What if I want to dress appropriately and clicked on the video to make sure I don't wear red sweatpants to funerals just because I didn't know better? ;)
There's that one American guy in tour de ngar that wore ff with glasses , I thought he was cool af ps: went back to the film and found his name RYAN RADRIGUEZ
"Noob Gap" is harder to overcome because bike shorts are getting shorter. I ordered some recently and come to find out they had a 9" inseam. There's no way to pull the knee pads up high enough to compensate without making them "thigh pads". Ketl Mtn, I am looking right at you....
@@gmbn Even those are shorter now! I use to get padded shorts from Performance Bike and they had some length to them. Now the only affordable ones come from companies that think thighs are 6 inches long. It's really difficult to find any that go past mid thigh. If anyone has any recommended brands with some length that don't cost a fortune, I'm all ears.
Such snobs, wear whatever is comfortable and protect whatever you don't want to injure. I don't care about the fashion opinion of anybody not paying my bills.
I always ride in cheap cargo shorts in warmer weather. Good length on them - side pockets for snacks, and it doesn't bother me if they get torn if I have a fall.
Once I realized how much nicer glasses can be with a fullface on a hot day I started easing up on these (silly) fashion rules. Function before fashion!
100% fact. This is why I myself said screw "fashion". If I'm riding on a 80+ degree day in the direct sun, I don't give a crap about being fashionable. Glasses keeps a much cooler than goggles.
Full face and glasses is the hill I will die on. That is the best combo. One summer riding in southern California and you will get rid of your goggles, too. WAY too hot.
The hell with that lol. Half shell and glasses or full face and goggles (you don't need them on the climbs anyways or at a bike park on the lift) I'm also in socal!
Wear wtf your want! Just make sure it includes adequate protection for whatever style of riding. Where's the fun in everyone looking like 101 dalmatians?!?!
I remember trying to pass a rider who was wearing earphones. I was yelling and practically buzzing his back tyre, (he was going glacially slow). Very annoying!!
Personally, I don't give a crap what people say I should or should not wear out on the trails. Sometimes I'll sport a full face with goggles, sometimes with mtb shades. Sometimes I'll wear a long sleeved T, sometimes I'll wear a skin tight UnderArmor shirt. Cargo shorts with 5Tens? Sure, I'll do that too!
Am I the only one that really dislikes the feeling of tech-cloth? like especially as a Jersey... hate the way it sticks to your skin and feels cold immediately, as if I was wearing nothing. Horrible feeling when sweating. Much prefer cotton 😎
Blake ! Yak attack is the hardest mountain bike enduro race which take place at the high himalayas region of Nepal . The trail is quite technical . and the distance is long . Can you accept the challlange and take part in this event + it would be a great documentry video for the channel
Great show Blake. Your team helped promote a couple of blokes in Asheville, NC recently and that's where I am from. You should find Syd and Macky or April and Kyle. They are also really great bikers and would make great content.
Stupid wearing goggles on enduro rides in hot weather. Watching people with the sun beating down on your face pedaling up climbs. Glasses are made much bigger now. Way more air flow and keeps sun off your face. Most are just trendy. Like the guy who wears a full face and no pads, ridiculous
If you need your glasses to see the trail, a goggle is not your friend. At least, if you do like to see anything. Fogged glasses are unfashionable, mate.
I ride in Enduro full face helmet and MTB riding glasses. I mostly ride in city and local park (not a bike park) and they offer much more ventilation/cooling, than goggles. Of course I bring goggles when I go to ride Bike park and my DH helm with me.
I agree goggles for real wet, loose stone conditions, but i also like like full face helme with polarized work safety glasses 😂😂, protection for eyes..no steaming up..extra ventilation 🤙🤙
100 % agree with the no headphones! the amount of people ive been stuck behind because they cant hear me is insane. The only other thing i would add to your list in no blue tooth speaker. No one wants to hears your playlist. lol.
EXTREMELY SUPPORT AND AGREE especially with the last point. It looks absolutely awkward and NOT STYLISH with such an AWFUL GAP between knee pads and shorts
The F**k boi gap with some long white socks and a pare of Vans is fashionable AF if you're a Freerider 🤘 don't let people tell you how to cloth yourself
It doesn’t matter what you wear, Wear clothes that make you happy and your comfortable in. I just have my “riding clothes” separate from my normal clothes
Wait wait, hear me out. What if we made MTB clothing that was fairly tight so it doesn't flap or get in the way, made of fabric that dries really quickly and feels cool when you're moving, and maybe even has some pockets and padding for your underbits when you're pedaling. That would be AMAZING!
That's me - way over 40 and stopped GAF decades ago. Now, I laugh at all the mtb sheeple who are so insecure that they can't decide for themselves what's best for themselves. Oh yeah, I wear my Walmart Crocs knockoffs everywhere except my bike, just to annoy everybody who would allow themselves to be annoyed by me wearing cheap, comfortable shoes.
Blake...buddy. get yourself some silicone wedding bands. I bought some for the lake years ago. I only wear my metal ring if im dressing up now. The risk for additional finger injuries is eliminated as well.
I wear glasses with my full face!🤷🏼♂️ use goggles on bike parks etc but if I’m riding some distance at a trail centre in summer I’ll sweat like a pig in goggles!🐷
Unless you had a bell and used it, go eff yourself. Ignore if you used a bell and the music lover had the volume so high that they could not hear the bell.
Being underdressed for a winter ride can be the last mistake you ever make. Yeah, on a hot day err on the side of too little, but this approach can be fatal when riding alone in the winter. The typical hypothermia symptom of shivering doesn't happen when we are doing heavy exercise. One should sweat a bit going up long hills.
Crap, guess il have to either quit with mountain biking or only go to parks and trails during nights. So many fashion rules and iv broken all off them exept the jewelry........i though biking was about the fun on trails, not on the catwalk....
Bone Conduction headphones are a very reasonable compromise. I've got a set, and even with the music fairly loud I can hear the sounds my bike is making and traffic noise more than clearly enough. If you're totally zoned out, you're zoned out. It doesn't matter if you're listening to music or not. In your context of calling out to someone to pass them on a trail, bone conduction sets will absolutely allow you to hear that. Personally, when training, music keeps me going. From one of your other videos, I'm a combination of a Trail Guide/Unfit. (Unfit is being unfair, I'm just out of shape for me, I used to play AAA baseball and swim provincial club, but I look like the unfit dude in your video, I sweat a lot. But I'm Army trained in NAV and have experience in maps, plus enjoy being decked out for zombies..../playing) But I agree that not being aware of others around you is annoying, so I'm not disagreeing on your point, just pointing out that there is a tech to compensate for the issue if you're like me and need the tunes for motivation. (If you haven't tried them, you should, mine are even rated for swimming, so Tri-ready).
Blah. Full face with glasses, Check. Air pod pro with transparency mode. Check. Knee pads with (long) shorts. Check. Maybe we're not cool in Colorado. Just ride "mate". Love the vids tho
Lol. Sun glasses on a full face all day. Older I get worse my vision gets. Oakley gas cans with prescription lenses. Also I live in FL. So it's probably cooler than goggles. However when I make my first trip to NC to ride DH with lift access I will buy goggles. The only thing that sucks is I will need to order a insert from SportRX so I can have a script in my goggles.
I actually prefer cotton in the high summer humidity of Michigan. Once a cotton shirt gets 'wet' or 'damp', it stays damp and relieves your sweat glands of constantly pumping out water from your sweat glands, in a feeble attempt to cool the body core - you don't get as dehydrated. Think about a damp cotton tshirt as pre-cooling. And, mtb is inherently unsafe - I prefer to make it even more unsafe by using earbuds. The dreaded 'gaper gap' - it's what we call Texans (it's ALWAYS texans) who, when snowboarding or skiing, somehow maintain a skin gap between the top of their goggles and the bottom front of their helmet......same with those pads....(btw, I dig my Dainese Trail Skins - like having knee air conditioning)
My Bike...I'll hang as much stuff as I like on it!!! Beside's Bag's and Bar End's help when you fall off. I'm with you all the way on Safety Equipment though.
Everytime I broke my rear mech I was wearing headphones. Needless to say I haven't broke one since I stopped wearing them, now I hear those sticks getting stuck in the there!
That over dressing.... Come to South Africa in winter. You start your ride in low (-2 to 5 degrees) and 2 hours in its pushing 30 degrees. You have no choice but to take a bag and wear at least a compact jacket so you don't get all cold and stiff. And in summer, it can be over 30 degrees, but you can be hot by a thunder shower out of the blue.
Mudguards all year round make me laugh,Rear especially. Height of summer and a bike covered in ugly pointless weight and clutter, Get them off and show the beauty of your frame..
Three things. Leaving rubbish on the trail. And faecal matter. Everybody needs to do one, but if you need to do it. Do it deep in the bush. And keep your doggy dos away from the trails. Use a leaf or a sticky if you must to push them off the trails please. Jandals...
As far as accessories on bikes go - I do need my phone on my bar, it acts as computer (I'm broke so I do not have Garmin or even cheap speedometer) and navigation, so there's that. Apart from the phone I only have lights attached.
Helmets are also a legal requirement in many countries, including Britain and I know you know that but yes there are many silly people out there happy to flaunt the law.
Nope, not buying goggles just to use with my full face. My sutros are perfectly fine. And i rock the tshirt all the time. Shits too pricey to go forking out on all the gear 😂
My friend was riding in a wedding ring. When he fell he planted hand flat on surface. Then ring got stuck and turned 90 deg cutting his finger. And this was in gloves.
I wear headphones on low level ... it helps with nerves on the trail.. Other bikes are a bit judgmental if im in someones way they will just have to wait an respect me like i do if there in my way but maybe im just polite 😅
Does the same rule for roadies apply to MTB'er, regarding eyeglassses, shades, fitover shades, should the handle be worn inside or outside of the helmet strap?
what's with the weird fashion (?) trend of cyclists unclipping their helmet strap periodically? (cough cough -- Blake -- in this vid) If the helmet is on your head and you're about to ride momentarily, why are you unclipping it??
