BIG miles in the birthplace of mountain biking

Maple Syrup Gel Recipe: I use roughly 60% maple syrup, 20-25% honey, 5-10% molasses, and some salt. The theory is the maple syrup is the easiest and purest natural sugar to digest which is pretty much all glucose; the honey is generally about 50% fructose and 50% glucose - from what I understand we can only process about 60 grams of glucose per hour but can process an extra 30g of fructose for a total of 90g of carbs (at full exertion our bodies burn more than we can take in so this extra bump from fructose can really matter) ; the molasses adds more potassium and electrolytes and I like what it adds to the flavor (this is definitely the most personal and optional ingredient); and I add salt - the amount should really be based upon how much of a salt sweater you are... I never really get the salt stains and also use sports drink (mostly OSMO) so only use about a 1/2 teaspoon. You can dilute with some water to make it easier to digest, particularly if you use a higher percentage of honey. It really is a very economical way to fuel for longer and harder rides; the flask was something like $5 and for $30 of ingredients from Costco or similar (don’t skimp on the quality or you may not be getting real maple syrup and honey) I probably get 100 gels worth. That said, I use the SIS Isotonic and Caffeine gels in races because I find it to be the easiest to digest and know they have the science dialed.

These are the kinds of rides I'm trying to get in shape for. Not too technical just long xc rides with beautiful scenery. Definitely my speed. Great video as usual.

You’re human!!! Love that you actually included you’re “hike-a-bike”, and “nope, I’m not riding down that” moments... makes me feel better about myself... I’m not alone!!! Thanks!

When the dude spoke before the ride, I was like, “oh he’s a soft spoken person”, then they cross the bridge with those pedestrians lol

Sweet riding! I’ve been riding with a bell on my bike for a long time. People seem to respond really well to the ding of my bell better then yelling “on your left”!

Thanks for those metric numbers. I think a lot of people like it but no one tells you .

09:08 Just waiting for Uncle Michael's brakes to fail! That was amazing to watch.

Good going again brother Bri.!!! Great video, nice job being all in on that adventure. I’m putting money on you being ready for BC race. I’m much inspired, thank you 🙏🏼.

"The edge of the world" what a beautiful view

Yet again another epic ride and video from the master, BKXC!! 🤘 So much so that my 4 coming on 5yr old son has started to watch your videos with me.... Keep up the great work as you've earned a new young fan 👍🤘

I just did this ride yesterday. It was easy to recreate the route based on the video. I’ve been riding in Marin for years and this was the first time I rode some of these trails. Thanks for posting this!

Love these videos. Thanks a bunch Brian! Great work out there.

That ride looked SO scenic. wow, so cool. Love it!

Beauty scenery! And the inverter XC fork is awesome

Started watching this, eight minutes in got such an urge to go ride that one and a half hours later here I am to finish this awesome video.

This is the video that got me into mountain biking...started a month ago today always keep coming back to remember y i love it so much ...Thanks for the awesome videos keep up the good work much love from South Africa 🇿🇦🤙

so sick! inspired me to get back riding my bike! thank you :)

Excellent video BKXC! Motivates me to do big XC rides again.

Nice run!!! Edge of the world is amazing! Good view also! Keep it up!

thats super cool man. Thats pretty much my weekend right there. sat and sunday and intervals during the week. thanks for the adventure!!