We all know that the pro riders are way faster than us mere mortals, but this new telemetry overlay feature from GoPro could give us all some really interesting insights to what speeds pro athletes do on trails that we ride, or would like to. Gwin hits top speeds of ~34mph in this video—how close do you think you can get to that?
@driftmonster: Come back and comment after you've ridden that trail. It's not flat or smooth, as any number of UCI DH racers that have ridden it would attest I'm sure.
@MountianBikerJoe: right on! broke 40 once near the bottom of a resort (grand targhee) on the cat track. it straightens out near the bottom but still hard pack and gravel. the most scared i've ever been in my life. in that moment (summer 2000) i understood why disc brakes, body armor, and big rubber were a good idea. never again.
@driftmonster: I'm sure you can beat him on strava. I have faith in you, go up to that trail and give it a try! It's located on off Ortega highway 74 in lake elsinore. Can't miss it.
@adkrider: creek season pass holder . Plattakill , windham , highland , kilkington , attatish , blue , thunder , amongst what ever I forgot / have gone to 1-2 times ie Sunday river ... snowshoe etc...
@driftmonster: Name calling, what are you twelve? Lol Gwin's a pretty cool dude if you know him. And guilty as charged, I am a fan I've met him on my local trails. I doubt you've even been to that trail in the vid. Know the terrain before you make a comment about a place you've never been. Gopros tend to flatten out trails making steep and tech look like a cake walk.
@monstertiki: hey how's it compare tech wise to fontucky? I've ridden everything highland has to offer and will say if this trail has the tech and steepness Fontana has on some of their courses @driftmonster needs to shut his dirty whore mouth. East coast ain't the only place with steep and technical gnar.
@scotttherider: Fontana really isn't a true downhill, it has gnarly tech lines yes and some pretty good ones, especially the shoot at the end that they normally do for nationals. But it doesn't have the sustained steepness and speed of a true dh course. This place, known as the "sam hill trail" (it has several names), has most of the tech is up top. It's one of the steeper trails socal has to offer, lots of people ride it just not anywhere near gwins speed on it.
@driftmonster: you do know world cup tracks look easy from a go-pro right? Anyone who has ridden this trail knows it's anything but smooth and straight -- including a bunch of WC pros.
@driftmonster: why in the hell do you care about what anyone thinks anyway. Do you know these people that are down voting you? Fuhcking whiny babies. I really don't know what the purpose of the up/down vote is. Damn I have woken up on the wrong side of the bed!
I counted no less than 179 places where I would have crashed and he makes it look smooth as butter, while pulling more than 1g in the corners. That was impressive and depressing all at the same time.
An irrelevant and antiquated method of measuring speed used by certain obscure countries like Myanmar and The US...they also have date formats arse backwards.
Yeah yeah yeah. Metric is clearly superior. The good news is that the US is moving to metric soon. At least that's what I remember my kindergarten teacher telling me.
@R-trailking-S: I grew up near JPL, and for career day in High School one of the engineers who worked on that project was speaking to us. Someone asked him about that, and he got all flustered and blamed it on "a lack of funding"
Thats 55km/h. Doesn't sound like much but friends with motorbikes don't really get it. In may cases a moto would be slower than an MTB - especially where the track is tight and twisty. I love the vid of GA beating a KTM Enduro bike down Fort William.
There's something to be said for being able to put your bike exactly where you want to, every time, no matter how fast you're going. BTW, you can see Ortega(the 74) to his right when he starts his run
I hit 86 km/h near the top of Whistler from the lodge, going down the open ski hill, to get to the trails.. skipping around over the fist-sized loose rocks was sketchy!
@kjjohnson: I think i saw you when I beelined Birds of Prey in Beaver Creek, pulled a hard right and used Golden Peak in Vail as a kicker. Peak 7 was my landing!
98kph down a country road on my enduro bike,full face and goggles were worn and my lid was bobbing my stem from tucking! Exhilarating to say the least!!
@oneplanka@Circe Giant Sequoias, known for including the General Sherman, the world's most massive tree, is Sequoiadendron Gigantem. Coastal Redwoods, known for including the world's tallest tree, is Sequoia Sempervirens. Not only are they a different species, but they are also a different genus. Gigantem is the only living species of the Sequoiadendron genus. Giant Sequoias and Coast Redwoods are related at the subfamily level, Sequoioideae.
@SoCal-AM: Just learned about Sequoiadendron in my Botany GE at Cal Poly. For a second there I thought I was going to get to combine school and Pinkbike... beat me to the punch!
Um, not very close.
*Gets depressed*
sweet vid! nice gap at the bottom!
#RightCoast #eastCoastRocks #bEASTCOAST
lame you have to log in to strava though haha. i'll try screen shot and upload to pinkbike.
Attn moron gwin fan boys . Never said I was faster only that the track didn't look to bad . #2017yearOfThebaculum
"douche pickle" now added to my inventory of insults.
gracias!
Did you mean Hollywood?
Not bloody likely.
Yes!
BTW, you can see Ortega(the 74) to his right when he starts his run
.....I miss Colorado.
(I miss it too)
But, there is no way in hell I could keep up with him in those turns. Wow!
Isn't Pinkbike fun?