aye definitely takes a while to learn this place. I hadn’t really jumped either but a couple years here and I’m hitting bigger and bigger stuff. Def give it a visit, there’s so much in wales mate 👍

@@mtb-mania haha, a couple of days won't do it then! still, one of my mtb mates is very keen on a wales trip, so it will need to happen at some point!

@@mikesbikesfollowthewookie4161 Aye I got lucky on that one. Arse dropped soon as I hit it lol. Looking forward to next weekend there now 🤘

Cheers mate!!

@@mikesbikesfollowthewookie4161 cheers mate! Few more to upload, flying now!

@@mtb-mania oakley next.....?

@@mikesbikesfollowthewookie4161 im eyeing up the little one hah. The big one is petrifying 🤣. There next Friday and 21st-22nd Sept if you’re about!

@@mtb-mania see what September brings 👌

@@jamesperkins1699 right by the car park mate and not long. It’s quick runs

@@mtb-mania cheers, do you have to pre book before arrival ?

@@jamesperkins1699 yes matey. Google flyup417 Forest of Dean 👍

Fantastic here! Cheers mate!

Cheers mate! We all felt great on the bike that day

Cheers mate! Cautious that day, don’t wanna wreck yourself early haha

I love it there mate, probably the place I ride the most these days. The Nduro is fine there, if not a tad on the heavy side for the super steep stuff. Subbed mate, fellow geordie? We should meet up and ride! Send me your email, I'll ping you my number and we can organise something :)

Thanks mate!

Definitely get back and do the other trails mate! Dances with Wolves, Repeat Offender, Right Side Clyde etc are all just top notch!

Totally mate. We’re back again soon aye. Camping so the weather better change soon 🤣

@@mtb-mania 🤣🤣🤣👌🤙

Hey mate! This is one of the glitchy videos, I went with -2 on sharpness and noise reduction. Can always add that in post production. I went with 1600 I think? This was shot in 3200 max and I found it was far too bright in the open when the clouds cleared and the camera didn’t automatically drop the ISO in the open light. Using your settings and 1600 ISO, 200 shutter speed seems to be the best for out in the open and in the woods, further rides ive filmed are great just haven’t gotten round to editing it yet. Will get one up the end of this week!

@@mtb-mania great, i think ill drop the iso max then. Definately less than the 12800 max!!, as it does come with alot of noise, and the image doesnt need to be that bright. I tested that in the middle of Scotish winter and golfie, so you couldnt get any darker haha interesting that it went overbright in the daylight, my understanding you are only limiting the max iso, so it only goes to that maximim level in the darkest areas. In daylight it dosnt go anywhere near that level, i never had a problem woth it being overbright once out of the trees. Glad the glitching is away, that was very annoying, i found its the worst when its a bit foggy too, it really struggles then. I'll keep an eye out for the new vids!

@@alex737M yeah I had to really drop the brightness etc using the colours tab. It was far too bright. Cheers for the tips mate, hope the wrist is doing good. I’ll keep an eye out for your new vids 🙏

@@mtb-mania ahh, do you definelty have the ISO still on auto and not the manual (shows up as an M) setting? i just looked at mine, its on auto, which lets you choose a ISO range, so you want it to show 100-3200, not just say 3200. you can see in the top right corner the camera constantly varies the iso up to the max value you have set (in this case 3200) ive just held it up to the window and the ISO dropped to 200 automatically. if i select manual, then you only get to set a fixed ISO, so yes that would be too much for daytime. in my vid at around 1:00, the screen has auto selected, and i have 100-12800 selected and you can see teh ISO changing in the top corner as i move the camera around

@@alex737Mit should have been on auto, it definitely is now - may not have been for this video as this was prior to me even finding your video and wasn’t aware of the glitching at this point! 😭

Cheers mate, felt good to finally tick off the wallride too. Scary af!

@@mtb-mania 🤙🤘

Cheers mate, hero 9 black chesty in this one. Use a helmet mount now but may move back. Bone Shaker is probs best trail there on the loop. Check out some of the other vids on the chan.

@@mtb-mania thanks mate going to look at one now! Looking through the channel now, top quality again 👍🏼

Thanks mate! It’s so plush 🥹

Thanks mate! Had a few more to edit and get up, soon!

Thanks mate :)

Really starting to find flow on the bike now and opening the brakes a bit - although just had an off at DyFi, I'm good, vid soon :D. We love Stiniog!

We're at DyFi 18th June mate - try and come along! Get some trains going.

You pushing boundaries then if your having an off at dyfi.🤙 Not a big one then, look forward to that vid. I'm back dyfi on the 3rd June. See what the lads are upto for the 18th.

Just fantastic mate. Already working out when we can return hah.

Getting it this weekend, though not looking forward to the snow.....🤦

@@mikesbikesfollowthewookie4161 oh no no. Hah. We've been so lucky, dry and mild night ride, then a sunny dyfi and Hamsterley. 🤞 For you lads!

What bit was that mate? Hah

@@mtb-mania the pipe drop that your friend dropped

@@lewiscoopes7608 massive init. Plenty to work up to for me. 👍

@@mtb-mania ye it is

@@lewiscoopes7608 I'm gonna hit that properly next time I think!

Was an awesome run! Perfect day for it too. Nice meeting you fine chaps 🤝

I can't wait to return!

Hope he recovered fine! We want to return in lesser winds, the place is great just a shame when the winds are so high.

Thanks a lot mate, much appreciated! Yeah, the wind was something else entirely. Desperately wanted to hit the blacks but one gust and you're in A&E. Stiniog is fantastic though, definitely visit, but maybe wait for the weather to turn good again. 🤣

The wet makes it! It's wales. Definitely do it. It's long and a slog at times, but the end of it is worth it. Now that we've done it, I think we'll sick to the shorter one, which is just the good bits of it all.

Cheers mate!

@@mtb-mania np keep making these vids

Tom is the best. I love him and his commentary 🤣

Cheers bud, Davinci Resolve - Colour boost: 25, Vignette 0.830. That's all I do :) GoPro set to 4k, 30fps, highest bitrate, gopro colour profile and medium sharpness. Render it DNxHR at 4k and upload, let youtube compress. Best way I've found so far at least!

subbed btw. awesome channel! hope to get near that some day.

All booked in mate :)

Spot on bro, was there at the weekend hitting them both, some sick off piste there atm

That was an old Santa heckler. Check out some of the newer vids for better quality etc. This was our first ever day at somewhere with trails :) I've since got a new bike and better rider etc. Enjoy!

Thank you!

Thanks for the sub!

It's a Lapierre Zesty full sus mate, Tom locks it out as he's a big lad but doesn't go any less hard than us!

Done that line many times on a hardtail, need it to get up to pikes teeth as the climb is massive 🤣 then you wish you took your downhill bike when you get to the top

Outta nowhere