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The Ultimate SRAM Maven Review
Find out how the SRAM Maven brakes have been for me on this longer term review.
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Відео

Rainbow Hills in Richfield, Utah with the SRAM Mavens
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This is my 3rd test video for the new Maven brakes. The final video will be the full review.
Sram Maven Test 2 - Telegraph Richfield, UT
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This is the second video in the Sram Maven Brake review. Full Review to come. Richfield has some of the funnest trails that I have ever ridden and Telegraph is one of the top trails in the area!
Sram Maven Test 1 - Juniper Drop Richfield, UT.
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This is the first video series where I test out the new Sram Mavens. I will give my full review at the end of the series.
Fears, Tears and Beers 2024 Enduro Race
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This is my experience at the 2024 Fears, Tears & Beers enduro race. My biggest issue was that I did not have my suspension dialed for race day and I ended up with a crash in both stage 1 and stage 2. Next year I will make sure that I am dialed so I can meet my goals. This is a very fun race and I'm excited for next year!
Whorehouse Hill Downhill Race
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This is my stage 2 race run in the Fears Tears and Beers Enduro race. between the top switchbacks and the wreck at the end, I lost a lot of time and a lot of confidence for the rest of the race.
Incredibly Steep Trail - FTB Enduro Stage 1
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This is my Stage one run at Fears, tears, and beers Enduro 2024. pretty bummed with the wreck because of how much time it cost me. It was supper hard to get my rhythm back after the wreck.
You Should Buy a New Bike
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This is my Enduro practice for Fear's, Tear's and Beers, The practice takes place in the Iron Hills Trail system located in Cedar City, Utah. Full length videos of the trails that I rode on this route are available on my channel. Please subscribe for more content.
Enduro Riding in Cedar City, Utah - LAVA FLOW
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the final trail in Cedar City for this series, I had a blast riding there and really want to go back soon!
Enduro Riding in Cedar City, Utah - Black Ops
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Black Ops is super fun but I was getting really exhausted when I started this trail.
Extremely Dangerous Trail - Boneyard
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Is Boneyard Extremely Dangerous? Find out in this Cedar City Epic Enduro Challenge.
Enduro Riding in Cedar City, Utah. C-Trail
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Super fun trail in Cedar City, Utah. C-Trail. This is only from the Highlands turn off, not from the top.
Enduro Riding in Cedar City, Utah - Highlands DH
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Cedar City Enduro Practice for Fear's Tear's and Beer's.
Enduro Riding in Cedar City, Utah - Iron Giant
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Rained Out Enduro Practice
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Rained Out Enduro Practice
Duck Hill and Down the Drain POV
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Duck Hill and Down the Drain POV
I Lied to my wife... But why?
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I Lied to my wife... But why?
Whorehouse Hill MTB Trail POV
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Whorehouse Hill MTB Trail POV
Building strength in 4 days
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Building strength in 4 days
Man attempts to climb 220,000 feet. CrankBrothers Mallet E Review
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Man attempts to climb 220,000 feet. CrankBrothers Mallet E Review
First PR run of the year on Rob's Knob | POV
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First PR run of the year on Rob's Knob | POV
Upper Slaloms and the Whoops with Liz
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Upper Slaloms and the Whoops with Liz
Total BS With Nancy Herms
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Total BS With Nancy Herms
Powderberry With Lindsay Costello
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Powderberry With Lindsay Costello
Tokee Dokee with Candice Campeau
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Tokee Dokee with Candice Campeau
Twisted Pines with Emma Watt
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Twisted Pines with Emma Watt
Five Inspiring Women Shred Ely’s MTB Trails
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Five Inspiring Women Shred Ely’s MTB Trails
Riding trails in SLC after HUGE rain storm
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Riding trails in SLC after HUGE rain storm
The Fugitive
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The Fugitive
Epic Snow Sports
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Epic Snow Sports

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 6 днів тому

    You ride plenty fast on your home-trails! Good review coming from someone that rides some gnarly stuff.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 6 днів тому

      Thanks Don.

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen 7 днів тому

    Great review and cool setting! My Mavens are sitting there waiting for me to install them as per usual with parts. What are your thoughts on Maven rear and something else front? My thought is less worry about freak over the bars goofs that way.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 7 днів тому

      The mavens on the rear were just as hard to get use to as on the front. I would very easily lock up my rear tire until I got use to it and adjusted my contact point to contact the front first, then my skidding went away. If I were running two different brakes, I would most definitely put the mavens up front, more power there and a less powerful brake in the rear so you don’t skid so bad. Just my opinion. But the more I ride the mavens front and rear, the more I love them, so that would be my ultimate recommendation.

  • @clinkmoto7891
    @clinkmoto7891 7 днів тому

    Looking good there buddy

    • @paorton
      @paorton 7 днів тому

      Thanks Scotty.

  • @tomhanrahan3763
    @tomhanrahan3763 26 днів тому

    What I love about videos like this: trails only go down. You never have to struggle up to the top. Still wondering how that works.

  • @notNaB2024
    @notNaB2024 Місяць тому

    Might as well be a fire road.

  • @DK-wr9nd
    @DK-wr9nd Місяць тому

    I thought it becomes double black when difficult features are mandatory and not easily walkable. If not hitting the features, it is more of a blue trail with some loose steep sections that you need to watch your speed. Looks super fun tho.

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen Місяць тому

    Wow! Richfield keeps surprising me with hidden gems. What a fun looking trail, I’m trying to find more razors edge type ridges to ride. Nice riding!

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      I think you would really love this one. I’ll keep looking too.

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen Місяць тому

    Great riding! I miss that trail, so fun!

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      I can’t wait to ride it again.

  • @johnconnolly2815
    @johnconnolly2815 Місяць тому

    TRAIL RATINGS ARE LOCAL. Given the trails nearby it's at least a black. Lens and good rider can hide difficulty to keyboard warriors. What is a green in France, Colorado, or Whistler has nothing to do with a trail in Utah. Heck, even a trail rating 6mi away has nothing to do with the trail ratings at this location. Also an interesting fact; the name comes from the fact that when building the trail the builders discovered a corpse. Hence Boneyard and Tombstone.

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      Probably the best explanation, funny how people don’t realize this about trail ratings. And thanks for that fact, that’s crazy and very interesting!

    • @Tony_Karzen
      @Tony_Karzen Місяць тому

      That is an absolutely ridiculous statement. Ratings are not something, and definately should not be, 'local' or variable in any way. A standard is a standard regardless of location. This trail is not even close to being a double black. at best it's a blue trail, basically a straight up flow trail. Understanding that trails are, or at least are supposed to be rated by there most difficult section, be that short or long, there was not one section on this that could honestly be called 'double black diamond' and to rate it as such for whatever reason simply is an effort to make an area or trail network more appealing to tourists (visitors). Any respectable trail manager/builder would never rate that trail as more than a blue, which is what it is. Rating this harder could ultimately lead someone to think they the skills for a proper double black diamond, which could put them in a VERY bad situation with serioud risk of injury. That is THE reason ratings are standard regardless of location. Someone could get hurt riding a true double black, and theoretically, come back and sue these guy for making them think they had the skills to ride a true double black, when they don't. Dumbing down ratings is never a good thing and should never be defended.

    • @johnconnolly2815
      @johnconnolly2815 Місяць тому

      @@Tony_Karzen With all respect, you are clueless. Ski trails and MTB trails have been rated LOCAL for eons. It's not a new thing. A blue in Squamish has little resemblance to a blue anywhere else (for example). Otherwise every trail in Squamish would be a yellow or double black, and every trail in Cedar City a green (for example). That's a stupid way to do it. The ratings are a relative rating to give GUIDANCE to riders on how to progress on a new-to-them trail system. Pre-ride, work your way up, not work your way down. Have a good one.

    • @Tony_Karzen
      @Tony_Karzen Місяць тому

      @@johnconnolly2815 Clearly it is you who is clueless. That could not be further from the truth. Standards like trail ratings are not local, otherwise they carry zero actual value and tell people nothing. Having grown up in a ski town, skied my whole life, across the US and Europe, I can tell you for certain, a blue is a blue wherever you are. The same holds true for bike trails. As a trail builder myself, having also ridden in a very wide array of locations, blue trails are blue trails. There is no discussion on this. Also, having worked in both the ski and bike industries, I can say that the insurance industry is a HUGE driver in how trails are rated. It is critical to liability claims and related issues. Do you actually believe they would insure one location whose black trails are proper black trails when others rate their blue trails as double black diamond? Of course they wouldn't. The standard is there as guidance, of course, but that guidance has to be consistent otherwise it means nothing.

    • @johnconnolly2815
      @johnconnolly2815 28 днів тому

      @@Tony_Karzen pretty funny since I rate a lot of Utah trail difficulties for the signs and apps. You should stick to your home cooking stuff. Also funny that you are a skier. A Snowbird blue is vastly more difficult than a blue at 95% of ski areas around the world. For example. A Snowbird green is a black at a lot of places. Just saying. The standard is trail ratings ARE LOCAL.

  • @damahu
    @damahu Місяць тому

    Looks like a very cool trail. But "extremly dangerous"...?

  • @Leon71414
    @Leon71414 Місяць тому

    Beautiful trail but definitely not technical

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen Місяць тому

    I miss Richfield! So fun!

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      I almost went back this weekend but it didn’t work. Hopefully one more time before the snow flies.

  • @MTBTrek34
    @MTBTrek34 Місяць тому

    Green trail worthy.

  • @wantahertzdonut
    @wantahertzdonut Місяць тому

    Hard to tell with the extreme fisheye. Looks like you're riding down a giant basketball.

  • @vincejajaja
    @vincejajaja Місяць тому

    no arm sleeves or nothing is brutal man

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen Місяць тому

    Ouch!!! Crashes suck! Glad you’re okay! We’re all four of those in June?

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      June and July. Only had 4 of the 10ish wrecks on camera. Haha.

  • @natalieorton1348
    @natalieorton1348 Місяць тому

    Oh my gosh, the sound of you trying to breathe. 🫣🥺😭

  • @mattnorris529
    @mattnorris529 Місяць тому

    Those were brutal. 👍👍

    • @paorton
      @paorton Місяць тому

      Yes they were. 😂

  • @steveptasznik6147
    @steveptasznik6147 Місяць тому

    I think they meant trail for the advanced age.

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 2 місяці тому

    I love how you were chatting with everyone. Glad you're alright from the wrecks too.

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 2 місяці тому

    I love your videos, Paul. Super entertaining as always.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      Thanks Don!

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen 2 місяці тому

    Good times, such a fun event!

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      Can’t wait for next year.

  • @metalheadm4
    @metalheadm4 2 місяці тому

    In france this would be barely a blue trail xD

  • @tomheater6149
    @tomheater6149 2 місяці тому

    I'm locked in my house after eye surgery, i'm pretending i'm you riding. Thanks Paul, great trail!

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      I hope you have a speedy recovery!

  • @josephhale8924
    @josephhale8924 2 місяці тому

    Trail builders have nothing to lose and everything to gain by listing a trail as double black and dangerous. Then when someone inevitably gets hurt on it they are less likely to get sued.

  • @wxdad6256
    @wxdad6256 2 місяці тому

    Here in WV, that looks like the same style trail we take to the mailbox! 😂😂

  • @arthurarsekey6634
    @arthurarsekey6634 2 місяці тому

    wouldve said red in the UK , someone probably launched off the ridge and smashed themselves up

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 2 місяці тому

    I had to watch my footage again and I think only then can you really appreciate the steepness and looseness of Whorehouse Hill. You can see the rocks much more clearly in my video since I'm going so much slower. Since you're moving and you have good body mechanics, the ride looks so smooth, flat and deceivingly easy. Still, mad props to you again.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      It will be fun to do some more riding with you.

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 2 місяці тому

    Man, Paul... You were absolutely blasting down that final chunky section... I mean HAULING ass. It was awesome to see, but I too was cringing knowing that a crash was coming. You crashed in a (relatively) good place considering other places that you could have bounced. You're an amazing rider and there is so much that I could learn from your riding style. Glad you're good and still riding. Keep it up, brother.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, it happened in a good spot for sure but it was a bad mistake. It’s hard to see why I panic braked from the camera angle, seams like I could have rode that one out. 🤷‍♂️

  • @beyondmiddleagedman7240
    @beyondmiddleagedman7240 2 місяці тому

    I'm going to guess it's called Boneyard for all the ER visits caused by people thinking they are better than they are, and this is just a blue flow trail .

  • @biggysmalls3626
    @biggysmalls3626 2 місяці тому

    There is nothing dangerous about this trail, it is a fun solid blue trail I ride all the time. This guy's camera makes sections look like they might have exposure, but they don't. It's just an easy, fun trail.

  • @mattspen
    @mattspen 2 місяці тому

    Great riding, you were flying down rock bottom!!! I was cringing both reliving my crash and anticipating yours.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      Thanks Matt. My wreck was in a much softer spot than yours was. I got lucky with that. It was a fun race though.

    • @mattspen
      @mattspen 2 місяці тому

      @@paorton Soo fun!

  • @paorton
    @paorton 2 місяці тому

    The biggest issue I had during this race was not having my suspension dialed which made me feel off the entire race. Lesson learned and I’ll make sure to not do any drastic changes to my set up prior to a big race day.

  • @jayeveritt9956
    @jayeveritt9956 2 місяці тому

    You should come ride BC, you'd love how the fugitive handles the North Shore!

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      That would be a dream come true!

  • @graememackenzie8795
    @graememackenzie8795 2 місяці тому

    What on earth is the fuss all about? Dreamy flow trail

  • @RickyDownhillRDH
    @RickyDownhillRDH 2 місяці тому

    Looks pretty sick, well done! I know our GoPro cameras always make everything look smaller and more chill. Subbing out to my fellow mtb’er/YouTub’er. 👍🏼

  • @mtb_landin
    @mtb_landin 2 місяці тому

    Who is the person that thought this was a double black? It's a blue trail at best with a single red option.. But hey it looks cool and well made :)

    • @YogiTheBearMan
      @YogiTheBearMan 2 місяці тому

      Red? I thought it went green blue black

  • @agraygoat
    @agraygoat 2 місяці тому

    You were hustling, Paul. Glad you were okay from this. You picked yourself right back up and kept going.

    • @paorton
      @paorton 2 місяці тому

      Thanks Don.

  • @paulb5390
    @paulb5390 2 місяці тому

    Not suitable for most riders? Lol that's an easy blue at best

  • @mattmiller5673
    @mattmiller5673 2 місяці тому

    PADS?

  • @nunyabizness1708
    @nunyabizness1708 2 місяці тому

    It's a pretty sweet trail but it's listed too high for the reality of it. But I can understand as a newb with too much speed is going to F themselves up, big time.

    • @robadams1645
      @robadams1645 2 місяці тому

      With that caveat, a sidewalk could be rated double black :)

  • @fsquared64
    @fsquared64 2 місяці тому

    I know that the camera flattens things out considerably, but I still don’t see this as a double black. Black/Blue? Definitely. I still revere Portal as the ultimate double black and I’ll likely never ride it again.

  • @thenormalberries6767
    @thenormalberries6767 2 місяці тому

    I hate it when my hose comes loose :(

  • @duediligence8888
    @duediligence8888 2 місяці тому

    Another note your wind noise is brutal and the camera angle is nausea inducing. Please see the camera work of Dale Stone for tips

  • @duediligence8888
    @duediligence8888 2 місяці тому

    The video would be more enjoyable if you talk less and rode faster

  • @jaredasa626
    @jaredasa626 2 місяці тому

    Is the extremely dangerous double black thing like an inside joke or something? That was like a light blue flow trail lol

  • @enchiladasmith014
    @enchiladasmith014 2 місяці тому

    This IS NOT A TOUGH trail. I've ridden this several times and is maybe slightly challenging but definitely not a Double Black. Maybe your skills are not great but the trail is not the tough type.

  • @Over60MTB
    @Over60MTB 2 місяці тому

    Looks challenging. Where is this trail?

  • @uliphotode
    @uliphotode 2 місяці тому

    Thats pretty lame. Trail is medium difficult at least. But- if i was in your place riding this for the first time i would have done just the same. Go slow, explore, you nver know whats up next...

  • @therealmeachy71
    @therealmeachy71 2 місяці тому

    I could totally do that trail.... if I can go 1.5mph and I have literally all day long, and it's nice and cool outside.