Dirt Biking in Wellsville Ohio - Megs Braap Helmet Cam

[@richardengelhardt9433]

Lol welcome to Wellsville Meg! It was a long time coming but you finally made it to dirtbike heaven. Now your a heathen just like us! Camp 52 salutes you!

[@megs_braap]

Thanks Richard! I’ll definitely be coming back. This place was unreal!

[@VinSylvester]

Wow that was exhausting to watch. I like how you are always fully committed to those rough sections and don’t seem to lose focus ever.

[@swanoflove6833]

That was nice riding! I love watching your videos, not only because you're a good rider, but also your a shorter rider (Like us) , so I learn some things by watching you do it!

[@charlesgutscher1923]

Well as we say. Wellsville is the shit! Ride there every weekend. It's our little slice of heaven in Ohio for dirt bikes! Looks like you had a blast!

[@outty77]

That was certainly messed up. That terrain is BRUTAL

[@stevenburton7922]

Cool video! I started riding Wellsville in the late 70's as a teenager. When hard enduro hit the radar screen some years back everyone touted it as a new extreme sport. All of us Wellsville riders were like ...."what! We've been doing that since the 70's? I know you ride out west. Its beautiful . I rode the Colorado 500 in 2001. We did 720 miles in 5 days. Just beautiful. I miss Colorado!

[@unclegeek]

I'm 5'10 and I love watching how you pick your way through all that so easy. Gives me more confidence however I feel embarrassed as I did lower all my bikes. I know you keep stock. Respect to you Megs

[@megs_braap]

Hey man! Thanks for the kind words! My current bike is actually lowered 1 inch in the suspension. It sucks to lose the ground clearance but it helps me out when I’m in a tricky situation.

[@clintonlied]

@@megs_braap How tall are you?

[@mikelyle6059]

Us Full size Guys called that holler trail. It washed out a few years back. Pretty brutal on a bike. It was rough on us at times! Big props!

[@tyleradams6002]

Gnarly and beautiful country side...thanks for the great vids!!👍🤘 I always watch a bit of your stuff before going out riding...makes me look a terrain different and motivates the heck outta me...megs braap videos get me freakin pumped!!

[@MrWhipitman]

Awesome riding, Wellsville is some gnarly shit. I bash my Jeep around down there, would love to take a bike through there and see all the places my rig cant make it to.

[@TheJaxsonjack]

Looks like one of those magical, warm, early April days in that part of Ohio.

[@Jackson-ml1nj]

Love that place ride there every weekend in the summer lucky I live 15 minutes away it's ruff place for sure lol but it's definitely fun

[@brianlafollette7530]

Hard to watch, knowing I would be having a harder time if you are working that hard. Great job Megg!

[@kick8472]

Love riding Wellsville! Great place to hone skills... or sometimes just cause broken parts and pain. lol

[@megs_braap]

Haha totally! You’re especially right about the broken parts 😂.

[@kick8472]

@@megs_braap Hope you didn't break too many!

[@DaveWhite1979]

Great vid as usual!

[@megs_braap]

Thanks David!

[@LCARSADV]

Nasty terrain! Glad to see you having fun!

[@IRAfallon]

Im so impressed to see how far you've come Megs! Your amazing! would you mind telling me what you sue to get your footage? Mainly your gopro settings and what your upload them at to youtube. I recently got a hero 8 and im having trouble making it look as good as it should. Thank so much for taking the time to share with us!

[@IRAfallon]

wow, i just reread that and oh my i should of proof read that! LOL Sorry bout that!

[@megs_braap]

Hey! I film in 1080p at 60fps in superview on my hero 7. Then I export the video with the highest settings possible in an attempt to take less of a hit when KZbin compresses it.

[@IRAfallon]

Awesome! Thanks so much for getting back to me!

[@megs_braap]

@@IRAfallon No problem at all! Thanks for the kind words!

[@Jrod_FPV]

@@IRAfallon gopro 8 should be good on default settings, i would enable hypersmooth. aside from camera settings - youtube destroys picture quality when you upload. I recommend uploading at a resolution of at least 1440p. Even if you record on the gopro at 1080p, you should render / export it from video editing software at 1440p or higher. Then when youtube re-encodes it on their end it will look much better than something uploaded at 1080p. You'll mostly notice the difference during high speed motion/ lots of changing detail. race drone videos have to deal with this too! But if you're not going to render the video after recording it, then just record at 1440p or higher and then you can upload directly to youtube for good quality.

[@calebmoore3456]

While you’re in the area check out hillsville pa there is some great riding there. As a local im down there 7 or 8 times a year. Anyway, keep up the great vids👌🏻🤟🏻🤙🏻

[@megs_braap]

Thanks! I will check it out next time I’m in the area!

[@Area51Enduro-Tony]

Been riding there since i was 11. Alot has changed there since. Always challenging and a great time!✊🏻💨💨💨

[@chadrides914]

A landholding company just bought all that land and they are now prosecuting trespassers unfortunately.

[@rolandstaines3249]

Hi one thing comes to mind momentum momentum ture test of 80% rider forward thinking is everything good job megg's

[@dunementat2191]

That was challenging Meg, got tired from watching you 😅. Hope you guys found a pot of gold at the end.🤩!

[@roccit]

10:44 Sick climb, that must have felt good :)

[@megs_braap]

Yeah there are tons of climbs just like this out there! Such a fun place to ride.

[@clintonlied]

Are you riding with the WP AER48 forks on your bike? If so, what modifications have you done to make them more plush on square edged trail hack like roots and rocks?

[@richardsmith3350]

That's tough going.. a TX 300 with a carb is a wonderful thing 😁😁

[@PresidentMcAwesomesauce]

Ive ridden there, place can be rough with the tiniest amount of moisture. A lot of red clay.

[@megs_braap]

Yeah we had a couple of days where it was still frozen under a thing layer of mud and ooooh my was it ever brutal.

[@jasoncarter411]

Rough stuff! Enjoyed the vid!

[@HippoDrones]

Awesome, love your attitude to the tough bits :-)

[@motoxposer]

Holy cow! I live in Beaver Falls PA. Just across the border!

[@aca15246]

This place is like an hour away from me. Did you try to climb crazy horse?! That hill is pretty insane

[@megs_braap]

I’m not sure if I tried that hill climb or not. It sounds familiar but I think it’s just because my friends mentioned it.

[@jamesdenton3692]

I think I need to take a nap after watching that.

[@CKing724]

I need to ride there! Heard about it by many friends. It’s only a few hours away too 😭😭 looks like fuuunnnn!!

[@brendonchase9460]

I was getting tired just watching. Way to persevere meg

[@NaturallyCaffeinated]

Megs, love to have you come out to Utah and ride Tibble fork/Mineral Basin! We would climb up to 10,400 feet. Strong work on that rough terrain though!

[@mschumaker1]

I live in Ohio & ride here a few times a year. I see there's no leaves on the trees...

[@megs_braap]

Yeah this was in March so the leaves hadn’t come in yet. We actually had one ride the week before where all the creeks and streams were frozen and the ground was ice underneath a thin layer of mud. What a nightmare that was 😬.

[@TwistedTriggerEnduro]

Your videos are always amazing!! Do you mind if I ask what GoPro settings you use? Keep up the incredible work.

[@mojoenduro5386]

Where did you get those hand guards? I like how they attach.

[@megs_braap]

You can order them through your local shop. They are the Cycra Ultra Pro Bend with the bae mount clamps.

[@my-max-media7621]

You got a real workout there🤣 ...so did your bike

[@renep.9879]

Looks good. Nice trail

[@p3ek_]

what bike does she ride?

[@GhostHammerX]

I'd be interested to know what settings you are using to get such clear uploads to KZbin...as even though mine upload and play in 1080p, I get far more blurriness & artifacting once it gets uploaded to YT...

[@megs_braap]

I’m filming in 1080p, 60 frames per second, on superview. KZbin will allow you better quality uploads as you build a bigger following. Kind of silly but that’s what they do.

[@GhostHammerX]

@@megs_braap I think the problem is that I am recording in 4k, and YT is compressing it to 1080p...

[@jeremywatson9280]

Literally where I learned to to ride. Appalachia slop then desert mountain slop made me a mediocre rider.

[@dave1096]

BC to Ohio? How did that happen? I'm originally from NS but live in Pittsburgh and find it quite hard to find places to ride. Like this place, I've read that the land has a new owner and its enforcing trespassing and dozing entrances/parking

[@megs_braap]

Yeah this was right before COVID hit so I was able to cross the border and drive across the country.

[@eljefe6970]

Used to ride there in the 70s and 80s

[@landof6377]

I been wanting to check out riding there but always hear bad things about it lol

[@OctaneDrivenLifestyle]

Tough and gnarly!

[@andrzejgajdur734]

can You tell me what is the address of this park

[@J0mama1]

When is this footage from?

[@megs_braap]

J0mama1 March 2020

[@J0mama1]

Cool. I was thinking there's no way all the leaves are down already. Looks like great riding.

[@endurotruckererniedesjardins]

Might be a good idea to mention in the title that this ride was in March before lock down.

[@jeffreydurante2cyclecycles337]

Found the Gnar I see !

[@yzbanger7180]

you did a very good job i cant even do that hahah

[@dring83]

when do you find time to work? i am in the trade as a pipe fitter out of detroit?

[@megs_braap]

Normally all my riding and filming would happen on Sundays (my one day off a week) or if I took time off. I have recently quit my job to pursue my riding clinics full time though.

[@clintonlied]

I was local 455 out of St. Paul, MN until I got into project management.

[@100thMkey]

Fun!

[@MotoAdventurer]

My kind of slop 💪

[@snoozyjt]

Meg, u got bigger balls then half of these thumb warriors.. the ville is an off road haven . U will see alcohol, drugs and guns... beer cans litter the streams and burnt out stolen jeeps litter the trails.. bring ur gun.... we do.... as far as the haters. Let him hate.

[@jamescox4823]

Megs, you scare me!

[@chriscardoza9785]

Pretty nasty stuff you where in there and l was wondering are you using a gummy tires or just stock tires..

[@megs_braap]

I was definitely running a gummy tear tire here. They make life so much easier.

[@peterjames1596]

Too much for this cowboy

[@qruillenak]

Absolute savages. Wellsville is NO joke. Be prepared to come home bruised.

[@veiledallegory]

I don't understand riding that stuff where you move three feet at a time and then lift your bike and do it again. Does not seem fun at all might as well be just carrying a 100 lb weight up a creek bed.

[@oneupmanship]

First of all, I thought the borders were closed. What's up with that Meg? Second, trail maintenance please. If you enjoy this pastime, get out and repair trails. Our small group, "The Lucky Seven", keep our trails secret and in good repair.Those rutted downhills show over use and little thought for future riders. Having said that Megs, I love your spirit and videos.

[@megs_braap]

This footage was taken in Ohio. I live in British Columbia. When I am home, I put in tons of time building, clearing, and maintaining my local trails. When I am travelling, I first of all do not carry shovels and picks and whatever else you'd use to fix up things like ruts and water damage on the trails. But second of all I am travelling to train, collect content, and teach clinics. Maintaining the areas that I visit for a day while I'm on the road doesn't make much sense to me. I do my part at home when I have the time and the means to do so.

[@davidknows3320]

Megs Braap well said. That reply just earned my sub(lol, really not that valuable). I get so tired of arm chair warriors. I'm past the point of doing what you do, but am enjoying your videos and riding skills. Thanks

[@chadrides914]

@@megs_braap you shouldn’t post the location to trail areas that are already illegal to ride at; like Wellsville for example. Place is totally illegal riding area and you’ve just introduced a ton of people to it via KZbin.

[@franciscon5319]

I love you😊🤘

[@megs_braap]

😊🙏

[@franciscon5319]

You are the best😊🤘

[@tommeyer6033]

Moto Mordor 2020

[@brandonleewyatt]

I'm looking for a crew to ride with you guys hit me up I am in Columbus... Getting a new enduro in a few days.

[@javiferrero9819]

Buen entreno xati

[@mackeymichael]

Sorry Megs that just doesn't look like fun to me I like the feeling of speed on a dirty bike.

[@oneupmanship]

On second view, this is not current, I take that border guestion back.

[@oneupmanship]

The comment was a general point for viewers. I know you're doing your part. Sorry Megs did not mean to offend. I love what you do.

[@paulhicks7437]

Looks “Easy”

[@mikebarker5783]

Can anyone ride here? I live in Ohio.

[@megs_braap]

Mike Barker Absolutely. Sometimes there’s a guy there that collects 20 dollars for the day fee but that’s it.

[@mikemalnar5095]

We used to go jeep riding there all the time 15 years ago. Heard it was all shut down and closed off. Is it still open???

[@chadrides914]

FALSE. The area was recently purchased by a landholding/mineral/mining company and it is now off limits.

[@nickstokar7978]

Oh hell no I would stall my 85 every second

[@Ronjon6162]

What bike is she riding?

[@bryce099]

Wellsville is so sketchy, mainly the people.

[@flashdrz]

That doesn't look like fun at all. A challenge for sure but not fun.

[@megs_braap]

Haha fair enough. My idea of fun doesn’t line up with what most people consider to be fun 😆.

[@punkin7144]

If that was the only type of riding available I would quit riding. Not fun at all!

[@PHXGlock]

That don't look fun at all

[@megs_braap]

Most people wouldn’t think it’s fun be we are a bit sick in the dead 😂.

[@PHXGlock]

@@megs_braap Yeah , I suppose ya gotta be ready to rock if your gonna ride with Graham , Way past my level Juss Sayying but you, Different story. Thanks for showing us how its done. You probably have the best instructional channel on You Tube .

[@JLosey8642]

Bad@$$

[@thelaughingman79]

that first bit doesn't look fun...you are basically walking your bike up all that shit...whats the point?....just go hiking.

[@megs_braap]

The point is to get better. Learning to find traction is the toughest places, learning to choose better lines, learning to power through exhaustion, etc. It’s not fun for everyone but I enjoy it.

[@chadrides914]

Would have been cool to simply leave the location out, ya know out of respect for the locals 🤷‍♂️ sick video none the less.

[@waynestevens6347]

Ty, got a female woody for ya Do women get them when ya ridin? some great riding ability gave me a woody too get another dual sport bike. Farrrkin all fun Babe

[@racnruss]

Thats not creepy