2024 Snowshoe! The Gnarliest GNCC Race! 60MPH DUST ROCKS & MUD! Ryder Sigety

[@evanfequet-hj1cn]

Polite young lad! Good to see a close father and son working together, that's rare these days

[@RyderSigety]

THanks Evan, we literally work together every single day...

[@DeborahHickman-uk9pg]

Great ride Ryder, your skills are awesome. Also so appreciate how polite you are despite the conditions. If you are having fun at this race, watch out everyone else! Great video as always, really appreciate how much work you guys put in to allow us to participate.

[@RyderSigety]

wow, so nice thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@colton969]

Awesome ride! Will we be seeing you guys at the barbed wire enduro next weekend?

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Colton! My dad love's the barbed Wire! but we have another race to go to that we are doing the whole series :-(

[@colton969]

@@RyderSigety Hey, no problem. Good luck. You are looking real good out there!

[@rossmcdo]

I got stuck on that weird double root too lol

[@RyderSigety]

Omg that's so weird! Didn't look that bad at the time right?

[@rossmcdo]

@@RyderSigety I think it looked like an easy double but we got stuck hesitating because it was weird lol

[@ejblawyerracing6860]

Another good run is the gnarly stuff!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks EJB!

[@grantlingley1385]

Ryder, You are absolutely flying through the trails and trees! So much fun to watch you ride. Momentum is clearly your friends getting through some of this stuff!😅

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks, def got to keep my mo a lil more, thanks Grant

[@jwmushman]

Nice ride - I appreciate the polite “excuse me”. Nice to see someone still using the kill button to keep things from seizing in the WFO sections

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks!!! My dad says u know the old school tricks and even overalled an event or two, but wont come riding or pedaling with us? :-)

[@ashleighhuff4840]

Wow - that was gnarly! Love the commentary! Great ride!!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Ashleigh! 👍 Appreciate the comment too!!

[@adamm2837]

Awesome riding, I enjoyed the commentary too! Man such gnarly terrain...compounded even more by some septic tank water....ewwww! Funny you guys mentioned Regina chains, I switched to a Regina chain (X-Ring) last year. I had been running Renthal chains and while they have been great as well, it seems like the Regina is even a bit better when it comes to wear resistance and I have had to adjust chain tension far less with the Regina so it has been stretching less as well. Thanks for posting these videos, Ill be sure to watch for new ones as they drop!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Adam! Appreciate the comment. If u watch our YZ125 jetting and 30 pro tip bike set up video, we talk about Regina and how Regina actually makes the chains for Renthal! BUT that doesnt mean they give Renthal the best or same quality that Regina branded chains are. Thanks for watching!

[@rogerkelly4491]

Great job Ryder and i enjoy the footage and coverage with your dad!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Roger!

[@brendagorman9965]

The suspension on the bikes now days must feel fantastic! I'm sure your dad remembers the "good ol day's suspension. Great job! Dale

[@RyderSigety]

Omg That yz factory connection suspension sooooooo good. Thanks for the comment Brendan!

[@traxzracing7410]

Hi to Ryder`s dad. Great riding on what was an extreme course.

[@RyderSigety]

haha, dad here, thank you!

[@andrewgarraux1503]

Great ride. Why does it look like you are hitting the kill switch on the pavement at around 18:35 during de-acceleration?

[@andrewgarraux1503]

nevermind i see it in another comment.

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Andrew!

[@snowdirt62]

How in the world is it possible for you to publish this incredibly detailed & engaging video just 27 hours after u get off the bike ?? Thats some work ethic u got there kiddo ! U gonna go far 🤗. & congrats on a spectacular ride 👍. Ken, #62

[@RyderSigety]

Wow, thank you! you really understand how much work it takes! i worked on this all the way home, and my dad and i worked on it all day today too!

[@scott645]

Nice finish and great vid capturing the gnarly that mountain provides. The talk track during the race is funny. Keep it coming.

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Scott! My dad and i are both sick, hard to keep up the excitement, but we tried

[@michaelelston7147]

Awesome ride! You’re crushin’ it kid!

[@RyderSigety]

Appreciate it!! dad said u were in WV too! Congrats! Looks like i know who's doing snowshoe next year!

[@1337natte]

love the commentary you guys are doing, great work !

[@RyderSigety]

Much appreciated! Thanks Natte!

[@graveyardman67]

That was pretty insane! Nice job!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks! Glad to see you liked it!

[@smickelsen]

This was a great video. The course looked really challenging. Great riding once again.

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks a lot Scott! Couldnt find a good pic so had to use a screen shot :-( for the thumbnail

[@DarkTideOffroad]

any suspension or tire tips for snowshoe?

[@Mike_Sigety]

Not sure if this is the tip u wanted, but i get my suspension done by factory connection and rarely have to touch it.

[@RyderSigety]

yeah, what dad said

[@DarkTideOffroad]

@@Mike_Sigety i am just a c class mud eater

[@RyderSigety]

We were all c riders once ​@@DarkTideOffroad

Ryder you did awesome but are you doing the tor race in New York I'm nine and I am doing it.

[@RyderSigety]

oh yeah!!! what class will u race?

[@Commando_Craig]

Great race! 29:17

[@RyderSigety]

yes it was craig! Thanks!

[@PA-Tammy]

Mike what do you have in Ryder front tire? and Ryder how do you like it? Running a tube in the YZX and if I keep riding the rocks as hard as I am flats are going to be part of my rides...

[@RyderSigety]

We have been using moose balls. The fronts are softer then bibs which would be good for rocks but not ideal for high speed. I think thier is a discount code in description, if not let me know I'll get one from dad

[@CZwies20]

Saw u on racer TV at 12:54 Keep up the videos kid!

[@RyderSigety]

Oh cool! I'm going have to watch that!

[@goggleboy6325]

Vroom vroom 🏎️ was watching u on racer tv you are looking good was it fun did you have more fun on the little bike or big bike?

[@RyderSigety]

Always fun on the big bike, sometimes fun on the little bike.

[@goggleboy6325]

@@RyderSigetycool!

[@Leick42]

I hope to see that race in person someday. Cool elevation changes for a gncc.

[@RyderSigety]

if u like gnarly, thats the race to do!

[@Kessler38]

may i ask ryder when you were going on the road at 18:40 why do you have ur thumb on the killswitch? or is that just muscle memory.

[@RyderSigety]

yes thats part of the course!!! and that is my finger on the kill switch! Trying to keep the motor cool and not blow up! very observant

[@Kessler38]

@@RyderSigety very cool ill need to start doing that i guess.

[@thomasrankin1981]

was just wondering why you are hitting your kill switch on the straight? @18:35

[@RyderSigety]

Keeps the bike cool and oiled instead of chopping the throttle.

[@grantlingley1385]

This was a fantastic video Ryder!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Grant!!! appreciate the comment too

[@danielledempsey9108]

Where am I going 😂 Good job keep it up man

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks!!!!

[@metalwheelz]

So, some history and trivia for you: The reason that the start is the way it is, and the reason for the gnarliness, is because it is a call-out to the famous (infamous) "Blackwater 100" (gotta look that up) races that were held in Davis WV. decades ago. The Blackwater was known as the absolute most difficult and grueling off-road race in North America. The start was set up on Main Street Davis, thus, there was only room for about 4 riders per row. The race was normally three laps about 30 - 35 miles each and normally took the top riders 3 hours to complete. The promoters of GNCC Snowshoe decided that they wanted to bring back the Blackwater tradition and have the most difficult race of the series. They also decided to emulate the old traditional start set-up.

[@RyderSigety]

Great history lesson!!!! thanks!

[@jacob-youtube]

Great video! The footage was excelent, the commentary was great, the explanation of some things, and the talk about y'alls experience was great! One day I hope too upgrade off of this trail bike to a big bike too, could even be a KTM 125xc and race along side you, probaby behind you and four years older 🤣.

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Jacob, super nice feedback! Hope to see you at the races, but not on a KTM 😂

[@CZwies20]

18:30 why are you hitting the kill switch?

[@RyderSigety]

Feed cold fuel into cylinder when I'm tapped in 6th gear

[@PA-Tammy]

Awesome ride Ryder!!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks! Tammy!

[@dwalker26101]

Tell Dad that whole mountain is technically private property and they let the "no pit riding" slide a little bit since where people are staying is so spread out. Also, the mountains make cell service spotty and where Snowshoe is located is actually in a "radio free zone" to eliminate cellular and other electronic interference for the Green Bank Radio Telescope facility that isn't very far away. Worth visiting if you like space and science stuff.

[@RyderSigety]

Good intel! thanks! PS we did a tour of the Green Bank Telescope, HUGE!

[@therealjd1503]

You got a new sub here, well done guys.

[@RyderSigety]

Awesome, thank you!!!!!

[@LMActionsports]

Great riding as always. You should run a Lavalier microphone from your GoPro up to your helmet and commentate during the race. I used to do that on my Yamaha R1 and go ripping around and talk to myself the whole time lol

[@RyderSigety]

interesting! is that wired?

[@LMActionsports]

@@RyderSigety so if ypu are using a GoPro i have a GoPro 8, but they make if for the 9, 10, 11, and 12. Its called the "Media Mod". You take the battery door off and this cage slides around the whole outside of the GoPro and plugs into the USBC port and then you close the door on the other side and it locked on. It has a real good built-in microphone in that cage and you also have the option to plug in a wireless microphone receiver or plug in a lavalier microphone and run the cable up into your helmet. Since I had my GoPro mounted on the front of my chin bar on my helmet I just ran the wire underneath the front of the helmet and coiled up the excess cable up in the padding and then velcro the microphone right next to my mouth inside the chin bar. Now this media mod does make the GoPro not waterproof but it is water resistant and it will handle rain and mud. Just don't submerged it

[@RyderSigety]

@@LMActionsports ill look into that....Think it can handle the mud, rocks, dust and occasional crash into the bars or chin bar on my helmet?

[@RandyJewell-vq4pn]

Awesome job!!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Randy!

[@craighoyt125]

A few things! 1. "these are like your home trails" That is why I dont ride with you at your home trails! 2. The course was FUN, um NO WAY IN HELL! That looked like torture 3. Amazing job kid! You have mad skills! And hahah "thats shit water"

[@RyderSigety]

Haha, your funny!!,

[@wyattschmuker5]

Yes sir Ryder! Great job p.1 is great you have come a long way glad you are doing great one of these days I will have to come out there but first I will have to ask collier if it was worth it😂 he went to that race and raced in the xc2 class he is our local hero down in Arizona

[@RyderSigety]

My dad says Arizona has some of the coolest trails Wyatt! Your so lucky! and thanks!

[@wyattschmuker5]

@@RyderSigety It is sick! Thank you!

[@dByrd43]

After going through the pits, when you were on the road, were you pushing the kill switch?

[@RyderSigety]

Very observant! Now if i knew to keep my mouth shut going thru the poop water!

[@westmetal17]

Great race Ryder

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks! Ps is this Brian?

[@Daltoncain84]

Not much but that roast hurt at rorr you were ripping good job

[@RyderSigety]

Haha, thanks!

[@exozx6r]

You got that RIZ

[@RyderSigety]

i like that don! thanks!

[@elkbow]

Awesome, congrats!!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks!!

[@dalesweigart4631]

Another sick edit! Were you hitting the kill button on the road straights ??

[@RyderSigety]

Dad said its an old delaware enduro save the motor trick? u didnt do that? Hope to see u and Andy this weekend and or bLU cRU~!

[@danielledempsey9108]

You are hallin Keep it up Ryder

[@RyderSigety]

THanks so much Danielle!

[@bbarker5766]

This race pays homage to the infamous "Blackwater 💯". It started in the town of Davis, WV and out through the wilds of the area that includes billions of rocks, endless mud, peat bogs, river crossings, big hills, the highway 93 river crossing (which looked like the ATV crowds in Howard's Hole on both days of racing ), the crazy moon rock section, and they were 25 mile laps and usually took around 4hrs+ to finish.

[@bbarker5766]

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you that it was called 100 miles of mud n blood... That was very very analogy but also completely true!!!

[@RyderSigety]

Sounds Gnarly!!!! Did u race it?

[@eastboundndwn]

Sweet vid!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks!

[@TV_Offroad]

Fun fact, Snowshoe is situated within the East Coast National Radio Quiet Zone. Just on the other side of the mountain in Greenbank are some massive telescopes. Within Greenbank people can’t even have things like microwaves because it interferes with the telescopes!

[@RyderSigety]

Crazy stuff!!! that telescope is like the width of a football field too! Thanks for comment!

[@shuvlhd78]

What was your choice of tire and was it shredded afterwards?

[@RyderSigety]

Kenda Washougal II's and correct that any and every tire was shredded after 3 hours of WFO at Snowshoe!

[@peterstebbins1815]

tell Dad to look up Hatfield McCoy trail systems. Anyone can get an annual helmet sticker (use to be $35) this sticker allowed you to ride any OHV vehicle on the road in WV legally. Most people who live near one of the 10 or so trail heads realized that this is a loop hole. Instead of plating a registering an actual vehicle and getting insurance you could do this... :) gotta love by god west virgina

[@RyderSigety]

sounds good! gotta love West Virgina!

[@PA-Tammy]

@@RyderSigety Always welcome to come ride NEPA land of RORR but yes WV is a really nice place to ride I was just down that way..

[@Fatextropic]

Yup! I live within 10 minutes from the ivy branch trail system and the Hatfield passes lets me ride my banshees wherever I want

[@DirtRaider450]

Nice ride brother

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks ✌️

[@DustyBonezRacing]

What do you drink during the race?

[@RyderSigety]

Hammer Nutrition Heed! Here is a link and discount too hammernutrition.com/MIKE76279

[@ktmjunky]

Great job, Ryder!! Question…after you went through the pro pits and were going down the pavement, it looked like you were hitting your kill switch…is that a pro secret or what were you doing there? 😂

[@RyderSigety]

Keeps the bike cool and oiled instead of chopping the throttle.

[@riders.oregon4474]

That’s an old desert racer trick

[@RyderSigety]

@@riders.oregon4474 someone told me that the unburnt fuel washes the oil off the crank. Have u heard that before?

[@riders.oregon4474]

@@RyderSigety I don’t think that is a worry with 2 stroke oil mixed in your gas. Extreme rich fuel in a 4 stroke is supposed to be bad and wash oil off top end motor parts.

[@RyderSigety]

@@riders.oregon4474 wow, didnt know that but it makes good sense.

[@1elvis10]

Good job

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Elvis! , c u Sunday

[@VinceP341]

"thats shit water" hahahah

[@RyderSigety]

yeah, waht the hell!!! lol...thanks for comment

[@melissaryan7401]

I was parked right at the corner at the top of the road sitting on the ground!😂😂 did u see me?😂

[@RyderSigety]

oh yeah of course!!!! :-) thanks for the comment!

[@VictorioL44]

How old and tall are you because idk what bike I should be on

[@RyderSigety]

5'&7" and 16 yrs Victor

[@PA-Tammy]

Mike tell us your from NJ without telling us your from NJ LOL It's a free-er world out there once you get out of NJ

[@RyderSigety]

Haha, so true, can't even fart in NJ without legal issues

[@riders.oregon4474]

How much did Mike say 3 days in a hotel suite was ??

[@RyderSigety]

last year we rented a 2 bedroom condo on the mountain it was $3300 and it was like unimproved since the 90's!!!

[@riders.oregon4474]

Wow that kinda hurts

[@colton-tm6no]

Can you do a video were you teach us how to ride fast

[@RyderSigety]

wow that's nice thing to say, ill talk with my dad about that!

It does look very hard

[@RyderSigety]

Yeah it was pretty rough, the quads polish is slick!

[@braxtengooden5912]

Bro is that guy

[@RyderSigety]

Haha!! 😁👍

[@riders.oregon4474]

That looks nasty! A real suspension test

[@RyderSigety]

Thats why i love my Yamaha with the SSS suspension! Thanks for the comment!

[@speedtoad6167]

​@@RyderSigety the challenge of having enough hold up to deal with the mud and controllable to deal with the rocks. In Minnesota we really don't have rocks.

[@riders.oregon4474]

@@speedtoad6167 where I lived in Minnesota it was awful sandy. Now that I have lived on the west coast for years I have adapted to steep long hill climbs and rocks.

[@mikedawson7270]

fast

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks Mike!!!!!!

Also can you tell your dad i said hi 😅😅

[@RyderSigety]

WIll let him know, he and i work together a lot

[@NettieRodriguez-r2y]

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[@RyderSigety]

heck yeah!!

[@jevinhuey5315]

tell your dad to quit yapping so much. just wanna hear from the guy riding

[@RyderSigety]

he would love to back off, i feel like i need him...but i do wish he would talk up a bit, but he's sick today (he got my cold). Thanks for the comment Jevin!

[@John-b6s5x]

Saying thank you and excuse me to every person you pass is a little much. Kinda cringe

[@RyderSigety]

Haha, I know, I usually forget to say thank you and now I say it all day long

[@rogerkelly4491]

@@RyderSigety Keep doing you. As you get even faster and they hold you up the politeness will dissipate!

[@LD-wg7gr]

great ride!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks!

[@lyackanicz1436]

Good ride!

[@RyderSigety]

Thanks for nice compliment and comment