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hell yea!

RIGHT! Way different now after the floods washed all the dirt away...

It is definitely a challenging and dangerous trail. With good bike handling skills, staying in control and choosing which obstacles to ride, and which to walk, it is definitely doable. A few things worth noting: - We have ridden this time, and usually ride it yearly... so we have a pretty good idea of the dangers - We ride all the obstacles, and we 'aint too afraid to walk when/where it makes sense - This is vid is just the upper portion of the trail, which has WAY more exposure, but is actually LESS technical than the lower section I have a few other videos of this top section, and the lower section from over the years. If you plan to ride this trail, I recommend watching as many as you can stomach before doing so, as help is a longer way away than it looks, and wrong moves can be deadly... But I think the biggest part of the trail that few people mention, is that it is before you ever see the Portal Trail. We start at the top of 313 and Gemini Bridges road. The entire ride is +20miles, depending on where you start, and The Portal is only the last few miles... It is a big day with a very challenging section at the end. This is our route for that day: connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/10961936011 Have Fun!

probably good... but you may miss the entertainment!

There are not easy parts of The Portal... only sketchy parts, techie parts, loose parts and gnarly parts! 🤣

Years of practice!

Well... this first video only took me ~8 months to post... the lower portal video is "in the queue" 😉

you obviously do not know this man! 😂

@@iRideDumb well he was talking smak as if he rides this trail as Nate Hills would.. But his ego got settled pretty quickly..

@@AlexeiPavlov "ride this trail as Nate Hills would" - few people ride this trail like that guy! Have you ridden this one? (also, the 'shit-talker' isn't the one who crashed)

@@iRideDumb yes I did, several times.. this trail is an ultimate ego checker, as seen in this video

@@AlexeiPavlov It's awesome!!! We hit it every year we go out... I have an updated 2023 version that I need to finish, with slightly less shit-talking :)

Thank you :)

I may have ridden this once since shooting the video, but I don't know of too many people going down this trail anymore... it was much better before the floods, and on a moto :) DLR is definitely MUCH more worth the time/effort it takes to get up there... and it was intentionally build for MTB's... and one day we'll fix that uphill section in the middle. Was the guitar still up when you hit DLR?

it's been a few years, but what would ya like to know?

@@iRideDumb hi, just some general ride thoughts like pedaling, climbing, descending. How the suspension felt? Thanks for responding. Take care.

​@@Windband1 I touched on some of this throughout the vid... Climbing, the bike felt a bit big and heavy-ish. Its something I could pedal all day, but would feel it the next day. Descending, it was a surface-to-surface missile!!! I could point and go through some of the gnarliest features where I tested it. Suspension as a platform, was SUPER confidence inspiring! I rode it with RS coil, and loved it! One more note here, when descending, I felt I had to push/hop it the bike up to change directions in the high speed gnar... Again, it was a super solid straight line platform at that size and setup for ME specifically. I ended up purchasing an Ibis Ripmo V1, and not this Smash. To boil that decision down, I just felt more comfortable controlling the Ripmo in the types of trails I usually ride. Had I been more of a DH/Park rider, I would have chosen the Smash… and honestly, had I chosen the Smash back in 2019, I'm sure I would have been super happy with it, and learned to ride it more in my style. Does this help?

@@iRideDumb Thank you for getting back to me. That is helpful. Cheers.

@@Windband1 Happy to help... go demo one, it's a blast!!!

Yes, you definitely can (and should, pedaling up the road kinda sucks!)!

I totally showed my mom this video!

I wanted to... it still scares me a little...

Depends where you're riding... Riding mostly in ColoRADo and Utah, I usually run EXO or EXO+, depending on the tire/combo.

you leave my mother out of this!

my hacking your UA-cams has worked!

Thank you! I need to grab one of these again and see how it feels... hmmm

Senility (stubbornness) was well established on many prior trips down The Portal 🤣

@@iRideDumb don't schedule this route with him again without life and rescue insurance🤣

@@biketothetop take life insurance on him and go for another ride..

I did not, I ended up with a size Large V1 Ripmo. The SMASH in S3 just felt a little too big for me at the time... That said, I'd LOVE to take one out again and compare it what I've been on for the last 2 years.

@@iRideDumb It’s an intriguing ride and I like their story I also like the Ripmo too actually.

@@shamrock4840 Yes, I REALLY like those guys! I'm local-ish, so I was able to check out their old facility and talk them a bit when I picked up the demo. For me, the Ripmo was a bit more nimble for how I rode at the time, and I do think the front end of the GG was setup a little too tall for me... If I had the bike longer and spent more time playing with it, I'm sure I could have tweaked it more to my style. Bikes are soooo much fun!

Thanks buddy!

420 😂😂😂🔥🔥

Also...this one was FAST! Bell ring via the tree branch 😬

Thanks!

Hell YES it does! And bounces around a lot more... and makes me giggle A LOT more!

@@iRideDumb a good .order hardtail si fhe best kept secret in the mtb world.

hell YES!!! You should join for the weekend before Christmas trip... we get the trail to ourselves!

lol soo true!!! And thank you! Lower Ahab video will be up Friday 🤘