On a review team full of people that like riding terrain that is not only steep but relentless and steep, Ryan probably spends a greater proportion of his time ripping steep terrain than anyone else. So steep and so relentless that the times you need a pedal stroke to power over something might be once or twice per ride - the rest of the time you can just let off the brakes for a second to grab that sweet momentum.
Almost everywhere else - like 99%of places MTBs get ridden - it doesn't work quite like that. SO it's a good and nuanced conversation but if it sounds like Ryan's being stubborn, he isn't - he just rides really fast on really steep shit ALL of the time.
May 15, 2023, 2:11 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
On a review team full of people that like riding terrain that is not only steep but relentless and steep, Ryan probably spends a greater proportion of his time ripping steep terrain than anyone else. So steep and so relentless that the times you need a pedal stroke to power over something might be once or twice per ride - the rest of the time you can just let off the brakes for a second to grab that sweet momentum. Almost everywhere else - like 99%of places MTBs get ridden - it doesn't work quite like that. SO it's a good and nuanced conversation but if it sounds like Ryan's being stubborn, he isn't - he just rides really fast on really steep shit ALL of the time.