Today Seth’s Bike Hacks is at over one million subscribers, and I still can’t believe it.
Three years ago I never could have dreamed of all the things that have since transpired.
From the start, I was always excited to click the publish button and show you guys what
I had spent the week creating.
I never thought it would become my full time job, or that I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere
without being recognized.
Its been a wild ride, and it wouldn’t have been possible without you.
Thank you.
If you continue watching, I’ll continue creating.
As I approached one million subscribers, I decided to dig into my analytics, and find
out what made so many of you click “subscribe”.
Over the lifetime of the channel, what ten videos were most responsible for my subscriber
growth.
I’m going to tell you, and spoiler alert.
More than one of them were from the ten hacks series.
Number ten was a 10 Bike Hacks video I posted in May of 2017 titled 10 Bike Hacks for MTB,
BMX, and Beyond.
This particular video covered everything from hiding a first aid kit in your seat post,
to making a dummy hub out of a piece of garden hose.
In the video I pretended to steal the garden hose from a neighbor, and I recall at least
one commenter thinking I was serious.
Number 9 was also a 10 Bike Hacks video titled 10 Bike Hacks for MTB and Beyond.
In this video we cleaned a chain with a toothbrush, cracked a bottle open with a pedal, and even
glommed some honey packets from Panera Bread in place of costly Guu packs.
Again, the humor was lost on some.
Number 8 was a van video titled, Cutting a Hole in Alex's Van.
And not being one to clickbait we did exactly that.
This was one of the few transitional videos I did during Alex’s van build, and it was
definitely the most nerve wracking one for Alex.
Number 7 was a Berm Creek video titled “Backyard MTB Trails with “Sicknic” table.
Apparently I had most of you guys at backyard trails, because it wasn’t immediately apparent
what a sicknic table was.
Now, we all know what it is and I wonder how many other sicknic tables might be floating
around.
Number 6 was titled “$149 bike vs mountain” otherwise known as the Walmart Enduro.
Alex and I descended over 3000 feet on Walmart bikes and I ended up wrecking both my hands
squeezing the brakes.
To this day my finger gets stuck closed.
Even Walmart acknowledges that these bikes aren’t made for off-road use, so it’s
not like I was doing any kind of investigative journalism on the topic.
More like trend chasing and clickbait.
I won’t be doing any more content like that, but if it brought you here I hope you’ve
been enjoying the new stuff.
Number 5 is another bike hacks video creatively titled: 10 more bike hacks for mtb, bmx, and
road.
In this video I built my famed 2x4 bike stand, which unintentionally became one of the easiest
woodworking projects on the Internet.
This was a big hit, so I continued building really simple things in later videos.
Number 4 was that roll in I added to the Drama Drop titled: Backyard MTB Drop with steep
roll in.
I never dreamed this video would end up being such a classic, but it had a great thumbnail,
a fun concept, some DIY, and some great clips of Bobo trying the roll in.
Number 3 now has close to 4 million views, and is titled “10 Ridiculously cheap mountain
bike upgrades”.
I took this title to heart as most of the items barely cost anything.
But this video hit the sweet spot for newcomers who first wrecked themselves financially buying
a bike, and then had no budget leftover to pamper said bike.
I’m making a list for another one of these this winter.
Number 2 was the first van video I made with Alexander, titled “Building a Camper Van
for Alex to live in”.
This was one of the biggest projects I’ve ever embarked on for the channel, and it strangely
had very little to do with mountain biking.
But it seems that many of the topics that surround mountain biking, like camping, are
indeed interesting to this audience.
Finally we get to number 1, which is just a bike hacks video titled “10 Hacks for
Mountain Biking and Beyond”.
I guess you came for the thumbnail, and stayed for the peanut butter and jelly burritos.
In any case I’m glad you’re still here.
To celebrate 1 million subscribers I had these Berm Creek shirts designed by none other than
Sketchy Trails.
The black and white version will be available indefinitely, but this color batch is limited
for only 7 days to celebrate the 1 million mark!
I also have some other new stuff in the store including toddler sizes which have been much
requested, so check the description for links to all of this.
I know I already said this but thank you.
Because of you guys I get to do what I’m passionate about every day.
If you keep watching, I’ll keep creating, and hopefully, you’ll welcome the next million
people here with open arms.
I know I will.
Thanks for riding with me today, and I’ll see you next time