Riding The Black Canyon Trail in a Day on a Singlespeed - 3 Friends... 62 Miles... One Gear...

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In this episode we attempt the 62 mile black canyon trail... on singlespeeds... in one day. The first time I rode this trail I kept thinking to myself "I wonder if this trail is doable on a singlespeed in a day..." Today we find out. This is the longest challenge I've done yet: 62 miles, 5500 ft of climbing, and over 11 hours of pedaling... in one gear. For this trail I took the Spot Rocker belt-drive in singlespeed mode. Joining me is my riding buddy Cody, and my best friend and wife, Dusty Betty.
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@saswu18 Год назад

u are so kind and polite to everyone on the road, being super supportive to your wife and cheerful , this is awesome sharing of you guys did!!!!! bravo~~~~~

@MrNickHanson 3 года назад

Real eager to see the Spot Rocker SS review

@struanmills5710 5 месяцев назад

Well done Steve and Betty. I really enjoy all your videos, but I especially enjoyed this one as its the reason why we have a bike in the first place. Getting out there in the beautiful world and pushing ourselves. Love to see more content like this as its beautiful part of the world that you live in. Keep up the good work.

@teeree8 3 года назад

Awesome video. I love how you show the good, bad, and overall reality of these long rides. Super inspirational and a real treat to sit down and watch.

@marklyon5646 3 года назад

Super cool to see the corresponding Dusty Betty video as well. Everyone pushed themselves, I will NEVER get a KOM either. 60+ miles on a single speed, very inspirational and hard work. The organization and cooperation from the support vehicles was also impressive. Thanks for the great content.

@wesleywermuth9545 3 года назад

Awesome!!! Can’t wait for the Rocker review

@shaunroach7829 3 года назад

Content is sooo good!! Loved Tess video awhile back and this one too!!! Great mental toughness shown by everyone, set a goal, go for it and complete the goal!!! Single speed for the win 💪💪💪💪👍👍👍🤘🤘🤘🤘

@bikingviking6688 3 года назад

Great job Tess! I know how Steve feels. When I ride with my wife on great trails I've done before that she hasn't, it takes on a whole new level of stoke. Congrats guys!

@tylerc8039 3 года назад

You guys are so wild. 60 miles! That's so far! Mad props to all - especially Tess. Great videos as always Steve. And the new intro song was great!

@justincooper7015 3 года назад

That was epic. Really looking forward to the review on that Spot bike when it appears!

@sixate 3 года назад

That is long day in the saddle, and rolling SS too! Much respect. Great vid as always.

@adamrossi7010 3 года назад

So proud of you guys!! You crushed it!

@durasal81 3 года назад

I also tried Stages computers and experienced the same app issues. I was totally frustrated and ended up returning it and provided them with feedback. I was gifted a Garmin 830 and had it synced and working within 5 min. Great video!

@zensmylie5393 3 года назад

Ayyyy, nothing like a good all day ride on a single speed. I’ve loved pretty much all your content since I found your channel a few months back but I especially like anything single speed related! 🤘🏼

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Thanks. I have a soft spot for a good singlespeed.

@zensmylie5393 3 года назад

Yeah same here I converted fully last year and now riding anything with gears just feels weird, love the simplicity.👍🏼

@robertrobertson7782 3 года назад

Great job you guys love it you did that on a Singlespeed 👊💪Dusty Betty is a beast my wife loved her effort and especially your reference to the chamois change😂😂the little things that matter. One day Steve we will ride Brother!!

@jasoniannone9675 3 года назад

I live a little vicariously through your epic rides. Type 2 fun.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Surprisingly, this had more type 1 than i thought it would. 90% type 1, 10% type 2.

@ronanderson5736 3 года назад

Awesome job to you all! Wow!

@chasepalpatine170 3 года назад

Congrats on your achievements. Nice job.

@SOCMTBR 3 года назад

Oh man, someday I’ll ride this full loop for sure. Thanks for making this. Great video! 🤙

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I hear the fool's loop is a really exahustong one. Most of the people I know who tried it bailed out and weren't able to complete it.

@SOCMTBR 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty how many miles is the full loop to be exact? I’m only found 77miles on MTB Project web as it’s part of IMBA Epic trail.

@jordanrhodes 3 года назад

Fantastic job on the video - really looks high quality.

@ThrashMountain 2 года назад

This is awesome!!!!

@devengudinas1649 3 года назад

Dawn to dusk. Awesome ride.

@drewziraldo5407 3 года назад

Epic adventure! AZ Creek water is an acquired taste.

@philb4493 3 года назад

Man this looks like blast. Tessa has gotten so much better since she started. Looks like we will be in Phoenix area next winter so this is on my to do list.

@solobellimino2356 3 года назад

You are one of the lucky mans my dude Riding like you do with your lady🙌

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Thank you, I feel extremely fortunate. Riding with someone you love is simply the best. She didn't mountain bike when we got married, but she loves it now. So there's hope out there for everyone else. Now our first world problems are agreeing on who gets to ride each day, since we both want to ride every day. With a toddler it's tough to find a babysitter, so we don't get to ride together as much as we'd like, so it's really special when we do get to ride together.

@solobellimino2356 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty but one day it will be a family affair

@vagabond-yj8pn 3 года назад

Wow! Amazing achievement.

@okbiker 3 года назад

Awesome video! Great stoke!

@slowwerthensnot 3 года назад

With the snow and cold, so envious

@danielrgusa 3 года назад

The BCT looks like a fun ride. Great video Steve.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Such a great one! You'd love it.

@marcosmadrazo2440 3 года назад

That was awesome!

@whatchulookinat338 3 года назад

Beasty ride! Sweet gloves!

@cameronlesley2428 3 года назад

Epic ride well done to everyone

@06wv 3 года назад

That looks like an awesome ride. Love to do something like that one day.

@xophere 3 года назад

owe.... Crazy man.

@lukesteele5013 3 года назад

That bike is rad! I want one, but there are other bikes that make more sense first. Definitely one I need at some point though!

@johnnydoe66 3 года назад

Congrats on the accomplishment! I bet the best part was getting a high five and a Love You from "Little Dusty" at the end.....😊

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

100%

@johnnydoe66 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty Only reason I know that for sure, well two, I have two girls and it was always awesome to get those little moments. They're 17 and 20 now, but every now and then I get some of those moments that bring back the memories of when they were little.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

@@johnnydoe66 Being a father is the best part of life for me.

@johnnydoe66 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty I totally agree

@VerthNeel 3 года назад

Beautiful.

@No-ti2sn 3 года назад

Next up: Riding the Black Canyon Trail on BMX bikes

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Lol

@kensegel5909 3 года назад

Ha Ha!! Wouldn't that be something!!

@slowwerthensnot 3 года назад

Fixed! 😁

@devengudinas1649 3 года назад

Clunkers 😂

@chrismedellin5330 3 года назад

The $100 BCT challenge

@dcmtbadventures4910 3 года назад

Beast-Mode Steve. I *just this weekend* rode from Emery-Henderson, north to do the Little Pan/Williams Mesa loop and back to EH on my SS; 33 miles. my legs were *blasted* when I was done. That's crazy strong work essentially doing that twice in one day.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Thanks. It took me a long time to be able to work up to this one. And it took several days to recover, but I really enjoyed it.

@delgabertan7499 3 года назад

Missed you out in St. George earlier, I was down with the "Rona". So pretty much stuck home watching your vids again. The BCT looks like a rad challenge!

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Get better soon!

@delgabertan7499 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty thanks Steve. Can you believe I caught it from riding with someone who tested negative the day before? I'm in recovery mode now!

@mpk33 3 года назад

Cody must be extra super fit, seeing as he'll hop over any little rise over such a long and tiring ride...lol Also, well done to Tess/DB. She slaughtered it.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Cody is a pro xc/endurance racer. He races 24 hour solo xc races. He's on another level. He could have completed this 2 hours faster at least.

@jimmeridda 3 года назад

Awesome.

@bk83082 3 года назад

I did 50 on a SS, I had no desire to add another 12 miles when it was over. Best tasting BBQ and beers ever.

@JJMilk 3 года назад

Respect!! 😎💪🏼

@p2lpark 3 года назад

This is on my bucket list, but not on a singlespeed! Kudos to you bro! The Prescott NF is going to make another extension to the BCT from Cottonwood soon. When that is done, you could ride from Sedona to Cottonwood via Lime Kiln, Cottonwood to Phx via BCT. Could make for some epic and brutal long rides!

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Oof, that climb looks brutal. I need to do it at least once though. I've seen the proposed route. Fingers crossed they make it official.

@p2lpark 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty Its going to happen in phase 3 of the Blowout Wash Trail System. They have a conservation crew working on the system right now! The extension will be called Copper Chief Trail and is fosho gonna happen, which is huge for that area. Ill send you the map of it on your Instagram. And yeah that climb would be brutal

@JimmyRadloff 3 года назад

I remember getting to the top of that climb on my Remedy....I was so glad we were almost done. We had 10 riders in a group on that ride a couple years back. We only did the 35 mile ride. I was tired....60 is crazy on SS. That takes intestinal fortitude. I've only done a few tougher rides...Whiskey 50, Dawn to Dusk race The Prickley Pedal and the long slick rock loop in Moab when my legs were already smoked.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

It's a big day for sure!

@theshredneck7296 3 года назад

Great video! Would love to head west and ride this stuff. I recently converted my Honzo ST to single speed this past weekend. One ride in and it’s fun. Definitely not easy though. Especially on techy climbs.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Give it a couple weeks and it gets much easier, provided you've got an appropriate gearing for your trails.

@theshredneck7296 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty yeah gearing is great. Just the steep uphill with root step ups that got me

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

@@theshredneck7296 Rock on! Welcome to the dark side. SS is so much fun.

@brentforrer149 3 года назад

Just did 38.5 miles of the BCT on fully loaded rigid Bikepacking bike last week! Mentally exhausting is right!

@sanduskyohiobro 3 года назад

Nice riding

@ericpmoss 3 года назад

I noticed you drinking the skunky river water. To improve it before filtering, see if you can dig a 'coyote well'. Basically, it's about a 5-6" diameter hole about the length of your forearm, about 3 feet from the edge of the stream. It takes 20 minutes, but it uses the sand and soil to filter the water that seeps into it. It makes a big difference.

@danmiller3348 3 года назад

Pedal harder, Steve, the bees almost caught you!

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Gotta love those noisy high engagement Nukeproof hubs. I'm a silent hub fan myself.

@solobellimino2356 3 года назад

I only needed to hear single speed😍 lol

@chiefsilverback 3 года назад

Great vid, I'd love to have some trails like that here in New England. You can piece together sections of single track, 'paper roads' etc... but you're going to be on and off of blacktop trying to connect them all together.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I've been dying tondo an all singletrack bikeoackong trip in New England, but i keep running into the issues you mentioned.

@chiefsilverback 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty People have mapped routes that go top to bottom and side to side in NH and VT, but they use a lot of rail trails and gravel roads rather than single track. In NH we have class VI roads, in VT they are class IV roads, they are unmaintained town roads that are still rights of way but many are actually too rough to ride because they were cut straight along the fall line and they just become rivers when it rains. This summer I might try to make a couple of them near my home passable so I can string together a reasonable XC loop. We do have some nice trail networks that are maintained by the local clubs/chapters. Often they are on private land and not posted on sites like Trailforks, but they provide some great riding.

@greg1083 3 года назад

LOL. Watching this I could hear my Drill Instructors voice ,"You people are gluttons for punishment." You DID NOT want to hear him say that phrase.

@mtbdad2 3 года назад

Awesome. Well done everyone. I’ve done most of BCT but not in one day. That’s a tall order. Who’s that wearing the Early Bird jersey?

@ernesthale2471 3 года назад

Great

@dirtycommtroop 3 года назад

Its been a while but spring is around the corner. The skis are packed away and the hardtail is in the shop. Soon enough i'll be killing myself working up my endurance all over again.

@natethompson6178 3 года назад

Can't wait for your Rocker review...curious, how did u feel about the belt "gearing" comparable to 32x20?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Closer to 32/19

@go-joe2929 Год назад

I’m def getting this or the new nukeproof. I’m on a coin toss between the two and am new to mtn bike riding. I want a good do it all bike but this spot rock reminds me of my old haro when I was a teenager and me and my friends hit the gravel pits.

@hardtailparty Год назад

I think tou would benefit from by mike consultation service over on Patreon. This and the nukeproof are entirely different bikes and ride completely different from each other.

@maxxh5914 2 года назад

Can you discuss ECCENTRIC BOTTOM BRACKETS? The nuances about them and the pros vs cons. I am an avid SSer but I have always used a sliding dropout. I am currently running a 2020 Giant XTC advanced+ with the sliding adjustable dropout. You should see about reviewing that.

@kensegel5909 3 года назад

Nice job to everyone!! Where were the support stations? Bumble Bee and Table Mesa?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Yes

@jtucker05 3 года назад

Great vid! In terms of endurance difficulty, how does this compare to the Prescott loop you did?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Prescott was more mentally draining and not nearly as fun.

@aarons4180 3 года назад

We got rained out of a Sedona trip (I live in the bay area) so we came down the mountain to do this point to point ride with support vehicles. It was epic! We finished in Black Rock City at the Saloon thing, I forget the name. Did you stop your ride there in Black Rock City? It looked like there was another loop that could be added to extend the ride.

@mellissanash7517 3 года назад

Genuine awesome vibes on the video! I forgot but what is the clearance on the Spot? I take similar tires but in a wider model would be better on some of the chunk here?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

See my first look video.

@jhuanger 3 года назад

Man, such an awesome video! makes me want to do a similar type of ride out here in California! Quick question on your tires - Heard you mentioned that you were running 2.3 tires... aren't those a bit narrow for a hardtail? I thought for hardtails, you want to be riding something a bit wider so you can run them at a lower psi and soften the ride a little bit. I'm running 2.8's on my hardtail, at 150lbs, I run them at 14 and 16 psi (front and back, with inserts), and find that they have great traction in dirt, but feel a bit bouncy going over rock gardens like the ones you ride on in Sedona. How do i get rid of that bouncy-ness, do I need to run my tires at even lower psi?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Bounciness means your tire casing is too thin or your psi is off. I love my 2.3s out here. They really dig in.

@jazzechos1372 3 года назад

I did not know that Spot made a single speed bike. The Rocker...very interesting.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I've featured it on the channel. It's got some really cool features.

@erikgriffioen6230 3 года назад

Epic trip. Difficult enough on a geared bike. Well done. What was your gear ratio ? How much walking was involved ?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Stock fear ratio form Spot (i forgot the exact tooth profile, you can look it up). I walked 100 feet of it. The jagged section near black canyon city was too tough to ride.

@joenapieralski7506 3 года назад

You should do a bike check up. I want to see all your whips

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I send 99% of these back to the companies after I review them. Patrons get to see behind the scene stuff though, where o showcase what bikes I have at a given time way before they hit RU-vid..

@sujapramod9795 3 года назад

We need the trails back

@sujapramod9795 3 года назад

The part 2

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I don't understand.

@sujapramod9795 3 года назад

I mean, you have uploaded the first video of building the trials. But there wasn't the second part of the video

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

@@sujapramod9795 oh, the trials build. Got it. Yes, I'll release more in the future.

@JohnDoe-zb7dz 2 года назад

Memory makers.

@stevenpowers9609 3 года назад

I ride this as a 50 mile loop from Rock Springs to the top of Antelope Creek and back down... I need to get a shuttle to the far north to do it in one day like this. The gravel section doing it as a loop is not very fun.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

I highly recommend it.

@baddriversofcolga 3 года назад

Are you going to do a video on the GPS once you've had some time with it? Might be interesting to hear your thoughts on it. Anyway, this makes me want to do a longer ride. My longest so far is only 26 miles so I think I'll set a goal for a 40 mile ride this year.

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

Good goal. Yes, I'll be reviewing this unit once I get some more time on it.

@baddriversofcolga 3 года назад

@@hardtailparty Sweet!

@MrLongboarder87 3 года назад

Do you pick your gearing for a specific trail or just run what works best for you normally?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

For this challenge it was a demo bike for review, and i didn't have any extra cogs, so i had to run it in the stock config. Fortunately it turned out to be the perfect gear.

@SnootchieBootchies27 3 года назад

What kind of gearing did you have on this ride? And wheel size?

@lastsunofkrypton7950 3 года назад

I’ve heard about single speed but don’t really know much about them. What would be the mountain bike gear setting equivalent of a single speed on a 3x drivetrain? 2x6 or 2x7?

@hardtailparty 3 года назад

32x20 or 32x19