Learnie Red Rock Mtb Trails

[@Ricky_graham]

Nice “salute” to the mannie 😂

[@thebarofclay6100]

Awesome... Taking my girls back to learnie at weekend they were delighted you shown the green trail back to car park as I'd told them you'd likely not... Those off piste parts is my plan at weekend they look fun

[@McTrailRider]

Thought I’d throw the last trail in too sore a bit more of the place off, glad it was off benefit to your girls 👍

[@MTBSeb]

Honestly the most majestic crash I've seen in a while. Rated an easy 9.8/10

[@McTrailRider]

That’s the highest score I’ve had at anything 😜

[@matthewoneill5354]

Looking forward to seeing how you got on the following 2 days...I live on the black isle so good to see my local trails being shown...👍

[@McTrailRider]

I only managed one more day, but got two locations in 👍

[@seanbannon155]

I must put this right up my list this looks like a great place, would be class to get the other half for building her confidence and skill and lovely wee bumps to get her airborne 🤔😁😜👌👍, thanks for the video class 👌

[@McTrailRider]

Great place for progression, I’m sure your other half would love it there.

[@brucemacdonald5532]

One of the best mini trail centres! Not that many trails but what is there is great and so easy to session repeatedly.

[@McTrailRider]

Agreed fully 👍

[@mcyoon77]

Of all the skills I have seen you display over the rides the one that has impressed me most today is falling off without swearing!!

[@McTrailRider]

I do enough swearing when I’m ridding well, so I don’t feel the need swear when I crash 😂

[@daniellissenburgh1584]

As a viewer i like to hear the squeaky breaks because it shows me when and how much you are breaking, i hope that heather tasted nice mate! 🤣 top vid 👊

[@LuluBejot]

Cool Mtb Video! I do video in New Zealand as well but I do ride Bmx. I just subscribed to you

[@McTrailRider]

That does make sense Daniel. The Heather was very tasty 😋

[@adamsanderson8157]

Another class video Andrew. Thank you. Glad you mentioned Mrs McTrailrider too...she's not made an appearance for a while.

[@McTrailRider]

Alix is back at work and not really that keen on being in the videos anymore which I respect fully. Biking was more enjoyable for her in warm sunny Spain and on an Ebike.

[@adamsanderson8157]

@@McTrailRider who wouldn't love that! Glad you got that adventure done before Covid and brexit took over. Happy to hear Alix is well. Keep up the good work

[@bazbroon]

Aye it’s a wee gem of a place Learnie 👌 Such a nice climb, reminds me of Glentress. You’re not missing much across the road!

[@McTrailRider]

The climb is very good indeed, very similar to Glentress.

[@noconcept5735]

Brilliant riding as usual. I only get up to Learnie about once a year when I visit my parents and tend to stick to the same trails you did. Would love to see you go back and do the black a bit further up the road.

[@McTrailRider]

Expect that video over the winter some time 👍

[@matthewoneill5354]

Great video mate. Thanks...👍

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks Matthew

[@haggismtb3789]

I have been there a few times. Its not bad. The shots you heard was probably from range at Fort George.

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks for the info 👍

[@iaindmacpherson3755]

Missed the name of it - trail with the slippy mud - looks ideal. Great vid

[@McTrailRider]

I’m not sure of all the names tbh, but they are all pretty decent 👍

[@DizRidesMtb]

Brilliant dude great ridin dude 👏. Great video looks awesome there. See ya on the nxt 1 👍👊

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks buddy

[@wayneemslie8904]

Not often you slip/crash so that's a good average! The black trails across the back are good fun - a few massive technical stone causeways if I recall rightly. Not done the off-piste stuff but will do so after this.

[@McTrailRider]

I’m consistent on the bike if nothing else. Will need to get back for the other side soon👍

[@streetpigeonmtb]

Loved the bail into the heather! It was lucky there were no trees lining the trail 🙈 I'd always wondered what the trails were like there. Looks like it's worth a visit. Cheers for sharing bud 👍

[@McTrailRider]

Perfect spot for a crash 👌😜

[@jacobleishman8431]

My local. 10 minutes from my house. Class trail with some unreal man made stuff

[@McTrailRider]

Ideal! You’ve got plenty of options up that way👌

[@DAllan-lz3lg]

Great video. I’ve ridden there quite a few times and there’s something for everyone. The black climbs would be been great on an ebike.

[@McTrailRider]

Already looking forward to getting back for the other side 👍

[@camperp195]

Nice flowy trails,and great scenery too,as usual! At least you had a soft landing when you wiped out 😀

[@McTrailRider]

I was certainly grateful for the soft landing 👍

[@slipperyseal762]

It is fun up there. Contin has some cool features too. Then Aigas for a session! Keep it up. Thanks!

[@McTrailRider]

Expect videos from both those places in the near future.

[@jsrides2065]

Nice bit of single track hope you’re off didn’t hurt 😱🚵‍♂️💨💨💨

[@McTrailRider]

Thankfully it was a completely painless fall 👍

[@povteer]

so much flow and sends! super awesome! 🔥🤙

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks buddy

[@cb6866]

Thanks Andrew...you never go down man...Peace

[@McTrailRider]

Thankfully it’s a rare occurrence, and I hope it stays that way 🤞

[@cb6866]

@@McTrailRider I was not listening closely..are you not doing ok with this channel Andrew ? I am a freeloader.I apologize

[@McTrailRider]

@@cb6866 it’s all good mate, just not achieving what I anticipated at the start, but ain’t that the case with most things in life.

[@cb6866]

@@McTrailRider Very true. I’ve been very fortunate in mine. Good things happen to good people.Karma happens mate. !

[@A_AAA232]

nice video Andrew, looked like a proper day out on the mtb with mud, slop and a spill...nice soft landing though! :) trails looked like good fun, big skills on riding as usual! shame about the SD card being wiped but turbo mode to the rescue! uphill flow?...damn i need a emtb!! cheers

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks dude, ebike to the rescue 👍

[@taffycymroukmtb9073]

👌 great Stuff buddy 😉 enjoyed the video buddy 😉🚴🏿‍♂️👌👌

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks Taffy 👍

[@partylaps2854]

Great video mate! Keep up the good content, love it!

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks dude

[@easty-stage-4-fighter.]

thanks pal, good work.. any chance of a kit review as i see you wear various set ups in the videos.

[@McTrailRider]

Hoping to do some kind of kit review before Christmas.

[@lukas181118]

As always class vid boss, and I agree with you - ebike are wonderful machines 😂 .

[@McTrailRider]

They’re the best…….. second best 😜

[@AdrianWhite]

Man. I think your vids are great. The knowledge you have of riding is Scotland is extensive and holds a lot of value. I reckon you could write or co-author an excellent guide to riding and rides in Scotland. Maybe with Guy Kesteven.

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks very much Adrian, glad you are enjoying the videos and information. I do know a little bit about Scotland, but Guy certainly knows an awful lot about bikes.

[@StoneAgeProductionsAdventure]

@McTrail Rider - Sometimes my GoPro Max pops up with the "Error/must format SD message" instead of formatting try removing the battery and put it back in again, then switch on the GroPro. From my experience it seems to get around this issue, letting you to record again without formatting and loosing any footage that's already saved on the SD Card. Hope this helps if it happens to you again. Love the videos, keep on shredding!

[@McTrailRider]

I’ve had that same issue on numerous occasions over the year and got around it like yourself. This one is different, once it does the long beep, the footage is gone pretty much instantly😤

[@StoneAgeProductionsAdventure]

@@McTrailRider Oh dam! That is frustrating..

[@marksym]

Great video as ever dude! What GoPro setting were you using on the chin mount?🤌🏼

[@mtbville]

Awesome video 🤘🔥

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks buddy

[@connorlindsay5528]

That place looks wikid. Well held in that slop fest 😂 that's a shame about the full time gig on here not working out. I think this channel has the best pov mtb footage on KZbin, at least for Scottish folk anyway 👍

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks Connor. Things haven’t work out the way I had hoped, but they are still working and I’m still enjoying it👍

[@mrruaridhblack]

Ment to get up there when I was working up north a couple of months ago but never managed it. Want to do here and a place called eathie woods just above it which looks amazing

[@McTrailRider]

I’ll need to look into Eathie woods 🤔

[@mrruaridhblack]

It's not marked on anything but seen one video up there and some of the edits with Greg Williamson and them boys up there and looks sick

[@PeachyOmnivore]

I am very curious what your post ride routine is. Where you clean your bike. What kind of tune ups you do. Just generally your regular go about it after a messy bike like that.

[@McTrailRider]

I’ve got aWorx Hydroshot for cleaning the bike and I put the bike in the car or Seasucker it outside. I make sure to silicone spray all moving parts to drive out the water which is the main preventative thing I do for the bike.

[@patriciohenry3352]

NICE TRAILS DUDE

[@McTrailRider]

They’re no bad 👍

[@jaykellett7693]

Great Vid! I have the exact same issue with the wondering bite point on the brakes, shimano slx or xt per chance? New pads completely fixes the issue too. I came to the realisation that its trapped air in the caliper which gets pushed to the reservoir when new pads are added in, fixing the issue. A full bleed and a few syringes of brake fluid does get rid of the issue for a good few months until air eventually works its way back in through the piston seals. might be worth a shot!

[@McTrailRider]

I have the same experience as you with my XT’s on the Highlander, which I can live with. These ones are the cheapest Shimano 4 pots you can get, and they run well for a very short time, as in two or three rides tops😔

[@vanmore5124]

McTrail Rider, love your videos. I'm thinking about getting an eMTB or a MTB. One option is a Scott hardtail MTB weighing about 9.5kg but will I be able to ride the rough trails in places like Torridon on it or would it be just too hard a ride? eMTB's are just so heavy I'm worried about lifing them over things or carrying them up steep bits of hill etc.

[@leonardhaworth5632]

I think it depends what you want to do, ebikes have a sweet spot where they balance out but if you mainly ride uplift/flat stuff or very steep climbs and decents it's not worth it, also in terms of a hardtail for the stuff in torridon it's doable but a full sus is more comfy and cheaper in the long run as bumps like that destroy bottom brackets on hardtails

[@vanmore5124]

@@leonardhaworth5632 Thanks Leonard. I wrongly thought a hardtail would give me fewer damage problems so that's great to know. I'm in Torridon quite often but have only cycled the roads.

[@leonardhaworth5632]

@@vanmore5124 yeah I thought it to honestly, did some dh in Wales and it was a nightmare lol

[@McTrailRider]

Hard to say really, that’s very much either end of the scale (quite literally) of the bike world. I’d definitely recommend demoing an ebike first to see if you get on with it. Generally the bigger and stronger you are, the less of a difference you will feel riding an ebike.

[@matthewgottlieb9438]

Graceful fall

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks 😜

[@TheGdub923]

I am night riding there in a couple of days, going to be fun with the lights on

[@McTrailRider]

Nice, sounds like a plan 👍

[@TheGdub923]

@@McTrailRider got there tonight. Was good. Quite slippy in places but still a laugh.

[@ninolenherr6516]

Nice one sir!

[@McTrailRider]

Thanks buddy

[@finlaymceachan6460]

There’s even more trails if you keep your eyes peeled further down the blue👍

[@McTrailRider]

I actually noticed more whilst editing.

[@stuart3298]

That nukeproof jacket your wearing is it any good and worth the money, am looking at it but not sure about buying it

[@McTrailRider]

It’s good as a backup/pack jacket, but I don’t think is good enough to head out into proper rain with.

[@stuart3298]

@@McTrailRider nae worries, cheers for replying

[@GaryEllisPhotographyBalloch]

Love the vid, you should give gorilla brakes a try their enduro pads are amazing

[@McTrailRider]

My problems are more with the brakes themselves rather than the pads, although I’ll look up the gorilla’s.

[@iloveloam276]

They need to put double slots in GoPros ASAP for redundancy. It should be vital for people who use them professionally.

[@McTrailRider]

Unfortunately that will never happen. The percentage of people the use GoPro’s professionally will bit tiny and the cost and space required to put a double slot into a GoPro just wouldn’t make sense. They should however double down on making the GoPro more reliable.

[@iloveloam276]

@@McTrailRider I think there would be a high demand for a 'pro' version which would maybe include duel card slots. Gopros are relatively cheap and it's no wonder they are very unreliable, a more professional model would probably cost maybe £1500 but if it works every time, it must be worth the money. I'm a professional photographer and my Nikon bodies cost 5k plus, but they work every time for years and years. No surprise a £350 camera fucks ups.

[@McTrailRider]

@@iloveloam276 as much as I’d love a pro version myself, I just don’t see them doing it. I just don’t think that they would sell that many. I wouldn’t personally pay £1500 for a GoPro even as a “professional”. I would maybe consider it if it was significantly better in low light, but there are several compromises that would come with the bigger sensor required to do so. It’s not unreasonable to expect it to be reliable at £350, Dji and Sony have made more reliable cameras at a similar or cheaper price. The issue that I’m having is the same as it’s always been, don’t be an early adopter of any electrical product, there are always issues initially, even with the likes of Apple etc.

[@georgemacdonald6805]

Was up there last Fri / Sat. Think the gunshot was farmers controlling the geese.

[@McTrailRider]

I should have mentioned that the gun shots were from machine guns, or whatever you would call a rapid fire gun. I think it was RAF Lossiemouth.

[@georgemacdonald6805]

@@McTrailRider You’ve not met the farmers up there then 🤣🤣

[@McTrailRider]

@@georgemacdonald6805 😂😂

[@SF-wr4zn]

Fort George…the 3 SCOTS are based there.

[@szb0_tms42]

Just in time when I just sit down :D

[@McTrailRider]

Perfect 👍

[@cleggycyclist]

What is an Orange trail? Something between Blue and Red?

[@McTrailRider]

Downhill and/or jump trail as far as I’m aware.

[@tonystrails6108]

Great vid mate! Aye, its a nice wee place to go to. i was up there a few months ago and and went over to the other side of the hill, bit of a slog going round it, but a couple of good trials in it, took the gopro so you can check it out on my channel ! a fully trimmed bush was a great trail and the blue was really good.

[@McTrailRider]

Will check it out mate 👍 I could always take the ebike next time as well to take the slog out of it 👍

[@DanH43]

Across the Moray Firth where you heard gunshots from is Fort George. Large military range there used by a lot of bases around that area. Nice vid pal, lived not far from there for years and didn’t know it existed!

[@McTrailRider]

You’ve learned about this place and I’ve learned about Fort George👍

[@anthonysadler9452]

That old saying Go Turbo or go home 😁

[@McTrailRider]

Makes the sense 👍

[@m__r1100]

Last time I was up there we had gunshots.... Wild locals perhaps. 😆

[@McTrailRider]

Rough neighbourhood😜

[@SF-wr4zn]

The Black Trails on the other side of the road are way better.

[@McTrailRider]

I’ll need to get back then 👍

[@Swayndo]

I would agree with this. The Black is the only reason I go to Learnie, but don't try it on a wet day. Rocks can be lethal.