Rhug Estate Farm shop and Cafe. It’s spot on 👌🏽

That’s in the next video 👍🏼

Yeh, it rides well in the wet.. I think It’s definitely a more experienced riders park.

For sure !​@@A_bit_better_than_average

There’s definitely something fishy going on with those lines 😂 thanks for the kind words

We will go back and try 👍🏼

Thanks 🔥

It was a route I did with a friend a while ago and I remembered it.

I do have a mud guard, I maybe need a bigger one.

The camera with the fox gloves is a Hero 12 go pro and the other is a Hero 9 it’s quite remarkable how much better the 12 is. But to be fair the operator of the 9 is a rookie and not very good at remembering to clean the lense 😂😂 he’s also just learning how to bike as you can tell 😉🤣🤣 The wet conditions make that ground very slippery 👍🏼

Couldn’t agree more.. It’s a bike, it needs to be ridden to its maximum 👍🏼💪🏽

Yes you can ride there all year 👍🏼

Would you be interested in meeting there beginning of may and me taking some footage of you guys, I run a digital photography business which is partly government funded basically trying to get young people into biking and enjoying trails. Prob 3-4 hours shooting, and could be £500 in it to share between you, 4-5 riders?

@@user-zj9xw9zh8x sounds fine to me. We’re always up for a ride 👍🏼

That’s epic, look forward to it! It’ll be well worth it for you guys got plenty of advertising merchandise from POC and FOX so you guys will leave very happy 😜

@@user-zj9xw9zh8x just keep us posted and we can be there 👍🏼

I’m north of York, so just over an hour away.

It’s an atherton AM170

@@A_bit_better_than_average damn are they like 7k?

@@dendrow2930 mines a custom build, I bought a frame only then built it myself.

@@A_bit_better_than_average nice it’s a lovely bike, did you ever ride a hard tail?

I have rode a hard tail a lot of years ago

Imagine riding with the lad, we can hardly stay on with laughter 😂

I use to run one, there really good 👍🏼 I have been using an asegai for a while now, there really good

I rode both and also WTB vigilante, maxxis shorty, and so far my favourite is the new continental argotal. Perfect por loose conditions. The vigilantes qive good grip but the casing is not so strong. And the rubber not as soft as maxxis. The maxxis give amazing grip but wear out quickly and the assegai picks up rocks and cakes up a bit, the contis are just amazing imo . Been trying tires for years and omg are they good

Which argotal? I’m on the trail tyre front I believe. I have the downhill tyre on the rear. Maybe I should try the enduro soft on the front. I was riding dyfi this weekend and I had a couple of dual wheel slides 😬 I’m a big guy.

I’m a big guy too, been using assagi max grip front dhr rear for years until I picked up my kryptotal clad Atherton. Softest compound DH case front and back. They feel light for a dh casing and imo, so much more grippy than the assagai, which I’m kind of disappointed about as I get Maxxis trade price. The Conti’s have ruined the assagi for me now!!

I’m sure it would be, but I can’t talk from experience as I have never rode the 150. I’m a big guy and the 170 is more than capable.

Ok

We try to go as fast and as safe as possible 😂

I literally can’t say enough good things about that bike.. It eats the ground, but also climbs fantastic. It’s a massive travel bike but all my friends were on smaller travel bikes and I’m by no means currently fit or a small guy but it was fine. I’m amazed I thought it would feel hard work. I do believe because of the correct fitment and straight through seat post your exactly where you need to be on the bike to get the best out of it.

@@A_bit_better_than_average I've been umming and aaaarrring I have the megatower I think it's amazing but for peddling is a no no

@@chrismarshall5743 I had a megatower before this, it use to give me bad back.

The bike rides so well 👍🏼 Although I like wet weather when it makes visibility difficult I prefer dry dusty trails

Thanks for the recommendation 👍🏼 We really don’t like pedalling up roads if we can help it.. although we’re only 1 hour from the Lakes we haven’t rode it enough to know where to go, I’ll have a look. We are planning on doing the 4 passes next.

I’m not sure how to share the link 🤔 I’ll have a look.

Mines fitted with a fox coil and fox 38’s up front

I think thats my next upgrade ,a decent coil shock 👍

There really good

Thanks for the advice, we will have to keep an eye out for it next time 👍🏼

Do you have a timestamp for the left turn

@@sonnynike1396 not sure which turn you mean?

I probably do, I have no idea how to send a link.

Yes, my bad. I know I need to check the camera before I set off, and during a ride. Sometimes I catch it and knock it out. I also forget to press record on the drone for about half of one of the descents. I’m pretty new to this, but I’ll get there with some more practice 😂.

I really like them, yes there V4’s. I swapped them before going to France to race E2 which is a 3 day enduro. One decent was 1000metres over 9k and the brakes worked faultlessly. I’m a big guy so I’m asking a lot of the brakes, I can’t recommend the V4’s enough. I have even spent the money and swapped to them on my other bike.

@@A_bit_better_than_average Okok good to hear! Iv'e been on E4's for a while, Tech 3's. Whenever I do full laps at race pace the last 20% of the track they'll start acting up a bit, May need to bite the bullet for the upgrade. I'm 100% a Hope fanatic so It's not all that bad to get another set 🥸 Are you on vented rotor's as well or standard?

@Frorideism Im on solid rotors not vented. I was a bit unsure if the move onto the hopes was the right thing. A friend of mine had the V3’s and he always had some slight issues. But I can say I have had absolutely no problems with the V4’s hence to buying a second set.

@Frorideism I’m on a vented rotor. I have just got a set of Tech 4 E4 on my e-bike. They work just as well, maybe just not quite as much bite.

It’s an Atherton. Designed and made by the Atherton family/team. Really good bike.

Yeah helps if I read the whole caption says Atherton 170

Check them out, there really good.

I Really like this bike. I was so close to buying another Santa Cruz but I’m glad I made the decision to try something different.

It’s was definitely a big one 🤟🏽

This is literally the first set of continental tyres I have used, basically I fancied trying something new. I didn’t have a problem with the maxxis tyres I always use and I think I prefer them. I will try the enduro soft next before I fully make up my mind.

It’s not the worst I’ve ridden. We had a day there once that was horrendous with lightening.

Thank you. This is my fastest to date in the wet.

Thanks for the kind words. We have been out today up Honister pass. This will be the next upload.

Thanks for

North Yorkshire. It’s quite a drive for us but well worth it.

​@@A_bit_better_than_average I desperately want to go down. I'm west Yorkshire, like you say, quite a drive

We’re going back next Friday

Really like the bike, it’s so fast. I would like the DH bike but can’t warrant all that money into something I will only use 3/5 times as year. Hope you recover soon and get out on the bike 🤟🏽

Thank you, I’m not the best at editing but I try

100% lucky it cleared up and I’ve now stopped repeating myself. Well until my apprentice keeps making the same mistakes 😂

I’m very lucky, the Mrs says I’m having a mid life crisis 🤣 you need plenty of toys though.. The bike is just mega, I have recently been to Dyfi and bike park wales I’ll be uploading the video soon.

@@A_bit_better_than_average hoping to do BPW in the New Year. I've got a Mondraker Carbon Raze that should get me down there nicely! But those Atherton bikes look VERY cool with the Ti lugs etc...

There definitely a bit jazzy

Thanks for the kind worlds, the rider being brilliant I’m not to sure about 😂

👌🏽👍🏼

I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t be suprised

All good thankfully.. we’re a tough bunch up north 😉😂

I really like it 👌🏽

I have had all carbon frames for the last 4 bikes and can’t say I have had a problem. I will say the carbon reserve wheels are by far the best wheel I have had. The amount of times my aluminium wheels went out of true was unreal. I’ve had some big incidents with those carbon wheels and they are always straight 👌🏽

And I thought I have bad OCD

Your not wrong

Cheers. Great bike and great place to ride.

Cheers, we do try. We managed to finish 39th out of 120. Top ten are EWS champions.

@@A_bit_better_than_average thats a great result, are you joining this year aswell? We are trying to get are tickets this sunday

@@eddy1406 yes we’re looking for a top 20 this year hopefully. This was our first time, gonna put some effort in to get the fitness up a lot more.