Video: Curtis Keene Shreds Some of BC's Best MTB Trails
On a break between Enduro World Series races, Santa Monica-based Curtis Keene took a trip up to western Canada with his Enduro 29 for a sampling of the area's well-known trails. Watch him rip down some of BC's mountainous landscape in the video above.
Keene explored the local scenes in Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler, while traveling along the "Sea to Sky Corridor" following highway 99. For more on Curtis check out RedBull.com/bike
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Oh and that video got me more stoked to ride than anything I've seen in ages!
And for real, I own two xc hardtails, one with 420 stays and one with 405 and the latter is much easier to pop, bunny hop and manual, in general: to keep that front wheel up. And I refuse to go into details why is that logical.
I can only honestly agree with you by saying that mr Keene could probably pop a Wallmart cart of Sarah Jessica Parkers broken nail and clear Hudson river with "Sex in the city" DVD held between his muscular butt cheeks withou dropping it.
Curtis was coming a him like a freight train........and he FLEW THE F*CK OUT OF THERE!!!! HAHA
The part where he pedalled out of a corner at some crazy cadence that you would see out the gate on a bmx!
Why lift the front wheel all the time? I ride with faster riders than him on a trail bike from time to time and they dont do that. Seems gwin does it on his dh spec too, but didnt on the trek. Is this a spec thing?
I will wait for the 2015 version that is "10% lighter and 30% stiffer! "
I don't like riding 29r's personally at this point in life, BUT it doesn't mean they don't rip and it doesn't mean they aren't legit. Will I ever ride em? Maybe, The move to aggressive trail, Enduro - gravity oriented 29ers continues to grow. I actually might try the 27 format first as I like a lot of what I see there.
Is the industry forcing the move to the larger wheel formats? Yes and no. The industry could get ugly if it pulled support by stopping all manufacturing of 26" parts, rims, tires, etc. But the sheer mass of 26" bikes out in the market means there are years and years to come where 26" will be a viable revenue source. Ont the other hand the hyperbole and marketing constantly being thrown in consumers' faces make it appear that the ONLY option is the big wheeled option. Remember Richard Cunningham saying that anyone not riding a larger wheeled bike would need to give a reason for riding an inferior technology (I am summarizing)? Continue to throw garbage out like that and it makes it look exactly like we are being forced to move to larger wheels. But we're not and everyone has a choice on what they ride and how they ride it.
Will it change? Likely, 27.5 is a great option and great way for the hardcore 26" crowd to wrap their minds around the big wheel concept and like I said I like everything I am hearing about the 27.5 format. To me it means I would own a super aggressive 27.5 bike to match my 2012 Scapegoat setup (or just convert it to 27.5 maybe) and then own an aggressive trail ride in the 29er format, say like the Transition Bandit or Banshee Prime.
if i could only ride one bike for the rest of my life... that would be it...
on a side note those brake rotors looked tiny (1:57)
Sweet vid!
29er shred...hard!!