Oh my....this video is made because of me....Mr. Patron!!! Your welcome all you Tubers that watch for free...you can afford $5 a month...it’s like going to church but never giving any money...that’s just wrong...
One of the most entertaining videos I've seen in several days. You're an absolute animal when it comes to passing people on the uphill ANd downhill!! That along with the music....awesome!
@@jimwing.2178 coming up on 64, ride everyday (less the weekend). about to ride with on occasion (per his request) a 71 year old daily rider. age unimportant! staying healthy and passionate important.
@@billhackley3540 Right on, Bill. I agree that a healthy 62-year-old can participate in strenuous activities. I am living proof, and I'm not unique or even rare. That said, if at age 63 you are riding daily at the level that you could've at age 32, then I would be EXTREMELY interested in learning more about how you maintain that level of fitness. All running and biking local races around here have Over 50 classes.The Over 50 winners are almost always in the lower 50s, never in the 60s, and typically would finish in the third quartile if competing against the younger adults. Compared to me 30 years ago, my 62-year-old self reacts slower, recovers slower, and heals from injury slower. Is it not the same for you?
So a random youtuber is as fast as a professional female rider? I wonder why they never mention this kind of shit when they talk about "equal pay" for women's events, hahahaha!!!
Nope, in in USA MTB-ing is easy. Only or at least a big part is downhill. Here in Europe, we have uphill tracks. Try that; b*tches! You'll go home crying. Or the the dune forest track in The Netherlands, or the mud in Germany, uphill at high elevation with year round snow in the Alps, or the sharp technical stuff in Balkan countries.
I ride a hardtail but I am eastcoast former bmx moto racer but I find it fun but no way out there people think its all bike but its rider and bike awesome video being light and smooth
i love you guys coz you're not trying to create a TH-cam persona it's just a couple/friends riding and everytime ya'll apologize for the noise I'm like "for what" the noise is actually making your video alot more natural which I think gives it a less "set up" feel. I personally like it. most people don't pay attention till u mention it lol ❤
Damn the small thumbnail shocked me at first. Thought you broke your nose, the dirt looked like dried blood at first. 😱 Great video as always. Glad you are ok.
I'm very new to this. What I noticed is that the racers in front of you that you would overtake would not fight for their position but make place for you. Is this accepted etiquette in this sport? How do you judge that someone behind you is clearly faster than you let them overtake you? - I really like to see that.
In general if you ask to pass someone they assume you are going faster than they are. If you aren't and ask to pass and then slow them down, that's a jerk move so people don't usually do that. Towards the end of a race at the front, people aren't as understanding about passing, but in general people let one another by with the assumption that they might need to get by later and the person will then let them by.
This sure is a hard race ! But there is a race in Norway who is much more demanding it`s called offroad Finnmark the shortest distance is 150 kilometers or you can race 300 kilometers or chose to race 700 kilometers .
Hi! We have a similar race here down in Argentina, it is called "Trasmontaña" (trasmontaña.com/circuito.php). You have to race with a partner, it's mandatory. Last year it was 44Km, 1600m of accumulated climbing (and same for descending)!. IT IS SO HARD!
Congrats on the great job in the trail 👍👏👏👏👍🙏🔝🚴🚴🔝🎥💯☑️❤️ I'm guessing 27 pounds on that bike of yours...and your age don't matter you still kicking butt 👏👏👏... Best wishes 🙏
Dang dude...while 29 lbs is great for an all mountain bike, if you had lined up on a pure XC bike, like the Orbea Oiz for example, you could have gotten that down to 23-24 lbs with reasonable tires! For Syd, that could have meant a really low finish! VERY impressive to end up where you both did when that's not your primary focus. Now I'm sucked in to see how it goes on day two with those tires. Without seeing anything yet...I'm thinking there's no way you're going to be able to "hold back." You're not wired that way. I'm predicting full send, and I hope it works out!
The hardest race I ever did was the Paxson to Cantwell 2 day, 189 mile stage race across the center of Alaska. The spaghetti after the first day gave me digestive issues and the washboard on the road was so brutal that I had blood on my chamois when I got to the finish (if you haven’t dealt with washboard on a road, it’s like riding into quicksand; your speed drops by over 50% instantly. It’s BRUTAL!). It included several mountain passes to climb each day too. Two years after I did it, they made it a single day race and the three guys who finished/won agreed to cross the line together and share the win. It was so brutal they decided that just finishing was winning. I miss those days! Racing in Alaska during the 90s was awesome!
Good job both of you and Happy Birthday Mackey. I figure you are in your 60-70 yrs old because you hide your age like a women from the 50’s or 60’s lol. Be proud of your age. I am 54 and proud that I am that age and doing what I do even though I am a beginner mountain biker, age is just a number and I don’t feel 54 so I don’t act like a typical middle aged man. Again good job both of you.
Just found this channel, Love it. I love the comment of the pre race jitters. It is such a great feeling, & sitting at my desk at work watching this, I felt those jitters again. Oh, & the groups of people mingling with no Covid worries is a great memory of the past. (stupid covid)
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Oh my....this video is made because of me....Mr. Patron!!! Your welcome all you Tubers that watch for free...you can afford $5 a month...it’s like going to church but never giving any money...that’s just wrong...
Thanks for donating but u dont gotta be a dick about it
Is that the only picture you have? Creepy
It's a free life
really when I am college student with a budget?
simp
Congrats Syd & Macky!! And great video!
One of the most entertaining videos I've seen in several days. You're an absolute animal when it comes to passing people on the uphill ANd downhill!! That along with the music....awesome!
Do you replace batteries in your GoPro while racing? My hero 7 black barely lasts 1.5hr with hypersmooth on.
Nope, he was turning it on and off to save battery. For the downhill (50ish minutes) he just ran it the whole time.
Shalom
Alan
I am going to say 27.2 lbs
That unibrow... You must be related to my ex-wife, Macky.
😂😂😂
Firstly, oof. Secondly, oof.
That's why you never marry a woman you met at a club bud. Ooooff
Freaking stoked to finally meet you guys. Finally got my sticker!!
One of the greatest weekend.
Great to meet you as well!!
Loved the "hillbilly's" at the top of Cramp Hill talking smack, awesome! \m/
1:34 did anybody else notice that guys gear ratio
Bike 26.9lbs. The other #, it's unimportant. 13 in the pro xc on a trail bike, that was beyond pretty damm good.
Grats to both on the XC results.
"The other #, it's unimportant." Ha! I wonder if you'll be saying that when your other number is 62.
@@jimwing.2178 coming up on 64, ride everyday (less the weekend). about to ride with on occasion (per his request) a 71 year old daily rider. age unimportant! staying healthy and passionate important.
@@billhackley3540 Right on, Bill. I agree that a healthy 62-year-old can participate in strenuous activities. I am living proof, and I'm not unique or even rare.
That said, if at age 63 you are riding daily at the level that you could've at age 32, then I would be EXTREMELY interested in learning more about how you maintain that level of fitness. All running and biking local races around here have Over 50 classes.The Over 50 winners are almost always in the lower 50s, never in the 60s, and typically would finish in the third quartile if competing against the younger adults.
Compared to me 30 years ago, my 62-year-old self reacts slower, recovers slower, and heals from injury slower. Is it not the same for you?
The being nervous before a race is one of my favorite parts. It's a exciting nervous. Ha! Great job you two!
Happy 35th Birthday and my bike is also like the 25.8 #'s!
Hey!!! Are you guys doing Downieville this year??????? 2023? I've always loved those videos Beautiful chunk of country.
So a random youtuber is as fast as a professional female rider? I wonder why they never mention this kind of shit when they talk about "equal pay" for women's events, hahahaha!!!
28.65 lbs
I love the unibrow 😃, I am glad I watch the video from beginning to end, very entertaining.
Bike WEIGHT: 34lbs? That UINIBROW @ 13:00 ... I couldnt stop laughing. Had to pause the video I was laughing so hard! Good stuff! =)
😂😂
My 160mm bike with sticky tires weighs 34#. I'm guessing 30# for Macky's bike
Nope, in in USA MTB-ing is easy. Only or at least a big part is downhill. Here in Europe, we have uphill tracks. Try that; b*tches! You'll go home crying. Or the the dune forest track in The Netherlands, or the mud in Germany, uphill at high elevation with year round snow in the Alps, or the sharp technical stuff in Balkan countries.
DSQ for the shortcut braid at 10:48. Or the clickbait thumbnail of Syd, then about 10 seconds of her in the video.
Great video. But, yeah agreed, bait and switch for sure.
Great video. But, yeah agreed. Bait and switch for sure.
Pound for pound a hard one to consider Vision Quest. 50 mi 11k vert. In Orange County SoCal.
Missed a spot at 6:09. Great job! (27 lbs.)
13:00 Macky's tried TH-cam makeup tutorial, got it completely wrong, Syd saw it and said: "I'll show you how it supposed to look like" @ 13:59
I ride a hardtail but I am eastcoast former bmx moto racer but I find it fun but no way out there people think its all bike but its rider and bike awesome video being light and smooth
Your previous bike weighs more than my downhill bike.
If the tortilla is open, that’s a taco bro. 😂
Thanks for the vid, it was awesome
Marji Gesick is also VERY tough, even by Tinker Juarez standards
i love you guys coz you're not trying to create a TH-cam persona it's just a couple/friends riding and everytime ya'll apologize for the noise I'm like "for what" the noise is actually making your video alot more natural which I think gives it a less "set up" feel. I personally like it. most people don't pay attention till u mention it lol ❤
my guess 30.78 pounds. Good Luck next race
I don't know your age but I guessed 29.3lbs
30.5 lbs?
This song is terrible. Otherwise great video thanks!
Fantastic effort - Macky that dirt face was amazing - you looked like a cross between Liam Gallagher and R2D2!!
6:39 send them burritos down the muncher trail ;-p
30.5 lbs where is syds footage?
We only have one GoPro at the moment!
Happy Birthday 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 great job guys , another great one !
The nerves are why we come back adrenaline
You’re a machine!
Damn the small thumbnail shocked me at first. Thought you broke your nose, the dirt looked like dried blood at first. 😱 Great video as always. Glad you are ok.
Haha didn't think of that! Nope just dust!
Ok I'm saying 24.5 Lbs. at 3:06
I guesse 12.9kgs and it was 13.1
Love this content. Great vid!
Registration opens in 2 weeks!
I'm very new to this. What I noticed is that the racers in front of you that you would overtake would not fight for their position but make place for you. Is this accepted etiquette in this sport? How do you judge that someone behind you is clearly faster than you let them overtake you? - I really like to see that.
In general if you ask to pass someone they assume you are going faster than they are. If you aren't and ask to pass and then slow them down, that's a jerk move so people don't usually do that. Towards the end of a race at the front, people aren't as understanding about passing, but in general people let one another by with the assumption that they might need to get by later and the person will then let them by.
This sure is a hard race ! But there is a race in Norway who is much more demanding it`s called offroad Finnmark the shortest distance is 150 kilometers or you can race 300 kilometers or chose to race 700 kilometers .
Wow, sounds like a hard one for sure. We would consider that marathon though, not cross-country!
29.4lbs
28.25 lbs is my guess
Cool I was only .75 off
27.5 lb on the Portal :)
6:07 Yup You missed Your eyebrows ha ha ha
Burritooooooooosssss, are the best
Lol this race is still going on?
4:22 Broken cable ? :P
What was the music name?
that was a great video! thanks for sharing
But those were tacos.
Why X-fusion? Aren't they a budget cut brand?
Just like the other main brands, they make both high end and budget suspension.. And we used to race for them.
I knew I should’ve guessed the weight of your bike 😂 I’m being completely truthful that that was the number I was going to guess.
damn..that was awesome!
i would argue that both those numbers at the end don't matter so much ;)
Weight is just a number!!!!!!! 😂
god you look sooo scary hahaa bless mackie i think she put her heart and soul into that xxx
oh sorry i mean syd
i think
Omg what do your lungs look like if that's how your faces are?
another awesome video
Hi! We have a similar race here down in Argentina, it is called "Trasmontaña" (trasmontaña.com/circuito.php). You have to race with a partner, it's mandatory. Last year it was 44Km, 1600m of accumulated climbing (and same for descending)!. IT IS SO HARD!
Congrats on the great job in the trail 👍👏👏👏👍🙏🔝🚴🚴🔝🎥💯☑️❤️ I'm guessing 27 pounds on that bike of yours...and your age don't matter you still kicking butt 👏👏👏... Best wishes 🙏
Really nice bikes
Hilarious, got your bike at 32 and you at 29.
From another DuGong in another country. I😁🇦🇺👍
so fun!
27 pound bike
Dang dude...while 29 lbs is great for an all mountain bike, if you had lined up on a pure XC bike, like the Orbea Oiz for example, you could have gotten that down to 23-24 lbs with reasonable tires! For Syd, that could have meant a really low finish! VERY impressive to end up where you both did when that's not your primary focus. Now I'm sucked in to see how it goes on day two with those tires. Without seeing anything yet...I'm thinking there's no way you're going to be able to "hold back." You're not wired that way. I'm predicting full send, and I hope it works out!
The hardest race I ever did was the Paxson to Cantwell 2 day, 189 mile stage race across the center of Alaska. The spaghetti after the first day gave me digestive issues and the washboard on the road was so brutal that I had blood on my chamois when I got to the finish (if you haven’t dealt with washboard on a road, it’s like riding into quicksand; your speed drops by over 50% instantly. It’s BRUTAL!). It included several mountain passes to climb each day too.
Two years after I did it, they made it a single day race and the three guys who finished/won agreed to cross the line together and share the win. It was so brutal they decided that just finishing was winning. I miss those days! Racing in Alaska during the 90s was awesome!
that looks like an amazing event. I'd for sure just do the XC part. who knows maybe some day I can.
Good job both of you and Happy Birthday Mackey. I figure you are in your 60-70 yrs old because you hide your age like a women from the 50’s or 60’s lol. Be proud of your age. I am 54 and proud that I am that age and doing what I do even though I am a beginner mountain biker, age is just a number and I don’t feel 54 so I don’t act like a typical middle aged man. Again good job both of you.
Syd is rocken the mountain bike makeup. And Macky, well ur face was just dirty...lol
Great video. Cool when you pass people..training is paying off..
Racing is back!
wow Syd. 9th that is really good. awesome job! 13th is super good Macky. awesome job! and Macky looks like he in 29
Macky has, hands down, the best Helmet Head EVER. And Syd's dirtface rules.
I'm guessing the bike is around 13 kg (sorry for the kilos, for me a pound is british currency).
Just found this channel, Love it.
I love the comment of the pre race jitters. It is such a great feeling, & sitting at my desk at work watching this, I felt those jitters again.
Oh, & the groups of people mingling with no Covid worries is a great memory of the past. (stupid covid)
Sick video!
Was probably a bad idea to watch it before going to bed when you guys choose such earworms for the music...
So, I must have missed how much the big weighed.
It was at the VERY end
12.85kg......?
Great Video!
Macky is a nice guy. I enjoy watching him explain things especially when Syd fixes bikes.
25 pounds
26lbs-24lbs
34pounds
Great video! That song is terrible though. Please make it stop...
you never said the wight of your bike
never mind
The tire whisperer. I'm so superficial about these details b/c I mostly ride the same route and don't race.
He is 28
28.6lbs
27.5 lb
28.2lbs
12 kg
27lbs
29lbs
29lbs
Mero mexican comiendo tacos y burritos i like that .. happy burritos amigos ✌🏻
27 pounds
Congrats on your placing and congrats on a very well put together video.
happy birthday I'm 44 and a granddad so that should make you feel better about your age lol
happy bday!!! btw, you look like chris martin ✌️✌️✌️