Pinkbike Roadtrip: Bike Review Roundup in Sedona

 Sometimes you have to get up extra early because you have to ride your bike for longer on some days.. truly devastating

 if you love your job then theres no problem, just like if you love your partner you put up with their crap and at the end of the day everybodys happy

 ^^^i hate my job

 Would rather be doing that than my day job boet

 PLEASE I want this job. I will live in a van if I have to as long as I can ride all day every day!

 mfbeast: with the benefit of hindsight well and truly on my aging bones' side, might I politely offer some advice. Rather than "fu$&ing school" as you suggest, try to use it. School is the one time in your life when, for nothing or close to nothing, you are free from the need to work and when you can equip yourself with the skills and knowledge that can help you immeasurably over the coming years. As I say, with the benefit of hindsight here.....good luck.

 I read the first few lines of this article and thought I hate you. Pure jealousy!

 OK, point taken and the neg props was legitimate... but honestly, I am having a decent amount of trouble trying to convince myself I will every use anything regarding exocytosis, facilitated diffusion, adenosine triphosphate, or ANYTHING ELSE taught in Molecular Biology in everyday life once I graduate. If I had a way of making solid money to live off of I would drop out and ride 24/7.

 Dude, those big words=carbon, titanium, XTR etc

 Mfbeast, my wife is a molecular biologist and she was able to pick and choose which university in which country she wanted to do post-docs and research projects. She may have not ridden her ass off, but I sure did. Come do a post-doc at the ANU. Big MTB community here. Anyway, you can't ride ALL day, you can ride EVERY day, but not ALL day. Two hours every day is easily achievable with a good job. And you'll make more than most professional riders.

 mfbeast; you'd be surprised when something you once thought useless suddenly becomes relevant. I once won 100 dollars because I knew, of all things, that there are only three countries in the world that you can spell without using any of the letters found in the word "mackerel".....

 mfbeast, you gotta work to play. Life isnt free. bust your ass, dont give up and keep your goals. school can take you there, you just have to learn how to use it.

 mfbeast, dude, you won't use what you've learned directly. The same happens at the university, what you get out of school and university is a developed mind to solve situations and problems, methodology, ability to learn anything and implement what you learn, and that kind of stuff. How many people study what ever and end up doing something completely different? Millions of people. What you get from school is not what the teachers teach you (you keep some of that, but that is not the main point), what you get is what you become through it (and this goes especially for university). AND, like many above said already, during school you are FREE, instead of working your ass 9 or 10 h a day like me. So please go ride and enjoy school.

 I was going to write something as well but you all did such a great job! Now everyone let's ride!

 Totally agree. I just graduated and am having trouble getting enough time or energy to ride. Been riding to work a lot on the road bike, but it's not the same as trails man. In college, i could ride a lot more than i can now. That was awesome. Of course i didnt have the best bike, but I really enjoyed it. Now I get home from work and am exhausted. Then theres still the job hunting to find my "career" job. But for now my low paying temp job will suffice. Pays the bills after alll.

Maybe I should go into a grad program somewhere with more trails. Take out a few more loans, and ride every day, haha.

 School, same as life is a game; you can sit there with your arms crossed pouting while everyone else gets to it, or you can play and you can f*cking win! Ive done all the courses you're complaining about and more, you actually dont find those interesting? I now have a career in Prosthetics, think that sucks? Even though I dont specifically ride a bike for a career it doesnt mean I dont get out and rip. School FTW

 Good points, but I will say this- I'm not an average dumbass kid bitching about school. I actually go to an the 14th best high school the US (mlwgs.com). I also maintain a 3.5 GPA at this school.

As some of you said, I have to play the game the same way I would with riding bikes because I'm going to benefit from it one day. The thing is I do, it simply seems like a lot of it is a waste of my time- I used biology as an example. I do love the humanities (World Lit, Global Studies, Civ & Econ), I simply hate spending a total of 7 hours a week in either a biology or math classroom when I could be out shredding, which to be completely honest is what I want to do with my life. Also, due to having an average of 2.5 hours of homework a night and the sun going down fast, I'm lucky to get 3 rides in a week. Which just sucks.

 Woah. I never did my studying/reading in highschool and copied down homework at the beginning of class. 3.8 GPA. Shows how much of a joke highschool is. I rode a ton during my highschool years and was mostly on pinkbike in every class I could access it in. I graduated highschool with my associates of science degree from Dixie University. I love school. College does require studying though. Ride first, Homework after. (Still finish both though )

 While we're giving advice to mfbeast: DON'T MAJOR IN ENGLISH LIT!!!!!!!!

 you could get a Philosophy PHD...(Read: Dishwasher's certificate)

 i am always amazed how totally off subject these comments always seem to go. with that said, good advice from everybody, and mfbeast12 we have your back. now get out there and ride! (After you have your homework done.)

 Hangover, Highline, Slim Shady, Templeton, The Hogs w/ Pig Tail, Aerie and Mescal are some of the best ones but there are >300 miles of single track so there is no shortage of greatness.

 I was just there today at the specialized demo. I fell in love with the stumpy evo 26. And their technical loop trail was sooo much fun

 Oh man!! I didn't know about the Specialized one. How did I miss that? I would have loved to check out the new lineup.

 It was insanely busy. We waited close to 3 hours before we were able to get the bikes we desired.

 "How about that for a quiver of bikes? And that's not even all of them..."

 Surely there's got to be a Carbon Range in there - what test would it be without one?

 We tested last year's aluminum Range, and now we have a carbon Sight here in Sedona.

 hoping a knolly warden is in there.

 Re-read the captions. Noted the "not even all of them" But pretty saddened by the absence for the Range carbon! Sight is nice, but revelation fork? That's silly.

 I know right??!? Crazy how big the Arizona riding scene is getting. I ran into some guys from MTB Action magazine testing DH bikes on Wasabi a couple of weeks ago. Sedona has become a world-renowned riding destination. People Come from all over to ride in PHX during the winters... More and more people are discovering how much good riding there is in AZ. I've lived here since 2000 and have watched the scene blow up here over the last 10 years.

 Ill just take all the bits off it. I have the frame, now i just cant afford the rest -.-'

 Carbon Range or Knolly Warden for me!

 Mach 6!!! Please tell me they have one down there.

 Yeah Sedona rocks.
Great choices you need to ride them all, but add CO (Fruita/Grand Junction) to your bucket!
Riding way back in Moab changed my life and then there was Whister!!

 I wonder what area/trails have water refill sources along the journey? Especially for their epic rides. That way you can go longer, farther & or carry less drinking water weight in the backpack.

 It is in the desert. Most of the time there is no easily accessible water en route.

 I've done some decently big rides in Sedona. The trails circle the town, so its pretty easy to pull into town and stop at a gas station for water or food. Theres a Circle K or 7-11 that has saved my ass a couple times when I've ridden from trails in West Sedona to the Bell Rock TH. Nothing like a Slurpee and a Laffy Taffy to get ya re-energized!

 Lol! Would it kill the manufacturer to put a Marz 55 on their bikes?

 Looks like it to me. Appears to be a Trek logo on the head tube and split pivot/ABP rear end. Can't tell what model it is though.

 Looks like a session.

 Its a Fuel EX, hard to say if it is a 29er though.

 It's a Project One Fuel 29 done up in Porsche 917K Gulf colours.

 Clearly you haven't been to Sedona if you think it is "smooth".

 No, I wont - because its smooth.

 haha you are an idiot. Sedona is the most challenging place Ive ever ridden. My sweatshop bike with a ludicrous sticker price made nothing but horrible noises and my legs couldn't handle much more than 10 or 15 miles. Sedona is the perfect place to test and ruin a brand new bike.

 IF YOU DARE!