Dolomite Climb & Ride - Video

 -1 for improper use of fish eye lens!!!!!!

 works in the second photo

 at 4:10 it hurts your eyes from the bad fish eye

 It's called an ULTRA-wide-angle, and I guess the reason he used that kind of lens instead of a regular prime or telephoto was because he looked pretty close to the rider. anyway. I didn't find it as annoying as you said it was..

 I loved the look and feel of the vid , haters are gonna hate =)

 @Skooter, by the looks of things there's not much space on very top of that rock, so using a lens that wide is the only way to include the whole view down from the top seeing as you can't put that much distance between you and the rider!

 It doesn't seem that steep based on how little the rocks are tumbling during skids.

 I am a photographer and I refuse to use a fisheye...hate them...so overused..

 If you want to know how steep it is, why don't you go ride it!

 duncanp got it right, it would almost be impossible to show where he started and where he was going without the use of a fisheye or wide angle lens. look to the photographers left on the first photo... so where else do you suggest he stands?

 Are you mad bro ?

 u dont wanna be taking any chances if you shread mountains like that everyday..... you see shit that happens to people when they fuck up its not good

 howd you not knock your hydraulic levers? that would suck

 maybe they were doing it for fun. Novel idea in biking. . .

 peaches the rocks are super abrasive sedimentary - kind of like limestone and because they're hiking trails the rocks are littered at derailleur level. Plus the trail is slightly eroded to the point that you can't go in and out of it because you'd endo so you have to stay in the trail. Then the trail has super tight switchbacks - perfect for climbers. So you have to do the front wheel move live that to get your back end around. It's very very precise riding but I admit arkward to watch on video. However, the adrenaline feel of nailing turn after turn especially on serious bitch slap terrain like this is exhilirating! trust me on that one.

 would have liked to see some of the fails and less climbing

 yeah in some circumstances where the turn is just too tight and there is rock in the way (ie the rut is deep) it would be necessary to endo round the corner, but a lot of these on here are plain unnecessary IMO. not knocking the skill, its good to be able to control the bike like that.

 They're riding downhill arent they?

 The entire descent was practically vertical...just because he is riding an am bike doesn't mean that it's not dh.
Massive props (and balls) for sure.

 Raph11 is right, it's not downhill, it's downcliff! and yes, yes, it is great!

 no way in hell would i ever do that! but good for him

 Amazing bike control indeed.....especially while they were climbing up thru that crevice........I kept yelling at my monitor, "Watch the stanctions!".

 I meant he has way more merit than ride "classic" downhill... and they climbed uphill so it s not downhill, call it what it is, bikecliffing yes

 heh heh, yeah, second tallest rock garden I've seen today...!

 *diff locks

 Descent control? defenders have no descent control! just levers that engage low ratio and difflock...

 For many people the point of riding a bike is to have fun, however that may come... Mountain biking as a sport is unnecessarily difficult, if you don't want to do anything hard, sit on your couch all day.

 if that is his kinda fun i aint knocking it but it looks gay as hell...and riding up to 70 miles of trails in a day is hard..thats my fun. Mountain biking as a sport is unnecessarily difficult..what does that even mean.

 I just mean that I think a lot of sports like mountain biking are fun, because we're out there pushing ourselves even though its not something we need to do. Yeah, humans need to exercise to stay healthy, but don't need to push as hard as many of us do. We're making it more difficult in order to make it fun. Just like very few people in the world are running for necessity anymore, but tons are running for fun.

 well put

 Because since they were filming a video he stopped every 10 seconds so the camera guy could move further down the trail. But yeah dragging your brakes when you're going fast heats them up alot faster.

 Most the trails here in Colorado are also smooth as hell. The mountains here are big and the trails are fun, flowy and awesome, but truly technical trails are few and far between.

 hiking trails, lot of trails and old roads from world war 1 and 2 in the alps.....
thats the good thing in the alps :-) it has been a cultural land for decades....

 it is a liteville 601

 It's in the Rosengarten/Lartermar area of the Western Dolomites about 10 -15k East of Bolzano/Bozen