As mountain biking has progressed, it's become so much better. The technicality on tricks has become amazing. The top riders train to be in amazing condition and have really benefited from the professional way that teams and sponsorships are set up so they prepare themselves like try professional athletes.
But every so often, I get the feeling that it's lost a little bit of the give no f's insanity that it had in it's early freeride years. Dylan brings that back.
I think that feeling with this rider comes from him being a bmx rider too. It seems like bmx has gone from being very contest and event focused in the past to a more core street rider DIY culture now. I think we could see mountain biking going in that direction. I for one wouldn't complain, this video had a ton of really cool creative line choices and was fun to watch.
Just don't let him do any of his 3s. He will literally do a 540 on Rampage stuff because he has zero interest in landing straight and flat lol. Has to be nose first, inverted, and way over rotated to keep things loose.
Man, Dylan's year end edits the last few years have been amazing. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't seen them. Great YouTube channel as well. So much skill on the bikes, super unique style and diverse riding.
@Civicowner: Yup. It's actually so much better than the X-Fusion I'm... Confused. Even though the bike was brand new I think the shock had an issue. Since it's a PoS I probably can't sell I'm probably just gonna service it to practice maintenance and see if it is actually that bad.
But aside from having a lovely lockout just having a shock with supple actuation and useable rebound top to bottom is life changing. Now looking for a fork to match it...
@Civicowner: I mean with availability I'm only getting what I can find used. I figured I'd find a cheap RockShox easily enough but holy shit people ONLY ride 29ers now.
I found a nice Fox 34 but he stopped replying. So frustrating. Also 130mm is uncommon so I might have to bump up to 140 just to find a fork to buy.
But the real issue is 27.5, I am SWIMMING through a sea of 29er forks and every 27.5 fork i find is like 160-170mm enduro lol
@lepigpen: most 140mm forks can be lowered to 130. just find a rockshox pike, revelation, fox 34, mattoc, auron of any travel and convert it to 130. rockshox and fox just need a $40 part to change travel, suntour auron and mattoc don't need anything just some knowledge on how to take it apart
@Scunny: Not sure which came first but Dylan was truly riding Moto, BMX, and MTB almost all his life. He's been 2 wheelin since before he could walk. I'm glad he's transitioning out of the toxic BMX industry and moving to MTB and having fun with moto again as well.
Ya know you see a lot of talented freeriders/slopestyle/DJ riders stomp big and/or technical tricks, maybe link a few together in a line but often their landings are less than perfect. I get it they have way more going on that requires all of their focus and often cant be troubled with making sure the angle of their bike is identical to the slope of the tranny on the landing and that their rear tire touches down EXACTLY the front did, but this guy . . . Some of the most buttery smooth landings to big tricks and creative gaps. I know this isnt an adjective that's often used to describe free riders, but I don't ont think I've seen such a graceful freeride in . . . ever. Pleasure to watch
www.wookfools.com
But aside from having a lovely lockout just having a shock with supple actuation and useable rebound top to bottom is life changing. Now looking for a fork to match it...
Mattoc?
I found a nice Fox 34 but he stopped replying. So frustrating. Also 130mm is uncommon so I might have to bump up to 140 just to find a fork to buy.
But the real issue is 27.5, I am SWIMMING through a sea of 29er forks and every 27.5 fork i find is like 160-170mm enduro lol