The plan was to head to the Monashee Mountains near Revelstoke, British Columbia with Wade Simmons and Kevin Calhoun to shoot an autumn alpine video for our new
Instinct MSL. We wanted to showcase the bike’s versatility under two very different riders - Kevin is an XC racer on our Factory Team, while Wade’s contributions to freeride mountain biking need no introduction.
Of course sometimes Mother Nature doesn’t play nice, and an early cold snap provided on-and-off snowfall throughout our adventure.
Despite the challenging weather, we knew we had an opportunity to capture a unique aspect of the changing seasons. From Kevin’s dawn patrol ascent to Wade charging snowy trail features, the rapidly changing conditions ended up being the perfect way to showcase the Instinct’s versatility.
We’d like to thank the crew at the
Sol Mountain Lodge for all their help with this project. Their lodge was a great base-camp and their trails were a blast even in the snow. We’ll be back again in warmer weather.
Thanks for watching, Love the Ride!bikes.com/instinct
Mount Fostall provided some great views.
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Never ridden a 27.5 before but I still want to be a believer and ride one / buy one.
I had a 29er for a year and for anything pedalling / flat / semi-technical, it was a blast. picked up speed well climbed great.
I see people bashing all the time and its just nonsense honestly, it might not be your cup of tea but a 29er kicks ass in its element, like this video.
Shot of camp stove boiling water for coffee/tea. Check
Helicopter shots of high alpine terrain. Check.
I give it a 7.5 on the uniform scale of epic XC edits.
-.5 points for not waking up in a barn.
- 2 points for lack of a salty old dude in a boat.
goldstein?
he obviously loves it guys