Corner For Dough - Tanner Stephens and Luca Cometti 3

Nowadays, we see a lot of Instagram berm warriors dropping their rear tire pressure to cause a like-worthy dirt explosion - a classic, ‘do it for the gram’ situation. At Vital, we believe most riders can achieve the same viral content sensation with the correct technique, body English, and a squared-off approach. We decided to see what a few talented riders could achieve in the spirit of entertainment and being too core for our own good.

Disclaimer: We understand slapping corners is eventually unsustainable. We don’t recommend riders hit turns in a way that unnecessarily causes damage. After we had fun filming this video, we dug, wanged and slapped the berm into a condition better than we found it so the next group of rippers could enjoy some side knob therapy.

Corner for Dough Challenge

Pick a corner, see how much tire pressure a rider can run in their rear tire and either:

Blow their tire off the rim Burp enough air out of their tire to end up with less than 20psi (1.3 bar) remaining

The process is simple

The corner is chosen, riders, start at 40psi (2.7 bar) and drop the rear tire pressure each consecutive attempt. We see who can burp or blow the tire with the most air pressure.

Cash Prizes

Money AND fun? Yep. A rider can win up to $40 for the right brap.

Rules

Start with 40psi (2.7 bar) in the rear tire. $40 is up for grabs if a rider blows their tire off the rim or burps enough air to have less than 20psi remaining. Remove 2psi (.13 bar) from the rear tire each consecutive attempt if unsuccessful. The amount of money available to win matches the amount of pressure. At 30psi, lower pressure by 1psi (.06 bar) increments. At 20psi, only $1 is up for grabs. Below that, you are going home empty-handed.

Athletes and Bikes

Our first two riders to take on the Corner for Dough challenge are Tanner Stephens and Luca Cometti. Both were allowed to bring any bike of choice.

Tanner chose his Scott Spark set up with a rear 29 x 2.50-inch Maxxis High Roller II, Double Down casing and MaxxTerra compound. Luca brought his Canyon Spectral set up with a 27.5 x 2.40-inch Kenda Helldiver Pro, AEC casing in the rear.

In the end, both walked away with some dough in their pockets but left the door wide open for the next contestants to raise the bar and pressure higher.