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I have always been a strong believer in starting out on a flat pedal hardtail to learn how to actually ride properly. That being said they are also the cheaper end of the mountain bike spectrum. I see no reason to spend more than 1100 dollars, but i would also not recommend spending less than 600 or 700. Singletracks themselves puts out some very helpful lists of starter and budget mountain bikes check out their articles!
Woah greg heil! pardon me I’m a little star struck having the editor in chief on my thread. That’s an interesting break, the part must have been really messed up. usually something else fails long before one of those bad boys.
Thanks for the feedback guys! I am surely not going to ignore or take too personally a negative comment. As Alvin said I recognize my first view videos are not going to be amazing by any means. I just recognize I must start somewhere and most of that initial feedback will probably be negative its just part of the job description. The videos will improve as I learn how to shoot something people want to see, but mainly as I develop the identity I want for the channel. I am doing this and making this channel because I want to, not because I want to prove something or have a chip on my shoulder, so I have nothing to lose and plenty of wisdom to gain from those who hate the youtube mountain biker. In fact i just read the thread on the rise of the youtube celebrity and that was a really informing post that was surely not friendly to someone just starting to do this. I hope someday I find away to at least mitigate those feelings from those people and give them a reason to say “ok ok, so singletrack cinema isn’t THAT bad, but its not great!” . Honestly, I am just happy to be a part of this community and I feel good about creating another place people can meet and share good stories. I mean come on whose ever come across a mountain biker that doesn’t have a good story or two right?
Hey guys, sorry to bring back an old thread. For fear of seeming like one of those annoying guys at the family gathering who wont stop trying to get you in on his pyramid scheme I want to point out someone asked me to do this on this thread!
I have created and uploaded the first videos of my channel and made them available for viewing. Hopefully there will be many more videos and hopefully the quality of video will increase BUT the first two videos went pretty well and aren’t too long so checking it out shouldn’t be a waste of time. Without further ado ill let the videos speak for themselves.
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You need to get yourself out east to the good side of the state!! North Park is a trail system that is very well built and extremely fun to ride. it has plenty of every bit of riding you’d want from fast and flowy to pump tracks. the crazy part is that its almost right smack dab in the middle of downtown Pittsburgh.
Another GREAT place to ride is Moraine State Park. I hear it compared to Allegrippis a lot, though I haven’t ridden Allegrippis to speak from personal experience. For a technical challenge and a really fun ride i have to give a shoutout to the trail system at Roaring Run. Great trails with a really strong group of volunteers maintaining them. It isn’t the most expansive trail system in the world but every bit of it is very enjoyable.
for the after work rider i have to second EricJB9. Boyce is just plain old fashioned MTB fun.
ZOSO my man, thanks for your input. I know what you mean about the glut of videos. I will put more time and thought into making unique content that will stand out from the clutter.
