She is definitely a keeper! I love that we can ride together!

yes, it was! Definitely a bit more raw than tombstone, but it was fun, I’m already looking forward to my next time down it now that I have an idea of what it’s like :-)

this is lone Oak, it ends up exiting by the AT&T towers

OK, I see that turn off, I can’t say that I’ll hit that next time for sure, but I will definitely look for it, yeah, my Rocky rut riding could definitely use some improvements :-) I got a hand it to those tires for not getting all cut up in those Rocky ruts. Some of those rocks are so sharp looking, definitely wouldn’t take a XC tire down that.

Yes I am, and I even have a story about them that happened on this very ride as I was riding out of Hagdor Canyon. So the exit from Tombstone drops off up Hagador Canyon, there are 20 water crossings to go across on the way out of Hagador, most of them are rideable but a couple you have to carry your bike. So this time I am crossing fourth crossing and its a easy one and you can roll across it with moderate speed, Im rolling through and all of a sudden im skidding to a stop and wondering what the heck is going on. Well I look back at the back wheel and there is a 1 1/4 inch piece of wood that stuck all the way through the rim and wedged against the seat stays! I thought I was going to see a broken spoke or two, but nope, rim still looking great and no broken spokes! So I'm really happy with these Elite wheels!

Sorry about the spoke and glute, but that has become my favorite trail right now, seems like it’s just getting better as more people ride it👍🏼

Dang! thats fast! it is interesting watching the times creep faster and faster, the trail is getting better as it gets more use.

I have these bars on 2 of my bikes, for me I really like them, I like the rise, so far so good!

You need to ride it!

You’re going to love it!

Yeah, that’s going to take some work to get enough trenches for water run off, trade off, riding time for maintenance time.

That would be a tough choice, for me I already had a enduro bike, my son had a Izzo, he lives in Idaho and the trails he rides are in great condition and the Izzo is more that enough to handle the conditions there. My enduro bike would be overkill for those trails, but where I live (So. Cal) there is a mix of trails, from steep sketchy rutted trails, maintained trails with jumps, and some nice single track, it I had to choose one bike for all my riding, for myself, I would probably pick the Jeffsey, I do like some steep descents here and would appreciate the extra travel and the Jeffsey is a little slacker, there is only a couple pounds difference between the two and I wouldn’t mind the little bit heavier Jeffsey, but that’s just my personal opinion for the area I live and my personal riding style, you really can’t go wrong with either bike, hope that helped :-)

Well so far they are great, and still look and ride like new, but to be fair, I only have about 80 miles on the new rims, I have several other bikes I alternate between on my rides so none of them get ridden a lot, but I do like those rims so far.

I know it is a bit sketchy to let go with one hand and wipe the lens, but, whenever I have a ride where a blob of mud splats on the lens and ruins the rest of the video, I always think “why didn’t I wipe the lens” so far so good on not crashing 😃

I absolutely love my La Sal Peak, climbs great and descends so smooth! you made a great choice!

That tree has been a close call for me on more than one occasion! Hope you can get back at it again soon! It’s been interesting to watch the times drop on Tombstone, thinking I was doing pretty good with a 6:49, and a guy rips a 5:23 ! Amazing!

nope - fractured hip socket. Side swiped that tin mine tree hard enough to push my femur thru my pelvis. I kept shaving off time on Tombstone every pass, trusting the bottom turns more and more: 6:11 - I was nipping at dipping into the 5's. I wouldn't feel too bad about the 5:23 though...Jacob races Pro and is 1/3 our age! Not blowing every turn up top will help you out though 🙂

Oh No! that sucks, dang, well I hope you heal up quickly, you should though you seem like your pretty darn healthy! Those darn younger guys! they are so fast! @@dodgechristopher

I have my good days and my bad days on those corners, this time was all right except there was that one right hand, or that I screwed up, It is a fun trail though :-)

Thanks for the info, hopefully mine will last longer than your experience with them, I have quite a few bikes I ride so none of them get a lot of miles on them compared to if it was my only bike, fingers crossed!

Great insight. This is the kind of stuff that shows up in budget wheels long after most guys do a one-ride impression video. And confirms what you’d expect. The savings have to come from somewhere. I do have a lot of spare DT hub parts so I think I’ll give these wheels a go with the bearing and ratchet upgrade you mention.

I suppose a fat bike is one of those things people may either love or not, I love mine and I dont even live in a climate that gets snow without a drive to the mountains, but I ride mine when ever I feel like doing some exploring, maybe riding a area where there are not any trails, those big tires just roll over everything! I'm looking forward to going to Utah this winter and riding up Mill Creek Canyon where they have the road blocked off for Cross country skiing, snow shoeing, and Fat biking!

@@no1cr500racer nice!, I hadn’t think about the possibility of exploring that way but you are absolutely right, I actually live In Utah, and you will certainly enjoy the route that you are planning, let me know how it goes or post a video when you do it, so I can comment 👍🏼😬

Video for sure! We were just up there for Thanksgiving but I brought my YT IZZO to ride, I didnt think there would be enough snow for the ride up Mill Creek, but there was! Corner canyon was closed, we tried to get some info about Eagle bike park if it was rideable, we ended up going to 9Line dirt jumps and just rode there, it was fun, it was my first time riding dirt jumps like that, I liked it!@@fe9523

​@@no1cr500racer 2 weeks ago those were prime to ride, too bad that you also couldn't ride some of the best that are located in the Wasatch mountains... unfortunately for me that I still don't have a fat bike I haven't been able to ride lately. There are some good trails at the south of Utah, in St. George or Moab

Funny you should say that, last week I ended up in the bushes on those corners, but they are a challenge, they are my main focus on trying to improve my riding!

Yep, as soon as you turn off Main Divide to go down Skinsuit there is a trail that cuts off to the right, goes all the way to Hagador Canyon.

@@no1cr500racer how would you rate it? tougher than tin mine? can't wait to get outta this cast. gonna prob be limited to steeps until im strong enough to jump

It reminds me of Skinsuit but without the ruts, kind of like Tin Mine, I posted another video yesterday of the whole ride down, shot it on a 360 cam, that would give you a better idea of how it is, the end has some steep off camber switchbacks and some soft sections with some rocks in the dirt, then you end up way up Hagador Canyon and ride and hike a bike out of Hagador, I like it, but I have been riding Hagador for years. @@swapmotolive.

I’ve been riding my Kings Peak a lot lately, really love that bike, we have a local trail called Hagador Canyon, it’s a single track ride Ip a canyon, there are multiple water crossings, the amount of water varies on the time of year, sometimes it’s really flowing and sometimes it’s just a trickle, but there is rocky sections , some punchy climbs, and plenty of tight turns, I love the Kings Peak on that type of trail, or just for out exploring:-)

I love that bike, I’ve recently been riding that same trail, a lot, and it’s amazing how overgrown it is compared to when I did this video, but we did get a lot of rain last winter, thank you for the comment 😃

Yes , the dropper isn’t very fast, and not as smooth as some of my other droppers, but it gets the job done, I do really like the bike though, the green one would be my 1st choice as well, but do love the flat black look also:-)

Oh my gosh! your right, well, thats not the first time I've done that, but I usually catch it before I ride it, dang it, oh well, thanks for seeing that, now I can flip it around, it should be faster ! have to do that comparison over again :-)

Oh Yeah! well I checked my 2nd video, (the one after this one) I did notice the rear tire was on the wrong way and corrected it.

Since making the video, i have been doing trail work and have not ridden that bike again, but looking forward to finishing this trail and getting to riding and making more videos.

Awesome! Enjoy it, we are skipping Mexico this year for a Europe trip, I will miss my ride there this year, have a great ride!