I feel attacked

Just two ideas: don't overcomplicate the channel, especially the camera work. We love this style, and watch it for a reason. I love your natural way of talking, even if you don't say anything for a whole video. We've got more than enough screaming ADHD youtubers :D One bike, one camera, one voice. If it ain't wrong, don't fix it. And as for the mechanical engineering thing... your channel could very well be something like Peak Torque, but in a MTB world. Reviewing dumb/good designs, explaining principles, etc.

Hi Dale, given your experience as a mechanical engineer in bike manufacturing. I think doing technical bike reviews, designs discussing manufacturing techniques, suspension setups and effects of geometry on ride characteristics are some of the topics I believe community can really gain from.

Would absolutely love an endo video. And just because hundreds of people have done it before doesn't mean anyone has made the video like Dale would. There's always room for originality. Your way could always teach someone in a way no one else's video can.

The prize for the tech climb challenge should of course be a Dale Stone autographed bike bell 😁 On the engineering talk side, maybe some stuff on MTB engineering, e.g. geometry, suspension kinematics, etc.

That tech climb looked tough. Watching you struggle means it's out of reach for all but the absolute best!

My endo corner skills have increased exponentially since I started watching your channel, I just never thought to do them as much before and now it's front of mind. Thumbs up for sticking with the gopro, your footage is always incredible and the 360 cameras are still a way off the quality for youtube.

Rant and ride away Dale. No secret to most I’m sure, but though you are clearly a great rider, it’s “you” that makes your channel special. P.S. Congrats on 50k! P.P..S. Yes, I’d love a vid on nose pivots!

You should definitely do tutorials on technical climbs, endos, and brake control on steeps!

50k! We remember less than 5k. 💥💥

Great loved hearing about you! Had no idea about your education. I am a geek too! Degree and all and Also my grandmother was born in Waterloo… brought back memories! 🎉

you don't talk ENOUGH, Dale. Great video!

Would love to have a tutorial series on "essential skills for riding the north shore".

Ranting and riding mixed with a friendly competition = good vibes 🤘

I love tech climbs! As a rider from New England that’s half of the ride. Thanks for recognizing that aspect!

knolly, we are one, nsb, forbidden, devinci, chromag, one up..? props to both you and almost-Dr. Nick for representing Ontario (engi)nerds on big bikes & big mountains

I cant believe it a few months ago u still had 30k u Made 20k in a so fast time and the content is still 5 Star Rating for me man love it.

Congrats. The channel has blown up as of recent, its nice to see your hard work pay off. Hope you have had a nice easter break

Wow, how did this happen. Your video popped up in my google news feed and I thought no way....still didn't think it was you until I watched a bit and heard the part about east coast tech climbing. Awesome

I've had some time to think about what niche, but incredibly useful tutorial you might wanna try, so please hear this one out. Please teach us how you guys are able to track stand and adjust the front end on very steep sections of trail, especially with that rear wheel and saddle way up over the front end. That's some mountain goat level of skill right there.

Maybe you're going to get sponsored by a 3D printer company - testing out the limits of what useful gadgets you can make for biking from a consumer 3D printer. I like the format. I think skills tips would be cool interspersed within a ride, or training tips outside of riding to achieve a certain skill on the trail. With mechanical ENG background, you could do little explainers on how certain bike parts work and why they are built a certain way. Maybe historical backgrounds on the parts - like say a derailleur. But keep the riding in. And yeah, take your year off to explore new places - though I do love all those North Shore trails. Kind of makes me wish I was still living in Vancouver, even though I live in a pretty good MTB town too in Rossland, BC.

maybe do a "slow drop" tutorial. I'm not from BC and havent ridden any of the trials I've seen on your channel but ther often seem to be "Drops" where you most likely would hit the chainring and there's no good run in or run out to realy drop it. I don't know how to describe it better but maybe you know what i mean

Earned it. Definitely some of the most chill mtb content out there ❤

Congrats on 50k Dale, well done. I love the fiver videos.

The bounty: a drink and a video appearance. Maybe a chase run. I am no bueno at tech climbs but they're fun.

Proud of u Dave! Keep doin what you are doin'!!

Great content, Dale. Can’t wait too see what comes next.

So happy for u Dale. Love the content. Thx u for taking us on all the amazing adventures. I hope spur finally gets on board 😂. Love that bell🤙🏻

Hey Dale, Love the local connect to us Waterloo region peeps, the mentions of riding the Hydrocut etc. you've made in the past. While I dream of out West, love to know if you get back this way periodically and can do any East coast discussions/comparisons on skills etc. Also for your design work, just some curiosities, like skills/tool level mentions, like CAD for Bikes you've done, etc.

Félicitation pour les 50K, tes vidéos c'est que du bonheur! 👍

👍🏻👍🏻 for technical climbing!!

Congratulations on reaching the 50k! ❤

The footage is great and the video quality is nice. And I don't think you should change it :) I pretty much don't like those new wide angle ones with fisheye effects. New products are not always better.

Congrats for 50k Dale ! :D love ur videos sm

YEAH MAN!! I'm exited to hear what brands you reached out to, good ride and good luck on the race to 100k 🎉

Hey Dale, huge fan from back in Ontario who also just so happens to be studying engineering. Don’t usually comment but wanted to say I’m a huge fan of this style of video where you provide commentary while you ride. Doesn’t have to be anything in particular, and I’m not saying I prefer it over your other videos, it’s just a welcome change and something I hope you continue to mix in.

Way to go dale !!! 👌 mechanical engineering and bike design go hand in hand . My sister got her masters at waterloo for physics, she's got the brains in the family . Lol

Congratulations 🎉 Awesome Riding 😎

Guesses for brands you're partnering with: NSB for Stem, pedals, cranks We Are One for wheels Vorsprung Suspension for some custom tuning maybe?

I always thought people subscribed to VanCan and Dangerous Dave so that they could see you ride from a different perspective. You actually have three channels. So you really have about 283,000 subs if you do the math

Congratz buddy 🤩🤘🔥🎉

I can confirm, every ride out here in the east coast (Ontario) is just *_pain_*

I always appreciate B-roll footage of the highlight features. Having a second, stationary camera angle placed on the feature helps add perspective. However, it does add extra work, and might mess with your trail riding flow. Thanks for the great content Dale!

LOVE this channel. Yours, and Nick's and Dave's have inspired me to become a better rider. One how-to vid I'd like to see is skinnies. From a fellow ME!

yooo 50k dude Well deserved

A fellow engineer like me. Thanks for taking me down some trails that I haven't done. I will have to try them.

Dale Douglas - Tyax!

Congrats man 🍻 been here since 1k 🤙🏽

What about a How to dress like Dale tutorial? And how you get bonus points for making all the factory doctors thinking your a Jerry at first glance or trail heads and then having their jaws drop when you blast past them.

Congrats 🎉

Ran Cabin for the first time on Thursday, with some wet snow and hail, it did not feel as easy as you made it look..

Awesome!

These trails look awesome

I'm happy to see you still recording on the gopro, I think it has less compression artifacts and less distortion around the edges compared to the insta 360. So overall better image quality for youtube. But I do see the benefits of the insta 360 as well. Also congrats on the milestone!!

congratulations on 50k dude half way to a mil #Roadto1mill

I'll be going back to school for mechanical engineering! My topical bias is on/over the table

Canadian too, Calgary🎉

Two MTB brothers Dale and Dave!

Congratulations!!! I knew it would happen soon after 40k! I sure like your tech. climbing idea...

Congrats to you !!!!! You deserve it next, month is the 60k !!!!!!!!

I like the chill vibe of your channel and I hope you don't focus too much on gear, because I honestly find it the least interesting part of mountain biking. I do really like your recent videos looking at line choice - it's something that I think fits really nicely with your existing style, but also isn't as common in other channels. Importantly, it's almost infinitely broad since every trail offers new content. One thing you could maybe do to bring your engineering background into play is discussing some of those choices in more detail - the mechanics of why a particular choice is a bad one and a good choice is a good one. Explain more about your thinking in terms of islands of safety and decision points and so on. Some of this sort of stuff isn't as obvious to all of us viewers, so treating us like five year-olds when it comes to this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

As someone who can’t do technical climbs, I am all for technical climbing content! In fact, I subscribed when I saw the video where you rode Bent Rim (I believe it was with your dad?)

thanks for not using 360cam, I hate them, seriously I can't watch clips made with them and I'd love to stay here 😢

Congrats on another milestone! Should've sent you the third-person view clips of your moves😂

For your main camera, please stick with the GoPro for footage, both the video and the audio are so much better on the GoPro than on those 360 cams many other KZfaqrs are using.

I love watching tech climb stuff tbh

Not sure if you're familiar with the Ride Hub series of videos that run through features in Squamish. Really informative stuff in detail. Maybe something similar? Lots of your subscribers are from BC Id guess and like me, have ridden most the trails in your videos. A lot of the moves are Go Proed and look easier than they are. Generic 'how to drop' videos are everywhere, but a multi angle on say the Marvin drop and how you approach it, or how you do In and Out Burger, would maybe be really interesting. Obviously if you have never ridden in BC the change in angles may show the sort of terrain we have better and if you're lucky enough to be here, looking at more challenging moves would be great. You mentioned tech climbs too; loads of options to run through there round here! My personal climb aim for this year is IMBY with no dabs which I have yet to achieve 😬

Worth buying 11 hero, he is very good in dense forests where it is dark. In your case, camera is as important an attribute as a bike. And the price is not great. Good luck!)

Thanks for giving me a 'ride' on a rainy day!

We Are One?!?!

wtf, how do you only have 50k?? I thought you had like half a mill or at least 200K. Big congratulations from Sweden

Well excluding Norco for obvious reasons, I am going to guess WeAreOne, Knolly, Banshee, Forbidden and Chromag.

How about how do technical climbs, as something to cover.

wow congrats, IN australia its winter

PEng? I'm studying mech eng rn and it made me happy to know one of my favorite youtubers is a mechanical engineer.

That want well

I know you like the silence and fast rolling of the Onyx hubs, but you should look into Tairin hubs as a Canadian alternative. As a flat pedal rider, you are having to deal with an increase in pedal kickback when running instant engaging hubs. The Tairin S1 (still in final stages of development) has a ratchet system that completely disengages for fast & silent coasting. When you start to pedal (or encounter kickback) it takes 8 degrees for the ratchet to create solid engagement, but it is always at rest when you're not pedaling. So essentially you get 8 degrees of pedal kickback mitigation available full time (like an O Chain spider) without the added weight nor the mushy engagement of the Onyx.

Congratulations on the 50k subscribers! Can I ask how you get such a clear picture on your videos please? I ha e the Hero 9. Is there anything I could do to set mi e up to get great quality like you? Do you have any attachments on your gopro? Great content as always 🤙

Nice Dale! Additional camera(s) would be cool to get different perspectives on some of the features you’re riding The only downside is the time and effort to setup shots might suck the life out of riding a bike? Looking forward to the fivers, absolutely loved watching those videos!

I would ike to see technical climbing from a 3rd person view. How do you perform these "wheelie turns" while climbing to match tight hairpin corners? (Yes, theoetically I know from MB-calculations but... :) Greetings from a mechanical engineer from Germany.

Im pretty shure Noble weels will be one of the brands but We are one Compontents would be cool too

So Factorio play through when?

Thank you for continuing to film with a regular gopro instead of those 360 cameras that make everything look a lot gnarlier than reality

dans votre pays vous avez de magnifique foret

Can you elaborate on your camera setup? Looks like mostly chest mount? Nice angle. What app do you use to edit?

I was wondering what if in your experience, riders on the north shore typically size up or down when getting new bikes. It seems with all the tight corners and skinnies, you’d want a smaller frame? Thanks!

🤙🤙

Anyone else think that it's odd that Dale doesn't know the lines on Dale's Trail :D

I have a feeling 5dev could be one of your sponsors

I prefer this kind of footage the newer 360s and so on just look so deformed and weird to me

I saw your new bike in a diff KZfaqrs vid 😎

Blackspire, NSBillet, OneUp?

We’re is your gopro mount?

Guesses: Vorsprung Suspension, NS Billet, Race Face/Fox, Forbidden, OneUp.

I am going into my freshman year this fall for a mechanical engineering degree in hopes to help design mountain bikes after school!

You should show some of your bails/crashes if you have any

Forbidden, we are one,

I'm not really a fan of the 360 cameras, at least not as a primary camera. But I understand their appeal. The footage just looks too warped for me, but to each their own. Your footage always looks crisp and clean, which I appreciate.

I’d love to know a little more about your cardio / diet training etc. I know you still have XC in you😊.

Sponsorship by Norco ?😂