Man,
My heart is pounding just watching it. There a couple of trails similar to this in Kennedy meadows but not nearly as extreme. You better have pretty deft control of your bike when doing this trail.
Thanks for the rush!!
My heart is pounding just watching it. There a couple of trails similar to this in Kennedy meadows but not nearly as extreme. You better have pretty deft control of your bike when doing this trail.
Thanks for the rush!!
Joined Dec 2004
255 Posts | 0+
Kuna, Idaho
isn't that what everyone rides?
dale,you can make your own vid like that next month in idaho city.
dale,you can make your own vid like that next month in idaho city.
Holy crapola, that was awsome. reminds me of the Gifford Pinchoet only more extreme. doese anyone know where that was?
WOW! that is brutal! The three requirements to ride that trail; #1 e-start, because kicking a bike on that side hill might be the last thing you do. #2 The concentration of a brain surgeon, one slip would be your last, they were almost scraping there bars on the rocks to the right, DAMN! #3 the ability to handle the taste of your bunger in the back of ones throat all day. A salute to those guys :bow.
Joined Apr 2002
1K Posts | 3+
fallon nv
IDAHO
I have seen and ridden trails like that in Idaho. Infact I was tricked into going on a trail that at one point had a groove picked out to fit your handle bars in. I will admit to soiling my shorts
and never letting Gil lead again. There are also a few similar in the Downieville area of Californacation.
BTW we will be in Idaho July 21-28 for ridding beerdrinking swimming fishing and general relaxing.
I have seen and ridden trails like that in Idaho. Infact I was tricked into going on a trail that at one point had a groove picked out to fit your handle bars in. I will admit to soiling my shorts
and never letting Gil lead again. There are also a few similar in the Downieville area of Californacation.BTW we will be in Idaho July 21-28 for ridding beerdrinking swimming fishing and general relaxing.
HOLY CLIFFHANGERS Batman!
remember when you were little and your folks took you on a drive that had a cliff on one side of the road, like driving down the pacific coast highway and you believed that if you slid over to the uphill sdie of the car you would help your dad not steer off the cliff?
well i was doing that while watching the video, my wife says to me, jared, why are you tilting and leaning while your watching that?
remember when you were little and your folks took you on a drive that had a cliff on one side of the road, like driving down the pacific coast highway and you believed that if you slid over to the uphill sdie of the car you would help your dad not steer off the cliff?
well i was doing that while watching the video, my wife says to me, jared, why are you tilting and leaning while your watching that?
I know what you mean. Kind of like you go to bed after a long day of riding and you keep leaning and steering while falling asleep and when you have the infamous nervous twitch you actually dream you fell off the bike.
I cannot be the only one!
Nice video, by the way, already seen before, but it's not ultra technical, it requires more balls than technique and of course a good setup.
I cannot be the only one!
Nice video, by the way, already seen before, but it's not ultra technical, it requires more balls than technique and of course a good setup.
Joined Dec 2005
1K Posts | 0+
australia
LeFrog said:
No no you are not the only one, i do it so much that the girlfriend actually wakes me up.in my dreams im allways the fastest and usally end up crashing the hardest as well, thats when i wake up :cry:
Joined Jun 2004
412 Posts | 17+
australia
my moto and it really has served me well is when it doubt gas it, however, today I have taken on new one as well. When in doubt stay home!!!
That trail, was a walking track or done before a few times. If it was done before it must look worse than it is......somebody tell me if that is true, because I don't intend to find out.
The other thing I noticed was what happens if they get stuck and need to turn around and go back???? they must have walked it first???????????
That trail, was a walking track or done before a few times. If it was done before it must look worse than it is......somebody tell me if that is true, because I don't intend to find out.
The other thing I noticed was what happens if they get stuck and need to turn around and go back???? they must have walked it first???????????
fe600racer said:
It's the old debate about the legality of trails.
Dirt riding is ok as long as you stay on the trail, right? But who cut the trail first?
At one point a daring individual decided to take his dirt bike through an area where nobody went before and some saw the trail and decided that it had to go somewhere. (Most of the trails that some mountain bikers want to restrict to mountain bikes exist thanks to the dirt riders).
I guess it is a walking trail too, you have to be right, and they very well be riding this trail illegality for all we know but what a rush anyway.
Joined Apr 2002
1K Posts | 3+
fallon nv
LeFrog said:
If you have the skills it doesn't take any more balls than anything else. Ridding by balls is usually over your head and making up for a lack of skills.
I don't know what is technical to you but this type of ridding takes skills(technique) just the same as climbing stairs or dodging trees or 60mph in a sand wash with a few rocks hidden. Your own comfort level is what makes it interesting, trying to be just outside of your comfort zone is how you improve. I ride with some guys that are just blazing fast in the trees and I cant keep their dust in site but in the fast desert they only see mine for a few minutes. The guys that do it all are the ones winning O/A in many different types of racing. They also do well at the Six Days usually.Most of those single tracks started as game or wild horse trails that were then walked by hunters and then ridden by horses or bikes. I know I am always looking for game trails when exploring with John.
It does not seem to be more technical than the single tracks at Sycamore Creek. The big difference is the possibility of a deadly fall and there are things that can happen that have nothing to do with skills, like your engine dying on you, another rider falling and taking you with him, among other things.
Joined Jun 2004
380 Posts | 0+
Sandpoint ID
Hi guys
that is like some of trails in Wallce ID, (yes they are legal motorcycle trail) the golden rule is never look down at the creek ( the gravity monster will grabb you ) and do not make any mistake, best analogy would be it is easy to walk on 2x4 when laying on the ground put the 2x4 is 15 feet in air and walk, not so easy! staying clean is must,
inexperiens rider that ride trails like that will do allright for 30 miles but
when you are doing 60 miles, those last 30 miles are though for the inexperiens riders, they make too many mistakes that could be alot of
bike wrestling some guys do funny things when they are tired
so long Per
that is like some of trails in Wallce ID, (yes they are legal motorcycle trail) the golden rule is never look down at the creek ( the gravity monster will grabb you ) and do not make any mistake, best analogy would be it is easy to walk on 2x4 when laying on the ground put the 2x4 is 15 feet in air and walk, not so easy! staying clean is must,
inexperiens rider that ride trails like that will do allright for 30 miles but
when you are doing 60 miles, those last 30 miles are though for the inexperiens riders, they make too many mistakes that could be alot of
bike wrestling some guys do funny things when they are tired
so long Per
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