A PLOT TWIST (Moab Rocks Days 1+2)

[@sydandmacky]

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[@rpiian]

Macky dude you are the most positive person I've ever heard on a bicycle. How you didn't freak out multiple times with the flat blows my mind. Your mental game is epic.

[@patrickwallen5065]

I love how Macky gives himself pep talks.

[@Paper133]

Don’t we all when racing?!

[@mythcrab6047]

You can be so full of thoughts when performing that vocalizing an intention makes it come to the forefront of your actions.

[@arisarantis]

@@mythcrab6047This is true. In my training, we call it the inner compassionate coach (as opposed to the inner critical coach). The first time I tried it was in an XCM-instead of calling myself a p.o.s. when I slid and went down (my usual approach), I did the pep talk, re-passed the folks that got ahead, and won my AG. It keeps you composed and rational, instead of, for instance, having a temper tantrum (my usual MO), burning energy, and riding stupidly.

[@graffix11us]

Here's a fun game, watch your heart rate while Syd & Macky race. Mine went from the 40's to the 80's and I never moved off the couch!

[@bombasticbissell]

Macky's positivity pep talks remind me of Steve Irwin, crocodile hunter. Bad thing happens - "That's alright. I'll just do (something amazing)..."

[@jpingel77]

I’ve never raced mtb’s before so to hear Syd telling the others to downshift (around the 22:50 mark in the video, right after the being off course conundrum) is really great sportsmanship. She didn’t have to warn any of the others and I think that’s really great that she did. Awesome!

[@cjohnson3836]

Its good sportsmanship but its also a safety matter. If someone hits that and stalls out in a tall gear it can cause a pile up with people coming down into it and someone could get hurt.

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@cjohnson3836 True. It helps everyone to keep the train moving.

[@leftpawedpolarbear]

"I trust your lines" should be some kind of MTB marriage proposal

[@abuk7526]

Through sickness and through your lines

[@benemery9547]

@@abuk7526 through the sickness of your lines

[@Happy_Biker]

"Sick!" 😂

[@C347Moab]

Glad to host you both plus the extended team at our condo, we are thrilled to help with your your adventures! All the best for this season!

[@sydandmacky]

Thanks so much for hosting us, we had a great time and will definitely be back in the future!

[@Se0what]

As a pure roadie watching this is so thrilling! Crazy power and skills

[@keirfarnum6811]

I got bored with too much road. Off road takes all your attention so you can’t think of anything else.

[@singletrackmania1]

I've come to look forward every year for this series of videos. It's one of my favorites! You two are riding like beasts! I said it before and will say it again ... Cape Epic 2024? 2025?

[@keatonverswi]

This reminded me to add some sealant for my race this weekend 👍😂

[@Team81MTB]

Way to hang in there with that flat Macky. It's easy to get down in that situation but you kept an upbeat attitude thru it all. 👍 Great job Syd. You have some very fast company in your group as well. You don't seem like a morning person Syd. You have the zombie thing going on before you get your coffee. 😂 Thank goodness for Java. Best of luck to you both on tomorrow's race. 👍👊

[@David-zh7zn]

Favorite channel right now 😊

[@brianmagee5847]

Great video as always! No me gusta the alarm sound for the off course segment. I could live without that noise in my life.

[@chrisbailey2861]

Such a great video...as always. Syd has to put soooooo much effort into passing.....she is so fast. I honestly got goosebumps when you posted both the Pro Women and Pro Men results....a VERY competitive field.....and GREAT results....even with some major s....tuff that happened to both of you. What great race....a great effort to bring the experience of the race....and thanks for bringing us along.

[@mzheng85]

Fun video as always! So happy you guys did so well!!! I had to fast forward the wrong turn section since the sound was hurting my head, but man was that a fun race to watch.

[@TheRickysee]

I love it! I think Syd’s 200 bpm gibberish is more coherent in Spanish believe it or not - so cute

[@AFugax]

More awesome warm up trail! Ahab rocks!!

[@madyogi6164]

No. 1 bike couple again... ;) 2:46 Lol, is it really that cold?

[@dimitrifayolle896]

27:25 "new text layer"randomly pops :)

[@sydandmacky]

Aw, dang it! Thanks for the heads up.

[@letriciabrowder2942]

Best channel ever

[@garyharmon5386]

Awesome riding guys as always. Great video. Btw, glad Syd found her yellow bottle cap.

[@jonathanschnibben5288]

Syd and Macky, any chance we’re going to see you in the Lifetime Grand Prix in the future? I’d love to see that!!!

[@smoothisfast6644]

Love to see them at Leadville.

[@jonathanschnibben5288]

@@smoothisfast6644 would be so great!

[@rubberside3969]

That day on Klondike bluffs was 🤪🤪 All ok until as Mackey said EKG was crazy. And that start! I’ve only ever started a cyclocross race in temps like that🥶

[@Leo_Inclan]

A small note on that Ahab ride starting at 6:05 ... anyone who's not on Patreon is missing out BIG TIME.

[@thepedalsadvocate7389]

Great ride and video. Huge fan from Calgary, Alberta.

[@Ice242424]

yay syd got her yellow cap back

[@FrankAllen-fx2hw]

this must be just brutal on the suspension components.. frame pivots etc.... such a harsh course!

[@Mclovinthedank]

both you guys get 1st and then both get 9th... Something fishing going on and I like it! Great job guys!

[@mrvwbug4423]

Hoping to see you guys at the Salida Enduro on Sunday

[@justindoubek6270]

Come race the maah daah hey in ND in North Dakota in August 🎉 love the videos tho

[@acmethunder]

“We don’t want to damage our bikes” (proceeds to toss bikes across a river)

[@RedWingsninetyone]

Don't ever be hesitant about riding what you've got on gnarly trails. It's all about determination and maybe picking your lines. My wife did the Whole Enchilada on a hard tail fat bike. There were definitely better bike options, but she did it!

[@marick791]

What amazes me is how you follow these courses on the rocks (like you did in Chile and here) as its hard to see the markers! I would get lost all the time! Great racing as always!

[@Cassienope]

It's slightly easier to see the markers in real life. But only slightly. They rip!

[@dcasandman]

Ve watched this race every time. It looks awesome, but I have no clue how you find your way.

[@kellyperkins4139]

Skills! Ahab on the race bikes is impressive, I need and use all of my 150 travel. Nice work on the race as well!

[@mikemcclellan8979]

Did Ahab on 80mm Hardtail with v brakes in 2012. Looking forward to doing it again on my 120 with hydraulic brakes.

[@ToddNZMTB]

I trust your lines... Yeah no pressure! 😅

[@josiahhorning2813]

Good work

[@RomanMoroniesFargingWall]

Pretty sure I'd just lie down and freeze to death if the metal cables on my bike are snapping apart in the cold. 😂

[@humpy125]

I watched this while working out on my indoor trainer. It nearly made me crash a few times🤣

[@stevencole7331]

I am surprised those tires held up in Chili on those lava fields . I only use exo maxxis casings in my high desert trails . Lighter tires gets me flats . Now did I get flats on every ride ? No but enough to say I had enough . Now I have got some punctures even on exo casings but being thicker they seal up better . Now I use a 2.3 to save on weight so a technical course I think I gain an advantage over race tires .

[@LlenadeMalo]

I’ve stayed in that condo four times. Lol.

[@C347Moab]

Thanks!

[@church21]

Great job both of you! Always fun to watch your races!

[@SonnyDarvish]

So many rocks! who put them there?

[@thefrontrangermtb5308]

Yay! Was waiting for this....not gonna lie... I cheated and looked up the results over the weekend! :D

[@michalvolec1324]

Would you try Aspens instead of Rekon Race?

[@brookegravitt4117]

Awesome!!!

[@harrygrimley4352]

Very impressive. I honestly don't know how you can tell where the trail is half the time.

[@barshohatrozenfeld7359]

I love you tow😊

[@GermanTabor]

Great video! Good call to skip day 1

[@davecrashes4905]

Sydney riding off the course is on the race coordinators. It's not hard to properly mark the trails.

[@emtek1k]

Great job Macky!

[@sapinva]

Don't know what it looks like in real time, but your flat fixing speed seems impressive.

[@bikesandbeans]

Awesome video!!! @3:33 ... do instapot for the sauce... regular pot for the noodles ;)

[@sydandmacky]

The dilemma was a lack of pot large enough for two bags of pasta 😂 but yeah, instant pot was a mistake

[@C347Moab]

@@sydandmacky The pot dilemma is solved but the timing was not did favor your race - apologize for that. We hope is did not cause too much stress, seems like there was enough already during the 3 days.

[@sydandmacky]

Not at all! We had a great time and loved the condo!

[@razmtb5028]

awesomeeee

[@brassmnky33]

Was it too cold for your sealant?

[@1pho3nixmatt]

Great results! Even with a flat, Macky, and even fighting the crowd, Syd. (Also, not at all trash talking y'all) Was it just so bright that the gopros were having trouble with colors? Seemed awfully grey in parts. Just wondering if that's why.

[@sydandmacky]

Could be. It was also a grey kinda day!

[@michaels8607]

good riding...what bikes were those??

[@sydandmacky]

Niner JET 9 RDO

[@meatmotorendurance]

After you plug a tire and make it to the finish, do you trash that tire and put on a new one before further rides?

[@sydandmacky]

Yup

[@meatmotorendurance]

@@sydandmacky Me, too. I am a gravel rider. My friend "rides the plug." I think he's crazy.

[@sydandmacky]

If we aren't racing on it we have sometimes been known to ride with plugs for a...long time. But definitely no racing!

[@LG-hb6kd]

Will Macky switch to the tougher 60 tpi Rekon Race in the future?

[@sydandmacky]

Probably not unless I have more issues. I think it was a fluke and lack of sealant more than anything!

[@beerenmusli8220]

Damn the Weather was chaotic there!

[@senyaw53]

Those rocks!!! Very physically demanding, congratulations to both of you for surviving to race another day. 💪🚵

[@rottieshepcalibre9156]

Now that's true love.... Syd sacrificed the poduim to come 9th with Macky after his unfortunate flats 😜

[@creativemode6594]

What was your tire selection for this race? Thanks for the videos ❤️❤️

[@sydandmacky]

Maxxis Rekon Race 2.4 in the new MaxxSpeed compound.

[@donaldmorrill1636]

I was getting stressed out watching both of you blast the slabs. Picking lines on slabs with tiny paint lines would be a nightmare for me.

[@richardhaselwood9478]

Sweet mother of God that looks cold.... I'm Australian, currently working about as far north as you can be in Australia. It's late April (so, our Autumn), and it's normally about 28C to 34C here during the day (don't ask how hot it gets in summer, you don't want to know). I. Don't. Do. Cold..... I was bitching and moaning last year when riding in winter and it was about 5C to 15C 🥶

[@FTSsjc]

these bikes are tanks

[@HD46409]

Why didn't they call the first stage at the racers' meeting the day before?

[@sydandmacky]

It snowed overnight and they didn't make the call until right before the race

[@HD46409]

​@@sydandmacky Got it. BTW, try the newish silca sealant. It's been working great for me on stuff that would have required a plug in the past.

[@aaronswank]

can we never have that warning noise again. about pooped myself

[@DallinBullock]

New Text Layer!😄

[@mikieson]

Macky you should have been top 3. That dang tire cost ya..

[@frawe]

Did Syd cut her hair?

[@SkiRidesMTB]

New text layer!!

[@jimbailey9915]

Way to hang! Send it!

[@Kingchizzle]

Cape Epic needs to be conquered

[@mustclime5311]

maxxis, one race and toss in the trash....or you get a flat. the casings suck

[@falcoperegrinus82]

Asking ppl if you can pass them in a race??

[@sydandmacky]

Yup, that's standard practice and most people yield politely. Obviously if it was a sprint to the finish line you wouldn't yield (or ask).

[@Nizgoob]

New text layer

[@sydandmacky]

Yeah we tried to re-export but then the whole course preview disappeared, so we decided to leave it. Computer is in a time out 😂

[@michaelwynn7772]

Hmmm licking a tire, first time i've seen that. Tasty ?

[@sydandmacky]

Haha I think he was spitting on it to see if bubbles appeared but it really does look like licking it in the clip 😂😂

[@Hjorten93]

Dont ever put that off course warning SIREN OF HELL in a video again

[@TimothyFuller-v8x]

Moab sucks. Tell your friends.