50 year old at Blue Derby? An Epic Day & No Shuttles!

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Жыл бұрын

Blue Derby Mtb, a gift to all mountain bikers. An eBike, a skid lid and just one day to explore all I could - Atlas, Dam Buster, Flickety Sticks, Return to Sender and more. All blues, all fast, all exceptional trails. Beg, borrow or steal an away to Blue Derby.
For a shorter taste of just one run - check out Dam Buster - its Dam Good! • MtB Blue Derby - Dam B...
To my wife who sacrificed a day of her long overdue holiday for me to go bush solo - Thank you 🥰

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@Jbjmtb Жыл бұрын

Absolute banger of a video Carl, that made me want to check it out for sure, what a place! Your voice overs are spot on mate. Really sick vid dude...The tension, The Drama, The Buzz!! well Done dude👊

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

Easy to make a great vid about a great day on even better trails - and these were just the blue trails! Thanks Jules 👊

@streddaz 6 ай бұрын

If you want an Ebike with a more natural non-Ebike feel, have a go on one of the lightweight Ebikes. I have a Specialized Levo SL and love it. It’s only about 18kg, pedals just fine above the speed cut or off, and will still feels fast and poppy. It won’t blast up fire roads like a full power bike but it just gives you double the range on what you could do on a normal bike. Derby is pretty special. I live in Tassie and would get in 3 or 4 Derby trips a year. Never disappoints!

@malmtb 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Streddaz. I certainly need several more demon days to really decide what sort of eeb will suit. Ive since ridden a lighter eeb and found it under powered and under braked - but one bike does not a category. Ive recently bought a new Amish bike, an eeb will have to wait a bit longer = time to teat and ride 👍🏼 Derby being special, thats an under statement. I loved it!!

@streddaz 5 ай бұрын

@@malmtb I still have a normal MTB and will do for some time yet. I ride that when riding with others non-Ebikes groups, but the SL is my pick for solo rides or if there’s other Ebikes. My SL is the first generation 1.1 motor, which is pretty light on power, but I’m fine with that.

@gees76 2 ай бұрын

Great video thanks. Do remember that good battery management is very much part of what E bike riders do. Super hard renting a bike and making range assumptions. I love my donkey.... Would love to go here and try out these trails myself.

@malmtb 2 ай бұрын

No one regrets riding Derby - No one! Battery management - yeah, I knew my mistake pretty early but for my first day on an eeb - it was just too much fun to hold myself back from 🤣

@atolfree 9 ай бұрын

What an epic day out!

@malmtb 9 ай бұрын

The only thing better would have been two days 🤟

@RotormanMTB Жыл бұрын

Wow what a trail.. some very good riding there too. Love this!

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

So great to hear. Thankyou Rotorman

@housepark Жыл бұрын

Well done mate. My only recommendation is to take full advantage of the shuttles when you can. How sick is the end of return to sender? Derby is just on another level to anywhere else. Cheers.

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

Very true - Derby is next level. And Return to Sender was awesome! Shuttles, well??? I had one day at the start of a two week family holiday and no PPE. Concentrating on gravity trails and increasing the chance of getting injured and wrecking a family vacation - avoiding shuttles was my mitigation strategy. We had a great two weeks in Taz! Thanks Parker. I know you enjoyed your time in Derby also.

@shred-hermtb9113 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Derby is definitely on my bucket list 👌 As for ebikes....they're not for everyone but my Cube Stereo 160 emtb has given me more confidence and ability to do more trails than I would normally with dodgy knees 🤙

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

And one day I’ll joining you there (eBike not sore knees hopefully). Its worth the effort to get to Blue Derby, give yourself more than one day though!!!! Cheers Shred-her

@DMMTB Жыл бұрын

Nice one Carl .... beautiful scenery & I feel the same about ebikes .... not just yet!

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

The time will come - but not this time Cheers Dave

@RideyRodney Жыл бұрын

These personal subjective opinions are incorrect. Although to be fair, a light short travel trail bike might have been the best option for most of the trails you picked.

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

@@RideyRodney Ha ha, no perfectly fair - I accept my subjective opinion my be wrong compared to other personal subjective opinions. 🤣 Shorter travel lighter bike for the trails, maybe, but I needed the eBike just to get to the trails I picked. It was deliberately an XC day. I had no PPE and a two weeks family vacation in front of me - an injury wouldn't be fair on my wife so I did play it a little safe. Hatching plans to maybe go back next year for a mate's 50th. Maybe you or Dave can teach me to jump before that??????

@be_angus Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, wish I’d have know you were in town… since we met at Mill Creek I’ve moved here, and also drive for UDA 👌 Great video mate, catch you next time!

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

Argh! Damn! You could have prevented me taking a wrong turn on the fire road and adding an unnecessary 8 kn on my way to Atlas What a Disneyland to live in. Soo jealous Ben. Enjoy!

@cutlaps Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhh yeah. I am in desperate need of a trip to Derby. Gotta have more than 1 day though but I'll take what I can get lol

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

Take every day you can get Luke! It wont be enough 🤘🏽

@zed5129 23 күн бұрын

Yeah if you're planning on 42km ride, don't start in Boost :) I'd probably lower trail mode to 50% and use that uphill, with ECO on flatter terrain. As for feeling samey, I think you need more challenging trails. That looked pretty XC for a lot of it. Maybe it's just GoPro effect, I dunno. Winching up and bombing down gnarly stuff is what these things are for. If you're not interested in gnarlier trails, then a steam bike probably is going to be better. Did you maybe just hit the boredom of being overbiked? Then again it could just be the Rail... I had a top-tier Rail and didn't really rate it, not sure what the fuss what about with the stellar reviews. It was a pig, felt like a big burly enduro bike but with trail-sized travel. Would make more sense at 170mm that bike. There is a big difference in handling feel even amongst the heavy full fat ebikes, I've had bunch. My current is a Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay and it's the best so far, more agile feeling and nimble than the Rail with more travel. Don't be afraid of more travel on a full fat, it's how it should be, and it doesn't need to make it feel like a pig. Edit: didn't realise how old this vid was, it just popped up! :)

@malmtb 23 күн бұрын

Well Im glad it popped up. This one seems popular Overbiked for the trails - yep 👍🏼. Doing gnarly trails with a skid lid and a wife waiting at the hotel ready to kill me if I came back with even a limp day 2 of a two week holiday guided trail choice. Boost uphill - well, it was too much fun and for my first day on an eBike, I knew no better 🤣. With an eBike I wouldn't have got to Atlas. And if getting an eBike for my 1 day in Derby - overbiking seemed a minor consideration I had a ball this day. Thanks for watching 🤟

@dirttrackdemons5396 Жыл бұрын

Wish my bike fully charged over lunch.

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

😅. It didn’t fully charge, but it charged enough to get through the arvo …. Just!

@jackthelab6755 Жыл бұрын

Great video I will get to Derby one day You should check out The Trail of Awesomeness at Lidster NSW

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

Cheers, I’ll add that to the list of must do trails. When Im in the area cam you guide me around Jack?

@jackthelab6755 Жыл бұрын

@MaL MtB I'm in Sydney but let us know when you go as I have family in Orange

@malmtb Жыл бұрын

@@jackthelab6755 Likely to be later in the year, when it thaws a bit after winter is my expectation. I look forward to hitting some awesome trail with you. Cheers.

@jackthelab6755 Жыл бұрын

@@malmtb 👍