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MTB DAD
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2019
Father of two young boys, new to mountain biking. I live in Fife, Scotland and am still discovering the amazing MTB trails on my doorstep. I'm making these videos to show my boys what daddy gets up to in the forest. They are also a diary of my own progression as a rider. I am learning a lot of new things and working on my general fitness.
I upload at least one new video per week.
I ride a 2019 Radon Swoop 8.0, it's my first full-suspension bike and I am loving it.
This is my Strava profile www.strava.com/athletes/mtb_dad
I upload at least one new video per week.
I ride a 2019 Radon Swoop 8.0, it's my first full-suspension bike and I am loving it.
This is my Strava profile www.strava.com/athletes/mtb_dad
Can an MTB Novice Service a Rockshox Lyrik Fork?
I've owned my bike for one year and never serviced the suspension until now. After watching lots of videos on TH-cam I plucked up the courage and took my Lyrik apart...
I used this video by Rockshox as my main guide th-cam.com/video/q71iSEEuiw0/w-d-xo.html
Music from TH-cam library.
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: www.twinmusicom.org/song/265/talky-beat
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org
I used this video by Rockshox as my main guide th-cam.com/video/q71iSEEuiw0/w-d-xo.html
Music from TH-cam library.
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: www.twinmusicom.org/song/265/talky-beat
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org
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Re-building Fitness after Winter. A Short and Sweet Trail.
มุมมอง 2234 ปีที่แล้ว
Winter is tough in Scotland, terrible weather, long nights and right in the middle of it you have Christmas. I gained a TON of weight and lost all my aerobic fitness. Time to do something about it...
New Bike Day - Orbea MX 24 Trail
มุมมอง 8K4 ปีที่แล้ว
My eldest outgrew his old bike, so its time for a new set of wheels! I ordered an Orbea MX 24 Trial, the assembly was easy and we took it for its first ride to test out the new features. The bike has an air suspension, Shimano trigger shifter and hydraulic brakes. It's a proper bike! Orbea MX 24 Trail - www.orbea.com/int-en/bicycles/kids/mx-kids/cat/mx-24-trail Pedals - www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07G...
MTB Slow-Mo Sessions - Noob Learning How To Manual
มุมมอง 1.6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
I'm new to mountain biking and, like everyone else, I struggle to manual. I filmed myself in slow-mo to see where I was going wrong, it was an interesting experience. I'm still not there but I feel I'm making progress. Slowly. Music - Lullaby by Yung Logos. From TH-cam Audio Library.
Sessioning Falkland Bike Park
มุมมอง 1.6K4 ปีที่แล้ว
I've ridden this part of Falkland Bike Park (Main Line, Mid Section 2) a few times but have never cleaned it, top to bottom. In this video, I took my time and sessioned each part of the trail before taking a full run at it. I avoided the jumps, leaving them for another day... Strava - www.strava.com/segments/6885583?filter=overall Music - TH-cam Audio Library - th-cam.com/users/audiolibrarymusi...
100% Fun! - How To Get Kids into Mountain Biking
มุมมอง 2714 ปีที่แล้ว
I have two young boys and I want to get them into mountain biking. I think fun is the key, skills and fancy bikes can come later. I took my boys to Lochore Meadows in Fife, Scotland last weekend and filmed them exploring the triails. We found a small skills track and even used my secret weapon, a bungee tow rope. The boys discovered the joy of riding a pump track for the first time. Lochore Mea...
MTB Slow-Mo Sessions - How Do Suspension Settings Work?
มุมมอง 42K4 ปีที่แล้ว
I am new to mountain biking and suspension settings are a mystery to me. So I filmed my front fork and rear shock at a high frame rate and played them back slow-mo style to see what the various suspension settings actually do. My bike is a 2019 Radon Swoop 8.0, a 29er with 170mm front and rear. www.radon-bikes.de/en/mountainbike/fullsuspension/swoop/swoop-80-2019/ The front fork is a RockShox L...
Using Trailforks App to Find New Trails - and getting my ass kicked
มุมมอง 13K5 ปีที่แล้ว
I decided to ride new trails and used Trailforks app to locate them in Pitmedden Forest, Scotland. I wanted to challenge myself to some black trails. I usually ride red and blue trails and it shows... I rode; Heart of Darkness - www.trailforks.com/trails/heart-of-darkness/ Bridge and Drops - www.trailforks.com/trails/bridge-and-drops/ part of Hammer and Tong - www.trailforks.com/trails/hammer-a...
Fast, Flowy MTB Tail - Drop to the Sawmill - Falkland, Fife
มุมมอง 4165 ปีที่แล้ว
This is a fast, flowy gravel trail in the forest outside the village of Falkland in Fife, Scotland. If you watched my other videos, this one is a few minutes ride from the Witches Cave. I've been working on my flat corner technique and it's paying off. I got a new Strave personal record on this run! Sorry about the audio quality, I got a new GoPro Hero 7 Black and am still figuring out the sett...
Short, Fast MTB Trail - The Witches Cave - Falkland, Fife
มุมมอง 7155 ปีที่แล้ว
Looking at my other videos I know that I am slow but on this trail I'm in the top 10 on Strava!! Which is amazing, since I am really new to mountain biking. This trail is outside the village of Falkland, in Fife, Scotland. I tried to break my Strava personal best on this run. Had to bunny hop over a large branch at full speed and dodge some pony poo all before watching out for that bottom bit! ...
Falkland Bike Park, I Chickened Out
มุมมอง 1.4K5 ปีที่แล้ว
OK, so I'm new to mountain biking and this place is way above my ability level but it gives me something to aspire to. Maybe.. Falkland Bike Park is just outside the village of Falkland, in Fife, Scotland. The oldest part has some serious jumps, drops and wooden features. This section is new and still under construction. If you live locally and would like to help out, this is a link to the Face...
Lochore Meadows White Wood Bike Park
มุมมอง 2.8K5 ปีที่แล้ว
I am still new to mountain biking and looking to progress my skills. I recently heard about this bike park in Fife and have hit it a few times. It's small but has some fun features that help me to progress. It also has some big boy jumps which I can aspire to. I also learned to play with my bikes suspension settings on different features. My two boys were curious about the park so I made this v...
Pitmedden Forest Roots and Drops
มุมมอง 9495 ปีที่แล้ว
Another evening riding trails in Pitmedden Forest, Fife. I've been getting more confident on drops, found one mystery trail with no name (as far as I know) and rode two other well-known ones. Rooty Heaven - www.trailforks.com/trails/rooty-heaven/ Get Out of Jail Free - www.trailforks.com/trails/get-out-of-jail-free/ Music - Avant Jazz - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Cre...
My Son Met Danny MacAskill
มุมมอง 1965 ปีที่แล้ว
My eldest son is seven and loves watching Danny MacAskill videos on TH-cam. When we heard Danny's Drop and Roll Live Show was coming to Edinburgh I got us tickets. This is a wee vlog of our day out at the Edinburgh Festival, with a nice surprise at the end. Music - Hanging Out by Bruno E. - TH-cam Audio Library.
Mellow MTB Trail - Squirrel Hill - Falkland, Fife
มุมมอง 8435 ปีที่แล้ว
A ride from the Maspie Den down to Squirrel Hill in Falkland Estate, Fife, Scotland. I'm really lucky to have great MTB trails on my doorstep. This ride isn't especially technical but it is fun. Sorry for the wind noise, I'm using an old GoPro Hero 4 and will upgrade soon.
Beautiful MTB Trail - The Maspie Den - Falkland, Fife
มุมมอง 5085 ปีที่แล้ว
Beautiful MTB Trail - The Maspie Den - Falkland, Fife
a dont see any witches cave
you could have stopped and pulled that log away that could kill someone else going down that trail
thanksfor this
If you forget your o-ring install you can use a zip tie. I've used a zip tie for over 40 years on MTB's and dirt bike forks with no issues. The rubber o-rings stretch quickly (or least for me). As someone else said, always wash your bike really well before doing any maintenance on it. This serves two purposes. First, you greatly reduce the chance of contaminating something and keep your hands/gloves cleaner as you touch sensitive parts. Second, washing your bike allows you to notice anything else that might need attention. Thanks for the video. -Larry
Is fully off all the way anti clockwise, and adding clicks is turning it clockwise?
You should have washed down those forks before doing anything.
That's a good start. If you want to get further back, try moving your crank arms to 60 degrees (closer to vertical). You can get your centre of mass 10cm further back. In the video your crank arms are horizontal.
Good effort mate , I like your video.
Just use a zip tie to set your sag and then cut it off if you don't have that red o ring
Whats yoir weight kg?
Great video! Just subscribed! I see this is from 3 years ago so how are things going today with mountain biking? I'm located in Pennsylvania USA and also just got back into mountain biking. I bought a new stumpjumper and I'm 46 years old. I used to mountain bike alot in the late 90's but got out of the sport. I still have my first mountain bike sitting in my shed.
Love this. Man of the people!
Lol
Gotta keep ur bikr clean step one for sure
Love your video
Love that you're out there trying something new--I'm also a "noob" and scare myself silly.....:-)
You are an idiot. This is not a mountain bike trail. The Estate has spent more than a year trying to kick back against the erosion of this amazing walk. Encouraging bikes here is asking for accidents and future erosion and destruction of the trail.
Good stuff!
This guy is awesome. It reminds of me. Good vid!
Put grease around seals
Arm
cool! i have the same bike and i just did the 200h service by myself, doing the video in this moment 😁😎
This is funny , excellent reactions.
I just built a manual machine and broke my derailer in it.. Time to practice without it!
Try the manual videos from Kyle and April. They have good tutorials. I'm at the loop out point. It helped me to realize that i can not only push the bike forward with my arms, but also with my legs. Keep it up!
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Love that trail, only done it twice so far, as a newby bomb hole was "interesting" I'm 20 seconds behind you lol
I’ve not been yet this year. Do you want to catch up sometime?
I friggin love this video...this is me every time...
haha, I am too old, I am too short and not to mention my bike... :D. Here is my best try: th-cam.com/video/FqLOwF-lceI/w-d-xo.html Like you, I don't get low and far enough, but the moment I get on the bike it's just like my brain gets on automatic mode, and my arms and legs are doing everything they can, to prevent me from looping out.
Keep moving
It's always better to do it by yourself. But clean the bike first. To avoid contamination inside the lowers.
Looks sick, how do I get here? Thanks
If you use What3Words go to cared.eyeliner.uproot park at foot of fire road and push up from there
Also look up Falkland Bike Park on Facebook
@@mtbdad5273 cheers fella
Nice work! I’m keen on seeing you progress! Filming yourself is a very good way of analysis. You’ve probably seen all the manual videos out there twice and you already mentioned your head: practice to loop out and by that get to know the pivoting/balance point and get rid of the fear of falling over. You got this!
Yeah the foam expands due to the oil it absorbs. A little tip for your next lower leg service is to clean them, them install them and to carefully apply some oil with a syringe. That makes it easier to install! For example GMBN Tech showed it in one of its videos. Great video overall!
Great vid. Love that place...
Nice video. Short BUT very sweet track. Lookslike it's rideable all year round...
Omg please clean the bike first! Watching you dismantle that with all that debris hanging around had me nervous I’m surprised you didn’t get any dirt on the inside
Very good video, my forks have seen two years of use and I haven’t even bothered to do the 50 hour service....should probably look at replacing those seals honestly.
Need to get myself up here sometime the jumps look sick 🤟🏻
Nice I am new to mtb and close by I’ll have to give it a try 🤙
Mate that was funny 😆 thanks 🤣
Hey man, just now finding your channel. I'm sure you've progressed a lot since this video but in the 3rd person footage you could see that you were nervous and stiff but you still have a good enough body position. My best advice is to work on technique rather than speed as speed will come with technique. Have fun!
Great video. The slo-mo was pure Hollywood 😂
Great video. Love watching all of them. Like the fact you I live in Fife and love exploring but I'm more of cross country biker now after far too many accidents in my early days...Cheers. Stoozer.
Hey what camera setup is that, great quality and sound. Did you ever look at getting a Garmin to download your trails and get navigation? You van download TF to the Garmin
I'm a kid looking to go mountain biking is the one in Kirkcaldy good at Kirkcaldy high school
Dude for one, clean your damn forks BEFORE opening them up if you’re going to post a how to video. I’m not sure why you would even start this job without a good cleaning to the exterior first like you should do before working on ANYTHING on your bike. You can visibly see a bunch of crud caked on the fork seals as you’re placing your old cleaned wiper seals back in the lowers. I mean come on...Secondly, you’ve had your forks for a year and you’re going to reuse the wipers and seals??? It’s like less than $20 to replace both wipers and seals why would you not just do this service properly on your $1000 fork. This video just seems negligent so I decided to comment since I don’t think you should be posting a how to video considering my points.
Thanks for the feedback. You are not the first person to say I should have cleaned the bike first. I tried to get the various parts beforehand but wasn’t able to at the time, due to lockdown. The supply chain is back to normal now and I’ve got the parts ready for next time.
Did you end up riding those steeper bits out on those black trails another time? That little tech descent with the S backs then leading to that little drop looked like I would be fun as hell!
It is fun but I prefer riding there in the summer, it gets seriously muddy in winter.
thanks this helped me understand the lyrik damper vs my fox fit4 damper. I thought my charger must have been broken since it doesn't 'lock out' like the fox fit4 damper
Glad the video helped you.
Dispose of alcohol responsibly 😂 Nice video! Enjoyed that. Thanks