join me on my journey as I learn how to ride a mountain bike !
So i bought an entry level calibre 2 cubed, with the intention of riding gravel paths just to lose some weight and get fitter! Then (as you do) I watched some KZread videos!!!
And i'm hooked. So as a total novice follow me and see how easy (or hard) it is to progress in this awesome sport!!
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I dont have any problems whatsoever with my Scott OTG goggles.
Do u mind if i tag along as I have not been out in a while
thank you!
If its any help or just to try to rule something out here are my settings. 100psi, two tokens, 100kg rider ,160mm travel. HSC4 back from min LSC8 back from min HSR4 back from slowest LSR8 back from slowest I found it was the rebound that was the key to getting the feel i wanted. Best of luck 👍
Looked a canny day out...what settings do you have your gopro set at mate? Mine coming out grainy when played on the telly😒...great quality on your uploads, another great watch btw👍🏻
i'm using DJI ACTION not gopro, but gopro still awesome quality footage. i shoot in 2.7k 25 frames per second. then when i edit i export as 4k.
What about shutter speed...is it best to use double the fps or have it in auto
@@Fit4Life-x7m ive just got mine in auto
Gordy, Hope to join you in Glentress on Sunday.
fab, should be a decent turn out! hope to see you there Miles😀
That fork looks so much better. I was at your local a couple of weeks ago. all I could find was very steep technical stuff 😂
yea it's not the easiest place lol.
Looks good Gordy 🤟
cheers buddy😀
Grip 2 is no longer a high end fork! Good to see a G2 noob using the compression dials though, so many ppl just up the spring rate with pressure and tokens and ride fully open effectivly turning a £300 damper into a paperweight. Dont be a set and forget guy, if im riding trails ill drop 5psi and run 1or 2 clicks of HSC and 3 or 4 clicks LSC unless im at nant yr arian whoch requires no damping at all if im bike parking it the 5psi goes back in and im using all the HSC and 9 or 10 clicks of LSC
yea im still trying to get my head around all the settings lol, but i know whats good for hard pack graded trails wont be good for steep loose chunk! i'll get there eventually
What trail were you riding?
HP sauce
@@DownhillDesireMTB where is it at?
I love my 38's on the Alpine, running at about 90 psi, it just works for me.
yea i'm getting settings better each time i ride it. starting to feel quite nice now!
Those rockshox 35's are awful. I swapped mine to fox 36 and what a difference!
yea i thought that too, not to bad on small chatter but awful on repeated hits
glad you cut the bars down so did i
i know its only 10mm per side but 800 felt massive lol
Take that rubber end cap off your thru axle if you want to keep it. They tend to go missing on the way down stuff
yea was wondering if i should do that, cheers
I’ll stick with my Rockshox 35s
good on you!
Sometimes I have to let the pressure out of the fork shaft with a zip tie down the fork seal, or if you have the button on the back of the fork leg press that
yea button on back, just have to remember to do it lol
Gordy I run my weight in kilos 80 psi in the fork and have the settings close to factory. I messed about for ages with the elite grip 2 and ended up dialing back to what the book says. Felt alot better than me trying to do my own thing and assuming. I hope you reap the rewards up GT. 💪
cheers Marc, me and adam spent a bit more time on Roots last week playing with settings, Ive got it pretty nice now!
Try a shockwiz. A friend of mine had one a few year ago to set up his suspension
been looking at them. I think i know someone who has one!
Having the rebound too slow, all the way right >, will cause the fork to suck up over rock gardens and multiple roots, having it too fast, all the way to the left <, will cause it to bounce around and lose traction. Fox sticker on the fork is ballpark but can be way off in most cases. I'd suggest stating with 0 HSC 2 LSC and set your rebound to the half the clicks from full open to closed. ride the bike over some rough ground like a continuous root or rock section and see if the fork feels to soft or harsh. For your weight id edge more to the closed side of the rebound adjustment as you start to make changes. If I'd been able to make the glentress day out next week, i could have helped set it up for you :( Also your not hitting anything serious enough to push your fork all the way through the travel, so you can afford to drop the air pressure a little to help with the feel, without causing it to dive drastically on braking
i've now made more adjustments, (much faster rebound) and it's waaaay better
More air is never the solution if the fork feels harsh or cause oversteer. Air pressure scales along with riderweight and riderskill, but really it's 100% personal preference. Especially when you have a large fork that has inches to spend. You are starting at the wrong side of things I think. Try air pressure 80+ and run the top forkvalve fully open, and a few clicks in the rebound . That's pretty much how "plush" a 38 will ever feel, but with it comes "slow" and "saggy". I think if you start from here, it's easier to play with the settings, little by little, and find your own preferred settings. I have 38's on my H10, they are FANTASTIC, but you gotta dial them to your liking, properly, not within the parameters of some chart. The 36's are a much more plush fork, and I suspect many would like them more, if they compared for themselves Edit: i ran 120 in the 36's with topvalve fully closed, i run below 100 on the 38's with top valve one click from fully open. -huge difference in the setup, but this is how i prefer them for me😊
yea, i think it's all so individual preference. i' had another litter tinker last week, and got it feeling muuuuuch better. i'll ride it like that for a while and see how i get on. it's a massive improvement on the rockshox 35 i had on!
Im sure you'll get there with it ,cant offer any advice but on my giant regin id set my sag and had sort of neutral settings on the rebound and compression, i was at Hamsterley yesterday and bunped into a friend who partakes in another hobby we are into i didn't realise he was into bikes ,turns out hes got 25 years experience and mechanics for some lads who race he took my bike off me spent 20 minutes setting the shocks up and tyre pressure, we then went down transition or transmission cant remember what its called lol and the difference in my bike was unbelievable, i had it far too hard i was running 105 in the fork and im 105kg with kit he ended up at 90 psi ...all i took from that is that the guides are just that and i was way off hes gave me some tips for stuff to try next time out. So maybe they are just a tad on the firm side with the air 🤷🏻♂️. Enjoying the vids 👍🏻
ive tinkered a bit more now and got it pretty good!!
@@DownhillDesireMTB great stuff ,sure it's just one of those things where it takes a bit of fettle to get them where you want them 👍🏻
I've got gold 35 fork simple to set up never ad a high end fork
This is really interesting as I have a Fox 38 on one of my bikes (2021) and have been battling it for years. It just seems to be a very harsh fork. Tried so many set up configurations and it is always extremely brutal on square edge hits and jank and is easily confused by fast, repeating, rough terrain. You often need to run it at much lower pressure than Fox recommend, but it is easy to then slip into fork dive territory on steeper, rutted terrain. I'm sure other riders will have better experiences, but for me it has not performed anything close to the lower spec RockShox stuff on my other bikes (Lyrik and Yari, respectively). Fox's recommended settings seem way off, whereas RockShox are bang on it, or very close. It is in its element, though, when you are hitting any kind of jump line, so I tend to only use that bike for bike park laps. I'm sure in the right hands, the full potential of this fork can be unleashed, but the stars have never aligned for me with this one. Hope you can pull it into its operating window, and for those to whom it has worked, that is awesome, I'm not wanting to be an internet hater.
found out fox 38 has something called mid valve choking. when you run rebound to slow it effects compression making it feel awful. i've sped up my LSR alot and it's miles better!!!
@@DownhillDesireMTB I did not know that, but it is funny you should say that as I have also (out of frustration!) sped up the LSR a little and maybe I'm starting to see a tiny bit more manners from the fork. It's still a hot mess on repeated hits, but we shall see if revelations reveal themselves!
Transformed your bike Gordy rides so much better and your riding I'd improving quickly now 👌🤙
proper test for it on Saturday lol
@DownhillDesireMTB and you lol, you got it bro and I got you so Yr sound gunna be a blast now I've found my balls again at Danny's haha
If you've put 85psi in instead of 100... but set the lsc hsc and rebound to what it said for 100 psi...its gonna feel crap. Adjust all the settings for what it says for 85psi and go from there
thats what i did, might not of explained that clearly on vid lol
@@DownhillDesireMTB ah okay mate, I did the same thing, ended up speeding the rebound up a bit weirdly. Been great since then!
@@DownhillDesireMTB I also run everything pretty much fully open 😂
Run whatever you want however you want I run my bike weird for what I do on it and it feels great all depends on your weight your height and body shape plus bike factors it not a one size fits all
@@fatdadonamountainbike9987 yea ive got rebound really fast now and it's waaay better
If you’ve increased the amount of front travel you’re effectively raising the bottom bracket making it a slacker angle, slack should give you more stability going downhill
yea, 10mm increase travel, took the head angle from 64 to 63.7 deg. ive swapped 10 mm spacers on the stem to bring the bars down to where i like it andd it's all good now!
@@DownhillDesireMTB adding 10mm hasn't just changed your head angle mate, you've also lengthened the wheel base of the bike, making it longer. there is is also the offset of the fork to take into consideration when buying a new fork. Both off these things can really upset the handling and geometry of the bike!. slacker head angle will make the bike less responsive in the turns and the incorrect offset can make the handling sluggish or twitchy depending on the difference either way
Looks like KZread is making you a canny amount of cash
Not really, get about £35 a month at moment lol.
@@DownhillDesireMTB nevertheless, good that you got a fork upgrade, wouldn’t fancy riding with the old rockshox fork either
@@samearnshaw-zi8hk it was awful lol. fine on easy red trails but slightest bit of chunk and it felt bad
Just done something similar mate. My hero 10 has been terrible over the last few months (Take a look at my recent video). A mate who uses a hero 11 and a 12 has had even more issues. It just seems gopro are not at all reliable i think i was lucky to get 2 years of relatively hassle free use from mine. I now have a DJI action 3. I looked at a few comparisons of the 3 and 4 and felt the 4 was not a very big step up in quality or features that iI would actually use. Got the action 3 with chest mount and extra battery and a few other bits on prime day for £199. As for the hero 10 I pan on taking it into a CEX store where they offer £120 for it as long as it works. Id rather do that than sell it private and have someone give me earache when they have the niggles and issues i've been having.
3 fine mate, i only went for a 4 as at time it was a good deal, you wont look back now. they just work!!!!! and image quality same as gopro!! just get yourself some sound muffs off amazon. improves sound!!
@@DownhillDesireMTB the windslayer off my gopro fits nicely actually and at airsoft I'll have it n a modified dive case for extra protection.
@@steveoutdoors5964 sweet, all sorted then!! when you getting back to mtb?
Scott split goggles they are true otg goggles you can even wear sunglasses with any of this.
i'm using splits now 👍
Thank you. You are one of the only people that actually shows how it fits and how much of the back it covers. Seriously appreciate you making this video. I dont ride crazy jumps or anything but I'm learning to jump more and more so I dont want to end up getting really messed up when I end up wrecking.
Damn mate, im gutted that ill miss this,b ut im also heading down to BPW on that day for a few days :(
Will keep a look out for your glentress trip on KZread. I'm off to bpw in a couple of days looking forward to it. Happy birthday to your mate Adam for the 4th August same day as mine. 😊
cheers trevor, enjoy BPW
Definitely flying on your new machine Gordy. Looks like you had a blast.
Can't wait now
yea me too, i just want ot ride lol
Cracking stuff Gordy amazing progression over the years and you got to the top of the hills without being completely pagerrred so you could enjoy the downs more and still had the lungs for some of your classic one liners !
Wow just smash through it on a e bike not like me stopping and starting
Well done Gordy. You’re coming on a treat. I must agree with northernchubby that you shouldn’t compare yourself to other riders and not to be to hard on yourself, something which I am guilty of too. I must admit when I get tired my confidence can be lacking so take it easy. I have 800mm bars on my ebike and think I will chop them to780 and see how it goes. Silly as it may sound, get some gloves as I find it helps with confidence too.Well done mate and another great video 👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌
Best riding ive seen from you yet! ebikes are a game changer for progression \,,/
look ahead mate, not down at your wheel! i would say 90% of your riding at pace issues are down to you not looking far enough ahead to read the trail in advance. that's why everything comes up on you so quickly and your having to brake hard and lose control. Keep your head up and you'll get much quicker :)
Hey Gordie, long time watcher but bit of a lurker! The best thing you can do for your confidence is stop comparing yourself to everyone else and concentrate on yourself. Don't be so hard on yourself either, this is meant to be fun. I've been riding nearly 10 years (I'm still 💩) always will be but, I enjoy riding me riding more when I'm not thinking about everyone else. Everyone's riding progression is so different. Happy riding! 😊
Bar width does look a bit wide, Have a look at this vid about bar calculating bar width .
I did a quick ebike loop at hammers today as well! Where you are the bike demos a few month back? I swear I seen you
yes mate i did the wheelbase demo day!!
Can see the improvement over the last ride 👍🏻
You will get there Gordy. Find that line at a comfortable pace then improve on speed once you've dialed that line in.
I've swapped out my rock shox 35 gold for a Domain. Big difference!
yea the 35 is poor. i've got a fox 38 on now!!! waaaaay better
Best I’ve seen you ride, Golfie next?!
Watching this from your first bunch of vids is crazy man! You've improved insanely regardless of the ebike(though it deffo helps :D). Great to see, keep it up my man!
Faster than me down HP sauce now! looks like il be playing with some of that ebike wiring next time we hook up lol \,,/ love it!
Dude, that helmet needs to be about three sizes smaller. A lid is supposed to be snug, not rattle about all over your head!
i'm 180cm and rode 800mm bars for about 3 -4 years cut almost 2 year ago to 770mm and it fits me a lot more. i feel as stable when i need to but more nimble and easier to throw around (i ride enduro trail/with a nukie290). you look so confident on that thing ! good on you mate !
Where is this woods at mate ?