RideOn the Cherry Bomb

Wednesday morning just before the rain came I went out for a ride.
The weather was dark and misty making for a fun ride!

The new cherry feels very balanced and the suspension is really plush.
Having been on short travel bikes for 5 years now 160mm in the rear feels like a smooth silky teddy.




I love Cherry Pie on pinkbike.com




RideOn boy!

Niko

RideOn the Cherry Bomb

A nice Sunday smash with Mr. Gumball!
We had a good morning fix and finishing the Cherry Bomb.
After lunch we took off for a Tagawa sprawl.








RideOn!

Niko

The Build!

Cherry Bomb Build Video!

2012 RideOn!



Da Bomb Cherry Bomb on pinkbike.com



Niko!

Fall ride!

I had a true blast with two of my good buddies!

We rode Rasta and Pico dos Bodes trail twice and Sanguinho once and it was just great!

This Sunday was a typical fall weather, very calm, lots of clouds, but no rain, wich was fine for some trail bashing, hahahahaha!




RideOn!

Ricardo

Cherry Da bomb bomb bomb!

For 2012 I have a new toy.

Replacing my Banshee Rune this year will be a very interesting bike from Da-Bomb.

Its name is the CherryBomb.

With 150mm of rear wheel travel and a slack geometry, I plan on having some great adventures on this ride.
With is capable 4bar linkage this bike should climb just as good as DH!
The test is to be considered.

A very special thank you to Yuki at Yuris bikes and Wildwind bike shop for this once in a life time opportunity to ride this bike on a Video sponsor ship.
I hope my simple rides and realistic videos can help promote the Cherry Bomb!




Slide Show of DaBomb Cherry bomb! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
RideOn!
2012 will be fun on the Cherry Bomb!







RidEOn!


Niko

Big Sunday ride!

Brothers! The sun was high, temperatures were warm and the trails were dry!

It was perfect! I rode 5 diferent trails in one morning!

Here's Pico dos Bodes trail at it's best!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Thank you, Stevens! Welcome Fanes!

At the end of our ride we were greeted by a Stevens Bikes banner in front of a hotel.

Brochterbeck on pinkbike.com

A couple of days later I decided to buy number 26 out of the 50 Fanes Enduro signature series. 

Those 50 frames were handcrafted by Mr Schlender himself, other than the Taiwan-made ones.

So it's thank you, Stevens Glide! Welcome Alutech Fanes!

RideOn brothers! Manny

RideOn in Autumn!

A nice adventure in the mountains!
Tagawa is filled with steep lines and great sections.

Momo did a super job navigating his Hardtail down some really tough lines.
I too did ok but had some trouble in a lot of sections.
I will continue to push my skills to a better level of Hardtail riding, hahhhahah

Bee-Man was happy to come along.
His new Jamis is looking superb but, he recently purchased some new brakes and while bleeding them 
got mineral oil all over the caliper and disk's rotor. 
He had a hard time all day as his brakes would not hook up for him and kept squealing like a little pig.

Momo and I gave him some good tips on home to clean and sand down his pads to help rid the system of excess oil. Hopefully this cleans the system and gives him a smoother ride.

This video is a fraction of the ride.
The DH itself is a good 30 minutes of pure descending.
I took a chest camera all the way down but decided not to portray it as it was very shaky due to the steep
rocky trail.
I might edit a chest version but we will see, hahahhhhahha

Please take care as the temperature drops.
Stay healthy and eat lots of delicious foods.










RideOn!
Niko

RideOn with the kiddy kids!

A wacky afternoon with Sarah and Jax.

As I was filming Jax decided to kill the gopro with mossy mud balls, hahahhahhahahahha



A Wacky Afternoon! on pinkbike.com




RideOn!

Chill Out...

...ride in Lajes Trail!

The trail is like riding on butter, hahahahah!

Nice going back up to trail pedaling enjoying a beautifull afternoon!



RideOn!

Ricardo

The Dog can get you!

Sorry brothers! This is about as close translation as I can get for the name of this trail, hahahaha!

This Sunday I had a massive, epic All Mountain adventure with 17 other crazy dudes who got up at 06:30 in the morning to meet at 08:30 to ride this foggy, muddy, windy but oh so fun trail!

We had it all! Tunels, big climbs, fast descents, water lines...you name it!

Here's some pics and a small video of one of the smallest tunels we had to cross!!!

This last cool pic is from inside the tunel while crossing it, hahahahah!

RideOn!

Ricardo

New Project!

NS bikes  S.U.R.G.E


RideOn!




New Project on pinkbike.com



Momo and I explore the genera of long travel hard-tailing!
It seems very very fun!
hahahahhah


RideOn!

A New Location

Funny how I discovered this location. Someone asked me if the Kammweg video was from Luebbecke (which it is not, it is at the Hueggel), so I decided to find out what it's like at Luebbecke. The beautiful trails I found there can be seen in the Heidbrink video.


Heidbrink on pinkbike.com

RideOn!
Manny

RidEOn!

RideOn in the North-Kyushyu!



Tuesday ride with Hiro!





Hiro's Dream wahhhhhhhh from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
An Awesome FR Tuesday just Hiro and I up at FuFu trial!





Thursday a cool Bros ride!







Random Thursday Mountain Disco from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
A freeride day with the boys!

RideOn!

North Kyushyu!




RideOn!

Happy 2011 Halloween!

In our town here in Japan, Halloween is nonexistent.
However with a little sprit every year I make the halloween atmosphere great with the help of Hiroyo for our children Sarah, Jax and all of our students!

This year Jax and I had a nice little ride in the afternoon and came home to a witch and devil waiting for us to start carving the Jack o lantern!


Happy Halloween!




RideOn!
Niko

Morning Rush!

Momo came over Wednesday morning for a nice town ride.
We took off from my door step and carried out way down the river in front of my  house.
All the way we discovered lots of little jumps and drops, if time were allowing we could find more!

Momo stepped it up and stomped the 3meter wall to sort of flat landing.
Good job to Momo!





rideOn brothers!

Niko

Beep Beep!

The FR Tuesday gang is back and ready to attack!

Hiro the DH rocker!
Momo the Dropper!
Niko the bubble popper!

Were out and ready to roll on Tuesday early evening!
This trail is a great time and really fun while challenging your skills on the bike!
Steep tight and rocky!

RideOn!



Beep Beep RideOn! on pinkbike.com



ridEOn!

Niko!

Melancholy boys!

Tuesday FR continues with Momo, Hiro and Nathan!



Melancholy Retreat! on pinkbike.com




RideOn!


Niko

Fast Lane

Sorry for the late posts brothers...

Anyways, here's my Sunday's adventure on a diferent trail with a lot of cool buddies!

RideOn!

Ricardo

Looking for new trails at the Hueggel

High above frozen Silver Lake in March 2011, when Birgit and I were hiking in the area.
At that hill - called the Hueggel - we have been looking for new trails since then. 

Hasbergen on pinkbike.com

In early October we went roaming in search of new trails, 

starting from the highest elevation and going down to the Silver Lake. 

Kammweg on pinkbike.com

 On Sunday, October 16th, we rode the ridge trail of the Hueggel, called Kammweg.

 The ridge is marked red. This is not the end, it's just the beginning of our Hueggel adventures, stay tuned!


RideOn! Manny

Autumn Jive

Tuesday has become  a busy flurry as its Hrio's day off.
Trying to manage a nice film ride while filming and manage work at times can be overwhelming.

However when the days out Im always pleased with our accomplishments.
Thank you for the awesome FR Tuesdays.

Today riders were:

Momo the fiery peach!

Hiro-Thing styling the trials

Niko the Monkey boy!







Autumn Jive on pinkbike.com




RidEOn Boys!

Pooppers!

Sunday FreeRide!

We took off Sunday Morning for some regular tail maintaing and riding.
8 hours in the mountain with off and on riding as we worked!
Very fun!
This trial is a great trial and what you see is just a small fraction.
My helmet footage alone was about 35 minutes form top middle to bottom, hahahhahh


We had a blast!
I wish my brothers could come and ride but you can't so please watch the fun!




RideOn!







RidEOn on pinkbike.com

Street Flurry

A Tuesday supreme!

Lunch time with the boys out and about through the streets of my town.
Its cool to ride with other people on spots you usually only ride alone!

RidEOn!






Street Flurry on pinkbike.com

RidEOn!

Last Sunday!
I had a free day with no plans but lots to do, hahahhahhahhah
After a day of cleaning and taking care of my things around the house I took off for a short ride!




Solo Me on pinkbike.com



RidEOn!

Da Bomb

A British aerial bomb made this crater in World War II, now it is a fun little trail for kids and their BMX bikes.
This particular bomb was not even meant to destroy anything, returning from the industrial Ruhr area any leftovers were dropped to save weight and fuel on the flight back to England.



Bombenkrater on pinkbike.com


HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny

The Last Days of Summer

A huge cross marks the top of a hill in a nearby forest. We went there to try out the mini downhill and it was fun!


Kreuzberg on pinkbike.com

RideOn! Manny

The Drop!

It's not really a drop, but a super, super steep descent!

A funny fall, with no consequences and you can see me in the end of the video!

RideOn! Ricardo

Beesukes Dream!

Bee-Man's Bike all ready to be built and rode.
He purchased the 2009 Jamis XAM.
I was astonished by the burly manner in which this frame came.
Its very stout and ready for big mountain action.
There are lots of gussets and nice big tubes, its as tough as the bottle rocket!
Im sure he will enjoy his new ride!





Beesukes Dream! on pinkbike.com




Last Sunday Bee-Man came by to pick-up his bike and we went for a nice ride.
Im just barely strong enough to hold the bike now and everything was awesome.
I  set up the air spring on the fork and rear shock guessing his weight and style.
My adjustments were spot on and he loved the extra squish in the rear.
This will be a great bike for him.

RideOn







Sarah, who now 8 years old and in the second grade, entered a painting contest between second graders.
There were over 9000 entries and her painting named  "My Teacher and I" was selected in the top 50.
She didn't get 1st prize but we were very proud of her and her imagination.
After the show we took off home stoping at a local park to enjoy the end of summer weather.








I send my dearest wishes to Gunnar who is out with yet another broken arm.
May his injuries be subsided with the thoughts of another pleasant ride.
Gunnar boy stay hang in there and never let reality get you down.

RidEOn Brothers!



Nicholas!

Sunday Cathedral ride

The rain is coming, so the trails are getting trickier and muddier already...still...we managed too have some fun!

RideOn!

Ricardo

The travel adjustments on the Durolux!

Changing the travel on your fork might be easier than you think.

This procedure works for many other brands on the marked.
It even works for coil or air forks depending on the forks leeway to adjust.

RideOn




How to change the travel on your Durolux on pinkbike.com




RideOn the Duorlux!

Camel Humps Jump

The old question can now be answered, it is possible to jump the camel humps! Gunnar is going to show you how, just watch the following video!

Local Trail on pinkbike.com

Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

One of my best...

...so far!

This run was on past Monday brothers! The trail was so dry it was literally lifting dust as I passed as fast as I could!

This has been, soo far my best riding week ever! I rode on Monday (GT), Wednesday (Mondraker),  and Thursday (Big Hit)!

What can a guy ask for more?



RideOn!

Ricardo

Riverside BBQ!

Some fun along the river!
We had  a festive day of beer and BBQ while playing in the water!
The kids had a blast and us adults decided to enjoy our selfs as well!




A great day to have a BBQ.




When out and injured!

EatOn!

Alutech Fanes Pinion

RideOn!
Manny

RideOn the Summer way!

This was a very cool pool we found in the mountains recently.
Good times!





A small day trip vacation with my parents.
We went to Noko island!









A beachy day is a good day!










A cool park about 2 minutes from my house and the kids love it!











Sorry for the non biking videos but I love my family too!
hahahhah

RideOn!

Sunday funny ride!

That's right brothers! This Sunday it was time for some new buddies to get to know Pico dos Bodes & Rastadouros Trails! They loved it, but, at the same time, were kinda scared of the steepness of the trails, hahahahaha! A day to repeat many, many times!




RideOn!

Ricardo

Deister Trails

We had to drive for three hours to get to the Nicolai factory, so we looked for something else to do in the vicinity. Having never been at the Deister mountains, we rode up to the highest elevation, a mountain called Broehn (405m), and climbed the Annaturm (Anna's Tower) to enjoy the view over rolling hills and endless forest.


Annaturm von old_school auf MTB-News.de

Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

Nicolai Factory Tour

On Saturday Birgit and I decided to go to Luebbrechtsen and visit Nicolai. A guided factory tour and a trials show by Gates Nicolai Team rider Marco Hoesel - six times world champion - were part of the open house days. That was great fun! Later in the day we went for a ride in the Deister mountains.


Open House on pinkbike.com




Marco and Martin on pinkbike.com


Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

RideOn!

From the Gumball!

Friday Gumball and Momo had no work and time to play!
They went to the steep rocky mountain of Saido!
Its a nice 3-4 hour hike to the top and a good 40 minutes of solid DH full of nasty rock sections.
Captured on Gum's gopro!







RidEOn!

The dance is not over quite yet!

RideOn!

I took my gopro out to our trial building day and after a morning of hard work it was RidOn time!
I had tons of footage as I usually am busy riding and filming but this time I got lots of angle and actually cut 67% to get the video as short as possible.

I think everyone did a great job flying around and getting some air.
We had about 4 new riders who did great on the ladders for the first time.




The dance is not over yet! on pinkbike.com



RideOn and please take it easy!
Niko

Sunday ride...

with 28 other buddies! This is a video made with a "normal" camera, other than the GoPro, hahahahah! Super awesome day buddies!

We can see me on the Mondraker Dune in three diferent parts brothers!

RideOn!

Ricardo

Trail Centres

A good reason for a visit to the UK are the trail centres, where there is often a cafe, bathrooms and showers, a bike wash and a bikeshop. You just pay at the car park and the trails are free. Most of the trail centres are operated by the Forestry Commission and located in beautiful scenic surroundings. Coed Llandegla facilities are run by rider-owned Oneplanet Adventure company though. Coed y Brenin was the first trail centre in the UK and offers lots of rocky single track in the area of the Welsh gold rush of the 19th century. The Welsh word Coed means forest in English and Coed y Brenin stands for Forest of the King.



Coed Llandegla, Wales von old_school auf MTB-News.de



Coed y Brenin, Wales von old_school auf MTB-News.de

Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

Suntour Durolux

I received many e-mails about this fork,
One of which was how to change the oil in the RCA damper.
So, I made a video!

I next will have to make a video on how to adjust the travel.
Many air forks like my fox and this suntour share he same air spring system so a video would
help many riders with a air fork.

enjoy!







RideOn!

Climbing

I made my first and only uphill video in Wales. The first part of the climb is on trail centre trails and then we had to climb on soft peat, which is quite a unique experience. This video and The Mast belong together.



Uphill Only on pinkbike.com


Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

Sanguinho Trail!

Not only is this place a very cool woking spot but it also has some stupendous riding lines!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Death of a Yellow Frame

I witnessed the final ride and the last day of the yellow Guess bike I had given to Gunnar one year ago. The frame cracked at the damper mount on the down tube. After eleven years the Guess USA 2001 found a decent end. I am glad I saw the crack when I took a closer look at the frame. Gunnar's new bike is a Specialized Big Hit from 2009, which will help him to become a better freerider and downhiller.

Dirtville Chillout on pinkbike.com

Happy trails and RideOn!
Manny

Rasta

All cleaned up! As I was riding I found two of the trail creators cleaning it thouroughly and leting me pass by!

 

RideOn!

Ricardo

Stromberg Flowtrail

Finally I had the chance to ride the new flowtrail at Stromberg together with my nephew Gunnar.

Flowtrail on pinkbike.com

Happy trails to you and RideOn!
Nicholas, get well soon!
Manny

Im out!

   Last Saturday after finishing building my GT, I went for a light XC ride.
My plan was a nice 2 hour round trip to a local trial.
I was doing great and enjoying the I-drives superb bobbles ability to put the power down and climb.

Then it was time for the DH!
The trail was extremely rocky due from heavy erosion after the monsoons hit us this early July.
About mid way down the trail I was laying on my back with dust in my month, torn shorts, a broken belt and an unbelievable pain in my right shoulder.

I was taken out by the trail.
My front tire falling in a hole ended up throwing my 2-3 metes down the steep trial.
In fact I have no recollection of anything bad happening.
I was just down.

I tumbled through the air landing on my right shoulder.
The impact pushed my shoulder out the front of the socket breaking my Scapular Coracoid Process!

Im in terrible pain and wont be back for a while.

Please Ride hard and enjoy the summer!


I wish everyone the best!
RidEOn!








Niko!

Holiday weekend!

Sunday and Mondays videos coupled together with a surprise ending!!














RideOn

The Cathedral!

I haven't rode this trail for the past 6 years...this was were I practiced every Sunday when I was racing DH here in são Miguel... After that the trail got totaled and was abandoned for all this years...untill now!!!! This is a wicked, wicked trail, with lots of traps, wholes, a lot of gravity, a beautiful landscape and some very though terrain!!! Please enjoy my brothers Manny and Niko!



P.S. My Gopro was kinda foggy, 'cause of the diference of temperature...sorry about that brothers!

RideOn!

Ricardo

The Marin and the Penmachno Trails

During our week in North Wales we stayed at Betws-y-Coed, right between the Penmachno trail and the Marin, which was the first purpose-built MTB trail in the UK. Having ridden the complete Marin trail in 2009 we knew our way around and could take a pick of the best sections this time. The Penmachno was a challenge we still had to face, so we spent six hours there enjoying the singletrack and the scenery.

The Marin Trail in Gwydyr Forest:

 
Gwydyr on pinkbike.com

The Penmachno Trail:


Penmachno on pinkbike.com


Happy trails to you and RideOn! Manny

The Mast

Out of bounds riding in Wales with the locals of the mtbplanet gang!
The mast is at the top of a mountain, so there is a long downhill.

The Mast on pinkbike.com

Happy trails to you and RideOn!
Manny

New angle on the Big Hit!

Tomorrow (Sunday) weather forecast is rainny...still...would love to go out to try this new angle I just tryed here in my backyard!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Santa Maria Bike Trip...

This past weekend, me and my wife decided to take a trip to the near island "Santa Maria"...

Having heard that they had some cool trails there, I decided to take my new FR rig to test them!

They are not perfect FR trails, more All Mountain/Enduro ones...still...I had a true blast!


Santa'>http://www.pinkbike.com/video/206204/">Santa Maria Island on pinkbike.comhttp://www.pinkbike.com">pinkbike.com>

Trapped

  The master of disaster, Hiro and I went for a ride.
Tuesday is usually a normal mundane work day for most and well for myself included.
However I have a small window of opportunity to ride for just 2 hours.
After rushing home from 4 hours of teaching English to a bunch of enthusiastic school kids,

  I gobbled some luch and headed out to meet Hiro.
We started our journey  from my door step and went out the same trail as last week (finger hole)
to venture through the back half of the trial.
 
    Well, just as we got to the top and started playing around with camera angles a nice cool breeze settled in.
It was amazing feeling the coolness through the summer heat.
Just then a horrendous noise appeared, it sounded like a truck was roaring down upon us.
It was rain! Rain and lots of it!
A sudden shower of a summer monsoon was upon us and we were drenched in seconds.
  
     There was lighting and fast breaks of thunder with this pounding rain beating us as we scurried back to the temple to take shelter.
We were safe and sound under the protection of the temples roof. There we took rest talking over the events that were happening before us.
I pulled out some granola bars giving one to Hiro as we waited out the rain.

   It was coming down hard, very hard but we peacefully ate drank some water and had a nice discussion.
30 minutes later just as the rain was letting up we started getting ready to take off!
I was mounting the gopro on my chest mount when I looked up to a mid aged women hovering over Hiro.
In a fury of a panic I shouted watch out!!!!!!!

  Hiro jumped out of his britches and spat at me, " What's the matter?"
He thought there was a big bumble bee above him.
But I told him there was a lady hovering about you!

  Hiro and I were in disbelief as the lady was gone.
I had no idea how she got there or how she disappeared.
The ancient temple we were sitting at is a site in-between the Japanese Tori where the sprits of lost souls are said to wonder.

  Hrio and got ready and made ourselves comfortable to ride home.
He doesn't believe me and I don't thing my imagination is false but I don't believe in Ghost as haunting sprits ready to kill people.
I believe if there are sprits here walking the earth they are here to show us the path of a new life.
A new beginning or teach us the route we shall embark upon through our journey in life.

  Hiro Im very sorry for scaring you, but I saw what I saw and cant change what my eyes see.
Please enjoy this video as a gift from me to  you to brighten the world as a happy place.




RideOn!

Niko

Finger Hole!

A little finger like trial with a finger hole size of a ride!
hiro and I enjoyed ourselves to the maximum!
Please enjoy!






Finger Hole 7-5-11 on pinkbike.com





RideOn!

Two for the price of one!

08:45 a.m.: time to lower the Talas R to 110mm and turn the RP23's switch to ProPedal mode, and off I go, climbing Agua Retorta's mountain to have a fairly stress free downhill section.

After that I had only time to pedal back home, switch bikes and take the Dune to Rasta trail; a little more pedaling and a nice run down the trail!




Amazing Sunday morning!

RideOn!

Ricardo

My Commute to work!

A nice ride to work in the dreaded humid weather.
It was about 30-34 degrees this wednesday morning and I was sweating like a pig.
I had some extra time and decided to take a nice ride from my door step to the door step of my business.
When time allows despite the weather RideOn!!





My commute! on pinkbike.com





RidEOn!
Niko

Now that summer is here I found myself very busy!
This video was from last sunday.
We had an epic AM ride






RideOn!

r3 = 960p

You've seen all the local trails by now, so I tried the 960p chest view to find out how much more it shows compared to 720p, I also tried to ride my Stevens Glide as fast as I could.


Camel Humps on pinkbike.com
Happy Trails to you and RideOn! Manny

Roller Coaster

A fun ride brothers!

After Class

Tuesday is FR for the Hiro crew and we had a nice ride in the park just as the afternoon heat came.
We had a blast and were all tired after our short spree in the park!
RidEOn!

Last Sunday!
Beesuke,
Momo and
Niko headed out for the Ajimi FR trail when we were struck with a sudden downpour of heavy rain.

At first we didn't think anything as the forecast said there might be some on and off showers but instead we were infested with a full day of heavy wet to your underwear rain.
The trial was steep and with the wet conditions is made for an interesting time!


RideOn boys!



Tasting the Mud#2 from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
A great Sunday ride!
In the rain!

Rain rideOn!



Thank you for a full day in the wet and wild!
hhahahhahahha
RideOn!

Tronqueira ride on Saturday!

Wow brothers! This was a strenuous ride! Me and my wife rode for 6 hours in this beautiful trail!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Tasting the Mud!

With continuous rain the trails are a festival of mud and slime.
Wednesday after work I met up with these 2 new boys and we went for a ride!

RidEOn!




Tasting the Mud! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
A great FR Wednesday!
Thank you to our new riders!
RidEOn!

Step by Step

Tuesday I picked Jax up early and went for a ride near his school.
There a new rider and very funny dude Beesuke meet up with old timer Nero and I.
We had fun.
This will be Jax's first group ride and I think he liked it!
This is a great park and has lots of cool sections.
Too bad my gopro was dead as there was some cool funny crashes we missed as Beesuke was trying all the had lines, WOW its cool to watch.

Beesuke is on a GT chucker which had a 80mm RST.
So I said we do lots of DH and FR so please try the 55.
He is now riding a hard-tail with 160mm of travel, hahahahahah
Funny thing is its balanced great for DH and jumping!

RidEOn my RideOn friends,
Ricardo and Manny!








Step by Step from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
Thank you for another FR tuesday!
Nero, Beesuke and the boys Jax and Niko.

RidEOn!





Niko productions

Rasta Race 12-06-11

Here it is brothers: The footage of the race today...in 21 riders I took 15th place, not my best performance...I was always in the top ten...but that's ok!

At least I had fun, but this was problably my last DH race...





RideOn!

Ricardo

Piesberg Downhill

In January the GoPro literally froze on this downhill location sixty kilometers from home, so today you can finally see me ride my Alutech Wildsau Hardride FR down the Piesberg trail. The skull is a warning for hikers not to mess with the race track.



Wildsau on pinkbike.com

Shorter version with different music for the German MTB community:


Piesberg bei Osnabrück von old_school auf MTB-News.de
 
HappyTrails and RideOn!

Manny

Tronqueira Trail

Today was a national holiday in Portugal...went for a ride as my Dune is already working properly, as she has a new crank from Shimano Deore! Unfortunetly, only one day away from the Sunday race, the weather is not that great for the weekend...tomorrow I will go train on the track, but today, despite the warm rain, I've decided to go for a cool pedaling on this lovely dirt road!

Please enjoy!


Tronqueira Trail on pinkbike.com

RideOn!

Ricardo

RidEOn A gloomy rainy day!

Here in Japan June and July are great months.
Usually full of heavy monsoon storms of hard rain and heavy humid weather in the range of 25-30 degrees and up.
Due to the high humidity we sweat like monkeys looking for bananas on an apple tree!
The weather is very irregular and sometimes very fun!
This Sunday and Tuesday we had an unexpected break of cool humid temperatures along side some off and on sculls of heavy rain.
I slipped 2 times in this video smashing my precious jewels to a ripe blue.
hhhhaahhhahhhahhaha

The video was black on my computer and I had to try really hard to create a clear image of what looks like some crazy colors!
RideOn and please enjoy!


Gloomy Flow from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
Sunday and Tuesday!
Rainy cloudy FR fun!

RidEOn!

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After taking close consideration to the words Raw footage like in Manny's recent video.

I came to an awaking  of new ideas.

The phrase raw footage has many meanings.

For me it means footage directly out of the camera in its raw form.

Well I edited some clips and added color like I always do and edited them together.

Then I took the same clips and put them side by side with no color enhancement what so ever.

You can see the difference between the 2 and the enhanced colors that usually bring my videos alive.

I came up with a big surprising difference between the 2 different states!

Gopro color test! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
This is a test between the raw filmed color on my Gopro HD and then the same edited footage saturated with color.

Editing software is the standard I-movie on the MacBook computer!

RidOEn!

The raw footage comes out kind of gray and the edited colored footage looks alive!

Well, I don't know your editing programs ins and outs but,  if you can change the color or saturation  the flick  then it just might be beneficial to your video in raw or edited state as well!

RideOn my friends of 2 wheeled contraptions!

NikoNiko! 

Goats Trail

There's a religious holiday today and father's day as well. Groups of boys and men are roaming the countryside and getting drunk. I've taken advantage of the bright sunlight to go for a short ride and shoot this video real close to my home. Those are some singletrails you haven't seen yet.

Goats Trail on pinkbike.com

HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny

Bag Head!

Like the ignoramus I am I forgot my helmet in a rush to meet Hrio and Tomo for a Tuesday ride.

I wanted some protection so I opted for the new head protection from Captain Stag!
It also dubs as a seat cover for those wet days, hahahhaha





Bag Head! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
Hiro's new trial cough mountain!

I forgot my helmet making me Bag head!



RideOn Brothers of This blog!

Here is a great trial in Norther America on the west coast!
Let go ride here next weekend brothers!
I pay for the tickets if you buy me a beer!!



Blackrock's flow cup on pinkbike.com


RidEOn!

Holiday = Riding Day!!!

Monday was a religious holiday here in my island, soooo.....



And I have more videos! We rode from 10.00 a.m till 16:30 p.m. !

In one word: AWESOME!!!!

RidEOn!

Ricardo

Cross Country and Cyclocross 24h Race

Race around a lake called the Alfsee on a 10km track for 24 hours!



Alfsee 24h Race on pinkbike.com


Same video, different music:

Alfsee 24h 2011 von old_school auf MTB-News.de

HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny

Golden delight!

My buddy in California mailed me some new bars.....
So, I bolted them on and went for a ride!
780mm is wide of so wide!
But, within time they should start to feel natural.
This is my first impression!

Answer 780mm DH bar with a low rise!
RideOn!



Golden Delight from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
Thank you Rob!
A golden dream come true!




RideOn!
Niko

The Reaper!

A Tuesday ride with Hiro!








The Reaper from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
A tuesday ride with hire!
RidEOn!







RidEOn!

Something's wrong with my laptop?!?!?!?

Sorry I can't comment on your videos brothers...but for some strange reason, I can't comment on any blog...dunno know what happened... :(

Ricardo

A good hair day!

Hirothing at work!




A good hair day from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
Thank you Hiroshi for your great work!

CutOn!




Hiro thank you for a good job buddy man!


CutOn!
Niko

Made for Germany

Sometimes I make different edits of my videos especially for the German community mtb-news.de and IBC-TV. IBC stands for Internet Bike Community.



Im Hasetal von old_school auf MTB-News.de


Hailloh bei Schnaittach von old_school auf MTB-News.de

HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny

Rasta in three diferent angles...

...all in one!

Following Niko's advice, I've setup the Dune with three mounts in diferent places, had 3 runs and this is what I came up with!



RideOn!

Ricardo

RideOn!

Last week!

I had 3 good rides!
Sunday where I lost all but 8 clips, I still don't know why?
But Pepper mountain was an all day FR fun fun day!

Then Tuesday are with Hiro in a close to home trial!
Wednesday a short FR around town!

RideOn boys!





RideOn from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
RideOn





Niko

Riverside

Where I live there's a trail by the riverside, the river is not wide, but very long. In summer you will find groups of cyclists riding along, some people even spend their holidays like that. The Holy Cross at the start is reminiscent of the 1870-1871 war between Prussia and France.


Hare Valley on pinkbike.com


HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny

Lajes trail with my new gadget!

Yesterday, after work, the weather was so nice that I decided to go to Lajes trail and have a blast with my Dune!



RideOn!

Ricardo

RideOn!

I love to ride and share my passion with everyone!






February Adventure from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
2-5-11 RidEOn!
Just after some snow melted we went for a cool ride on a sunny february afternoon!






anywhere anyplace!








KIds day Ride! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.
May 5th here in Japan was kids day!
So, we went for a smooth slide along the river!
RidEOn









And even a full day!





















RidEOn!
Niko

Pepper Ride

Yesterday 5-15-11 we went to pepper mountain and had a blast!
The Double is perfect for this trial and the Durolux is very smooth!

I somehow lost my gopro footage but I don't know how but Gumball made an awesome video!
















RidEOn!
niko

New angle on my GT in Rasta Trail!

My first seat post GoPro experience!



RidEOn!

Ricardo

Flowtrail Stromberg

My nephew Gunnar after the test ride

On Saturday they opened a new trail at Stromberg, Germany. I couldn't be there, but my nephew had a test ride. The most exciting part of the Flowtrail is called Wild Hog Trail. They say it should be possible to ride this passage without braking. Gunnar's camera was not charged, so please have a look at this video instead:



Happy trails and ride on! Manny

"Rasta" Trail!

"Rastadouros" trail has some new very cool jumps!!!! The trail was completly clean and the jumps are just awesome!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Pico dos Bodes Trail

A weird Saturday morning...still went for a cool ride, pedaling up to "Pico dos Bodes" trail and to "Rastadouros" trail twice! While I'm uploading the other video check this out!



RideOn!

Ricardo

Desk Work

Right now I've got so much desk work to do at home it's driving me crazy. In spite of this workload I sometimes sneak out into the garden and try to rip my little trail to pieces.

Psychosis on pinkbike.com

HappyTrails and RideOn! Manny