Video: Riding Windrock Bike Park on a Recumbent

Jan 21, 2024 at 7:19
by Ed Spratt  

bigquotesIn this video, I ride a recumbent bike down Windrock Bike Park’s steepest double black downhill trail (Horseface)… will it survive?—Seth Stevens


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98 Comments
  • 184 0
 I'm a proud uncle!! My dream has come true!!! Extreme recline DH on the rise!!!!
  • 9 0
 The Sitter-Father is here! Hope to to see your send it at the SOC again this year!
  • 2 1
 Don't get anymore ideas Kirt!!!!
  • 1 2
 I came here to see if it was you, and if not, state "you're gonna sue someone!" This is 'Merca afterall....
  • 6 0
 I clicked the article because I thought it would be you.
  • 18 3
 I would absolutely rather watch a Red Bull Reclined DH Series over any e-Bike, Snow bike, or... actually this list is pretty long. Also, now that we can't afford to watch UCI DH the market is ripe for new events!
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flag suspended-flesh FL (Jan 22, 2024 at 0:08) (Below Threshold)
 @kungfupanda: I'm sure your heart's in the right place, but if you 'can't afford' $9 a month for a few months during DH season, you have other issues that you should deal with (since your profile says you're in your 40s).

(from your friendly Anti-Gov't Urban Peasant Farmer)
  • 4 0
 @suspended-flesh: It's more of a won't pay then can't pay I'd hope. Even crackheads have Spotify Premium, that's 10 whatevers a month.
  • 4 0
 It’s a good sign that kids still wanna be like Kurt!
  • 5 0
 I mean Kirt!
  • 7 0
 Print media ain't dead! Time to bring back RECLINE Magazine!

vimeo.com/227947891
  • 2 0
 @reemdog: That's awesome - I had totally forgotten about that AND my short-lived subscription to Decline!
  • 4 0
 @reemdog: This is pure gold!! Can't believe I am just now finding RECLINE Magazine!
  • 92 0
 This was hands down one of the sketchiest, yet most fun things I’ve ever attempted on two wheels!! Inspired by the goat himself - Kirt Voreis!
  • 5 0
 SICK should hire you, you are crazy enough. lol
  • 4 0
 @Roost66: he is hired by sick already
  • 1 0
 @Squamboy3: u right, couldn’t find the roster for the “team” before.
  • 60 0
 That's one of the most entertaining videos I've seen in a while.
  • 45 0
 You may not like it, but this is what optimal riding position looks like
  • 17 0
 Long, low, slack.
  • 4 0
 and the handlebar may be so narrow XD
  • 5 0
 @Lanebobane: Mondraker is redesigning everything now
  • 1 0
 Jumps might be tricky, but there's not far to fall, your feet and hands are miles in front of your centre of gravity, so no fear of OTB. Getting suspension to work might need re valving - I remember Martyn Ashton riding for the first time after the injury, and because of the legs not acting as suspension, it was a terrible pogo stick, and this would be similar if you actually tried to make it work properly, rather than for fun and clicks
  • 29 0
 Seth you need to go head-to-head against the recumbent GOAT Kirt Voreis! East coast - West coast recumbent rivalry!
  • 16 0
 They went head to head in recumbent DS at Sea Otter, I believe.
  • 8 0
 @Hogfly: Yes, we did! Maybe we can race DH & DS this year!!
  • 18 0
 **And with only minor revisions, that tubular seat frame could be modified to serve dual-duty as the inevitably needed stretcher to save the EMT's some timeSmile
  • 18 0
 Damn, there goes my “I’d do it on my enduro bike” excuse…
  • 17 0
 "Let my Recumbent do the Job."
  • 14 0
 'It's the rider, not the bike". - Facts lol
  • 14 0
 Everything we thought we knew about bike geometry is wrong.
  • 2 0
 Wheel size too.

20” for the win.
  • 10 0
 Seth is awesome!! That was nuts. I loved watching Seth and Voreis going head to head on recumbents at the Sea Otter Dual Slalom. Crazy and entertaining dudes!!
  • 8 0
 Legend!!! This is straight up bonkers
  • 8 0
 I have eaten a shit sandwich in that trail. That is impressive af.
  • 7 0
 “That wasn’t supposed to work” loll that was gnarly. Windrock is gnarly.
  • 8 0
 Pretty blatant advert for the Raised Reverse stem
  • 6 0
 What if the front wheel was reallllly big to for better rollover, traction and speed?? I'd chip in a penny to see that
  • 9 0
 Rather than a grim donut 3.0 with a 45 degree head angle and a 100 degree seat angle... I'd love to see a think tank/group think take on a real DH/FR recumbent. Everyone watching this was thinking of opportunities to make this less of a spectacle... Bigger front wheel, weight balance, riding position, bars set up... Part of the fun of the video is how bad that thing is in this application. Seeing people test concepts to actually make it viable... That'd be fun, too.
  • 2 0
 @Glenngineer: rake the HT back that far and it's pretty much the same as a recumbent. Wheel flop is going to be horrible, but on the steeps, the COG of a recumbent just seems to work better. Might have to nudge my friendly neighbourhood mech engineer to crunch the numbers.
  • 2 0
 A big wheel would hit your pedals.
  • 2 0
 @Glenngineer: "Everyone watching this was thinking of opportunities to make this less of a spectacle... Bigger front wheel, weight balance, riding position, bars set up... Part of the fun of the video is how bad that thing is in this application."

Oh I'm onboard with the ridiculousness. I was thinking Penny-farthing -esque raked out big wheel chopper style ridiculousness.
  • 5 0
 Dude, 100% subscribed and liked.
I'm borrowing "Here goes something".
Hope you don't mind.
The shots from behind are so great.
  • 2 0
 Haha thanks dude!! Stoked you liked it!
  • 6 0
 This guy is on to something
  • 7 1
 Would love to see a Recumbent class at the WC DH events.
  • 2 0
 Count me in! Smile
  • 5 0
 GoPro footage does nothing for how steep and gnarly that trail is. Episode 2 - Recumbent bike vs. Redneck Ravine
  • 2 0
 If you know, you know!!
  • 7 2
 This is what Pinkbike is for!
  • 5 0
 This has been the most enjoyable video I've watched in a long time.
  • 2 0
 Stoked you liked it! Smile
  • 2 1
 YES! Mountain bike design is not in stone! It's still not totally figured out. A recumbent has a lower center of gravity! What if this had a bit bigger, fatter wheels, real suspension and a robust build? A friend of mine built recumbents in the 70s. He called it the sofa cycle. I was a cat one road racer at the time. He lent me one, and in a few weeks, I could do two wheel drifts on the pavement. I couldn't do that very well on a traditional bike.
Am I crazy?
  • 5 0
 "i saw your life flash before my eyes"
hahahahahahaha
  • 1 0
 Dude you're a legend, my hearth jumped at every berm you railed with what seemed to be no control at all. Didn't even know this was a real thing (not some custom made shenenigans bike). You truly are a master at this, you'd have to pay me a lot to try the rock garden section on this, two thumbs up cheers !
  • 3 0
 And here I thought my 90's hardtail had narrow handlebars! Is that front wheel ever twitchy!
  • 4 0
 I was expecting total carnage. Mad respect for riding that!
  • 2 0
 At first I thought that we were gonna see another example of self-abuse on video, but he really came across as quite lucid. And, he made it.! Pretty much...
  • 2 0
 Honestly...a purpose-built recumbent with suspension and a better cockpit, and good tires would work without being that sketchy.
  • 4 0
 I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.
  • 1 0
 Hahaha stoked you liked it! Smile
  • 3 0
 Damn, those were some great line choices! Also dope to see a Ferrum bike in the background, seen out in the wild.
  • 3 0
 Now I want to see someone build a legit DH recumbent with a dual crown and proper parts just to see what’s possible.
  • 2 0
 Hmm...
  • 3 0
 HAHA!! Great to see this video getting all the attention that it deserves! Well done Seth!
  • 2 0
 Haha thanks man!!
  • 3 0
 29" wheels are overrated!
  • 4 1
 Kurt Voreis could probably give this guy a run for his money.
  • 3 0
 That shouldn’t have worked so well.
  • 2 0
 Long, low and slack taken to a whole new level.
Might this be just the right amount of stupid? Cool
  • 3 0
 Not far off the Klien Mantra I once rode.
  • 3 0
 Video of the Year, we need more of this.
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  • 1 0
 I have sold and wrenched on so many of these Bike-E recumbents… hilarious watching one getting ridden at Windrock! I cracked up every time I test rode one on tarmac tho!
  • 2 0
 So why do we all need to spend 1’000s of $/£s on bikes? Well done man!
  • 2 0
 Love it.

Can we see it on a tandem next?
  • 2 0
 Actually looked surprisingly stable on the steeps.
  • 2 1
 I'd like to see the UCI give a recumbent rainbow jersey before they give one for snow bike racing
  • 2 0
 An e-Recumbent would be a nice!
  • 1 0
 'Tis: Tour Easy Ebike conversion imgur.com/gallery/UYUM5J1
  • 1 0
 Check out Richard Ehrlich, who does some pretty rad off road stuff on custom recumbents.
  • 2 0
 What skill this guys got!
  • 2 0
 Stage 2: Rampage
  • 1 0
 Thumbnail tells me that pedal strikes may kill a man.
  • 1 0
 You compensate
  • 2 1
 Maniac. We need to see Seth V Kurt and we need it soon.
  • 1 0
 I got the fear of riding a steep trail without even being there
  • 1 1
 Too be be young & bored! "Now For Something Completely Different"Smile
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hYZaqYCZyQ
  • 2 1
 Scariest part of that vid was the Hayes brake, keen man!
  • 2 0
 Small wheels save lives.
  • 2 0
 Dude, fair play LOL!
  • 4 4
 What’s the small bump compliance like?
  • 1 1
 Probably the best will X bike survive Y trail.
  • 1 0
 RecumbenDHt
  • 1 0
 Looks like an Ellsworth
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