video…sunny day, sketchy riding

told my old man that i was going to have a bash at riding parkin clough on friday. he had walked up it earlier in the week and reckoned it couldnt be done but offered to bring his cameras if i wore my kneepads.

we arent going to rival the collective wih our film making or riding ability, its a bit cut and shut. i must have ridden each section half a dozen times cos my dad couldnt press record properly. ill get my excuses in now and say that most tricky bits i rode smoother than are in this vid, but they were just practice runs for my dad to get his eye in (in other words, he cant work a camera). its also waaaayyyyy steeper than it looks, ar$e on rear tyre a lot of the way down!

enjoy, slate, laugh etc…sorry no crashes were caught on film. with a bit of luck it will make you want to go and ride something sketchy too.

shonky video

Looks like fun. What's the choon and why do I know it?

tune is witness the fitness – roots manuva

looks like a cracking trail… I think i found it… but have you got a GR for it?

hell that looks good fun techy stuff good effort

sorry no idea of GR, its in the peak and its cheeky

Riding doesn't look bad at all to me. I'd be going down much slower/dabbing all the time!

Good work, some nasty rooty drops and lumps of rock to catch you out. Judging by my performance today I probably couldnt / wouldnt ride it
Also some rather large trees for 'Target fixation' to draw your eye , and body toward the impending crash.

hats off , nice one.

i had a few dabs, one with my whole body too.

thats a great little vid slowrider
it makes mine seem like slow mo!

fweck that looks awesome. Where exactly is it?

WE've had videos posted on here where I'm thinking. I'm sure it was steeper if you were there.

That looked hard and scary well done

bintangman, i like that camera position, how'd you do that?

geetee, parkin clough

ampthill, the steepness is the main challenge. nothing too massive, just silly steep in places.

Nice work man.

Props on the witness remix as well!

i took one of those cheapo ebay muvi copies with me too. i had the angle all wrong though so all i filmed was my feet. maybe next time…

I enjoyed that, cheers. Riding looks spot on too!

hey slowrider,
its using a go pro HD, with the chest mount – I use it for surfing mainly so its get lots of use for the money!
The best angles are pointing it backwards at the rider behind I think.

bintangman; ahhh, upmarket gear eh? these little muvi copies are really hard to stabilise

cheers doug!

I SOOO need to go ride that.

just got an email pointing out that bigfoot puts in an appearance around 36 seconds in…

Where abouts is this.Thanks

That looks lovely. Can't say I'd ride it any better.

its parkin clough in the peak

went out filming bluebell-lined singtletrack earlier, ill edit it together sometime this weekend…

@ bintangman

is the chest mount easy to knock up yourself for a normal pocket sized digi cam?

alpin,

i did one today for my digi cam using velcro and some zip ties and the results werent bad. i think i move about waaaaay too much for a POV cam though

slowride,

you got any pics? still scratching my head as to how you go about knocking something together.