In short, I decided to do a little hack on my enduro rig in order to bring some skatepark and street vibes to the Järvso Bikepark and trying a bunch of techie tricks on my NS Bikes Snabb, including barspins and no-handers. Also threw some surprises into the mix, but you'll need to check out the video for that.
Couldn't help myself, so I also had to throw some shapes on my DH bike, so there's something in there for all of you!
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Drill a hole in your top cap on the side. Drill out one of the spacings in your starnut (be careful not to hurt your fork's steerer tube). File down the edges. You can also apply a little nail polish to round off the edges. Pull your brake hose through the holes and mount as usual.
For the record... a local dirt/park BMXer rents out a DH bike and shreds Rollercoaster in Hafjell bike park. Sadly for Joeys rolling it, he is a decent person and won't laugh at them. That means they will not understand that they wasted 10+ years of riding. they learned virtually nothing. The only safe space a modern MTB Joey has left is Down Country and long travel HT. Wherever he will take his silly bike, he will always be able to make excuses for why he is worse than almost EVERYONE else.
So no, if that BMXer can shred Rollercoaster/ A-Line, then no, you don't need FMB prowess to show people who call themselves "mountain bikers" what they are worth. And I haven't even mention 12 year olds on our local BMX racing track... meanwhile machine dug trails are the current representative of "mountain biking".
Machine dug trails are what many many mountain bikers consider as the height of the riding prowess. Week long trips to Alps or Whistler, whatever. This is what thy live for, the whole year. This is where their riding season peaks. You may argue with that but I can tell you that it is very close to the truth. "Ripping" A line is the pinnacle of their riding. For them. this is where most instagram pics are taken, this is what wrenches their gut most. Meanwhile their daily riding focuses on fitness. They judge their riding by who gets least tired at the end of the ride, then who made least mistakes going down the hill.
As you can see these two things: DH/park prowess as the performance part and fitness as training part, just don't go together. A dude who practices Dirt Jumping will simply put your efforts to laugh in the bike park, because your fitness (if you actually have any) is irrelevant there. Same on Enduro comp. People will go and do miles on a road bike, where they key to success is skill and acceleration. Skill brings efficiency. So what you increased your fuel tank by 10L, when you burn 10 more litres per 100km than the guy with smaller one?!
This is the fundamental reason why average mountain biker sucks. He/she wants everything, in return getting nothing. We are entangled in complexity.
Thanks for the great vid!
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