Don’t say we never treat you to anything – the makers of the low-fi riding film, Pretty Sweet, have arranged for us to show their handiwork in three parts over the next week.
Pretty Sweet is all about the kind of riding the average person does. There are no massive jumps, no death defying drops, it’s just about escaping into the mountains to ride with friends, having adventures and seeing what you find. It’s been shown at the prestigious Llanberis Mountain Film Festival, Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival and other showings throughout the country, but now you lovely lot can see it yourselves…
Views per episode are going to be limited to 5,000 so you’d best hurry up.
Oh… god… pleaase… don’t… say… gnarly
It’s very nice and, don’t get me wrong – I like the original premise, (endless yawning jumps by The Collective do get a bit yawn-inducing at times) but it’s a bit like a visual wallpaper to have on in the background while doing something more interesting. I’m not sure what it’s for actually. Who are these people?
I was also left wondering at the start if it were a joke parody of Seasons. ‘Summer… man…. where did it go’. The music and editing all seem to be aping, not innovating.
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I reckon you are taking it a bit too seriously no eyed dear, its obviously tongue firmly in cheek 😉
and the back in the day V brakes comment made me laugh out loud, nice piece of work guys 🙂
I can’t stop watching from 2:40 over and over, too funny! This is what its all about, having fun! Thanks for the lunch time video and getting me amped to ride those winter trails
Xiphon – are you viewing the site through anything else? The video will only work as an embed on the Singletrackworld.com domain…
If you still can’t see it then check out our Vimeo channel here – vimeo.com/singletrackmag
Liked it
Yup, viewing it on the singletrackworld.com domain. Still get the above. Browser is FF 3.6.12.
Works fine on the vimeo domain though.
Nice vid and surprisingly interesting to watch after years of watching massive huck vids
think they missed a big trick with this one. It was meant to be the opposite of all these ‘knarly’ big drop films but really it was just 2 bikers who walked up every climb, rode down semi -tech descents and it had about 20 secs of just riding flowing singletrack. If your gonna stay away from big drop films at least have some puishing climbs where you biking up instead of pushing, some long pieces of flowing singletrack. 4/10
I really liked that, The kind of riding that the majority of us actually do. Looking forward to the next episodes.
The problem with showing what the average rides rides, is that your average rider looks pretty crap. The riders aren’t the greatest, they look uncomfortable at the best.
Why not show great riders riding average terrain, much better. See here: http://dirt.mpora.com/news/speed-kings-matt-simmonds-joe-smith.html. Now that makes me want to get out and ride.
What’s the first track on the clip called and who is it by?
how completely boring! if i want to see punters struggle with rock sections i can go to my local woods! at least film decent riders! Watch Joe Barnes Dudes of Hazard if you want to get stoked through some good trail riding.
nice idea, but didn’t really work for me. If I’d made it I’d be very proud of it, but the big problem about two average riders being filmed riding averagely well is that it just looks a bit average. I agree with radoggair about the lack of climbing. Make another one with some lung-busting climbs before the descents and I could be impressed.
I DID enjoy the struggle to clear the rock step tho’. Been there a few times 🙂
Well I quite liked it. Not sure how long the premise will hold up though. One 5 minute vid is good but how long can you watch people riding bikes for fun. Even “extreme” stuff gets to be boring after a while.
It’s a product of the very current cult whereby ordinary bikers think it’s cool to film themselves and show the world. Unless you’re a pro rider/pro director team, or exceptionally talented amateurs, I reckon the result is mildly entertaining for the people involved, and pretty much dull as dishwater for everyone else.
Made me want to ride, which must be good, non?
Stop pushing and start riding! Still makes me want to go ride though and far better than anything that I could make.
Looks like any number of rides I’ve been on which where exciting to ride, were not exciting to watch video of. 2/10
dull.