THIS WASN'T THE RIDE WE PLANNED...but it was perfect

In this episode, we head to Angel Fire Bike Park for one last park day...but nature has other plans. The result? An absolutely perfect ride with new friends.
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[@1pho3nixmatt]

I've mentioned it a million times, but the positivity y'all give is so great. It's energizing.

[@Kevin-ex2yb]

Loved seeing you two really get after it as a couple. Syd, you have come a long way, so good to see you on the acoustic bike ;)

[@shawnpagan]

1) Looks great to see Syd almost or maybe fully back to great riding! 2) Love how polite you all (especially Macky) is to everyone on the trail - I really wish every trail user would be so kind and polite. 3) I have that same TLD Plaid Green Shirt... 4) The re-planned rides are some times the best rides we never thought we would take.

[@paradisedot50]

"Better not Bitter"...put a giant smile on my face seeing Syd with that tank top. Thank you!!!

[@kidzgehlhoff3965]

Time stamp 19:25 HTF did you do that. The probability is astronomical! Like, you would need to chuck a rock from your font tire into your rear rim, while turning, exactly as your valve stem was in line with it's flight. Well done. Next level. This is why EVERY time I remove a tube i take the valve stem.

[@pauleddy5146]

Yeah, looked like a blast! Van life is great . . . for you younger folks! At 63, climbing onto the top of a van to sleep is not what I call fun. Doable, but I'd find some way to sleep inside. Big Bertha looked awesome though. Great choice as long as it's diesel. Gasoline would cost big bucks to run. Niner has some great people in their fold. You guys and Kyle and April

[@saddleweary9709]

The young don't what's coming, I train every morning but yesterday I had to climb a 10' ladder about 40 times and this morning I need to stay off of it to let my left knee heal. And this is at 51yrs old. Keep riding friend.

[@TheTacticalathlete]

Love it beautiful trail. Awesome footage Mackey laying down Mach chicken speed at :20-22min mark!

[@cobykluth1878]

Holy Aspen! Fall colors are the best when out for a rip. Thanks

[@mattkavanaugh5623]

It’s great when Plan B turns out better than Plan A… and a bonus episode of Syd Breaks Bikes too! ;).

[@cgonzsb]

Macky with the trail etiquette on point. Love the video and nice to see syd is doing so well. Greetings from chile

[@Leo_Inclan]

13:05 you can tell it's an aspen because of the way it is

[@jonathandefoy6376]

Now is good time to mention that I always get excited when you and Syd are in New Mexico, because no matter the views are spectacular.

[@jimstevens4774]

Years ago doing intervals in Oct. and looked up and stopped died. The view was amazing. Stopped the training and took pictures for next 80km. Now I do a "leaf ride" every year. Best ride after first ride of season. Good to see Syd riding harder. Enjoy the colors. Ont. Ca.

[@erictrelz3519]

Beautiful video of the fall colors. Really enjoyed it and was reminded of why I like to go ride in the woods.

[@nmnate]

Ah, fall colors here are fantastic (if you don't mind not so many reds and oranges). Just yellow and gold everywhere. We rode Winsor when the Aspens were turning and that's a lot of eye candy... :)

[@freerangemtb]

I am so with you, Syd, regarding wind! I hate wind. It is my number one worst enemy when it comes to almost anything. So I feel your pain regarding that element of weather.

[@garyonnen7634]

Looked like a great ride, real beautiful. Thanks. Also the music at the start had me thinking I somehow click on a Matt’s Off-road Recovery video. A good tune spreads around.

[@mikieson]

love the scenery ..beautiful time of year..

[@Crucifiedego]

So glad to see your rides are like mine. Climb, cruise, stop, enjoy, finish. Love it.

[@TomKennedyUSA]

Love all of the autumn colors! Nice ride!

[@donaldlewis1836]

Nice upgrade, bigger is always better!

[@Outsideville]

I lost count how many times I would have crashed on this course at your speed. It's fun to experience routes like this from someone else's vantage point. If you play it at 0.25 speed, it would be close to my speed.

[@davidebearman8297]

Fun ride. Seven years living in/on/around a van= a cool lifestyle.

[@telebob22]

Gotta love the golden carpet under the quakies!

[@marick791]

Loving this video and ride, Hannah and Landon seemed really good people

[@kollinhodges1465]

Ran into Syd at the bottom of SBT that day while Macky was running up to get the van! We had the same idea when the bike park didn’t open. Made it back to the park at 3:50 and ran a few laps before they closed at 5. The Aspens were all time that day! Hoping to make it back out this coming weekend to ride the new Hippo for Halloween!

[@MattGrovesFTW]

That foliage though!

[@mikieson]

Im with ya SYD,I dont like the wind either..did construction for like 15 years and it was brutal trying to shingle,vinyl,or sheet the walls,roofs etc..and then cycling...UGH...cycling it just kills you lol..

[@w5glsgary919]

Incredible ride. Thanks

[@JGooden762]

Those aspens, man! Gorgeous!

[@benc.8103]

Great stuff. Fun to watch and wish I was riding today.

[@greggr1591]

From @6:10 the footage of the foliage and the tune is worthy of a travelogue; tastefully done 👍🏻. Also, is it me or are there many tall people in the Family Franklin? They didn’t even stand on tiptoes to get the new tent up on the van roof.

[@sydandmacky]

Yeah, I (Macky) am the shortest of my male siblings at 6'. The other two are a couple inches taller and my dad used to be 6 or a bit over.

[@jameski5oeb668]

That looked like a fun ride!

[@lukefarrell117]

We’re not going to talk about the ambulance riding van rig at 4:26?! That thing looks sick.

[@lukefarrell117]

Nvm I just got to that part of the vid! Haha

[@kirkcooper4598]

Great video. The wallpaper/background on my phone is a fall pic from SBT in late Sep 2019. :-)

[@knutivarsolhjem5145]

... and that's why I always use a valve cap.... 😁

[@henrikforsberg683]

I don’t understand how that could happen? 🤔

[@bbsniper9052]

Great videos as always. I sorry I not been watching, I've lost all heart in mtb atm , I had my bikes robbed 😢. Slowly getting into watching mtb videos again. Keep up the great work 👍 👏

[@BrianVaughn]

If you carry a spare tube, you might be able to use the tube's valve core. I just had to replace one on today's ride. Thankfully I had a spare value core in my car toolbox.

[@sydandmacky]

I think most of our tubes don't have removable cores, but that's a great tip!

[@SasSaga]

Man! Love it!

[@JamesStoup]

Ahhh I miss this trail. Looks like ya'll had a blast.

[@therookierailer113]

Beautiful ride, we don't get those autumn fall colours here in Australia.

[@jonathandefoy6376]

I was curious, how do tents like these hold up in snowy and cold conditions?

[@sydandmacky]

We generally use our sleeping bags in the tent and are reasonably comfortable down to about 25°F. Snow usually slides right off unless it's super sticky, wet snow, in which case it can stick and sometimes pull the tent closed. That used to happen a lot in our old tent because it opened straight up and the hydraulics were getting tired. The new one is a better shape for that and you can lock the hydraulics open so we're hoping that'll keep it from closing from snow. The worst part of snow though is getting out to pee in the middle of the night and getting out in the morning!

[@andersonsridebikes]

Arkansas won’t be quite as pretty, but Ponca and Nebo will come close this week! Make time for some Arkansas downhill while you are in the area for Outerbike!

[@Ismael-cq9ye]

Very nice video guys, greetings form your fan in argentina!!!

[@jeromep4148]

You two are hard core.

[@ealtamirano327]

Didn't realize Owen Wilson made a guest appearance at 26:20 😂😂

[@d0u6s]

What we live for.

[@curtislee6242]

You looked and sounded like you had an amazing ride.

[@GiArK]

21:55 - Just send it

[@nmnate]

I'm definitely going to do SB next summer. There's a shuttle from town, right? It looks like one of the best rides in the state.

[@sydandmacky]

Yup, couple different shuttle companies that do them.

[@dreadsanddirt5966]

Kiddo and I drove 11 hours up there that weekend to have the lift not open saturday and sunday's weather was horrible. We totally should have done SB again.....

[@sydandmacky]

Dang, sorry to hear it. That's the worst!

[@lunastrat]

Beautiful country, you guys make me want to move there.

[@sydandmacky]

We love it!

[@ADVtheMISSIONARY]

another awesome video, that Ambo makes me jealous, we don't have anything that wide in the way of vans Downunder

[@mikey7278]

Amazing trail! Now where's my passport!

[@peterellis4262]

golden

[@jasonb2934]

Moreno Valley == Wind. Every time I've ridden the Enchanted Circle I get blown off the road between Angel Fire and Eagle Nest.

[@sydandmacky]

True story!

[@MountainPerson]

South Boundary is that beautiful every fall yo

[@gowikuscommunityproduction4605]

Nice video my friend

[@chinlomane]

love the video! keep it up :)

[@dschlag]

What GoPro settings do y’all use?

[@Sjzinn]

Dam nice day guys!

[@cayennepeppa707]

beautiful video, guys. Curious. What kind of wedding rings do you have, please? Aside from the colors (which are really cool), I would guess that they are pretty comfortable, bc all of the riding that you do.

[@sydandmacky]

We have Qalo rings. They're great!

[@cayennepeppa707]

@@sydandmacky Awesome! Thanks!!

[@stokedtoride907]

Syd before coffee and Syd after coffee… little different! (Me too, I get it!). I don’t recall seeing coffee in Macky’s hands… ever?

[@sydandmacky]

Nope. This is Macky without caffeine 🙄

[@curtlarson99]

Hey guys great video as always. Who makes the tent that you all use?

[@curtlarson99]

I got it now auto home

[@mikieson]

1:12 thats what she said :D sorry..had to lol!!!

[@PhilGartman]

Excuse me while I price out used ambulances. 😱

[@bicross87]

has that ambulance being bought out of "Living big in a tiny house" guy ?? :)

[@whip113]

That is the craziest mechanical I've ever seen. The chances of that happening have to be astronomically low.

[@letour32rr]

You should put the old one on the Rock Melon.

[@sydandmacky]

🤣

[@graffix11us]

Now that's how you be more awesome :-)

[@davidmelton6442]

Love your channel, the best on UTUBE!! :-)

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

also need wind if no wind no saling

[@gingermartinez7402]

Curious how much elevation gain and miles your ride was?

[@sydandmacky]

It was about 13 miles with 600ft of clinbing and about 3000ft of descending!

[@gingermartinez7402]

Thanks for sharing! S boundary is on my list for next fall!

[@lauriemrdjan]

First to like and comment!

[@search4truth104]

Have never seen that happen to a valve core how bizarre

[@davidkarmy623]

You only did 2/3's. What didn't you start at the beginning? It's worth it. You missed alot of good stuff!

[@sydandmacky]

Our friends only had DH gear and you can't shuttle to the top of Osha. Plus we were planning on riding lifts, so shuttling sounded good 🤣

[@sapinva]

Don't know about living out of an ambulance. Not exactly happy memories.

[@gordonkohl9083]

It’s one color not colors

[@gordonkohl9083]

I guess I’m a bit biased being in Vermont with the red’s, orange, yellows, browns, and all the other colors of the rainbow 😂

[@sydandmacky]

Come on, there were some greens and oranges in there 😁 But yeah, fall in Vermont is hard to beat (we went to school at Middlebury College).

[@kennethsilvestri4161]

@@sydandmacky Not unlike NY😉✅

[@MilatovichFamily]

I am really surprised why americans ride in bike parks. Don't you have any proper natural mountaintrails and mountaineering paths?