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Dolomite Climb & Ride - Video

Jun 1, 2012
by Colin Stewart  
Warning this video contains front wheel pivots! So steep!

Dolomite Climb & Ride.

by Big-Col
Views: 32,971    Faves: 281    Comments: 26


Beginning the descent Dolomites May2012.

A cloudy evening ride over looking the Rosengarten with Johannes.

Amazing riding in the Rosengarten Dolomites.


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88 Comments
  • 366
 I have to ask... Who's idea was it to use a fisheye lens and distort the crap out of the image? It makes it almost (if not completely) impossible to tell how steep (or not) it REALLY was/is. There were times when it looked near vertical and others where a wheelchair access ramp looked steeper!! PLEASE use a normal lens next time so we get a better idea of the terrain being ridden.
  • 42
 -1 for improper use of fish eye lens!!!!!!
  • 30
 works in the second photo Smile
  • 30
 at 4:10 it hurts your eyes from the bad fish eye
  • 51
 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..
  • 44
 I loved the look and feel of the vid , haters are gonna hate =)
  • 20
 @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!
  • 20
 It doesn't seem that steep based on how little the rocks are tumbling during skids.
  • 16
flag Daniel2011 (Jun 2, 2012 at 0:41) (Below Threshold)
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  • 10
 I am a photographer and I refuse to use a fisheye...hate them...so overused..
  • 11
 If you want to know how steep it is, why don't you go ride it!
  • 10
 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?
  • 2310
 sorry, but at least half of those endos are completely unnecessary! love this style of riding & the scenery, but had to turn this off as all the endos were doing my head in.
  • 94
 Are you mad bro ?
  • 22
 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
  • 10
 howd you not knock your hydraulic levers? that would suck
  • 140
 maybe they were doing it for fun. Novel idea in biking. . .
  • 10
 would have liked to see some of the fails and less climbing
  • 10
 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.
  • 153
 Great bike control. Nice to see a style of DH riding that isn't flat out, big jumps (not that theres anything wrong with flat out big jumps, just good to see things done differently). Looks like a great adventure!
  • 939
flag raph11 (Jun 1, 2012 at 1:51) (Below Threshold)
 that's not downhill but it s great Wink
  • 322
 They're riding downhill arent they?
  • 122
 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.
  • 122
 Raph11 is right, it's not downhill, it's downcliff! and yes, yes, it is great!
  • 50
 no way in hell would i ever do that! but good for him Big Grin
  • 80
 Amazing bike control indeed.....especially while they were climbing up thru that crevice........I kept yelling at my monitor, "Watch the stanctions!".
  • 41
 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 Smile
  • 121
 WOW ..now thats a ROCK garden!! Wink
  • 21
 heh heh, yeah, second tallest rock garden I've seen today...!
  • 91
 This guy is like Land Rover Defender in descent control mode!
  • 20
 *diff locks
  • 22
 Descent control? defenders have no descent control! just levers that engage low ratio and difflock...
  • 81
 I just keep imagining endoing over the bars and off the cliff...
  • 211
flag samblagy (Jun 1, 2012 at 9:09) (Below Threshold)
 he deserves it for the unneccaseary endoing
  • 51
 fall and you going on a trip all way down.. Big Grin btw. great vid,you have a balls
  • 42
 A skill/tech question: how do those guys manage not to burn the rotors? Is it because if you constantly ride wloer, the heat won't build up as much as dragging brakes slightly on fast descents?
  • 20
 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.
  • 10
 Such an awesome Euro skill - it is to Alps riding as nasty slippery skinnies are to the North Shore. I have followed people who can do this down lots of trails in the Alps and it is so annoying - seeing them do it and knowing, oh, I have to get off my bike - AGAIN.
  • 10
 Yeah! That's real Dolomite riding right there. Not fast by any means, ridiculously steep, very exposed, super scary and with the most grueling hike ups this side of the Himalaya. Lower down the mountains, you get to preened trails where you can let the brakes go a bit and really gun it. No berms, no purpose-built jumps, just a mountain (a real one) and a bike. Oh the memories... Now, to get plane tickets.
  • 40
 I thought it was an excellent video and thumbs up to the rider. The rest of us could wish for such control.
  • 10
 We have steep switchback trails in Colorado, but I never see folks here doing the "eurendo turn" that is so popular in the alps. I agree with the 'haters', I think it looks like crap, but whatever. Akrigg is the only dude who makes this kind of ultra technical descent look flowy...
  • 10
 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.
  • 10
 scenery was amazing...should have left the bikes at the bottom...I thought the point of riding a bike was to go faster than you can hike...It does take skill to go down that but looks like a complete waste of time..I kept waiting for some kind of trials riding, but never came.Just because something is hard to do doesn't make it automatically cool.
  • 10
 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.
  • 10
 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.
  • 10
 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.
  • 10
 well put
  • 21
 Ese es tu problema con el tal lentesito ese, esto no es una pelicula, somos aficionados, lo importante es que ese joven
es un fuerte, duro, arrecho cuatriboliao, para bajar, y usted se esta acupando de tomas fotograficas, anda a eseñar en el estiercolero de la cochinera de tu casa, mediocre denotas un coeficiente mental bajo, segun las tablas del Dr. Binet, estudia mamaRACHO
  • 10
 Very Nice Vert riding, Lyteville seems to be the bike of choice to do that! Too bad that my ears are still hurting from the awful music. Great riding but get some advice for a better edit next time!!!
  • 31
 You guys are always pushing it! Great to see something a bit different. Shot on the 800?
  • 21
 Anybody else wonder after watching all these vert riding videos wonder who originally made these trails and where they were meant to go.
  • 20
 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....
  • 20
 I would have went OTB as soon as I sat on the bike at the top. That's nuts!
  • 20
 That was like, trials downhill!! What kind of bikes are they riding? Are they knoley's?
  • 10
 it is a liteville 601
  • 30
 chuck norris does it brakeless
  • 10
 I don't know that I would enjoy that, hopping around those switchbacks for 1000ft would be hell on your wrists and everything....
  • 10
 One of the most visually stunning vids I've seen. I wonder what camera that was. I agree that a bit less fisheye would have been nice.
  • 31
 heli biking without the heli...
  • 11
 This was on PB a while ago, only thing new to it are the edits of him breaking the bike down and throwing it on his backpack.
  • 12
 He is performing a type of riding known to some as 'vertriding'. I first heard it from a german rider who rides this in alpine areas. Especially german rider Max Schumann is known for vertriding - check it out on YouTube
  • 10
 the climbing part was sick...and the down part even more...and the quality! O-M-G!Big Grin
  • 20
 Sometimes, slow is good. We forget that these days.
  • 20
 what kind of bikes are those?
  • 10
 I wonder if the climb was more tiring or the ride down with constant front wheel turns? seriously
  • 10
 Such an ad for XT brakes and Muddy Marys!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats just amazing Big Grin
  • 22
 I have walked part of that route and I can tell you that video does not do justice to how steep those paths are.. Insane!
  • 21
 WOWWWW, thats perfect,I love these paths
  • 21
 Guys where is this place precisely? I mean what part of dolomites is this?
  • 21
 Def one of my favourites for the Video of the Year !!!
  • 21
 one does not simply ride to the top of a high mountain
  • 10
 i love how there's an ad for brake pads on the right right now haha
  • 21
 Love the vid and music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 10
 Five tens are actually very good climbing shoes Smile
  • 10
 you should pick up trials
  • 10
 That's a good test for bike components Smile
  • 43
 new DH world cup track?
  • 11
 wow ,dont see that everyday
  • 11
 hardly call it a hill, mor elike mountain ahha
  • 10
 Great video!!!
  • 10
 Killer Video
  • 10
 guy is a mountain goat!
  • 10
 mentalist
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