Riding Kanuga Bike Park Part 1 - The Blue Trails

[@archenemy2242]

Glad this video exists. I'm planning a trip may 2023 to Asheville for a week of riding coming from Florida. This will be on our list for sure

[@kellyriffle4750]

Dang! Wish I knew you were at Kanuga! I’m local and ride there 3 times a week.... Your Giant Trance 29 review helped me purchase my Trance.

[@CShort149]

gonna have to put Kanuga on my trip list, looks fun

[@AaronSchroder]

Really nice looking trails and great footage of them. Looking forward to seeing the black ones and the crash. Not that I will enjoy seeing you crash but it is a rear treat. 😉 I hope the elbow is continuing to heal up. Thanks for the video Clint.

[@ashevillescarborough]

Kanuga rules! Make sure you ride Hemlock Epoch next time you are there- best trail in the park IMO. But nothing there is a bad choice, all great. Great footage as always.

[@jinavl]

Roto ruckus is my favorite but tortuga is a lot of fun..it doesn't get old

[@tntrailrider7379]

I've gotta get there this year.

[@robtodd4726]

This is great! We just don’t have this on Long Island and it can be a bit depressing!

[@robertthompson8309]

Hey Clint super fun I love to ride with my son We ride with are pads as well The one day he didn't yep messed Up his elbow. So I got a Question for you I might be able to get a 2019 trance Advanced 2 for a really good deal how tuff is it?

[@billrose2339]

Great video!! What, if any, upgrades have you made to your Trance?

[@ClintGibbs]

The Trance left the fleet a few years ago. I'm riding my Transition Sentinel in this video.

[@Spencer_Bikes]

I'll be out there in a month and would love some good people to ride with!

[@jinavl]

Just learned to jump at kunuga..I'm a reformed local..lol..lmk when you in town..I know all the trails

[@Spencer_Bikes]

@@jinavl Right on! What's your Instagram?

[@triokie]

Nice image stabilization from the Camera giving a smooth ride down the mountain. What model of GoPro are you using?

[@ClintGibbs]

Hero 9 - not having the huge gimbal on my chest is SO MUCH BETTER.

[@walterkasper467]

The blue trails look pretty steep. Would they be suitable for a novice on a mid travel trail bike. Thanks for the great videos

[@duncanidaho84]

There is a very good and pretty long green trail (Evergreen) you could start on. The blue's are fairly challenging but doable. At the end of Rhodo Ruckus you can transition over to the green jump line First in Flight.

[@kareemancher]

love the videos Clint! any plans on getting the new spire?

[@ClintGibbs]

Not sure yet. It's really more bike than I would need. The Sentinel can pretty much do everything I need it to on all the trails that I ride.

[@kareemancher]

@@ClintGibbs that's whats tearing me up at the moment I got a v1 sentinel after watching you ride it and it is pretty sorted it would be nice to have a new longer travel bike though.

[@MidWestMTB]

Do you know what the clanky sound coming from your bike is? My sentinels been doing that too and I'm not sure if it warrants concern.

[@ClintGibbs]

My Sentinel is running smooth and quiet. You're probably hearing some other kind of noise, maybe something hitting the GoPro camera? Not sure.

[@norcal-ce7yk]

Pick up your bike about 1-2' off the ground in a quiet space like a garage, drop it on both wheels (obviously still maintaining control and not letting it fall over) then listen for any odd sounds. That's one of the best ways I know for pin pointing exactly where the noise is coming from.

[@MidWestMTB]

@@ClintGibbs Hmm okay. Just as an example, the sound I'm talking about happens at 2:23 right as you land off that little drop.

[@MidWestMTB]

@@norcal-ce7yk Done the drop test, no noise. Only happens intermittently when I'm riding, coming from the middle or rear of the bike. Everything's been torqued to spec, bearings/housing are fine, nothing loose, nothing overly tight. The bike is nearly brand new with maybe 30 miles of riding on it.

[@norcal-ce7yk]

@@MidWestMTB if you have internal cables that arnt routed through tubes, just through the frame, that could def make a rattling noise if the bikes really getting skaken around.

[@RustyMTB]

What does the sticker on the Sentinal say?

[@ClintGibbs]

Something about registering your bike. My son and I leave the stickers on just for the humor of it.

[@RustyMTB]

Lol

[@killblook2517]

how good are the oneup carbon bars? its worth it over alloy?

[@ClintGibbs]

In my opinion, yes. Carbon has the unique property of making it flexible where it needs to be and stuff where it needs to be. One up seems to have done a good job with maximizing the carbon.

[@killblook2517]

@@ClintGibbs thanks Clint 👍🏼

[@Bohvey]

What bikes are you guys on?

[@ClintGibbs]

Transition Sentinel for me and transition patrol for Dawson

[@roberte1890]

FIRST!!!!

[@ClintGibbs]

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