People often underestimate how hard it is to stick to your plan when riding such features. Knowing what line and what speed you want in each section is one thing, being able to make that line with that speed is another. Dale really made those crazy features look so easy.
Just goes to show, what may look easy on camera may be very scary IRL. Thanks a lot for showing your analysis process! Also love the format! Not a full-on tutorial, but just explaining what's going on in your head - Please more of that!
This video was awesome Dale! I'm a new MTB and I feel so lost about all the MTB techniques. When I purchased a MTB and was interested in the sport, I found your channel and this is exactly why I love it! Keep up the great work Dale! Hope to see more instructional videos like these and improve my skills! Im just riding cross country rn but I wanna get to your level someday!
Very, very good video. This is probably as good as a video will ever be able to depict just how damn gnarly Old Bob is, and excellent dissection of every move! And yet still the GoPro effect is so strong.
*This* was a great video Dale. When you made the decision to go full time as a MTB influencer, I was envisioning this type of content. Really great stuff and appreciated by a below average Joe like myself. More of these combined with your regular rips and I think you will have found the secret sauce to blow your channel subscribers up. And like many have said before, you are a natural at these types of instructional and/or narrative videos. Last thing: I agree with another poster who said the GoPro effect was strong in this one. POV had me thinking maybe I could do some of this stuff; looking back up at Dave, Rory or Nic had me smacking myself for being so naive!
Really interesting format, very enjoyable. One thing I did notice is body position with you guys, you Dale stand up tall through these sections while Dave and Rory seem to stand far lower ( buzzing backside style)
God I'd love to pack up my Zerode Taniwha trail and come ride this kind of techy stuff with you jents. I love the "take your time technical" stuff. We definitely don't have this in Denmark. I admit willingly and wholehearted, I'm jealous
Hey Dale if possible could you include when and which brake and how much you use when describing the execution of the features.. thanks for all the great content
When you talk about body English and slapping into corners I'd love more detail on what is happening mechanically. Is it an agressive hip rotation and down hill foot pressure? Not having access to much terrain like this it's hard to understand exactly what's physically required. Great walk through all the same!
Good question, I'll have to think about how to explain this one. Basically come in with oversteer and have the corner stand you up and slow you down with its grip.
I'm pretty sure the go-pro effect was strong on most of this because when you recorded Dave at 10:00 it looked stupidly steeper than the onboard footage of you riding it.
The video of Kovarik exploding on that last section is crazy, but he was going at racer speed and I think they were gapping from the top to the middle rock. It is in the link below on Remy's channel. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kWCOW0pwqzE.html
After a lot of experience you just kinda gain an intuition on what's possible to roll. If there's ever a question in your mind it's usually safer to approach as a drop unless proven otherwise.
29's are made for the rodeo's, once you get used to them they do it all. As for the butt buzz it get less the more rides you do and you get your body position more forward and attacking - ex 27 rider.
my trick for expert trails in my area is very easy- there are no official MTB trails here at all.. so the biggest obstacles here are dog owners.. the smaller the dog- the bigger the obstacle..
