Hangover on the Binary Maniak - Can I Clean Sedona's Hardest Trail on a Hardtail?

Today we're riding the iconic Hangover Trail and the goal is to clear every inch without a touch with multiple attempts at landing on the

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, so a slack head angle is really nice in chunks and a bit of speed if you're beyond . 15 miles per hour he actually does great here oh Spike has a smooth ride this is a rough

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trying to save all my energy for the big moves because there are a lot of big moves in this he's just a friendly little league but come on To have watch out for snakes see you today buddy Sorry Cody for the sudden emergency stop.

I wasn't sure if it's a rattlesnake or not, yeah not bad, this trail has tons of awkward little technical climbs. This trail is much more of a slow tech trail. than a fast bombing trail, so on these tech climbs you don't really want to be with your grandma and your eagle gear, you need some muscle to push it, so I'm usually two to three, oh yeah man, This bicycle. it just goes right where I put it cody found a cool extra line I'm just going to go in and catch that little six inch lip this is probably 50 inches tall oh that's fun man moves like that are so much better on a

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here's an audience service announcement scratching your name on rocks is considered graffiti and you will go to jail for it so in the national forest don't scratch things please leave it beautiful for everyone so today I'm conserving my energy as I'm trying to

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up . the whole trail I'm not just hammering here we go, this trail has a lot of exposure and you should be comfortable with low speed off camber exposure.

I recommend clearing the trail of pigs before coming here and a lot of people ride this. trail, but not many people

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every inch without touching and there is a big difference. I recommend learning to clear your trails 100 percent when you ride them, it will make you a better rider on this thing. it's like a great combination between trials and dirt jumps and this trail bike is out of camber and steep and awkward with a lot of exposure and some steps in between no drama on this thing this thing is actually very suitable for double black diamonds . and having a big dropper here gives me so much confidence that I can get off the bike better.

I can achieve more body separation on these technical climbs. I feel at home, very comfortable in this. I love this trail. It also scares me a lot. It's a scary move, oh so scary, yeah man it's a great move, so serene, I love this thing, this is the best geo I've ever ridden and it better be because I designed it like I was riding on Mars here , I love how easy it is. put this in a manual at the last second to g outs oh it's so much fun what a bike okay we've reached the big steep bend he goes up there it's not necessarily very difficult it's just exhausting so putting it all together it's hard.

I'll probably slow down in the middle, catch my breath, and then run when I need to. It's okay, oh man, it's hot. This rock simply reflects it to you. This thing is a good climber. There is a more difficult move on the mountain, but this climb is it. hard, it's loose, oh, someone stacked a rock, which makes it so much easier, so much easier, oh, that's nasty, oh, we got through it okay, no, I fell in the hallway, I gotta redo that, damn Wow, it's so tight, wow I have such a short stay! Help at a mile an hour jump over the ledges ah we're in the saddle one of the most beautiful scenes in Sedona let's go straight down you need to know the line please don't be blindly guided by this if you've never been here before .

The question is: do you trust your cable brakes like I do? I love this stuff, yeah baby, that makes the heart race. This trail is called Resaca because the trail hovers on the left. Here are some of these. the handlebar eaters, those are tricky, this bike is so good at these slow tech moves with steps and ledges in the middle, I know it looks flat on camera, it's not flat, what a beautiful trail, there's tons of exposure right, but we have these trees act as guardrails, that's a 12 inch root lift if you've been here, you know, if you've never been here, it looks smooth on gopro, okay, all the way, you're ready, Foreigner, yes honey, here we are. get spicy this bike fits me like a glove oh this is awesome this is a scary move for me for some reason I always get a little scared I like being able to dismount that's my least favorite move on the trail and I'm glad having cleaned it, this is the

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move on the trail and most people haven't gotten past here without rubbing the front end, it's so high, that was the line, Cody, nice, thanks, my foot got stuck in the Marco, that was strange, scary.

Ugh, that's why I say there's a big difference between clearing a trail and walking a small section. The amount of skills that increase when you force yourself to clean every inch is incredible and this highlights my weaknesses and I need to overcome this and improve and clean this this is how we improve oh I'm tired I wasn't letting go that's why oh man I got it now that's a real dude oh man that was hard I'm totally cooked I'm out of water the gopros are overheating it's really hot I hope we get some usable footage of this I'm totally cooked but we cleaned up the

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every inch there were touches but then I went back and redid them without touches so that should tell you what this bike is able to loosen up a little bit for my liking for slow speed, like in testing, it moves around, but when it gets up to speed and you're cooking, it's a lot of fun.

I love this bike, it's my favorite

hardtail

by far. Absolutely wonderful and it's so versatile, with sliding toes, room for 29 by 3.0, you can do it with a mullet, you can run it at 120, you can run it stiff, you can run it single speed, you can run it in so many different setups and that's what I wanted it because hardtail bikes should be versatile. and if you're paying that much for a hardtail, you should be able to build it as a lightweight xc weapon, all day trail machine, bike packer, or shredder depending on your needs, and this bike is very versatile and very. fun and as always if you need help choosing your next bike including one of these please become a patron and we can work together and I can give you my personal recommendations on what would be best for your riding style, your budget and your local trails .

Go enjoy this ultimate

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, so there aren't many other hardtails you can do that with and hangover has never felt so easy before. It's not an easy road, but I remember every move I came thinking, oh, that was a lot harder last time, but it sure felt easy on this bike and it does everything I wanted to do

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, you guys knocked it out of the park. This is the bike of my dreams. It's my favorite hardtail bike of all time. I highly recommend her. I'm biased, but I value integrity over selling one. an extra bike or two so take it with a grain of salt but I wouldn't say it was great if it weren't for the fact that the first batch sold out and the

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started a waiting list for the second batch so if you're interested in one of these In the future put it on your waiting list you are amazing thanks for watching there is a party in the mountains and you are invited