Jackson Goldstone's Custom Painted Lunar Trek Session - Crankworx Rotorua 2020

 I feel like it was 4 years ago we were watching him ride to kindergarten!!!

 @Cashallen: whoosh

 @chrishei1: I think you mean 'shred' to kindergarten.

 So who painted that bad boy? Sorry if I missed it in the post.

 @mattradical: Eric Heth at Trek

 This is why we all had 4" travel xc hardtails with Jr.t's back in the day

 @kiddlivid: Still got my Hungarian made cro-mo XC frame from '98 and my 130mm travel '98 Junior T... with V-brakes.

 Yeah I’m keen on this as well. 1st time seeing it and I need

 Well, we are talking about jumps and whip-offs no? Would think PSI is higher for pumping and lips than daily DH riding.

 @DirtbagMatt: yeah but still he could probably get away with 10psi less front and rear.Or he might just play it safe and run higher pressures so those Enves don’t disintegrate

 @philmtb99: Why would he run less? Dirt Jumpers and BMX riders/racers run min 60psi even at his age/weight. Whip offs and most of what Jackson does at Whistler (A-Line, Dirt Merchant, etc.) are packed in jump lines.

 @philmtb99: I ran higher PSI for a week in Whistler many years ago (28-30) to see if I would be faster due to rolling pressure, and I was actually slower the whole week. It felt fast, but the clock told me different.
'Feel' - was pinging off everything so was loose as. Less control, actually, it was a lot of fun, albeit slower

 I'm going to make an educated guess he isn't running the heavier downhill version of the tires, which I'm sure most of the heavier people run, I think he's probably running the lighter version of the tires seeing as he doesn't need the stiffer sidewalls at his weight.. which in turn means he has to run higher psi than he would with the DH casings.

 @vicrider: Nope. It says DH casing on the side.

 If only he read the pinkbike comments to make sure he had got his settings correct, he would be so much better as a rider

 @DavidGuerra: Ah, my X-ray vision failed me. I'll go with the others then and suppose it's higher pressure for jumping.

 @Puddings: well I once came in the top 30% of my local enduro in the 30-39yo category, so I'm pretty sure I know what I'm talking about

 Yh, they're really good, better then my old mallets with a better click, adjustable stiffness, worth every penny, HMU with questions if needed

 I watched a really good yt review a while back that hit on my concerns - namely that I want a platform-enclosed clipless pedal to give me some stability if/when I miss a clip-in. Both myself and the reviewer started with Shimano's Deore/XT/XTR style pedals with the small, smooth platform and they don't do anything in that situation. They just add a bit of support beyond the cleat when clipped in - and even that depends on the shoes.
The reviewer had switched to Mallet Enduros and they gave him the exact performance he wanted, but he was sick of buying new brass cleats all the time (they're soft and wear quickly) so he got a set of these new Saints to try. He was not impressed and couldn't feel much difference between them or a smooth-platform Deore/XT/XTR clipless pedal. The pins aren't long enough and don't support the foot unclipped because the clip mechanism is too high.
On his advice I switched to Mallet Enduros and they're perfect. I'll just have to swallow the added cleat cost.

Otherwise, they're shimano pedals. Barring missed clips, they're virtually perfect. Though I don't think I could justify the Saints over a pair of deores or XTs. Heck, I can't even justify any of them over the more xc-oriented XT pedals other than they look a bit odd on a bigger trail bike. I honestly don't feel enough difference in support.

 @big-red @Jaib06 hey thanks for responses.
That's what I was wondering @big-red whether there is a significant step up in support over XT trail style or whether it's just better to have Mallets for that support so your comments were spot-on

 What’s betterthan saints and old mallets is the “new” Mallets DH

 I've been running them for 18 months now, i also ride the xtr 985 trail pedals and the dx on other bikes. The Saint pedals are superior when it comes to contact with the shoe sole. The trail pedals barely offer any more contact than the xc version. The dx pedals also offer a good contact surface, but Saints are better when not clipped in. The height of the pins can be adjusted to increase grip. The Saints have been the first ones i also rode in the bikepark, before i always used flats there.

 Haven't had any time on the Saint pedals, but I love my Look En-Rage Plus pedals. Solid feel of the Mallet DH but with the tension adjustment and cleat of an SPD. They've been super solid after a year plus with no play in the spindle bearings and still on the original cleats, though it's time for a change.

 @Focotrailrider: I dont know why your comment is being downvoted. It seems relevant. I hate the mallets personally, as the wires in the middle act like a ball bearing and spin freely. I almost broke my ankle when they rolled me off the front of the pedal. Shimanos and looks have not done this to me since the mechanism doesnt fully rotate.

 @big-red: I agree that the trail version of the shimano pedals don't really add any significant support or platform vs the xc versions, but one feature that they do add that I don't ever hear anyone talking about is that they streamline the profile so pedal strikes are less likely to abruptly grab and dig into the terrain as badly. Just thought that was worth mentioning as it seems that aspect is mostly overlooked.

 @thegoodflow: Good point. Not something I've really noticed much a difference in, but could help for sure. Where I do notice exactly that is on my Mallets. I had eggbeaters on an xc bike for a few years and I loved them, but rock strikes sometimes spread the spring clips enough that they disengaged from the cleat. I'd forgotten about that until now (it was years ago I was riding those pedals) but it's something that just hasn't happened on my Mallets and I'm glad for it.

 When you sit on a saddle that low your knees are heavily bent and your pelvis is rotated back compared to a normal riding position. Having the seat angled back to match is more comfortable for a DH saddle height. If the seat was level and that low you'd be sitting on just the back edge of the saddle with all the pressure on your sit bones. Tilting the seat back spreads out the pressure points better for the rare times you're actually sitting on the seat.

 @ActualSize: that makes for sense!
Thanks

 @ActualSize: this

 seats should always poingt at thge stem or higher for steeze points, just looks better lol

 @PeterT: fr lol

 That Session looks like.......it’s made by Trek....

 Oh sorry mate, I misclicked one...

 It’s a session painted to not look like a session , brilliant !

 Prostate health bragging

 Because he sends it double as hard.

 Nothing wrong with that air pressure. He has suspension, it's a whip off on a pack in jump line. BMX riders/racers even his weight or less run 60+ psi.

 +1

 Man when I was racing world cups I was running 72psi in my 40 at 165 pound rider weight. That’s crazy.