Don't see much beginner stuff but we all have to start somewhere. I think you are a bit ahead of me. Whats the travel on your front forks? Did you find the hardtail scout managed those drops ok? Fwiw, I just hired a full sus scott ransom 920 enduro. It was so much more forgiving downhill than my xc hardtail 😮. Chicksands is near me so I will give it a try. Nice video.
Hey @haba_15! Thanks for the comment, my first commenter! \o/ Sorry for taking so long to reply. I've been on hols and injured for a while (not from MTB). Starting to get back into it though. I still class the vids as beginner as almost everything I do is rollable, you could do it at a much slower pace and not do any jumps. I'm getting some air in the later videos but it's not necessary to clear anything, more to get a feel for what it's going to be like when I do try to clear gaps. Maybe I'll start labelling them as Intermediate when I get back into it. On a scale of 0 to the pros you can watch on TH-cam, I'm still way down near a level 1! haha Travel on the forks is the standard 140mm for NP Scout Race Medium (Fork: RockShox Recon Silver RL, 140mm, 42mm Offset, Solo Air, Gloss Black). Thanks for the pointer about full sus! I bet it's a big step up. I've never been on a full sus so I don't know any different, but the Scout hasn't missed a beat so far. The drops rattle my bones a bit but no lasting effects 😄If I keep progressing I'll try a full sus and see if it's worth upgrading. I'd highly recommend Chicksands, good atmosphere, lots of space, lots of rollable runs to explore, every run is well signposted with colour difficulty grade, lots of parking. Food van at the weekends too 👍 Cheers for the comment
Don't see much beginner stuff but we all have to start somewhere. I think you are a bit ahead of me.
Whats the travel on your front forks? Did you find the hardtail scout managed those drops ok?
Fwiw, I just hired a full sus scott ransom 920 enduro. It was so much more forgiving downhill than my xc hardtail 😮. Chicksands is near me so I will give it a try.
Nice video.
Hey @haba_15! Thanks for the comment, my first commenter! \o/
Sorry for taking so long to reply. I've been on hols and injured for a while (not from MTB). Starting to get back into it though.
I still class the vids as beginner as almost everything I do is rollable, you could do it at a much slower pace and not do any jumps. I'm getting some air in the later videos but it's not necessary to clear anything, more to get a feel for what it's going to be like when I do try to clear gaps. Maybe I'll start labelling them as Intermediate when I get back into it. On a scale of 0 to the pros you can watch on TH-cam, I'm still way down near a level 1! haha
Travel on the forks is the standard 140mm for NP Scout Race Medium (Fork: RockShox Recon Silver RL, 140mm, 42mm Offset, Solo Air, Gloss Black).
Thanks for the pointer about full sus! I bet it's a big step up. I've never been on a full sus so I don't know any different, but the Scout hasn't missed a beat so far. The drops rattle my bones a bit but no lasting effects 😄If I keep progressing I'll try a full sus and see if it's worth upgrading.
I'd highly recommend Chicksands, good atmosphere, lots of space, lots of rollable runs to explore, every run is well signposted with colour difficulty grade, lots of parking. Food van at the weekends too 👍
Cheers for the comment