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Imagine having an ego so fragile it can be compromised by a stool.

Excellent advice sir. Living in Sedona and being a beginner at mtbing, I'm finding many of the trails challenging. Getting out there is the most important thing. Remember to bring plenty of water, even in the winter months.

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I have been un-sissified (Doc Holiday voice). I thank you kindly.

Just use a fold up 2 step stool. Dosent take up much space in your vehicle.

Rhanks so much! Im short and this helped

Hey Mike, Awesome video and this is really what is needed for so many of us, just good solid riding. The drone shots earned the subscription. Thanks for putting this one out! What four trails were you on at 0:40, 0:58, 1:15 and 1:37 please? After seeing your video, I'm now wanting to do them.

This is not a tall SUV

be careful folks. I dinged my brand new SUV doing this with my disc brake disc costing me hundreds of $$ to fix. please use a step up stool. I went to REI and learnt the proper way of loading using a 2-3 step stool.

Thanks Mike! I bought a sissy stool and don’t want to use it. I’ll try your technique in the morning. 🚴 ✌🏼

Good ideas but I don't think it would not work for a woman... so I would use a sissy stool 🙂

Wow im trying to do this with the Heavy electric bikes i diy built on my channel. I don think i would survive.

Thanks!!! Riding by myself i find that riding below my limits more often than not is the best medicine for getting home alive. Thanks for the info!

Thanks and nicely done!

Rode this trail for the first time today and… I walked the gulch 😂. The camera does not do it justice. Maybe a few more rides down saddle and I’ll get the guts to roll through it

I am 100% If u can't ride it learn to or DON'T but DO not modify a trail to make it easier for you the trail is the TRAIL ...I will remove these features if i see them it is irresponsible to adapt a trail that you can't fully do just so you can have flow....you do NO one any favors by making cheat lines just ruining a great feature !!1

Strong work, man! Some of the best shots of sunset ridge that actually show a bit of how gnarly it is. 💯🤘

He makes this look easy, it’s actually hard and scary as hell. I walked my bike most of this trail - it’s a long ways down.

Do you have someone who pilots the drone or does it just follow you?

subscribed. @ridealongside sent me over.

Thanks for sharing. I don't quite understand your route. We are considering riding this trail soon. Did you park at Snowbowl and then ride North to the end of this section then back down south all the way 12 miles then back up to the parking lot?

Nice. Do you have a route mapped out in TrailForks for these areas?

I'd love to connect!

My cuz and I hit Deadman's Gulch yesterday and nailed it. The line to the left is WAY more challenging than the Gulch. I think it really is a visual thing; it looks scary, but it's not. There are plenty of other drops and rollers on the west side of Hawes that are technically more difficult than the Gulch but they are wide open with any number of good lines and riders hit them successfully evruh dang day. The line pointed out in this video is probably the best, but if you roll on the right a bit there is another interesting line. All that being said, the Hawes Trail Alliance has been doing a lot of work on this feature and it looks like it might be starting to crumble.

First rode there in 1986, no trails, just a bushwhack out to the rim.

I was one day away from buying a stool. Thanks for saving me the ridicule. Hahaha!

Your video may have some a few people some scratches on their car! Thanks for looking out for everyone!

As a seasoned mtb'er since the 90's the extreme nature of the modern era leaves me feeling being an intermediate being grounded to what mtbing is suppose to be....thanks for posting "real world" Sedona MTB trails.....how busy are these trails during the weekdays?

Fun video, but the reality is almost all trails in Sedona are intermediate. There are some great suggestions, but really you can point anywhere and ride blue/ green trails all day.

That trail is definitely not an easy one to clean.

Can you do this on a 27.5 hardtail?

Intermediate trails in Sedona. First two minutes of footage are double blacks.

Cool but lose the music.

Beautiful landscape!

Those couple of "whows" are a worry. Easy to see the roof getting gouged.

I rode "Goose" for the first time in 1997...with Mike and Morgan Harris, the two brothers who scouted and created the incredible route around Gooseberry Mesa. For 10 years, a friend and I rode the mesa twice each year, March and October... and often with Morgan. This year, 2022, in October, I rode again on the mesa. Your wonderful vid shows several of the hardest section on the South Rim. It was great fun watching you work out the lines. You made it look really fun... and it reminded me of the days when we did the same. Thank you!!!

vi dos potenciales momento en los q se le pudo caer la bici en el techo o encima de el. creo q optare por otro metodo para llevar la bici

That looks amazing! I went to Gold Canyon last weekend after watching your other video. I struggled a lot more than you did in your video 😂, but had an amazing time.

Enjoy your new chapter in life in AR. Look forward to your new rides. Happy trails...

Hello Mike, are you still reading and doing MTB videos? Headed home to PHX to enjoy the fall MTB'n early Nov. Enjoyed the National video and have yet rode it. Where did you park for your ride? That said, I finally began riding an E Bike. It is a BLAST!

Excited to go in November with my bro Scott. I'm sure they'll be a lot more snow but that will make it more challenging for us.

Thanks dude

LMAO. That was brutal

Mike _great video-thanks for also the concise nature of the narrative too- doing the same kinda stuff out here in SoCal....

I just switched from the rear rack to a roof, and I didn't even think about the slightly higher roof of my Crosstrek. Thanks. I definitely wasn't going to buy that dumb tire step for 80+ bucks or carry around a "sissy ladder" 😂💀

Did your wife control the drone half way thru riding through the meadows? Love that footage

It would be nice to hear the bike working instead of listening to music.

LMAO, using a step ladder or stool is sissy?

I’m too old for lifting 4 bikes that high, I got myself a nice hitch mount bike rack!

I guess this is a good method if you don’t mind scratching up your car.