Thank You April....few riders will ever be able to ever ride like Kyle....his skills and abilities are next level.....but you give us normal/average mountain bikers confidence to try things we would never do without you doing them first......you are awesome.
Hey Everyone! We hope you enjoy this video! It was so fun to make it back to my hometown and show April the trails! Huge thanks to Portia for joining us and also to her dad Dax for always supporting us and being such a great friend. We have one more video on the horizon from this trip with our friends Dusty Betty and Hardtail Party Steve down in Sedona that should go live in a week or so. April and I are working our way back into full time posting and life is feeling the most normal it has for us in the last two years or so. My health is doing great, we rented a little place in Bentonville, AR for the month of February to film and ride, and we plan on getting back into tutorial videos in the coming weeks. We will also be down at the Sedona Mountain Bike Fesitval in March and we hope to see some of you there! Hope you have had a great start to 2023! Thanks for all your support! Sincerely, Kyle & April
Love Sedona! My cousin lived in Cottonwood (now Tempe) and my co- worker is from Prescott! Are there trails in Jerome on Mingus Mtn? Our friends kids are in Tucson.
This is fun. One thing Kyle does is explain techniques needed for sections. That alone is priceless. More of that would be something other channels who do similar format can't do like a pro does at breaking down the terrain. Oh, and an extended cut for the Patreon crew would be outstanding!
This is so cool. I live in Chico. I'm new to mtb-ing (two years...65 years old. Yeah, I'm insane to start this sport so old). Guardian is still "are you kidding me?" Hell, I still haven't mastered B-Trail yet. Seeing this video makes me happy. I'm not total crap...
Oh, and you mentioned Bloody Pin Trail. Kyle mentioned that "it's pretty aggressive." I take that all the time and still struggle. Again, glad to know the opinion of these trials from the pros. I don't feel too bad about my, "holy sh*t" reaction to it...
Haha your reaction is well warranted! Its a very challenging park and honestly if you can comfortably get down most of the trails in Bidwell everywhere else feels mellow haha
@@AprilRideMTB Thank you for the encouragement! One thing is for sure...mtb-ers are truly the most wonderful and helpful folks there are. Truly a wonderful "sport" with wonderful people throughout. Thank you for your help and videos.
You guys had so much patience for this rider and showing her and letting her achieve is so amazing!! I’m going to do this when I get my hard tail, go over lines again and again till I feel I have it down
As someone who also used to live in Chico, thanks for showing off these trails. It’s great to see these trails again, even if I’m not able to ride them anymore.
Yeah! The upper park is so brutal but so fun and rewarding when you are able to get things unlocked! glad you enjoyed seeing them again!! Thanks for watching!
Wow, that looks like a fun trail. Lots of techy challenges to work on. April and Portia did a great job on it. Kyle always offering great advice, "Watch out for a tree"
I’m so glad to see you are up and about. I have missed you guys, you teaching skills have helped me to overcome may difficulties patches in my MTB career.
April, Just Think, Three Or Four Or Five Years Ago, You Would Have Walked Most Of This Trail. Your Skills And Confidence Has Dramatically Improved. Congrats. Stay Wild My Friend. Kyle, Amazing Features. Had No Idea You Grew Up In Chico. I Rode This Trail When I Was Working In Forest Ranch. We Experienced The Same Fall Foliage As Well. Portia, Well Done. Now You Can Float All These Lines. Excellent Episode And Stoked You Two Are Traveling Agin, Cheers
Thanks so much Travis! April was so stoked to make it through some of those sections! Portia as well! Thank you for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it!
Very cool! It's nice to see Kyle's connection and sense of nostalgia for this place. I think most of us can appreciate the "old places" we used to ride or learned to ride on when we get back to them. Most of the time I see Kyle in "teacher mode" and then occasionally he hits the beast mode button and shows just how gifted a rider he really is. And April, cleaned some tough sections as well. Good job girl!
Gotta love upper bidwell! My rides are mostly going up Annie Bidwell and then riding back down. Its been awhile since I have done Guardians. I remember back in the day it was an outlaw run because the land was not part of the Bidwell park at the time. Once my brother-in-law got caught almost to the golf course by a park ranger then told to go back the way he came. He told him no way, he had just rode up 32 to go down. He told the park ranger he would die if he tried to go back up. We ride sometimes on the north rim trails. Its been awhile since I was on B line. Its all rutted up and not as fun as it was in the 90s. Those cliffs can be dangerous... Recently, a few riders have gone off those cliffs and needed to get airlifted. Also, there has been a cat hanging out around there. They let the goats out to cut down the grass. The cat was seen all the way down near hooker oak park. Most of the time, I park there and ride in for those climbs. As one person said to me years ago... "if you can master the bidwell trails then you can ride anywhere."
Excellent looking trails. Makes me yearn for the trails in Flag and Sedona again. We need to find a way to add rocks to the foothills! Well done April and Portia!
Yeah we are definitely lucky out here in the mountain west. We hope to go explore some more trails abroad this year as well though. If you have any suggestions let us know!
I used to live in Chico when I attended Chico State in the mid 80s to the early 90s. I loved the singletrack in one mile. I remember riding through singletrack in lava rock which was sketchy bcz if your crashed, you'd get torn up by the lava rock and possibly get staff infection. I think that was through five mile but not sure if that's correct. I remember talking to Jeff Lindsay founder of Mountain Goat Bicycles numerous times about his frames that were pretty trick. My go-to shop was Pullins Cyclery on Main St loved that shop. I miss riding Chico. Stoked you had a chance to go back to your hometown to ride with April. 🤙🏻
I'd love to see you two make a trip out to Crested Butte in Colorado! You'd love it if you've never been. Much love to you guys! One of the nicest couples on TH-cam.
that is so sick at 9:54 … being a local too i never knew that was even a line!! so sick to see y’all shredding chico, and awesome seeing portia out there with y’all!! cheers 🤙🏼
Love watching your videos. Learned a lot of little things watching them and it’s cool to me seeing Kyle rip down some trails and then april doing them at normal people speed 😋lol.
Kyle I'm happy for you your health seems like you're back to normal. Wow looks to me like a challenging trail, and all of you did great on it :) I see one of the commenters is local and said many have broken bones there. It looks like a trail my buddy would love, and I might struggle in some places but I'd like to give it a try. Thanks for showing off this trail.
Yeah thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! It was a really fun day and I am so grateful to be able to share the hometown trails with you all!
That looks like a great trail! I’m glad you’re back up to full strength you and the girls crushed it! On a side note I’ve been looking for new bars for a while when I saw you helped develop the pnw range bar I bought it and loam grips as well. It’s still cold here so I haven’t been out to test them yet but I can’t wait. Take care guys.
Great video! Looks soooo fun! Great to see your health is so much better!! Been following your health journey for some time now since being in the exact same situation myself for almost two years now- You're such an inspiration and can't wait to recover and be more active myself. (Though not at your level - 😉 hiking mountains with the dogs and biking is desperatley missed!! 🥰) Best of luck! Love from Norway!
Thanks for the video guys. Seems a really good trail, scenic and technical. A lot of rocks, which is fine if managed at no more than walking pace (unless you've got the skill of Kyle, such accuracy at speed). Not keen on that toilet bowl, wouldn't want to fall in there. Looking forward to the next post.
I love Chico, my aunt lives just out of town off Skyway. Her house took some damage in the Paradise Fire. I’ll have to bring my MTB next time I visit her!
you guys NEED to come to texas, spider just got an amazing revamp of almost the whole mountain, Revile is in great conditions with awesome jumps and tech, cat mountain has massive gaps and jumps, cedar park has big jumps, and there are tons of other thriving places!
I love the road trip videos! Have you guys considered doing The Whole Enchilada in Moab? Maybe do Slickrock as a warmup? Bonus, they have a sweet jump track in town too.
Thank you so much! Yeah that is actually on the list for sure! Especially after watching our friend Braydons video of climbing up it haha. We want to go check it out in person!
As a beginner looking to explore Upper Bidwell Park trails, would you recommend going for a full suspension or would it be better to start with a hardtail? budget around 2k. thanks
Very fun video to watch, beautiful riders! Speaking of beautiful, I bet I am not the only one who thinks that April looks like actress Rebecca de Mornay in her early career :-) We just watched a funny movie with her on You Tube called "FEDS". Cheers
I have ridden a bit in the slo area and I know there are some super nasty technical downhill trails out there! The cal poly slo team was always so fast in the collegiate ranks!
Hey Kyle- I was wondering seeing how tall you are and what size bike you’re usually riding? I’m 6’1 1/2” and feel right between the L and Xl Ripmo AF. The L seems just a tad small but the XL seems pretty big, and my lats were hurting from being so stretched out. I’m leaning towards getting the L and playing with bar height. First time buying a new bike and I’d hate to be on the wrong size!!
Hello, April here! Kyle is about 5’11” and prefers to ride a medium on our Fezzari bikes. Looking at the chart it would place him on a large. I am also right on the edge of small and medium at 5’6” and ride the small. The reach on the fezzari bikes (looking at Delano peak and the La Sal peak) are a little longer than the ripmo. Based on your feedback, I would say to try out a large. I would also suggest looking at Fezzari if you are in the market for a new bike. They have a Labor Day sale happening right now and also offer a 30 day return if you don’t like it 😳. They have amazing customer support to help you out too. Here’s a link to their site bit.ly/44gAlsb
@@AprilRideMTB hey April thank you for the reply!! I think you’re right and the large would be a good fit for me, but I think I’ll rent one for a day and go make sure I love it! I’ll definitely check out some of those bikes too, still keeping my options open. Love what you guys do. You’ve become quite the shredder over the years, it’s very motivating to see the progression!
@@chrisgreen5000 its actually an old inside joke because there was dirt jump spot that people built near Chico and then one of the guys started asking everyone to pay $60 dollars to ride the jumps that everyone helped build. Then as a joke a rouge downhill trail got built and we called it 60 bucks as jab at the dude trying to charge people to ride haha.
Awesome video. Pretty cool to learn some of Kyle’s history of sorts. April looks like she is getting really comfortable in front of the camera which is cool. I like. April’s bike, cool that she always matches. I always find myself smiling the entire length of the video you guys drop. Love it! Some times it looks like the video is sped up when Kyle is riding…so smooth, so fast. Can’t wait for the next video ❤ you two
Thank you so much Todd! It was great sharing a bit more with you all as well! Thank you so much for watching and we are glad you find yourself smiling 😊
You guys are rad! You seem like such genuinely nice people. I grew up near Chico and spent time in Bidwell park as a kid but I haven’t ridden there yet. Thanks for this video and thanks for your channel. I’ve only been seriously riding mountain bikes for about 3 years and I’ve definitely gained some skills and confidence by watching your content.
Thanks Sebs! This one is one of my absolute favorite trails and I am so happy to be able to share it with you all! The dirt / weather was perfect too. Hope you enjoy!
@@AprilRideMTB that’s awesome!! I very much did! So cool to see trail progression and see proof that the whole world isn’t filled with snow right now. Awesome riding!
That’s how you ride with other people of different riding levels! I love watching and helping people ride things they didn’t think they could. I enjoy it when others do that for me as well! That’s how mountain biking should be!!!
I started watching the channel about 9 months ago and went back to the earlier episodes and watched a ton,, right through to the current ones. I am absolutely amazed by the progression that April has made. She looks like a natural now; which is a clear sign of the quality of the teacher, Kyle. You two are a fantastic team! 👌👏 EDIT: Oh, and the fact that April's bike looks absolutely SICK, can NOT be overlooked. 👌😊
So much fun to watch you guys ride Guardian and "Session" some of the tough spots. I always take Bloody Pin to Annie Bidwell so haven't seen that last part of the trail in quite a while. Your video has inspired me to stick to the Guardian next time I'm up there, but Annie's is just as much fun (and much less effort if you cross back over at J-Ford). Thanks for all the great shots and video. I'm kinda waiting for the creek to lower a bit (and warm up a little!) to cross over to that side and enjoy Legacy and Guardian again. In the mean time, I'm happy in my rut of doing NorthRim and B to Middle. Very cool to enjoy watching you guys ride. Thanks again for the video and all the inspiration. When you said you would Session at some of the spots I thought maybe you'd pull off and open the Sierra Nevada's to toast the beauty of the place. 😉. It's important to stay hydrated out there! Cheers~
Thats so cool we bumped a little inspiration! I was thinking there will probably be some people working on cleaning those sections after watching April and Portia work on them! Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words, Hope you have an awesome end of winter and spring riding season!
Great video. As a fellow content creator I’m interested in your camera setup. Hero 10/11 with max lens mod? And from what i can tell a Rode wireless mounted to the chesty ? But no mediamod. Thats whats confusing me Please tell!!
Great video. I remember Dax bringing Portia out to the BMX track when she was a little girl. Also, April did amazing considering she was riding it for the first time.
Late to the party... but dont think those trails existed when i was in CSU Chico. Only North RIm, middle and lower. South side of canyon was closed and had new homes. My buddy and I ran them on non suspension bikes, lots of chatter. Started with a Rockhopper Comp, then rode and raced a Bridgestone MB-1 (still have it!) and he rode a Fischer Hoo koo e koo. Did North Rim to B to Middle constantly. We hung out at Pullins all the time. Pretty sure I still have my Pullins yellow Tshirt. too. Trail looks fun, would be a blast on my MB.
Thanks Mark! Yeah full nor cal guy haha, Chico is a blast, kind tucked in between Tahoe , Redding, & Sacramento. Definitely worth a trip if you like technical trails!
Thanks for showing us Chico! I live right in the middle between Chico and Auburn. About an hour drive to either one. Been riding Auburn and Nevada City for over 25 years. Time to go check out Chico!
Hi Kyle & April! We love your channel! Hey, we saw this video when it first came out and now we're thinking of doing a ride in Chico in the next few days. I noticed Trailforks shows virtually every trail as starting higher and ending down low. Would have have a recommendation for ascension (no shuttle for us) since you grew up riding there? Or, maybe, Portia might have some input?
Holy shit dude this is a trip! I knew you looked familiar, I met you randomly at your house when my homie Brandon had to stop by for some reason hella days ago. Back my big mountain biking phase!!!!
Thank You April....few riders will ever be able to ever ride like Kyle....his skills and abilities are next level.....but you give us normal/average mountain bikers confidence to try things we would never do without you doing them first......you are awesome.
Thank you, so glad that you enjoy both of our riding!
Hey Everyone! We hope you enjoy this video! It was so fun to make it back to my hometown and show April the trails! Huge thanks to Portia for joining us and also to her dad Dax for always supporting us and being such a great friend. We have one more video on the horizon from this trip with our friends Dusty Betty and Hardtail Party Steve down in Sedona that should go live in a week or so.
April and I are working our way back into full time posting and life is feeling the most normal it has for us in the last two years or so. My health is doing great, we rented a little place in Bentonville, AR for the month of February to film and ride, and we plan on getting back into tutorial videos in the coming weeks. We will also be down at the Sedona Mountain Bike Fesitval in March and we hope to see some of you there! Hope you have had a great start to 2023!
Thanks for all your support!
Sincerely, Kyle & April
Love Sedona! My cousin lived in Cottonwood (now Tempe) and my co- worker is from Prescott! Are there trails in Jerome on Mingus Mtn? Our friends kids are in Tucson.
Glad you’re feeling much better…here’s to continued health and great trails 🍻
This is fun. One thing Kyle does is explain techniques needed for sections. That alone is priceless. More of that would be something other channels who do similar format can't do like a pro does at breaking down the terrain. Oh, and an extended cut for the Patreon crew would be outstanding!
Kyle I am a Canadian grandmother who has followed your health journey. Thumbs up to you and April!
I really enjoy your videos! you seem to have such a great time. Looking forward to then next ones. I can’t get enough 😅
Guys, so good to see you riding in Chico in the old hood. If you can clean Upper Bidwell, you can ride just about anything.
As always, it is great to watch such nice human beings doing a sport I like.
Thank you! 😊
This is so cool. I live in Chico. I'm new to mtb-ing (two years...65 years old. Yeah, I'm insane to start this sport so old). Guardian is still "are you kidding me?" Hell, I still haven't mastered B-Trail yet. Seeing this video makes me happy. I'm not total crap...
Oh, and you mentioned Bloody Pin Trail. Kyle mentioned that "it's pretty aggressive." I take that all the time and still struggle. Again, glad to know the opinion of these trials from the pros. I don't feel too bad about my, "holy sh*t" reaction to it...
Haha your reaction is well warranted! Its a very challenging park and honestly if you can comfortably get down most of the trails in Bidwell everywhere else feels mellow haha
B Trail is really fun as well and good for you for starting at ANY age! I'm 57 and plan on riding until they pry the handlebar from me!
@@AprilRideMTB Thank you for the encouragement! One thing is for sure...mtb-ers are truly the most wonderful and helpful folks there are. Truly a wonderful "sport" with wonderful people throughout. Thank you for your help and videos.
Winter here in Canada. Counting down the days to riding! I'm glad you two are happy and healthy.
Hey thank you! We feel you on the countdown haha! Hope your spring comes a little early!
You guys had so much patience for this rider and showing her and letting her achieve is so amazing!! I’m going to do this when I get my hard tail, go over lines again and again till I feel I have it down
A few years ago My son and I raced the bump. You took the time to chat with him and encourage him. You’re a cool dude!. Thanks!! (Best trails ever!)
As someone who also used to live in Chico, thanks for showing off these trails. It’s great to see these trails again, even if I’m not able to ride them anymore.
Yeah! The upper park is so brutal but so fun and rewarding when you are able to get things unlocked! glad you enjoyed seeing them again!! Thanks for watching!
Super happy to see you guys riding 🤟🫶
Wow, that looks like a fun trail. Lots of techy challenges to work on. April and Portia did a great job on it. Kyle always offering great advice, "Watch out for a tree"
Haha 😂, you know that one tree next to the rock and the turn
Excellent. That was like therapy. 😁 Great work guys
I’m so glad to see you are up and about. I have missed you guys, you teaching skills have helped me to overcome may difficulties patches in my MTB career.
April, Just Think, Three Or Four Or Five Years Ago, You Would Have Walked Most Of This Trail. Your Skills And Confidence Has Dramatically Improved. Congrats. Stay Wild My Friend. Kyle, Amazing Features. Had No Idea You Grew Up In Chico. I Rode This Trail When I Was Working In Forest Ranch. We Experienced The Same Fall Foliage As Well. Portia, Well Done. Now You Can Float All These Lines.
Excellent Episode And Stoked You Two Are Traveling Agin,
Cheers
Thanks so much Travis! April was so stoked to make it through some of those sections! Portia as well! Thank you for the kind words and for watching, we really appreciate it!
Awesome flowy and techy trail! Y’all crushed it!
Thank you!
One of my favorites. Varying skill levels on different terrain, sessions, coaching and Kyle bunny hopping uphill 😮. Great work to all!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I lived in Chico in the mid-90s and rode Bidwell park all the time with only 2" of horrible front suspension. Memories!
Haha oh man! that sounds brutal! I did quite a few hours up there on a hardtail but with a little more travel in front than that!
Very cool! It's nice to see Kyle's connection and sense of nostalgia for this place. I think most of us can appreciate the "old places" we used to ride or learned to ride on when we get back to them. Most of the time I see Kyle in "teacher mode" and then occasionally he hits the beast mode button and shows just how gifted a rider he really is. And April, cleaned some tough sections as well. Good job girl!
Thank you! I love seeing how fast he can go too. He almost didn’t put as much of it in, but I encouraged it for the same reason you talked about 😊
Awesome video. April has really improved. You can tell she is getting really comfortable on her bike. I know you are proud of her. Pedal safe
Thanks so much Gary! yeah it has been really cool to see her progress. I think she has a lot of bike handling skill now and i'm really proud of her!
Gotta love upper bidwell! My rides are mostly going up Annie Bidwell and then riding back down. Its been awhile since I have done Guardians. I remember back in the day it was an outlaw run because the land was not part of the Bidwell park at the time. Once my brother-in-law got caught almost to the golf course by a park ranger then told to go back the way he came. He told him no way, he had just rode up 32 to go down. He told the park ranger he would die if he tried to go back up. We ride sometimes on the north rim trails. Its been awhile since I was on B line. Its all rutted up and not as fun as it was in the 90s. Those cliffs can be dangerous... Recently, a few riders have gone off those cliffs and needed to get airlifted.
Also, there has been a cat hanging out around there. They let the goats out to cut down the grass. The cat was seen all the way down near hooker oak park. Most of the time, I park there and ride in for those climbs. As one person said to me years ago... "if you can master the bidwell trails then you can ride anywhere."
Excellent looking trails. Makes me yearn for the trails in Flag and Sedona again. We need to find a way to add rocks to the foothills!
Well done April and Portia!
Nice. I envy the amount of great trails you guys have.
Yeah we are definitely lucky out here in the mountain west. We hope to go explore some more trails abroad this year as well though. If you have any suggestions let us know!
I used to live in Chico when I attended Chico State in the mid 80s to the early 90s. I loved the singletrack in one mile. I remember riding through singletrack in lava rock which was sketchy bcz if your crashed, you'd get torn up by the lava rock and possibly get staff infection. I think that was through five mile but not sure if that's correct. I remember talking to Jeff Lindsay founder of Mountain Goat Bicycles numerous times about his frames that were pretty trick. My go-to shop was Pullins Cyclery on Main St loved that shop. I miss riding Chico. Stoked you had a chance to go back to your hometown to ride with April. 🤙🏻
I'd love to see you two make a trip out to Crested Butte in Colorado! You'd love it if you've never been. Much love to you guys! One of the nicest couples on TH-cam.
Thank you Lance! Kyle has ridden in CO, but I still need to check out some trails there.
Love a good long open to the public shuttle trail 👊. This video made me take the kids for a shuttle ride 😂
Awesome, glad it inspired you to get out and ride!
Great to see you all at the trail once again tearing it up. Keep up the stoke. 🚵🏽
That was a fun content kyle and april!sick riding skills to the 3 of you guys!
Thanks so much for watching! It was a really fun day!
Good to see Kyle back to riding fast again. Your california series is becoming a lot of fun
April is like a sponge she absorbs your coaching teaching help .Great trial session guys
Thanks, I've learned that Kyle is usually right, at least with riding haha
Love that April .can he iron .press clothes and be a domestic god around the house too ? 🤣🤣
"It gets really fun and technical" 😎
That trail reminds me a lot of Old San Juan down in SoCal.
We definitely need to head down and show April more of So Cal! I know there is a ton of great riding out there!
Great video! Looks like so much fun.
Thank you so much Jim!!
that is so sick at 9:54 … being a local too i never knew that was even a line!! so sick to see y’all shredding chico, and awesome seeing portia out there with y’all!! cheers 🤙🏼
That trail looks like so much fun. I enjoy a longer trail that takes a bit of time to complete, instead of riding the same few trails multiple times.
Thank you!
Love watching your videos. Learned a lot of little things watching them and it’s cool to me seeing Kyle rip down some trails and then april doing them at normal people speed 😋lol.
Haha it’s good to see the contrast! I’m always amazed when I see just how much faster Kyles go pro is than mine.
Kyle I'm happy for you your health seems like you're back to normal. Wow looks to me like a challenging trail, and all of you did great on it :) I see one of the commenters is local and said many have broken bones there. It looks like a trail my buddy would love, and I might struggle in some places but I'd like to give it a try. Thanks for showing off this trail.
Yeah thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! It was a really fun day and I am so grateful to be able to share the hometown trails with you all!
That looks like a great trail! I’m glad you’re back up to full strength you and the girls crushed it! On a side note I’ve been looking for new bars for a while when I saw you helped develop the pnw range bar I bought it and loam grips as well. It’s still cold here so I haven’t been out to test them yet but I can’t wait. Take care guys.
Thats so awesome! Hope you enjoy the bars! I really like the flex on them. Thanks for all the support!
Great video! Looks soooo fun! Great to see your health is so much better!! Been following your health journey for some time now since being in the exact same situation myself for almost two years now- You're such an inspiration and can't wait to recover and be more active myself. (Though not at your level - 😉 hiking mountains with the dogs and biking is desperatley missed!! 🥰) Best of luck! Love from Norway!
Thank you and hope your recovery goes well! ❤️
Looks like fun
Awesome video guys like always 🔥🔥
Thank you so much Jose!!
Nice! You two should come over to Humboldt and ride!
Abril lo hizo muy bien!! Buen trabajo April!!
Thank you!!
This was my life growing up in Redding rocky and difficult as all could be.
Kyle seems like such a genuinely nice guy to ride with! :)
Thanks for the video guys. Seems a really good trail, scenic and technical. A lot of rocks, which is fine if managed at no more than walking pace (unless you've got the skill of Kyle, such accuracy at speed). Not keen on that toilet bowl, wouldn't want to fall in there. Looking forward to the next post.
Thanks so much Mr Smith! Hope you have been doing well! Thanks so much for watching!
8:13 ✌Speed is our best friend in the trail✌
I love Chico, my aunt lives just out of town off Skyway. Her house took some damage in the Paradise Fire. I’ll have to bring my MTB next time I visit her!
Hope your aunt is is doing well now!
you guys NEED to come to texas, spider just got an amazing revamp of almost the whole mountain, Revile is in great conditions with awesome jumps and tech, cat mountain has massive gaps and jumps, cedar park has big jumps, and there are tons of other thriving places!
Thats so rad! I have ridden Cat mountain and Revile peak but we need to go play at Spider for sure!!
I love the road trip videos! Have you guys considered doing The Whole Enchilada in Moab? Maybe do Slickrock as a warmup? Bonus, they have a sweet jump track in town too.
Thank you so much! Yeah that is actually on the list for sure! Especially after watching our friend Braydons video of climbing up it haha. We want to go check it out in person!
Hi guys Kyle and April. If you will be near Portugal we can try Sintra trails together, we have some rocks also 😅
I love Kyle's support for the girls
groeten uit Nederland you are top
Thank you! Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!
Sheesh, that's a hairy trail, especially with the dropoffs over the side 🤯
Yeah haha, definitely don't look to the right!
Gnarly, gnarly, gnarly. Where Kyle learned to ride.
Haha it was a steep learning curve to say the least!
Nice trail btw is that 780 or 800 pnw plan to buy for my roscoe 7 2023
As a beginner looking to explore Upper Bidwell Park trails, would you recommend going for a full suspension or would it be better to start with a hardtail? budget around 2k. thanks
Very fun video to watch, beautiful riders! Speaking of beautiful, I bet I am not the only one who thinks that April looks like actress Rebecca de Mornay in her early career :-) We just watched a funny movie with her on You Tube called "FEDS". Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much Jeff! We will check it out for sure!
Have you tried Benfotiamine (Vit B1) for POTS?
"There are so many rocks!" Viewer who lives/rides in New England = 0
Have you riden slo or cold springs?
I have ridden a bit in the slo area and I know there are some super nasty technical downhill trails out there! The cal poly slo team was always so fast in the collegiate ranks!
Hey Kyle- I was wondering seeing how tall you are and what size bike you’re usually riding? I’m 6’1 1/2” and feel right between the L and Xl Ripmo AF. The L seems just a tad small but the XL seems pretty big, and my lats were hurting from being so stretched out. I’m leaning towards getting the L and playing with bar height. First time buying a new bike and I’d hate to be on the wrong size!!
Hello, April here! Kyle is about 5’11” and prefers to ride a medium on our Fezzari bikes. Looking at the chart it would place him on a large. I am also right on the edge of small and medium at 5’6” and ride the small. The reach on the fezzari bikes (looking at Delano peak and the La Sal peak) are a little longer than the ripmo. Based on your feedback, I would say to try out a large. I would also suggest looking at Fezzari if you are in the market for a new bike. They have a Labor Day sale happening right now and also offer a 30 day return if you don’t like it 😳. They have amazing customer support to help you out too. Here’s a link to their site bit.ly/44gAlsb
@@AprilRideMTB hey April thank you for the reply!! I think you’re right and the large would be a good fit for me, but I think I’ll rent one for a day and go make sure I love it! I’ll definitely check out some of those bikes too, still keeping my options open. Love what you guys do. You’ve become quite the shredder over the years, it’s very motivating to see the progression!
Need a time trial run
I heard it costs 60 bucks to ride there...
😂 $90 due to inflation.
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Ridden the park twice and never paid a dime.
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@@chrisgreen5000 its actually an old inside joke because there was dirt jump spot that people built near Chico and then one of the guys started asking everyone to pay $60 dollars to ride the jumps that everyone helped build. Then as a joke a rouge downhill trail got built and we called it 60 bucks as jab at the dude trying to charge people to ride haha.
The Camera never does it justice.
Never!
Hi! I think both girls are a hottie
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I wear a full face bc I'm too pretty not to. WTH is April doing?
Y'all are Christians 101%
My parents lived in Chico for 17 years they loved it there. i never rode there , but i loved breakfast at Morning Thunder Cafe.
Where I fell in love with Mountain biking🥰 upperpark
Awesome video. Pretty cool to learn some of Kyle’s history of sorts. April looks like she is getting really comfortable in front of the camera which is cool. I like. April’s bike, cool that she always matches. I always find myself smiling the entire length of the video you guys drop. Love it!
Some times it looks like the video is sped up when Kyle is riding…so smooth, so fast.
Can’t wait for the next video
❤ you two
Thank you so much Todd! It was great sharing a bit more with you all as well! Thank you so much for watching and we are glad you find yourself smiling 😊
@@AprilRideMTB ❤️
You guys are rad! You seem like such genuinely nice people. I grew up near Chico and spent time in Bidwell park as a kid but I haven’t ridden there yet. Thanks for this video and thanks for your channel. I’ve only been seriously riding mountain bikes for about 3 years and I’ve definitely gained some skills and confidence by watching your content.
Thank you! Glad our videos have helped you with your mountain biking journey 😊
YESSS LOVE THE GENUINE RIDING VIDEO. SO COOL TO HAVE NO SPINS ON IT AND JUST RAW RIDING.
Thanks Sebs! This one is one of my absolute favorite trails and I am so happy to be able to share it with you all! The dirt / weather was perfect too. Hope you enjoy!
@@AprilRideMTB that’s awesome!! I very much did! So cool to see trail progression and see proof that the whole world isn’t filled with snow right now. Awesome riding!
Start of video: Portia's nervous and modest. End of video: I wish I had even half of that skill. 👍
Yeah she has been doing so good! It was fun watching her ride!
That’s how you ride with other people of different riding levels! I love watching and helping people ride things they didn’t think they could. I enjoy it when others do that for me as well! That’s how mountain biking should be!!!
Thank you, it's so fun helping and encouraging others!
In all the hundreds of times I rode by that wall at the end, I never had the cojones to ride it. That fall toward the water is too heavy!
Excellent vid...A great tutorial in and of itself,mate!
And April @ 0:46..."I love looking at rocks" ...hint hint Kyle 😁
I started watching the channel about 9 months ago and went back to the earlier episodes and watched a ton,, right through to the current ones.
I am absolutely amazed by the progression that April has made. She looks like a natural now; which is a clear sign of the quality of the teacher, Kyle.
You two are a fantastic team! 👌👏
EDIT: Oh, and the fact that April's bike looks absolutely SICK, can NOT be overlooked. 👌😊
Thank you, glad you’ve enjoyed our videos!
Oh man. I haven't explored Chico riding at all! Gotta get out there soon.
Fun Fact: Aaron Rodgers is from Chico.
Yeah, i actually got to watch his brother play football in highschool. He has done some cool things for the youth programs there!
So much fun to watch you guys ride Guardian and "Session" some of the tough spots. I always take Bloody Pin to Annie Bidwell so haven't seen that last part of the trail in quite a while. Your video has inspired me to stick to the Guardian next time I'm up there, but Annie's is just as much fun (and much less effort if you cross back over at J-Ford). Thanks for all the great shots and video. I'm kinda waiting for the creek to lower a bit (and warm up a little!) to cross over to that side and enjoy Legacy and Guardian again. In the mean time, I'm happy in my rut of doing NorthRim and B to Middle. Very cool to enjoy watching you guys ride. Thanks again for the video and all the inspiration. When you said you would Session at some of the spots I thought maybe you'd pull off and open the Sierra Nevada's to toast the beauty of the place. 😉. It's important to stay hydrated out there! Cheers~
Thats so cool we bumped a little inspiration! I was thinking there will probably be some people working on cleaning those sections after watching April and Portia work on them! Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words, Hope you have an awesome end of winter and spring riding season!
Welcome back to California. Looking forward to seeing how April does on rocks.
Thanks Barry! Yeah it was such a fun trip, April crushed it and we had a great time visiting with friends! Thanks for watching!
This looks pretty sick. Great work guys.
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
Wow! Awesome trail! Fantastic views! Thanks! Funniest moment 7:02 Savage, Kyle, Savage!🤣
Haha thank you so much!
Figures I buy a fanny pack/bladder then I see the one Portia was wearing, googled what RF was, that and the RF 3L look like nice packs, hmmmm?
Great video. As a fellow content creator I’m interested in your camera setup. Hero 10/11 with max lens mod? And from what i can tell a Rode wireless mounted to the chesty ?
But no mediamod. Thats whats confusing me Please tell!!
Great video. I remember Dax bringing Portia out to the BMX track when she was a little girl. Also, April did amazing considering she was riding it for the first time.
Late to the party... but dont think those trails existed when i was in CSU Chico. Only North RIm, middle and lower. South side of canyon was closed and had new homes. My buddy and I ran them on non suspension bikes, lots of chatter. Started with a Rockhopper Comp, then rode and raced a Bridgestone MB-1 (still have it!) and he rode a Fischer Hoo koo e koo. Did North Rim to B to Middle constantly. We hung out at Pullins all the time. Pretty sure I still have my Pullins yellow Tshirt. too. Trail looks fun, would be a blast on my MB.
I just moved to Chico and i’m so stoked to know that there’s trails to ride im going to try this one first. Thanks
I’m gonna sound old but imagine doing this on a fully rigid Bridgestone.
Haha yeah that sounds like the definition of brutal! Hope you have been doing well Scott! Say hi to Colton for me!!
Nice. I always forget where Chico is. You’re a real NorCal guy! I grew up in the North Bay. Dirt biked Redding a few times. Chico looks fun!
Thanks Mark! Yeah full nor cal guy haha, Chico is a blast, kind tucked in between Tahoe , Redding, & Sacramento. Definitely worth a trip if you like technical trails!
Thanks for showing us Chico! I live right in the middle between Chico and Auburn. About an hour drive to either one. Been riding Auburn and Nevada City for over 25 years. Time to go check out Chico!
You should, it’s so pretty in the park!
And Portia sings Metric covers? Too cool
Hi Kyle & April! We love your channel! Hey, we saw this video when it first came out and now we're thinking of doing a ride in Chico in the next few days. I noticed Trailforks shows virtually every trail as starting higher and ending down low. Would have have a recommendation for ascension (no shuttle for us) since you grew up riding there? Or, maybe, Portia might have some input?
Holy shit dude this is a trip! I knew you looked familiar, I met you randomly at your house when my homie Brandon had to stop by for some reason hella days ago. Back my big mountain biking phase!!!!
Great riding. Love that type of trails. Great job ladies.
I am at the moment surfing Jeffreys Bay, South Africa and that's exactly what I say: So many rocks!
Great video, liked how you explain and session the tricky sections. Hope to see you guys at Sedona MTB festival.
We will be there! We have a few rides with Shimano and will be hanging at their tent and Niner most of the time.
Lived in Chico since I was born, great trail to ride on! (On a hardtail these rocks suck)
April is such a good rider but she still has the tentative stiffness. When you hit that stuff just relax and trust
Wishing I was riding in Chico while patiently waiting for Minnesota winter to thaw!!