Definitely a greatest hits of Sounds Yuka Makes.

“Easy Double Black” 😂

Well done Yuka for being so brave all the time! Congrats for the new bike too.! keep coming! ride safe!

Love your bravery and honesty! Inspirational 👏🏻

Congrats on the new bike Yuka!

The new bike is so sick!

Your babe's name should be Yuka. She has a strong personality and is a wild beast. And as hard as she may be to convince, she is fearless.

Love the Commencal! It's such a sick bike! Love to see a future video of your thoughts on the commencal compared to your previous bikes! Keep on posting sweet videos!!

You're AWESOME Yuka!! 👍

You have such a rad attitude. Ive ridden BMX most my life and MTB the past several years. But i feel like you could coach me through a trail I'm a little more qualified to hit lmao. Your attitude is amazing and you rip. Its such a unique view on MTB.

congrats YUKA new bike

Awesome commencal bike :)

Great skills very enjoyable video thank you

I understand that you work up to these things, but jeebez, how the bleep do you ever dare to do some of these things, and not only that, on an unfamiliar bike, hats of, you are impressive and incredibly brave 🙌 Thank you for a great video 😃

You are Amazing !!! Love your videos

You are absolutely fearless. I have a hard time jumping off the sidewalk myself.

Awesome video!!! Nice whip action! I've got to learn how to do that.

Bike looks great, youll get it under control, your smashing some impressively large features! I'll have to get to whistler one day...

Commencal is ALWAYS an UPGRADE 🚀🚀🚀

@tatumthetater-tot9556

4 ай бұрын

Commencal is amazing. My favorite brand.

@NikolaiVozza

4 ай бұрын

Its not really an upgrade, Commencals are just very good value for the money. They have their downsides. For one, it has a yoke driven shock, which doesn't play well with coil shocks, especially Fox ones with thinner shafts. And as far as weight goes, you can get a Starling Megamurmur which is steel (way better impact resistance, better ride quality for the average person), single pivot (super easy to maintain, literally 2 frame bearings), which weighs in about the same or even lower depending on components.

@tatumthetater-tot9556

4 ай бұрын

@@NikolaiVozza Yeah, I don't think the coil is going to work super well on that bike. There is a reason Commencal only stocks coils on the Clash, FRS, and DH v5. The thing with the single pivots is that there really aren't the same kinematics that the more complex designs do. I also think weight isn't really an issue. Also, I would argue Commencal has a better ride quality in general. Sure, the Starlings are steel and they have great damping qualities, Commencal's suspension designs are great. But over a Santa Cruz, they aren't really an upgrade. I would say they are pretty similar. I do think the alloy Commencal is great for Yuka though. You can really beat on an alloy frame.

@TheMeta6

4 ай бұрын

I don't know what you guys are talking about in regards to the coil shock. This bike is speced with a few different coil. I've been riding the 2019 non sx version with a fox dhx2 with no issues.

@SUPERCOOLZZ

4 ай бұрын

I have the first of the new gen Meta AM (2021 I think). It's an abysmal climber due to the wheelbase and suspension platform. I know the suspension is linear, but I'm going to go against conventional opinion and say it plays fine with a coil. The stock DPX2 was junk and have replaced it with a Jade (not X) and it's works nicely without bottoming out. Gives me 166mm travel out back with a 180mm Mezzer Pro LE up front. Haven't ridden it much since getting an EMTB, but keeping it around for shuttle days. Find the geo works best with a faster rolling rear tyre.

omg! watched the Kilimanjaro video last night and was so inspired by you guys! Thanks Yuka

As long as you get our there and have fun it's always good

Love your New bike! I really like Commencal, have it for over 3 years, and I love it! Regards from Barcelona, Spain

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Spain has quite rocky rough terrains! Awesome to have extra travels👍

4 inch growth in wheelbase sounds absolutely crazy. I'm 6 feet tall and just downsized to a medium for my next hardtail. WAYY easier to lift the front wheel. Good luck taming the beast!

Am I the only one that noticed Eric is on a new bike

Great video! Learning a new bike is sometimes tough, at least it isna wild boar ride!

Commencals are awesome

Well done sick bike

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Thanks ❤️

Watched your Africa ride and it looked crazy. Glad you made it through ok. Those were some rough trails.

Love this video, im so glad to see people moving away from over engineered tat bikes. That commencal hauls just the way i like a bike to, hard and jibby.

And so the wild boar was a little tamed this day. No matter, it is awakening from the winter's hibernation slumber. The wild boar will shake off the dust, arise, & tame this new metal beast once again. Yu-kan do it!

respect 💪

Nice bike

You seem to be doing great with the bike from what I can see at the end of the video 💪

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

I needed some time to adjust👍 what we do on our bike is almost instinct so my body didn’t like the change first 😂

I wonder if the frame was just a bit too large, making it harder to control? Which includes pumping the take off for jumps too.

Love your videos! I also love Commencal as a brand. Their bikes are sick! Also, Eric has Trickstuff Maxima brakes... very fancy...

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Every bike has a different capacitor, and commercials definitely have one, and I’m getting to love it.

@tatumthetater-tot9556

4 ай бұрын

@@VanGirlYuka How are you liking the aluminium frame? I feel like it would be great for your "wild boar" riding style. An no more rocks in the Santa Cruz frame!🤣

What a way to test the brakes😅At least your new bike did not let you down at in & out!

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Yup 👍 she did great ✨

Sick bike, you did extremely well! Miss Fire is quite the trail isn't it?!! Rode it a few years ago and it was amazing.

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

It was my first time riding it. It’s quite gnarly🤣

@RickyDownhillRDH

4 ай бұрын

It was my first time as well (I've only done it once since I live in Colorado) and it was indeed gnarly!! I want to ride it again this summer when we go back up to Whistler! Enjoy your new bike!!@@VanGirlYuka

Are those trails wide or is it just an optical illusion? That place looks incredible.

I 100% love what commercial does. Great alloy bikes, choose your spec, well priced. I'm pretty sure that modern geo ain't changing much and you can't only get so long on an enduro until its only fireroad pedal worthy. As Fox/Ohlins/Rockshox have introduced more features, and boutique tunes, 4bar and single pivot are no longer at a disadvantage... So you really don't need space age VPP, DW etc.. The only other thing I can see changing on geo is chainstay lengths for more straight-line stability, but that comes with compromise.

@tyrellcobb4665

4 ай бұрын

Looks like auto-correct doesn't like "commercial" bikes 😄

@AORNova

4 ай бұрын

Thing is you can't really talk down other linkages like VPP and DW... until you try the latest offerings and compare them with what these horst-link bikes climb and pedal like. The difference gap is for sure smaller than 5 years ago, but it's noticeably different and in a good way. (edit: linkage not stack height - yes the 2024 Commencal Meta now have pro-modern geo with high stack, but digress from that - ) I've ridden single pivots (orange), driven single pivot (siskiu t8), horst (transition patrol, spire, spez enduro), high pivot (deviate), VPP (5010) and DWLink (Firebird, Shadowcat) and my current bike's a Pivot Shadowcat. All those bikes have their pros and cons though. Not a chance I'm going back to Horst link until the climbing x descending bottomless feel comes up to par with the VPP/DW bikes. Only other linkage I'd try is the delta link on Evils but I'm not too much a of a fan for super-plush numb plowing ride feel... That being said, I wonder how Yuka as a smaller rider will fair with a Pivot or Ibis, something like the new Shadowcat or the 2021 Switchblade (not the v6 SB released this week), or the Ripmo ... light, efficient, very supportive and not too long reach wise. Because at some point the bike-weight to rider-weight ratio is gonna inhibit the rider at some point when it comes to maneuverability and body position - Yuka looks more outstretched in both pov and 3rd person view, than when she was on her SC...

@bbsandrei

4 ай бұрын

i dont think commencal and well priced could be in the same sentence

Nice bike, I’ve got a friend who has a Commencal Mega and it is a looong bisycle… 😄 Does Eric have a new bike, it look like a deviate highlander🔥

I have a Nomad and my son has a Meta. Anything uphill I have the advantage, but especially on steeper and gnarlier tech, I can't keep up with Commencal's wider wheelbase (plus I'm on 27.5"). You hear a lot of reviewers say "it likes to go fast" and that's definitely true ... My only critique is a lot of the components that came stock were cheap and had to quickly be replaced (handlebars, stem, headset, hubs, dropper and saddle).

I love your new bike ! when did you film this video ? Because I thought in Whistler bike park it was closed and wet .

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Last summer 🤣 I have more videos to make 👍

I would twist those handlebars backwards a bit.

For big whips i always “drop” my inside shoulder and turn my head. Then to turn back i turn my head and look at the rear tire and kinda push the fork down and towards the landing if that makes sense haha. And of course “carve” the takeoff a bit on big jumps for big flat moto whips

Damn Yuka you rip! We need a Eric new bike video too

I love my Commencal!!!! Whole different animal compared with my CF Canyon Neuron, which is more xc. And it is not cheap! LOL

I'd say it's "less expensive" *NOT* cheap. Bike looks sick, those Commencals love going fast!

I own the same bike and it rides amazing. I don't like commecal as a company but the bikes are really good, just heavy, so if you can't do something on that bike, it's not the bike. Take your time getting used to it, don't be a passenger, attack the trail, go to bike control lessons, being a lighter and smaller human makes it so you have to be more aggresive in order to move the bike. Keep practicing and you will love it ❤❤❤❤ happy trails:)

Thanks for being so awesome 😎

Very fun video. I love your bike, I have the same. I chose size medium for playfulness (I usually ride large). Which size is yours? Which specs? I think for what you usually do, aluminum is much better…

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

It’s S. I wonder if it’s too big for me 🤔 I like the bike especially when I’m in the air. So stable!

If you are ever in Invermere I have a bike that I would love for you to try. I am almost the same height as you and last year I went to a much smaller bike and it has been so good.

It’s tough on a long bike. It took me awhile to wrangle in my Spire.😊

I would try some different rotors on each of your bikes as I noticed that yous are using sram centerline rotors I would try either the hs2 rotors or gaffer or hope rotors (the thicker 2-2.3mm rotors non floating preferably)

Commencal makes great bikes. They just don't do carbon frames but the bike is just as good as any carbon bike .

Are those Trickstuff Maxima brakes on Eric's bike? I've heard they're amazing, but super expensive.

I'm not sure I'd take a new bike down Burger to test the brakes....

You can get your pilot's licence with that bike yuka !

These bikes are very long in the front. Try rolling the bars back and you might find it easier to 'pull' for the jumps. Narrower bars and 35mm stem might also help.

I love the bike! Is this a repost?

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’m sorry if you’d watched already! It was supposed to only for my Patreon 🥲

Oh sanku hairpie!!!!

InnOut大好物です。3年毎だけど 去年もLAで食べた。

Yeah, the commencial bikes are more downhill than uphill focused, regardless, they are pretty sick yeah. Im from the EU so shipping from france is pretty easy, not sure id order a commencial from the states.

get your body a little (not much) more forward on this steep sections. that results in more grip on the front brake and you will be more in control (aka "breaks will work" and slow you down properly). we ride a lot of steep hiking trails in the Alps, mandatory here.

i got the same bike! mine doesn’t jump as well as yours, maybe i need to return it 😂

Your whips are looking good! You'll be going sideways in the air in no time.

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

I hope so too 😁✨

In and Out burger reminds me of the main slope at camp fortune, QC that was part of the XC course back in 1990-91 on the tuesday night races. We used to go down without suspension and with cantilever brakes and skinny 26er tires. And somewhere on a VHS tape someplace is footage of the race it downpoured and myself and many others had out bikes slide out from underneath us on the exposed canadian shield as stuff got muddy and waterfally.

@robrider838

4 ай бұрын

I think if you saw it, you might reconsider. It's very steep. No XC course would ever go down anywhere so long and steep, even in the 90's

@DeeEight

4 ай бұрын

@@robrider838 lol.. XC courses in Quebec in the 90s were WAY ahead of the curve for steepness and technical difficulty. The camp fortune course used the main alpine ski slope for part of the XC course. The 92 Bromont World XC championship course was pretty similar to what we were racing on, and it humbled quite a few "top" elite international riders. Even in the early 2000s the course at Camp Fortune that was being used by the children/cadet classes was way more technical than the typical world cup XC course.

@robrider838

4 ай бұрын

@DeeEight Come on out to Squamish and I'll take you down In and Out on your XC bike with cantilever brakes.

Your old Bronson with an ext shock on it would have rocked for another few years

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

That would’ve been awesome! I miss my Bronson 🥲

@christopherwatson1163

4 ай бұрын

What happened to the Bronson?@@VanGirlYuka

The extra 3 pounds can give a different feel for sure. Takes some getting used to as well as the different geometry. My race bike is 2lbs lighter than my back up bike. My back up bike feels like a slug compared to the race bike. Just takes some seat time to get used to it. 👍

Assistindo aqui em São Paulo SP 🇧🇷 Brasil vídeo muito bom like 👍🏾

Nice riding girl :) ... drop your seat lower, it will give you more space to move

Was that Claire Boucher leading you down the double black diamond at 7:00?

Looks like bike responds better to more aggressive riding

what you do with your Bronson?

Interesting to see that both you and Eric stick with Minion DHFs when most people seem to prefer the Assegai.

@midlife_mtb

4 ай бұрын

I switched from assegai to minioni DHF a while ago, theres a bit more roll speed, I find I clear jumps a bit better on the minion

Its because of both! The bike and you not used to it.

The bike is good. It is still an expencive and high quality bike. I believe this video was taken a fiew months ago. I hope you got used to the new bike. Longer reach is different to ride. The bodyposition changes. You're more forward and you need to move a lot more to make things happen. The difficulties are to keep the front wheel on tracktion because it is so far away and also to be able to lift up the front wheel into a manual.

just my opinion, but with your riding style i think a big bike might take over you a bit and be a bit to much bike to handle, i would think a smaller frame or full 27.5 wheels would suit you better, great video👍

Your breaks are working, it just depends on your approach, if too fast, brakes will work nut tires will slide due to law of enertia, but if u slowly approach and apply breaks, trust me, it will work... by the way, having a Commecal Bike isn't a downgrade

That shock is sooooo expensive, does it worth the money?

Hi Yuka. I love Commencal bikes!. I'm curious, what is your handlebar width? Do you think you can achieve more control if you make them narrower?

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

My handlebar is actually quite narrow compared to the modern standard. It’s 83cm.

@dirtsurfernz

4 ай бұрын

😮 830 is pretty wide for your size! I run 760 😄

@PiazzaWoodWorks

4 ай бұрын

It almost looks like ur bars are too wide and rolled foward too much

@zer0finity

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply Yuka. Wow! 83 cm? I didn't know they made handlebars that wide. Enjoy the new bike! @@VanGirlYuka

The Queen of casing! Well that brings her closer to earth with us.

suspension not quite dialed in?? possibly? high speed reb to fast?

Why you decided to change your SC for the something new?

i have the same bike absolute sled you will get used to it

To me this ist the best bike Yuka ever owned, i´d prefer it over any santa cruz bike

@topspot4834

4 ай бұрын

Depends what you're using it for ... I'll take a v10 or Nomad over any bike from Commencal, but you could argue they're better for bike parks I guess. And obviously if you prefer alloy it's a no brainer.

plz make more videos

for me this is not cheap i'm poor for me is my dream bike 😍😍😍

i dont know why but i much prefer alloy bikes.. it just feels better even if it is heavier but it also feels sturdier and forgiving at the same time.

Maybe because the husband is using TRP brakes compared to cheep shimano brakes garmba joshi 😊

^should of got a raaw madonna yuka

So what’s her name? Assuming it’s a her, as you referred to her. Pegasus, she flies well, one of my favorite, flying female name, Valkyrie, or maybe a Greek goddess, Athena, Aphrodite? Well, whatever her name is, ride her safely, rubber side down, unless your wippin or flippin! Oh yeah, by the way, nice job, working on those whips, getting a little bit sideways, and that always feels so cool! It’s all about progression.

At the beginning you said "my brake is not working". Then after a bit "my brake is working". Did you do anything in between so that it began "working" ?

@VanGirlYuka

3 ай бұрын

It was new pads, so I just needed to drag the brakes!

It’s longer and less easy to get your front end up than your Santa Cruz eh? You seemed to be bottoming out a bit on big landings too

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think I will ever be able to manual with this bike!

So basically you miss your SantaCruz :)

Awesome seeing you guys wearing neck braces now. I've been thinking about getting one for a long time now and you guys have cemented my decision.

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Especially in a bike park, it’s a must-have item😘

Its crazy how expensive MTBs have gotten. Its like 4k is the cheapest for a complete bike.

whats the weight? edit: why is your sadle up in your crash?

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

36 pounds😩 may be the cable was pulled when I crashed

what is the frame size

@VanGirlYuka

4 ай бұрын

Size small

Whats the front tire?

@VanGirlYuka

3 ай бұрын

DHF, I think...

pls test commensal tr 29 .more.want buy