Failure at the top of World's Best Rated Mountain Bike Trail

Definitely quite rough That's gonna be a long uh a long way down Hey what's up everybody and welcome back to the channel for today's video I am with my buddy Alex Chapelier and we just started a road trip across BC We're gonna check out new trails, new location, it's gonna be really cool This is the first stop it's called Castle Gar and check out those jumps I have yet to ride them but it should be really fun Alex and I just pedaled to the top of the mountain to ride the world's best rated mountain bike trail on Trailforks It's called Captain Kangaroo, let's go That's pretty nice Yeah this has to be one of the best climbing trail I've ever seen This is epic Another one Yeah that's really cool how this trail is built Mamma mia To get here we climbed about nine kilometers, 800 meters of elevation But that was super smooth, really well built, actually quite fun And the huckleberry at the top were a nice touch Now let's get on to the riding All right let's go So this is Captain Kangaroo, the world's best rated mountain bike trail on Trailforks Yeah buddy Okay I look forward to checking out that track Obviously the expectations are pretty high Definitely quite rough but that's mountain biking Yeah you took like just a super sharp edge rock Oh my god look at this cut You cut the tires It's completely cut Oh wow Holy crap dude Dude I've never seen that before I just clipped like a tiny bit Yeah It felt smooth Yeah no you're riding smooth I think it's right there I don't think you're the first guy though Yeah it's really sharp Can we remove it? God damn it It's pretty well in there That's gonna be a long way down Yeah that's cut beyond repair Yeah Yeah I was like riding the start I was like damn that trail is rocky and quite tech actually Yeah yeah I was trying to pick up smooth line making sure that I avoid the sharp rock Yeah me too Something like this it's actually You don't you don't Like the smallest rocks are the worst ones Like I looked ahead you know I saw like a nice smooth straight line Yeah yeah And suddenly it went pop I mean honestly if you hadn't flatted I might have put my wheel exactly there I felt like I just had time to see who hit the rocks that I could like kind of move my line a little Yeah that's so unlucky I literally never flat We've been chatting about it because obviously we're gonna pedal for quite some time so we need to be ready and I didn't carry a tube neither has Alex But this dude you couldn't put a tube in that No The size is like this big I mean you need a spare tire Or you just need some axis tires You choose Dude I literally never flat That's such a savage cut look at it Yeah maybe So actually Alex went down in front of me so he can capture a few video clip with the GoPro And me I'm gonna try to not flat Actually quite worried after seeing Alex just flat like this Obviously this is mountain biking but Almost went off the bridge here I mean we were told by people that this track was rocky Man this is really cool This is awesome Totally different track right there with all that loam A bit more my style I'm less worried of flatting Sick I'm gonna wait Alex here How did it go for you? I mean I was pretty rough on top but super fun And as I got lower down like the loam started to appear So I think it's gonna get better and better as we go Yeah I know Or as I go because I noticed the loam and I thought it looked good yeah Tomorrow Yeah yeah let's go Okay back on track Alex is a bit lower To pick up a smooth line definitely didn't have the best one but It's a cool track though It's still a bit smoky but the views on top were nice We haven't seen much of Castelgar yet so That dirt is good right here Holy crap That was a bear Well a lot happened on that ride You got the flat and I was coming down right here A black bear ran in front of me No Yeah Just here? Yeah just down there Oh boy It got scared but it was small enough that I was worried that the mom might be around Yeah okay And no all good it was by itself Okay but no mechanical? No no mechanical just my heart rate just spiked when I saw the bear Yeah because it was like small I was like the mom must be close by But no we're good No wonder why there is bears with all those culberries around Okay back on track hopefully I don't see any more bears Wow that was cool Wow that's a sick wall ride It's a couple of lines here I don't know which one I took Man this track is fun Proper enduro trail actually Bit of pedaling in the middle but Super well built Closed really well It's easy to ride blind I mean at least for this section Obviously that would have been much more fun with Alex in front of me but That'll be for another time We still have plenty of riding to do for this trip so Okay back on the downhill after a bit of climbing The dirt rolls really fast here So does my bike actually So on the way up we couldn't really see the view but The smoke started to disappear Which is really nice This is sick Oh yeah Oh that's awesome I feel bad for Alex Not being able to ride any of that Okay this is why you have to look ahead I wasn't looking enough ahead It's pretty physical That's a cool boulder Yeah this is more my style I guess there is two lines here And the styles are good Maxi Sasaga on the front DHR on the back They always deliver Whichever terrain I ride That's why I use them This is cool That's awesome I'm gonna wait for Alex here I know there can be some wildlife so Okay we must be close to the end of that track And after that we're gonna be checking Some jumps Oh yeah Yo roadgap roadgap Roadgap? On to Mary So I think that's the climbing trail actually So let's check out Trailforks Because if we want to head to the jumps Just one but without jumps Yeah So I think we wanted to head to Crazy Mary Okay Okay I'm now gonna be riding Crazy Mary Double black diamond trail with some crazy jumps I'll just check out the first two So I know what's coming and then I'll stop and session them Here we go You can definitely gap the entire thing Yeah Really smooth I don't think I braked at all There is that little Table before the actual landing It's really smooth and easy Dude well done Thank you How did that feel? Oh it's super fun Like it's really well built You got that like super nice like wooden ramp So it's very easy to get the speed I went a bit faster than I needed to But I wanted to try to land on the rock Still went a bit slow for that So next time I'll pedal harder and go for it And then that next jump behind me Running is pretty straightforward Like I was cruising And the compression onto the wood is not bad at all So you still let the bike take the compression You look ahead, activate your core a little bit So you don't get surprised But it's a really nice feeling You go quite high and the landing is long So you got plenty of time You don't have to be too precise Which I really like So I'm gonna do it again and try to add some style Yeah boy Second attempt of Crazy Mary I'm gonna try to go bigger on that first jump I definitely went bigger That's pretty smooth though I mean the propane spin drift is basically made for this A freeride bike that you can pedal I'm not gonna try to do a no-hander on the last jump I haven't done one in a while though I have to remember to pinch the seat And that should be good Nice Yeah dude That was cool Your shoulders are okay? Because you know it was pretty stretched out And you're not too young anymore I did stretch them a little bit But yeah like the secret for the no-hander is To really anticipate the compression of the jump So you don't have to worry about getting bucked You have to be like quite active And as soon as you take off First thing you want to do is push the bike away And grab the seat with your legs Do your no-hander And yeah I mean it's a lot of practice But that trick is more mental than anything So good to do it I don't know the last time I've done one was a while back So that's good Okay I'm gonna try to go even bigger on that first jump On to the next section So I haven't seen that next part so Okay skinny Wow I'm terrible at skinnies I usually have a pretty good balance but Okay I could have jumped that line but I'd rather be safe Super smooth Yeah I could have definitely done that Ah it's so smooth This is more my style than Captain Kangaroo Even though I really liked it Okay another jump Seems pretty straightforward but Okay Not bad Okay for the step down, corner, cruise, little pop, break corner Alex is gonna get a little b-roll Ah it's smooth I like this type of riding Yeah this is like I mean you could gap all the way to in between the two trees But it's getting late during the day I'm just gonna hip to the side a little bit That'll be fun and smooth How's the ride Alex? So good Nah I do that I really wish I was doing all that with you right now I know Well we got two more Yeah we got plenty more to come Wow look at those berms Okay gap jump Nice Another one Yo This is sick Dude this is epic Ah it's so nice So dirt is really good And we are back at the car I'm gonna go back for another lap because this was a lot of fun Thank you for watching that video I hope you enjoyed it Castle Gare was a lot of fun But this was actually filmed this summer And following that we went to Fernie, Golden and even Nelson So make sure you subscribe to the channel so you don't miss any of this video Like it, comment and I see you next week