[Closed] The Akrigg Video On The Home Page.

Awesome riding - love watching his work

The kids still like 5 though, were watching that last night

im just waiting for the 'meh' comments for This one 🙄

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Me & the Mrs just watched it, thought it was ace. The scenery was beautiful as well.

Where's the waterfall?

The sea arch at the end is 'The Green Bridge of Wales' in Pembrokeshire

Wasn't my cup of tea. All seems a bit same old same old. Nice scenery though.

Neuadd reservoir, Ogmor, Range West, Ystradfellte etc.

The water fall that he rides behind is Sgwd yr Eira

More exceptional stuff from Chris, proving he's a very versatile rider.

Wasn't my cup of tea.

Show us your 'cup of tea' then. (not a picture of a cup of tea though)

Excellent. I got scared walking across that 'Green Bridge'. Surprised he doesn't break his leg more often.

i agree, riding along the green bridge takes some bottle.

I didn't like it, I couldn't possibly get any enjoyment from watching a cyclist demonstrate their high level of competency and skill of their chosen niche, nor could I appreciate the skill, dedication and discipline to achieve that level of skill.

Said almost every STW poster. 🙄

Again, young lads like him and Danny Mac pushing the limits of what can be achieved on a mountain bike.

Said almost every STW poster.

You must have difficulty reading.

I liked it, but came across as a bit angry compared to Danny

[b]MSP[/b]
You must have difficulty reading.

Not on this one particularly, mainly referring to when similar videos have been posted. Usually that's the general reply.

I liked it, but came across as a bit angry compared to Danny

There was a lot of furious pedalling, but I liked it all the same.

[b]FunkyDunc[/b]
I liked it, but came across as a bit angry compared to Danny

Yeah, bit more aggressive compared to his more relaxed style. Good polar opposites.

It looked like some of the ground he was on required the pedalling to keep up the needed speed.

I like it a lot.

Often prefer Akrigg to MacAskill as his stuff seems less set up.

It is totally and utterly brilliant. My mouth was open for most of it.

i loved it, chickened out on that gap jump at the end though,..i myself have done a 360, no handed superman over that many a time ...ahem 8)

Wasn't my cup of tea. All seems a bit same old same old

With the best will in the world, he's riding a bike. What do you want him to do, bounce along on his head..?

Brilliant. So smooth and just made it look effortless (except when he was pedalling).

There was a lot of furious pedalling, but I liked it all the same.

Just brilliant. Might even prefer it to A Hill In Spain. Akrigg rides for real like most of us ride in our heads.

1x11 you see - a load of shite.

True, 3x9 and he could have maintained a far more natural cadence.

🙂

Bit riding along the sea shore near the end was Southerndown (aka Dunraven) I think. I've paddled a kayak there (possibly over where he was riding), but never ridden a bike!

edit: was also one of the locations for his fatbike vid (I knew I'd seen it being ridden before, but had to google).

So,so.
Despite that fuurious pedalling there was too much showing off and so he didn't get any Strava KOMs.

Must admit I prefer some of his other stuff, this one didn't really grab me in the same way. Can't put my finger on why though.

No doubt someone will be along in a moment to belittle me, my riding etc because I had the audacity to not like this video.

Si

Does have a different feel to his other stuff. Use of drone? Fact he didn't edit it himself?

moose - Member
Again, young lads like him and.....

The sea arch at the end is 'The Green Bridge of Wales' in Pembrokeshire

chickened out on that gap jump at the end though,..

I saw that gap when it first appeared in shot and thought "holy carp, no waaaay!!! I cannot watch this!!!".

Then he stopped, so it was fine. 😀

Amazing that it was shot in a single take too.

I like his videos because he rides a normal bike, rides normal trails or countryside and seems to actually go somewhere. There's always loads of stuff he does which I genuinely think I could try to do myself, it isn't all massive jumps and insane trials drops and tricks.

I thought that was excellent.

Me to. Great biker not better than Beryl Burton though.

I really enjoyed it. It lacked a bit of the home made charm of his older stuff but wasn't really any the worse for it imo.

I am one of the (small minority) of miserable bastards who didn't like Brandon Semenuk's BMX video. Imagine that, people having opinions, liking one thing, disliking another, subjectivity etc etc etc. Crazy world we live in.

I saw that gap when it first appeared in shot and thought "holy carp, no waaaay!!! I cannot watch this!!!".

I prefer Akriggs videos over the likes of Semenuk. Its the kind of stuff you could imagine yourself riding out on normal trails.*

* Thats the same imagination that belongs to someone who hasn't mastered a wheely yet.

[quote=robdob ]I like his videos because he rides a normal bike, rides normal trails or countryside and seems to actually go somewhere. There's always loads of stuff he does which I genuinely think I could try to do myself, it isn't all massive jumps and insane trials drops and tricks.

+1 - probably nothing I could do apart from spinning my legs on the flat, but it inspires you to think maybe a bit more is possible

Beryl Burton would have done the gap at the end

He rode outside of Yorkshire: -1 point
Awful sound track instead of his usual pretty good ones: -1 point

Totally amazing riding and really well filmed and produced...hope it does well

I like Akrigg because he does amazing things in the sorts of places I would ride too. I think he's more relatable than others for that reason, like someone else suggested above.

Another cracker from Akrigg. Can anyone explain the Mongoose association to me? Can you even buy them in the UK any more, or do these videos have marketing value across the pond?

I prefer Akriggs videos over the likes of Semenuk. Its the kind of stuff you could imagine yourself riding out on normal trails.

Another +1