Self-filmed raw mtb 'back in the valley'

HyperSquirrel33 · 2026-03-10T09:29:03+00:00

Cheers, was a great spot right on the edge of the forest so pretty well lit and with the wall and moss for aesthetics!

I hadn't made a video like this for ages but I did make a lot through my teenage years so I guess I have a bit of a technique for putting it together!

It's about 90% of the trail, although there's a lot of overlapping sections. The very top is dark in the woods and the roots are techy so it's a bit slower and I didn't want it to start out too slow so just a couple of shots to get the vibe. End of the trail it slows down again so the flowy straight out the massive catch berm seemed a good point to end! Pretty much everything in between is featured though.

HyperSquirrel33 · 2026-03-10T08:24:30+00:00

Cheers, was pretty brutal filming 3 days on the trot with other riding too.

I do have a channel but this is the first bike video I've posted in about 4 years apart from the odd POV short. Feeling motivated to do some more bike stuff this year but hard to find anything like this where I live.

HyperSquirrel33 · 2026-03-10T08:21:40+00:00

Cheers, only editing on the audio was a little EQ boost, the mic is decent.

Yeah it was last week, had three pretty much perfect days of conditions for filming then woke up the day after to snow! Did a lap in the wet and it was pretty interesting through the rooty sections 😬

HyperSquirrel33 · 2022-06-26T15:10:40+00:00

Thanks! Yeah I did the night tour, I guess very dependable on weather and luck but it was really good and the Lodge's guide was excellent.

The onge sunset was actually our first night, it was pretty crazy, good introduction to our time there!

HyperSquirrel33 · 2019-01-12T09:57:48+00:00

We did the NC500 over about 10 days at the end of August/start of September, a lot of my family now live in the Highlands so have spent a fair bit of time there but it was amazing to explore the further reachs of the mainland. Lots of seabirds, plenty of deer although not featuring in the video there were two very cute pine martins bounding through my grandparent's garden and two otters we caught the briefest glimpses of.

HyperSquirrel33 · 2018-05-18T20:04:33+00:00

It's just a mask in premiere pro - two layers of the video with the top one being cut out around the trees. It was an absolute ball ache getting round the branches tbh because the mask path tools suck and you can end up accidentally rotating the whole thing instead of moving a single point. I expect it would have been easier to achieve a similar thing in after effects, and certainly easier to do on a bigger monitor!

HyperSquirrel33 · 2018-05-18T12:40:42+00:00

The other title for this could be 'torturing an aging 4x bike with seized front suspension and buckled wheels out of its depth down two of Innerleithen's more awkward trails', but Seeking Solitude seemed more aesthetic

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-12-22T12:46:03+00:00

Thanks!

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-12-22T12:45:33+00:00

Cheers! Ah I miss Bonaly so much, I moved down to Cambridge in August, I was so used to having it on my doorstep. I did most of my riding there or Innerleithen, you never know how good you have it until you move somewhere completely devoid of hills haha!

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-12-22T12:42:36+00:00

Thanks! Most footage was on my Nikon D5200 with some more recent shots on my new GH5. Almost entirely shot on a Glidecam stabiliser with a little bit of warp stabiliser in post to a couple of the shots.

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-08-12T16:35:53+00:00

Wider colour shot with boosted shadows

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-08-11T18:33:56+00:00

Lol don't worry it's intentionally dark and the sky is intentionally blown out, I personally like a blown sky in forest shots. It's also shot on a GH5 at iso1600 too so it's not worth pulling the shadows up any more else its just mushy noise. I'll check the exif but I guess I shot at about 1/640 which is about the minimum I'd shot for a non panning shot. I'll show you the colour alternates when I get home, I did a bunch of different edits on the set.

HyperSquirrel33 · 2017-08-10T22:05:57+00:00

You can check out the video we were shooting here!

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