Video: 53 Seconds of Raw Riding at Mount Washington

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raleightheodoresakers (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:08)

NOBL stands for "Not On Banned List" in maritime shipping terminology....that's your little sliver of useless information for the day.

EnsBen (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:26)

Appreciate that

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Mohawkmatty FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 5:11)

not this Mt Washington www.trailforks.com/tracker/map/?ping=44.275049,-71.302999

tommy85 (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:02)

This Mt Washington www.trailforks.com/tracker/map/?ping=49.746946,-125.308745

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justinmariano (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:15) (Below Threshold)

fo real. I got incredibly stoked until about 5 seconds in when I realized this is NOT Mt. Washington.

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Phazz470 (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:46)

As much as I love the bike parks, the actual Mt Washington in NH would be more "raw" riding

sspiff FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:59)

And here I thought it was going to be some remote Oregon riding.

rocky-x FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:41)

Uhhh - it's Mt. WaRshington, guys.

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mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 8:12)

Ridiculous. Mt.Washington, BC has had a bike park for about 15 years now. It's held such events as the Bearclaw invitational Slope Style, and the annual Steve Smith Memorial Downhill race. Americans don't own the Mt.Washington name...

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pmhobson (Sep 17, 2020 at 8:29)

@mammal: I think Mohawkmatty was jokingly pointing out that there a lot of Mt Washingtons. I don't think they were laying exclusive claim to the name on behalf of any particular mountain.

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DHhack (Sep 17, 2020 at 8:32)

@mammal: highest point in the us northeast, world record high winds, first observed by a European in 1524, first European ascent in 1642, US oldest maintained and used trail 1819, worlds first cog railway 1868, racing up the hill includes cars (oldest race in the US), runners and cyclists. So yeah, it’s a big deal.

The one in Vancouver? It’s home to a rare marmot species, ski resort and manages to have less elevation and prominence than the one in the US.

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ridintrials (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:10)

@mammal: @mammal: look at the Canadian getting all confrontational... shouldn't you be apologizing to someone for something

Bomadics FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:24)

@ridintrials: @ridintrials @pmhobson @mamma @DHhack @Mohawkmatty @tommy85 Our Mt. Washington was named after a dude that explored the Vancouver Island area back in the 1800's. He was in the British Navy, so no relation to your Mt. Washington which was named after that president guy.

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:53)

@DHhack: So that means Mt.Washington BC isn't a significant mountain biking area? I was only stating that yankees shouldn't expect that everything's going to be about them. Pinkbike is in BC, so is Mt.Washington. Get over yourselves.

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:54)

@ridintrials: Just confronting people who can't look past their own backyard... Sorry for pointing out the obvious.

likeittacky (Sep 17, 2020 at 11:12)

I was about to load up for a trip to NH! Saying-" WTF; there's a bike park on that BEAST!!!"

DHhack (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:15)

@mammal: no not really that notable unless you’re local.

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:35)

@DHhack: Is the mountain biking on Mt.Washington more notable than a bike park that's been open for 15 years, hosts national championship DH races, and has hosted world class slope style comps? Right, you haven't heard of it, so I guess it must not be notable.

rkstar FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:37)

@Phazz470: Like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5fiuvsNbc

rkstar FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:37)

Rawwwwwww......

Badler (Sep 17, 2020 at 14:49)

@mammal: Confronts people about looking at their backyards by looking in their own. Brilliant!

DHhack (Sep 17, 2020 at 14:53) (Below Threshold)

@mammal: ooh nationals. Like I said, not notable unless you’re a local. Same as most of the places here that have hosted nationals, or most any other country really.

pmhobson (Sep 17, 2020 at 15:09)

@Bomadics: Which of our Mt Washingtons though?

Bomadics FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 16:08)

@pmhobson: The tallest one out on the east coast, y'know the most famous one. I know you have many Mt. Washington's, we were just worried about the two, but if you feel the need to list them all, go right ahead!

Starsky686 (Sep 17, 2020 at 19:58)

@DHhack: does the “highest point in the us, northeast, world record high winds, first observed...blah, blah” have a lot of mountain biking? I mean this is a mountain bike site, so there’s that.

And Vancouver is a city. Mt Washington isn’t in Vancouver or even on the same land mass.

Phazz470 (Sep 17, 2020 at 23:00)

@Starsky686: see @rkstar 's post above. There are a lot of trails on mt washington and surrounding areas...it's in the white mountains national forest. There is some good backcountry riding, with plenty of hike a bike as well. That's what I meant by more "raw"..more backcountry over untamed trails versus a bike park..which can sometimes be amazing and sometimes not if it's way too rocky and unrideable.

chrisrasco (Sep 18, 2020 at 5:48)

@DHhack: don't forget all the deaths!!! (135 it think) just added another one last weekend

Simann (Sep 17, 2020 at 5:24)

HAHAHA that steez neez at the end.

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:31)

Watch out, the bow legged head turn might become slopestyle's new greatest trick!

juleous (Sep 18, 2020 at 6:01)

Arguing with Americans about why they arnt #1 at something is absolutely pointless, we are Canadians and could kick any Americans ass on any mountain any day of the week. We could ride a shopping cart down Mnt Washington faster than any of you yanks could ride your fully rigs, btw I’m not sorry and don’t your guys have some guns to buy or something?

TypicalCanadian (Sep 18, 2020 at 10:42)

User name checks out.

lukeno1 (Sep 17, 2020 at 5:03)

the first 5 seconds were no riding.

vinay FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:05)

You're not paying attention. He was already riding after 3 seconds. That said, the last 3 seconds weren't riding too so indeed, ask your money back

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:49)

@vinay: ahhh got me, guess I'll need to have 56s of riding in the next one but still call it 53s Raw to make up for it

CDT77 (Sep 17, 2020 at 18:32)

@maxmcculloch nice work, super smooth.. nice manual off the wood on back in black.. question-> what jump / trail was that 1st big send? Washy is much under rated.. small lines, no ridiculous mask rules, decent trails.. its no Whistler granted but damn good nonetheless.

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 20:33)

Cheers and totally! It's super fun up there. That huck was on the upper portion of the green trail.

Eric27 (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:52)

I was calling BS from here in New England until I hit the link. I wish they would build a bike park on Mt. Washington N.h. It would be crazy!!!

big-red (Sep 17, 2020 at 5:10)

Is that a Felt Decree with a custom paint job he's riding? Or that new Rossignol bike that's based on the Decree design?

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:32)

New bike!

tommy85 (Sep 18, 2020 at 6:06)

If you pause the video at 14 secs it says Rossignol on the downtube.

CarbonShmarbon FL (Sep 18, 2020 at 6:57)

@ridintrials: I was wondering too, I like the paint.
His instagram shows the frame. It's branded Rossignol, which bought Felt a while ago, I believe?

monkeybizz (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:47)

I see that the wheels roll like all the others, did they not wanna absolutely smash them in a rock garden?

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:29)

A little bit of NOBL rock garden action for ya: www.instagram.com/p/CFF5FunAQvv/?igshid=1f6mi887d73cq

monkeybizz (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:41)

@maxmcculloch: If I saw this in an add instead of all the sweet steeze (not that I don't like it) I would be more inclined to buy them. Especially considering carbon wheels haven't had the best track record in bike parks. Not that they're built any worse but alloys but the difference in how they two materials fail

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:46)

@monkeybizz: good to know, might have to make the next video a tech one! It's what I ride most of the time anyways.

monkeybizz (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:07)

@maxmcculloch: that would be sweet

melodymaker FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 21:24)

@maxmcculloch Great riding Max! I gotta get back up there. Come ride with me on Hornby sometime!

bcastaneda FL (Sep 18, 2020 at 23:47)

I love these kind of edits. Fight me.

littleskull99 (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:22)

Wrong, you can't hear anything over an i9 hub.

blablablero84 (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:27)

actually they are 47 seconds... first part is bike park postcard

krumpdancer101 (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:43)

Man how did he know what I look like jumping for that last one lol?

airlacasse (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:43)

Great riding!!

maxmcculloch FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:46)

Cheers!

seanb4 (Sep 17, 2020 at 10:15)

@pinkbike please use a NSFW tag next time

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EnduroG FL (Sep 17, 2020 at 7:28)

Cheap bike park rental fleets are getting NOBLs with I9s now? Sick!

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shredjekyll (Sep 17, 2020 at 6:14)

The REAL Mt Washington is in NH. Should specify

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 8:15)

Let me know why it's not permitted to have two mountains of the same name. PB is in BC, so is Mount Washington, which has had a bike park for over 15 years. Get over yourself.

monkeybizz (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:42)

@mammal: Remember they did name a state and a city Washington... then again we have Quebec and Quebec lol

shredjekyll (Sep 17, 2020 at 9:56)

@mammal: Who told you it's not permitted to have two mountains of the same name?

I literally just suggested SPECIFYING THE LOCATION.

"Get over yourself." Lol, very telling response.

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 10:57)

@shredjekyll: You did say that, but you also said " The REAL Mt Washington is in NH", which means you should REALLY get over yourself and realize that you're not the center of the universe. Pretty straight forward.

shredjekyll (Sep 17, 2020 at 11:15)

@mammal:This has nothing to do with me.
One of them is named after an extremely prominent historical figure, hosts over 225k visitors from all over the world per year, and is very well-known for having incredibly severe weather (even set a world record).
The other was named after some Hydrographer and has some marmots on it.

mammal (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:08)

@shredjekyll: As insignificant as you think our mountain is, you're just proving my point. "The REAL Mt.Washington" shows how narrow your scope is. At least you've learned something today.

shredjekyll (Sep 17, 2020 at 12:19)

@mammal: Yes, I have learned how easy it is to savagely offend certain people by capitalizing words. LOL

chriskneeland (Sep 17, 2020 at 13:01)

I'm just hear to agree that the real Mt Washington is in NH