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SMV MTB
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2021
Crashing harder than Liz Truss crashed the UK economy isn't going to stop me attempting MTB mega-missions, crazy challenges & maybe the occasional race. Yeah Boy!!
My MTB 2024
All the fails, bails & occasional successes. This one is all killer & no filler. Managed just over a 100 rides. The twin evils of work & bad weather meant that I didn't get to do the two road trips I had planned. Didn't make as much progression as I hoped. Bring on 2025!!
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East Hill Strips MTB.
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Visiting this venue, just east of Ottery St Mary, for the first time. If you live in Devon & want to ride some different tracks for a change, this is a good place to visit. It's known as East Hill, East Hill Strips, or Core Copse. The main tracks are all on Trailforks, where they've been graded as 'Red' which is about right.
Hunters' Path
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Hunters' Path is a bridleway on Dartmoor with great views & a nice descent, but is usually very busy with walkers. I recommend a pint of Neap Tide at the pub at the bottom.
Scadson Free Ride Park
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Highlighting the main tracks & features & what a wuss I am. Not been to Scadders for years. Such a great place.
Edenbrook Bike Park
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Recently opened by Sam Reynolds. Working nearby so had to drop in to check it out. Such a great place to progress drops & jumps!
DH bike on Dartmoor.
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Great fun. And the squeak has finally been sorted, yay! At first I though it was the shock, then a pivot, then a bit of grit, turned out to be the chain guard rubbing against the frame. Must have whacked it out of place in one of my crashes.
Spanish Side MTB, Plymouth.
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Finally find this MTB location, reputed to be steep & techy. The clay here is certainly slick in the wet!
Cann Woods MTB, Plymouth.
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Taking the DH bike to this venue that I've not visited for years. Great tracks. Why did I wait so long to come back?
I crash so many times riding one of Canonteign's rowdiest MTB tracks.
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I get my fill of Vitamin D on this one! With a bonus new line at the end of the video.
PNL Old Boys hit BPW.
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Trying to get some of my old mates back into mountain biking with a trip to Bike Park Wales.
Riding a few of the off-piste tracks at Haldon Forest.
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Featuring just a handful of the 20 off piste tracks that Haldon has to offer. Guest appearance by MTB Gore.
Tavi Woodlands DH tracks. Anything left to ride at this once legendary venue?
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Tavi Woodlands DH tracks. Anything left to ride at this once legendary venue?
Sketchy lines Ep.1. Bottom of Slingshot, Canonteign.
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Sketchy lines Ep.1. Bottom of Slingshot, Canonteign.
Ants In Ya Pants Rock Roll - Canonteign
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Ants In Ya Pants Rock Roll - Canonteign
Checking out what looks like a steep bridleway at Bullaton. Plus Great Rock & Trenchford Reservoir.
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Checking out what looks like a steep bridleway at Bullaton. Plus Great Rock & Trenchford Reservoir.
Battle of the Eebs. 'Full Fat' or E-lite?
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Battle of the Eebs. 'Full Fat' or E-lite?
Are These Dartmoor's Most Technical Secret MTB Tracks?
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Are These Dartmoor's Most Technical Secret MTB Tracks?
Hunting for Secret MTB Trails Again. This Time I Strike Gold!
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Hunting for Secret MTB Trails Again. This Time I Strike Gold!
Atherton DH bike vs Enduro Tracks at Woodbury Common
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Atherton DH bike vs Enduro Tracks at Woodbury Common
How cool is this DH MTB? Atherton AM200 with DVO Suspension.
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How cool is this DH MTB? Atherton AM200 with DVO Suspension.
Well, that felt like 6 years waiting for them to roll over a bump.
Nice
Congrats on 100 subs! Bring on 2025 🎊
Thanks ever so!!!
Great going! Here is to 2025!
cheers buddy!
Great finding new tracks that are local 🤘
yes, these days even driving up to FOD & S Wales takes the best part of 2 hours.
8:55 oh no! Neap Tide needed after that
any excuse for a pint of Neap Tide!!!
Nice video mate
Thanks!
Looks pretty cool there! Nicer in the summer 😅 7:14 🐒🐵
gotta look after those primates!
@@smv9338 🦧🦍
Is it nice looking back seeing the progress you've made?
For sure.
Look into the Spanish side, some great stuff over there
Thanks for the comment. I did visit Spanish Side for the first time this year, liked what I found but think I only scratched the surface!
Tried to do some bits a few weekends ago but the only things I found looked either crazy or unridable. Went right at he very start of the blue and there just wasn’t anywhere to gain speed to plough through.
Thanks for the comment - yes those ones are tight & awkward for sure. One day I'll do a vlog showing how to find all the best of the off-piste tracks at Haldon.
Love these trails, it’s a shame they haven’t built more official trails. There is so much opportunity in those woods!
So true!
Nice features!
wish it was in my back garden!
I’m pretty sure the stunt park is for training dogs on but I may be wrong. I have ridden it anyway
Seems pretty nice there 👍
appreciate the comment - yep nice woods.💚💚
9:06 🍺✅
non-alcoholic obvs!!
Sketchy!
in the loose, very!
Third time's the charm 😂 - nice footage 👍
Nice!! That's funny, I just saw this and realised it was you that parked next to me in the car park (I'm in the black camper van) 😅
Crazy! Nice van BTW!
Nope. Can still hear the squeak!
After recleaning & regreasing all the pivots & removing the shock today the squeak was still there. Eventually traced it to some grit stuck in the lower linkage assembly - should be squeak free now. Was driving me crazy.
Anyone know why this area is called Spanish Side?
I guess that's what they call 'steepside'. Not been over there yet
Yes they call that area 'Steepside'. Deffo worth a visit although currently the only tracks reinstated are this one with the 3-way split, most of Ants in Ya Pants, & the bottom half of Slingshot. Will be great once Supernaut, Linpot, Rocking in the Free World, & the actual Steepside track are back.
Fair play those corners looked loose
Anyone know the name of this track?
The stunt park is so crap. Wish we could have turned the pitch and putt the other side of Topsham Rd into a mini dirt track. Now it's just a boring wildlife park consisting off shitty long grass with bugger all biodiversity
I gotta say I loved the Stunt Park, but it's definitely a one & done type of place to visit. A mini dirt track would be awesome. I think there are some dirt jumps somewhere north of the Stunt Park, but I've not been there.
Nice :)
As Raf remarked during this trip "Mountain Biking is the only sport where you can get away with looking like you've sh*t yourself. Which is of great comfort to me."
Enjoying the vids mate, I'm often out exploring Dartmoor and it's cool to see the trails you've found! Strava heat maps is very useful for finding stuff like this. Rode this bit a few years ago and it's a pretty steep! :)
congrats if you rode it clean!
@smv9338 ha! Not sure I did
Well done on that big rock 🤟 (shoutout to the cameraman)
You sure pick up some speed coming down it!
🤘🤘🤘
Hey - when & where did you meet Brendog?
Not sure we were there for an hour, & not much power either🤣
Gutted to hear you got stuck in a rut as a toddler 😢
Amazing, I assumed all the trails were demolished with the tree felling over winter. I can’t wait to head back now, cheers
No worries dude - enjoy!
Wow! Great views! Great video!
thanks for the comment buddy!
Glad ypu looked istead of just sending it 😵
Me too!!
Anything's a rock roll if you're brave enough 👀
that would be the last rock roll you ever did!
seems sad to be honest. like a playground that no longer has any kids
thanks for the comment - good analogy.
If mountain bikers can, mountain bikers will 🤘
yeah boy!
5:47 Nature lover leaps from moving bike to hug tree 🌳🥰
Gotta love the nature!
Where are the jumps located there? I did my first ride there yesterday but didn't see that trail cheers bud
sorry dude only just this - I'm rubbish at checking for comments. As you enter the site facing the cliff drop turn right & just keep going along the fire road to the right for as long as you can almost to the end of the woods.
Looks like not enough riding being done on the trails and they are full of sketchy dry leaves. Wondered if the soil underneath is more grippy?
I'm sure it is!!
You can roll the first drop. There is a rock sticking out on the right of the drop put your front tyre there. Second drop is sketchy. If you land off line your doomed 😂 (I know😉) the catch Bern by the tree stops you surprisingly well. It's a scary line. I've ridden it a lot now and it still freaks me out.
Yeah, I saw the rock you mention & that was my plan B if I wasn't in good shape for dropping it - but I never managed to get that far 🤣
Need to get up there and start clearing trails. Looks so weird no its open and not under the trees 😱😱
I spent a good hour clearing brash away from a couple of the trails, the entrances & exits to & from the fire roads are going to take a bit of work. They are not due to finish logging until mid-May though.
@@smv9338 ah. Leave it until after that. Might be a good winter project. We went up a few weeks ago for a look around reckon we can open up a load more lines at steepside.
Wow. I hard they've made a mess up there. Was that all that's left?
Steep Side, Rocking in the Free World & Supernaut pretty much trashed. Bottom of Slingshot still there, as well as a couple of steep ones I don't know the names of. Mostly just needs brash removing. The other side of the woods the tracks are all pretty much still there, & I see someone has dug in a couple of fresh loamers 🤘🤣
I hope the title isn't true :(
😔😪
Finally some sun ☀great to see you out making the most of it :)
bring on the dry weather!!
Ha my locals. as a rule, as you look down the hill the trails tend to go right most/easier to left harder there is also a few more tails around there .
Great place to have as your local! Those hard tracks are definitely hard!!
Nice! I think I recognise this, is it in Haldon?
yes, you got it!
Wow this looks so cool. I'd love to ride here if I can find it.
definitely worth a visit!
Thanks mate 👍 for sharing your thoughts on the elite. Currently, I have just ordered one, but it's really interesting what other people think about it, ok the full fat not even in the same level, fat weight is the one heavy weight 😀 laters Steve
It's a great looking bike for sure (unless you don't like tan wall tyres!), the frame looks great. I love the position of the lights on the top tube, looks like a spaceship! Your back will certainly thank you every time you lift it over a fence! Are you going for the range extender as well?
meant to say "your back will certainly thank you for choosing the E-lyte instead of the full fat every time you lift it over a fence"
@smv9338 the range extender comes in the price, the seller has just emailed me just to say that once the paint protection film is finished they will send out, I am well stoked 😀 I just sent a Canyon Strive on Limited back 😀 video is on my other channel, the package 📦 which was open on delivery and the bottom was out, the ebike was damaged as well 😀 I should know by now buy from UK shops not overseas 😀 if I was doing car jumping then I would buy a motorbike for the job 🤣 luckily for me I will off set the cost against tax, as I pay for making youtube videos 😀 this country 😀 laters Steve
@@crazybaker1 gonna be a new bike day to remember!