It’s no secret Freeriders don’t just keep “it” all on the bike and in many cases anything with wheels is fair game. Subaru Canada sacrificed one of their new CrossTreks to help Brandon get to some serious loam and the always cool as ice Semenuk does it like any rich blooded mountain biker should….
c. of Subaru Canada
Eeew…what???
Looking at the video I’m mostly impressed by the bike carrier on top of the car that is able to hold on to the bike despite that clear illustration of erratic driving on hillbilly roads where no other traffic, bikes or pedestrians can be expected. Who makes the carrier – Thule?
When Semenuk isn’t busy riding his bike he’s a competitive rally driver with some decent results to his name. Considering that this is an ad, it’s most definitely shot on a closed road with all the safety precautions that can be undertaken while driving a car sideways around gravel corners. Those safety precautions include a trained rally driver, in this case Semenuk himself.
Or are you the kind of person for whom the “Don’t try this on your local roads, shot on a closed course” disclaimers are made for?
And for the record the video is BS. One can’t easily disable Subaru’s VDC in a manner that will allow drifting or trail braking to tighten the line as was done. It can be defeated by wiring up a kill switch but it defeats ABS as well.
So, fine for a commercial, but no Crosscheck XV you buy will actually let one drive like this unless you mod it.
