The Longest Mtb Descent In The UK - Ben MacDui
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2020
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Well, here it is. Here is the longest descent possible in the UK. It starts at the top of Ben MacDui, the second-highest mountain in the country at 1309 meters. We were very lucky and got the weather almost perfect, so the views were outstanding.
It definitely was a long old descent, even in the edited down video only showing the best bits, it ended up being 23 minutes long. The descent does fizzle out towards the end of approximately 18km, but the first 7km is absolute trail gold👌
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I mean. Who TF are the folk who have given this video a thumbs down? Due to injury and age I still do MTB but with limitations. More x-country now. But this video is ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL and makes me smile and remember what we boys used to do in the 80's with rigid MTB's...
After watching this loads of times I went up yesterday and did it myself. As usual the film flattens everything. Immense day out and I reckon now my best descent yet. Good job on vid too.
I'd say your mtb channel is the best out there at the moment. Love this remote, gnarly stuff!
One of the few mountain biking channels that are actually mountain biking
That was incredible. I really enjoyed that middle section, that looked like it would be a lot of fun to ride. Thanks for sharing this.
You guys are both beasts 💪 What a ride! Thanks for the adventure
I was lucky enough to ride this trail 3 year’s ago as part of a guided trip and your video brings back all sorts of great memories! Our weather wasn’t as good as yours, we were shrouded in clouds with 30 mph wind up top which then became 20’ and sunny after the bothy! Great video, thanks for sharing.
Epic scenery. I'll try to ride this trail on my 26" hardtail, I hope I don't die ✌️
I've been looking forward to this after the torture you guys went through to get to the top ! This has made my day , looks bloody awesome and again some amazing scenery . Great work man 👌
Much appreciated dude 👍
What a trail, and some handy riding too. Already started planning a trip to ride this next year off the back of this vid. 🤙🏻
Dude -hats off! - great descent - mad skills, simply stunning area - mega effort for a day out on the bike -thanks for taking us along - epic stuff :)
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Great stuff buddy 😉🚴🚴👌👌 enjoyed it 👌👌
Class Andy. Will defo add this one to the bucket list 👌
Spot on 👍
That's great, one of my favourite places, love to stay at the Hutchison hut (in other years) - love the ride down back to Derry Lodge
Part 2 was worth the wait. Thank you.
Relieved to hear that 👍
Great ride. Great video - as always. One of my very favourite rides is off the other side of MacDui, around Coire an Lochain down to the ski centre then down the Allt Mor trail to Glen More and usually back to Aviemore for the train home. You made me wonder about the length of descent on that route so I just checked. It's 5 of miles of descending from Macdui to the ski centre. There is a boulder field to cross below the summit so not all continuous but by the time you're down that will be eclipsed by the quality of the rest of the ride. It's 7.5 miles to Glen More which is the same as your descent to Derry Lodge. I suppose it is a gradual decent back to Aviemore too but that would be stretching it a bit. I've love to see you make a video of that route. It's one of the best.
That's a nice route if you go down the old access road that use to be the main way up, Before they built that new road going up to the car park with a few fast sections on the walk ways in the trees down to glen more is always a laugh
Epic 👍 you both made it look easy, I know first hand what a challenge that is, was well impressed with the speeds and both your ability to pretty much nail it all 👏 glad you both got the weather to experience that decent, well done again it was great to watch this epic film 👍👏
Always nice to hear from people that have experience of the trails 👍
I think we were both on good form for this one 👍
Man thatll keep you on your toes! Continuous tech for that long is something that sets it apart . Nice one👊
Relentless is the optimal word 👍
The and the past video have been fantastic. Work, lockdown and becoming a Dad (which is fantastic) have restricted highland epics this year and this content really is great.
Stunning!
Wow...that indeed was an epic adventure. Huge props to you both for completing that ride. I have to say even with all those rocks, the scenery there is spectacular. Your video work is also grand. It makes the viewer seem like they are there too. I think that that journey would easily qualify as "Super Chunky"! Cheers from WAY across the Pond in California!
Thanks very much Larry😊 Hope all is good with you over in Cali 👍
Brilliant stuff and fair play that's a long day! 👍
Thanks Dave
Awesome drone - will be amazing in the mountains 🤩
would have been great on this ride
That decent is beautiful 😍 looks like amazing riding
One of my favourites
Top drawer riding that - part 2 didn't disappoint. Great descent!
Thanks Simon
I doff my hat to u boyz . Just when we think ur vids can't get betta u show us this ¹ .u are the men . N that's wat called mountain bikin. Thanks bro . A top class awesome trail m8 🥰🤩👊
Thanks for the great feedback man 😊
@@McTrailRider Anytime Bro . 👊
Just decided on a spring visit. I got dragged up here as a kid on a holiday visit. Time to come back. Best channel on You Tube.
Something to look forward too then 👍 thanks for the kind words 😊
Absolutely epic day out 🤙
One of the best 👌
Brilliant second installment mate....bloody hell that was rocky . I bet your hands and arms were hanging off at the end ! What a place to ride a bike 👍
Hands and arms were fine, lower back, not so good 😂
Very Nice Video Dude💪✌
Thanks buddy
Almost a full day climb + descent, what a beast both of you are !!
Here in Chile we have a Downhill run called "Parvaso" just bellow a bikepark called "La Parva", both together have a spawn of 14.5km whit 2336m of vertical drop, there is a race once every 2 years called 'Super Downhill" and the fastest guys do it in 21min something.
Excellent lunchtime viewing 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Mr McTrailer Rider, your videos are easily THE BEST across all I have watched. Videos like this have definitely inspired me to start making my own, I just need to work on speeding up my own riding 🤣.
Nice work on the descent down to Hutchison memorial, I remember it very much being in the ‘focus required’ bracket, especially after such a long day to that point.
Mar Lodge estate is my favourite place in Scotland and this ride is particular is easily the most epic I’ve ever done - thanks for taking me back 😄.
Ps. Are you wearing an EVOC pack? I thought I noticed it in part 1 and have been looking at getting one myself for this type of ride.
Great to hear Craig, Speed really doesn’t matter, just have fun👍
This area is fast becoming one of my favourite places too.
My backpack is an Evoc fr20, had it for a while but only really use it for the bigger days out.
@@McTrailRider ah the fr20. I’m kind of between the 16 and 20 trying to decide whether the 16 has enough space for that kind of big day.
@@craigtbmtb8993 I find the fr20 to be really tall on the back, but quite shallow in depth. Is really well made though.
@@McTrailRider I had just been reading that they are quite long bags. Do you mind if I ask what height you are and what size you use? I was looking at M/L and I’m 5’11”, assumed that would be the right size.
HOLY SMOKES bud, its amazing to me that you can speak !! You must have to keep on top of the bike, maintenance
wise with all the impacts. Be safe man.
Sometimes I can’t speak 😬 The bike needs surprisingly little maintenance all things considered 👍
Andrew... I’m a huge fan , sir. Older rider , learning from you and others . Thanks again.
Nae shortage of confidence there Andrew! Even more impressed given that you’ve never ridden it before 🤟
What you’ve never seen before can’t hurt you 😜
@@McTrailRider I’ll take your word for that!!!
Amazing🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Thanks
Awesome scenery,so want to do this,but camp aswell!
If the weather is good, that would be amazing to do.
Kinda rocky out there - looks just like the trails in Switzerland / Lenzerheide and I loved 'em.
That looked like a pretty epic descent Andy, really well done, don't know how you ride down that much rock features and still keep going for hours, even with a great set up on your bike I'd be exhausted about a couple of hours into that ride, thanks for sharing! 😁🚵♂️👏🤙
Awesome ride and what a view.
If I have one thing that I’m good at on the bike, I think it might be endurance. Handy for big days like this one👍
@@McTrailRider It's one thing I'm always looking to improve through training is my endurance through getting out on the bike combining distance with trail riding, moderate weight training and doing a lot of walking through my work I think is the best way I can improve, any tips?
@@garyalexander3281 sounds like you’ve got it worked out TBH. My endurance has simply come from doing a lot of big descent, I haven’t done any structured training for it, although maybe I should.
@@McTrailRider Works for me, find that you recover quicker and have more energy to keep going, mainly kettle bell workouts for strength plus body weight exercise e.g. dips, pull ups, push ups etc, a fair amount of stretching all seems to work well 💪👍
Rockfest! Glad this was'nt described as longest one trail, more like the most amount of trails joining the most amount of rock gardens. i would have been otb or lost :] The lower half much more tame and after the slog up, appreciated i would think. All in all a long and must have been rewarding day out.Stay on the ball with your videos. cheers
Great video mate. Can't beat the Cairngorms 👌I've got the same Garmin. It's sent me in directions a couple of times I wasn't best pleased with lol but apart from that it's been good.
ATB
Martin.
Annoyingly it’s once I switch the navigation of that I went the wrong way🤦🏼♂️
I think I've got a descent that's just as long, not far from Ben Madui, Braeriach, at 1296 meters is only 13 meters lower than Macdui, down to the Lairig Ghru descent as far as Coylumbridge, about 250 meters above sea level. About 100 meters lower than Derry Lodge. I've never ridden it, only walked, but reckon its rideable for someone with your skills. Do you accept the challenge 😉🤣
PS, awesome video, well done for keeping it upright, 👍😎
Worth a try 👍 I bet it’s a steep descent down to the Ghru.
Nice descent indeed 😁 with the bonus of some really nice scenery. We really need to tick Scotland off our bucket list lol
You guys really do need to come up and visit 👍
Dude, after all that I’ve only just got to this... went away with work for a couple of days and left my iPad at home 🤪 Didn’t want to watch on an iPhone, it simply wouldn’t have done this epic any justice.
AWESOME 😲 not a word a use very often, literally in awe, outstanding dude. Was this even filmed on a planet in our solar system? The landscape looks like something out of sci-fi film, breathtaking.
“This is wonderful” and I quote, must be Scottish for “this is savage” 😬😂
Thanks for waiting to watch this on a device that does it some justice 👍 The terrain is a little out of this world right enough.
Well done guys.. I thought you were heading straight through to Derry cairn Gorm, at the aviemore side. Good all the same 👍🏻
Derry cairngorm is on the Braemar side of MacDui, is it not?
“A lot of focusing going on here.” Yeaaaaaa I would say so....that was a ride man.
You can tell when I’m pushing on 😜
That's just sick. Rocky, chunky downhill for hours. Need to try that out sometime.
Get it on the to-do list
@@McTrailRider It's there for sure. We just have to get this covid thing in check first.
What an epic day that was both got down in one piece , a great trail awesome 👊 ever thought about doing some mtb guiding in Scotland , quick question what evoc backpack are you using
I’ve seen guiding from the other side, and is not all that appealing to me TBH. The backpack is the fr20.
Cracking vid once again! After time on both bikes do you think you personally prefer the highlander or the guide for the kind of riding you do in most of your videos?
When things get really chunky and tight, I do miss the Guide a little bit, but for everything else the Highlander would be my pick.
Looks fun but is this a good idea? These upland environments seem pretty fragile.
14:40: "get to the sections that don't look that hard, buh'ah."
Awesome video Andrew! I’m gonna try this on my Levo next Thurs. Do you know where I could get a gpx of the other route you were talking about?
If your doing it on the Ebike, it’s probably just go up the way I descended. I think that would be the easiest way to go.
@@McTrailRider Awesome! Thanks man. Looking fwd to it… weather looks good, bikes running sweet…. If you pass me, put me in the recovery position 😂
Top Job! Was that 3 flats James had? Got to have your kit in order for that ride for sure! 👍
Yep, three punctures🙄
I would say I only messed up so bad i ripped the arse out my tyre once. I then just made a mess of repairing it twice till Andrews dart saved me. Thats what im going with anyway!
Rides in the golden hour - everyone should try it.
It’s a special thing to do
does it help keep the dragons away?
What are you using to aid navigation? Is it something that you can preload routes into? Awesome channel and awesome video 🤙🏼
Garmin 530 edge, preloaded with routes from Komoot, Trailforks, Strava and the likes.
Reminds me of Trainspotting. Where they go to the middle of nowhere.
Very similar
You really should get out more.
Hi love the video, just wondering what Garmin you have?
Thanks, it’s the edge 530
And the UK's biggest rock garden too!
Pretty much 😜
Which size wheels do you use for the big mountain stuff?
Certainly going to be the longest descent when you take 2 wrong turns 😂 nah but another great vid man.
Just one wrong turn I thought, which is way less than usual 😜
Great video👍🏻
Are these bridleways or are you guys ok under the right to roam rule?
M Graham only rule is there are no rules
If you are ever in South Wales I can show you a 7.2 Km descent dropping 600 metres, all on a mix of rocky tech and fast flowy singletrack. And no uphill at all :-)
Please share!!
@@derman3658, just as soon as we get Scottish Access laws in Wales I will be happy to share. Till then you will have to work it out for yourself sorry. I can tell you that it finishes at GR SO215192 and parts of it aren't shown on any map. ;-)
That was epci!
It certainly felt like it 👍
Painful watching this descent! We climbed up Ben Macdui from Cairngorm ski centre then descended back down via Cairngorm 🙈 cycled out to Glen Derry for a quick look from Linn of Dee a few days later and realised our mistake! Next year now...
So what’s the overall thoughts, worth the effort or is there a preferred ride for you in the Cairngorms? Big mountain all day out stuff. Ta.
I’d do this again, but maybe a more direct climb. There are so many great trails/mountains in the Cairngorms, you can’t go to far wrong.
What do you find all these routes? I am trying to find places locally
Trailforks app on your phone 👍
@@McTrailRider thank you very much! I will install and see where I can go! Much appreciated! Keep up the great videos 👍🚲
As someone who hasn't cycled in years or done any mountain biking, what would you recommend is the easiest and best way for a beginner to get into this hobby? Is it easy? Scary? Fun?
It can be all three of the things that you mentioned.
I would recommend going to a trail centre and hire a hardtail, ride some green and blue graded trails, maybe a red or two if you feel up to it.
If you don’t like it, you wasted maybe £40. If you do like it, you can speak to the bike shop about options for getting into the sport.
It’s a great sport and there is a great sense of community and comradery among fellow bikers 👍
Im hoping to get this ride in next year before the funicular is taken away, then this ride will become a lot harder to access and might even be gone
The funicular has been out of action for years. In fact, next year is when it’s to be reopened.
I came in from the Breamar side for this ride. To do it from Aviemore, you’d need to have a car either side or do it in two days.
29... High pivot... Scottish brand... Is there a better overtaking statement on your mate haha
The worst thing for James is that he really wants a Highlander of his own 😜
@@McTrailRider that's evil... Love it mate
What’s your opinion on commencal bikes
I really like them. Good looking, good value and I’ve heard that they ride very well👍
Chunky as fook :D
Yep
First time I climbed up there (my first mountain) was, 1957, with the school. (I was twelve)
Wow, a long time ago! I guess it’s still much the same?
@@McTrailRider Well, there was nothing down below, nothing, no hotels, no leisure industry, no skiing, nothing we stayed in the old Glenmore Lodge, which is still there, almost opposite the sandy beach of Morlich. Sunday morning, a cross country foot race round Loch Morlich, with full back pack. These were run by the Army, I still remember how to sail a ketch, just like I was taught by the Army and how ford a river, happy days. You, son, are the spirit of the mountains, all you young guys who climb mountains and see the real Scotland. Keep up the good work, love your vids.
Wide open lunar landscape !
Lunar describes it well 👍
How do you not get punctures?
Think light thoughts 😜
What gps is attached to your stem?
Garmin 530 edge
@@McTrailRider outstanding, thank you
What's the bike model?
It’s a Deviate Highlander
www.deviatecycles.com/
I don't know how you manage to ride half of this terrain 😅
Pretty sure you’d destroy this trail mate 💪
Nevis is a longer decent surely?
More of a vertical drop, but not as long.
Hi can you get to this trail by parking at the old military road a93
I’m not overly sure exactly where that is tbh.
Dickhead line wins every time 🏔 👍🏻👏🏻🏴
Too many ad breaks!
Longest descent in the UK....Longest rock garden in the world!😂
Very true 😜
Here i'm not trying to be being funny but please tell James to get new shorts.
What’s up with them?
One of the best MTB channels, well done on your great work showing and amazing riding in amazing views.
Thanks for the high praise 😊
Thanks for the high praise Benny 😊
Thanks for the high praise Benny 😊