa...
• Trail builders: singletracktrails.com
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[@bkxc]

Recorded on March 14

[@SOCALMTBAdventures]

BKXC stay healthy brotha 🤙🏻

[@swells707]

Are you planning on selling your v1 ripmo?

[@mantri2229]

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[@Wyatt_Ali]

Why does it say that this comment is a week old?

[@BigGuyRacing74]

Awesome epic out and back! Will miss that Ripmo view in your videos. I’ll just have to ride mine more. 🤙🏽

[@Aguze25]

Your videos always start with history lesson. I love it.

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

Yea me too!

[@jaketheriprrr]

An inaccurate history lesson lol

[@Aguze25]

@@jaketheriprrr at least he tried 😁

[@MTBLifestyle]

Be safe out there Brian. Safe travels.

[@brianbauer6669]

Fun fact- Glaciers never made it as far south as N.C. The boulders at Weed Patch actually are not the result of the glacial retreat as Brandon indicated. The boulders at Weed Patch are the result of rockfall and landslides that MAY have happened during the last ice age time period when tree-lines were at lower elevations leaving the rock faces exposed. The rockfalls/landslides are also continuing to occur. And Weed Patch is fun.

[@mtsecological3796]

Thanks - was just commenting on this. They are a result of erosion & slough over time - no true landslides out there tho, but there are some secret boulderfields if you get way offtrail...

[@ericshaw819]

Great work as usual Brian, loved the view from the top of that lookout area. Keep safe and enjoy your time with friends Seth and Alex. Appreciate the time you guys spend creating these great videos for us to watch. Inspiration at its best, Thanks.

[@joshbredael3702]

10:35 So cool to get spotted out on the trail in the middle of nowhere. You love to see it!

[@randallmason9687]

Thanks for the trail info! I live about 2.5 hrs from lake Lure. We will check it out!

[@carlito7130]

Thanks Brian, for all the great videos so far 🤙🤘always so fun to watch with a coffee before a ride or a beer after a ride 🙌🏼 stay safe

[@MBOA]

So scenic! Holy crap!

[@BlandMan5000]

That looked amazing! Stay safe in your travels.

[@markm4503]

Nice video! Looking forward to seeing your creativity when things really get tighten down

[@BrianVaughn]

In this time of uncertain and worry, it's nice to watch your videos and forget about the problems in the world.

[@jegan6799]

Can't wait for the Redemption 50 State Shred baby!!

[@mcscabby]

Another entertaining video, thanks for posting Brian. Hope your adventure continues in the near future.

[@shanemb3]

Glad to see you back in NC!

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

Every time you go into your van it makes me want one more

[@live4uncbball]

Thanks for showcasing our trails! Rode it yesterday. That skinny at 14:23 - I didn’t get it on my first try either!! Rock on man! 🤙🏼

[@jaredreynolds5250]

Another fantastic video. Thank you!

[@brianmiller3721]

I live in Marion NC and ride kitsuma all the time and I've never heard of this trail. It's now on the list. Good content. Enjoyed.

[@chrisbunker2117]

It´s the perfect oportunity to get some jump pactice in. Seth is a great teacher. Greetings from Berlin

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

I love that gang!

[@dantasanen5833]

thank you bro for keeping us sane at these times

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

Yea really appreciate the content people are still putting out

[@magellan1818]

Great video! I need to ride that trail this summer! Keep up the good work Brian! Tell Alex to put out a video! 😎

[@jamesjapson6115]

pain and pleasure its a long time since i heard that again. Keep safe.

[@SemiSendy]

I lived out near Bat Cave for a couple of years. I haven't been back to check this one out though! If you ever get a chance, walk the boulder fields at Rumbling Bald. Also, the Rocky Broad which flows into Lake Lure is one of the best free flowing whitewater creeks in WNC. Such an awesome area.

[@garyriggs6998]

Good call on the Carhartt’s and boots. Probably a good call to head home too. Safe travels. 🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@GoodTrails]

I should have been on my way from Toronto to Ashville today! I was planning on riding this trail. But, a BKXC video is the next best thing.

[@mattmakescovers]

Shoutout to the guys on full rigids!! Hell yeah buddy!

[@brucemacneil]

I like short history lessons and contexts at the start of the vids. Nice stuff.

[@brouhahamtb4819]

It's so interesting to go back in time as these are coming out. Great looking trail though!

[@AlvaroQF]

Keep strong, in Spain we have been in quarantine for over 3 weeks, things seem to have stabilized. Enjoy riding your bike before they do not allow you to ride it.

[@SF-wr4zn]

“Maybe someday I’ll see you on the trail!” 😢

[@rafey77]

pain & pleasure ...awesome ride BRO

[@chavoxo50]

Dude it’s great to see your face. We are nothing without our sense of humor. Be well be strong

[@TrailPOV]

Things changed indeed. I'm still amazed how many states you got to in 3months....that's a lot of driving!

[@KestrelYI]

BKXC - I've jumped on the Blue Ridge Parkway at that very spot I don't know how many times... Moved to NC when I was a kid, and I'm about to move out to New Mexico. Spent 20+ years of my life here... Excited to see what is coming in my future, but sad at the same time to see NC in the rear view mirror. It's a wonderful state if you love the outdoors. Thanks for the video, man.

[@OutdoorGold]

Stoked to see those work boots getting some dirt on em!

[@taffycymroukmtb9073]

Great Stuff 👌 buddy nice Views 👌 Sweet trails Brian 😎 🚴🚴🤘

[@allenkvextreme]

The very end of the video when Brian says "maybe someday i'll see you on the trail" got me feeling like watching a very emotional part of a drama movie

[@wasatch0]

Another great video. Stay safe.

[@volkanislek]

He answered the question which will be asked 3 weeks later ! What a foresight !!!

[@noisiboi7308]

Love that trail! It's crazy we have all seen you working hard at Seths but you're 'not there' yet. 😂

[@SOCALMTBAdventures]

Great video, as always🤘🏻~ 2 👍🏻👍🏻 up bud!!!

[@akilla4reala669]

15:00 .... that’s all a part of it. Oh, wait a minute, no it’s not, I’m not even on the trail. 😂🤣😂 cracked me up! I hate that I missed you coming through NC. I would definitely have ridden with you. Stay safe and keep on peddling. ✌️

[@mattmitchell5320]

Great send off the the Ripmo! Glad you are isolating with Seth now. Do 50 state shred this year, then come north with the Van and do 10 Province shred next...

[@speedforcesimracer1712]

good luck guys stay safe and well video was ace gonna miss them shout out from liverpool uk

[@jamesprice6381]

cheers mate, 2.5 hours east of you in Moravian Falls NC, i ride a 98 Schwinn S-10, im 60 n grt shape, look fwd to a yeti! have fun, n dont sweat it!

[@aidansoutdoors7114]

Love your videos

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

They're great!

[@ronsanderson99]

Thanks Brian and good luck with the way forward. Be safe! BTW, you’ve got lots of videos now, do you ever go back and watch some of your favourites? I do, I watch my own favourites over and over again, kinda like Groundhog Day...

[@loiclehman5336]

i really like your cotent thank you so much BKXC

[@dylanbikesthings3633]

It's awesome!

[@tamserenity]

That was some machine gunning down the mountain! Cool!

[@jakepotts7812]

I took a trip to North Carolina I little bit ago and this same trail was a couple of miles from where we stayed. But at that time I wasn't into mtb at all I wish I was because I live in Oklahoma and there's not much. Can't wait to go back lol

[@enriqueflores9630]

Great videos like always!! Hope you do come visit Delaware I would love to meet you in person and even ride with you here on the first state!!

[@Tortfeasor40]

When you go to Tennessee you should hit up Baker Creek Preserve in Knoxville - it just built some new technical DH trails

[@dandemore8057]

windrock is always good too

[@tonyrast7761]

Tortfeasor40 Knoxville closed all the downhill trails at bakers

[@Tortfeasor40]

tony rast I assume that by the time Bryan leaves Berm Peak the Corona Virus will mostly be over and the trails will reopen, and by then the new jump lines will probably open

[@noagendatravels2783]

Tortfeasor40 me too

[@NotBull068]

I'd like to see him check out Loyston too.

[@jakekinzer]

I like that guy's reaction to seeing you on the trail, "Oh hey, BKXC." I would have been like "DUDE?!?!!"

[@teamgarske6562]

Jake Kinzer I would have been like “holy shit it’s BKXC!!!!!” Then I would have fainted. 😂

[@xJuiCYxxJaYx]

stay strong

[@freemindmtb2872]

Stay safe man

[@jackal2175]

Thanks for the discount code, ordered myself a Whoop strap :)

[@spaboos06]

Love your videos.

[@fullsentimental997]

Nice video. Theses tracks look like where I ride in France.

[@rocksolidmtb7971]

Now THAT is some true east coast singletrack riding. Check out the Allegheny National Forest, Kinzua Reservoir and the story of the Seneca nation. We have riding like that up here in PA now, but it came at a price to many. Come up and ride with us.

[@razmtb5028]

nice trail

[@blakes6417]

I can’t wait until he rides Wisconsin! He should check out Camrock and Levis Mound

[@fohman2796]

You need to come back to Australia again, after the coronavirus has gone

[@headoverbars8750]

Unfortunately, I think you mean once the world has reopened. We won't be getting rid of this one virus:( We all will get it at some point. (like the cold/flu) we will, most of us, get sick. We are trying to lighten the load on healthcare by staggering the infection over time. Currently, a percentage need respirators to breathe ot they die. We don't have enough respirators in hospitals or the people to run them all if everyone gets sick right now. Those of us who are self quarantined are essentially deciding to wait for as long as we can to allow Healthcare to catch up.

[@microMobilidade]

You guys are the best roomates ever

[@akiraung]

In New Hampshire Highland MTB park is a must and in Massachusetts Thunder Mountain is a sick spot

[@andreww5773]

He's gonna love your numbers. You have the best numbers. Tremendous numbers. So many numbers you're going to get sick of all these numbers.

[@CGL43474_C]

6:10-yes please!

[@braaap690]

Glad you are staying healthy! Try not to get hurt build and testing trails at Seth’s. Last thing you want to do is end up in the ER! Safe travels!

[@mtsecological3796]

Nice piece - love the Patch (and have roamed it offtrail, top to base over 20 yrs before the trail ever went in). Not major at 4:45 or its noted that the rocks are from "glacial retreat". Not at all - N. American glaciers stopped around central PA (the "moraine") and everything south of it is entirely unglaciated and exists completely due to erosion, exposure, slides (etc) over the last 30M years after uplift. The closest thing are boulderfield forests - a glacial era relict (though not truly glacial) from before & after glacial peak 12-18,000 yrs ago when possibly mtn glaciers w/ tons of ice / snow permanently parked on NW/North/NE/East facing coves froze & thawed for 1000's of years cracking up all the rock under them & leaving what are now rock-to-rock boulderfields that are now forested. Anyway - awesome vids, love yr wok - as an ecologist I can't even bike anywhere w/o analyzing natural communities / geo / plants / wildlife so - just lettin' ya know. Oh, and I have Ripmo envy.

[@benwigginsbikes]

Last time I did an out and back ride on that trail I was cramping in places I didn't know I could cramp.

[@elizabethmesser7876]

For PA check out Moraine State Park, There is some really good chunk and rock rolls. Its right up your ally.

[@THOELL2737]

Thanks for the video we are in i kinda of lock down in rhode island. But we can go out to excersize I have been riding everday since my 50th bday in march 19 didn't get to celebrate yet lol thanks for the video

[@zacharychapman3459]

I cant believe yall climbed it all.the way up that's crazy

[@johne.powell2463]

Chris Shrimper indeed was the trail builder. He’s a master.

[@thomflowers2095]

You Must be doing something right. You just got respect from a SSinglespeeder on a full rigid. Keep up the great work.

[@BikeLifewithRob]

Chunky, climby, Epic! $4 action cam footage was legit up your nose!

[@mtb_noobie1230]

I have been wanting to do this trail.

[@tomchamberlain4329]

Brandon's spokes look sick too haha. I keep staring at his wheels

[@chadwhiteclaw9214]

Still one of the best reactions lol

[@jacksoncoble9140]

If your ever at lake lure I would recommend the river watch bar and grill they have great burgers

[@darkwolve]

Dang man. Wish I knew you ere coming in my neck of the woods. I would've ridden with ya!

[@llullwllallkll]

im gonna tell my kids the grandma joke 😆✌

[@805mctrailrider8]

Nice video

[@blackthearath2240]

Wow it great place

[@AmadeuSxMozarT]

Stay Safe Friend 🙏

[@jackbauer562]

BK DIVA

[@Hope1essFox]

6:06 Yeah, we are, in my town, trying to get rid of one of the many golf corses and build a mtb park.

[@bowck84]

If or when you end up in NJ 6 Mile Run has good solid single track.

[@tonyrast7761]

Wow have times changed. Passing out tickets on big rock.

[@mountaintime4276]

Bad jokes and sound advice. Thanks Brian.

I have yet to make the climb, this is a 100% shuttlecock day for me! lol...

[@josesanchez1989]

Heck yeah dude Higher Ground water bottle....My wife Judy is the manager there. Not sure where you got that but we're located in Tallahassee FL where the best trails in FL are located!

[@bowwave59]

Going to hit hard the Stay home thing. No unessential travel . Tough in the uk at the moment.

[@MichaelStugart]

You've never had work boots? WHAT THE? You have had a dream adventure so far with this 50 states thing of which most individuals will never be that fortunate to do though.

[@headoverbars8750]

Thanks for the time line! I have to say that I am so grateful that at this moment in history I am a healthy and fit mountain biker... I have had the... pleasure?(eh no) at different times in life of being: ...extremely obese due to medication, diet and lack of exercise. (2 years ago I was 100 pounds heavier... ... having a low constitution from smoking tobacco (its real people, I quit smoking 15 years ago and I quit getting sick every season change...hell or at all really . I haven't been sick in so many years... or ... sickly from drugs and /or alcohol. Right now, in this moment I am grateful for this mountain biking obsession that has taken all my fat and whipped me into good health! Stay healthy and safe people!

[@bkxc]

That is awesome to hear, dude!! Keep kicking ass.

[@frankfattore989]

Dude, your skinny game is strong!

[@philgombos4393]

Love when you throw out the "Pain and Pleasure" yelp. Kind of an homage to your videos of old. Maybe it's just me, but haven't heard it in a while ;-)

[@brucehawtin477]

Hi Brian I rode the trails at the National White water Center in NC when on holidays from Australia. You should pay them a visit.

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

4:15 yo BKXC we have the same stuff!! the adidas shoes!! shoe buddies lmao

[@giovannazampa5064]

yay for granny’s joke! 💖