I talked my roommate into following me on his bike with a camera. He did a pretty awesome job holding it but still pretty shaky at some parts. We might try some homemade helmet-cam experiments next. This is my first vid so let me know what you think:
You really were shifting! I have trouble keeping up a head of steam on my 29er, I guess I worry about UPD’ing in some tricky spots. Had a couple of nasty bumps which probably don’t help.
Have you tried any smaller cranks on that trail? A lot of it looks flat enough, and smalled cranks can add a whole new challenge and level of fun into things where 29er muni is concerned, and then you’ll be going even faster too!
I have the moment 125/150’s on there but have only done 125’s on the road and 150’s on the trail. I’ve been thinking about giving the 125’s a shot on the trail. I’d say there are enough sharp hills, and some big long ones, to make the longer cranks worthwhile (hard to bike one-handed, so not shown much in the vid) but maybe I’ll surprise myself. The speed difference on flats would be awesome though if it’s anything like on pavement.
Its a cannon point and shoot that we used. Not sure if anyone makes something for that, but some contraption with duct tape and foam or rubber seams pretty feasible. Anyone have experience with that?
I meant Brandon (my roommate) had to keep both hands on his bike so he couldn’t film any during the more tech parts (unless we stopped, which we were kind of in a hurry to get around the park before dark). Once we get helmet-cam assembled though we can film some of the crazier sections, and some good bails too.