My first mountain bike ride in Bentonville became a bit of an epic | Back 40 Loop | Bella Vista, AR

I went straight to the Back 40 loop in Bella Vista, AR after heading to Bentonville from Wisconsin (a 11 hour drive). The Back 40 Loop is one of the goto systems during wet weather and it had been raining/snowing the day before. I deviated from the standard loop by taking a wrong turn and then finding some of the inner trails off the loop. The ride pushed by bike and broke my cassette necessitating trail side repairs. It also pushed me as I was not quite ready for a 3-1/2 hour, 25 mile, 2,800ft ride after no mountain biking all winter.
The Back 40 Loop proved to be an excellent cross country ride. The system also welcomes eMTB and that would elevate this ride to the next level!
0:00 Intro
0:48 Back 40 Loop (Blue)
6:19 Boon Diggity (Blue)
6:43 Back 40 Loop (Green)
7:38 Back 40 Loop (Blue)
7:50 Fixing my broken cassette
14:58 Taylor Homestead
17:08 SBAT (Blue)
18:36 Back 40 Loop (Blue)
19:54 Floride (Blue)
23:44 Pinyon Creek (Green)
24:16 Summit School (Black)
25:41 Summit School (Blue)
25:58 Back 40 Loop (Blue)
26:11 Summary
#mtb #emtb #intermediate #xc #crosscountry #bentonvillemtb #back40 #TaylorHomestead #floride #SBAT #Floride #SummitSchool
My Strava: / strava
Trailforks:
Trail 1: www.trailforks.com/trails/the...
Trail 2: www.trailforks.com/trails/tay...
Trail 3: www.trailforks.com/trails/sbat/
Trail 4: www.trailforks.com/trails/flo...
Trail 5: www.trailforks.com/trails/sum...
MTBProject: www.mtbproject.com/trail/7020...
Where I buy my stuff (affiliate link):
www.worldwidecyclery.com?aff=171
My Equipment:
2021 Specialized Turbo Creo SL Expert EVO
Extras I use:
Schwalbe Marathon Winter Plus Studded Tires
Fellow carter move travel mug 16 oz (amzn.to/3tJKttg)
Cygolite Hypershot - 350 (amzn.to/3iMjjLT)
Portland Design Works Danger Zone Tail Light (amzn.to/3DjOUOz)
SKS Speedrocker Black Fender Set (amzn.to/35kOew0)
Bar Mitts Cold Weather Road Bicycle Handlebar Mittens - Large (amzn.to/3Ll2eoQ)
2020 YT Izzo Launch Edition - Changes from stock:
Front Tire: Maxxis Dissector 29x2.4 (amzn.to/3eb3Frn)
Rear Tire: Maxxis Rekon 29x2.4 (amzn.to/3pbVT71)
Fat Bike: 2015 Motobecane Sturgis Bullet upgraded with:
Terrence Cake Eater 26x4.0 Light tires with 45Nrth Concave stubs (amzn.to/3wDNOMo)
1x11 with:
RaceFace Turbine Cinch cranks tinyurl.com/t9wl7yb
absoluteBlack 28T oval cinch chainring (amzn.to/3qHVtFM)
Sunrace 11-46 cassette (amzn.to/3wHGhw3)
SRAM GX shifter and rear mech
KS Lev dropper
plus a few other bits...
Data Capture:
GPS: Garmin 830 (amzn.to/3uAtAk3)
Apple Watch Series 4 (amzn.to/2HgavOW)
Video:
GoPro 9 Black (amzn.to/3mixlHo)
GoPro 9 Lens Mod (amzn.to/3GXwgfZ)
External power solution for Hero 9 (amzn.to/39NmVcL), use with a USB4 cable (I recommend this one amzn.to/2OrPR2l)
GoPro adapters, mounts, accessories that are tested and true.
Ball Joint Mount - use with shorty (amzn.to/3coqUwv)
Adjust Arm Straight Joints Mounts - good for chin mount Hero 7 (amzn.to/3hVc3uu)
GoPro Shorty Mini Extension Pole Tripod (amzn.to/3020JXo)
Overlays generated by Garmin VIRB Edit software
Edited on Final Cut Pro X/Compressor
Apple MacBook Pro, 16 inch, M1Pro 10‑core CPU, 16‑core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD (amzn.to/3xBwypl)
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[@Roaming50]

Ride by the numbers: 25.5 miles, 3:41hr move time, 2,815ft of climbing. The Blowing Springs/Boom Diggity ride is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lV6WnqaHq8aIqrs

[@mtoscano343]

Thank you for this report…very informative and helpful

[@Roaming50]

I'm glad it was helpful.

[@CVHSAlumni]

Thanks for this video!

[@Roaming50]

You’re welcome.

[@glemak]

i ride these trails everyday and you really captured the feeling of what it’s like to ride it / well done 🤙🏼

[@Roaming50]

Thank you. Very nice trail system you have. For an every day ride, this is spectacular.

[@essray]

Greetings fellow cheese head! We went down there last year and found our t cross country tires grossly inadequate. A quick stop at a LBS fixed that up. That place is a wonderland

[@Roaming50]

At the end of the ride I realized I’d installed the front tire backwards. That probably didn’t help! Lol.

[@glitchman3194]

How is the e thirteen helix working out ? Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the ride

[@Roaming50]

E*thirteen replaced my entire cassette under warranty, not just the outer rings. So far this one has held up but I also have not put many miles on it yet. I do still question the durability.