LETS SEE YOUR RIDE FOOTAGE

[Jackware]

Realising @Rahr85 has posted another ride video

 

[Rahr85]

I don't crash all the time, honest
?

 

[The Hodge]

I don't crash all the time, honest
?

Well done Mike ..better to live & ride another day !
I can tell you right now a lot of that stuff I would never ride ..never mind so soon after an injury..

 

[VWsurfbum]

Bit of a funny day over in the Surrey Alps yesterday, nothing too gnar, but I felt it as it seems I haven't been doing enough mileage and just been playing on the jumps, etc at the local spot recently. Slightly longer than normal, but i wont be offended if you skip some bits

 

[Tonybro]

Messing about with DaVinci Resolve, trying to slow down (slow motion) a clip. Only 45 seconds, down the cobbles at Earnsdale Reservoir...

 

[carlbiker]

So today's one didn't quite go to plan. I wanted to go to wharncliffe so that's what i had planned to do. 2 of my riding buddies came along but somewhere along the way wires must have got crossed. We ended up starting at grenoside which i wasn't all that bothered about and when we did get down to wharncliffe they complained about the first trail we did and how they had to go so far for it and then how much of a way it was back up. so after a failed attempt to find a specific trail (which name i don't know) they decided to call it quits and walked back up to the fire road.

Since i was committed to actually seeing what was about i kept going and explored a bit more, finding some of the cool trails that i knew existed but didn't know where to find them. So ultimately not too much footage and a lot of it with me being a chicken and not wanting to take any risks. What really stood out to me in person is how little any of these videos give any real perspective of how big or steep a lot of these trails are. Next time i'd do the big rock roll in but with my sag as it was and a low bottom bracket i'm almost certainly scraping the motor bash guard going over without some proper technique to pitch the bike in (without rolling over the bars to my death)

Day in general: 5/10
Trail Quality: 8/10 would go again.

(at time of post (23:10) video still hasn't processed to HD (or 1440p)

at 30 secs in I hit that rock drop thingy it’s defo one you do a couple runs upto. That little rock turn you walked down is also daunting at first too….I love this place!

 

[Rahr85]

at 30 secs in I hit that rock drop thingy it’s defo one you do a couple runs upto. That little rock turn you walked down is also daunting at first too….I love this place!

definitely doable, just not on my own the first time. Next time i'm going with people that know it all better.

 

[carlbiker]

definitely doable, just not on my own the first time. Next time i'm going with people that know it all better.

It’s a great social spot, get a butty out and chomp away whilst encouraging everyone else to be down it ?

 

[Doomanic]

 

[Rahr85]

Supposed to keep this one a bit quiet so will only say that it was a bit of a rollercoaster today. Pushed myself out of my comfort zone on quite a few bits but still had enough sense to know when to get off the bike and walk.

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

Gotta say, the Fox x2 is some serious peice of kit.
So far, so good. 3 volume spacers, 210psi at 30% sag. My settings in terms of low and high speed compression will probably change as time goes on.

 

[Gary]

Happy Birthday

 

[VWsurfbum]

Two for you today, First one is with Pedal and Spoke for their Santa Cruz Emtb ride out in Surrey Alps, good fun, good riding and a couple of private trails allowed to be ridden.
The second one was a catch-up with an old mate who I've not seen through Covid, a great social fun day at Twisted Oaks.
Apologies for poor editing i was knackered lol

 

[Tubby G]

Finally back on the saddle after 7 weeks off with broken bones. Decided to go to Gisburn Forest. Can’t use my rear brake or dropper post, and the rocky terrain tested my pain tolerance, but great to be back on two wheels

Here’s a daft little timewarp of the blue route

 

[Rahr85]

Good to hear you are back on the bike. It sucks having time off when the weather is great.

 

[Tubby G]

Good to hear you are back on the bike. It sucks having time off when the weather is great.

Thanks @Rahr85 . It sure has been a testing time! How are you getting on with riding after your accident ?

 

[Rahr85]

Thanks @Rahr85 . It sure has been a testing time! How are you getting on with riding after your accident ?

not hit any big jumps, probably won't unless i very slowly work my way back up. Going back to the scene of the crash in 11 days time so hopefully there are no PTSD issues. ? Been trying to do more steep testing stuff than airbourne. Bike feels good.

 

[Tubby G]

Here's yesterday's ride up at Gisburn Forest. Hot weather, mostly dry.

It won't excite anyone as it's not an adrenaline rush with jumps etc, it's just more of a demonstration of how agile the Rise is in the technical bits in the trees.

30 minutes of boredom for everyone! ?

We rode the lower red and blue sections mainly this weekend and stupidly I was only using my front brake as my recovering left hand has no strength and is still very sore.

I found ‘Homebaked’ and the later section of ‘Swoopy’ extremely difficult, but mainly due to not using the rear brake and the lack of a firm grip of the bars. They’re very techie, surprised that they’re graded red and not black. Slippery too on all the roots & rocks. Bet it’s much nicer riding them properly on the Rise

 

[Tubby G]

not hit any big jumps, probably won't unless i very slowly work my way back up. Going back to the scene of the crash in 11 days time so hopefully there are no PTSD issues. ? Been trying to do more steep testing stuff than airbourne. Bike feels good.

I’ve been back to my crash site but just walked it, don’t feel like riding it again for a while!

 

[#lazy]

Bit of a funny day over in the Surrey Alps yesterday, nothing too gnar, but I felt it as it seems I haven't been doing enough mileage and just been playing on the jumps, etc at the local spot recently. Slightly longer than normal, but i wont be offended if you skip some bits

Mate do you always ride with a goldfish bowl on your head ?

 

[Chicane]

Southern California riding.

 

[Tonybro]

I found ‘Homebaked’ and the later section of ‘Swoopy’ extremely difficult, but mainly due to not using the rear brake and the lack of a firm grip of the bars. They’re very techie, surprised that they’re graded red and not black. Slippery too on all the roots & rocks. Bet it’s much nicer riding them properly on the Rise

It is! ?

You are right though, Gisburn has some very technical sections in the trees. Very narrow and twisty with LOTS of roots and stones...

 

[Tonybro]

Love it, Chicane!

I love my Rise, looks like you do too!

 

[VWsurfbum]

Mate do you always ride with a goldfish bowl on your head ?

LOL not always, only special occasions.

 

[#lazy]

LOL not always, only special occasions.

I can’t see the point in those lenses , spend years trying to get your footage as real as pos then with one lense it the worst ever and a total worst of time . In what circumstance would that be better ?
No offence but I don’t like them ☺

 

[Tonybro]

Just the descents from my ride last night...

 

[Doomanic]

Those trails are so well taken care of. Amazing.

They're brand new. The trail was only re-opened on Saturday after £68K was spent on it!

It was rougher than your last one night stand before the revamp.

 

[VWsurfbum]

I can’t see the point in those lenses , spend years trying to get your footage as real as pos then with one lense it the worst ever and a total worst of time . In what circumstance would that be better ?
No offence but I don’t like them ☺

Its the whole 360 camera, not just a lense.
It can do anything you want the below footage was takeen with the same camera used in a different way.
It works better in 9:16 rather than the standard 16:9 in my opinion for MTB. example below.
2 minutes in for comparison.

 

[#lazy]

Think I’ll stick with the GoPro 9 with a max lense

 

[Rahr85]

the 360 cameras are cool in that you can edit your video with more perspective (ie changing the view side or rearward) when somewhere a bit more scenic, but the lense distortion is quite offputting for more bike park type content. I'd still like one to compliment my go pro.