"THERE ARE CLIFFS AND YOU MAY DIE" - Ribbon Trail, Lunch Loops | The Singletrack Sampler
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The Ribbon Trail at Lunch Loops gets its name from the band of slick rock that flows down the mountain face like a ribbon between the trees.
Up top the ride takes you along exposed cliff sides before it drops you down into some steep slick rock. Next you scream down the open rock reaching speeds of 40 mph while burning the last part of your brake pads off.
This trail had some seriously sketchy spots, and is not for the faint of heart.
Strap in and let's go for a ride!
-Alexander
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Wow Bro, That was what I call Living-Life-Loud! Keep living the MTB Nomad Life! You Brian and Seth make me want to get out and ride every time I watch a video. So thanks for inspiration and the stoke.
Hey I just wanted to personally thank you I love to watch mtb videos with my 16 month old daughter and I extremely appreciate you muting the language. It means a lot to me and my family!!!!!
Thanks dude! I really appreciate the feedback because I definitely make sure to take the time to mute language when I catch it so that you can share the videos with whomever. Ride on bro!
MTBdropIN I like to watch with my 6 year old son and I appreciate it also.
Thanks guys, that's really cool you noticed that, and I'll continue doing so
MTBdropIN that's exactly why i like Alex and his video's outside of the cool riding and the fact that he responds! I know i can put a video up and my entire family can watch but it's mostly me and my son.
Your enthusiasm is contagious man! Loving your videos! You were hauling some major a** there! And those cliffs, crap!
Man, I love your videos. Your enthusiasm for riding is contagious!!
Holy hell, man! I can see why you said the answer to "Sore much?" would be a resounding yes!
That looked like SUCH a gnarly, rowdy ride. Yet, like SO much fun! I'd crash. A lot. But it'd be fun! :D
Thanks for yet again making my evening meal and bottle of beer THAT much more enjoyable, my friend!
I'm looking forward to seeing what you and The Mountain Goat are up to on your roadtrip right now!
Subscribed! Due to family commitments my riding is (temporarily!) 10% actual riding and 90% watching other people ride :) Man, the amazing locations you take us to and your constant stokeness - perfect setting and company for my vicarious epics! And the fact that you hang out with Seth (and Phil Kmetz?) can't be a coincidence - both are some of my favourite mtb guys. In fact I came across your channel through theirs. Thanks for the vids!
Welcome to the channel dude, super stoked to have you here!! I'm happy to take you on rides (even if just virtual) while you can't get out yourself. I love those guys, all around great people and riders.
WHAT'S UP GUYS!!????
Sorry about the late upload - Brian and I had a travel day and I had some trouble uploading the day before because of internet, BUT I got you all covered, so sit back, relax, and let's go for a ride!
PS. Just got to Arkansas last night and are heading out for a ride with the crew today - me, Brian, and Seth - so hope you guys are ready for some shenanigans on Instagram!
The Singletrack Sampler Hi I love your videos
The Singletrack Sampler nice!!! 3videos in one day lol
+Nilesh Bhagat thanks dude!! 🤘🚵
Will you upload to UA-cam
1:49 show off jk
And I also love the fact that you communicate with your viewers 👍👍 keep up the awesome work!!
Hey man I really appreciate that! I try so hard to get down here in the comments and chat with everyone!
The Singletrack Sampler question, I'm going to the Grand Canyon and I have never been there do you have any recommendations?
New to the channel and love it, I cant see anybody mention how much of a beast your friend is for doing that on a DH bike, DH is for just that Down Hill the fact he did any sort of technical climbing on that bike is really impressive.
Yo yo welcome to the channel Shay!! Super stoked to have you here man. Yea, he is an absolute BEAST. He had just bought that bike so was dead set on riding it lol
The Singletrack Sampler lol I would probably do the same.
Man, you are riding full on, hardcore stuff and at a fast pace...... Those edges were no joke! Get it right a 1000 times, get it wrong once. Keep em coming!
10 minutes later and I'm sitting here like I want more!
+Tomas Söderström patience young padawan
What a crazy mix of stone slab, sand, dirt and loose rocks. Rowdy is an understatement, I'd say.
+Richard Hayter it was pretty varied indeed and absolutely gnarly!
Friggin beast trail! It's weird how near death and fun go so perfectly hand in hand
Right? It's like this video compared to the next one (hint)
Nasty little trail, looks like alot of fun and you were nailing it ;-)
Agree with the other dudes... thanks for muting the language and making your awesome videos family friendly! Keep up the great work!
Thanks Scott, every time I hear a father say that he watches with his kids I get motivated to keep doing that. I think it's just too cool that father/son duos are watching my videos together to ever change it.
Ride on 🤘😎🤘 sweeet trails, definitely not for the faint of heart! Crazy ledges. Thanks
Huge props to the dude rocking a Trek Session on a trail ride. Guy must have lungs and legs of steel to get that thing to move uphill!
great stuff as always !
Looks fun as hell! Nice piece of film Yo.
I'm really enjoying watching your vids keep the good work up👍👍👍
Thanks dude! You keep watching, and I'll keep making 'em. Deal?
Awesome . Love your videos.
Your awesome dude. Keep up the great videos
+Carlos salvador thanks Carlos 🤘😎
Subscribed... Superb content & well worth my iPad going flat!
+fuch1971 haha thanks dude, welcome to the channel!! 🤘🚵🗻🍻
I know it's such a cliche thing to say but I honestly believe this channel is going to blow up very soon. More subscribers are coming your way Jesus.
That terrain is insane!!
Crazy ride man! WOOW
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Dude i was getting sweaty palms watching you guys near the edges ☠️
Love the rebel yells.
cant wait til your back in the saddle bro. Ive been watching the other guys, bk, nate, alexc, ect ect. but they dont shred as hard as you or bring your kind of enthusiasm.
Huck yea bro, I'll be back soon, don't you worry! 👊🚵🍻
I love you're videos man!! I'm relatively new but looking to really hit it hard next season. I live in Denver so we should definitely ride sometime! Ride safe bro
Welcome to the channel, Bill! Stoked you are here man. You live in a great spot, and if I come back through there next season I'd definitely be down to go shred
The Singletrack Sampler thanks dude and definitely let me know if you come thru next season. Keep doing what you do, you're videos are really inspiring! Ride safe!
one word.... WOW!
I built this trail back in the late 1980's along with the Huff Monster including most of what now the proposed Palisade Plunge. These trails were built myself and Huff Monster to be Ascents not merely descents. Furthermore, I will enlightening you Gravity Sluts to Pegasus Chain. Wake the hell up! It is right in front of your face at 2:20. I already done did it.
Nate Hills shot a video of this run a couple of weeks ago. Was cool to see it from another (see: slower) perspective. =P JK.. Great video! Keep it up!
wicked riding there
Those open areas were gnarly
they really were. On top of that if you stray to the sides, you cannot see but there were lots of pebbles on the surface which made it sketchy. I don't even wanna imagine the dmg if you go down on that sandpaper...
Oh man, your gimbal was hating its life on this one haha.
To think guys used to ride this on hard tails with 80mm travel elastemer forks. Crazy!
Love watching your videos! But I feel super uncomfortable when you fly by those cliffs! Haha! I could never do that. Bsafe!
I remember The Ribbon so vividly...Rode it 3 times since 2010....A wonderful trail - my favorite part is the open sections where you can haul donkey as fast as you dare to go....and smell that bacon smell from your rotors at the bottom - the least favorite part is that nasty Platoon climb you have to do at the end to get back up to Little Park Road - don't do when the bentonite is wet - that is flipping brutal climb as you will ever have (speaking from experience).
+The Trail Ninja oh wow I can't imagine when is wet... Yea the speed on that trail is insane. Can push it as hard as you can handle
LOL - I was in a group of about 12 going down the Ribbon in 2012. We had 3 days of rain prior (not long events each) the bike shop said The Ribbon was good to go so we went out and journeyed down.... All was super great until we got to the bottom and that bentonite was super wet....12 guys slipping and sliding down 3 steps for every 4 steps up that 400 or so foot hump at the bottom reminded me of the movie Platoon...folks going down every 10 seconds.. LOL Bikes getting caked with wet bentonite - that hardens to concrete really fast. We spent an hour with sticks trying to clear the muck so we could ride down.
Good times!
nice trail!
Awesome... I need a beer every time I watch another of Alexander's crazy rides ); one thing though - the gimbal pitch angle on this vid does not show the handlebar most of the time. On a POV, I personally like to see some handlebar to understand how the rider takes it.
Hey Tal, thanks brotha! I have a new gimbal that I'm still working on getting dialed. I definitely like to frame the shot with bars!
agreed, and most of the vid shows about 1/2 of the sky - no need for that ;) Still fun to watch!
Dude first of all. I love your style, amazing hair + beard. One thing you should do id a video about your bike. Tell us about! It i looks super nice!
Thanks dude!! I really really appreciate that. I'm trying to come up with a fun way to do the bike check rather than just a "here is my bike" sort of thing. I will get it though, so hang tight!
I sent it in ;)
lolol I'm still on the fence as to whether that's a good thing or not hahaha
Just saw this video and I was like I love the fact that they mute when they say inappropriate language RESPECT ✊🏾
Beautiful place
Alex.... that trail is a whole lotta NOPE! Good stuff dude
+Mark Kligerman haha oh man wait until you see my next video.. XD that trail messed me up second time down
STOKED!!
Great ride!
That explains the X Rays
+BuckeyeMCS x-rays not from that, but you will see in next video
do I get any points for following along? :)
BuckeyeMCS I actually had to think for a moment about how you knew that lololol I'm impressed
HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL!!! I just watched Seth's video. I just went through this with my son. Not fun. Heal up and rehab that shoulder. Very important to get the muscles around it stronger after the trauma heals.
Nice mate
that guy on the downhill bike is my new hero.
tomorrow I'll ride some flat xc trails with my 18 kg scott gambler lol
Alex #2 is an absolute BEAST!
Can't wit to ride this trail when I go up there in August.
awesome..
+roy vtecruz thanks dude!
Just came to your channel by Seth's channel and I love your videos! How's the shoulder btw?
It's not great, but I'm taking care of it. Going to see a doc next week
Awesome trails...
Were those fellas a little over biked? o_0
Heal up quick ;-)
I smack my hands on stuff all the time! Learned to preemptively remove my wedding ring whenever I hit my left hand.
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
+Flor.e.Cultura 🚵
I live there!! I wish i would of know that you where here :(
+mayitodmngz XD
Yuppp
Broken? That ride was great!
Haha AWESOME! Would love to ride there some day... Is your hand okay? Keep it up Jesus :P
+MtbKing oh man just got back from a ride and thwacked that pinky again lol
Seths bike hacks told me about this channel
Sweet dude, welcome to the channel!! :D
hi man! nice vid! what bike are you using?
im looking it and thinking how would it be in hardtail :D
Alexander hello! Huge fan of the channel man! You mention in this video that you got a new hub, what hub did you get and why?
Hey dude! I got a new hub, and a whole new wheelset! I have a video up on it... check it out!
I like your videos but it's a shame you skipped that last technical climb! That looked awesome. You seem to walk stuff pretty soon without trying to climb it? Or is it just my masochistic nature that makes me like super steep technical climbing...
Nice fast section where you can really open it up. Was the Fifer broken in the end or just badly bruised
You know, I really think it was broken. I never got it checked, but it's still giving me issues
sadly broken fingers are hard to heal. i spraned my right index finger a few times and always feels off
Did i hear a "yaaaaaaaaa-hooo-hoooo-hoooooeeey" in there?
looks kind of hard to see which way to take on this trail. are you riding blind before you cut loose or just hoping for the best out there?
Is that one guy pedaling a damn dh sled on those trails?
lol yea he had just bought it so was dying to take it out, and there were definitely spots on this trail that it came in handy.
K, awesome video btw :)
By the way, do you ever ride DH on your enduro bike? How is it?
From some angles, your headset cap looks like a yellow-faced kitten with black ears. Meow
+Andrzej Sawicki haha 😸
Is your shoulder healed after the crash
Damn this place looks fast
How to make a hub a lil bit more noisy?
Abe Zilla It's easy, just don't do it. Don't be that guy
Did you ride free lunch?
where is this ?
Dammit dude that hit on your hand looked painful, How is your finger doing now?
+DanteHTID dude it was brutal!
what brand of hub you use now? ^_^
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What kind of beard oil do you use?
+Tomas Söderström 🙊
sampler is the sh............!!!!
it's time for you to get dh bike
hmmmm
A footballer was stoped if he had a broeken pink 😜