Great video Nerb1 think you really captured how tough a course it actually is, I've been riding/racing mtb for 20yrs and found it tough. You guys did well!!! Good to meet you out there, looks like you enjoyed the climbs from the TBJ ;-)
Nice vid Nerb. Plenty of uphill hey? Glad I will have my eMTB to ease the suffering a bit, I am heading up there with friends sometime this year. Are you getting out on the MTB a lot these days?
Nice Smooooth Burms at 14:00 ish. Very long track that, well done. Quick question. Just scored a Free (never used) Giant Talon (Tempt3 or 4?) Might be ladies bike (TBC) Plus I allready own a starter Trek 3700 (modded for RockShox custom headstem setup 4me blah blah), anyway. Which one better in the bush?? The Trek is a heavy frame, but the Giant is super light and Disc. I don't wanna break the Giant (feels light/weak in frame compared to Trek??). Short story Long...Which wont break with my 'Torture'? Should i sell the Giant now? (if it is ladies bike) >:)
MrFalloffalot If it is a giant Talon, keep that one for sure! That would be an awesome bike. If it is a tempt, then you have a decision to make. If the tempt is considerbaly lighter, I'd be likely to keep that over a heavier Trek, regardless of it being a "ladies" bike. I doubt you will break it unless youre planning on 6 foot drop offs?
Ahuh, wasn't sure bout the frame. Goog searches are leading me to the 'Tempt', but some have that label...'Ladies'... Nice score then, coz prices are from $899-1399.00 RRP WIN! Just gotta re-do rear wheel bearing (loose) Thanx for the advice Nerb. I'll get a vid up next day or so of it. >:)
Moto XO Our hills are babies compared to the USA. Mt Bulla is the third highest snow skiing resort in Australia and its only 1600 meters (4800ft)... the highest is only 2200m (6600ft). Its quite temperate so only 2 or 3 months of snow even at that altitude. Your neck of the woods is cold cold cold right?Maybe you will just have to visit!
Not sure that my Cannondale SuperSix would have liked that terrain much hence I didn't go. Maybe I should dust off and get my old mountain bike rolling again?
callum mackay No one in the group thought it was an easy ride, but we have just come out of winter and no one had ridden much. Delatite is graded as intermediate. Have you done stone fly? Thats a 10km section that the epic uses.It is graded as expert. If you thought stonefly was easy, then you probably wouldnt have much trouble doing the whole epic. The epic is graded extreme, mostly because of the length I think.
Excellent edit mate! You certainly got a bit of footage of me in there. I am pretty sure that I got a lot of footage of you as well. My pushing style is trademarked, do not copy it! All that uphill pushing was almost totally forgotten after a few km of downhill! That was so much fun!
A hard tail will be fine. There are no large jumps or anything rough enough to really justify a dual suspension bike. Just make sure you have some fitness. Its only 40km but its pretty rocky and more uphill than I thought there would be. Have fun!
Nice job Nerb, I think you captured that really well. The scenery going through the place would have been spectacular but I think I am a little too broken and out of shape to be trying something like that any time soon, so Thank you for taking me with you on that adventure :-) don't know what all the fuss was about, I found it pretty easy from where I am sitting :-) LOL Great vid mate, something different and well worth the watch. Stay safe out there Mate!!....... OH, is the Thailand footage going to be coming out soon?
yeah mr aus was right that last river bit looked pretty bloody awesome. Just watch both your and Mraus mtb vids and if i wasn't a big fat bugger i would love to give it a crack ay. lol
AWESOME effort and experience! I really want to do it, just need something a little better than my hybrid (Giant Roam XR2). No doubt the camera doesn't do the trail justice!
How come? The way I see it is your videos are a review of all the tracks you ride. Some comment could add a lot to a review. Unless you are just catering to cripples who cant ride a bike but want to pretend they are?
lol... its hard to find a decent 17minute long tune.It is designed for 1 direction, but only some sections were officially 1 way I believe. I used an app "My tracks". Some others used Strava. I try to "sign up" to as little number of tools as possible.
Great to check this out again and relive it. There's no way that I'd be able to do this ride now. I need to regain my fitness!
Nice guys! That trail looked like a blast! Nice jersey ;) I need to get back on the MTB soon.
NessedUpProductions Best Jersey ever... I wear it everywhere now :)
Great video Nerb1 think you really captured how tough a course it actually is, I've been riding/racing mtb for 20yrs and found it tough. You guys did well!!! Good to meet you out there, looks like you enjoyed the climbs from the TBJ ;-)
uahhhh looks fun, wish i had trails like that near me :) *dreamy look*
Wow dude!!! That singletrack looked beautiful!!!
Nice vid Nerb. Plenty of uphill hey? Glad I will have my eMTB to ease the suffering a bit, I am heading up there with friends sometime this year. Are you getting out on the MTB a lot these days?
Did you do this trail yet Tori? For some reason I didnt see this comment. It would be awesome on the e bike!
5 hrs of riding wow I would love to try that good job !
Nice Smooooth Burms at 14:00 ish. Very long track that, well done.
Quick question. Just scored a Free (never used) Giant Talon (Tempt3 or 4?) Might be ladies bike (TBC) Plus I allready own a starter Trek 3700 (modded for RockShox custom headstem setup 4me blah blah), anyway.
Which one better in the bush?? The Trek is a heavy frame, but the Giant is super light and Disc.
I don't wanna break the Giant (feels light/weak in frame compared to Trek??).
Short story Long...Which wont break with my 'Torture'? Should i sell the Giant now? (if it is ladies bike)
>:)
MrFalloffalot If it is a giant Talon, keep that one for sure! That would be an awesome bike. If it is a tempt, then you have a decision to make. If the tempt is considerbaly lighter, I'd be likely to keep that over a heavier Trek, regardless of it being a "ladies" bike. I doubt you will break it unless youre planning on 6 foot drop offs?
Ahuh, wasn't sure bout the frame. Goog searches are leading me to the 'Tempt', but some have that label...'Ladies'...
Nice score then, coz prices are from $899-1399.00 RRP WIN!
Just gotta re-do rear wheel bearing (loose)
Thanx for the advice Nerb. I'll get a vid up next day or so of it.
>:)
ugh my god this is so amazing! lucky dogs! what would you say compares to this area in the US Nerb? just curious it looks semi arid and green too.
Moto XO Our hills are babies compared to the USA. Mt Bulla is the third highest snow skiing resort in Australia and its only 1600 meters (4800ft)... the highest is only 2200m (6600ft). Its quite temperate so only 2 or 3 months of snow even at that altitude. Your neck of the woods is cold cold cold right?Maybe you will just have to visit!
Nice one! Wouldt be fun with Ausmodica´s 690 :P ... Is this a National Park?
Luz Getting Lost State park only I think. It would be awesome on something with an engine, but also a quick path to prison :)
Impressive! Cheers for using and attributing my track :)
No problem! The youtube community loves you guys that offer some free music. If it gets your name out there, its all worth it hey!
Not sure that my Cannondale SuperSix would have liked that terrain much hence I didn't go. Maybe I should dust off and get my old mountain bike rolling again?
Damnnnnn I tired just for watching
Fair enough going down but uphill ouch
Very nice video
thumbs up
What did your mate on the DH say?
Was it easy or pretty difficult? I did delatite trail and that was pretty easy
callum mackay No one in the group thought it was an easy ride, but we have just come out of winter and no one had ridden much.
Delatite is graded as intermediate. Have you done stone fly? Thats a 10km section that the epic uses.It is graded as expert. If you thought stonefly was easy, then you probably wouldnt have much trouble doing the whole epic. The epic is graded extreme, mostly because of the length I think.
Yeah I did Stonefly That was pretty intense in spots. But that looked epic man... hahah pun inteded haha
Excellent edit mate! You certainly got a bit of footage of me in there. I am pretty sure that I got a lot of footage of you as well. My pushing style is trademarked, do not copy it!
All that uphill pushing was almost totally forgotten after a few km of downhill! That was so much fun!
How do you think a hard-tail mountain bike would go on this track
A hard tail will be fine. There are no large jumps or anything rough enough to really justify a dual suspension bike. Just make sure you have some fitness. Its only 40km but its pretty rocky and more uphill than I thought there would be.
Have fun!
Nerb1 yeah ill have to get the fitness up looks like a spectacular ride
Reckon I could do that on my postie?
If it has pedals
Definitely be able to do it on the postie for sure lol
Nice job Nerb, I think you captured that really well. The scenery going through the place would have been spectacular but I think I am a little too broken and out of shape to be trying something like that any time soon, so Thank you for taking me with you on that adventure :-) don't know what all the fuss was about, I found it pretty easy from where I am sitting :-) LOL Great vid mate, something different and well worth the watch. Stay safe out there Mate!!....... OH, is the Thailand footage going to be coming out soon?
It was a lot bloody easier watching it from home than doing it, I can tell you!
Thailand.... soon.Everyone was a bit slow over xmas.
Nice ride, can I ask how long it took you guys from start to finish ?
+Bret KTM It was mentioned near the end... we were a leisurely 6.5 hours. Moving time 5 hours.
Very confused. Why didn't you guys use the chairlift and ride the downhill track? there's very limited uphill
Because we went to do the epic. If we went to do downhill, I guess we would have. Not sure why thats confusing?
+Nerb1 because you say 'hopefully lots of downhill'. ... id have chosen the 'downhill'. seems obvious
Fair enough. Well none of us had ridden the alpine epic trail and thats what we went for. We can do downhill another day.
Nice work Nerb. Now I know why they're called push bikes :)
Wouldn't want to have target fixation issues those trails
yeah mr aus was right that last river bit looked pretty bloody awesome. Just watch both your and Mraus mtb vids and if i wasn't a big fat bugger i would love to give it a crack ay. lol
AWESOME effort and experience! I really want to do it, just need something a little better than my hybrid (Giant Roam XR2). No doubt the camera doesn't do the trail justice!
It looked fun, the trails look really good. I would kill for a nice day like that(its -35c now), only 5 more months until summer :-s
-35... Ive never experienced anything like that. It seems impossible to me! My freezer only goes to -18 :)
The entire epic ride from start to finish, along with trails from mount billers mtb network are over on my channel, thanks!!
Ahhh, but did you enjoy this version? I think you should have some more commentary or your vids ;) Tell us if the track is enjoyable or not. Thoughts?
Nerb1 everyone's opinion of enjoyable differs, and my opinion of talking over point of view riding videos is that it's annoying. Cheers
How come? The way I see it is your videos are a review of all the tracks you ride. Some comment could add a lot to a review. Unless you are just catering to cripples who cant ride a bike but want to pretend they are?
Haha the way I see it, people can make their own mind up from watching the videos
Is that all one way track? Didn't see any oncoming cyclists. Are you on map my track then? P.s. That music wasn't quite rainbow factory status ;)
lol... its hard to find a decent 17minute long tune.It is designed for 1 direction, but only some sections were officially 1 way I believe. I used an app "My tracks". Some others used Strava. I try to "sign up" to as little number of tools as possible.
Was a hell of a trail, not your normal 45 km ride thats for sure :)
Non-elite my ass. I would have fucking died.
I think I died a few times during the ride. But I was reborn on that downhill!
Ehhhh no motor???
P
would of been better if u could actually ride, other wise a beautiful spot
Glad you pointed that out ;)