Video: Weir, Osborne and Cruz Surf Nor-Cal Loam

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norcal77 (Sep 8, 2015 at 18:46)

Stop showing us the ranch...we can't ride it......argh!!

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finleyc (Sep 8, 2015 at 22:19)

when was the last time it actully rained for 3 days in nor cal

mddigger (Sep 9, 2015 at 6:29)

These WTB / cannondale people like to keep things on the downlow, earlier this year they had a private enduro? I don't live on the left coast, but i would be itchin to ride this stuff over there. Come on guys you own bike companies, share them trails with the people who buy your shit!

bryan46 (Sep 9, 2015 at 8:09)

^

I can't agree more.

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salespunk (Sep 9, 2015 at 10:59)

The Ranch is not owned by a bike company. I think it is either Weir's family property or a friend of the family from what I remember.

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chrisclifford (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:24)

Did anyone miss that the truck license plate says "So Loamy" ?

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dorkbike (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:10)

3 lefts make a right.

chyu (Sep 9, 2015 at 4:26)

counter balance at its best.

zepper (Sep 10, 2015 at 9:41) (Below Threshold)

Weird forks/single sided fork design!?! I wonder how many times it has just snapped when they land a jump or folded under in hard cornering?? Huh.

zepper (Sep 10, 2015 at 9:41)

trolling....

zepper (Sep 10, 2015 at 9:42)

trollling....

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swamper1 (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:00)

Those trails are literally built by dragging the rear wheel as much as possible.

shredmiester98 (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:55)

As much as I have dislike Canondale in the past, this looks like a rad bike.

lehott (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:48)

its cool how Cannondale's Lefty fork uses "square-in-square" stanchions, not round like most fork companys

FabioPT (Sep 9, 2015 at 15:33)

They seem to be pretty stiff because of that...
youtu.be/_WlRqcAQr2w

formerxcpro (Sep 8, 2015 at 18:57)

I'm wondering when this was. "3 days of rain"? It hasn't rained here in months. 3 days in a row , maybe Spring of 2014.

Snfoilhat (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:20)

It was private

hfranklin (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:34)

Yeah,nothin but yellow now.

JustJ (Sep 10, 2015 at 12:43)

Must have been pretty early in the year as the bikes are aluminium protos when you look at them. Still an excellent video though.

saxman2324 (Sep 8, 2015 at 18:40)

I love how beautiful NorCal is! Sometimes I take it for granted that I live in such a pretty area!

t-nutz (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:39)

Although there are some really sick trails here in Southern California, I really grow jealous of the loam in NorCal. I definitely need to move up there.

fgiraffe (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:03)

Trust me, it's dry as hell up here most of the year too.

SeanC1 (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:26)

Freeride!!!! no, wait ... Black-Diamond!!! no, wait ... All-Mountain!!! no, wait ... Enduro!!! no, wait ... OverMountain!!!!! no, wait . . .

cuban-b (Sep 10, 2015 at 21:17)

Down country

JustJ (Sep 9, 2015 at 4:01)

I would give love to have trails like that on my door step, blown out corners, big skids and all! The Habit looks seriously cool, I can't wait to try one out soon...

utahspines (Sep 8, 2015 at 14:52)

Those drifts, that mustache, so sick! Seriously rad edit @mattdennison!

kleinepiemel (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:25)

wow, i just cant believe my eyes...there is another place to ride besides Whistler ?

canuck7870 (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:26)

Skidding and blowing out corners. That's what I saw.

OMGBBQ (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:48)

I saw that...maybe we needed a bit of the ....knarrrrrrr.

betsie (Sep 9, 2015 at 0:04)

I ride in california a few months back (when they had the rain). It's fair to say the trails are great fun but easy, the black trails that I rode were pretty simple. Riding in different places the defenition of gnarr changes significantly depending on who you talk to and where you live.
It's all mountain biking though. We should just enjoy it and let different places be different.

throttlemire (Sep 9, 2015 at 11:25)

Skid it, don't ride it. Sad too see how many times they locked up the rear wheel to get a "roost" shot. Real roost is without brakes. These guys are all super talented and faster than me, but it seems they are following the crowd in this video. BTW, both SoCal and NorCal have good gnar, you just need a local to show you or go hunting for it.

OMGBBQ (Sep 9, 2015 at 12:46)

Funny, I thought the video needed a bit of rocks and roots. I like to see bikes actually working over trail bits, not blowing up corners.

betsie (Sep 9, 2015 at 13:33)

I rode some "gnarr" with some locals. It was "one of the gnarlier tracks that you hike up to". I was well up for shredding down the hike up path... they thought that idea was bonkers. We went down the pretty smooth "gnarly" track. It was fun just not gnarly like you get elsewhere. It's all relative. Our gnarr here is nothing like whistler trespasser. That trail is so good, especially the non chicken lines.

happymarmite (Sep 11, 2015 at 20:41)

Lol if you think the riding in cali isn't gnarly, you've been riding the wrong stuff with the wrong people.

betsie (Sep 11, 2015 at 23:36)

I rode the trails that were "too gnarly for a trail bike, I wouldn't go near that trail, it's for dh bikes only"... was a fun trail. Gnarly is relative. Rode some of the dh tracks around San Francisco. Was fun on a trail bike. You can ride pretty much every dh track out there on a trail bike though without any issues.

happymarmite (Sep 12, 2015 at 10:34)

I live in Marin county, just outside SF. I only ride a trail bike, but I have raced ProGRT DH courses on my trail bike, and those aren't gnarly compared to some of the stuff. You probably rode in Pacifica. Super fun but mellow. Come to Marin and I'll show you some real gnar. And tbh, you can ride any DH track in the world on a trail bike...

OMGBBQ (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:40)

I don't need any more bad habits. I already spent my daughter's education fund on Knolly.

bonkywonky (Sep 9, 2015 at 4:36)

'Overmountain', really? Is XC > AM > EN > FR/DH still not enough to describe a bunch of tomfoolery on bikes in the mud?

Then again, those corporate yahoos once tried to lay claim to the term 'freeriding' which flew right back in their faces so they must've thought 'let's have our marketing department invent an entirely new term for a phenomenon that has been around for decades so we can safely trademark that'..

vinay FL (Sep 9, 2015 at 5:04)

That was inspiring, thanks Cannondale

. The good news is, we don't really need that particular bike. Any manufacturer offers us several options. Be it 24", 26", 27.5" or 29", be it a hardtail or full susser, you should be having just as much of a blast in that kind of terrain.

That said, it is probably a fine bike for the job. I like the steep seat angle but I don't like the high standover. A low toptube works so much better when cornering or coming off when sliding out in a corner. I wouldn't want to sacrifice agility just for that bottle mount.

BadgerBacker (Sep 9, 2015 at 5:43)

Great vid, I still just don't get the product.

We all complain about proprietary equipment, so Cannondale just says screw it and builds bikes with the most proprietary components possible.

Also, you're still not forgiven for the awful (and yet again proprietary) "Headshok."

swellhunter (Sep 9, 2015 at 11:18)

2:38 love the drift in the air at real time speed. How it should be done. Good edit!

FabioPT (Sep 9, 2015 at 15:28)

Saw "Weir" on the title, had to watch it

BrendanVDB (Sep 9, 2015 at 10:54)

I'm confused about their definition of loam

billybobzia (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:07)

Monkey see.. Monkey do...

tblore (Sep 8, 2015 at 22:06)

That looks amazing! Do you guys or anyone know when Osborne Hil in Nor Call will be made public? I Know the Cannondale crew gets to ride there

normar (Sep 8, 2015 at 23:25)

all private property, so I would guess never?

threejack (Sep 9, 2015 at 8:17)

Never would be the correct answer. i know the guy that owns it. He's a mean fucker. And his kid is worse. I hear that if they catch you poaching it they will kill your sorry ass and throw you down a mine shaft.

tblore (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:02)

Haha a mine shaft. I used to ride over there before they had the trails and a little bit after. I wouldn't say they were mean about anything. They told me it was ok to ride one day then a few months later to get out. Not sure if they forgot they talked to me or what. But I know they have a lot of liability. @threejack

threejack (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:05) (Below Threshold)

Read between the lines tblore and consider who your talking too.

threejack (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:06)

Hint, I know the owner realllllllllllllly well.

tblore (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:31)

I already read between the lines @threejack I know. I wasn't saying anything bad. I grew up in Grass Valley. I wouldn't give someone a hard time for protecting what's there's. If anything I was praising what a good job they did on everything. And I haven't rode there in a long time. Even though I know people that ride the trails often with permission.

tblore (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:50)

Since you know the owner @threejack you can tell him I would be willing to sign a waiver releasing liability. So if anything happened they wouldn't be liable. But again I mean no disrespect and I would never ride there without permission. I used to ride there and the owners said it was ok. But I didn't run into them for awhile after that. And the next time the wanted me out. Understandable, it's probably hard to keep track of who they talk to, especially if you don't know someone personally.

marcsb95c (Sep 9, 2015 at 14:25)

Idk what you guys are talking about... clearly this is the Shoreline trail at China Camp, anyone can ride there.

marcsb95c (Sep 9, 2015 at 14:39)

BTW I'd never recommend poach Bundesen's or Sanchez's trails on their private property. I understand they are great people, but like anyone, they don't take kindly to unknown and unwanted people coming onto their land.

the-lorax (Sep 9, 2015 at 23:40)

I'm confused. Wasn't this filmed at the Ranch in Novato?

bigtedp (Sep 9, 2015 at 14:40)

that 'stache must be a big hit at the blue oyster bar

Worm-Burner (Sep 10, 2015 at 1:48)

Wiggly leftys and hot man camel! VOD

Opdahl22 (Sep 8, 2015 at 22:19)

Dope video, I just can't get over how ugly leftys are

HucknGnar (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:46)

Straight up rippin'

wydopen (Sep 9, 2015 at 7:29)

FFWD...the new slowmo?

alexisfire (Sep 9, 2015 at 8:34)

Lol, they're deleting comments again.

dumpsterdiver1 (Sep 9, 2015 at 16:28)

I can never look at leftys correctly.

Opdahl22 (Sep 8, 2015 at 22:18)

Dope video, I just can't get over how ugly leftys are

GOGRANDE (Sep 10, 2015 at 23:58)

I don't like the lefty's either. Go ahead and hit that red arrow now.

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malathion (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:35)

In all likelihood I'll probably own one of these one day, but so far as videos go, and despite the fact most riding looks like that in the real world, I still can't help comparing every video I see to Whistler vids and finding pretty much everything else comes up short somehow.

j-t-g FL (Sep 8, 2015 at 22:41)

Personally I can only watch the same trails over and over a couple times

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Circe (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:01)

Step one. Pause the video. Step two. Mute the music. Step three. Put on some metal. Step four. Unpause video. Step five. Enjoy.

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mattdennison (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:25)

how about no

alexisfire (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:48) (Below Threshold)

Exactly what I did, that audio was just terrible.

utahspines (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:50)

Step one. Press play Step two. Enjoy that sexy sultry voice Step three repeat.

yz250 (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:07)

How about no

skarsy FL (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:19)

how about no

pete-melton (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:24)

How bout no

tomaf47 (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:38)

How about no.

t-nutz (Sep 8, 2015 at 20:41)

Hey Circe, how about no.

seraph (Sep 8, 2015 at 23:27)

How about yes? And some grammar, for all you repliers.

xeren (Sep 9, 2015 at 7:45)

Music is very personal, no matter what you like, someone else is going to think its stupid. Stop thinking your music is better, it's not.

seraph (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:20)

The only one saying that the music was bad is alexisfire. Circe was just saying that she thinks her formula for watching the video is superior with her personal music choice.

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alexisfire (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:47)

If I was good enough to get a Cannondale sponsor, there is no way I'd be riding a Lefty, I'd be calling other bike companies.

tobiusmaximum (Sep 9, 2015 at 14:34)

Good job you're not then

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nilswalk (Sep 8, 2015 at 18:50)

Good lord man stop showing vids of mountain bikers destroying trails. I know Weir just rides and fulfills the sponsorship role but as a resident of NorCal he should know what kind of attitudes we're up against here and not participate in things like this. Or maybe he's just got his private trails on his ranch and doesn't give a crap anymore. After the first 20 seconds of video basically giving a clinic on how to destroy a trail and make MTBers look as bad as people think we are I just couldn't take it anymore.

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nd831 (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:44)

Man, what a shame when the small percentage of talented riders showcase speed where their knobbies kick up dirt... I would much rather view a crew of goons death gripping their brakes down an XC trail

watin831 (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:49)

@nilswalk do you need medical attention??

tripleaye (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:50)

Yo, we have no choice because everything we ride is dust. We rebuild what we destroy here in Nor Cal. And plus, freeride flicks are steezy, so @nilswalk please get on a plane and remove yourself from California.

watin831 (Sep 8, 2015 at 19:54)

and plus, we still have our training wheels on, except wally and nicky

isaacwallen (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:02)

Yah so burn in another state you illiterate beaner

nilswalk (Sep 8, 2015 at 21:46)

Let me guess, all you bros are from SC right? Brah? Bro? SICK EDIT YO!

watin831 (Sep 9, 2015 at 9:54)

it's better then fucking Sausalito.. and we don't say any of that, we're not faggots. you're one of those stereotypical butthurt wanna be Cam Zink riders that doesn't know how to have fun on a bike. so please remove yourself from California, you're just wasting our water that we need anyway.

watin831 (Sep 9, 2015 at 22:56)

@dhflow you live in Germany for a reason.

happymarmite (Sep 11, 2015 at 20:44)

All of those riders would destroy you on any trails. Mark and those guys build those trails on his friends private ranch. @dhflow you're a slow idiot who doesn't understand how to ride bikes

nd831 (Sep 12, 2015 at 8:43)

@dhflow What a great argument! It is just horrible how some people use brakes isn't it?! When you release your tutorial on proper bike handling, please let me know! Perhaps an instructional DVD would be wonderful. I'm sure top athletes like these riders in this video (North American Enduro/EWS top finishers) could learn a lot from your advice, because they must not be getting paid to race and win. And just so you know, @happymarmite is one of the top Junior riders in the Nation who consistently lays down the same times as Pros and often beats many top riders.

tripleaye (Sep 12, 2015 at 9:53)

Shit your tough @dhflow keyboard warrior. You do your thing all the way on the other side of the planet with your cute little braking techniques, while @happymarmite continues to bend over your times in his Junior National races. Eat shit.

happymarmite (Sep 12, 2015 at 10:46)

Damn I wish I was 39 arguing with teenagers

happymarmite (Sep 12, 2015 at 10:47)

Are you just butthurt that the Nazi's didn't win WW2?

watin831 (Sep 12, 2015 at 20:40)

sorry I was busy yesterday, religious holiday... anyway, f*ck you @dhflow suck a fat one