Trek Loaned Me a Bike and Things Took a Bizarre Turn

[@grubbyssmokeshack]

"Who rides this?!" Asks the guy with 19 videos about how single speed ridgids are fine. That trail looks amazing, let's see more awesome stuff like this in your channel please! Great work, keep it up!

[@17even]

Your backflip was just as good as his, my man. Don't self yourself short.

[@Hoshea_Levi]

Just got back from lefthand 30 minutes ago and literally flatted on the exact same trail u did. I flatted right at 7:27 , where you can choose to make a sharp right turn or go straight. (You went straight.) I hit a sharp rock after that flat corner and that was the end of my dad lol. Keep the lefthand footage coming! You gotta check out brown town, it's a sick trail but super steep and loose.

[@Nickel1911]

I’m no gymnast but, your back flip looked just as good, if not better than his, to my untrained eyes. Just my observation

[@crisg1054]

That trail is what I love to ride!! Great stuff man!

[@guitar6547]

That Rail has some SICK Paint...$12.5K though! Well, On Sale for $8K anyway...Goddamn! I'd definitely Rip It for a Loaner though, looks like fun!

[@Boydmv90]

Trek should come out with a Roscoe+ next

[@PuffinPass]

Agree completely, the fact that they used the Marlin for their e-hardtail was very disappointing especially since I am considering an e-bike in the near future but also want to stick with a hardtail. Looking around it seems nobody really makes a HCHT in an e-bike platform though.

[@IMTB2.]

Marlin 8+ is fine

[@PuffinPass]

@@IMTB2. For a beginner

[@Stockfish1511]

That Slash + is one hella mean looking bike wow. Looks like After getting Slash and Rail. Slash+ is next :D

[@simondemuri4961]

A five mile wheelie is rad Matty!! My record is 1.25 miles, back in the 90's on a mongoose, 20" BMX bike with rim brakes!!! Had the layback seat post up high and all.....I used to go through so many rear tires!! Now im lucky to get a 100 yards on my full sus MTB.....LOL. Keep having fun man, great to see!

[@macflapalicious]

2176. Thats how many times I would've died on that trail. 😂😂Nice ridin

[@trentvlak]

I carry Stans Dart. They work.

[@markdoyle6414]

Looks like a decent place to ride, having the gear to fix the bike is important.

[@billgeorge8415]

Looks like a good trail to me!! I'm from Kimberley BC. Similar dirt and terrain by the looks of it.

[@JohnDoe_toetag]

Slippery when dry! Hope to see you up there sometime.

[@jmovision270]

I want to ride those trails so bad. I’m very jealous of the trails you ride.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Yay Matty's riding left hand again. You should get up to Idaho Springs and ride Virginia Canyon soon, the new Drop Shaft trail is probably the best trail on the front range, and surprisingly hardtail friendly, the Roscoe would be a hoot there. There's also a new bike park down in Centennial at Dove Valley Regional park, checked it out Friday when it opened, some very nicely built jumps with great progression and a really good pump track (better than Valmont's pump track).

[@sasquatchmtb]

Those trails look like a lot of fun!

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

As a 3T exploro owner I can assure you I also have tire plugs, you have to be a bit nerdy to own theses bikes. 😂

[@saddleweary2777]

That was some good riding, both of you.

[@_Zane__]

Your buddy was flying down the trail

[@nasserkhaja4655]

Man tire plugs never work for me either. I always carry a spare tube nowadays.

[@lastpme]

Wow…looks like a cool trail. But since I am 54, I would had walked a lot on that trail 😂,

[@stevenkelley3224]

I did not know you also had SEbikes....with all the content you have made lately about rigid bikes you really need to get an OM Duro....MTBMX. Even has routing for an internal dropper post...check it out, I love your channel

[@mattj6676]

Good to see you back out on the trails! The camera doesn't do justice to how steep that is, looked fine to me then I could hear and see the rear sliding out behind you on straight areas, yep that's pretty steep. Loose too! Do you use much front brake? You might need to lean on your front braking more unless you're trying to kick out the rear in turns like your partner was doing. It's not hard to see why folks like e-bikes, that made the ride a whole different kind of enjoyable I'm sure.

[@TyronePredeth]

His backflip maybe was faster but you hsd just as much technique it looked good buddy

[@00blackfrc]

My fast ripper still on the stock tektros but yeah I could use the upgrade myself

[@AlEx-ck4dc]

Can you ride that trail on the roscoe 9 please ?

[@mrvwbug4423]

He's ridden it on the Roscoe in the past

[@СашаПетров.Жизнь]

Как ты классно прыгаешь на велике по камням! Это ты прыгаешь в городе Альбукерке?)

[@СашаПетров.Жизнь]

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[@Adventures4vida]

I love trek, I work at a small trek shop, but I do not like Bontrager tires. You like riding the TQ motor or the Bosch motor better?

[@MattyActive]

I like them both but I feel the Bosch has more power

[@Adventures4vida]

@@MattyActive Bosch CX motor is 85 nm, so defintiel gives more power, where the TQ gives 50nm. But the TQ motor bikes are more than 10 pounds lighter.

[@keith6872]

TREK RAIL 5: the best $5000.00 I've ever spent...no regrets.

[@amtberproducts]

You can actually see how steep that it is!!

[@mrvwbug4423]

Yes, everything at left hand is steep. Deadass is probably one of the least steep trails there haha.

[@dictated6839]

What trail were you guys at?

[@chrisfontaine6221]

who rides this? lol you do lol looks like a chill trail, but yeah could be intense on a hardtail... which is what I think hardtails are great for, if you don't have or want to ride chunky XC/enduro trails then hardtails are great. But tech climbs and descents suspension always wins. Where I live I always tell people if they want to ride trails a good used full suspension is money better spent than a new budget hardtail

[@mrvwbug4423]

Deadass is not a chill trail. it's steep and fast with tons of features, if you know the lines and can ride it at trail speed it flows amazingly well.

[@Zetler]

I carry nothing. Thats me on an eMTB.

[@MattyActive]

🤣

[@thomasjefferson3552]

what kind of kneepads you running? i need some. god bless

[@MattyActive]

Here’s a link to them! kaliprotectives.com/products/mission-2-0-knee-guards

[@thomasjefferson3552]

@@MattyActive thank you sir

[@AlEx-ck4dc]

Can you use a roscoe 9 on that trail ?

[@mrvwbug4423]

He's had his Roscoe out to left hand before and ridden harder trails than Deadass on it.

[@ironray123]

Did he "wheelie" say that?

[@СашаПетров.Жизнь]

Это Невада?

[@MattyActive]

Colorado

[@СашаПетров.Жизнь]

@@MattyActive Спасибо за ответ ,очень красивая у вас там природа

[@СашаПетров.Жизнь]

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[@ludicrousbrickstudio]

B Team? I thought that was just on the East Coast.

[@MattyActive]

He’s from the east coast, he moved here recently

[@ludicrousbrickstudio]

@@MattyActive Thanks! They raced in our former neck of the woods in NY on occasion. We moved too :).

[@EDDYEAGLE]

You barely showed the bike son

[@augmented2nd666]

Wheelie bikes, that trend where kids do wheelies into oncoming traffic and try to swerve at the last second because apparently hitting a skatepark and doing real tricks isnt cool enough for them. I despise Wheelie bikelife culture for that, dont encourage children to play chicken. The wheelie "tricks" look stupid too, and unfortunately videos of that crap, namely shorts, are plaguing social media these days, hopping onto the seat during a manual on a bike setup for manuals looks dumb, grind a rail with those pegs, or 360 a stairset, much cooler than swerving to avoid hitting a car. Get a real BMX Matty, I wanna see you session some skatepark, ledges etc. I realize your only going to do what you want to do, but it would be sweet to see, and would build you some new skills that actually transfer over to mountainbiking, like did you know, before Dirt Jumper bikes existed, proper BMX bikes were Dirt Jumpers, and most Dirt Jump riders also rode Street and Park BMX. As for the Trek Slash+ and Rail, their cool, but I prefer my Acoustic Slash, as I couldnt imagine sacrificing the weight savings for something that climbs for me, the weight of the motor and battery would just be a waste to me, I'd rather just pedal. Glad your having fun though.

[@MattyActive]

I don’t blame you for feeling that way about wheelie bikes, I pretty much stick to myself when it comes to that. It’s relaxing for me to do wheelies, I don’t do all that crazy stuff

[@ManchurianCounterweight]

wheelies/manuals are an essential MTB skill. A basic building block skill.

[@BlacqueJacqueShellacque_]

I did not know e-bikes were allowed at Left Hand. Which is dumb since those trails were all built by moto riders. I'm assuming no one cares (as they shouldn't).

[@mrvwbug4423]

It's in "who knows" status while the management plan is hashed out. Motos will likely be let back in once the management plan is finalized so ebikes will be included. Nobody enforces anything out there and ebike is definitely the way to ride there due to the steep climb and short downhills. The frenzy of trail building in the last 2 years is to grandfather as many dedicated MTB trails in as possible. Most of the OG trails like 842 and Bon Scott were old moto trails, most of the new stuff like Deadass, GZA, Brown Town, etc. have been built within the last 4 years or at least turned from faint tracks into proper trails.

[@mrsith1402]

Riding an ebike is like eating a big Mac with diet coke.

[@jokermtb]

That’s what your mom orders on our date

[@eximusic]

E-bikes are a great tool to allow lame guys to climb hills. But totally unnecessary on downhills.

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

Yeah, man.......🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡