Video: 6 Freeride Bike Checks from Dark Horse 2022

Sep 25, 2022
by Pinkbike Originals  


The second annual Dark Horse Invitational freeride event is taking place right now in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Christina Chappetta interviews 6 riders about their bikes that will be getting sent down the course.

0:32 - Georgia Astle's Devinci Spartan
3:15 - Erice Van Leuven's Commencal Furious
6:05 - Casey Brown's Trek Session Park
9:31 - Amy Ertel's GT Fury
11:41 - Tayte-Proulx Royds' Liv Hail
13:54 - Hannah Bergemann's Transition TR11


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Georgia Astle's Devinci Spartan

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Erice Van Leuven's Commencal Furious

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Casey Brown's Trek Session Park

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Amy Ertel's GT Fury

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Tayte Proulx-Royds' Liv Hail

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Hannah Bergemann's Transition TR11







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180 Comments
  • 81 5
 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 15:45) (Below Threshold)
 Props to whoever specced the fork
  • 30 26
 With white lowers, instead of barf orange
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 17:32) (Below Threshold)
 The Gt Fury looks like hot garbage because of the orange fork/red frame graphics.
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 17:45) (Below Threshold)
 Give me all the downvotes, you colorblind simps.. FYI, I own many Fox Factory products

... The Orange Factory thing is just so dumb on multiple levels. First of all, Orange doesn't match with anything but dull earth tones, or black, or orange. Secondly, Orange looks like @$$ with kashima. Third- You're trying way too hard to market your product. Anyone who is into the sport knows what products the pro's are using. You don't need a visible-from-space orange lower for people to know who's riding fox.
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flag MrShreddypants (Sep 25, 2022 at 18:41) (Below Threshold)
 @Glory831Guy: The orange honestly can be a bit much, but one color you are leaving on out are most hues of blue. Done right, the fork pairs veeeerrrryy nicely. Check my buy-and-sell page if you don’t believe me. I thought it might be too crazy til I built it.

BTW, what color, in your opinion, would be a better option to pair with kashima (other than black, and don’t tell me you don’t like the kashima too)

Bring back Pistachio?
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 19:05) (Below Threshold)
 @MrShreddypants: Kashima is dope. I call my trailbike Goldie because of the Black/Gold Factory suspension and the Gold KMC chain. Kashima looks a lot better with Nardo Grey than Orange.
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 19:24) (Below Threshold)
 @MrShreddypants: I don't know about blue with orange. People always say that orange goes with blue because they're opposites on the color wheel. I don't really agree.
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flag leecozens (Sep 26, 2022 at 6:18) (Below Threshold)
 Agree! HT Angke looks steep tho
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flag MrShreddypants (Sep 26, 2022 at 7:09) (Below Threshold)
 @leecozens: I really don’t understand all the downvotes…
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flag christinachappetta FL (Sep 26, 2022 at 10:27) (Below Threshold)
 Agreed! She's a beaut!
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 What the hell happened here
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flag nickfranko (Sep 26, 2022 at 13:55) (Below Threshold)
 I think we can officially say it: "This...is...SPARTA"
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 You can say that again.
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 @hIDesert: that
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 @Noeserd: I'm asking myself the same thing lol I copied another guy's comment and upvoted his, then this mayhem ensued lolololol
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 @christinachappetta: I'm glad someone gets it hahahahahahaha
  • 59 8
 That dope with a spartan looks 40
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 Spoke with a dartan
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 Props to whoever spec Ed the fork
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 Spartan+40=dope
  • 49 6
 That 40 with a Spartan behind it looks dope
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 La spartan con la fox 40 delante esta que te cagas
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flag Glory831Guy (Sep 25, 2022 at 16:03) (Below Threshold)
 !Verdad? Es la mas perrona por seguro.
  • 42 8
 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on the front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 I never read or write comments but I just wanted to say that Spartan with a 40 looks dope.
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 ¡ǝdop sʞooʅ 0ߤ ɐ ɥʇᴉʍ uɐʇɹɐds ʇɐɥꓕ
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 The spartan with the 40 looks dope
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 The spartan with the 40 looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on the front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 in front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That 40 with a Spartan on it looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope.
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 That spartan with the 40 on the front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on the front looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on it looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
  • 16 3
 “Hey kid, what the hell happened here?”
“That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope”
  • 15 1
 that spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with the 40 looks dope!
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 That Spartin with the 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with the 40 on it looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with the 40 looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!!
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 I am 40, i don't look dope on front
  • 10 1
 The Spartan with the 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartin with the 40 on front looks dope!
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 The spartan with the 40 looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 The spartan with the 40 looks dope
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with the 40 on front looks dop£!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 on the front looks dope!
  • 7 1
 Wow that spartan with the 40 on the front looks dope!
  • 6 1
 shame no-one has mentioned how dope that spartan with the 40 up front looks.
  • 7 2
 That 40 with a spartan at the back looks dope!
  • 9 4
 what the hell happened here?
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 I'm still so confused...
  • 5 1
 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
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 That spartan with a 40 in front looks dope!
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 Spartan looks dope with 40
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 Hmmm, whay has noone said that the Spartan looks dope with the 40 up front??? Big Grin
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 40 Spartan with on a dope the front looks That
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 that spartan with a 40 on the front looks dope
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 No ones really saying this but I really think that spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
  • 7 6
 good to see dorados here and there. Crazy to think of that fork as a vintage touch, but its so cool. 2005 me approves
  • 4 2
 I don't think it's much of a vintage touch. That's the new carbon one. I've seen more and more of them at the park this summer, after maybe seeing 2 Dorados a year for the last few years.
  • 1 0
 Doesn’t look as dope as that spartan with the 40 up front
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 with 40 a the dope front Spartan on That looks
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 looks on the dope Spartan 40 with front a That
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 Spartan with on dope looks 40 a front That the
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 on Spartan 40 That dope front a looks the with
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 dope on Spartan the a front 40 That with looks
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 a 40 open spartan dope on looks that with
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 That spartan with the 40 on the front looks dope!
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 That dope with a spartan looks like he's 40
  • 1 0
 Interesting..... my post was pulled "We are stuck in a time loop" must be offensive?!?
  • 12 11
 still love the look of the Dorado.
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 That spartan with a 40 on front looks dope
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 That spartan with the boxxer looks dope
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 That Spartan with a 40 on front looks dope!
  • 5 7
 That internal routing on the tr11 looks more dodgy than a priest at a toy store.
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 I wish Transition would release the new TR11 already!…..lol
  • 3 6
 That looks alloy (and not complaining)
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 Would loke dope with a 40 on front
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 @Geography78: but it doesn’t have a 40 on the front, so it doesn’t look dope!
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 looks front with a dope on Spartan the 40 That
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 is there an echo?
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 This isn't Sparta
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 That Spartan behind GT looks dope
  • 2 4
 spontaneous self-organizing meme, this brought forth a real smile
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