Midweek Mini Movies

Welcome to this week’s bumper edition of videos to keep you distracted during your lunch break. First up, we’ve got a lovely little video showing Sean Walling, owner of Soulcraft, creating one of his steel frames.

Ahh, Hebden tech. Ace to look at, even more fun to do. Here we’ve got plenty of Oranges hammering around some local-to-Singletrack trails in this film, but we’re not liking the line at around 1.32 at all. Ride the steps, not the cheater lines.

Rowan Sorrell has given up on training like a washed up boxer and has been getting out and about on his Five to get himself in shape for the Urge Cabo Verde, ripping around some beautifully leaf covered trails. Pin it!

It’s nice to create a dream build and this custom Turner 5 Spot is destined for the MD of Silverfish, importers of Race Face, Turner and many others. See how many shiny things you can spot going on…

Joe Barnes has been off the bike over winter and onto the skis. Here’s episode six of the Dudes of Hazzard. Jesus makes a third coming too…

A stem that lets your bars rotate? Yes, really. The inventor says it’ll help you keep your weight back when needed and help keep straight wrists under heavy braking. Possibly not one for any surviving Gripshift users though…

Skyline Cycles have been making more lovely videos and this one features the Commencal Meta 5. We’ve just reviewed one in the latest issue of the magazine – ours didn’t do whips and manuals as well as theirs though..

If you’ve seen or made anything you’d like to see up here then drop a line to newsdesk@singletrackworld.com…

Comments (32)

rOcKeTdOg January 26, 2011 at 8:24 am
rotating bars??? *chuckles*
ooOOoo January 26, 2011 at 9:07 am
It might just work
AlexSimon January 26, 2011 at 9:20 am
I was dubious about the rotating bars until I watched their incredibly convincing slow motion replays. Amazing.
mccann.ben January 26, 2011 at 9:56 am
Rotating bars….
It’s not April 1st yet!
dang100 January 26, 2011 at 10:20 am
I had rotating bars until I tightened the stem bolts. Scared the crap out of me.
mrlebowski January 26, 2011 at 10:25 am
Hebden, nice.. Dont think much of the squealing at the end when the guy misses the line though..
Ben_Haworth January 26, 2011 at 11:13 am
Orange Men – ride the proper line!
Fortunateson09 January 26, 2011 at 11:58 am
Where is the bit with the steps at 1.32 in the second video? Being a local, I am very embarrassed that I don’t know where it is…
Seggons January 26, 2011 at 12:32 pm
that commencal looks like lots of fun
ash January 26, 2011 at 1:37 pm
“but we’re not liking the line at around 1.32 at all”…. I believe that be “yorkshire lad” of this forum. Naughty naughty 🙂
clubby January 26, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Commencal vid- another nice sweary soundtrack on “family friendly” website!
Pz_Steve January 26, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Rotating stem? Like to see how that works with riser bars and heavy braking…
wl January 26, 2011 at 2:34 pm
Those steps at 1.32 are plenty rideable, it just feels nasty on any bike, so why bother? And the less said about locations the better, especially that one.
shaggmiester January 26, 2011 at 3:03 pm
wl- right on bro, those steps are a piece of piss an certainly nothing to get excited about! defo more flow to carry more speed for the rest of track by goin down gully at the side.
Ben_Haworth January 26, 2011 at 3:28 pm
“it just feels nasty on any bike, so why bother?”
Because it feels nasty?
Because that’s the trail?
Because why bother if you’re not riding the line that’s there?
People don’t notice/complain if bikes stay on the steps. The ugly scar to the right of the steps has riled the Blackshaw locals. Don’t be surprised if anti-bike measures/obstacles get implemented.
wl January 26, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Last point is fair enough. Although I can’t help thinking that sticking the vid on the homepage, and mentioning the location, isn’t exactly going to appease the locals. Nice vid, anyway.
Ben_Haworth January 26, 2011 at 3:51 pm
You’re correct.
Yorkshire_Lad January 26, 2011 at 3:59 pm
mrlebowski it’s just good banter between good friends. Lets not get too touchy about the line choice, I’ve rode both and frankly the steps are not fun, they have no flow.
Thanks for all the other nice comments about the video BTW.
Sadoldsamurai January 26, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Orange bikes may not be pretty, but the colours are..just nice..and no one seems to fall off them?
shaggmiester January 26, 2011 at 4:44 pm
no i think they’d still complain ben!!! whichever way you go down, its gettin marked tho and so think i mite stick to the steps, anyway lets not delve too deeply into it, were all lovers of two wheels, lets have a group hug! 🙂
Ben_Haworth January 26, 2011 at 5:06 pm
;-]
buzz-lightyear January 26, 2011 at 7:55 pm
I really like the frame building, it makes we want to get a Curtis built. And I enjoyed Barnes’s snow antics too.
donks January 26, 2011 at 8:48 pm
The frame building was excellent, real genius and craftsmanship at work there. The end product is pretty much my perfect bike….dreams on.
collinstiffee January 27, 2011 at 12:00 am
Commercial vid very nice. Like the Death in Vegas track too, so sick of naff music on good vids, the track on the vid from the downhill in Taiwan was just a shocker. it was like a countrified Ipcress File. :op
Andituk January 27, 2011 at 12:06 am
That first video is fantastic, I could watch that all day.
Thanks.
pricey_T January 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
nice vid of the Commencal Meta 5. Just sad to see the Drop Off cafe empty of furniture, food and people.
mulacs January 27, 2011 at 4:59 pm
That turner build video is ace, what a stunning bike! Wonder what all that is worth… :-/
gator January 28, 2011 at 12:41 am
The Turner build vid is ace……………
wish I had quality bits ‘chucked at me’ in my garage.
Fcuk – forgot – can’t get in my garage for ‘stuff’
Liked the Hebden shots too – being from Oooop North
ayup January 28, 2011 at 5:59 pm
It’s a sad day when footpath poaching is filmed and put online for all to see. It’ll potentially ruin it for everyone who’s ridden that zone for years. Perfect evidence. But Hollywooooood’s calling so it’s alright!
international January 28, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Orange need some publicity I see. And SingletrackWorld is, as usual, happy to put people riding Hebden footpaths on the website. So everyone’s a winner aren’t they.
oxym0r0n January 29, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Mmmmm… Soulcraft…
schmickles1968 January 30, 2011 at 7:24 pm
soulcraft is the bogs dollocks! Don’t know about a rotating stem though…too fiddly and will most probably break !!

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