36 ALTERNATIVE CYCLING Channels to Watch in 2025!

[@probablyriding]

Glorious video! I really appreciate the shoutout, thank you so much. I found your channel when I was looking in to buying my Velo Orange Polyvalent and watched your review a thousand times. I’m grateful for your channel.

[@alphonzosolorzano5011]

@@probablyriding clean bowl club🤘🏼

[@ReCycledCycler]

Love your channel mate, such a nice vibe, especially considering how fast like life in Korea must be.

[@bike.breath]

Wow, Russ ❤ thank you so much! You’re literally the first channel I’ve ever subscribed to on KZbin. The gorilla monsoon I ride to this day was because of your review even! Thanks for the shoutout, supple life forever!

[@scottwistinghausen5026]

Really cool that you’re using your platform to promote other creators

[@themoodyteam]

+1 for Tim Fitzwater 😊

[@overbikedrandonneuring]

Thank you for the shoutout Russ! Really cool to experience after watching you for over 7 years. Despite being clad in a gaudy lycra skin suit, I am happy to join you in the fight to promote lower, sensible gearing and comfortable bikes.

[@unciclistamas]

You are the best! Thanks for the shootout. You are my inspiration for making videos on this platform and showing people that there is more than one way to enjoy cycling. Thanks. PS. Sorry for the fast-talking. I promise I will slow down 😉

[@joshm9003]

Carlo Villarica - No Boring Days, is also from the Philippines but speaks Eng. Great channel to follow as well!

[@jgalleg4]

A great list. I’m also a big fan of Trace Velo. He’s definitely more on the roadie racier side of things, but with oddball Chinese components and bikes. His channel inspired me to breathe new life into an old bike with an L-TWOO groupset, which also gave me a chance to learn how to install a groupset without risking a bunch of cash on a more mainstream groupset.

[@thomaskuhn6541]

Lots of great recommendations. Given how much cycling content I watch, I'm surprised that more of these haven't popped up on my YT feed.

[@DavideTravelli]

Thank you for the shout out! I've actually been watching your videos for the last few years and emailed you when I was taking a break in Barcellona. Again really apreaciate the shout out. Greetings from Istanbul 👊

[@jeffdible8171]

Thanks for all of these Russ. Probably Riding is my second favorite only to you. Restock the bandannas! So very useful!

[@ScottCopeland-yh9lm]

Thanks Russ. You were my first inspiration for alt bike KZbin. I’d like to give a shout out to two channels worth watching. Pensilvania Dirtbags and another is Terry B.

[@Radelbande]

Thanks for the shoutout! Love your work! ❤

[@iowagravelgang]

Awesome video, cool to check out all these amazing collection of creators.

[@bikesandbeyond618]

some really great channel call outs Russ! Thank you for your great bike content.

[@chuckrodgers4780]

Great list , added a couple new to me channels! You have always done a great job of promoting creators you enjoy. Hope you and Laura have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !! Cheers

[@jimbrittain402]

Bookmarked. I'll be back to check on these. Thanks, Russ.

[@gilbycoyote]

Every time i watch one of Zachs videos, i want to ride fixies only.

[@JohnHolmes3.0]

I LOVE Zach Gallardo!

[@ThriftyFramebuilder]

Great video, lots of good channels, plus a couple new ones for me. Hopefully I’ll make the cut next time!

[@bkefrmr]

I second that emotion!

[@ThriftyFramebuilder]

Maybe someone will do a framebuilding version of this list. (@Daniel_Yang_ARTEFACT hint…hint…). You could make both lists @bkefrmr!

[@ThriftyFramebuilder]

⁠Maybe someone will do a “framebuilding” version of this list (hint, hint, YangMFG). Both you and HenryWildeberry could be on both lists!

[@geoffersmaher]

A +1 for probably riding, that's the calmest shit I've ever watched. Love it.

[@IKnowAGuyBicycles]

Thanks for sharing; I sub to most and look forward to diving into it. Have a great Holiday.

[@alphonzosolorzano5011]

Definitely always gotta have my Probably riding episode with a morning brew.👍🏽

[@tracerxrider]

I already follow the majority of the english-speaking channels you mentioned. I'll have to turn on subtitles for the others. Thanks for the new recommendations, Russ!

[@Sekhmet6697]

Surprised you didn’t include Ryan Van Duzer’s channel, probably one of the best bikepacking channels here on KZbin!

[@hoboesque_]

I love all these channels . So good to hear you promote them

[@JCadventurerides]

New to content creation for cycling here. Always loved your channel and like love spread we all need to be more like this. Happy holidays cheeers

[@andreasmorin2633]

links for the channels would have been nice, but still: great tips, thanx

[@bobwhite4748]

kickin line up Russ love the alt world of bikes.

[@formalin4422]

I love probably riding ❤

[@geoffersmaher]

2nd life bike also needs a shout out. Great fun alt bike UK channel!!!

[@pablozarapuz]

A very useful list of channels. Thank you.

[@robbchastain3036]

Cycling KZbin is a gift for us people in television land, thanks, Russ, for your work and for calling out the good work of your peers. Tim Fitzwater and Henry Wildeberry and Hardtail Party are three favorites of mine, my answer to your query about viewer preferences. GCN, too, with their increased off-beat content these days, not that it ever was just about watts and aero, they just get a bad rap from people who probably ask to speak to a manager everywhere they shop. And at age 65, I'm still into all of it because I grew up that way on the OG alternative bike for kids, a Schwinn Sting-Ray. I rode everywhere on that bike,, streets and trails and empty lots and even the gravel farm roads outside Fresno under that warm California sun in 1971 and one afternoon me and a friend had to ride super fast after we stopped to look inside a barn and the farmer came looking for us. That was my friend's bad idea. 😀

[@libraryofpapel]

probably riding ❤

[@samueljlarson]

Besides your channel, the one I enjoy and learn from the most is Josh Romero. Hope you're well PLP!

[@haqitman]

Really great list. I'm thinking the Spanish ones would help me with learning better Spanish. Was Old Shovel omitted on purpose or accident?

[@MrGoodaches]

I really appreciate this episode. We have a pair of Surly ECRs so I’ll be checking out Ottawa. I also have been trying to relearn the little bit of Spanish I used to know so will also try the Spanish bike channels. I do appreciate content that gets into physics of efficiency and I’ve nerded out on tire pressure and aerodynamics. But only for making it easier for wife and I to be more efficient with our trail riding, bikepacking, and touring. The racer centric channel can’t keep my attention very long. At the other extreme, the “navel gazing” channels lose me at the intro. What I do hope to see more about where to find “communities”, clubs, and adventurous people who seek to make human powered travel more social and festive.

[@sheilastallard]

Hi there!! We subscribe to a few of the channels you mention. We used to watch RAD cycling the two young ladies but it seems their channel as disappeared. Oh ! and GCN for a laugh!!! Stay Safe you two!! Love from England xx

[@kaduceusz]

Great selection, I subscribed to many a channel today ;-) And I would coin 2nd life bikes from the UK - I liked his videos on 26' bikes so much I got my own this summer :D

[@landeRUCK]

Tim Fitzwater is really enjoyable to watch. Most mentioned channels are also bike farmer is funny and real also. Oh and you are fantastic also sir.

[@daniellarson3068]

Fitzwater is impressive as Winter doesn't even seem to slow him down.

[@devilselbow]

Yeah Tim has a great attitude.

[@Cheeso99]

Thanx a lot. I subscribed to ten of them!

[@shafiqjan1474]

I watch 5 of those channels, thanks for sharing the others 👍🏻

[@markvonwisco7369]

I'm not a racer anymore, but I still like going fast. That being said, I like all kinds of bikes. Thanks for pointing out the German language channels. German is my second language. I spent two years at the Uni Salzburg studying Germnanistik and Poli Sci. Sounds like a good way to learn bike related vocabulary.

[@alexjohnson6462]

I find myself watching Fillipino biking channels on many occassions despite not speaking a lick of Tagalog. The darndest thing is you can understand a decent portion of what they are saying, something I cannot say for any of the other foreign language biking channels I watch. Thank heaven for Taglish / Tanglish. That is truly a weird linguistic phenomenon. Not all of them do it, but a lot of Fillipinos almost speak 20 to 40 percent English randomly interspersed with Tagalog. I totally don't get why they do that... but hey, works for me.

[@tensiondechaine]

Awesome! I have now weeks of content to watch and learn from 😁😁

[@cesnielsen5784]

Liked after the first deep sigh

[@benpetterson6877]

I have a petit Porteur! Really good bike and would recommend

[@victoriansword]

Tim Fitzwater’s channel is awesome! Comes across as a guy one would want to be friends with.

[@Csapi007]

C'mon, make a list of the channels in the description!

[@alphonzosolorzano5011]

Go ahead take the initiative and load it in the comments

[@beepboopbeepboop190]

@@alphonzosolorzano5011 I did but I think the spam filter ate it because of the links

[@alicearmen5601]

I love Vintage Bike Factory for learning about bikes in French.

[@RodMesa-e2t]

I already watch quite a few of these ,plus others. I'll check them all out, especially the filipino guy, since taga ilocos norte ang lolo ko. Salamat!

[@olsmxl6975]

I like Matthew Norway - beautiful trips and videography

[@martinashwell]

That’s a great list - thanks. For anyone interested in wheel building Ryan Builds Wheels is both informative and entertaining (English language)

that frame another project ?

[@nayrdrumr]

Zach is the man!

[@alicearmen5601]

Old Shovel. I love that guy

[@alexjohnson6462]

Almost surprised Trace Velo was not included just because of how his almost exclusive focus is on affordable bike parts. Though I realize he might be a little too road-centric for the off-road crowd. Kind of been wishing he would jump on the gravel bandwagon.

[@shivx90]

Great Sour Bad Granny in the background ❤

[@peterbedford2610]

V Fitzwater and Henry wildeberry. And occasionally Zach, because I'm weak.

[@CtrlAltID]

Maybe the algo isn't that great. Thank you Russ!

[@b4oh]

Woot woot!

[@GrahamFootBicycleLover]

Um, better get checking these out

[@pedaldriven417]

I would add Crustbikes channel :)

[@fuzzi1002]

Hy Russ, thank you for all this recommendations😊 If you plan to visit Vienna, give me a call...

[@andrewnadeau5079]

What happened to spindatt?

[@ductrung3993]

YES!!!

[@obxarms7685]

Damn...I just came here to find out which bike was faster........

[@JarekZgoda]

Similar to you watching channels in Spanish I'm watching channels in Italian. 😁

[@tonybartl5289]

What I’m tired of is the word “content” to describe peoples’ videos, etc. Right up there with the word “space” in describing one’s genre/medium.

[@alexjohnson6462]

Same here. Not sure which word I dislike more. I suppose the bright side is not every channel is referring to themselves as 'influencers'. Really surprised that has not become an even bigger buzzword. Definitely some backlash to that term.

[@Michael-s5i5j]

George Vargas is great

[@RolandTanglao]

wait wut you speak tagalog? do you speak any other dialect like kapampangan or ilocano? i was born in the Philippines and left when I was 16months old. so therefore sadly, i don't speak any filipino language just tagalog and kapampangan food words :-)

[@Cargobikelovers]

❤❤❤

[@lekobiashvili945]

So, no Slayer of Grams channel?😂

[@peanutbutterjellyicecream]

nice unli ahon