Would you ride this trail section?

[Tonybro]

 

[Pdoz]

Nah, I don't trust the bikes waterproofing for WHEN gravity wins

 

[RustyMTB]

Fair to say Olly & Brendan regularly end up in A&E!

 

[Mteam]

madeira?

 

[Mteam]

If so - we were supposed to be riding it when we went out there a couple of years ago, but the weather was too poor on that particular day, so didnt get to it.

I suspect I would have been off and pushing at points along that trail. Assuming its as narrow as the camera makes it look

 

[VWsurfbum]

the amount of times i get tagged in this video, I'm shit scared of heights and it makes me wince watching it.

 

[Doomanic]

No. Fuck off. Never going to happen. I can’t even watch it past the first few seconds.

 

[harrysmalls]

I bet the wide angle makes it look worse than it actually is.

 

[Barbara_Reed]

No.No. lots of No.

 

[B1rdie]

I would love to ride it! Not as fast as that for sure, if I crashed at least someone would find the bike

 

[Tim1023]

I'm man enough to admit I'm a complete wus. I wouldn't even walk it.

 

[Rich-EMTB-UK]

No, I am too old to die!

 

[Beer Man]

No. Fuck off. Never going to happen. I can’t even watch it past the first few seconds.

^^^^This.

 

[Banktramp]

Yep “Blindfolded”

 

[Howz]

I wouldn’t even walk it!

 

[steve_sordy]

I would not even walk it!

 

[Jackware]

Only at night

 

[Jimbo Vills]

Only at night

with no lights. Wouldn’t want to be able to see that drop

 

[The Hodge]

What the hell..
Who has posted my favorite (secret) trail section on the side of Kielder Water ..

 

[billwarwick]

What the hell..
Who has posted my favorite (secret) trail section on the side of Kielder Water ..

Oh, is that the new blue at Kielder?

 

[blueglide]

Not sure that's even real. Where is this supposedly located???

 

[Jaspy]

Are they wearing parachutes … YES I’m in !!

 

[#lazy]

Yep “Blindfolded”

with no hands

 

[folmonty]

Not in this lifetime.

 

[Banktramp]

with no hands

no footed.

 

[Beekeeper]

I’d wheelie it all the way.
Go large or go home

 

[Gyre]

Nope! I hate exposure so much. Problem is, many of our best trails around here are very exposed, so either you come to terms with it or stay off. Even walking on an "intermediate" rated trail had a point inching along feet and tires precariously balanced on the edge of a sheer cliff. I think it could be fun to go back and hike that trail again with the right shoes and some hiking poles, but not with a bike.

The first and only time I did Middle Sam Merrill our local rescue helicopter had plucked a rider who fell off and into the canyon just before we started. In August we had a fatality from a fall on Sunset - a super popular cliffside trail that also has a lot of scare stories attached to it.

Even some of our fire roads have to be taken seriously. This was April on the Mt Wilson Toll Road:

Mountain biker rescued hanging head-first off a cliff on Mt. Wilson in Angeles National Forest - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

 

[routrax]

Definitely, I'd probably walk the really sketchy bits, but most of it looks fine at punter speed.

 

[GMLS]

Just watched it and may have done a little

 

[w2ge]

Tbh, I didn’t spend a lot of time on my iPad looking at it…. But is it even real? Looks “CGI ish”.