The super-awesome MTB specific video thread

Watch the buuuck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WppCEOg1Qs

Aaron Gwin winning UCI Downhill at Leogang with no chain! Chain broke almost immediately out of the gate. Superb riding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOxWShUjBmM

That Hart run was bonkers to watch; but what adds to it is Rob Warner almost losing his sh1t in the commentary. My fav. Gwin run though, isn't the "I only ride park" chain-less run at Leogang but his insanity +1 run at MSA in 2017; the man made peace with his gods and just went for it like a demon.

Speaking of only riding park: check out pretty much anything by IFHT on youtube or pinkbike, they're a hoot. I'm also enjoying watching the privateer diary videos on pinkbike. My favourite video though has to be Dan Atherton's Red Bull Hardline run, followed a close second by Fabio Wibmers Fabious Escape 2 for both pure cheese amusement and what is thought to be the longest jump on an MTB.

For something a bit longer than youtube 10 min thrills, check out:

• Wont Back Down: The Steve Peat Story - which, due to his career, is basically a documentary on the history of Downhill racing.
• Where the Trail Ends - some awesome free ride stuff going on with a lot of familiar faces from the red bull rampage.
• Gamble
• (MBUK) Dirt - you may be able to find this on youtube in bits, or else find a VCR
• (MBUK) Totally Wild - again, bits on youtube or else VCR

Edit: let me rephrase this bit: The thing about 1990s riding videos (such as Dirt or Totally Wild) is that as much as we might laugh and/or cringe at them, they are a lot more honest and relatable for most riders; there's no "sick edits", and multi-speed slo-mo camera angle sh1t going on that shows you the same three seconds from umpteen angles over the space of five minutes. Not that I'm dismissing modern videos/films, just that sometimes it looks like you're watching someone for whom the laws of physics do not apply, or you get fed up of watching the same three seconds stretched out over 30 seconds.

Not a video, but a podcast on Singletracks with Gary Fisher on he got into cycling, how mountain biking got started on Mt. Tam, partying in the woods and building bikes.

For a bit of condensed history on Mt. Tam, the Repack downhill race series, and the significance of it all, have a read