Video: Why is This Trail on Hans Rey's Top Three List?

May 19, 2014 at 15:32
by Dan Milner  


Part 2 of Hans Rey and Tibor Simai's Argentina adventure comes to you via one of the most incredible rides either of them has ever done... a 3-day traverse of the high Andes, starting in the desert and finishing in the jungle.

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  • 11 0
 Looks epic, if you ask me. Yet those damn popups make it near impossible to see anything at the end of the video... Talk about overdoing it...
  • 9 0
 Yep, I'll never visit epictv.com. Constant logo overlayed on other people's content? And then all the popup bullshit at the end? No thanks.

Thank you pink bike for not being like that.
  • 2 3
 I didn't think it was a big deal really...one in beg., then the dancers.
  • 1 1
 Yeah didn't really help the video at all.... such an incredible adventure and they turn it into the video you see playing on the side of a channel guide you first see when turning on a hotel t.v. The "host" is kinda lame and there's way to much footage of him. Lame humor surrounded by cartoon sounds... I didn't know the 5-year-old was a big demographic in mtbing. At least there were some very cool shots and Hans Rey. He's still killing it. Really wish there was more of a focus on the legendary riders and of the ride itself.
  • 2 0
 Damn that advertising thing. I share your concerns about excessive pop ups obliterating my handsome good looks and have conveyed them to the powers that be at EpicTV. dfiler for your info, these are epicTV commissioned content, hence the logo throughout so I guess to get them to pay me the mega bucks to do these trips they have to tell people who they are. Funny world isnt it. And Scott... apologies for my reluctance to grow up; my British off-kilter humour is never to everyone's taste. I apologise for ruining your workday afternoon. Essentially what my series is meant to do is to introduce a few smiles, light-heartedness and an alternative take to the serious-moody-pickuptruck-shuttle-to-top-shallow-focus-amateur-DSLR-shot-in-misty-forest-but-with-no story-world of MTB videos. If you want to know more about this trip watch for the photo stories coming out in the mags in the next couple of months.. Bike Germany, MBUK etc.
  • 1 0
 Oh no worries man, I don't care enough about this video that it ruined my afternoon, just saw it as a wasted opportunity is all. I prefer videos that are different than the typical serious edits filled with blood/sweat but this seemed like a bad attempt. Then again, my taste prefers more content around the legendary riders and the ride itself that the edit is based on, rather than having 90% of the footage being a guy talking about himself with cartoonish sound effects playing in the back. Hopefully that'll change for the next one.
  • 1 0
 hey .. wanting more word from the legends I hook up with, then try episode 12 with Fabien Barel..
www.epictv.com/media/podcast/how-to-ride-enduro-with-fabien-barel-%7C-trail-ninja-ep-12/274416
or earlier episode with Mark Weir teaching my dumb ass to ride pump track..
www.epictv.com/media/podcast/trail-ninja-how-to-pump-track-101-with-mark-weir/225409
The series is really aimed at showing viewers what a destination/trail is like, and arming them with the info to go ride there themselves, rather than a pro-rider-focussed film, but sometimes the pro riders are part of it, though usually we're there shooting features for the print mags too. But yep, you have a point. Having Hans talk more is probably way more interesting than me showing my big daft mug. On that note, keep a look out my the episode with Matt Hunter in Afghanistan, coming shortly....
  • 9 0
 dont tighten your brakes too much!!! in case of falling off your lever wont bent, the brakes will turn!
  • 2 0
 or do your adventures on a fixie. Ha ha. hey there's an idea....
  • 1 0
 ah ah ah!!!
  • 3 0
 why not? it has great landscapes , other cultures , beers,friends, great riding , music mmm well let's keep that way...
  • 2 0
 Wow Hansy, I never knew you had such a smokin' phat ass. Looks great in that dress. Smile

Tibor knows how it's done. This here veg would've made the same call. Just go ride.
  • 7 4
 Well that was 5mins of my life I'll never get back.
  • 1 3
 Then don't watch?
  • 3 2
 It's pretty difficult to work out if something is any good until you've watched it dumbass.
  • 7 0
 Send me an invoice for your lost minutes of your life. You can address it to me c/o EpicTV. Thanks for your attention and apologies for the time theft when you could rightly have been out slaying a trail. In my defense, most people can tell that my show is crap within the first minute.
  • 3 0
 Any one else notice how ridiculously blue that sky is?
  • 1 0
 It is ridiculously blue isnt it. Did you see how ridiculously sweaty I was at the end too? The two are not related however.
  • 4 3
 The overstated Brit is a rare bread but always a pleasure to have around. What an awesome looking trip!
  • 1 0
 That looked like a really fun trail. Minus the jungle humidity.
  • 2 0
 yep it is, and Hans did list it as being in his top 3 adventure rides he ever did. That cant be bad eh!
  • 1 0
 Does the humidity and altitude combined make it a lot harder to acclamate than compared to the say the Rockies or smokey mountains? Thanks for answering too!
  • 2 0
 The humidity hits when you get to lower altitude, so the combo isnt a problem. High and dry or down and moist. Sounds like life itself.
  • 2 1
 Hans Rey bouncey bouncey
  • 4 4
 I love this Trail ninja guy, the most amaizing and fun videos ever in MTB jajaja
  • 4 3
 oh my god the brit is such a tool.
  • 2 0
 And where would the bike scene be without tools eh? Stuck at home with no way to install the new shiny Enduro component we just bought online.
  • 3 2
 I watched this and I still don't know why.
  • 3 0
 I made it and still dont know why.
  • 1 0
 actual riding footage / non-riding footage. 25% max. BOO!
  • 1 0
 Damn really? Sorry. Well these vids are shot in parallel to shooting photo stories so I guess to get the full impact you'll need to read those stories when they come out in the mags. Essentially though these are kind of documentaries so have to mis in the off bike feel, trail and location info as well as the glory of the bike action. But thanks for the feedback... maybe I need to up the amount of bike action.
  • 2 0
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