SO STEEP IT WAS ALMOST VERTICAL! -- Sessioning Rock Slabs at 50 Year Trail in Tucson
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- Join us as we head to Sedona for the Sedona MTB Fest then cruise down to Tucson to ride the 50 Year Trail and session some awesome rock slabs with our friends Dusty Betty ( / dustybetty ) and Hardtail Party ( / hardtailparty .
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It was so much fun riding and hanging out with you two. I'm still blown away at how easy you made that climb look.
hardtail party I’m a hardtail guy
@@ridewest57 Woot! Represent.
My wife is a teacher so she is out of work, but I work for Gatorade so we are still keeping everyone hydrated!
The only correct advert of a well climbing bike - a proper proof! No BS, great job Macky
I’m out of school for a month and pretty much everything is closed. MORE TIME TO RIDE!!!
Nice! That's my home trail. Have ridden that rock roll many times, I can't believe Macky climbed it. It's steeper than it looks on camera, especially the last part near the bottom. Way to go!
I have school from home because of corona virus and I like it I have gotten a chance to work on jumping everyday
Super stoked on your new bikes, that trip looked super fun. Hope you both are doing well and I'm glad to see your new system for "great white". Can't wait for the snow to melt here in CO. Ride on...
Working from HOME with my 3 KIDS and wife going CRAZY !!
Thanks for this. I really needed an escape to the trails I love.
Love all your videos, you guys are inspiring!
Awesome work getting up that steep slab Macky and it's fantastic that you're health is so much better of which you can do such. Hopefully Sid will get extremely healthier efficiently and she can be doing such fun things too. Hopefully there's a awesome future in front of both of you with enormous amounts of happiness how i mean. 😃👍
That climb looked gnarly! Good job!
Stay healthy guys! Working from home in Sweden where life as we know it has sort of come to a halt due to the virus. Really appreciate your videos. A nice contrast to all the dreadful news.
Climbing like that with a 36T up front! That deserves a GOLF CLAP!!
Great ride! So impressed that you cleaned that climb! You are a monster. Cool to see you riding with Steve and Tess. We finished our ride early and stopped by to "stalk" Syd while you guys were riding. Heal up and stay virus free!
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@@hardtailparty nice climb to you as well Steve. I've ridden down that section many times and it never dawned on me to try to climb it. Great riding!
@@GoneNoMad thanks Eric. Macky is super inspiring to ride with.
Closed all the school districts around me including mine , unemployed until further notice . Compromised immune system from Lupus staying inside until July 😂. Enjoy your new rides !
awesome content!! great to see you together again :)
Such cool features there!
Love your guys' channel. So fun. =)
Came home from a deployment on the last flight without a quarantine. I am on certain restrictions for 14 days before I can go to work. Then we are restricted to a 3-hr radius from Tucson until this blows over. Just glad I am still allowed to ride and Tucson has awesome trails!
-Bryan S.
Crazy! Stay safe!
Boss Audio is a great company, with great people, glad to see they are supporting you guys.
Definitely in my top 5 trails in the country. Video doesn't do the gap or rock slab justice - nicely done!
Great Video!
I really miss this trail. Riding in the desert with my homeys are some of my best memories.
Great vid and good to see you working with Hardtail party, stay safe and well. This virus is going to change how we all live, this is the new normal.
On that "hill climb challenge" I said to myself, "Not even you Macky". I was wrong!
I do my best to exceed expectations 😁
Wow I'm definitely impressed with those wiring skills great work mate 💪👍
In Minnesota, I’m working from home, wife is an art therapist providing tele-health sessions and all the kids are remote learning. Those trails look amazing and I love the music!
oh man.. this was such a fun one! ESPECIALLY at 5:58 ;) lol
man...that rock slab was 😬
The puppy cam was ADORABLE!
We rode Monday (Antelope, Lyons, CO) and Wednesday (Heil Valley Ranch). Monday wasn't bad and we did a lot of sessioning. Made some features I never had before. Wednesday on Wapiti was very crowded as lots of moms and dads were there with kiddos. The loops on top were less crowded. I guess the days of having the trails to ourselves on weekdays
is over for these retired folks -- at least for a while.
Sedona looks fun, I like the new bike!!!
I know this video was from last year, but I just got to ride this trail for the first time last weekend, and loved it! Fast in places, challenging in others. Just wish I'd had someone to show me the line on lunch rock, will have to try that next time!
Fun fact: The big boulder in the background at the 14:51 mark used to have a well-hidden geocache. Getting to the top requires a solid leap of faith...or your climbing shoes and some bouldering skills.
I love Hardtail Party! So stoked to see rare footage of Steve from someone else's PoV haha
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hardtail party fan here also... this was a sweet extension of the hartail party vid, with that steep climb ...
Excellent vids all round...
"...engage subscribe mode..." 😎
My cycling holiday in mallorca was this week, my flight and hotel got cancelled 5 hours before check in on Sunday, on a bonus I was fully reimbursed with 24 hours. Just need to book up for next year, it give me time to shed the extra stone of weight im carrying! 🙂
Hello from Laramie Wyoming. I believe you had dinner with my friend Rob a couple of years ago. I work at a school and am on spring break. I had planned to go to Grand Junction for some riding with my friends, but an up coming snow storm and bad weather in Grand Junction put our plans on hold. All schools here are cancelled until April 3, due to the virus, so maybe we can social distance ourselves another week. Stay healthy!!!
Can we increase the duration of puppy cam pls!🐶🐶🐕 lol awesome video thanks. We are quarantined here in CA at the moment. This helps pass the time.
Still doing HVAC south of Tucson. Did get up to Lemmon on Sunday though!
Morning Mackey, enjoyed the video not to mention you riding in my neck of the woods, well almost as I live in PHX. Lookin forward to getting back to the USA and checking out my new Rip 9!!! Hope to ride with you one day. BTW, hope your wife is cooperating with therapy. Blue skies, Jg
Love 50 year trail. Again so miss living in Tucson! Meanwhile at home here in NC. My daughters' NICA season put on hold, Kids at home as well as I am working from home. Broke a Pivot bolt on my one and only do all bike. So I am taking my older 2 daughters (15 and 12) to shred while waiting for parts. Need to ride weather is great here right now!
Noooo! Broken bolts are the worst! And sorry to hear about the NICA season!
Those brakes are dope. That the same setup I run on my Firebird 29 and I can't say enough good things about them. I can not over heat them if my life depended on it.
I am still working, just taking extra precautions not going out unless I have to.I know how you feel Macky, I have allergies also and people avoid me as well.
Currently I am not working; my Europe trip was cut short because as of today I'd be in Portugal but yesterday I went riding and had single track to myself. So things are good, considering.
I'm on day 3 of working from home for at least 4 weeks ..... My 88yo mother in-law lives with us so It is important for me to not get corona ..... all upcoming races have been canceled .... & yes toilet paper is in short supply (Sydney Australia) due to ppl hording 🤦 ..... timing is everything & I scored a 36 pack of rolls .... winning 😊.
Macky, that new bike you are riding looks the goods in terms of performance 🤘
Gotta love the 12 speed Shimano XT, it's definitely the best 12 speed system out there. I want to practice my social distancing on the bike but the weather here in Prescott has not been cooperating. We're expecting more snow tomorrow.
Yeah, not looking great here in Sedona either...
Awsome vid, the RIP9 was a happy bike under those trails! Both of you be safe, myself i'm off work for a minimum 2 weeks maybe more, I have a medical condition so I'm playing it safe! As a RIP9 owner myself, when the dust clears looking forward to taking my RIP9 down some fire trails at Angel Fire! Let's hope all this subsides soon!
Here, here! Stay safe!
First day on Quarantine here in Quito Ecuador, making plans for my near future indoor life,, and the WORST part is that my new enduro bike arrived last Saturday haha,, new bike a NOWHERE to go,, keep safe guys and cheers.
Oh no!!!!!
Can't go to work and I love your guys videos and that's how I felt about this Corona virus and right about the toilet paper and can I go withu guys to the mountains lol
I just bought a 2020 RIP9 RDO, it’s my do everything bike!
Here in the CA Bay Area we've been ordered to shelter in place. Last minute notice. Had to run to the store and restock with whatever groceries I could find yesterday because waiting for the hoarders to run out storage space wasn't working.
Whoa! That's crazy! Stay safe.
Ridden this trail a few times and amazed at how small some of this looks on camera when I know this trail is super gnarly especially the Gap at the start of the chutes
#goproproblems 😁
In SV, The mountain closed last week, a lot of the restaurants are closed, surprisingly the bars are still open, some quick food places like Wrap city, Starbucks, and KB’s burritos are take out only. So the town or Valley in general pretty much quarantined it self from the rest of the world. I do agree with you how insane it is that people went ballistic on toilet paper, just take a shower when you’re done, it’s like a full body body Badaywhen I heard about stuff maybe closing down, I stocked up on rice, And stuff to make chili.I am still working because I am a public transportation driver for Mountain Rides.
Dang, now that is a well stocked van!! No etsy creations inside....it's bikes and more bikes :)
So for those of you who don't know, this man makes sick suspension videos. I would defiantly recommend a watch. Still waiting for that Firebird video though ;)
@@JClark2600 Thanks very much! I wish there was 3 of me to just keep pumping out videos as fast as they are suggested
Hell yeah Macky, that's what I'm talkin' about. That gnarly, beefy machine is ready for "#War", Son. haha ..luvvit. That thing is just gonna straight 'Eat' the trails lol no problem. Love seeing some actual #Shimano® component groupsets here too man, with 'SRAM' seemingly always making its constant unsurprising, proliferated rounds on virtually everything released today (obviously yeah they make some good stuff too, in the comparable upper-range, but nevertheless). Definitely ain't gonna go wrong with that freakin' drivetrain nor especially proven brakeset, that's for damn sure haha ...wraah.
Absolute Monster on that giant slab challenge there (but of course, compliments to the actual '#rider' ofc, too ;) ..lest we forget). Despite being a Giant Travel Burly (almost even 'DownDuro') Beast, yeah, as you pointed out (and then clearly demonstrated), that thing can still 'VERT, too haha. Awesome geometry. Me thinks a healed-up n' healthy Mr. Macky and his newfound #WarMachine are gonna make some great conquering partners indeed. Ride On Bro :) ruclips.net/video/SFN_ucVs2Q0/видео.html 🎶 ..(
There’s light at the end of the tunnel! 🙏
At least we can still go riding, even solo. Bummed Sea Otter is cancelled, is was training for a couple of races and a ride with Hans Rey. Let’s hope we are all still around to go and have fun in October! Stay safe everyone 👊🏼
Come to Pikes Peak Apex in september (4 day stage race). If everyhing goes to plan, I'll be there.
I'm on a 14-day self isolation after returning home to Canada from the Sedona MTB Festival, so I'm working from home and really hoping that my campus strips back to essential services and my colleagues can go home and stay there.
It's cancelled a trip to Grand Junction to attend a VIDA mtb festival so far. Boyfriend Dave and I joke about driving to Squamish (from Calgary) to get some riding and continue to work remotely but get to ride after work.
Yeah, we're a bit worried about being at Sedona Fest too...
@@sydandmacky Definitely some concern from being in a packed event, but so far I'm feeling well and am isolating to comply with the government ask. Hopefully no one in attendance was a carrier or infected :/
I'm glad that it was before this blew up so much, it was such a fun event.
I like your moves. I like your style!
7:30. Yes. Yes they have.
Always nice to see my home state! Especially as you get closer to my home town down there in the southeastern corner of the state (my hometown is Sierra Vista, which is about 75 miles southeast of Tucson).
Coronavirus, as I'm sure everyone is aware by now, has affected everything. The thing that's most upsetting to me is it's interfered with the inaugural season of the brand new Florida NICA league. We got exactly ONE race in before we had to cancel everything. Not a great way to start a cycling league.
Stay upright and keep the rubber side down!
-Brian
Oh no! That sucks!!
Here in Malaysia, we are in lockdown. The entire country needs to work from home. Just the essential places, like grocery stores, pharmacies, clinics, etc, are open. The best place to be right now is living in remote areas like in the Forest and riding trails, that's not gonna happen. SO right now your youtube videos are what's keeping me going a little crazy while stuck in the house and not being able to ride.
Sorry to hear it! The good news is we're back to 2 videos per week!!
Macky the Beast...
Hopefully I’ll be able to ride there in a like over a month. Idk tho as I’m out of state.
Whatever songs you use... they're awesome! Please do leave links to em!
It’s hit Australia ..... and schools might be closing down... but I still ride my Mtb bike 😆
Come on up and say hi, the trails are not quite ready yet though, but soon, it has been a poor snow seasonSo the trails should be ready soon
It's Same in Wales 🏴 UK No food in the Store they have Lost the Plot 🤣 allover the World fighting over Toilet paper hahaha 🥊🥊😎 Can't wait to watch you on your New Bike 🚴🚴🤘🤘🤘🤘 Stay Safe Over the Pond 😉 👍
great video! I’ve been sick now for the past 9 days and I’m hoping to be better soon, if you get a chance you should try out the Pivot Firebird 29, that’s got some of the best suspension on a 29er Enduro Bike I’ve seen, I believe it’s 172 in the front and 160 in the rear, it’s almost like having a DH bike that can climb really well.
I own one with a Fox 36 in the front (170mm) and a Float X-2 in the rear (162mm). The things a beast! I totally agree but they ride for niner so I doubt they would ride another brand on the channel due to their current contract. Same thing with Seth (DB), Alex(Canyon) or Brian (IBIS). It is what it is and RUclips just doesn't pay the bills unless you get the kind of views like IFHT gets.
J. Clark yeah that’s understandable, that’s why I’m glad I don’t have any sponsors, course tbf when I own that Firebird I’d probably love to be sponsored by Pivot so I could try out their other bikes as well because I absolutely love that Firebird.
We are working from home. Philippines is on community quarantine. Only 1 member of the family can go out to by food and supplies. Curfews are in effect. Check points on key roads.
Whoa! Crazy! Stay safe!
The Coronavirus cancelled school, so I basically get to ride every day! Mackey probably doesn’t have the Coronavirus, he probably has a little bronchitis. That’s what I had.
I want to try that climb
My school is closed for the rest of the year. But now I get to ride like every day so no problem.
The rest of the year?! Whoa!
@@sydandmacky school year sorry.
Some things are closed around me. The Mrs works from home anyways. I do testing at a medical lab, so my work is going full swing. Still trying to get out and ride.
We both work for schools,out until April 6th.....We were supposed to be in Sedona riding this week😔
Aw, bummer! Sorry to hear it!!
So far I have had a holiday to Italy cancelled, a run of gigs cancelled and and enduro cancelled. Both I and my partner have been told to work from home. Shit times. We're lucky in many ways, others for whom this will be devastating.
Brutal! Sorry to hear it!
Awesome Van upgrade! Slightly off topic question: have you tried 27.5 x 2.8 and 29 x 2.6? Curious as to your thoughts and experience with these sizes for riding all mtn and/or endure? Thanks
We've mostly just ridden them on hardtails, but Syd did ride them on the Portal a bit: ruclips.net/video/enewky41IrY/видео.html
Had been planning a trip with 8 friends for our first time to ride in Moab... just cancelled today. Was supposed to leave Saturday...
Dang! Sorry to hear it!
My wife and I are stuck in Australia (there are worse places), hoping flying back to the US next week.
Yeah, that doesn't sound too terrible. Maybe "accidentally" miss your flight?! 😁
Two southern enduro tour races have already been postponed. One at passion play in Arkansas where I’ve seen y’all ride. Super bummer.
Noooo!
I work in live event production. My calendar has been completely wiped out. And it’s suppose to snow 4-8 inches on Thursday in Colorado. And it’s suppose to be winter weather for the next few weeks. So I don’t think I will be riding much. Ughhh.
Noooooo!
Just got laid off from work. But on the plus side gas went down in price and we are getting better weather now. Ride ON
Sorry to hear that!
My ride today was the sound of silence . So quiet except for birds chirping . No planes in the sky and the contrail they leave . Another benefit is the air and sky seems so clean and clear . I guess the virus did what humans could not do for climate change and air pollution
we have had a couple thing canceled. Barry-Roubaix and Gazelle Girl for now. And our kids are off school for three weeks.:(
Brutal!
I had a vacation to Bentonville planned next week that I had to postpone. Bummed.
Bummer!
@@sydandmacky I'll get to go soon enough no worries! Stay safe guys and keep making great content!
Guys, those bikes look absolutely DIALED 😍 !!!
Regarding Corona, working as a nurse (anesthesia) I don't think I'll be out of work soon. But the system here in Sweden is stretching it self thin for sure. Mostly worried about the economic aspects for society though. Many smaller (and probably bigger) companies are seriously struggling after losing almost all income...
Hey Syd and Macky. Good to see you brighter and healthier!
So that rack on the back of your van with the bikes... is that secure?
It looks like the sort of thing your average scumbag in the UK would have the bikes off in about 5 minutes flat at traffic lights?
I guess you've been doing this long enough that you're really taking care of your kit... hate for you to get rolled and loose your rides. Your year has been rough enough so far.
We don't general stay in places with high levels of crime, but if we're at all worried, we run a cable lock through all the bikes and lock them to the rack! Someone could obviously get through it, but it would take some work!
Phew that RIP 9 is hot! As for corona bs I work for city government and am out of work(with pay) till I hear from my supervisor.
That doesn't sound too bad! Riding time!
SYD and MACKY lol maybe, I have a 6 year old and a 11 month old so kinda teaching and entertaining so down the road hopefully
My MT Rushmore plan is out. I should still be able to bike the triple crown in Vancouver but I'm not sure about if Whistler bike park will open come May long weekend. Work is still open, I want them to close for I just got a puppy on Sunday and I want to stay home with him, please work close 😂
I'm hoping this will end soon for I'm planning bike up MT lemmon then Moab outerbike in October
_UP_ Mt Lemmon? Wow! 😵
@@Happy_Biker it's only a mountain 🤣
Yep, everything is shut down..... My bikes are not shut down though and I will continue to ride them. 😊🚵♀️
Y'all did this 6 days ago?? I was literally out there Friday and Sunday, I missed out meeting you guys dammit
So what do you know about Philmont Scout Ranch?
Curious. How many MPG does that van get pulling all your stuff around?
About 15
I can’t hit LIKE twice !!!
The reason why this slammed us so hard here is because no one thought it would come here....
I have been saying this for a few months now, but alas i work in the E.R. get ready for a bumpy ride.
I live in the uk and work in a school. As from Friday all schools will be closing😱😢. The children with parents who are nurses, doctors, paramedics etc will still come to school, so fingers crossed I can stay at work. My 15 yr old son won’t be doing his exams, my 19 yr old autistic son is freaking out. Also anyone over 70 will have to stay indoors for 3 months😱. So this means my parents which is a bit worrying as my dad has just been diagnosed with dementia and staying in won’t help him at all. I think going to self isolate in the mountains sounds good to me😁. Stay safe.x
So crazy!!
Still working in VT.
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