What shoes does Danny MacAskill wear?
What shoes does Danny MacAskill wear?
Danny is wearing the new Sleuth DLX, the perfect representation of the collaboration between Five Ten and adidas. It’s urban style and sleek casual silhouette inspired from the adidas classics that performs well on trails, pump tracks, and in daily life.
What size frame does Danny MacAskill ride?
5010 CC
The Santa Cruz 5010 CC frame Danny rides features 130mm of rear wheel suspension travel via the company’s patented VPP linkage. It’s not a great deal of travel by modern standards, but more than enough for a rider who’s used to a hardtail trials bike.
What bike did Danny MacAskill use on the slabs?
Santa Cruz 5010
What bike did MacAskill ride for his unique mix of trials and steep slab freeride? Well, turns out the Santa Cruz 5010 was up to the task. But MacAskill did bump the fork up to 160mm to help with the harsh run-outs.
Where was Danny Macaskill the slabs filmed?
the Isle of Skye
Shot by Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye – where the 35-year-old trials icon hails from – the feat was inspired by modern rock-climbing legends such as the American Tommy Caldwell (of The Dawn Wall fame, and generally a legend in the world of rock climbing.)
Does Danny Macaskill still ride?
In January 2021, Danny released the video “Danny MacAskill – The Slabs” featuring Danny riding down a 500-meter section the remote Dubh Slabs which rise out from Loch Coruisk on the Isle of Skye, Scotland….Danny MacAskill.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Current team | Santa Cruz Bicycles |
| Discipline | Trials |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Street Trials |
What happened to Danny MacAskill?
As of April 2009, MacAskill had been practising several hours per day for more than 12 years. He gave up his job as a mechanic so he could ride full-time and now lives in Glasgow.
Where are black slabs on Skye?
Danny returns to the Isle of Skye to climb and ride down the legendary Dubh Slabs on the edge of the Cuillin mountains. The Dubhs are renowned as one of the most remote of Scotland’s classic moderate climbing routes, including some of the finest friction slabs.
Where are Dubh slabs?
“The remote Dubh Slabs rising out of Loch Coruisk in the heart of the Black Cuilin ridge provided some of the steepest terrain I have ever ridden as well as an amazing back drop for the film.”
