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Gravity Escapades
Sweden
Приєднався 22 бер 2008
Are you getting older and want to challenge yourself into becoming a Gravity or Enduro oriented mountain biker? I started that journey in 2015 when I turned 40. I'm hoping to get you inspired for your own age defying gravity journey.
On the channel:
- Vlogs, trying to get better at MTB Enduro
- Race reports (mostly Enduro)
- MTB Trail Building
- Visiting bike parks and trail centers
I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been mountain biking for quite some time, but all this gravity oriented stuff (downhill, enduro, jumps, all mountain...) is new to me. And I'm happy to have found out that it's not to late even though you've passed 40!
On the channel:
- Vlogs, trying to get better at MTB Enduro
- Race reports (mostly Enduro)
- MTB Trail Building
- Visiting bike parks and trail centers
I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been mountain biking for quite some time, but all this gravity oriented stuff (downhill, enduro, jumps, all mountain...) is new to me. And I'm happy to have found out that it's not to late even though you've passed 40!
Searching for LONG Enduro Trails in Kopparberg
I'm always on the hunt for long MTB enduro trails, especially since where I live the highest "peak" is like 70 meters... But each year I go to this small village called Kopparberg. And the last time there I realized that they have peaks at 400 meters. So of course I gotta go hunt for long MTB enduro trails!
However, it seems altitude does not always equal long descents. Although I did find some good stuff!
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MTB Music Videos: ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR3QHRakN9HKnxQUdjLatpSj.html
Trail Building (My Bike Park): ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR3QHRakN9HKnxQUdjLatpSj.html
However, it seems altitude does not always equal long descents. Although I did find some good stuff!
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Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
WANT MORE? Check out these playlists
Enduro Races: ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR2-vE-M7EdjayMXG9z1dvx0.html
Enduro VLOGS: ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR0MJn-9VH-NQSMGaw2bfIUj.html
MTB Music Videos: ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR3QHRakN9HKnxQUdjLatpSj.html
Trail Building (My Bike Park): ua-cam.com/play/PLLty2kCz5NR3QHRakN9HKnxQUdjLatpSj.html
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Відео
#highway_DH Tour
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A short tour of our DH MTB tracks at #highway_DH. Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
BEST Malaga LAP | Malaga Baby! (5/5)
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Fifth video from my one day Malaga downhill MTB adventure. We we're riding using the Benalmadena Cable Car as a lift. Which kinda turned this place into a DH MTB bike park. In this video we're riding the trail R3, and boy what a ride it is! Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
Entering the SANDBOX | Malaga Baby! (4/5)
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Fourth video from my one day Malaga downhill MTB adventure. We we're riding using the Benalmadena Cable Car as a lift. Which kinda turned this place into a DH MTB bike park. In this video we're riding the trails Arenosa Upper Left into Arenosa Lower and finish it off with Calamorro. Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
Had to UP My GAME | Malaga Baby! (3/5)
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Third video from my one day Malaga downhill MTB adventure. We we're riding using the Benalmadena Cable Car as a lift. Which kinda turned this place into a bike park. In this video we're riding the trails Cañada del Lobo into Puerto marina. Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
Man IT rolls! | Malaga Baby! (2/5)
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This is the second MTB downhill lap in Malaga. Or rather right next to Malaga in Benalmadena. With the Benalmadena cable car this almost becomes a downhill MTB bike park. In this lap we're riding the trails R1 into Rocosa and finally Calamorro Lower. Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
Malaga Baby! (1/5) | Benalmadena Cable Car "Bike Park"
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I got a one day opportunity to ride downhill MTB in Malaga, or rather right next to Malaga in Benalmadena. This place is almost like a bike park since it has a lift, the Benalmadena Cablecar. In this first out of five videos we´re riding the MTB downhill trail S1 into the end of Cañada del Lobo. Check out my Instagram for faster updates: gravity_escapades
My First E-MTB RIDE & Review!
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This is the first time I'm riding and E-MTB. Come along for the ride and hear me share my experience and give an E-MTB review. And in doing so you'll get to see some nice trails and scenery around the Lofsdalen Bike Park in Sweden. These are some of the trails in the ride: Stenrutsleden MTB, Vildmarksleden MTB, Pilgrimsleden, Digervålen Lilla and Hovärksleden. So come along for this E-MTB adven...
MTB Full Run: NM-Banan at Kungsberget Bike Park, Sweden
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MTB Full Run: Velodromen in Kungsberget, Sweden
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MTB Full Run: Happy MTB in Lofsdalen Bike Park, Sweden
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MTB Full Run: Hallon & Blåbär in Källviken, Sweden
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MTB Full Run: Sulan in Källviken, Sweden
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Epic FAIL Trip - MTB Roadtrip In Sweden
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Pedal POWER Unleashed? | Coached Episode 4
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Trysil EPIC RIDE: Can We Make it back in time?
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Lofsdalen Bike Park - Doing Red & Black | Excerpt from Road Trip 2020
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MTB in Grövelsjön/Storvätteshågna | Excerpt from 2020 Road Trip
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MTB in Grövelsjön/Storvätteshågna | Excerpt from 2020 Road Trip
MTB in Källviken and Lugnet (Falun) | Excerpt from Roadtrip 2020
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What’s the place called and where in Malaga is it
Check the description of the video. It's like 15 minutes by car from Malaga, southwest on the coast highway.
@ thanks
Tjockt! Du missade svängen…
@@ea4326 nope, jag hade hittat bästa vägen.
@@GravityEscapades thjockt
Grymt ! Tack för bra video..skulle köra H&B igår men missar typ alltid å höll höger vid vägen så hamnade vid Slopestylebanan haha..nästa ggn håller jag vänster 😁
Håll vänster! ;-)
Where in Stockholm is it?
@@gonzi74 www.trailforks.com/region/nybohovsberget
Looks really good!
Yes it's not to bad 😉
Dakota Norton and you with the highrise bars :-)
Maybe he's also a T-Rex like me 🤔
Looks really nice! Would be fun if therer were some more features like drops
A drop into steep gnar is planned 😁 Also, the features are more of features than what it looks like in the video.
B-linjen flyger rätt bra ända om man satsar. Men dags och bygga en A+ line.
Droppet ska in 🤘
Looks so different to last time I rode it, great work man. Will get our calendars lined up for a session soon 🤘
Yup, I probably don't see the difference since we've done so many small change over a long period of time. But I guess you're right, it has changed alot.
This is a beautiful trail man, looks super tekky and loose at the top. Good riding brother 🤘
Yeah man, dream about going back to this trail. Wish I had it in my back yard like Christian has...
@@GravityEscapades Hellas will have to do 😂
@@TwoWheeledStoriesYup, Hellas ain't bad. Just imagine if the elevation could double though...
Oh man that sunshine! You're right about the rocks, nothing else like those Spanish ones loose rough and sharp.
Yup, just another couple of months or years and then we might have sunshine in Sweden again!
@@GravityEscapades haha bringing that positivity as always I see 😂
@@TwoWheeledStories stay another 10 years in Sweden and you'll understand 😁
Moonshine är kul, lite stökig när det hade regnat ett par dagar dock :D Sherpa var jobbig med lite mer stig-orienterad cykel på 140/130
Det tar några rundor innan man får flyt på de där stigarna...
🥰
Just as I remember the place, rocky as fuck. 😅
For sure, but good stuff! 🤘
@@GravityEscapades It was whole body shock therapy on a steel hardtail 25 years ago.
@@bugginout-net 😅 I feel you brother!
I hope u got your money back cause of that damn brake! Almost caused me to not give your video a thumb up! 🤭
Maybe I should have, but I had such a great day that it didn't cross my mind.
2:35 looked spicy!
Not to bad, I think I just messed it up some.
Hi Where did you hire the bike from?
I rented it at the place below. Possibly the only place in the Malaga area where you can rent a proper enduro bike.
Slang är najs! Därför som det rullar bra ju. Pump it up, u gotta pump it up! 🎶
Hmm, kanske...
Hallå! Finns dessa spår kvar? Har för mig jag såg något om att vissa av dessa spår skulle försvinna pgr bostäder. Men det kanske inte stämmer?
De fanns där i somras i varje fall!
@@GravityEscapades Okej perfekt! Kan vara ett specifikt spår de menade där jag läste. Men detta är ju bara knappt en timme bort från mig, blir prova till våren!
@@Doggepp ja tror att det som eventuellt ska försvinna är max hälften. Bra spår så testa till våren!
Try a Pole Voima. 190/190. Add a volume spacer in the shock and let it roll.
Sounds awesome, not sure how to get one to try though 😅
had a triple bypass in 2016. was scared to get back out on the trails. this past year i bought an ebike and its the best thing i ever did. it's a Trek Rail and it's awesome. it's allowed me to get back out into the woods and get some exercise. it's given me a much needed confidence boost and am actually losing a bunch of weight. :)
Man that sounds great! Ebikes FTW!
Just remember money can't buy you happiness; however, it can buy you an Ebike and I've never seen anyone unhappy on the trails with one.
Maybe if they drained the battery and had a long way home? 😅
Top comment. Totally agree. Best purchase I've made.
I guess you're learning to do x-ups considering how much cable you've got 😆
Haha. It's a rental, but maybe it would have been the perfect opportunity to learn x-ups 😅
dude your cables on cockpit are DANGEROUS...
It's a rental so I accept no responsybility 😅
give me 15 minutes in the rental workshop and im good 😂
@@Liqweed1337 😅
Great video 👍 over 45 myself and looking to get a ebike in the new year to keep out on the hills.
All though I did have a lotta of fun on the bike I still don't have an ebike. Still prefer my regular bike, but I guess it's only a matter of time (and money).
I got to 47 and my legs went. Got an ebike and I love it. Surprisingly you really can tire your self out still, but then a full day 20 miler now only takes about 2hrs
I turned 48 this year, but still no ebike. We'll see when I pass 50 😅
@@GravityEscapades I turned 48 this year and my legs hurt more . I tried to get to 50. Still use normal bike to
im gonna be 54 in may. ebike has allowed me to actually enjoy the ride again. can't recommend it enough!
@@keithkenyon3845 keep it rolling!
Straight to jail
Ebike = straight to jail?
@@GravityEscapades it's the law 🤣🤣
Jag har både och, älskar ju enkelheten av en vanlig cykel men är ju både skönt och kul att ta el hojen ibland också.
Ja det är väl fler och fler som har både och.
Tumme ner för elektriskt innehåll + ingen hype på Insta!
Time for you too to join the e-bike gang :) Smiles for days!
We'll see about that...
Vad heter stigen på trailforks? Ser jäkligt kul ut
Det är ju lite blandade stigar i videon. Vilken tänker du på (tid i videon)?
Typ toppen av berget du cyklade upp på i slutet. Typ platån 😊
Jag tror du menar Hovärksleden. Här är andra delen av min ride: strava.app.link/Vkf1qn7z6Eb
@@GravityEscapades tack 😊
Ni hade i alla fall tur med vädret! ;-)
Jo, det kunde man inte klaga på 😆
Den där är min nemesis. I’ll get you bitch.
I’ve heard about this place but never seen good footage! Do they have shuttles or a lift up? :)
It's a bike park with chair lift 🤘 See more in these two videos: ua-cam.com/video/I-_Tmprg3HE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/w6sOxuiBs1g/v-deo.html
Minns du vad trailsen hette? Hittar olika rutter runt topparna Grimsåsen o Brattåsen. Nådra visas som Black double-diamond på Trailforks, sedan lite Red o Blue trails med.
Skumt, de verkar ha tagit bort flera av stigarna i området från Trailforks, men om du börjar på stigen på länken nedan så är det bara att följa stigarna nedför berget till byn igen. www.trailforks.com/trails/stopa-flytsti/#
Synd på alla fails men blev ändå bra film! Bra jobbat 👏
Tack! Man lär av sina misstag kanske... 😅
What trail is that at 7:26?
It's Vildmarksleden MTB: Vildmarksleden MTB on Trailforks www.trailforks.com/trails/vildmarksleden-mtb/
🎉
What drone do you use?
I have an old Staaker.
good night~super. nice job,adios- Gravity~ 🙌
Jäkligt fint! Måste dit. Hittade just din kanal, blir kul att kolla igenom framöver. Subscribed!
Ja den får man inte missa! Kul att du hittade kanalen och dubbade 🤘
va kul det ser ut 🤓
Ja inte så dumt 🤘
Its going to be fun 🤘
More info and sign up: instagram.com/p/Cv7u_UXoG73/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==
So awesome!
How meny mtb do you own?
Is this series my best work ever? Or the worst? Or maybe just something bleak in the middle like the rest of my content?
Bra kanal! Snart 44 år på jorden här. Jag började utmana mig själv genom att stå upp på dom lite kortare stigarna i hemtrakten. Kan bara säga att det är mycket roligare att cykla nu och jag står upp hela tiden på 1km långa stigar. Man blir definitivt starkare och får mer kontroll och flyt. Jag kör plattpedaler och stigarna här hemma kräver att man trampar nästan hela tiden. Det har även resulterat i att jag kör med mindre sag för maximal prestanda när man står upp och trampar. Lycka till med racingen!
Kul att höra att du gillar kanalen och har liknande upplevelser som mig vad gäller stående tramp. Det där med sag/att hojjen gungar när man står har mycket med trampteknik att göra upptäckte jag i Coached Episode 3.
I am… sort of ambivalent about this.😅
@florden it's because you're an e-guy 😅
Where do you recommend to start this ride, did you logged it in strava?
We started at the Grövelsjön "fjällstation" and then rode this: strava.app.link/hwE0Tg0pLxb
@@GravityEscapades thx alot, will do this ride this year 😊
@@JonasNymanMTB it's maybe not the best riding, but a nice "adventure day".
@@GravityEscapades fjällcykling is fantastic 😊😍