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No not fun, its a frustrating time off the bike! Made me appreciate it more, but definatly need to be more careful as I don't want that again!!

aww man, forgot the star wipe!!

Somehow did turn into an awesome year for bikes still! but yes, plz no more injuries!

I want to go biking again already!!

yes, its still very good. I use dLOG - M. but the importnat settings are Exposure and ISO page on auto: but limit between 1/400-1/8000 (I use 1/200 as a low setting in Dark scotish winter trails, everything else 1/400. This stops the microblur on hits) ISO - 100-3200 (100-6400 if winter and very dark, but more noise) Sharpness -2 and Noise reduction -2 (Noise -2 is important to stop the ghosting effect)

100% on brand

Revelstoke had some incredible trails! This and Martha Creek were right up there with the best trails ive ever ridden!

@@alex737M Cool. I'll need to get up there some day!

If.. i was to go again... haha.. I'd spend more time in Revelstoke and mabye some more BC exploring. Whistler/Squamish area is incredible, but this showed me there is alot more available!

Its really good, so is Ballater. Different style to Wales though, closer to some of the BC Canada trails (But much smaller scale haha)

I can reccomend the Pheonix fish and chip shop in Ballater, and get a battered marsbar off them!! Its properly good haha

@@alex737M batter owt o er the border 😁

Was a good day overall, shame its so far away. When I arrived att the hotel, they assumed i'd flown down when they saw my Edinburgh adresss haha

im not that tall, I ride a medium transition patrol/ other bikes ive tried. The Large transition relay was too big for me. I'd say just demo both (you have to buy trek from a dealer anyway i think??) Medium if you want a more playfull flickable bike, large if you just want to ride in a straight line down stuff!

@ unfortunately no. My Trek lbs do not care about enduro or DH, so I onder online from a far far away lbs.

Jealous! Its a fantastic bike, and the best of the lightweight ebikes i've tried. Yes, i thought the motor was all i'd want, you can still put it in boost and its easy, just not quite as fast uphill as a full power

yes, Scotland only seems to do steep or very steep! Agreed Glassie is probably closest to it as you dont have to be on the brakes all the time! Scotlannd is the only place iv'e ridden where my Saint brakes start overheating!

It just got too dark! it was near the end of, what was already a very dark and misty day. (And i may have not ridden it that well haha)

cheers, it was a good day out! Yes, Dai Hard was a step up form the reds in terms of the large mandatory drops, the rest of the trail was very similar. I found the reds I could just ride fast without needing to worry, Dai Hard would certiainly be too much fo people who were only comfortable on the reds. Its always hard to grade trails, i think they were graded fairly accurately (I think Red in alps is actually a double black? it is in Canada anyway) wheras reds here are easier than black, equivilent to blues everywhere else.

yes, huge drive!! I did Barry Sidings, which was pretty good, and Risca/Cwmcarn/Abercarn, which was VERY hit or miss. Some of the risca stuff was good, mainly the higher sections, Abercarn area(and across the other side), I didn't record anything in the end, just didn't get on with it! I decided not to do Dyfi, purely because im rubbish at jumps, and i think it would have been a waste for me to just roll everything for 1 day. BPW definetely was the better option for me

Tech is better anyway haha i'm so bad at jumps its not funny, cant even clear tabletops on red lines for some reason!!

yes, same with my feet. For gloves I have 100% brisker for kind of cold days, then a set of 100% Brisker waterproof for very cold days (they are even thicker and have an extra inner lining), and then I have a set of i give up massive gloves for when its beyond saving. the problem wiht them is the inner lining is almost impossible to put on if your hands are damp, so don't take them off. I've found though, its keeping the rest of yourself warm makes a big difference, proper layers and a neck buff thing. and then for my feet, i wear thin summer socks under waterproof ones (makes the waterproff ones easy to get off too!) but you need a shoe size bigger mabye.

its 30fps The main advantage of that i see is that if you also add videos taken from your phone etc, they are at either 30 or 60fps, so the frame pacing matches. If you have some of the video at 24fps, and some at 30 - you can either render it all at 24 or 30 fps, however whichever video is at the different framerate to the render fps will have stutter due to framepacing.

@ thanks, your videos look very good. I like to use 24fps but might switch it up.

good weather for it this week too!!

feel like it may have been a whole year?! 2 weeks, generous haha, i'd say by about 10am this saturday!!

@ aye September last year it closed and you’re not wrong 🤣🤣🤣

they know how to build berms!

@alex737M They sure do! Looks a bit like some of the berms at Tarland. Was it locals who built the trail of was it a trail building association?

it was the TVTA who have done the refresh, but at least one of them i know is very good at berms!

I'm riding the bike lol? I did leave a written review as a comment if that's what you mean? Its a really good bike!

yes, i've no interest in full power mtb, even if it was lightweight, i like getting the fitness out of cycling too! I think this bike is a great compramise. I recently rented the non ebike version gen6 slash at home and tried it on less epic trails haha, it still works absoutley fine on smooth blue level trails and then obviously works really well on horrible rough sections with rear wheel catch roots.

yep, unless you're on prime fitness its pretty exhausting!!!

yes, they took alot away but redone bit seems good. i think it will get pretty destroyed over winter though as theres no protection anymore and no trees to soak up the water

ah fair, they seemed pretty new looking to us! (some of the other stuff we rode seemed pretty destroyed, like 19th hole) Was day 1 of the holiday and couldn't believe how good these were already!

haha such a shame! I'll just have to make do!!

they know how to build them well in BC!!

we got so lucky with what we found! about 10years worth of fresh trails in one day haha

cannot unsee now lol at least i've never claimed to be good at cOloUr GrADiNg

its a 2019 transition patrol. I've tried other bikes and never felt the want to change it!

to be fair, i'm probably not the ideal ebike candidate at the moment lol I've used the aim of a BC holiday to focus my fitness training for the past few years!!

It was ridehub in squamish, they looked at me like i was insane when they found out the bikes were going to be put in a car too ...!

fair enough, i didn't notice the trek had any less assistance in the eco mode anyway! For me, the relay is a 5000ft bike, the trek is a 10,000ft bike (both in eco) and you can even get a range extender for the trek. Just from feel, the TQ system is a much nicer pedal, the fazua "kicked in" more noticablely and was slightly louder.

@@alex737M the Fazua is 120w vs TQ 99w in Eco. Fazua 430wh vs TQ 580wh. (Fazua release a 480wh same size/weight and the 210wh REX in 2025). TQ is said to derate in longer climbs with higher power output then eco, Fazuas reliability is still bad. Fazua loader then TQ…. So both systems have their merit/demerit. I prefer the Fazua if it works 😅

@@tmae-9284 I have the relay. it works well for what I wanted. the controller though, what a piece of crap, specially compared to the shimano controller on my wife's repeater. it really is bad enough that it makes me want to get rid for the bike sometimes.

@@pedrosalas7 true, fazua has quality issues. They will also release a sturdier „mode control“ in 2025

Interesting, as the TQ on the slash definately matched me to a 150w max in eco(ive seen some screenshots of the app confirming this too), my mate rented a fuel exe, and the TQ only matched to 100w on that. Looks like they mabye increased the eco power on the slash to compensate for adding a bigger battery. explains why i thought it gave me similar assistance to the fazua on the relay then! The trek has a 25% larger battery, but seems to have 100% more climbing ability at the same 150W output in eco then! For me, the range on the relay would mean id constantly be worrying about the battery even using eco mode, wheras the trek, id say i would finish the day with battery left over.

No, i haven't tested that. But this trek was excellent. From what ive ridden so far, this was better than the transition relay by quite a bit. The price seems ok on this one too. The motor and battery combo on this worked really well, i'd say it would last 10,000ft climbing in eco! I'm coming from a non ebike, so the power in eco mode felt great, it matches you up to 150w in eco, which i felt was loads.

@@alex737M nice I just sold my transition relay. Was not happy with how it handled either. Trying to decide whether to get the heckler or slash. Tough decision 🤪

Interesting! i was quite disapointed with the relay, but mainly the motor and battery combination seem to mean not much climbing. The ring controller thing was awful, and the LED wern't as good as the screen on the trek. I rode both in medium, the trek was longer and just felt better for me anyway. I was immediatly comfortable on it. And if you go tthe trek the TQ motor and that bigger battery should mean alot more range for you

yea, I used eco the whole day and would say i'm very fit, i'd do 5000ft on my own without an ebike and pass most people easily on the climb, i can quite often beat less fit people on full power ebikes up the spooky wood climb in glentress, so this bike actually would limit what i could do in a day normally!! I rented a kenevo sl a few years back and got 4800ft out of the 160wh extender alone. And the trek i rode did 4500ft in eco and didnt even use half battery. The fazua motor must not be particulary efficient, if id used the middle mode or turbo, the bike wouldnt have got very much climbing at all!

yea, i had big hopes for it. Handeling was fine, just needed some adjustments to suit me, like the faster rebound, and mabye a slightly longer stem( 1st time ive noticed on a bike how even moving the handlebars foward mada a big difference!) But the battery range is usless for me! Would be fine in winter when i have less time i suppose. I odnt thing the fazua system is anywhere near as good as the TQ. The controller especially though.. Cheapest feeling thing ever, and the moment a bit of dirt got in, it didnt spring back properly!!

@@alex737M the controller is so so bad to the point of being comical

yes, I think its youtube unfortunately, it removes alot of the quality due to the low bitrate the moment you go into trees or faster movement etc. I use resolve, ive started rendering in h265, and 30fps mp4, and the bitrate at 85000. (youtube bitrate is less than that anway its only max 45k for 4k30 which is why it goes to pixels with lots of things going on in the vid, but at least i have a good quality version on my computer)

This and a few others were the best descents ive ever done on a bike! Martha Creek is another epic!

BC is the ultimate mtb destination!! I did Martha Creek too, which is nearby in Revelstoke, another 5000ft incredible descent!! I want to go back already haha

@@alex737M I moved here a few years ago one day I’ll hopefully make my way over there so many trails to choose from.

Jealous! Yes, there is such a massive amount of places to visit in BC! Im really glad we did Revelstoke too, and didnt just stay near Whsitler for the whole time. (Even though whistler direction has enough trails for more than one holiday haha)

it's on the hill east of braemar, but Deforestry Scotland have driven all over the 2nd half, its completly unrideable where i cut the video, you end up having to push across to the walking path now:( It was a nice stop off on the way to or from Ballater heading back to Edinburgh

It took alot of research to find this one! Its between Van and Whistler is probably all i can say!

@@alex737M Gatekeeping trails. What a shame.

I would say if i was allowed. Its not on trailforks etc so I can assume the builder doesn't want the location published. Many of the youtube channels I watch from BC publish vids, but don't give locations for that reason. Finding this trail, amongst others in BC, is the result of 5 years of my research into the area. I've spent a huge amount of time, to the point of obsession, learning as much as i can, the result is, i got to ride some amazing trails, and I wanted to record it.

Luckily it had scratched the sticker on the fork lowers, so they let me away with it. Ruined the day though already!! But what a bike, if im getting an eebs, it will be that one. I rented a transition relay too - big disapointment

@@alex737M Aye mate MTBs are made for getting thrashed, mental!

ironically, out of the 70,000ft descending we did, that was the only time i came off... yea when i asked the next rental place he even said "sure weve all cracked frames, that what the insurance is for"!!

All the ballater trails are on trailforks, well worth the trip! Its Heartbreak ridge which is south of the town, and so are Storm and Kate moss trails

100% add that to fish&chips & batered marsbar from the Pheonix takeway in town = perfect mtb destination!!