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Chicken Legs
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The Cuillin Ridge

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I have climbed the Cuillin ridge, but the traverse on a bike :shock:

http://singletrackworld.com/2014/10/dan ... the-ridge/
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I hear Alan Goldsmith is incorporating that into next years HTR750
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Some extreme hike a bike up the in pin there
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At least now i know how to tackle fences that get in the way! Maybe i can take gates the same!

Very impressive! Scenery looked amazing!
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How can he ride a bike with balls that big? Stunning scenery and riding, I think Iona who did the htr needs to follow the fence jumping technique....
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My goodness.

As soon as Chris Akrigg started appearing on the interblurps I enjoyed his videos more than MacAskills. More fluidity, more biking, less trial. Skill wise, well they both have their place but what Danny has displayed in Imaginate has blown my mind. Yet I still missed him kicking it off in the mountains.

Then this…
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Not quite sure how he's going to ride his bike off the tip of the Inn Pin
Got a nice day for it :-bd
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S' alright ... but having witnessed Fantastic MrMatt bunnyhop a puddle on the disused railway line south of Barmouth, this leaves me a bit cold. Adding great scenery and superb camera work shouldn't be a substitute for the riders skill ... trust me when I say, you'll know when you've been in the presence of a truely gifted rider.
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Watched this a couple of times now and still lost for words, really.
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It's definitely better than that crap his did at the playboy mansion. When I saw that, I decided I'd had enough of him. Too much product placement, too cheesy, too misogynistic. But this goes some way to redeeming him. Some way. At least he's not just jumping off things and doing a 360, again and again.

Chris Akrigg is way better, and fun.

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Just watched this for the second time.

Skye and Cuillin just look amazing. The editing and shooting is beautiful and music really works without being twee. I know Akrigg is prob a bit smoother at this sort of stuff. but as a bike video one of the best i have seen.

I like videos that are short and fun. Can't be doing with hour long canadian freeride vids with someone drawling about their philosophy of it all then doing endless jumps off log structures.

I never bothered to watch the playboy video from Danny Mac, i knew everything i needed to know from the comments about it.
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Chris Acrigg's latest. Possibly more apt for us http://www.imbikemag.com/mountain-bike- ... hore-line/
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Don't know if anyone spotted it but the making of the ridge is on BBC Scotland tomorrow (Friday 10th) at 7.30pm

This is also an vaguely exciting watch :-bd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3uPZZQVoCg#t=91
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Cheers malc I enjoyed that little film very clever.
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Brothersmith wrote:This is also an vaguely exciting watch :-bd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3uPZZQVoCg#t=91
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was on Skye when it was released last week, fair to say that the locals were very excited by what their boy had done :-)

shame we didnt get that sort of weather :-/
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