Exploring Potawatomi Trail in Pinckney, MI | Michigan Mounting Biking | Serhiy MTB

Me and Alex had a blast time exploring new for us trail called Potawatomi Trail in Pinckney Recreation Area.
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[@dukeofmtb]

Poto is great. It has some very "enduro-y" sections. Imagine if those downhill sections went on for miles, that's what Pisgah's like. Great vid. I'm sure cutting this down took a couple dozen hours at least. Keep up the great work.

[@dukeofmtb]

@@SerhiyMTB Haha. I know all about that. Wait till you start adding music and effects and captions or include more people and cameras and microphones. Hehe

[@michiganmadhouse1462]

10 minutes from my home. Great trail, ridden it hundreds of times, beginning in 1987. Great video! I noticed you cut the evil climb (which begins at the 17:19 mark) out of the video. The beginning of the climb features anti-erosion timbers, huge roots and plastic anti-erosion mesh. If it is dusty or wet, these are very slippery, you may end up walking. Even in the best conditions, you have to plan the climb (it occurs after that right corner, you have no momentum, and the climb curves left) and use good technique, especially if you run fast rear tires like the Race King (yes, I run one). I've measure the climb at ~ 130' over a little over 1/4 mile, with the grade >17% at several points. The climb is deceiving because it has a kind of false flat as you near the top. The Poto is a classic: 17.5+ miles, combo of flowy fast, tech climbing, gnarly descents, rocks, tons of unforgiving roots, lots of tight turns around trees that punish you severely for picking a bad line (good luck leaning your long Enduro sled around them without getting scraped of your bike). Like many Michigan trails, you have to actually steer your bike (though many trails are much more tight and twisty, such as Torn Shirt, Maybury and Highland).

[@SerhiyMTB]

Thanks for great information. It was hard trail for me back in the day. Now it’s not that bad

[@TZZGTerroriZtbeatZgaminG]

looks like a great trail!! Thanks for the vid, Ill have to get down there for a ride before the snow falls!!!

[@rohrertech8882]

My home trail. Challenging, but rewarding.

[@tantaclaus]

Thanks for sharing this👍
Looks like a great trail, definitely planning to go there now.

[@Katabatic44]

wow, the lighting is beautiful. What time of day did you ride this?

[@jt_mtb1]

Nice video