Racing The Infamous White Rim MTB Trail! | Payson McElveen's Standing Man

[@davealtabird1]

I've done White Rim a few times, 3 days not sub-6 hours. Potato Bottom, Murphy's, Airport. Fully supported riding a few hours with friends, beer and camp. Can't imagine doing what you did. Especially the parts where you're just sinking into the sand. Cheers.

[@ccmmrrnn]

Amazing production quality. Epic cinematography and editing. Great emotional choice establishing the father-son relationship. And Payson seems like such a level-headed and decent dude. What an amazing production.

[@RedBullBike]

Glad you like it!

[@petemtb5537]

Seriously? Trek paid & made it all. It’s marketing. Was that even really his dad? How would you know?

[@ccmmrrnn]

@@petemtb5537 Okay, let's assume it's not his dad, even though it is, and sure, Trek paid for it. That still changes nothing about my comment, which was on the quality of filmmaking.

[@petemtb5537]

@@ccmmrrnn Agreed, it's an effective commercial.

[@Tigford]

@@petemtb5537 You're funny. I've raced against his dad in past TMBRA series. Yep, that's him but with more grey in his hair.

[@lambooy]

I never knew Freddie Mercury could ride a bike so well!

[@RedBullBike]

@Daniel Paulson Best comment on the internet.

[@petemtb5537]

Freddie Mercury never needed his dad’s help.

[@CCWclassic]

@@petemtb5537 stfu

[@pauloh4571]

I saw Freddy too.

[@MataGyula]

Didn't know Dr Disrespect could ride so well! On a more serious note, mad props, I got cramps just watching. Congrats!

[@FesteringRatSub]

6 foot 8 champ would do it in under 3 hours, in a flat tyre.

[@petemtb5537]

Seriously? It’s all he does in all he has to do, when’s the last time he paid a bill?

[@pauloh4571]

I can't imagine you see all of these posts, Payson but I had to say this to you. I've never heard of White Rim and I watched you ride it 3 times today. Extraordinary!!!!! I don't own a mountain bike at the moment but I soon will and White Rim is now on my bucket list. Thanks, Man. Think about this, Payson. When simply being who you authentically are inspires others to be their better selves you are doing exactly what you should be doing.

[@PorterMTB]

Well done Payson, so rad. Great video as well, I love seeing the connection with your dad, and inspiration.

[@benjamin_Kraushaar]

Hell yeah Payson! So glad I was there to witness this legendary effort!

[@Davide_sd]

Seriously impressed by the effort!!! Big kudos to Payson. Although I don't understand how you can ride 160km on dusty roads with only two water bottles. Seriously impressed.

[@slampsonite]

it requires a camel hump. Payson hides his camel hump in his left butt cheek

[@OneWheelLess]

I think his mustache gathers moisture from the air as he rides 🤔

[@adventuresona700dollarhard5]

@@OneWheelLess 😂😂😂

[@Karpiel73]

@@OneWheelLess moisture in the southern Utah air? PREPOSTEROUS!

[@mangoshake]

I've done 100km on 1 bottle (absolute hell). I forgot to refill the only bottle I brought at a quick stop and rode 50km, while filtering through traffic, at noon, without drinking at all. I had a searing migraine and hyperacidity for some reason when I got home lol.

[@MudSweatGears_TT]

A true testimony of grit and determination. The editing really brought out the emotional content of the story as well..

[@jayrex690]

“Going through hardship mentally, as well as physically, is key to being successful at anything.” - Payson McElveen

[@ploglet]

Howie sighting at 6:20. Great video on an amazing ride. Well done!

[@jcombs2266]

WOW! Paso, you are a STUD! Love ya bro! That's my nephew!

[@cokebottles6919]

Absolutely insane, and that's a great dad. I've done White Rim in a day and it took everything just to finish, much less focus on putting in a fast time.

[@tamasstrezi]

van der Poel: Hold my bier! Seems like a great ride, having proper competition would help to appreciate it even more ;)

[@geoffreyanderson4719]

bring it!

[@tgoods5049]

2 water bottles for the whole thing?! Holy cow man that’s nuts!

[@petemtb5537]

Um, you know sometimes reality TV is fake, right? They don’t actually buy those houses on house hunters you know.

[@tgoods5049]

Pete Mtb wow thanks for the insight, my wife will be so upset about truth of the house shows... And I believe Payson actually used 2 water bottles; just because you couldn’t do it doesn’t mean jack.

[@petemtb5537]

@@tgoods5049 Almost anyone could do it, if that was all they had to do.

[@tgoods5049]

Pete Mtb yeah sure “almost anyone” can ride 100 miles with 2 water bottles. Love the geniuses like you in the KZbin comments section.

[@petemtb5537]

tgoods504 Thanks for the genius comment but it’s probably best not to make snarky comments. And any seasoned rider could do the hundred miles on 2 water bottles if they absolutely had too. No one would actually choose to do that of course, including Payson.

[@mr.d7429]

Yup, if you have a bike, strong will and supportive family you have everything! Good work!

[@andrewonermaa]

Hell yeah Payson, stoked to see the footage! I think it's your calling to chase a few more epic FKT's

[@nathaniel_mah]

Seems like a perfect ride for the super caliber, surprised he went top fuel. Awesome video, great athlete!

[@mikeytek]

old video

[@mikeytek]

well did it a while ago

[@otowncolby]

Excellent video! Props for making it a point to go solo and unsupported (and putting Shaffer at the end)!

[@nixonkutz3018]

Dad is an awesome dude - I hope I am as supportive of my kids' ambitions as he is

[@ChlorophyllCrusher]

Spectacular rendering of the ride, Payson! I’m getting pretty amped about FKT possibilities, and I want to ride this route now!

[@vivekrbs]

Awesome video payson . This video brings memories of my father

[@hbars]

Current FKT Times for White Rim: Keegan Swenson: 5:28.17 Peter Stetina: 5:28:23 Payson McElveen: 5:33:58

[@basecampmontanezone]

Keegan and Peter start/stop where Payson did? Seems starting at bottom of Shafer makes it a different ride and therefore different FKT's might apply.

[@hbars]

@@basecampmontanezone Yes they all start and stop from Horse thief Campground. It is an actual strava segment and they all use the same start/end point for the FKT

[@bike_somm]

This Made me cry.. Great hopeful tears that if i really want to put my mind to being better.. I CAN! Thank you guys!

[@robertkarlsson7238]

Such an inspirational video!! 👊👊👍👍

[@knewal7050]

I have been riding mtb for the last 15 years and never reallised i could hold the front wheel like that.

[@dakotalee9980]

Dude same

[@Poopoobrigade]

Hold it like what? Timestamp?

[@knewal7050]

@@Poopoobrigade 3:13

[@Poopoobrigade]

@@knewal7050 that's pretty cool but why would you want to? I feel like that would be really uncomfortable/dangerous lol

[@budycelyn]

@@Poopoobrigade super low aero position, some of the xco mtb riders use the position, anika langvad for one, also seen kate courtney doing it

[@hardtailparty]

absolutely incredible.

[@dergardn3497]

Great video!!! The quality is insane!

[@meh11235]

Awesome, now we have Two races on one trail and the battle is on... I love this. Second,.. Great production...! Red Bull Bike, let's work?

[@mtblover]

Well done. Stunning video.

[@anthonys9754]

I’ve ridden the entire white rim on a bike. A dirt bike, with 4 liters of water. This is mind blowing.

[@suraj07lama]

Very much Inspiring ! Guts & Glory 🤙🤙🤙

[@jacobkrumm5919]

Awesome video. Loved it!!

[@mooNylou]

amazing video!! great work

[@caylanwojciechowski8233]

animal!! I've been waiting for this. inspirational.

[@davegibson2810]

Impressive! I did it over three days for a bachelor party and it's not east by any means.

[@sierra2401]

Incredible accomplishment!

[@terencesorronda6378]

So the singer from Portugal. The Man also shreds... nice

[@MrJviner1]

Feeling humbled & inspired. This world would be a much better place if all dads were like this one.

[@x3r0x0ul]

Great achievement. I wish there was another word for riding what's basically a long fire-road rather than a mountain bike trail, though. This is definitely not in my wheelhouse.

[@WilliamNesse]

If you crouch down and look at the road surface, you'd see those desert 4x4 roads are every bit as technical as any single track. People romanticize buff flowy single track made by a ski resort staff, but old school MTB is about riding every terrain on a bike. Most famous desert trails in Moab are old 4x4 roads too.

[@x3r0x0ul]

@@WilliamNesse I sort of get your point, but I don't necessarily agree with it. When I talk about mountain biking, I'm not always talking about flowy singletrack. Flowy is a treat. I'm talking about hard-fought climbs over roots and rocks, drops from a few feet up, rock gardens you couldn't walk through with ankles intact, and rooty descents you couldn't ride on a cross-bike. Mountain biking, to me (and, I suspect, to a lot of commenters here), is a whole different animal to what I'm seeing here.

[@ciachetti]

Inspiring video. inspiring ride.

[@Montblanc1986]

Sweet video!

[@lostman65]

i did the white rim trail in the spring... took me 12 hours. 5:45 unbelievable

[@Kev.in-Bike]

Great video

[@Mr229357]

Nice ride 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@saracicoz4418]

Your dad loves you for sure. What kind of dad would name their son payson.

[@cjselo]

OMG Unlike Pluto in the Backround 😍

[@robertkarlsson7238]

After 1 minute I became a subscriber👍👊

[@geerhead60]

Wow. Fantastic ride for both Payson & Quinn! Crazy fast, brilliant riding. 2 bottles - bold!!! A plea for future adventurers - There is an actual start to the White Rim trail. It is not what either of these guys choose. There is a gate, a big sign .... it is the official start. This is the top of Shaffer, right by the park entrance gate. People may be avoiding this to skip the park fee - don't do that! Support your parks. The other start points are faster, especially starting at the bottom of Shaffer or Mineral Bottom. Those are cool rides, but for record setting a standard should be the actual trail head. (FYI - probably the fastest route is starting on the river at the bottom of Mineral Bottom & riding CW. All the hard climbing is done in the first 20 miles).

[@edwardo123]

I don't know what is making me sweat more, that beautiful top fuel or the mustache?

[@stevepodraza6363]

Amazing kid! Great vid!

[@BikeLifewithRob]

Good video!

[@calvinmoe8465]

11:40 Magnetic hat

[@soy_leche]

What the heck is going on there?

[@fullfaceridermunichfullfac223]

Nice Videos Love Red Bull

[@OneWheelLess]

The adventure stache in motion:)

[@spamcatchington1771]

What a machine...

[@johnblocker4277]

Tried the TT fork hold this morning on the way to the trail. Not over rated with a head wind!

[@maxmeyer8431]

I had the honor to race Payson a couple weeks back and it was nothing but an honor

[@Opp5151]

Wowww respect brother

[@martindoersch]

Respect!

[@danielwhitmire34]

phil gammon of mtb

[@johnburmeister7167]

Keegan Swenson is the current record holder now I believe.

[@simenbrekke2832]

WHAT A BEAST

[@sebagesche]

is it on strava? Any power data we can see?

[@campbellsyme2677]

good on ya mate

[@CCWclassic]

Awesome 💪

[@kathryndougherty412]

That’s awesome

[@jrbechthold]

Amazing dude! Almost makes me want to grow a mustache.... 😜

[@jrbechthold]

Crying is ok. ❤️

[@vxluka998]

I wonder if he got that on Strava

[@finndamin]

Awesome

[@gcavy1]

we always do the loop in the other direction. I wonder why this way is faster?

[@youtubiefun]

Triumph is delicious.

[@dimensionsofearth]

The guy who beat the time two months later is obviously fit and committed but doing it with different start and end points doesn't really compare the two times.

[@rumblefish4568]

It's hard enough to "regulate" Strava KOM / QOM times. How in the world will you regulate a FKT with all the e-bikes around? I don't see why FKT's would be popular with no way to confirm if someone used an e-bike (or dirt bike, Jeep, etc.) to ride the trail system. Now, just riding that trail system & recording the miles & elevation sounds awesome...

[@jaygriffin5965]

Who is Quinn Simmons? If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen. Nice ride Payson!

[@cesar0610]

good job Quin Simmonds

[@cyclingcotton3569]

Andy dorias didn't know he was racing anyone ...

[@WilliamNesse]

I think the FKT culture is more about paying respects rather than beating others as per Peyson's comments. But AD's effort is all the more cool because I don't think AD spends that much time on bikes. I'm sure he's stoked to see it improved upon.

[@davidbarrett4586]

snek- no step

[@andreasdahl717]

Congrats! awesome shirt by the way! anyone know what brand it is?

[@choanlpoto]

Nice perf and video, but just by watching the film it seems than it Probably could go faster on a gravel bike with drop bar and thinner tire no ?

[@deverenfogle3201]

On that terrain, the rolling resistance could tip the balance to the mtb and wider tires.

[@brittbatterton5415]

So where did he exactly start and finish? He raced it counterclockwise?

[@FalcoBikes]

Man you need a gravel bike.

[@travischapman6763]

Was there on a different white rim? A ton of it is very non-technical dirt road that's usually barely single track. Easily done on a gravel bike. Red bull hyped this up. Very hard, but not quite like portrayed.

[@Yardstick401]

So Mr Steele is riding mountain bikes now?

[@caveboy9988]

Great looking trail. Why are his ears tucked into his cap?

[@mattorie6703]

Paul Robertson you never now when he needs the extra aerodynamics

[@raceace]

As much as this attempt should be genuinely respected especially self-supported on a self imposed fluid limit, that is NOT rocky terrain. But Respect.

[@mikecriss7217]

What was the total number of miles.

[@yzedf]

Mike Criss 99.7

[@normadicn5700]

100milea

[@billz410]

Very impressive. HOWEVER...'a lot of people have died out there'... I take this to mean that a lot of people have died on the White Rim Trail. I would question that statement a bit.

[@nickwooden2103]

I wonder how fast he would of been without the moustache? Or maybe it helped?

[@n8m837]

11:39 "REK" (almost looks like REX)

[@VRGPICTURES]

The record still stands, in my opinion. If one was to attempt the FKT, it would need to be started from the starting point of the current FKT holder. Payson did it right by starting where recreational cyclist typically start.

[@windmillcancersurvivor2568]

Why does everyone of these FKT episodes start with a Sprinter? Why?

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

Averaged 28 km/hr. Wow.

[@henriamesse-morrish8276]

Yuuup just think that a man ran a marathon averaging 21kph. Either way incredible accomplishment this man achieved

[@lukeangel7403]

All you haters go try it if you think it's easy. Just because it's not singletrack does not mean its not mountain biking.

[@hedleykerr3564]

To let people know who Quinn Simmons is he just took 4th in the Junior World Championships TT in GB! Beside taking 2nd in the 2019 Leadville 100!

[@2one665]

He took 4th in the Time Trial, and won Gold in the road race...

[@hedleykerr3564]

@@2one665 I wrote this the day before the RR I meant to come back and add it thanks!

[@jjjensen9493]

Silly Nice effort

[@markbalancehealth]

umm - 01:34: wthell?! Is RedBull condoning chicken with trains? How did that ever get their attorney's stamp in this litigious age...

[@Observations67]

Full rig present and no basic tools?

[@shmerickl2249]

He reminds me of Freddie Mercury 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@FaiscaaaH]

Where is the strava data ?? No strava it didn't happend ...

[@goldendogboydan]

Agreed