Full video of my mountain bike traverse of Iceland from north to south with biking legends Hans Rey, Steve Peat and local rider Runar Omarson. TV documentary full length feature.
Imagine taking the call at the Bike tour place .... "Sorry, who did you just say?" ..... "Hans Rey and Steve Peat ... you may have heard of them" ...... Lifetime moment right there :D Awesome video :)
@ 14:50 - Steve Peat's Superlative DownHill MountainBike Racing Skills *Automatically Chooses* the *SMOOTHEST* And *FASTEST* LINE... Note how His *Center-of-Mass* (Torso) is (almost) making a *Straight Line* while he kinda-sorta keeps his Bike Tires on the undulating (right/left & up/down) Trail... with *STYLE* (of course)... I saw this clip, and chose to *Learn Technique* ... (versus chide 'trail conservation' - not that anyone was complaining about 'irresponsible trail abuse'... yet...)
14:50 has an interesting type of #BubbaScrub for a faster line with less vertical (and horizontal, in this corner-ish situation) motion of the rider's CG... Semenuck(sp?) has mastered this (in some of his videos)...
Sometimes I feel as a mountaine biker myself, that skidding around lanscapes is not always a good idea. Environment such as this is pretty sensitive and rare. But it looks nice.
@ 14:50 - Steve Peat's Superlative DownHill MountainBike Racing Skills *Automatically Chooses* the *SMOOTHEST* And *FASTEST* LINE... Note how His *Center-of-Mass* (Torso) is (almost) making a *Straight Line* while he kinda-sorta keeps his Bike Tires on the undulating (right/left & up/down) Trail... with *STYLE* (of course)... I saw this clip, and chose to *Learn Technique* ... (versus chide 'trail conservation' - not that anyone actually condones 'irresponsible trail abuse'...) *Internal Conflict* separates thoughtful and considerate humans from irresponsible presidents and politicians who "Drain the Swamp" so fellow bottomfeeders can breathe the "Clean Coal" AIR they are polluting (in remote areas they only visit if they are lying for votes from people they truly care less about than their defaulted and forgotten loans and contractors and creditors and bankrupted businesses)... #TooSoon...?!? #TooAccurate...?!? #TooBadTrumpWasCorrectAboutTheSystemIsRigged (against 80+% of the population he allegedly 'represents')...
Sometimes I had the drone in my backpack, but the cameraman Cédric Tassan as well as photographer Scott Markewitz happen to be extremely fit guys and good riders so they would either ride along or be taken to some spots on the Land Rover to meet us.
I really hope this is taken as a constructive feedback as that is its intent. I'm not a mountainbike person but I like all types of adventure and action sports. when clicking on this video I wanted to see the adventure of these two guys traversing Iceland. I was just following Chris Burkard's east to west traverse and this sounded as interesting as that but this video starts with who these guys are and their achievements in the sport. I don't think this adds anything to the story and for someone like me who just wants to see the story and the action this is of little relevance. other than that great video. keep it up
J'adore le VTT, j'adore l'Islande. Mais attention, du fait du froid l'activité organique est très faible en Islande, le moindre dérapage peut prendre des dizaines d'années à disparaître, les plantes mettront très longtemps à reconquérir les zones abîmées. Donc VTT en Islande pourquoi pas, mais uniquement sur les chemins, sur les sentiers sans déraper, sans sortir de la trace !
Dear Hans I've seen your video many times and even after 10 times it's still great. I would like to make the same crossing. can you give me some information and contact in Iceland? thanks, advance Roberto
I wonder if most of these areas will now be accesible with ebikes the santa cruz hekkler spings to my mind. I recently watch the ride through LA that you and Tommy C on the ebikes an it made me start thinking about it. whats your thoughts Hans?
Solo he visto un minuto. Un coche a todo gas por encima de lo que hubiese, un ciclista derrapando sin necesidad, saliéndose de la trazada sobre la hierba... supongo que no es el respeto al entorno una de las cualidades del video. Paso.
Click-bated by "Iceland'; assaulted by "gnarly"....is there any wonder why MTBs should remain band for the big W? A video about off road touring Iceland would be cool, but....
