Man. I'm glad i didnt buy this bike. I almost did. It also has a major design flaw in the pivot/bb. Check out Vitalmtb's video (santacruz mega tower vs rocky mountain altitude) Skip to 10:08. As for the damage that occured this isnt normal and frankly unacceptable. Ive had hard rock impacts on my carbon bikes and it would chip off a bit but never go through. Verry disapointed in rocky mountain right now.

Carbon is bad news. Always. It always fails catastrophically, which I see in fly rods. Steel, titanium and aluminium don't have the issue as they can take a hit and keep going. Learn the hard way......

Any update on your warranty? My new ‘24 Altitude just cracked in the same spot. Apparently the new ‘25 Altitude has enhanced protection around the BB area, so I wonder if this has been a common issue for them?

Sorry about the damage to your sweet new bike. This is why I don't do carbon. You'd still be riding if it were metal. Also, it looks like you must have smashed a pretty large rock or something very hard. I don't know how bike companies can warranty when we cause the damage. I don't think your frame just came apart by itself?

id be terrified shipping a carbon bike lol

I have the 4 and was annoyed by the "fuzzing" or micro blur you are talking about too. It was happening in all lighting contitions, its not actually the stabalistion settings. I've worked out its the shutter speed. If you dont touch it it can go as low as 1/30, this prouces the most blur on hits. If you go into the settings, you can choose to limit the lowest value to 1/200, it gets rid of most of it. At 1/400, its gone completly, however the compramise is more noise in lower light. When i say lower, 1/400 is fine for most of the year, bar the darkest trails in the winter (im in Scotland!). i treid to do a vid explaining it back in april. Also, it was the noise filter causing weird glitches in foggy conditions for me. My main annoyance is how much youtube downgrades the footage!!

Janky!

how do even know if ur on the trail?

bike 1000 miles as quick as possible

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oof that's crazy, hope it was a faulty frame and not your responsibility. I was thinking of going for an altitude this year but I'm coming from a 2020 Instinct C70 which in the end dragged me to a santa cruz megatower because I want to see and feel how other brands ride

Not @10:29? Or is that your cranks/pedals hitting the rock

Steel is real!

I wouldn't really recommend limiting the iso on action cams when mountain biking in a forest. The when there is not enough light, the trade off is noise (or loss of detail because of the denoising) against motion blur. Motion blur is a big issue when using electronic stabilization which essentially just aligns the frames to reduce shaking. The movement of the frame is gone, but the motion blur remains, leading to what you called the stabilization going awry.

As a rule of thumb I always try to have my shutterspeed double of the fps, so 1/120 with 60fps. this eliminates the shocky footage and makes it flow a lot more. To be able to do so I pop a ND8 on there which makes it work in most conditions. In the forest it should be ok without if you feel like trying it out without buying ND's. Thanks for the review, you're right on with the pixels being pushed together making it hard to say what the actual megapixel quality is with camera's like this, same with phones and drones.

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If you're soliciting suggestions: I would try playing with the sharpness and noise reduction options in picture quality (I landed on both 0, but you might want to go into the negatives). Will reduce the "AI oversharpened" look a little bit.

Such a drool worthy bike. I wish I knew about that sale! Haha

I run a DVO onyx on my RS29 and I actually started it out at 170. Definitely way too much. I’ve been running it at 160 all season and it’s a really good set up. The odd time it does feel a bit like it wants to come up in steeper climbs but overall. Good travel choice. I do like the extra burliness in this frame. It does have a bit of dampening but overall the stiffness is great for the chunky trails that I choose to ride. Cheers

Hey. I know you noted you got an XL. How tall are you? Thanks.

Nice

The sigh of relief at the end!

Great looking vid.. and great riding What camera setup are you using.. looks clean

Give it a try on a hardtail for extra spice.....

East Coast USA here. I built a Middlechild Ti with a 140 front end (currently SS) and it is a blast on almost anything you shoot it down. Haven’t tried it with a 150, but also don’t have the need for that much travel generally. RSD makes some nice frames and if you have questions Alex is super responsive and helpful in the buying process.

Did you have to replace your helmet after this crash?

Nice 👍

RSD have this frame on sale in xl. Wondering if that would be too big. I typically run a large. Anyways great review. Am an hard tail party sub, but great to hear another opinion.

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Extremely epic

Very epic

WOW what a trail you have there. Very nice one. Good video also thanks for sharing!!!

Reminds of the on-one hello dave. Thanks for the review.

Hey! I ride the shore alot too :) I got the same hazzard shock on my bike with a progressive spring. Iwas wondering does your shock make a whooshing sound when it returns from compression? I know fox and rochshoxs are silent and wondetrinf if something is wrong with mine.

I have a build question for you: would a 140 mm fork be OK with this frame or should a person use a 150 mm fork as spec'd from RSD?

Ik this is 2 years later but im looking at upgrading in the summer (nz rn so we in winter) and I am looking for a good enduro bike with shimano comps - I brought and own a specialized stumpjumper evo comp alloy and I was a little unaware of the difference between trail and enduro, and shimano and sram cause for what I'm getting into my bike isnt going to give me the best riding experience, its a longer trail bike with only 160mm fork and all sram comps so thank you for helping me finalize my decision because I am definitely going with a commencal. Cheers mate

Are these the same trails that KZbinr @VanCan features?

Nice work! Does anyone ever ride that trail clean?

when did u ride Pingu - notice some new features under construction on your vid

Nice bike 🤙🏼. Got the same!

Nice trails!! Looks nice and slick haha!

let the mud fly lol

Super nice trails

I ordered a small obsidian frame earlier this year and finished the setup in March. I love mine. I'm on the East Coast in the states so this is perfect for my area. I have it setup w/ a 150mm Lyrik Ultimate (2022), Shimano and Raceface mix for the transmission, and Saint brakes with 203mm rotors. I'm also using a 35mm bar [my width 780mm] and Continental Xynotal front and Kryptotal rear both DH casing supersoft. I initially was running beater oem specialized wheels from 5 years ago, but now I'm about to finish installing the new wheelset I had made for this, DT Swiss FR 541 rims on Chris King centerlock hubs.

What front tire are you running that is not gripping well?

Really cool video man. I love the look of all the woodwork and rock trail building on some of the BC trails. Cheers!

Natural trails are more technical than trail parks. Good job mate!!

keep it up

nice. i liked the commentary. i just put a hole into my DHR -- maybe time to try those kryptotals :) would love to see you get redemption on the gangler :P

What a beautiful part of the world! And no better way to explore it than on a mountain bike 👌🏻