【SHIMANO】Dan Milner馬略卡山地自行車探險

米瓦卡 西班牙 1994年 那時候的事情不一樣了 是一片包裝假期的土地 信用卡 太陽 海和山 是一座攝影師Milner拍攝的第一次大型摩托車故事的地方 我回來了 2024年 30年都過去了 現在Milner又回到米瓦卡 看看這條路的流程是否如他所記得的 迷人的朋友Francesco Gozzo 與《冒險的故事》的組合 正在學習 古老的記憶是否相當可靠 或是西班牙的陽光 或是它的沙漠 來吧 兄弟們 是晶晶的時間 我記得那些坡 坡 坡 坡 坡 那些坡 坡 坡 坡 坡 最沉沉的地方 在埃及附近 直衝進這種混亂的混合車 與任何90年代的氧化炭相比 這條路的流程 更像是雷達和納瓦那 更有態度 更像是大小 Milner的腦筋肯定還記得 這條路的流程 也許他應該在30年間 在那些積極的事業中 我認為世界上的每個階級 都應該結束這條路 就像這樣 當然30年前 世界各地的網絡 正在重生 電視只有4個頻道 手機只有鞋箱的大小 摩登摩托車 只有三個煞車鈕 而不是一個 沒有那些 大型的手機相機 和社交媒體 還有地圖應用程式 忘了 那是幾十年以前的事 當年在紐約 當你看到一條路 你只要駕駛 看看它會去哪裡 畢竟在埃及 路程只能走那麼遠 直到它們碰到大海 當它們碰到大海 Milner就轉身駕駛 再駕駛回去 這條路的流程 在森林裡 這條路 通往那座橋 從那邊走 只有20分鐘 直到日落 我們還要再駕駛一會 所以我想 我們要回家了 對,我們要回家了 下次見 另一個不明的地方 沒有正確的地圖 探索不明的道路 通常是在黑暗中完成旅程 但是 也許 也許有些事情 永遠不會改變 1994年 那是高科技時代 我們加入了Discman Dictaphone 和晶片電腦 但是Milner 甚至當時 他還很老 當他第一次來紐約 時 他寫下了一些想法 然後在雜誌上 印了一些故事 然後他留下了一張紙 以防萬一 他的記憶 需要一點時間 後來 這張專輯已經出來了 你看看 這張專輯已經出來了 汗流浹背 從我的眉毛 當時很熱 當時是9月 而這張 是我的紐約 這張專輯真是 一堆胡言亂語 我剛出生 你知道嗎 當你出生 故事就出現了 嘿 那是一家店 那是Alcudia 那是下一個島嶼 嘿 我們為什麼不試試看 今天下午 我真的不記得 西賽 register 我真的不記得 ~~~ есть Yesterday was a bit, was a bit for long, wasn't it, that ride? Not quite what I expected, but how could you? But I was able to do it, and it's just, things like, I'm just riding 180 rotors, that's all. They're not even massive, you know? That's the point. But the amount of control, the amount of confidence that was given me on that cassette. It's following you as well, which always helps. Yeah, yeah. Sometimes it just gets me. Trouble. Now, there's a universal word. It doesn't matter how big your brake rotors, how many gears or how plushy suspension, trouble can just come knocking, whatever trail you're on. And some people, they just seem to be trouble magnets. Maybe that's just part of exploring. It's steep. It does look a bit steep, doesn't it? I suppose one person's trouble is another's adventure. It seems like here on Mallorca, there's plenty of opportunity for both. The places the bike takes you, or you take the bike. I did write in the magazine, there are trails laid out in there like it's an enormous BMX track. I've got a suspicion I may have made some stuff up for that story. Yeah, maybe, maybe. We'll see. 600 meters about, that. 600 meters down to come. What these bikes do, what you could ride down. Like years ago, it would be like you're on a bike and you're basically survival. And now, it's like all you want to do is look for fun bits and fun lines rather than just hanging on. Now, don't get me wrong. I love reminiscing as much as the next person, but it ain't as good as it used to be. It comes a time when you have to accept things have moved on. I can celebrate surviving Oasis the first time around and Britpop and binge watching VHS videos of Friends episodes as much as I can marvel at how anyone once rode descents like this on a hardtail. But there comes a time to celebrate the here and now, to appreciate where we've all got to and to marvel how today's big bouncy bikes have changed punishment into fun. Yeah, this is a time to celebrate being alive. That was brilliant today. That descent was really quite wealthy though, wasn't it? That descent was amazing. I can't get over it. I can't get over what I'm now standing at the top of and thinking, looking down a cliffside and going, I just ride a bike down there. It's a bicycle. Absolutely nuts. Mate, that was... Cheers to that. Blooming good. I peered over the edge and with one foot out of my spuds, SPDs, and with shocks pounding, shocks, 35mm of travel, pounding, aired the last rain gully, before being spat out, rims glowing. You found a glowing rim? And they printed it. They printed this nonsense. And it launched... This launched a career. This has been 30 years of carrying bikes around the world and occasionally riding them. Well, they say, no pain, no gain. As if they only come as a two-for-one deal. Whatever. It seems like Milner has bought into this deal so long, he now has the store loyalty card to show for it. I remember there's a trail that goes on and off the road all the way to the end of that peninsula. And now with just one day left for our duo to test Milner's trail memories, only time will tell whether it's pain or gain that wins out. My spiritual guru says the future is whatever you make it. Moments come and moments go, and somewhere in between they yield opportunities. You just have to be prepared to see where they take you. Some paths might lead you somewhere good. Some might be dead ends. And some, well, they might take you somewhere you've been before. This is it. This is the spot. This is that shot. Let's reshoot it. Let's do it again with us in the shot. So this story was shooting slide film, and then it'd take a week to get the results, and then I'd package them up and send them to the magazine with a printed out story. And that's it. That was the pitch. So I'm going to press the button, we're going to run down there, and then count to ten, and then hopefully we're in the right space. Give it a try. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Oh, that's brilliant. Take it out? No, I think we just call it. We just go, that was it. You have to wait a week. Yeah, we can't look at that for a week. That's hard. Can you imagine doing this on a three-by-eight chainset and like skinny 1.5 tyres? Now those skinny tyres and triple chainsets, those magazine stories and cantilever brakes, and selfies snapped on film cameras, they've all had their place in time, they've all played their part in countless memories, memories that are made from mud and dust, from sweat and more than a few bruises. The end of the island. Thirty years, thirty years. What a ride this has been. What a ride indeed. Life is a funny old game steered by rolls of the dice. Some memories, they shine like a diamond. And well, some, you just want to forget. However those dice roll, there's one thing for sure. It's only moments you live that can make you memories. So the question is, what kind of memories do you want and how are you going to make them?