So as someone who moved to vail this winter to snowboard and work here Im now staying for the summer and wanted to see what the mountain biking scene was like and compared to the trails i rode back east it looks great. As for the trail diversity it turns out that the trails are made and maintained by the summer staff of ski patrol as a hobby more than part of their job so they only cut one a year if that. But if Vail gets a dedicated bike crew it could be some of the best park riding in CO
Thanks CJ, appreciate it. Skiing is the best. I've tried to get some video and honestly never get to a quality point where I think I can pull it off. There's a few half baked ones that I scrapped. No skiing for me this season, so maybe next one I'll try again.
I have followed you for a long time. I enjoy your videos. I must say that I’ve always dreamt of ridding in Utah or Arizona, but after this video, I am putting Vail on my bucket list. Those looooooong blue trails just seem like my kind of trail riding. Great videos. Keep it up.
Wow, three years you've been subscribed. Thanks so much, really means a lot to hear from the people who've stuck around. Vail is amazing, I wouldn't spend a whole vacation just at the bike park, but its an area where you can choose a "homebase" and drive an hour here and there to hit a bunch of amazing spots.
@@BlindstuffMTB definitely does not feel like 3 years. Keep doing what you’re doing! I also loved your Optic detail review. I ordered one in October and it might finally get here in April....lol. Can’t wait.
Taking my best friend, who is not a MTBer, to Vail and I think we will try this park on Saturday. I am not sure we are going to try all the trails but I liked the sequence you shared on this video. Should be a great time. Thanks for the vid.
@@BlindstuffMTB Yeah, for sure. That’s the plan. I’m not taking my bike (and he doesn’t have one) so we’ll rent there. We’ll want to get used to bikes/tires and the terrain/trails before we start pushing it a bit. Do you recommend wearing a full face mask and elbow/knee pads for these trails?
Great vid, Stefano! That "sick edit of your favorite bike brand, ripping through the forest with Sail playing in the background" got me laughing out loud. Guess we were a bit early, listening to Sail while driving that baller F150 on the PNW trip a couple of years ago haha
Its funny when you riding easy trails abuse by beginners at the end of season in high speed you suddenly find out is bone rattle ride more tiring than any black trail, love it.... to bad didn't visit any bike park last year, hope this year will be better...... rather ride those kind of trails than craaazy jumps!!! Ohhh NO, ohhh NO poor bike and the tree :-) thank you for excellent riding, cheers V!
So very true. Those braking bumps on blue/green trails get really really bad. Whereas some black trails stay reasonable. Thanks for joining for the ride as always Verdon, cheers!
Not all is bad with florida lol. Trail accesibility around South Florida is phenomenal for year round riding, but yes, I do miss living close to the mountains. Skiing is a huge ordeal instead of just a drive up. Maybe someday I'll move again.
You comment on your hand pain from time to time on long rides. I'm curious what that is for you? I've just finished some studies to find out about mine. My fingers go numb and my wrist has a sharp pain in it on my right hand. I did a nerve study and found out I do have carpal tunnel syndrome, which is why the fingers go numb (they go numb on my mtb, on my motorcycle, and while holding a switch pro controller--it's weird). I also did an mri + arthrogram with contrast and don't know the results on that one yet. I have my follow up with my hand and wrist specialist in a couple of weeks. Hoping whatever is going on is correctable without too much impact. We think it's because of my arm break last fall and having to use my other arm to do basically everything for months, plus unnoticed or unaddressed trauma on my unbroken wrist. It did hurt for a few days, but compared to my other arm, it was barely noticeable (especially with the meds they had me on). So I'm just wondering what your experience is? Pain and I are old friends, but I've never done anything longer than 10 miles on my mtb so I'm just curious.
You won't believe this, but for me it was the angle of my brake levers. I've got them almost flat now where my wrist is more in a "push up" position and the pain has mostly gone away. I've had a few arm and hand injuries and thought maybe it was that, but it turned out to be much simpler of a fix. Try it out and see if it works for you before you focus only on the medical route. Jokes in the video aside, I think this is a good reference: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7YHDpunS4yQ.html I don't have them 100% flat, but I went flat and then a bit down and it helped enormously. I Still get some pain on very long ride but its waaaayyyy better. Hope its an easy fix for you too.
