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@lundoftheeast219 3 күн бұрын
Nice! Is it early for fall color there or about right?
@AndrewGehn 3 күн бұрын
@@lundoftheeast219 Too early to make a good guess, but a few trees on the Iron Range are beginning to show some fall color. First week of October has typically been the best week for riding the Jackpot trail with peak color!
@Randy_Johnson 3 күн бұрын
Absolutely! There’s no other way. 🤙
@AndrewGehn 3 күн бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson It fell at the perfect position too, just after the crest of the uphill slope!
@harrygrimley4352 3 күн бұрын
Yep. First thing I thought.
@AndrewGehn 3 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 You’re a mountain biker, Harry
@harrygrimley4352 3 күн бұрын
@@AndrewGehn true. And I'm not good at bunny hopping. So I mostly wheelee the front and bounce the back. But I get there. Was that video shot last fall? Or are the leaves that far already?
@AndrewGehn 3 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 Filmed last October, been slow to edit all the footage 😅
@Dialed1 9 күн бұрын
Really amazing looking day! Stoked you guys got out and crushed it! You’re ripping at a whole another level this year!! Nice work dude!
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@Dialed1 Glad TKolbo finally made it to Spirit and was able to Link up with his old Wyoming enduro teammate Jacob! The locals are so fast, quickest way to improve your riding is to try to keep up with better riders! Thanks man, been putting more hours on the bike than ever and getting that suspension dialed in, hope you’re back on the saddle soon!
@Tkolbo_ 9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for showing me around! Such an epic day of riding and Spirit has some incredible tech trails! The locals are faaaaaast! Can’t wait to get up North and ride with you more dude.
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@Tkolbo_ That was about the best first day at Spirit anyone could ask for, you crushed it! The locals are sooo fast, those Link lines were awesome to see in person. Hilarious how you rode Spirit once and beefed up to a Zeb Ultimate 🤣 Can’t wait to ride here again with you sometime
@jasongagnon4383 9 күн бұрын
Does Dr. Diablo have the feature where you ride up a wood skinny on to a boulder and then bank left if you want or go right - where in person, seemingly to me - it looks almost completely vertical for 12-15 feet down to a relatively flat bottom. If that is the same feature that I see on this video the camera does not do it justice at all!! In person I was like WTF!
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
Yes, that would be it! 10:08 The GoPro NEVER captures the actual steepness of the trail or features!
@robonbikes 9 күн бұрын
RIPPIN’ Day!! Looked like a truly epic day at Spirit, with hero dirt and some great riding. Also, some face melting guitar solos thrown in for good measure! 🤘
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@robonbikes Easily one of the best days there, the park rides so much better with the hero dirt conditions! Was a great crew to be riding with, they were fast and had them locals lines!
@ThisAintBentonville 9 күн бұрын
Nice trails, but really short!
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@ThisAintBentonville Spirit makes the most of the ~600 feet of usable elevation they have to work with!
@Randy_Johnson 9 күн бұрын
Wow! What an amazing day of sick shredding!! Great riding, Andrew. What a great group of riders, too. Something looks different on your camera angle? Did you change the angle on your chin mount? This angle is the best that I’ve seen, in my opinion.
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson Thanks for noticing Randy, I did try to angle the chin mount to show a little more of the handlebars and bike! Amazing group of riders that day, Link and all the locals are so skilled 🤙🏻
@harrygrimley4352 9 күн бұрын
Very nice. Thanks for sharing this with us. Was the first song something tkolbo played?
@AndrewGehn 9 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 Thanks Harry, nope just standard issue KZbin audio library. A TKolbo original would be pretty metal 🤘🏻
@harrygrimley4352 9 күн бұрын
@@AndrewGehn agreed. He can jam
@robonbikes 12 күн бұрын
Nice dude! Knowlton Rocks is awesome, I don’t think I had that recorded from our ride (user error). What trail was the last two clips from?
@AndrewGehn 12 күн бұрын
@@robonbikes Knowlton Rocks is probably my favorite bit of trail along with Monkey Business. The first one is unsanctioned 🏴☠️ and the final clip is the double rock roll on Steel Toe gapping into the second rock slab!
@Benshredz 13 күн бұрын
You were zooming on those, I hit that whole first trail on my hardtail including the drop and was going like a quarter of your speed
@AndrewGehn 13 күн бұрын
@@Benshredz Awesome job to be sending that difficult trail on the Marlin hardtail, that’s a good sized drop for any bike!! Thanks, the Spire sure does help descending
@harrygrimley4352 13 күн бұрын
Very nice. Some of the tech looks challenging. You did it great 👍.
@AndrewGehn 13 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 Thanks Harry, Spirit has about the most technical tech around, the bike definitely helps!
@Randy_Johnson 13 күн бұрын
Nice! The Spire is back in action. It looks like it’s riding really smoothly now. 🤙
@AndrewGehn 13 күн бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson Spire is running smoothly again! Hope you can get out to Spirit again, it’s even more fun with hero dirt compared to the dusty conditions there was for your first time there!
@Randy_Johnson 13 күн бұрын
@@AndrewGehn yeah, I definitely want to get back out there once or twice before the snow flies. We should try to get another group ride going soon!
@robonbikes 17 күн бұрын
Ha ha total! 😂
@harrygrimley4352 17 күн бұрын
Wow. Big change in music styles. Still good. Throw back classics.
@AndrewGehn 17 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 Thanks Harry, wanted to give a different vibe for a green flow trail compared to the fast black diamond Wild Cat jump line. A fitting song for a Saturday riding the bike park!
@robonbikes 17 күн бұрын
Love the Connector!
@AndrewGehn 17 күн бұрын
@@robonbikes Same here, Mild Cat would’ve been a great name for it!!
@alextunison8624 21 күн бұрын
If you wanna see my cousin eat it: it's at 9:30 😂
@AndrewGehn 20 күн бұрын
@@alextunison8624 Thanks for the support cuz 🙏
@robonbikes 21 күн бұрын
Nice dude! Love me some Wildcat!
@AndrewGehn 21 күн бұрын
@@robonbikes Yes you do! Had a ton of fun sessioning it with you all that day, looking forward to the full length video and riding with you again!
@harrygrimley4352 21 күн бұрын
Wow. That looks fun. Who's the song? Perfect for the video. How come they keep pulling away from you? 😅. Thanks for sharing this with us.
@AndrewGehn 21 күн бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 😅😅The Duluth locals certainly know how to ride mountain bikes fast Harry 🤣 The reworked Wildcat is one of the best trails at Spirit Mountain now!
@Randy_Johnson 21 күн бұрын
Great video! Love that song!! 🎸😎🤙
@AndrewGehn 21 күн бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson New Wildcat is amazing and trying to keep up with the locals was fun, song matched the trail!! 🎵
@Dialed1 22 күн бұрын
This one brings back memories… What a day! I’d call this one a win to pull out of it with minimal damage. Would like to get back out here this season. Great vid of that northern MN shore de gnar.
@AndrewGehn 21 күн бұрын
@@Dialed1 What a day out in the Wilds is right…thanks again for the help that day!! Checked off a bunch of the heavy features here before that wreck that fortunately wasn’t serious. I’m not attempting Diggendirt again anytime soon, but there are several other new trails I’ve seen on Trailforks here, definitely need to get back to one of the best trail systems in the Midwest!
@rileygoesoutside 22 күн бұрын
DUDE! Proper brutal! I gotta get up there, haven't rode there yet.
@AndrewGehn 21 күн бұрын
@@rileygoesoutside One of the best trail systems in the Midwest! The terrain here is unrelenting with the rocky chunk, it’s right up there with Piedmont! Hard to choose the right bike for the Wilds, the vast majority of it is brutal XC riding, but then for the really difficult features you want all the bike you can get, as seen in the video…definitely can’t blame the Spire for that OTB with a 62.5 degree HTA. The Canyon eeb would be great here
@robonbikes 23 күн бұрын
You guys knocked down a lot of big features here, great showcase of some of the most high consequence trails around. Really glad you didn’t get hurt worse on Diggendirt. That drop in is so sketchy. Haven’t ever gone down that and not in a hurry to do so.
@AndrewGehn 22 күн бұрын
@@robonbikes Thanks Rob, it’s a sketchy double black diamond chute and I’m in no rush to ride it again either. Was a great day riding all the other gnarly features at Split Rock with Jeremy up until then!
@ZRMTB 23 күн бұрын
Is this the same bike that you made a video about 4 months ago?
@AndrewGehn 23 күн бұрын
@@ZRMTB This is the same bike, but this footage is from last year July 2023, so there’s been a lot of changes since
@ZRMTB 23 күн бұрын
@@AndrewGehn ah ok makes sense now. In the video you said it was a new bike so I was thinking you bought the same Spire but new 😂
@ZRMTB 23 күн бұрын
Awesome riding. Trails look gnarly.
@mtbeliever5833 24 күн бұрын
This is why I’m switching to XC bike and XC trails at 46 years old
@LoamerMTB 24 күн бұрын
Honesty that move looks super sketch. Really steep. Bit of a compression. Not even a bike length into a 90 deg right hand turn. Looks like you were trying to dump speed to make the turn but you were still weighted too far forward and the braking pitched you OTB. I’m guessing a lot of people blow that corner if they get both wheel down to the deck. Mad sketch. Glad you’re mostly ok 😬
@AndrewGehn 24 күн бұрын
Thanks, it's such a sketchy and technical feature and I'm not planning on attempting it again anytime soon. Was probably too hard on the front brake and leaning too far back. Once I made contact with the back wheel it was over...would probably go slightly faster with a more body forward position and bias right to make that 90 degree corner not as intense. Since I went OTB with the Spire's flip chip in the low setting I can't blame the bike for not being slack enough at 62.5 degrees, definitely rider error. It's always looked sketchy when I've seen other riders clear it.
@asherholloman8458 24 күн бұрын
What do you do about ticks? Do you encounter them often while riding in MN?
@AndrewGehn 24 күн бұрын
All the time, but bug spray with a high DEET percentage has been great at preventing bites so far
@Randy_Johnson 24 күн бұрын
Great riding, great trails! So glad you didn’t get severely hurt. You and Jeremy conquered that crazy, gnarly terrain!
@AndrewGehn 24 күн бұрын
Thanks Randy, there is some wild terrain to be found at Split Rock Wilds, some of the features rival that in difficulty of Piedmont!
@Tkolbo_ 24 күн бұрын
Nice, chunky, and techy! You know I love that! Great riding man. Way to get Wrecked but get back on the saddle!
@AndrewGehn 24 күн бұрын
Thanks man, this is definitely your type of riding with a little slice of WY here in the Midwest. That crash was horrible, still don't know exactly what went wrong but was glad to be back riding quickly after that!
@harrygrimley4352 24 күн бұрын
Wow. That hurt to watch 😮. Glad you didn't mash your head.
@AndrewGehn 24 күн бұрын
That was quite the painful experience Harry, can't say I recommend it. I'm thankful too, glad that I only smashed my shin, knee, thigh, hip, abdomen, shoulder, elbow, forearms, and wrist...
@harrygrimley4352 24 күн бұрын
@@AndrewGehn so.... Everything but the head 🤕
@Dafoter 27 күн бұрын
Very good representation of the trail. I’m headed there tomorrow so your video helped a lot!
@AndrewGehn 27 күн бұрын
@@Dafoter Awesome, have a great ride at the scenic Split Rock Wilds! This video was focused mainly on the downhill trails, but the majority of the trails there are technical XC. It’s one of my favorite trail systems in the Midwest!
@Tkolbo_ Ай бұрын
Crushing it!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Tkolbo_ Thanks man, we got some great trails up in the northland! Stoked for you to get back up here!
@carlholman2993 Ай бұрын
Id have to agree with your title! Of all the places i have brought my bike, northern MN and UP are my favorites. Awesome terrain without having to climb for an hour to get to the top.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@carlholman2993 Gnarliest terrain in the Midwest that approaches some stuff out west, but without the hour long grind to the top! I’ve never made it to the UP to ride but Copper Harbor and Marquette are at the top of my ride list, hoping to finally visit there in the fall soon!
@harrygrimley4352 Ай бұрын
You roll thru like you've done it before 😅. Hey smokey 👋
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 I’ve seen several bears now biking up north in more isolated trail systems, but I was not expecting one in the middle of the Rocky Roady trail at Spirit Mountain bike park! Luckily no cubs were nearby 🐻
@harrygrimley4352 Ай бұрын
End of July we spent the weekend at cyuna riding and one morning we had a bear in camp . Noisy wakeup 🐻
@Randy_Johnson Ай бұрын
Nice mix of trails! So much to ride and so little time. 😩 Looking forward to our ride on Thursday.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson Hard to find the time to ride it all with so many good trails up North! Looking forward to riding in Duluth soon, time to go back to the Stone Age trail!
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
Smoky!! Nice dude! Some good trails in there for sure, Northern Minnesota is incredible in general, especially so for mountain biking!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@robonbikes Met Smokey chillin right in the middle of the trail on Rocky Roady at Spirit, luckily no cubs were nearby! Definitely some amazing terrain up north for mountain biking and outdoor recreation
@harrygrimley4352 Ай бұрын
Very nice. Wow. I wish i could spend a day chasing you. Im not worthy 😊
@Benshredz Ай бұрын
Is dialed in going to post anything on his channel anytime soon, I really liked his vids but he hasn’t uploaded in a while.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Benshredz I’m not sure, I really like his videos too and you can tell he puts a lot of effort into them. It’s a lot of work to ride, film, and then spend hours editing; sometimes you just want to go ride your bike. But this was from last summer and he was not filming during that ride.
@Benshredz Ай бұрын
@@AndrewGehn Ok thanks, I agee, I like to record my rides too and upload them and it is a lot of work.
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
Nice shots at Split Rock, such a great place to mountain bike!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@robonbikes The overall backcountry feel of Split Rock Wilds and its amazing terrain on the North Shore is incredible, need to get back out here soon!
@Dialed1 Ай бұрын
Excellent showcase of Splitrock Wilds!🎉 Was a great day until you dug dirt! Just glad that didn’t end up worse.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Dialed1 Such a great day at Split Rock Wilds until it came to a crashing end on Diggendirt 💥 Could have been much worse, stoked on the footage from earlier though!
@Randy_Johnson Ай бұрын
Way to shred, guys!! 🏆😎
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson Thanks, it was an awesome day at Split Rock Wilds until I wrecked on Diggendirt!
@specializedbighitfsr Ай бұрын
haha, had to hire Judge Judy for that case at 2:46 :) That was awesome :)
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@specializedbighitfsr Caught a few cases with Judge Judy figuring out the brand new Wildcat jumps! Such a fun trail and a huge improvement from the old jumps!
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
Man sorry about the derailleur, crazy that happened on skyline… right turn switchback closer to the bottom? Great riding though, you make those trails look easy, bike is sounding good as well. Now I’m excited to check out Kissing Booth, those tables at the bottom look awesome!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
Thanks Rob, that’s a very good guess on what happened and what you’d normally expect. But my derailleur spectacularly failed while just pedaling up the climb, no crashes involved or derailleur impacts. Randy was riding behind me and saw it happen. It won’t hold any tension now, the usual Shimano clutch service and cleaning didn’t fix anything. We are no strangers to Shimano drivetrain mechanicals ending a ride in Duluth! New Kissing Booth and other updated trails make my favorite trail system in Minnesota even better 🤙🏻
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
Dang Shimano stopping us cold on Duluth rides…. That’s a bummer buddy.
@Randy_Johnson Ай бұрын
Great video, Andrew! It’s always fun to shred the trails with you. It’s too bad your derailleur blew up on the Skyline climb, because we were off to an epic start of riding that day. We’ll have to get together again very soon and ride Duluth.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
Can’t believe it malfunctioned that severely while climbing the green return trail…at least it didn’t happen during that BOB descent! Can’t wait to ride with you again in Duluth as it’s always a great time, maybe Spirit or Piedmont again sometime next week?
@NathanEide Ай бұрын
Man, I love Dr. Diablo. My girl will be up riding Piedmont Thursday before KA weekend and all the racing,. Just sent it to her to prep for the new changes. Thanks for posting Andrew!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
Dr. Diablo is now one of my favorites with all the updates, that newly sanctioned ending roll is one of the best features around! Awesome, thanks for sharing it and I hope riding the updated trails goes well for her! Piedmont is a great place to train riding double black rock tech, gnarliest trails you can ride without signing a bike park waiver in MN!
@matth8924 Ай бұрын
Love this place, I’ll be there this Saturday! Hope to finally clean bob top to bottom.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@matth8924 Can’t get enough of riding here, especially with all the new upgrades to the trails! The new riders left line towards the end of BOB makes it slightly easier, good luck on the gnar at Piedmont! 🤙🏻
@Tkolbo_ Ай бұрын
Very nice riding! Love the trails at brewer and Piedmont!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Tkolbo_ Among the best in all of the Midwest! Probably the MN trails closest to feeling like you’re back in Wyomings Snowy Range!
@harrygrimley4352 Ай бұрын
Very nice. Some serious tech.
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 Piedmont has the most serious tech in all of Minnesota outside of a bike park, that’s why it’s my favorite!
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
Nice man! Yup that thing’s steep, good to see you both rolling over that!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@robonbikes GoPro effect is sooo real for this one! Still can’t believe you sent this blind on the Tallboy, and at the absolute steepest riders right line too!
@robonbikes Ай бұрын
@@AndrewGehn I wish I could say it didn’t scare the crap out of me… 😅
@harrygrimley4352 Ай бұрын
New bike!!!!! Sounds great. What is it?
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@harrygrimley4352 This is still my new bike from last year, the Transition Spire! Installed a new industry nine hydra hub on so it sounds amazing 🐝🐝 Randy was riding his new Santa Cruz Megatower that he bought last year!
@Randy_Johnson Ай бұрын
Nice! Thanks for the shout out, Andrew. It’s always a fun day when shredding the trails with you. Looking forward to our next ride!
@AndrewGehn Ай бұрын
@@Randy_Johnson Inspiring to be riding double black diamonds at your age after learning to mountain bike at 63!!! Looking forward to riding Piedmont or Spirit with you again soon in Duluth!