I Ride Expert Trails To Find Out If Big People Can Ride XC Bikes 

Meanwhile me taking my 100mm hardtail to Whistler last week

He’s an amazing rider, such smooth jumps. Funny to see him talk about a 140/130 trail bike like it’s an XC Hardtail haha, but it makes sense when he’s used to huge travel enduro bikes. To most people watching, find yourself a hardcore trail Hardtail and you’ll have so much fun. I love my 140mm fork Ragley Big Al hardtail.

This is like watching someone trying a rowdy hardtail after riding big suspension. The line choice is everything when you have very little suspension. Great video, as fun as everything else you do on video.

I’m 300 lbs racing on a 100/100mm Specialized Epic Comp FSR. Won two regional XC Championships in the Sasquatch division (230+). Big guys can race too.

DUDE! Wow, that was a sketchy trail, Well done! I'm on a 120mm hardtail, and the fun factor is real! Cheers from Arizona!

You're obviously better than average mtber. I'm an average, middle size (180lb) 72 yo rider. You inspire and give me hope.

Everytime you said "ughhhhh" with excitement you sounded like Randy Marsh getting excited lol

I just picked up a 120/120 bike and being used to my 160/140 bike, I can totally relate to this video. SO much fun but in a different way. Wish I had the grapes to hit jumps like that though. I'll hit 100 footers on my dirt bike but scared of 20' on a bicycle.

Hey brother, first I have to say I’m a huge fan of the channel. I turn 41 in November, I’m 6’ 325lbs and I just started biking/MTB biking about a month ago. Have you been riding downhill a long time? Have you always been bigger? I’m just curious if it’s possible for me to be able to do downhill and jumps like these. Thanks brother!

This is considered a Trail bike in Europe 😊 We ride our Specialized Diverges down the XC tracks 😅

In what world is the Stumjumper a XC bike??? That's a trailbike, my dude.

Big fan, no pun intended. Your review felt like Jeremy Clarkson in Top Gear. Not sure if they’re an inspiration but it was fantastic.

First and only time I rode that trail last year I fell into a bush head first and experienced poison oak for the first time ever in my life. Needless to say, I have not been back to Pacifica 😅

Good video. As a large 50+ year old MTBer, this is confidence inspiring. Thank you. BTW, I ride a hard tail MTB with a 130mm fork.

Your videos always have this incredible outlook and energy. Great content as always

Just few years back, 130mm travel bikes are caleed trail/all-mountain bikes and not short travel.

Not really a xc bike, more of a trail bike

I'm an XC rider who weighs 220 and my 2005 Specialized Stumpjumper M4 Comp is a hardtail with fox float 80forks. The trail and the bike you picked is not XC 😂

Just up graded from a polygon d7 crap suntour 100mm forks and simular rear sus . Got a stumpy comp fox 34 and fox float rear . I'm a 54 year old larger guy . Loving it , steers so much better and sharper . Floats over much more narly stuff than the polygon. Still climbs quite well . I'm not a jumper , but popped over a few drops I normally roll the other day . Gonna try some small jumps soon . After a few crashes on the polygon, I think I'm feeling my confidence coming back.

Glad I’m not the only one struggling with a stump my on the mile 😅

You're a skilled rider bro, your very good 👍🏾

Chest cam angle is just about perfect. Maybe 1 or 2 more clicks up at most. Probably just 1 click given the wide filming angle.

Dude, you were soaring on that thing! I ride a short travel bike too, a Canyon Spectral 125.

I'm about 76kg and ride a 120 rear 130 front norco fluid fs1, it has a 66.5 head angle, and its by far the most fun bike I've ever owned, and I came from a 2017 trek slash 9.8, as you said in the video the short travel gives a raw kind of feel to trails, you can get pops off small trail features that you wouldn't even know were there on a bigger travel bike because the suspension would just absorb it, and it can also handle steep double blacks just fine too, because you have less travel you also have less fork dive, hence less weight transfer, which means the head angle doesn't steepens as much, would I recommend a bike like it if you were racing enduro? no, but would I recommend a bike like it as a great all rounder that can handle pretty much anything and i's super fun to ride? absolutely.

I've done the X zones at Mammoth on my 26" Stumpjumper and downhill sections at Mt. Baldy. Back in the day we called this riding. No rolling over everything with 29" tires.

Hilarious that you refer to the Stumpjumper as an XC bike. Great title to get views, but the video was also great!

The best part about a new bike is it makes all the trails new again. And you get excited about riding again.

Back in 96 I modified a Cannondale super vee with a shock that had double the stroke making it into an 8 inch real travel. I added a six inch travel Risse fork and that bike was unreal. I won two races in the sport class at Plattekill and there were so many sandbaggers to beat. LOL that bike had a bottom bracket height of about 13 inches. The Cannondale race team mechanics really liked what we did and they gave us (my race team called WTR aka White Trash Racing) headset cups with eccentric rings so we could rake the front out to 67 degrees. LOL I loved downhill

Bikes and components have come a long way. I remember watching a friend fold his front wheel in half just by braking hard and this happened because he was 100lbs over the recommended rider weight for the wheel.

I was 318lbs last year and I’m 195 now from riding my bike. You’re a good rider which means you actually ride so how the hell are you still holding so much weight ??

I would love to see this man getting a XC bike or a Road bike and seeing him doing some miles in the saddle in flat or climbing situations. On the other hand, he comes down the trail like a freight train.

Bro ur videos r the best keep it up 👍

Im 6'3" 260 and I've always run 140/130mm full suspension bikes. My current bike is a Superior XF 939. Haven't broken it yet😂

In the black and white video of you going to hit jumps and you looked back at the camera you look like that dude from full metal jacket that blows his head off 😂😂😂

Enjoy your ride! That’s what matters

First cut down the lines you took the right one. But in reverse 😊

Those chrome riser bars are nice

I have a 2022 Stumpjumper expert with 140/130 travel and it's a blast. Ultimately I'm going to pick up a Specialized Euduro and have a two bike setup. The normal stumpjumper is really capable and jumps good! I've done big drops, jumped an eight stair, and taken it to "Sky Park" in so cal!

1:30 LMAO!

Your awesome thanks for the entertainment, and giving hope to us big riders! Love the bars who makes them?

Wow ! Nice one Sir, 😁👍🚴‍♀️💪🇵🇭

Keep doing it man. I really enjoy your content. I think haters don't understand that you're a mtb biker, not a cyclist. I myself was a 240 pounds mtb biker once.

that's a lot of beef gracefully soaring through the air. Nice man.

As someone that only weighs 150 lbs and broke a few xc frames and components i won't ride one hard again. It's not fun doing a scorpion after a frame snaps

Cute gravel route

No pads...Bones are overrated! Haha! awesome to see. Most would die one some of these trails with a big travel bike, It is just a testament to your skill.

Its not an xc bike! 😅 riser bars and all. But, chubby guys do race its called Clydesdale 200lb. +. But they ride xc bikes 100-120mm of travel sometime fully rigid. I have a fully rigid race build that weighs around 14 lbs. You are on a trail bike my friend. Ive been racing enduro all year on a trail bike with remote lockouts. 130/130 racing like that is all about line choice thats what youre constantly thinking.

I'm 280 and ride a santa cruz blur tr. It's awesome

Dude! I love your videos man, you have a very particular sense of humor!! thanks a lot man!

Love my Santa Cruz tall boy 120mm rear 130mm front. The thing just rips

I'm looking for another old skool ATX 2 I started off with that bike when it first came out and been so through so many but now a bigger set guy like yourself and man your awesome you've really made my mind up now that I can go back out and get fitter again!

Fire video 🔥 When’s the next group ride!?

Im amazed that you are as large as you are while being fairly good at hitting the jumps.

That bike brings you back to the old school of riding almost the same as riding and having fun on a BMX bike 🤔🤘

Love that you're rockin Stan Smith tennis shoes!

what type of air pressure are you running in the fork and shock

I bought the sworks stumpy from 2019. Very similar to that bike and I would take that bike anywhere. Best lightweight mountain bike I’ve ever ridden. Rad vids bro keep them coming. Maybe do a how to jump tutorial sometime.

Those rock gardens 😅!!

Great video! Just found your channel a week ago and I freaking love it!

I love the short travel bikes , i like how light they feel , and I don't ride many double black diamonds

making me feel really old here... when I was a kid there was no suspension on mountain bikes.. and until my newest bike everything over 12cm was considered a downhill bike..

I am a chubby 220 and I exclusively run a hardtail, because I also ride bmx. MTB is an on the side hobby. I like a stiff back end.

I wish I had a bike like that. I have allways had dreams about having bike with full suspension

man back in the day we were racing downhill on a 6 inch fsr . love the video .

Great video. Next time, a single speed fixie?

It’s a nice tool to have in the fleet but I love my coil and Fox 38 for the steeps.

Teach me some of those 🔥 jump skills!

Sweet video! I bought a small frame Trek XC bike last year off Craigslist to get me into MTBing (still all i can afford and i should be a medium) but ive been riding that thing at down hill parks dudes be lookin at me like im nuts 😂

After buying and riding a new Stumpjumper alloy (150/140) all season, I couldn't have said it any better, This bike is freaking amazing.

A mountain bike with 140mm front and 130mm rear is a trail bike. XC bicycles have 100mm or 120mm front and non or 180 rear. Specialized classified the Stumpjumper as a trail bike.

just bought a stumpy. They're solid. definitely going to upgrade the travel as soon as i can

If is slack dont calle it xc,,and yes is always good to see yo ,your videos rock😊😊

This video lets me know what more I can do as I have a very, very similar specialized.

Hello, your videos are funny, I love them!

Nice review. (I ride a levo carbon and get paranoid about the frame cracking from my weight of about 200 lbs so your rides give me more confidence in specialized carbon- cool)

Great video. Your jumping skills are top notch!

Dude, those jumps look insane on video I can't imagine them in person!

You’re just fluffy bro. More to love

Air up the suspension twice as much than recommended. Voids the warrenty but u will like it.

dood, love my stumpie! It's super nimble and capable. Wish I could hit jumps like you!

nice vids man! ihope you make more vids like these! i can totally relate im 300lbs guys myself! Big guy VS MTB..bike buying guides for fatties what components to buy.. im sure u have lots of suggestions..d one components dat survive it all..hhehe more power bro!

Those bars... polished alloy looks wild ❤

That was a great watch! Well done

Smooth landings on the jumps 👏

Oh, well-known xc rig with pike at the front😮

would you say that with this Short travel bike comes more responsibility to be a better rider and experience beforehand?

Dude, these jumps were so clean!

Do you ever check mfg specs on frame and rim weight limits? I’m always worried I’m gonna snap my rides in half. I’m lighter but still concerned as I’m always over the typical max rider weight. What equipment upgrades do you typically do? (Sounds like a new vid for all of us sasquatches)

So sick!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

La primera parte del descenso es aterradora hermano...y lo intentaste tres malditas veces encima!...naaa ya entraste al olimpo de mis héroes

Anyone who's ridden Pacifica knows that is the only "warm up" you get there >.

I was at the boyscout trail with you

Thanks!

“He jumps so majestically”- my son

oky cool now do that on spectral 125 😶‍🌫, i wish that was an actual XC bike BTW🤣

Is that the correct size frame for him? Looked tiny on the warm up lap.

This man is proof you can be big and fit . Keep it up buddy

We are of a very similar size but I am 60. Really would like to get into emtb on a budget. You had a chance to crush the new Aventon Ramblas yet? I like the price point but wonder if it can take the mass.

I'm less big and have a real XC the kind that aren't made anymore 33-speed shimano 120-120mm I upgraded to fox factory and shock and I wouldn't try those kind of trails, I did a few but unwillingly because I explore lines on hiking maps rather than follow known mtb routes anyway you can but your hands and shoulders won't like it much, the only tweak i did is install an adjustable seatpost and cut a part of the seatpost tube to allow a super low saddle placement because my bike frame is too big (supposed to be L but it's an XL compared to modern bikes)

Awesome video really cool 👍😎🤘