The Luge SoCal MTB // Should An Average Rider Try It?
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Is The Luge MTB trail appropriate for your skill set? Find out in this uncut full run down one of SoCal's most popular MTB trails.
There are dozens of great videos out there of expert trail riders bombing down The Luge trail in SoCal, but I wanted to know if an average rider has any business attempting this exposed black diamond run. Enjoy!
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This was my engineering professor in college, glad to know he’s a beast on the bike and at teaching
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The luge is super easy if you go slow. There a few small rock drops to watch out for but that’s about it. As for the exposure you don’t notice it much when you riding down. This trail is always well maintained too.
LOL...I first rode the Luge on my hardtail. It's way more fun and less scary with full suspension...Great video, I just found your channel.
Thanks for this realistic video. It gave me a much better sense of what it would be like if I rode this trail, not someone with better skills than I have.
Ha. That's great. I should try it as a sub-average mtber when we go down there this winter :)
haha "sub-average vs extra-average - who gets injured first?"
Bro you have great natural energy on video ,
We dumped our full sus and built up slacked out enduro hardtails to ride SoCal trails , defo makes them more interesting !
Since you ride road as well you probably dig longer rides ,
Try Monroe truck trail in Glendora , 6/7 miles climb and back down , flow fast and exposure
Stay safe .
Hardtail party, nice! Never done Monroe, but I’ve paralleled it going up GMR. Will try it out
Thanks for the video. A lot of the vids on this trail are of expert level dudes who just speed down this, but now I feel more comfortable to finally try it out
You got it!
Just ordered a Moots Routt 45 titanium gravel bike. Can't wait to get it!
Baller!
I've been down it many times on my cyclocross bike, not that big of a deal.
Rode the trail back in 1989 on rim brake bikes (GT RTS-1) and back then, not many people knew about it and it was WAY more raw. Still fun today though but much faster.
That’s awesome
🙌🏽 definitely need to go back now we know what to expect.
Let’s do it!
I hit it for the first time yesterday on a hardtail. Somehow was more terrifying than your video shows, but I think its definitely gotten washed out a bit.
Yeahhhhhh I think I'm gonna stick with road riding. Mad props to mountain bikers who do this regularly.
A friend of mine took me mountain biking back in 2014 for the first time. Unknown to me, they took me to a trail with some black diamond sections. I was on a Trek Hard Tail while they rode Full Suspensions. I decided then that I wasn't set for mountain biking as they laughed at me pushing the bike up a rocky hill with 20 inch lips. I'm still scared of mountain biking, even though I know the trail they took me to is harder than normal.
Over the years, I've seen my friend get stitches, ER visits, various broken bones, rattlesnake encounters, unfortunate encounters with cacti, etc.
lol that all sounds about right. Different set of dangers on the road bike though.
Ok stick to teenagers on their iPhones driving SUVs
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
Some of those open turns are breathtaking. Thanks for sharing this! Definitely making me want to get back into MTB.
Haha I can’t control my on-the-bike commentary
Good work.. and great shirt (in the intro)! Can't wait to get you on some of the blacks up here in Utah!
Ha you picked up on the TesseracT shirt. One of my favorites. Looking forward to a Utah trip at some point
Nice, seems like the right trail to test out on my hardtail this winter.
I’m going to try it this weekend wish me luck ! I’m a kook that just goes all gas no brakes, or I guess pedals and no brakes but I will probably fall
Good sight reading dude! I've never been there. Looks rough but pretty though.
Thx, it’s a fun one
Definitely an exposed black diamond. That was fun to watch. You did very well.
Nice video and trail I’m gonna go asap!
Hey you. Just saw you this morning in Huntington Beach! You already passed when my crew recognized you! Would’ve loved to say hello!
Cool! But I don't think it was me - I was riding in Fullerton today 🤘
@@TheBikeSauce what? My buddy swears it was the good looking host of Bike sauce! Oh well, I guess we’ll have to stop you if on the trail of we do see you sir. Keep posting awesome videos. I’m learning a ton form you.
Cool Runnings!!!
Lol you got it
Ahh I will have to try this out.
Where is this trail? Close to Los Angeles?
Really great channel. Liked and sub.
Semi close to LA. It’s in south Orange County. We started and finished in Whiting Ranch, but you can start closer to luge if you want
@@TheBikeSauce Oh my lake forest and mission viejo! Dude, I had to live down there for a month before I moved to LA I WISH I KNEW there was mountain biking. That looks rad and I must give that a try. Any other good intermediate / challenging trails around there.
Not as far south, but Santiago oaks is good for intermediate mtb trails. It’s in Irvine / Tustin
@@TheBikeSauce Awesome thanks I will check them out
I thought you where going down on the Diverge!😁
Lol. That would be impressive
Is there a cliff? Just wondering because I’m scared of heights
if the GoPro wasn’t recording were you going to pedal uphill and start over??
I wasn’t too far down yet. I would’ve turned around. Any further and this video would not exist 😆
IMO, calling it a (black diamond) trail is a bit of a stretch...just saying!
Did u drive up ? Or climb w bike ?
Climb!
I'm assuming this is not a trail suitable for a diverge...
lol I mean ppl have probably done it. Personally I don’t think I’d have much fun on a gravel bike down this trail.
Go to Mount Wilson 😏
dude !...do you know it the trail is open today
Haha sorry donno about today
: Unless there’s a fire, Luge is almost ALWAYS open. 😉
crazy chit
It's not a black trail. C'mon. It's not steep or technical.
They will soon see lol😂
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@@TheBikeSauce It is not a back diamond trail, I'm old enough to be your grandpa and I ride it.
@GordonLed it’s rated a black diamond on Trailforks. Sure, it’s subjective, but let’s talk about how you’re still shredding well into your 90s. Nice work! 💪💪
@@TheBikeSauce Trailforks is notorious for overrating trails. Go to Whistler (or even Mammoth or Northstar) and see what a real black diamond is like.