it has been a while since i last took out my diamondback carbon sync'r hardtail
so i'm really glad to finally take it out on the trails today in fact it's been about nine
months since i last rode it, now the reason is because of the concussion i had last year
i just found that riding the hardtail was too hard on my body and i could notice some of the
negative side effects well i'm all better now and it's definitely time to ride this bike again
hey guys boostmaster here with my buddy wesley we're at mount fromme and we're gonna do something
special today i got my diamondback carbon sync'r hardtail right here wesley's on his
full suspension enduro bike it's a giant reign he actually just got it so it's kind of new for him
basically what we're gonna be doing is i'm gonna see if i can keep up with him while i'm on my
hardtail and he's on his full suspension while riding north shore trails he's gonna get smoked
yeah so we'll see and you'll notice i exchanged the gold handlebar with this deity bar that i had on
my maiden this one is a 38 millimeter rise versus the 15 millimeter rise that the gold bar was
i was really wanting a higher stack height so i think this should improve the ride and then i
also upgraded the tires just to a 3c compound max tara otherwise they're just the same maxis minion
tires 27.5 by 2.8 the stock tires were a dual compound which is not as good as the 3c compound
all right let's go okay let's see if i can keep up with wesley
i'll warm up on bob's sled i think bob said it'll be a perfect little warm-up to get used
to our bikes here because after this we're gonna go all the way to the top and ride seventh secret
feeling good
oh
oh i bottomed out there
oh that was a warm-up we are both feeling kind of rusty since it is a new bike for wesley anyways
and i just i'm trying to get used to the hardtail again another thing i realized he's actually not
as experienced on these trails as i am so that might give me a little bit of an advantage today
wesley just wanted to slightly raise the stack height on his bike and now let's go
all the way up for a big run and really see how we compare all right let's and we also
tried swapping bikes a couple times too pedal wesley's bike i'm actually be curious to like
just for a short second trail just like swap bikes actually feel what each others are like
it's always fun to check out the wardens gap on the way up it's a bit of a skinnier landing though
but wesley's done it a while ago but i still haven't done it yet i might prefer to take my dh
bike up there for the first time though because i'm definitely not doing this on a hardtail
what are we getting ourselves into so we are going to the top to seventh secret
and i was not expecting snow up here so that will make this even more interesting
it's so beautiful out here seventh secret take a bit of air pressure out of my
tires okay guys so we made it up to the top of seven secret there's a lot more snow than i was
expecting and uh that's gonna kind of suck but that's all right it's gonna get a lot better as we
go down we're gonna do seven secret into pipeline so pipeline's gonna get probably a bit more gnarly
seventh secret will be fun and i don't know i'm just really excited to see how
i do on my hardtail compared to wesley on his full suspension so uh let's see how it goes
but let's not count this first bit of trail this is looking pretty sketch do it yeah
that was actually scary okay let's not do that dude it's so beautiful out here
let me go in front see how i do
come on there we go oh i'm definitely beating wesley
oh crap more ice
okay i'm definitely beating wesley in this part oh now
all right
getting away from the snow now
a little bit tricky
just don't want to like slide and drift
oh this is impossible are you kidding nope
no chance otherwise i was on a pretty good roll do that skinny now
ah that's like so hard where's wesley at finally what's taking you so long slowpoke
how was that yeah i couldn't do it really yeah you were doing really good
i think the plus size tires do help i think you're you're a better snow rider yeah and do you know
what pressure your tires are at i have them for like they're high yeah that's not gonna help dude
no because mine were like 23 in the front 25 in the back before i took air out at the top
they're just like low 20s they're not even that low so i'll continue to lead for the
snowy stuff and then we'll switch it up when it gets better out but uh all right let's continue
yo dude i freaking did it yes i did it all right okay snow is basically gone now
almost
oh yeah so chill
i will not be doing this not on the hardtail forget it
you're not go growing yeah the snow's about gone here now so it's all good
i could just follow you at this point down the rest of the trail yeah i don't know it so
you don't know it well i've ruined it once i'm gonna give wesley a little bit of a head
start here and see if i can catch up to him okay and let's go whoa does not sound good
so
yeah i did yeah i just rolled it
that's right yikes you could smoke me on that stuff
like this maybe if i wrote it again yeah the last time i rode this trail was only a month ago
and wesley only rode this trail once in 2017. so maybe this wasn't the most fair comparison here
look at that instead of going down pipeline like we originally planned we're gonna go down espresso
instead wesley is a little more familiar with that trail so i want to get a more fair comparison here
cause like you're i think you're more familiar with espresso probably yeah i think so espresso
let's do this see if this will be any easier or harder to keep up with wesley
this trail is definitely a lot more tame it gets a bit tight as well but uh there's some good speed
oh
this trail was definitely a closer call as to who was really faster i was just keeping
up with wesley here but if he was even more experienced on this trail i think he would
have been gaining more ground on me though drift i too will drifted that was a workout yeah that was
harder to keep up with you there how do you feel on that i don't know if some of the cards i like
there's a few spots where i was going to come in really fast and jump that and then i realized
oh it's a corner yeah let's hit the brakes well i'm i'm working to try and keep up
okay
there's some fresh fresh work there i think
yeah that's a bit sketchy in the wet
oh
um
oh
i'm feeling my legs
yeah tiring yeah i'm i'm feeling better on the corners
this is the kind of trail i like though right now nice to like follow you at
some point just to see like maybe i can just stay on your tail yeah oh i wanted to switch
bikes i want to try switching bikes for just a little bit not long let's see what it's like
yo
oh i'm feeling that rear suspension
what's going on amazing yeah hey i was keeping up to you no problem
nice okay this thing's flicky and the handlebars are great yeah that was fun though following you
like yeah there's no problem you want to try following me a little bit more
yeah i would like to try to keep up to you on this bike i think i want to let some air
pressure out yeah that's a good idea because it'd be nice to see you like just following your lines
but yeah like i can kind of tell like this bike can keep its speed really nicely oh yeah like
being a hardtail it'll it'll keep its speed well lower especially oh yeah i haven't ridden this in
a long time this is what was brand new when i came here last night it was all redone yeah all right
oh boy oh yes
oh that's fine i looked like i got some ground on you or did you did i yeah sweet
all right let's head up
more digger we're going to finish off on lower digger this is a really fun flowy line with
some jumps on it now wesley's never rode this one before so i suspect i will do well on this trail
oh it's a bit of a gnarly landing
oh
so
yo
oh yeah that's true there was like a little put up yeah okay like after that log skinny
yeah yeah i walked up there that was fun yeah yeah no but my bike is feeling great like i
was i was really feeling um the grip that my bike was able to give me with the fatter tires
you beat me today yeah yeah right on dude yeah but i was also a lot more experienced with these
trails well there you have it folks wesley gave me the win for today but i wonder if we'd get the
same result on a different trail system one where wesley has more experience with would you like to
see another one of these videos let me know in the comments below my hardtail is feeling better than
ever i made the right choice in putting this new handlebar on higher rise definitely good
i definitely like my tire upgrades as well the 3c compound max tara and i'm finally
getting more experience with like lower air pressures feeling good i like it thank you
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