This trail is amazing | Riding steep stuff on Hardtails

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This trail is amazing | Riding steep stuff on Hardtails
After enjoying riding my hardtail so much the other week, I fancied getting out on it again but limited for time, headed to 'somewhere' that I knew had an incredible trail - one of the best I rode in 2021.
Last time I was on my Orange Alpine, how would my hardtail cope with the steep, loose sections? Or more to the point, how would I cope with riding a hardtail down it?
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@Ry_Rides Год назад

Rattling down a trail on a hardtail is so much fun, riding blind can be a bit sketchier but when you get to ride the same trail a few times like you did here it’s great fun

@Stopadoodledoo Год назад

Totally with you mate, hardtails are just fantastic. Maybe not as fast as a full susser on many trails but no less fun because of it. I do love riding trails blind though as to an extent, you just have to deal with what crops up rather than over-think it 😃

@ckMTB 2 года назад

As always a great video Jason, awesome riding and beautiful trails. It's always a pleasure to watch you ride. Thanks for sharing and have a nice evening. Ride on buddy🤙

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate, a really special trail this one. Have a great week yourself 👍

@ckMTB 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo 🙌🙏

@garymartin557 2 года назад

respect for the hardtail, respect for not exposing where the trail is.

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate. I really do try to keep stuff like this secret (no Strava, etc) as it's so sensitive. Footpaths though, they're fair game 😃

@dexterfletcher2481 Год назад

Great vid mate….and the usual exemplary riding as always 👍 . ….as for my opinion on the debate between HT and Full Suss….my vote goes to Full Suss…..maybe because that’s all I’ve got 😂 ……btw , do all your Murch jersey’s come with that bulge at the front 😂😂 …..being a “lazy “ EBiker….I need one

@Stopadoodledoo Год назад

Cheers mate. Hardtails are definitely limited compared to full sussers but on trails like this, there's really very little in it. They (hardtails) have to be ridden to appreciate them but it does happen. As for the bulge, I could lie and tell you that I had a hip pack under it but we all know that's a load of rubbish - I just love beer too much 😂

@DownhillDesireMTB 2 года назад

loving the tee!!! you've got some cracking local trails there!!

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate. I am really lucky, so many fantastic places to ride around here. All hail the cheeky trail builders - we owe them so much 👍

@markb868 2 года назад

There's another debate you could kick off - local trails are trails you ride to from your house. As soon as you've put your bike in a car you are no longer riding 'local' 😉

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

@@markb868 very true but anyone who has watched any of my lockdown videos will have seen that there’s nothing really worth riding within pedalling distance of Chester. I guess I class it as local if less than 30 minutes drive from here, not local would be the Lakes, etc., although conversely I do think of them as ‘local’ as I grew up there and will always think of the Lakes as home. Confused? Me too 😂

@HallMarc_Trails 2 года назад

Cracking video mate, you looked every bit as fast as you did on the full sus in my opinion, having rode this trail myself, i know how steep it actually is haha, very well ridden, thanks for the shout out mate, here's my like, and it's free 🤣👍

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate, it really didn't feel any slower than the full susser down there (although it probably was). So I don't need to send you a tenner then? 😂

@HallMarc_Trails 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo 🤣

@boutiquebikes6331 Год назад

Only ridden the bottom section of this (last year) so need to get up to the top half at some point - looks lovely and flowing.

@Stopadoodledoo Год назад

Top half is lovely, definitely worth searching it out. Not sure who built it but my God, they know how to build a trail 👍

@D.R.MTB.48 2 года назад

Im gonna av get my ass out on those trails wit ya 1 day. LOOKS AWESOME TBH Oh nice top there too. Hi 5 Mr Rupert LOL.

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Cheers Diz. One hell of a trail for sure 👍

@daveandmerlin 2 года назад

Sweet riding. On super steep trails a fullsuss spends a lot of the time with the rear suspension not that active as brakes are locked on so kind of acts like a Hardtail. I bought a Hardtail 2 months ago and 1st ride was an uplift day at Innerleithen,Golfie and Thornilee the next couple of days and in all honesty I kept up or quicker than the FullSuss boys on the super steep stuff . On the other hand I've got a heavy eeb and that is alot quicker than the Hardtail as it's so dam planted. I like your top and might have to get one .👍

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate, really chuffed with the top 👍 I think the big difference between hardtails and full sussers on trails like this are how rough they are; hardtails definitely get hooked up on roots, rocks, braking bumps and the like and you lose your speed but on smooth trails, there's probably not much in it.

@matthew-qj1vt 2 года назад

this is why i wish i lived in wales

@Stopadoodledoo Год назад

To be honest, although there’s tons of places like this in Wales, there is in other places too (it’s just a case of sniffing them out). Not meaning to wind you up but there’s about ten locations within 30 minutes drive of where I live (that I know of) that are like this though 👍

@browntooth83 Год назад

Flintshire? Technically not giving away the location if it's just the county 😆

@Stopadoodledoo Год назад

Not actually sure whether it’s Flintshire or Denbighshire if I’m honest, think it’s the latter though. I’m not great with the Welsh counties yet 🙂

@MTB_Derbyshire 2 года назад

You make a great point about a HT on that terrain. Not as funny in this video IMHO but more insightful......either way brilliant and always top riding 👍

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Thanks mate. Funnily enough, I had intended the main focus of the video to be about riding hardtails on steep trails but the first run down (at least on this track) showed that there was sod all difference, so I prattled on about trail building instead 😂

@MTB_Derbyshire 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo nowt wrong with the end result 😎

@ElectricMountainBiker 2 года назад

I love this trail, maybe had a couple of offs on first run down, and second but nailed it for the third 🤣 Knowing the trail, probably is great for the HT, wet included?

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

So good isn't it, real shame that it's the only one up there (although there were signs of other things being cut in). You know what, I reckon that it wouldn't actually be that bad in the wet, with the possible exception of the bit in the thumbnail, which would be as scary as hell 😂

@ElectricMountainBiker 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo one of the best trails like you say from last year this one, happily spend all day just on that one trail. Can confirm ebike gets up no problem at all for the climb, no weakness from me 🤣

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

@@ElectricMountainBiker good, would hate to have to call you weak 😂

@gr1809 2 года назад

Love my hardtail and these are the type of trails it’s best for, I ride similar stuff near to me and prefer big brakes to big suspension. However, I need one bike that can do it all and feel the trusty hardy (as good as it is) is to unkind to my dodgy knees and causes to much fatigue on long rough runs in the hills and over the rougher trails I ride. The Orange 5 or Privateer 141 look like the perfect all rounder if you just need one bike. I’m envious of your 2 bike garage 😉

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

It really does depend on what you ride really and yeah, I am lucky to have both (hardtail came courtesy of Cycle To Work). I always say that I wouldn't want to ever be without a hardtail but if I could only have one bike, it would be a full suspension trail bike for sure as they're just so versatile 👍

@gr1809 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo in an ideal world I'd keep the hardtail, buy a 140mm trial bike and 180mm ebike, covered all bases 😉👍

@MTB_Trekker 2 года назад

Only just got my full suss so I can't comment on steep stuff on it. Loved Easty on the HT, that's about the steepest I've ridden. Next time at there ,I'll be on the full suss so I'll let you know then 🤣🤣

@Stopadoodledoo 2 года назад

Overall, a full susser is way quicker at Eastridge although on the steep one, not sure 🤔

@MTB_Trekker 2 года назад

@@Stopadoodledoo Didn't do the stupid steep one and tbh it'll be slow when I do - whatever I ride! 🤣🤣🤷‍♂️