The highest highs and the lowest lows (Singletrack 6 Day 3 - Kimberley)

[@sydandmacky]

Can't wait for day 4's video? Watch it early on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/72661789/ Huge thanks to Mikey Stevenson (instagram.com/mikeystevensonphotos) for the drone and 3rd person shots and John Gibson (instagram.com/gibbymtbphoto) for the still shots. They really helped us add some new perspectives to these videos.

[@andyheilmann1656]

I love watching this race series! I'm sure all the filming and editing is exhausting with the riding I'll speak for all your viewers and say we really appreciate it!

[@buckleberry]

Agree!!

[@wg2060]

This!

[@waynecallister2236]

Way to close that gap Macky! I am thankful Syd wasn't hurt any worse in her crash. The post crash footage could be it's own mini video 'Syd Fixes Bikes in the Real World'. Best of luck moving forward, you two are truly awesome!

[@ericrichter1241]

Only thing is the footage would have to be COMPLETELY dubbed over. Otherwise it would be 3 minutes of a solid bleep.

[@billderas3420]

Love those blue and yellow bottle caps! Thanks!

[@FrugalFitDad]

Our family of 6 is watching this and getting stoked for our last race of the year at Bogus Basin for state championships. Thanks for the great content. Love you guys.

[@sydandmacky]

Good luck! 💪

[@senyaw53]

Carter is a big unit with power to match. Love your vids. Cheers from Australia.

[@tmhudg]

Man, that is some serious chunk. In awe of both of your ability to ride that stuff. Thanks for these vids.

[@steelytail]

Thanks

[@chrisbailey2861]

Oh my...that must have been a bit of a WTF moment when that ebike passed Macky at the 5:19 part. Lol. As always, thanks for bringing us along. :-)

[@sydandmacky]

I definitely wondered who had caught up and how they were moving so fast!

[@nathandecary9913]

I’m mad I missed you guys! This is my home town. Just moved there this summer. Hope you guys had a blast! I know I do every time I get out to ride. Cheers!!

[@icejunki]

Such an enjoyable concentrated 20 minutes of racing. Thank you two for inspiring me yet again. ❤️

[@1pho3nixmatt]

Carter must be an absolute machine! Great race vid, as always.

[@TooMuchBike]

Nino Schurter in disguise!

[@Team81MTB]

Carter is Cyberdyne systems model 101. A terminator. 😂

[@sapinva]

3:29 tt mode

[@2scoops624]

You guys are straight up beasts! If I ride 4k feet of climbing in a day I need like 4 days to recover before I'm back to 100%.

[@wiebrenwolthuis6925]

Thanks for the great content. That stage race looks like a lot of fun, too bad it's a long way from home 😉. Take care!

[@paulw575]

Multitool? Check. Pinecone? Check. Stick? Check. Good to go racing now.

[@frankwinters3732]

Loving this! SYD and MACKY are on FIRE!

[@tylermoser6706]

Love you guys and following along in your videos! Thank You for taking the time to edit and film! It’s quite the undertaking

[@turbrojewk9435]

that was a lot of fun to watch. I haven't seen any of the other days yet, but I'm glad Macky was excited to close the gap a bit and have some fun along the way. that trail was awesome! Good luck, you two!

[@corbiewhite7113]

Absolutely fantastic video of the racing conditions. Good work and great effort you two.

[@marcguerino5645]

Really cool stuff! I don't race or anything just newer rider who stumbled upon your content. Awesome to see you guys in the thick of it!

[@jeremymcbride8729]

That rock shelf reminds me of the Erzberg Rodeo. Crazy stuff. Well done to you both. I have to take another few weeks off my bike following steroid injections into my knee and hips to be followed up by some radio denervation of my lumbar spine. Then, I’ll be good to go. Thanks for the great content and inspiration guys.

[@davidgough5644]

Those rocks!!!!!!!!! 😲😲😲😲ugh! Thanks for the video, best of luck 😎👍🏼

[@brentboll3181]

Brutal trail!

[@allanridesbikes5856]

Ouch. My worst crash ever was also an OTB. Fortunately my face caught my fall? I also asked if I would need stitches, to which they said, "in order for us to stitch, there has to be something to stitch back on..."

[@myroncunningham9042]

Both you guys are so fierce, Loved it again thank you sweet...

[@ThePedro8-25-78]

Loving the series! Thanks guys!👍🏻👍🏻

[@melissa7122]

Way to go guys! This has been a very good series of videos so far! Lots of adversities have been overcome! From the end of the last video... what's your favourite at home burrito recipe?

[@Mr.P.Griffith]

oooo Macky seems to have met his match... Well done you two.

[@chilloutyaall]

Good thing Syd fell in a soft pile of rocks 😅. I was thinking in my head to watch that hot rotor and then you say you burned your leg 😢. Way to be tough and fight through the adversity 👍

[@MoOutdoorsandReviews]

another great video, always cheering for you guys

[@garyharmon5386]

Great riding

[@karlstine2065]

Syd is great.

[@douglaskaye1395]

What a hard race you are both heroes keep going very exciting race!!

[@JimCockerham]

You guys are very consistent! Those rocky sections were crazy. Hope your knee feels better Syd. You guys got this!!

[@Team81MTB]

One heck of an effort you two. Sorry about your crash and twisted bars Syd. You still did great. Way to close up that gap Macky. Just keep charging, you never know what the future holds. Best of luck in the next stage you two. Go get em!! 👍

[@psclassy1123]

I have ridden on the coast in BC where I live for 25 years and know these interior trails are / can be tough as hell. If you don,t come from here the locals naturally go up and go down at another level with no sweat. That why I dont enjoy the pain if I ever ride with my Whistler friends. You should try and ask a bike shop employee in Revelstoke where some GREEN trails are for you and the family when on vacation. Great work must say / you can go back to New Mexico and rip it up.

[@Dustydayzz]

Sorry for the crash...i crashed a year ago. I remember how winded i was, dislocated my middle finger to 90° luckily i snapped it back in place before the adrenaline wore off, dislocated my wrist too which I also snapped back in place. Wasn't nice...still rode 40km back home. When the adrenaline wore off ...boy was it painful .

[@Theallterraindude]

Love your videos! I’m coming off of a torn ligament in my angle but I’m excited to be racing XC and Enduro in 2023. Watching you two race keeps me motivated in the mean time! Right now I’m doing base training early, losing weight and getting some endurance back.

[@sydandmacky]

Keep it up 💪

[@funiguy8779]

Best day yet guys, that course and scenery is just awesomely beautiful ❤️ Well done on the great rides and times...getting better n better. I had to laugh at the e-bike passing Mackey as hes busting a gut to keep the leader in sight ...damn you to hell e-bikes!!😆 Can't wait to see part 4....eh, where is part 4..you guys ok?

[@Teufelnator]

My favorite part is watching Syd and Macky's free fork travel disappear VERY quickly on those descents.

[@rgreen1378]

@syd you never know when a pine cone and stick will come in handy in your flat bag. Lol great racing!

[@milospop8089]

Syd, twisted handlebars can be straightened between two close trees, put your wheel in the gap and heave.

[@GeekonaBike]

Kudos on the new intro, very nice!

[@billa6825]

Nice finishes, cool video.

[@stefanc2242]

The ebike guy blew my mind for a second. I was like "What the....oh..lol"

[@Matthew_Xc_Mtb]

I love your videos the motivate me I race in nica Tennessee and I have so much fun y’all’s videos help me so much

[@branstark123]

watching the old guy with a full back pack ride by Macky on the climb really cracked me up. Dang e-bikes

[@treesnbikes]

“Rubber nosed swamp donkeys”. Love it. How the heck do you have the bandwidth to take in the scenery Mackie? I’m loving your coverage of this race in my (almost) backyard

[@sydandmacky]

Most of the time I don't, but I saw that lake and thought "that looks like a moose lake" so I took an extra glance...

[@Azazel518]

great video guys ...what tyre pressures were you running ?.it looked like very sharp rock sections at 11.30..no punctures ?

[@sydandmacky]

No punctures. Ran our usual pressures but chose 60 tpi casings for this race instead of 120 tpi for the extra protection.

[@greggr1591]

Rubber Nosed Swamp Donkeys might be a great team name 🤔

[@DevinDeVore]

Fun following your adventures. At a later time can you talk about what you guys do for warm up what you're looking for feel wise. Thx

[@HUKIT.]

The rock ledge seemed super sketchy but you both made is look easy.

[@petemc5070]

Probably a stupid question but how many bike parts do you have to replace after a brutal race like that? Cones and ball-bearings in the wheel bearings for instance must be totally done in.

[@sydandmacky]

Actually the only thing we wore out during the race was a set of tires each! Besides that, the bikes were doing just fine!

[@thim8009]

Sud fixes bikes - accessible one up edc tool install in steer tube!

[@andreaecker8706]

Ju ar dä best

[@piotrjaszczurowski7080]

I'm wondering- are You guys not analysing the GPX tracks before the stages? I noticed quite a few times that You are mentioning- I think it's top of a climb or something... Would be more effective to plan it ahead and also combine it with feeding plan during the stage?

[@sydandmacky]

We actually have the GPS tracks and elevation profiles loaded on our Stages Dashes. But unless you are constantly zooming in and out it is still hard to know on a course you've never ridden. Also sometimes things that look flat feel a lot less flat in real life 🤣

[@jamiemiceli7911]

Syd, I went down in the same spot!!! Thats where I thought I broke my hand!!

[@sydandmacky]

Oh geez! Stupid corner! I thought you were right ahead of me on this one but maybe that was someone else

[@jamiemiceli7911]

So stupid lol!!! You caught me at the end of the stage on the pavement close to the end.

[@Zippy765]

would love to know what the music is

[@cypriano8763]

thats some big watts dude.

[@Myke_Juliet]

What’s the warm up consist of on race day for both of y’all ?

[@sydandmacky]

Generally spin for 10 mins then 8 minute build to threshold (2 mins x 4 slowly ramping up our threshold power) then a couple 30 second sprints. Takes about 25 mins.

[@davidtt8372]

"Time check? "Eleven twenty-eight"

[@sydandmacky]

Yeah, I pretty much have up asking the course marshals for gaps after today 😂

[@Intothetroid]

I think you should do a Tonya Harding on Carter 😂

[@tamvlog7879]

Các bạn chạy quá đẳng cấp

[@thepedalsadvocate7389]

Who is Carter? Canadian Champ Carter Woods from BC?

[@thepedalsadvocate7389]

Nope. NM. 😂

[@jevgeniardassov]

Uhhh. I can feel armpump all the way fro behind the screen. Those downs were jottery and fast. 😅

[@PoppoBikes]

Am l correct you put on fresh brake pads for each race? Syd the crash footage made cringe. Hope it is not terribly serious. Excellent video.

[@sydandmacky]

We only replace brake pads if they're worn. For this race they were still doing fine so we didn't.

[@Lughnerson]

Who is this machine Carter?

[@sydandmacky]

This seems to be a bit of a breakout year for him. 5 said after this race, he went on to finish 2nd at BC Bike Race!

[@hardtailhero6289]

haha , eBike with fenders effortless climb. i've been there. :(

[@Paganiproductions84]

Some of sections look almost to rough for a xc mtb

[@thepedalsadvocate7389]

Is there a Geriatric 50 year old Division?