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Saturday, August 25, 2018
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Jack Ripping @ Killington Paul and Jack rip some laps and Jack hits the middle Stinky drop for the first time! Thanks for checking out our videos. Please support the channel with comments, likes, and we need subscribers!! www.mtbbeta.com https://ift.tt/2yFVuQm @facebook MTB Beta https://ift.tt/2xUn4VX
Friday, August 17, 2018
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Fox DH US Open @ Killington Bike Park Awesome racing on a treacherous track at Killington Bike Park in Vermont. From Amateurs to Pro's to Adaptive MTBers it was an incredible weekend. Thanks for checking out our videos. Please support the channel with comments, likes, and we need subscribers!! www.mtbbeta.com https://ift.tt/2yFVuQm @facebook MTB Beta https://ift.tt/2xUn4VX
Friday, August 10, 2018
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Recovery Update
Jennifer is healing fast and has great range of motion. She has started PT and will progress quickly. I am waiting to see the DR. on Friday to find out my next steps. I am really really hoping for good news. It is really a struggle at times to do anything and I have yet to make any progress. I do feel pretty motivated but the boredom is soul sucking. Paul has taken over some of the filming for videos and Jacks video came out great. I am really looking forward to riding with him and watching him progress. It will probably be late fall before I am back on the Bike.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Chain Slap Silencer Chain Slap driving you crazy? Here is a cheap and easy fix. Link: https://ift.tt/2NyC97K Thanks for checking out our videos. Please support the channel with comments, likes, and we need subscribers!! www.mtbbeta.com https://ift.tt/2yFVuQm @facebook MTB Beta https://ift.tt/2xUn4VX
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The Lyrical Stylings and Capra Shredding of the Paul Cam Almost as much fun as riding with him is getting to listen to all the funny things Paul says during ride. Thanks for checking out our videos. Please support the channel with comments, likes, and we need subscribers!! www.mtbbeta.com https://ift.tt/2yFVuQm @facebook MTB Beta https://ift.tt/2xUn4VX
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Monday, July 2, 2018
Sam Hill 510 Shoes
Picked up a pair of the Sam Hill shoes because I was having a ton of foot pain. I started looking for a stiffer shoe and the Sam Hill's fit the bill. Normally I ride the FiveTen's Freerides and love them but my feet have been taking a pounding riding DH every weekend. After the 3 day and 86 mile Bike n Brew I was wrecked from top to bottom. After a week of recovery my feet were stilled killing me.
So after one ride at Killington I can say no increase (not none) foot pain. The shoes are wide which makes pedal placement difficult, which should not be a thing a few more rides in. The stiffness kills sensitivity which is pretty important to me but not at the cost of crazy sore feet all the time.
I love the protection of the toe box, feels like steel toes boots. I will be saving these for days at the DH Park as they are heavy and really designed as a gravity shoe.
Ill UPDATE in the future after I get some more rides in.
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Friday, June 22, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Monday, June 18, 2018
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Rylo
Update below.
I have added the Rylo to my arsenal of cameras. Really hoping it will be a valuable tool and provide my channel with something unique. I have only played with it very briefly and I think it will take some time to get it dialed in and learn how best to use it.
So far it seems like there are lots of small drawbacks, short record times, no external battery charger, the need for High Capacity and High Speed ($) SD cards. Time will tell.
Update:
So I have the Rylo for a couple weeks. I have purchased the Adventure case and 2 128 GB SD cards and 2 more batteries (4 total now). With the 128 SD I get 233 minutes of record time which is really enough for a day of riding. The battery situation is not great but not terrible either. 2 Batteries lasted most of a day at Killington and some download time on the ride home. Two more and I should be good. Charging is still an issue as I will have to swap them all in and out. :(
We did some follow cam and it is awesome!! Really really good at getting the rider behind. I did some more hip shots but it was not placed well so ended with a bunch of footage of my elbow. I am going to work on getting it mounted on my upper thigh and hopes that will work better.
Editing is a Pain and Awesome. So the process is you really have to do an edit on the phone. So you watch the video, do some edits, save the video to the phone, air drop it the mac, add to video folder, import to mac editor. Took me days to get through the footage from a day at the park. The phone editor is really good though, just a time consuming process.
I have added the Rylo to my arsenal of cameras. Really hoping it will be a valuable tool and provide my channel with something unique. I have only played with it very briefly and I think it will take some time to get it dialed in and learn how best to use it.
So far it seems like there are lots of small drawbacks, short record times, no external battery charger, the need for High Capacity and High Speed ($) SD cards. Time will tell.
So I have the Rylo for a couple weeks. I have purchased the Adventure case and 2 128 GB SD cards and 2 more batteries (4 total now). With the 128 SD I get 233 minutes of record time which is really enough for a day of riding. The battery situation is not great but not terrible either. 2 Batteries lasted most of a day at Killington and some download time on the ride home. Two more and I should be good. Charging is still an issue as I will have to swap them all in and out. :(
We did some follow cam and it is awesome!! Really really good at getting the rider behind. I did some more hip shots but it was not placed well so ended with a bunch of footage of my elbow. I am going to work on getting it mounted on my upper thigh and hopes that will work better.
Editing is a Pain and Awesome. So the process is you really have to do an edit on the phone. So you watch the video, do some edits, save the video to the phone, air drop it the mac, add to video folder, import to mac editor. Took me days to get through the footage from a day at the park. The phone editor is really good though, just a time consuming process.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Early Season Riding
Been having a blast ripping the DH parks so far this season. With 6 days already spent DHing my progress has been awesome. Picked up where I left off last year and have made some significant improvements in my jumping skill. I have been putting in a few "shorter" days at Killington just due to life being busy. Its been an awesome start and as long as I can avoid injury it will be a sick season.
The YT Tues has been a big game changer and probably the most beneficial aspect to riding a Big Bike is that its a lot more forgiving to my body. Its also super fun due to the higher speeds achievable. It ups the ante for the crash factor but its been a fair trade off. The bike is mostly dialed in but I need to continue to tweak settings to hopefully get it perfect.
I have a Rylo cam on order that should be here mid week. I'm hoping it adds an element to my videos that will help elevate them to the next level. The footage I have seen looks great but I am not seeing that many MTB folks using them in new or creative ways and the reviews as a MTB POV has not been that positive. Fingers Crossed on the Rylo.
I am hoping that when Jennifer heals up we can get some time at Kingdom and I would love to get back to Vietnam and Beebe Hill. I am also really hoping she's cool with the new bike that I bought. I blame 90% of her injury on the bike she was riding. So with a new ride that is capable of the trails we ride I am really hoping she can mentally get past the injury and continue on the path she started this season on. She had been making major skills and confidence improvements.
The YT Tues has been a big game changer and probably the most beneficial aspect to riding a Big Bike is that its a lot more forgiving to my body. Its also super fun due to the higher speeds achievable. It ups the ante for the crash factor but its been a fair trade off. The bike is mostly dialed in but I need to continue to tweak settings to hopefully get it perfect.
I have a Rylo cam on order that should be here mid week. I'm hoping it adds an element to my videos that will help elevate them to the next level. The footage I have seen looks great but I am not seeing that many MTB folks using them in new or creative ways and the reviews as a MTB POV has not been that positive. Fingers Crossed on the Rylo.
I am hoping that when Jennifer heals up we can get some time at Kingdom and I would love to get back to Vietnam and Beebe Hill. I am also really hoping she's cool with the new bike that I bought. I blame 90% of her injury on the bike she was riding. So with a new ride that is capable of the trails we ride I am really hoping she can mentally get past the injury and continue on the path she started this season on. She had been making major skills and confidence improvements.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
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