My name is Brian Astell. I’m a professional mountain bike racer and off road triathlete. I compete professionally in many different disciplines including Xterra, cyclocross, endurance racing (100 mile mountain bike races), cross country, short track, enduro and even the occasional obstacle course.

I’m a huge believer in keeping whatever discipline you compete in fun. Having over 18 years of race experience, I’ve been fortunate enough to compete at the local, national and world level. I started out cross country running in high school and accepted a college scholarship to UNC Charlotte in North Carolina just before starting my career as a professional cyclist. I’m a NESTA certified coach as well as a NESTA certified fitness nutrition coach. Whether you’d like to build fitness, hone your nutrition or you’d like to substantially increase your skills on the mountian bike I have years of experience and knowledge to help you hone your passion.

As a young athlete, I made tons of training mistakes. I was a trial & error type guy - which led to lots of time lost. Taking a step back to really listen and learn was the key for me in reaching my goals. I studied and I sought out knowledge from those more experienced than me. I became certified as a coach and through coaching, I discovered my new passion; working with athletes of all ages and skill levels

Coaching the Point Arena High School Tri Team, working with the NorCal MTB league, and helping countless others with their riding progression, was the inspiration to start TrailWorks.

Today TrailWorks has a partnership with the NorCal highschool league and the Oregon high school league to bring TrailWorks’ progressive coaching style to both coaches and student athletes. I’m honored to have worked with Specialized Development team (Cycling Dev) Invited to be the skills coach of the Bear Development team, coached coaches from many coaching companies and to have helped 1000’s of riders increase their ability to become faster, safer, smoother and more confident riders.

Sharing the love of mountain biking, community and the outdoors is what drives me everyday!