Whistler on a CX bike

kester

Just seen this over on P/B, very impressive!

http://m.pinkbike.com/news/dirt-merchant-a-line-with-a-cross-bike-video-2015.html

rockmonkeysc

Impressive. It makes me think of a few questions though.
Have trails got too groomed?
Why do people ride flow trails like A line and Dirt merchant on DH bikes?
How many times did he crash?
How many times did his wheels need truing?

ilovedirt

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19691343#p19691343]RockmonkeySC[/url] wrote:

Impressive. It makes me think of a few questions though.
Have trails got too groomed?
Why do people ride flow trails like A line and Dirt merchant on DH bikes?
How many times did he crash?
How many times did his wheels need truing?

I don't think so, those trails have been like that for longer than I've been riding bikes. Whistler still has plenty of gnar. If anything, trails have gotten more gnarly as bikes have improved.

paul.skibum

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19691343#p19691343]RockmonkeySC[/url] wrote:

Impressive. It makes me think of a few questions though.
Have trails got too groomed?
Why do people ride flow trails like A line and Dirt merchant on DH bikes?
How many times did he crash?
How many times did his wheels need truing?

He is definitely riding it on a good day. trail is pretty buffed and hero dirt conditions - not sure when he did this but he had a similar video back in April riding river runs through it in the valley on his cx bike - bridges and ladders etc. Yoann is a bit of a nut but an amazing rider.

Plenty of videos of pros on trail bikes making punters on big bikes look stupid in and around whistler - doesn't mean the trail is easy.