Don't get bogged down worrying if your fast or slow Brian it's a dark place just ride and enjoy it as it supposed to be

Glad you liked it. Phil's World is my favorite trail system.

Gotta nominate BKXC for KZfaq mountain biker of the year. Not for making any big changes, but for regularly cranking out the same content we all love and enjoy: riding the best trails in the world. Love it and can't wait for another year of riding and adventures!

I'm not much of a commenter but I just gotta say, I love these videos Brian. Your attitude, realism, so chill and so happy. All of it makes a great video. Keep it up.

“Whoop is a fine sponsor of the channel, and I’m so happy to have them” *heart rate spikes* Interesting

BKXC in the land of the Tomac’s! Lots of good bits in the remote part of the state!

Just did this two days ago. Went from 1000 elevation without acclimating and made the 14 miles in 93 degree heat seem like 20. But it's my favorite trail ever. My brother lives in Durango, and we try to hit it up whenever I'm in town. However, i'm on a hard tail with flats, so it's always just entertaining enough to run a loop, hah!

Stoked to see you back in my home! Enjoy the rockies :D

My favorite trail! So cool to see you out there and watch the Phil's video.

Minor league catcher, major league rider!

Phil's World is SOOOOOOO fun! I'm glad you made a video for it! This trail is a hidden gem! Rib cage is amazing! Phil's world is right in between Moab and Durango so it doesn't get enough love. I wish you had more time... when you come back that way you need to ride White Mesa just Northwest of Albuquerque!

Whoop whoop. Keep flowing mate, be the flow. 🤙🏻

That trail deserves a HARDtail!!

no dude - from Durango ...you drove WEST!

Yo! Wish I knew you were coming this way! Ive been a Telluride local and now live in Cortez, Phils World Rocks! Sorry to have missed you!

C'mon Brian! You can camp in the cold... you can do it!

You're fitness will always hold you back, no matter how fit you are. As someone once said "it never gets easier, you just get faster".

Phil's world is what got me into mtb

I remember riding this trial back in the 2000's, before it became famous❤️👍👌

Funny Frisco RoughRiders mention at the beginning. That’s my home team.

Very cool indeed...love the flow and the techie bits.

Wooow!!! Thanks for sharing the Ride at Phils World!!! That place just made the Bucket List!!!

The GoPro does not do the Rib Cage justice. It’s so much steeper up and down. The rib cage is where I learned my love for ripping hard and fast.

Looks like a fun rollercoaster! Then some good tech

That looked like some sweet trails. A good mix of technical challenges (up and down) and fun rollers.

The Frisco Roughriders are my local team, wild!

That is probably the best part of Colorado, the San Juans are special even by Colorado standards. Should go back there in summer and hit the mountain trails and Telluride.

Man Brian!! This channel really needs so much more love!! You make such great content and work so hard!!

Loved all those rollers and omg those climbs 🤩 can't wait to see you riding back there Brian!

Those trails look like a lot of fun!

If and when you do come back to the Cortez/Durango area, please have a meet up! I would love to meet you! I'm glad you loved Phil's World-- definitely one of my favorites :)

I've ridden in a lot of states and many places , Phil's World is my favorite !

YES! I hit this every time on the way home from Moab.

Thanks for another awesome ride Brian! Long may you ride brutha🤙. Best of the season and Happy holidays to you and yours!✌😻🚵

Nice to finally see this network, albeit through your lens. First read about this place in one of my first few I ssues of Dirt Rag Mag some 15 years ago, I think.

Such nice trails you're riding today. Enjoyed to watch the edit dude...

Home of the Tomacs

Looked like a blast.

I only ever heard about flowy flow there... but this bit of jank makes me want to get down to Phil's World 🤔🤘🏼

Great video I love your stuff wish me luck on finals. Ps: watching your vid instead of studying.

So much for taking it easy for a recovery day, sweet trail!

The ranking of my favourite KZfaq's - 1. BKXC 2. THE SINGLETRACK SAMPLER 3. SETH'S BIKE HACKS 4. MATT D'AVELLA 5. SCOTTY LAUGHLAND 6. BEN CATHRO 7. SKILLS WITH PHILL 8. MATT STONIE 9. PAUL THE PUNTER 10. MCTRAIL RIDER BY THE WAY BKXC IS ON THE TOP NOT ONLY MINE BUT ALL VIEWERS BECAUSE OF HIS DEDICATION TOWARDS MAKING WORLD'S BEST MTB VIDEOS. LOVE FROM INDIA✌

Congrats on the new van!! Hit up New Mexico, SoCal is my home but New Mexico is my favorite place to ride,(helps my brother lives in Silver City) some of the best riding I have ever ridden! And I have the Grudge and Rocky Peak trails to ride every day if I want! Love the channel keep up the amazing content!!

Another great video. Really enjoyed the Spain series. Greetings from a cold and rainy Ireland.

Don't know who Phil is, but I like his vision! That notch at the 11:20 mark was cool! The rocky parts of that trail looked amazing, and it had major variety with the flow parts as well. Great riding as always, and I know how much those technical climbs take out of you. A mile of that is like 5 miles of flow trail, or maybe even more, so no surprise you were sweating! Thanks again for a great video recap, and that's a trail I would absolutely love to ride at some point on a trip out west. OH...and I'M SHOCkED that you didn't see an Armadillo riding here in Arkansas. Interesting that armadillos didn't show up in Arkansas at all until the late 60's, and then it was the mid 80's before they made it to central Arkansas, and then they weren't here in NWA until the late 90's. They just keep moving a little further north all the time! The reason I'm surprised you didn't see one is that they aren't very skittish. They pretty much ignore their surroundings because they feel protected with their armor. You DO NOT want to hit one on your MTB. It's like hitting a rock, and we've had a few locals hit them on the trails.

Phils is awesome! Glad I live close ;)

I rode Phil's World in July, it was a fun trail and a good mix of everything! I'll definitely go back next time I'm in DRO.

I love this trail, super cool !!!

This trail really looks like a lot fun!!

Looks like a sick trail! Flow and some tech.

Those trails look just my speed , not to chunky . Another great one thanks !

Oofta, sounds like the creak is back with a vengeance! Beautiful trails, and give yourself some credit, you mashed those climbs, even at 7k ft!!

Fuckin, Phil's world is so dope yo I love ledges loop you're vibin

Looks like fun!

Sick trail that’s the stuff I would love to ride

Consistency, I totally get the struggle. I go for a race or a big trip and come back and do nothing for a week or two. If only I could carry on from the high of a big ride...

Wow that trail looks so fun!

Hi Brian,BKXC, please meet Ned Overend in Durango, he was the first UCI mtb world champion in history in 1990 he is riding on a very high level till today, he is 62 jears old :) THE LEGEND........

I liked that trail. Not too technical and not all downhill!

Hey Brian...all your videos are life changing lessons for me n very inspiring....wanna ride but have no idea where n how to start..but hoping to meet u one day😊

Living the dream man,living the dream.Awesome.

BTW I worked in Cortez for 6 months a few years back and got pretty spoiled having Phil's world literally 5 minutes away. Rode that place 3-4X a week. Good times

13:00 I'M GOIN' FOR IT! ha ha hey that flow section was excellent

with the OneUp chain breaker, it works better if you loosen the bolt holding the chainbreaker to plastic handle, rotate it 90 degrees and re tighten the bolt, adds a bit more leverage and a lil less funk to use, but it's still a last resort version of the tool.

Hope you enjoy your New Van life in the New year 😜👌 great trails Brian and nice weather there, her in Wales piss it's down lol 😄 ☔🚴 👌

Damn, last time I went to that path. Is that I actually almost fell off the cliff last time. I crash couple of time, man I ca. That path is a challenger💙💙💙

The brake on the 11:27 seg was nice ...... is like the bike can not stop just slide...... nice trail is prety amazing....!! You need to add on you equipment the Skydio2 .... this drone is amazing... can follow you and you do not need to drive... take a look..

Oh for sure don't come to Durango to ride! Nothing to see here! Moab is up that-a-way :)

awesome trail!!

4 corner love

If you ever go to Utah again try wanes world in cache valley(northern Utah) it's an amazing flow trail with amazing scenery and lots of fun to ride.

I tell you I wouldn't have guessed this is Colorado. Looks so different from the Denver area.

Man I see armadillos allllllll the time at Boyette over here in Tampa Florida. Time for a return trip to check that box.

That was some trail Brian loved the look of those flow sections but think I would be walking a fair bit of those climbs

Consistently inconsistent is a constant I think you’ll find . Certainly it’s the way my life rolls ! The sleep eat exercise balance. No 1 eat well , grow a vegetable patch on the roof of the van . No 2 get enough sleep , power naps count. No 3 start WAIT lifting which is using dead time for exercise, like waiting for an egg to boil or watching a video.

not very far, and prolly worth the drive from Phx. it's on my radar. looks rad.

hey man, hope all is well! glad to see your subscribers balloon up to such a high number! cheers!

I do night rides thru Tillie Fowler which is a short 2.5 loop local trail to me in Jacksonville FL and we come across no less then 5 armadillos on our night rides.

I'll be honest. It's been over 6 weeks since I've ridden and watching this just makes it harder. I hate the northeast... I'm fucking moving

My friend did some of the trail building here.

Never dissapointed!

Love it!

6:45 - You want to see an armadillo? Come on out to Florida! They're everywhere here in Orlando! Haha! Seriously, you should come on out to Florida. I'm not super familiar with the trails, but I could show you around Santos, Balm Boyette, Alafia...I know you've been to a few of those already, but why not come back and experience them again? I hope you have a very pleasant and safe Christmas season, Brian! Stay upright and keep the rubber side down! -Brian

Hey Brian, could you dig a little deeper into the psychological aspect of that app/wristband.. What it makes you think of when you see a poor sleep or recovery read out and visa versa. That kind of stuff.. I really struggle with sleep and therefore my body is always running on fumes. Mainly because I'm on a "maintenance" pill to keep sober. It doesn't let me sleep more than a few hours at a time. (I'd rather be sober and sleep bad, so I'm sticking with medication and have for 4+ years now.) But I'm thinking if I could have an actual read out of potential changes to my sleep, then I could slowly keep introducing what helps me "recover" better. With the goal to elevate my riding ability, mood, and overall wellbeing. Cheers from Ontario.

Holy flat brake lever position batman

Intense

Phil's World rocks! I'm a basic intermediate level MTBer and there I can feel like a "real shredder"! PS: It's actually 45 miles WEST (not east) of Durango. PSS: Let us C-Springs folks know next time you're this way!! PSSS: Check out Osprey HQ while in Cortez near Phil's World.

Your enthusiasm for riding is awesome. I was thinking the other day...have you ever looked at overlaying your speed on the riding portions-I think the action cameras make the hard stuff look easy and the easy stuff look hard sometimes. Knowing how fast you are hitting some of these trails would be nice context

Was there in september, loved that spot.

Looks soooo good!!

keep pushing Brian

If you're looking for a better chain tool check out the topeak prep 25. It's a little bulky but it lives in the bottom of my bag and has everything I have ever needed

Patient zero for my Mt Bike watching addiction.

I hope it’s the bike creaking, not you Brian.😂

A-Team Hannibal "I love it when a plan comes together!"

Looks like a pretty cool place. Not unlike what much of the mid-Atlantic is like... except for the wide open views.

I lived in Telluride for a couple years in the mid 90's. Have you ever been? I know the town is making a big push in MTB. They opened a new bike park this year!

Nice video

If you ever come back to New Zealand you should go to christchurch

nice trail, love it.