I rode this trail the first time last year, and nearly got caught off guard by the drop shown at about 6:20 in your video. I went into it thinking it was just a berm around a tree only to spot the drop at the last second. Being a novice rider I panicked, slammed on my brakes, thankfully stopped before going OTB. Stepped back, scoped it out with my friend and we both hit it. A very fun trail.
I am here to verify that it was indeed you/your wife in that heinous OTB from Friday Fails this week. Based on her helmet colour, your tats, etc, I think it was. What an epic crash! 😳
I live beside Gatineau but primarily (well only have) ridden the roads. Would you recommend a full suspension bike for Gatineau Park? I’d like to mix in some trail rides throughout the week
Hey Zach, if you’re new to MTB riding I’d start off with a hard tail as your money will go a bit further. If you end up liking it you can always upgrade to a full suspension later on. I rode a hard tail for years.
@@CapitalMTB I ended up finding a sweet deal on a used 2019 Devinci Spartan with low miles, older gentlemen who bought an e-bike to replace the spartan wanted it gone. Very excited to ride the trails after watching your videos
what’s a good upgrade for front suspension on my hardtail? right now it’s the default fork (100mm travel ) and i was wondering what a good upgrade for relatively cheap is. (no more than £400, hopefully about 200-350) thanks for any help
It could yeah, most bikes are designed around a specific amount of travel and if you raise the front end too much it’ll also raise the bottom bracket height which can negatively affect the handling. What bike do you have?
That’s a tough one haha. Try to figure out what you ride the most (XC/trail/enduro/DH) then choose the bike that fits best in the category you ride in. If you’re looking to progress your riding and do more DH enduro style stuff then pick and all mountain bike that you can still have fun on while trail riding but can handle the bigger stuff here and there.
I just cant bring myself to understand what they did in the démonique with the steps. Some of the work in the park is great and I appreciate it but some other places like this one goes against the grain when you're riding. Your wife's pretty good. Slow and steady; she never gives up!
It's to keep the hiking and biking lines separate on the steeper descents, especially where it's blind. It was a response to some safety concerns, complaints, and petitions that the NCC received from hikers.
I felt the same way the first couple times I rode the trail but I've come around. There's only one section I'm not too keen on but overall I still find it pretty fun.
I actually ran into the trail builders (not literally) a little over a month ago while they were building those steps. They said that if the trail was to be officially recognized by the NCC, it had to be both biker AND hiker friendly, hence requirement of the steps at that section. Kind of a bummer for the bikers but you can imagine that if it had been left the way it was, if a hiker was coming up and a biker was coming down, it would be a bad situation.
Nice little rip, great gal too, lucky to be able to ride with her! so I can't believe I've never ridden Monique's, def have to check it out now!
I rode this trail the first time last year, and nearly got caught off guard by the drop shown at about 6:20 in your video. I went into it thinking it was just a berm around a tree only to spot the drop at the last second. Being a novice rider I panicked, slammed on my brakes, thankfully stopped before going OTB. Stepped back, scoped it out with my friend and we both hit it. A very fun trail.
Big fan i would like to ride whit you once this year like all your video keep it up man
great vid! Any chance Monique's has a trail #? Can't find it on TrailForks. Tried to line up your Strava map with TF and don't see it.
It doesn’t yet but it will soon
I am here to verify that it was indeed you/your wife in that heinous OTB from Friday Fails this week. Based on her helmet colour, your tats, etc, I think it was. What an epic crash! 😳
It sure was! 😬
@@CapitalMTB hope she's healing up well 🙏🏻
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This one? that looked brutal...hope she's ok!
Looks like fun.
I live beside Gatineau but primarily (well only have) ridden the roads. Would you recommend a full suspension bike for Gatineau Park? I’d like to mix in some trail rides throughout the week
Hey Zach, if you’re new to MTB riding I’d start off with a hard tail as your money will go a bit further. If you end up liking it you can always upgrade to a full suspension later on. I rode a hard tail for years.
@@CapitalMTB I ended up finding a sweet deal on a used 2019 Devinci Spartan with low miles, older gentlemen who bought an e-bike to replace the spartan wanted it gone. Very excited to ride the trails after watching your videos
what’s a good upgrade for front suspension on my hardtail? right now it’s the default fork (100mm travel ) and i was wondering what a good upgrade for relatively cheap is. (no more than £400, hopefully about 200-350) thanks for any help
I’d see if you can find a 120mm marzocci Z2, used rockshox pike or a fox 34
@@CapitalMTB would a 140mm fork mess up my geometry too much?
It could yeah, most bikes are designed around a specific amount of travel and if you raise the front end too much it’ll also raise the bottom bracket height which can negatively affect the handling. What bike do you have?
@@CapitalMTB i have an orbea mx50
Yeah then I’d definitely stick with something in the 120mm range.
how should i start researching into what first full suspension bike to get
That’s a tough one haha. Try to figure out what you ride the most (XC/trail/enduro/DH) then choose the bike that fits best in the category you ride in. If you’re looking to progress your riding and do more DH enduro style stuff then pick and all mountain bike that you can still have fun on while trail riding but can handle the bigger stuff here and there.
@@CapitalMTB what do u mean by “and all mountain bike”?
@@jameswhyte3834 Something in the 150mm-160mm travel range with a head angle around 64-65 degrees.
No more spooky tree! Guess that trail name doesn't make sense anymore
I just cant bring myself to understand what they did in the démonique with the steps. Some of the work in the park is great and I appreciate it but some other places like this one goes against the grain when you're riding.
Your wife's pretty good. Slow and steady; she never gives up!
It's to keep the hiking and biking lines separate on the steeper descents, especially where it's blind. It was a response to some safety concerns, complaints, and petitions that the NCC received from hikers.
I felt the same way the first couple times I rode the trail but I've come around. There's only one section I'm not too keen on but overall I still find it pretty fun.
I actually ran into the trail builders (not literally) a little over a month ago while they were building those steps. They said that if the trail was to be officially recognized by the NCC, it had to be both biker AND hiker friendly, hence requirement of the steps at that section. Kind of a bummer for the bikers but you can imagine that if it had been left the way it was, if a hiker was coming up and a biker was coming down, it would be a bad situation.