@@user-to2gh7sg3l sorry that you misread the title but it say's "Kirroughtree - McMoab" if you missed the rest of the info and only took "Moab" from that then an asterisk wouldn't have helped you either 🏴 "are yer een painted oan ?"
@@moving1shadow totally agree , that also seems to be the general consensus with everyone I speak to aswell. As I've said elsewhere , I can't see the logic in spending all that time and money dumbing down a beloved classic that otherwise was running fine when they could be clearing windblown trees that have closed parts of other trails for 3-4 years, fixing rotten wooden features or even just keeping on top of some trails getting overgrown. But who are we to say ? Just the folks paying to use the trails. My guess is that everything down the hill from the £40 uplift, drop off point will get priority and slowly turn more into bike park flow
Yep , shame that they pumped a good amount of resources into turning a good rough trail into a family friendly blue when there are still other trails on the hill partially closed with trees that fell down like 3 years ago or closed due to rotten wood features 🙈 suppose 40 quid a skull from uplifts speaks louder than 4 quid parking from folk out pedaling round the more remote, run down stuff.
Hi mate , I think red is probably pretty appropriate from the bridge onwards but I reckon you're right enough about the top half of the trail ! However the top half of the trail seems to be a reroute with the original entrance closed due to fallen trees. Having only ridden this version of the trail I'm assuming that the original entrance shown on trailforks must have been a lot more mellow earning it the red grading. The new entrance is a bit steep and techy for red 👍
You are absolutely correct 👍👌 there are more videos on the channel using this same light set up . If I could have only one , it would be the BC30 V2 with 2 pairs of batteries. But having a flood light on the bike and a spot light on the helmet is best for me. Most important of all is that the batteries are replaceable mid ride and in the future when they eventually degrade
@@jonhalda Hi there! honestly , I like the bc26r in terms of value because it's supplied with a battery and ease of use because you can charge it with a usb C cable and if you were only needing a light for road biking then it would be fine on it's own as it performs well as a spotlight , but since you also want to use your light for MTB the BC30 V2 would likely suit you much better. It provides the same sort of distance of illumination as the BC26R but with a much wider beam pattern serving as a flood light aswell, which I've found incredibly important for having enough peripheral vision on tight steep MTB trails. The BC30 V2 might be a bit heavy for helmet mounting if you're an aggressive rider so I use it on the bar mount. Another positive for the BC30 V2 is that the batteries and charger are a more common size and due to the design of the battery compartment and lack of external charging port , the waterproofing of the BC30 V2 is far superior. The only annoyance I have with the BC30 V2 is that the 2200 lumen mode is only a boost mode which actually only lasts around 60 seconds and to activate that boost mode you need to use the boost button on the wireless remote. As far as I can see - In the few months that I've been using it - there is no way to activate 2200 lumens without the remote which is a bit annoying if the button battery dies etc . However as both lights in high setting output around 1500-1600 lumens each , I seldom need boost mode on the BC30 V2 anyway but it's something I'd like to make clear for anybody thinking of buying it as it's not made very clear in online descriptions. Still a fantastic light though and the most important feature for me along with performance is that the lights both have removable batteries , I don't want to pay good money to throw away an otherwise perfectly good light in 3 years time when the sealed internal batteries degrade. Hope this helps a Bit in your decision !
Love the technique just started playing bass after over 10 years of playing guitar. What's your best advice on right hand technique. I feel like I am using way more energy then I should currently therefore affecting stamina. Thanks bud
thanks for the comment ! I haven't played in years but as far as finger picking goes , you'll see in the video that i try to keep my right hand , wrist and arm fairly straight with relaxed fingers in order to relieve any unnecessary tension inside my hand ,wrist and arm. So position yourself and your bass in whatever position feels relaxed for you as you don't want to be fighting against your own body or you'll just get fatigued quicker ( When playing standing up I always had the bass really high on the strap to mimic the position you see in the vid) It also helps to experiment with different string gauges and find your happy position over the pickups. I always found i could dig into the strings more over the neck pickup for notes that i really wanted to emphasize but that wasn't really efficient for extended periods of fast picking , for the faster stuff i'd move closer to the bridge where there is less string slop (making picking more accurate) , increase the bridge pickup volume and play with lighter fingers not really digging in as hard to save energy. Kind of like when you see a drummer play really fast double bass for extended periods , most of them are actually hitting the skins fairly lightly and supplementing the sound with mic's / triggers. Once you get 2 finger picking down I can also recommend getting into 3 and 4 finger picking exercises as it may sound obvious, but the more fingers that you can divide the work between in fatiguing situations , the better. When using more than 2 fingers it's worth experimenting with which finger rolling direction feels more natural to you. You'll see that I roll in the direction of index finger - Middle finger - Ring finger which seems to be the opposite of most people - but it felt more natural to me and seemed to work fine ! hope this helps, that's about all I can think off the top of my head but if you've any follow up questions i'll try my best to answer them 😁 cheers ! Rab.
@@rabb93 thanks a lot for taking the time to reply . I will definitely try it all out and try my best to implement them changes to my playing . Thanks again
It seems to ride alright as a flow trail , couple of the S berms need some more support built in but it's still alright - although the whoop section at the end seems a bit of an after thought . Definitely miss the old version though , it was rowdy at speed ! If i'm honest , i'd have preferred if they focused the funds and energy clearing some of downed trees on other trails to get rid of the fire road diversions but they're clearly pushing to make the uplifts more attractive and any trails downhill from the uplift drop off point will get priority .
@@HankBizzle the drop's still there , not sure about it's condition but the landscape around it has changed alot , if you haven't been in a few years you'd be surprised how few trees there are left on the hill now
cracking trail ! this vid was my first time down it so wasn't pretty but really enjoyed the flowy middle bit . The pedal back up from the end of this trail and careless whisper are a bit of a killer but so worth it !
@rabb93 I went down the hill through the gate and pushed back up the hill...not the best way back up . probably will go right next time and up the fire road tomorrow.
@@mad3arber I pushed up that hill once to see if it was any quicker than the pedal up , it was at the end of a long tiring day and the ground was super muddy . honestly the push up was worse than just turning right and pedaling back up. How is access to that side of the hill at the moment ? Haven't been to tress in a fair few weeks , is the construction and tree felling causing many issues with access to the jailbreak / soor plooms / thunderstruck / careless whisper kind of area ?
@rabb93 after the climb beside berm baby berm there is a road that heads over to the black trails. And the new skills bit over by matrix is lookin amazing
thank you ! It was a great day despite being on a bike I wasn't used to and not pushing as hard as I usually would like to . I ended up buying my own Myst frame shortly after because I liked it so much !
