If you watched to the end and heard my spokes…turns out my rear ones weren’t as tight as they could’ve been. I’ve tightened them up and wired the crosses and that send to have silenced it :) Also I should mention my tyre pressures. The first tyres I ran harder because they’re so lightweight I didn’t want to risk rimming out on the sharp rocks and damaging my rims. The second set I checked the pressure when I got back and it turns out I was at 8.5psi in the front and 9.8 in the back! Pretty nuts how low you can go!
thats a sweet fat bike! i was worried when you dropped it on rocks but those carbon forks dont have stanction scratches to worry about! sucks that the break mounts cracked. i have a supercycle fat tire bike from canadian tire it weighs over 50lbs xD lol
Hey Ali, you've still got a ways to go, I run my 29x3.0" at 10-11PSI front/13-14 PSI rear, on i35 rear/i39 front rims and I'm about 185lbs geared to ride. You'll get a crap load more grip on stuff like that steep, loose DH once you drop those pressures down a bit more. Pro Tip, ALWAYS have a good tyre pressure gauge with you if you running tyres over 2.6", a 1/2 PSI when you get to what you're running can make a big difference in feel.
Nice to see, Cambusbarron woods are still as good! As I grew up riding there, 40 years ago! Will need to go back & ride there again, next time I am passing! Would recommend having a look for trials lines in the other small quarry just in from where you park? but will have changed a lot since have not been there in 20 years
Hi, Algorithm, Al’s Dad and I did some good road rides in Northumberland this week. The only fat tyres I’ve got are those persistent ones round my midriff!
If you dont mind me asking, anybody else in the family ride trials? If not we are all looking forward to Ali's "teaching my parents trials" video series.
@@dansacco1964 You may be underestimating how old Al’s parents are! At our age we don’t bounce so well. I took up cycling when a knee replacement put paid to fell running which is possibly the equivalent of trials but without the bike.
@@dansacco1964 Parents were runners (pretty good ones too!) but I'm the only trials rider. My older brother did have an interest in bikes when he was a teen and that's how I was exposed to bikes in general but I'm the only one who didn't grow up :P
Glad to hear you are still active and on bikes. Thanks for believing in Ali. I think a lot of parents would see the bike as a distraction rather than a career.
I’m glad you included a little trail riding. I know “out of control” is sort-of the antithesis to what you do but I can tell you that the thing that made me fall in love with a fatbike was skidding sideways, foot out, down a snowy trail above Jasper in the mountains in Canada. Now I have a fatbike of my own, I use it almost exclusively in snow (planning to add mud to that in the summer). To me that’s really what it’s about: riding conditions any other bike just couldn’t. You mentioned losing grip. You can go lower on the tire pressure. I have cheap, stock tires on mine and, at 5psi, I get the full width of the tire in contact with the ground. With that footprint, even ice feels like pavement.
Forget about that, fatbikes are stupid fun anywhere! If you pull the pressure higher so that it's ideal for the road you have the handling of a sportbike, you can almost let youself fall and you will stay on the bike on the corners, and tyre friction is way less than they tell you, it's not gonna be fun going uphill, but it's not gonna be stupid slow on flat ground. They are awesome, but having a large hand pump to set up your tyre pressure on the go for various conditions is definitively something to consider
The past few years I have transitioned to mostly riding fat bikes here in Colorado year round, my full suspension MTB is for sale as a result. So fun and capable.
Ali, I really appreciated all the effort you put into this video. You’ve really captured how versatile a fatty can be. I have a Salsa Beargrease and in all my years of riding, I’ve found that its the most fun bike I’ve owned.
Holy smokes, those Lauf Forks won't know what's hit them... I've been after a set for years, but now I have pair of Manitou Mastodons on the way! You steady on in that quarry dude...
Wow, that was crazy steep, I have tried to video hills like that on my trials motorcycle and bike and they never look as steep on the camera as they really are. Looks like you had a fun bit of riding. Love your videos as always. Thanks!
Very cool to see you putting your own weird ideas on suitable weird bikes. It's very fun to watch! I do kinda love this bike. Colour way also fits as I also got them minions on my bike. The rest is a raw aluminium full sus dh frame with orange manufacturer decals. A rare ol beauty but I love it.
Thank you! Also you live in an utterly gorgeous part of the world …but I may also be showing my complete ignorance for US geography in not realizing there’s more than one Yosemite 😂
I think a rigid fat bike is the best bike to start on when building trials skills. The problem with a fat bike is the same thing that makes them cool... the tires. The rebound in tires is tricky to get correct for varied terrain. Too much air and the tires are bouncy basketballs, too little and you don't feel the trail or the rolling resistance is SLOW. Have never run PSI above 18 on my 26 x 4.25 's, even on pavement. I only ride mine in slop and snow. Got other bikes. You are great rider, man. Fun to watch.
Cracking video. You know there is a mountain bike skills area at Whitelees? Basically a one mile loop with optional bits. Good fun place if you’re riding up there.
The lads at Fibre-lyte would be your best chance of a repair on your funky forks… they sorted the swing arm on my yeti after a little RTA. Glad the house came through 👍 Unreal riding as per.
Such a unique looking ride with the double top tube, I notice that instantly over the comically large tyres. I bet that frame feels real stiff. Congratulations on the home ownership man, you deserve it! Time to binge watch some classic Simpsons episodes with the cute thief as a celebration? You seemed pretty smooth on the DJ's to me my man! Trials type control for sure helps with it as learning front and rear wheel bias is basically half of the entire jumping-random-stuff-on-a-bike malarkey. If anything I could say just a slight bit of overshoot (for sure the last double on the 2nd attempt, but always better than undershooting and casing), I usually try and really whack the front wheel where I want it to go quite aggressively if the landing starts getting left behind if that helps any. Sometimes it means really pushing it down hard if the speeds slightly too high and making sure the angle is correct to get the rear exactly where the front landed, which I know you are very good at. Those are some nice doubles, you could for sure do much bigger even on a fat bike! Good stuff again dude!
Great video boss! I have recently gotten the same Maxxis tires for my Fatback Rhino. Definately a heavy tire that has resulted in a bit slower bike but there is NO shortage on grip that is for certain. Cheers!
Old white Vee Tire Bulldozers, compound have some issue, in freezing cold and overall kind of hard tire. For new Bulldozer, its gummy silika, good and squishy, but i doubt it last long at rocky terrain.
I've got a set set of plus tires on 45mm rims for my krampus and they do make a lot of noise, but I haven't noticed any tension issues. Probably a little over a 1000 miles of single track with lots of cased jumps and botched lines through technical sections as well.
it's weird, the rear were slightly under tensioned (maybe I didn't stress it enough) but I think the shape of the rim and bigger amplification of the tyre exaggerated the sounds. A bit more tension and some wire around the crossing fixed it :)
@@Ali_Clarkson I know some guys who do a lot of bikepacking around here who solder spokes at the cross, but I just started running some hommade inserts and that helped tone things down a bit. Anyway, glad to see your videos doing so well again!
Congrats on the house!!! I can't even get the front up reliably on a fatbike, you can bunnyhop on a fatbike higher than I can on a normal MTB. Love the leaf spring forks shame they cracked. Well if they don't feel comfortable for trials it's better you get a different one, probably safer that way. Oh and Bontrager is pronounced with a hard g. Bon-traig-er.
No way! Cambusbarron quarry is 5 mins from my house and is one of the best trails around Stirling, Next time your local try the North Third trials plenty jumps and steep cliff edges, Good to see you out exploring Stirling finding some good spots for me to practice lol
Thought you might have being so close lol , Get in touch or pop into Greenrig Cycles Falkirk one of the Managers keeps up the maintenance on some of the trials up the quarry & North third he stays in Cambusbarron
Those are the low knob, low rolling resistance Vee Tire "Dominator" tires... They make larger, stickier, high knob, Silicone rubber, multi-durometer tires, under their "Snow Shoe" line. I had Vee Rubber Snow Shoe XXL Silica Compound 26x4.9" tires on my bike for years before it was stolen. Maxxis Minion DF/DR were "alright," but so much smaller, and thinner
I've been fatbiking for around 4 months,even though my fatbike is cheap,You can do everything on a fatbike wether it's cheap or expensive,cool video btw
Really enjoyed waiting for this vid after the build. Thanks. Why not with the 1st set of tyres cut all the knobbys off and make some fatty slicks for a dry day of street/park, not sure if that would work. Shame about the forks any fix possible?
first of all congratulations on buying a house - an often unrealized dream of many. trials on a fatbike is the most based thing ive seen all day, i must say. and it does feel painful to see you abuse the shiny new bike, taking hits, slams and all that. but that's its purpose after all, haha. the tyres definitely didn't seem to be meant for this kind of riding, i couldn't help but notice the pressures were very low, but they still weren't grippy at all really bummed about your forks, you could get a decent budget bike in that price range. good stuff overall
I didn't think those Maxxis tyres would fit in the frame...nice to know.. I am running a 4.8" Schwalbe on the front and running a 4" on the rear simply didn't see how larger would fit...looks good though. If you have any sway in the biking industry I would ask you to have a chat with On One and get them to re-issue some more On One FLOATERS and they come in a few colours...and they'r not bad as off road jobbies being nobblies.
it would be cool if you could put a thinner rim and tyre on the front, it would make it more like a large 20" trials bike with the rear fatter wheel.. i dont know if you could do this with some spacers??
@@etigafy2716 sometimes functional bikes are just not what you want. A friend of mine had a enduro Commençal from around 2014/16 that he had, well... customized. Massive front fork, no gears, Maxxis minion DHII all around and a stock rear shock (dont remember what it had). It wasn't good at anything specifically, but it didn't perform terrible anywhere either, stupid fun, even with a single gear it wasn't hard to climb hills but it wasn't slow either, looked amazing no matter how you looked at it. Sadly he choose to sell it since he rides a different one daily and the guy who bought it smashed it onto a tree obliterating the entire thing, i really miss that bike.
@@Ferrari255GTO sounds like a fun bike. I have a very odd bike I built myself, GT timberline from a long time ago and when I built it I put the drivetrain on the left so you have to pedal backwards to move.
I think Ali should build up a bmx bike with front and rear brakes and 4 plastic pegs and see what he could do he could probably do a good job at bridging in the gap between street trials and bmx if he puts the right gearing on it At 10:00 I do see that purple bmx in the background so maybe he can just add breaks and pegs to that
Right tirepressure is crucial for you to ride well and for the tires to grip properly. Yes the added bonus of the large volume is float on snow and sand, with low tirepressure :) What should sell more people on the fatbike is the versatility of it. You can throw anything at it and with correct tyrepressure it will do most things quite well. Try the Jumbo Jims as i also suggested in the previous video. None the less cool riding and nice to see one more fattie getting some abuse!
This is 900% true, all you need is a large hand pump to bring with yourself and you can smash hills on the street, then 5 minutes later have some fun on the bikepark and after that go for a roll on the beach to chill for a bit. Anything is possible with a fatbike as long as you know how!
I can totally see the versatility aspect but I also think a normal trail bike is pretty versatile too with the only downside being worse sand/snow performance.
@@Ali_Clarkson in my case the sand part is ki da importqnt because i live 20 mins away from the beach, and i wouldn't wanna get sand on my enduro, i don't think it's worse than dust, but just in case XD
I'm sure people have said this before, but if you manage to get your hands on a Surly Bud for the front, you should be even better, and maybe a Lou for the rear, if it fits the frame...
LOL :-D Oh Ali, woah is you :-) I wouldn't say 500 pounds down the road, I'd get some carbon fibre and try to patch/fix the disc mounts and save that fork for riding a little closer to their intended design ;-) That replacement Bonti fork looks like it'll do you pretty good. You went from absolute crap tyres to some of the best, way to do polar opposites :-) LOL Bet that was like going from unsharpened ice skates to properly sharpened ones. Looking forward to seeing more content with this bike, expect to see you riding some normal trails with the guys and keeping up :-D
The issue is that if they get fixed then what next? I don't have much interest in using them and I don't think I could realistically sell them. I could maby use them on a gravel build but they'd look very odd being so fat! Taking this on a group ride would be interesting haha
Come on Ali, who cares about looks :-) I never owned a road bike when I rode road, ,I used my steel Karate Monkey which has clearance for well over 3" tyres in the fork, ran 38mm semi slicks, but still had fun and more importantly, still could be up at the front. You said you wanted to get fitter, so what better way than on a Fatty with some fast rolling 29x3" tyres using the canals etc ;-) Another option I just thought of, Lauf is still in business, so why not try contacting them, be straight up with them and tell them what's happened and what you were doing and maybe they might be able to help you out in some way. Oh and yes, definitely tell them who you are, about your YT channel, never know, they might find some cool project you can both work on for both of you to benefit ;-)
I’m sure there’s a carbon repair company that could fix the brake mount on the fork. I know you’re in the UK, but Roberts Composites here in BC could probably easily fix something like that
it might be yeah but then the issue is what do I do with it? I don't have much interest in using it again and I wouldn't realistically be able to sell it :(
In your hands, Fat Bike Street may be a new sport. Im In LOndon and the streets are full of Fat Bike Couriers. Please do the Hope Hub experiment you talked about in the last vlog. I really want to see that !
Do you like the Poc helmet ? Does it have MIPS ? Just asking I have a POC helmet with MIPS. And it seems to move around. And the bands in the fork when or how much more can it take before the snap of it
It’s ok, I don’t think it has mips as it’s quite old. The main complaint I have is that the adjustment band sits on my ear where it joins my head which gets very painful after a few hours but other than that it’s not bad
@@Ali_Clarkson yeah I have 3 Poc the mips one moves around comes dow to my eyes as it moves. It the correct size just weird. My regular poc. They are not new ones. Also. But the regular one is fine. I also use a bell super. I like that one. But I go for poc more to ride. I told my wife I wanted a poc full faced. She laughed and said you just got a fly full helmet. I stated I need more to match what I wear.
I have a question. I wanna build my own downhill bike i allready know what parts i wanna have. The problem is i live in Croatia and we dont have as much options. Is there any online bike builder with many parts like fox 40, magura brakes, trek, yeti, nukeproof, specialazed and other frames, and other well known bike parts, that i could use or any place or shop where i can buy a propper mtb bike? I would like to do my purchase online so that everything comes to my place. For those who wanna know, i have a bergamont hardtail and have been using a cube all suspension enduro bike. I just need to know how u guys get bikes and parts.
If you watched to the end and heard my spokes…turns out my rear ones weren’t as tight as they could’ve been. I’ve tightened them up and wired the crosses and that send to have silenced it :)
Also I should mention my tyre pressures. The first tyres I ran harder because they’re so lightweight I didn’t want to risk rimming out on the sharp rocks and damaging my rims.
The second set I checked the pressure when I got back and it turns out I was at 8.5psi in the front and 9.8 in the back! Pretty nuts how low you can go!
Just wait until you start riding them at 4psi!
Or riding with 2 or 3 PSI in moderately deep fresh snow.
thats a sweet fat bike! i was worried when you dropped it on rocks but those carbon forks dont have stanction scratches to worry about! sucks that the break mounts cracked. i have a supercycle fat tire bike from canadian tire it weighs over 50lbs xD lol
Hey Ali, you've still got a ways to go, I run my 29x3.0" at 10-11PSI front/13-14 PSI rear, on i35 rear/i39 front rims and I'm about 185lbs geared to ride. You'll get a crap load more grip on stuff like that steep, loose DH once you drop those pressures down a bit more. Pro Tip, ALWAYS have a good tyre pressure gauge with you if you running tyres over 2.6", a 1/2 PSI when you get to what you're running can make a big difference in feel.
Nice to see, Cambusbarron woods are still as good!
As I grew up riding there, 40 years ago!
Will need to go back & ride there again, next time I am passing!
Would recommend having a look for trials lines in the other small quarry just in from where you park?
but will have changed a lot since have not been there in 20 years
Channeling some Pat Smage with the Fattie Trials mate! Love to see you on this bike, i can see you killing it as you get used to it!
Thank you :D
Hi, Algorithm, Al’s Dad and I did some good road rides in Northumberland this week. The only fat tyres I’ve got are those persistent ones round my midriff!
If you dont mind me asking, anybody else in the family ride trials? If not we are all looking forward to Ali's "teaching my parents trials" video series.
@@dansacco1964 You may be underestimating how old Al’s parents are! At our age we don’t bounce so well. I took up cycling when a knee replacement put paid to fell running which is possibly the equivalent of trials but without the bike.
@@dansacco1964 Parents were runners (pretty good ones too!) but I'm the only trials rider. My older brother did have an interest in bikes when he was a teen and that's how I was exposed to bikes in general but I'm the only one who didn't grow up :P
Glad to hear you are still active and on bikes. Thanks for believing in Ali. I think a lot of parents would see the bike as a distraction rather than a career.
Uncle G’s going to leave the biking to Ali as well!
Congratulations on being a house owner! Thanks for the vid!
Thanks Alex!
I’m glad you included a little trail riding. I know “out of control” is sort-of the antithesis to what you do but I can tell you that the thing that made me fall in love with a fatbike was skidding sideways, foot out, down a snowy trail above Jasper in the mountains in Canada. Now I have a fatbike of my own, I use it almost exclusively in snow (planning to add mud to that in the summer). To me that’s really what it’s about: riding conditions any other bike just couldn’t.
You mentioned losing grip. You can go lower on the tire pressure. I have cheap, stock tires on mine and, at 5psi, I get the full width of the tire in contact with the ground. With that footprint, even ice feels like pavement.
Forget about that, fatbikes are stupid fun anywhere! If you pull the pressure higher so that it's ideal for the road you have the handling of a sportbike, you can almost let youself fall and you will stay on the bike on the corners, and tyre friction is way less than they tell you, it's not gonna be fun going uphill, but it's not gonna be stupid slow on flat ground. They are awesome, but having a large hand pump to set up your tyre pressure on the go for various conditions is definitively something to consider
yeah that bit of trail was pretty fun, I'd like to take it out on some more with lower pressures :D
Hell yeah Ali! Always mad excitement when you upload
Yaaay 😁
I had a fat bike that I rode year round for a few years. Three forks, two frames, one freehub... And I loved it!
That thing is rad!
Don’t know if you remember but I asked about a trials fatbike earlier this year. You’re an awesome creator, and I appreciate that.
Thanks Josh 👍🏻
Tire choice and pressure, even one PSI makes a huge difference on fat bike performance. I have a Salsa Mukluk with a Lauf and love it.
yeah that's becoming more apparent the more I ride it :)
The past few years I have transitioned to mostly riding fat bikes here in Colorado year round, my full suspension MTB is for sale as a result. So fun and capable.
Ali, I really appreciated all the effort you put into this video. You’ve really captured how versatile a fatty can be. I have a Salsa Beargrease and in all my years of riding, I’ve found that its the most fun bike I’ve owned.
Holy smokes, those Lauf Forks won't know what's hit them... I've been after a set for years, but now I have pair of Manitou Mastodons on the way! You steady on in that quarry dude...
Poor fork 😖
Poor cute things wallet 😉
I'm also now looking at the Mastodon, as the Lauf's are hard to come by second hand, and are quite expensive new.
@@motopreneur8058 the mastodon fork is a fantastic fork, I run one on my fatty.
I love the classic GT Avalanche hanging in the garage! That was my dream bike back in the day!
New Ali video hell yeah!
Wow, that was crazy steep, I have tried to video hills like that on my trials motorcycle and bike and they never look as steep on the camera as they really are. Looks like you had a fun bit of riding. Love your videos as always. Thanks!
Really like watching your videos! Really cool stuff! 👍
Thanks very much :)
Congratulations to you, Jane and the cute thief on your home ownership.
Overall the video really made me smile 😃😃😃 great start to the weekend.
Thanks Graham! It's nice to finally have an actual home :D I'm glad you liked the video too :)
Those rocks at the end were epic! You know it's good trials riding when it seems to defy the laws of physics.
Thanks, I've got a plan for them :D
Very stunning locations! The fat bike seems like a lot of fun, great video as usual
Thanks Jesse :)
So cool to see those jumps are still there! Rode them back in 2009!
haha they're practically made from solid rock, I don't think they're going anywhere anytime soon :P
Nice to see whats all possible on a Fat Bike. And thanks for the vid!
Greetings from Germany!
Thanks Malte :D
Bruh, when this guy was doing the rocky stuff, I swear I kept thinking he was gonna seriously hurt himself or something. Glad he made it in one piece.
Awesome video. Have been enjoying the fatbike content a lot!
Thanks Tomi!
Very cool to see you putting your own weird ideas on suitable weird bikes.
It's very fun to watch!
I do kinda love this bike.
Colour way also fits as I also got them minions on my bike.
The rest is a raw aluminium full sus dh frame with orange manufacturer decals. A rare ol beauty but I love it.
Congrats on the house! That fat bike is sick too
Much needed pre-ride inspiration. Loved this.
hello from Yosemite California. Very much enjoyed your video. Your a very skilled rider
Thank you! Also you live in an utterly gorgeous part of the world …but I may also be showing my complete ignorance for US geography in not realizing there’s more than one Yosemite 😂
@@Ali_Clarkson No you got it,Thats the right Yosemite. I'm about 35 min outside of the national park
I think a rigid fat bike is the best bike to start on when building trials skills. The problem with a fat bike is the same thing that makes them cool... the tires. The rebound in tires is tricky to get correct for varied terrain. Too much air and the tires are bouncy basketballs, too little and you don't feel the trail or the rolling resistance is SLOW. Have never run PSI above 18 on my 26 x 4.25 's, even on pavement. I only ride mine in slop and snow. Got other bikes. You are great rider, man. Fun to watch.
Cracking video. You know there is a mountain bike skills area at Whitelees? Basically a one mile loop with optional bits. Good fun place if you’re riding up there.
yeah, looked a little...tame if I'm honest. Not trying to sound big headed or anything but I'd rather find something a little more dangerous :P
Realy enyoied this Video Ali
Can`t wayt for next week !
thank you :)
Great video ! Rad bike and great video on the down hill stuff
The lads at Fibre-lyte would be your best chance of a repair on your funky forks… they sorted the swing arm on my yeti after a little RTA.
Glad the house came through 👍
Unreal riding as per.
Thanks Al, Adam at Tartybikes has expressed interest in trying to fix it but if this falls through I might give them a try :)
Such a unique looking ride with the double top tube, I notice that instantly over the comically large tyres. I bet that frame feels real stiff. Congratulations on the home ownership man, you deserve it! Time to binge watch some classic Simpsons episodes with the cute thief as a celebration?
You seemed pretty smooth on the DJ's to me my man! Trials type control for sure helps with it as learning front and rear wheel bias is basically half of the entire jumping-random-stuff-on-a-bike malarkey. If anything I could say just a slight bit of overshoot (for sure the last double on the 2nd attempt, but always better than undershooting and casing), I usually try and really whack the front wheel where I want it to go quite aggressively if the landing starts getting left behind if that helps any. Sometimes it means really pushing it down hard if the speeds slightly too high and making sure the angle is correct to get the rear exactly where the front landed, which I know you are very good at. Those are some nice doubles, you could for sure do much bigger even on a fat bike!
Good stuff again dude!
Great video boss! I have recently gotten the same Maxxis tires for my Fatback Rhino. Definately a heavy tire that has resulted in a bit slower bike but there is NO shortage on grip that is for certain. Cheers!
yeah it's a worthy compromise I think :)
schwalbe jumbo jim, lot faster, at same grip, but too fragile for sharp rocks. So, Maxxis Minion FBF/FBR, better choice.
@@Mike22313 Yea I loved the speed of the Jumbo Jim tires but I had a rock go right through them one day. Not durable enough for me.
Loved this so much Ali -- thank you for doing a fat bike!
I wish you could experience a proper winter ride with groomed snow + studded tires. White magic carpet ride!
me toooo!
You, Blake and Pat Smage should start a fatbike team! 😁
dream team :)
The bike looks good with the new fork. Goes well with the frame!
"I'm a bit gutted these forks broke..."
You and me both 😂
Nice video as always. Regarding tires, I'm really happy with my Vee Tire Bulldozer's.
They look cool but I couldn't (I mean the Cute Thief couldn't) find them in stock anywhere :(
Old white Vee Tire Bulldozers, compound have some issue, in freezing cold and overall kind of hard tire. For new Bulldozer, its gummy silika, good and squishy, but i doubt it last long at rocky terrain.
You on that bike is the greatest thing!
Thank you :D
you’re a legend
Aw thanks! 🤘🏻
You're the best Ali!
Thanks very much!
Sick Video!!!🔥🔥🔥
Would love to see a Video like this on the 5001 or was it 5010😅
Very nice. I had no idea of this kind of bikes. Very interesting. But I think I stay with my street trial.😅
Nice riding. Impressed with the dirt jumping and rock lines. Have you filmed any videos on the On One singlespeed? Love the look of the SS.
I've got a set set of plus tires on 45mm rims for my krampus and they do make a lot of noise, but I haven't noticed any tension issues. Probably a little over a 1000 miles of single track with lots of cased jumps and botched lines through technical sections as well.
it's weird, the rear were slightly under tensioned (maybe I didn't stress it enough) but I think the shape of the rim and bigger amplification of the tyre exaggerated the sounds. A bit more tension and some wire around the crossing fixed it :)
@@Ali_Clarkson I know some guys who do a lot of bikepacking around here who solder spokes at the cross, but I just started running some hommade inserts and that helped tone things down a bit. Anyway, glad to see your videos doing so well again!
Congrats on the house!!!
I can't even get the front up reliably on a fatbike, you can bunnyhop on a fatbike higher than I can on a normal MTB. Love the leaf spring forks shame they cracked. Well if they don't feel comfortable for trials it's better you get a different one, probably safer that way.
Oh and Bontrager is pronounced with a hard g. Bon-traig-er.
Thanks very much, it's great to finally have a place to call home!
I love you and your vids as always broooo!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
No way! Cambusbarron quarry is 5 mins from my house and is one of the best trails around Stirling, Next time your local try the North Third trials plenty jumps and steep cliff edges, Good to see you out exploring Stirling finding some good spots for me to practice lol
Don’t worry, I’ve ridden North Third plenty of times 😁
Thought you might have being so close lol , Get in touch or pop into Greenrig Cycles Falkirk one of the Managers keeps up the maintenance on some of the trials up the quarry & North third he stays in Cambusbarron
Looks like hard work!
a bit :P
Those are the low knob, low rolling resistance Vee Tire "Dominator" tires... They make larger, stickier, high knob, Silicone rubber, multi-durometer tires, under their "Snow Shoe" line. I had Vee Rubber Snow Shoe XXL Silica Compound 26x4.9" tires on my bike for years before it was stolen. Maxxis Minion DF/DR were "alright," but so much smaller, and thinner
Nice to see you trail riding and the cute thief is epic
Cheers Paul :)
I've been fatbiking for around 4 months,even though my fatbike is cheap,You can do everything on a fatbike wether it's cheap or expensive,cool video btw
Nice work Ali! Bring the forks when you're next down, we'll have a go at fixing / reinforcing them :-)
Thanks Ads, will do!
Easy composites are superb for advice on carbon repairs and reinforcement
Fat bikes are insanely fun to jump. Soft landings and rock solid stability in the air. I guess it is the rotational weight of the wheels and tires.
yeah I certainly felt that extra rotating weight when in the air! The landings were comfy though :)
FAT IS FUNNER @Ali Clarkson!!!!!!!!!! 🚴♀🍺☮
haha
Really enjoyed waiting for this vid after the build. Thanks. Why not with the 1st set of tyres cut all the knobbys off and make some fatty slicks for a dry day of street/park, not sure if that would work. Shame about the forks any fix possible?
I could be tempted!
That last moss descent was crazy.
Insane riding skills!!!!
I would recommend Surly Edna 4.3 or Maxxis Minion 4.8 and 0.5 tire pressure
Yeah my front tire and wheel weighs 10lb. By itself they are 26x4 with aluminum wheel
Cracking video as per👌
thanks very much :)
first of all congratulations on buying a house - an often unrealized dream of many.
trials on a fatbike is the most based thing ive seen all day, i must say. and it does feel painful to see you abuse the shiny new bike, taking hits, slams and all that. but that's its purpose after all, haha.
the tyres definitely didn't seem to be meant for this kind of riding, i couldn't help but notice the pressures were very low, but they still weren't grippy at all
really bummed about your forks, you could get a decent budget bike in that price range.
good stuff overall
Hi, time 11:00 it's a Zaskar on the wall behind you?
It’s a GT Avalanche, I have a dedicated video on this
ruclips.net/video/SKwi0DiyBK0/видео.html
Should give you all the info you need :)
@@Ali_Clarkson i have a Zaskar 2001, actualy in rebuild.
I didn't think those Maxxis tyres would fit in the frame...nice to know.. I am running a 4.8" Schwalbe on the front and running a 4" on the rear simply didn't see how larger would fit...looks good though. If you have any sway in the biking industry I would ask you to have a chat with On One and get them to re-issue some more On One FLOATERS and they come in a few colours...and they'r not bad as off road jobbies being nobblies.
Hi Ali, I have the same frame and running 26x4” tyres would I be able to fit 26x 4.8 ?? What size are the maxis, thanks new subscriber.
good choice :) Yes I have 4.8s in mine now and it's fine :)
@@Ali_Clarkson that’s a great help 🙏 thank you!!
Can’t wait for the hub mod video 😎
it would be cool if you could put a thinner rim and tyre on the front, it would make it more like a large 20" trials bike with the rear fatter wheel.. i dont know if you could do this with some spacers??
Always been fascinated by doing trials on bikes which really aren't meant for it
Yeah me too, it makes things pretty interesting :)
@@Ali_Clarkson I have a fixed gear road bike and its quite fun to try a few things on it, not the ideal bike but it's fun!
@@etigafy2716 I used to have a fixed gear roady too, ran quite a hard grease so could never really do any trials on it :(
@@etigafy2716 sometimes functional bikes are just not what you want. A friend of mine had a enduro Commençal from around 2014/16 that he had, well... customized.
Massive front fork, no gears, Maxxis minion DHII all around and a stock rear shock (dont remember what it had). It wasn't good at anything specifically, but it didn't perform terrible anywhere either, stupid fun, even with a single gear it wasn't hard to climb hills but it wasn't slow either, looked amazing no matter how you looked at it. Sadly he choose to sell it since he rides a different one daily and the guy who bought it smashed it onto a tree obliterating the entire thing, i really miss that bike.
@@Ferrari255GTO sounds like a fun bike. I have a very odd bike I built myself, GT timberline from a long time ago and when I built it I put the drivetrain on the left so you have to pedal backwards to move.
I think Ali should build up a bmx bike with front and rear brakes and 4 plastic pegs and see what he could do he could probably do a good job at bridging in the gap between street trials and bmx if he puts the right gearing on it
At 10:00 I do see that purple bmx in the background so maybe he can just add breaks and pegs to that
The cute thief may have dragged in something of interest 😉
How about riding your GT Zaskar with fat bike fork and tire up front, I wanted to do that on my bike but dont have spare parts for the build.
haha how weird would that be!
@@Ali_Clarkson you will be the first.
i only really like mine in the snow/sand but no suspension here. sand is awful afterward cleaning it out of the chain
Curious Why the lauf over the mastodon?
Fattys are a blast
Price/availability/I only run what the cat brung 😂
@@Ali_Clarkson 😂 sorry I’m new to the channel and haven’t figured out who the “cat” is yet
@@Wheelsanstuff he’s my supplier 😉
Awesome video
Thank you :)
Great video!, what’s are you riding at?.
Right tirepressure is crucial for you to ride well and for the tires to grip properly. Yes the added bonus of the large volume is float on snow and sand, with low tirepressure :)
What should sell more people on the fatbike is the versatility of it. You can throw anything at it and with correct tyrepressure it will do most things quite well. Try the Jumbo Jims as i also suggested in the previous video.
None the less cool riding and nice to see one more fattie getting some abuse!
This is 900% true, all you need is a large hand pump to bring with yourself and you can smash hills on the street, then 5 minutes later have some fun on the bikepark and after that go for a roll on the beach to chill for a bit. Anything is possible with a fatbike as long as you know how!
I can totally see the versatility aspect but I also think a normal trail bike is pretty versatile too with the only downside being worse sand/snow performance.
@@Ali_Clarkson in my case the sand part is ki da importqnt because i live 20 mins away from the beach, and i wouldn't wanna get sand on my enduro, i don't think it's worse than dust, but just in case XD
@@Ali_Clarkson Quite possibly, i do ride my levo here in norway through winter as well ;)
I doubt JJ last long at rock garden.
I'm sure people have said this before, but if you manage to get your hands on a Surly Bud for the front, you should be even better, and maybe a Lou for the rear, if it fits the frame...
Hey Ali today is a very sad day for me because i snaped my trial frame. So i wanted to ask you where i can get a inspired Hex Framekit.
That really sucks! :( unfortunately I don’t think inspired do the Hex as a frame kit but you’re best off messaging them, they’ll let you know for sure
@@Ali_Clarkson thanks dude 🥲
Nice! I’m building a fatbike at the moment. What size frame are you running?
good stuff! This is a medium and I'm 177cm tall
Nice bike, your tyres look very hard, I run mine at 8psi you will find they will grip much better tubless, if you are not running it like that already
I’m pretty certain that the Lauf Carbonara was not rated for ASTM 5 stuff. No one makes a fork that can handle you, Ali!
Those first set of tyres 😱
LOL :-D Oh Ali, woah is you :-) I wouldn't say 500 pounds down the road, I'd get some carbon fibre and try to patch/fix the disc mounts and save that fork for riding a little closer to their intended design ;-) That replacement Bonti fork looks like it'll do you pretty good.
You went from absolute crap tyres to some of the best, way to do polar opposites :-) LOL Bet that was like going from unsharpened ice skates to properly sharpened ones. Looking forward to seeing more content with this bike, expect to see you riding some normal trails with the guys and keeping up :-D
The issue is that if they get fixed then what next? I don't have much interest in using them and I don't think I could realistically sell them. I could maby use them on a gravel build but they'd look very odd being so fat!
Taking this on a group ride would be interesting haha
Come on Ali, who cares about looks :-) I never owned a road bike when I rode road, ,I used my steel Karate Monkey which has clearance for well over 3" tyres in the fork, ran 38mm semi slicks, but still had fun and more importantly, still could be up at the front. You said you wanted to get fitter, so what better way than on a Fatty with some fast rolling 29x3" tyres using the canals etc ;-)
Another option I just thought of, Lauf is still in business, so why not try contacting them, be straight up with them and tell them what's happened and what you were doing and maybe they might be able to help you out in some way.
Oh and yes, definitely tell them who you are, about your YT channel, never know, they might find some cool project you can both work on for both of you to benefit ;-)
Great video👍
Thank you :)
I’m sure there’s a carbon repair company that could fix the brake mount on the fork. I know you’re in the UK, but Roberts Composites here in BC could probably easily fix something like that
yeah possibly but it's an expense to get a fork I won't be using or can't sell lol
Lauf did lifetime warranty if I remember correctly ;)
fat tires are great, you can roll over so much stuff like its nothing. Great breaking with so much rubber on the ground.
Sorry for the fork Ali, but since it's carbon isn't it repairable? Maybe it could worth it.
it might be yeah but then the issue is what do I do with it? I don't have much interest in using it again and I wouldn't realistically be able to sell it :(
In your hands, Fat Bike Street may be a new sport. Im In LOndon and the streets are full of Fat Bike Couriers. Please do the Hope Hub experiment you talked about in the last vlog. I really want to see that !
yeah I see lots of fatbike couriers in Glasgow too, seems like an odd choice but maybe it's as simple as being more comfy?
Trials is the coolest way to ride a fat bike 🤙
steep off piste was my favourite thing on a fat bike.
yeah I can imagine!
Nice Riding man
Thank you :)
On those forks are you limited to a front disk size? Congrats on the house bro
I was running the minimum size possible (180mm), I'm not sure what they're max size is
I have used a 203mm on the lauf fork
Do you like the Poc helmet ?
Does it have MIPS ?
Just asking I have a POC helmet with
MIPS. And it seems to move around.
And the bands in the fork when or how much more can it take before the snap of it
It’s ok, I don’t think it has mips as it’s quite old. The main complaint I have is that the adjustment band sits on my ear where it joins my head which gets very painful after a few hours but other than that it’s not bad
@@Ali_Clarkson yeah I have 3 Poc the mips one moves around comes dow to my eyes as it moves. It the correct size just weird. My regular poc. They are not new ones. Also. But the regular one is fine. I also use a bell super. I like that one. But I go for poc more to ride. I told my wife I wanted a poc full faced. She laughed and said you just got a fly full helmet. I stated I need more to match what I wear.
I'm guessing the leafs in the fork will last longer than the rest of the fork. They are designed with a lot of margin strength wise.
Do you get to keep all them bikes you built
Most of them! I had a couple of frames on loan (Ashton, crescent) but I still have every other one 👍🏻
I have a question. I wanna build my own downhill bike i allready know what parts i wanna have. The problem is i live in Croatia and we dont have as much options. Is there any online bike builder with many parts like fox 40, magura brakes, trek, yeti, nukeproof, specialazed and other frames, and other well known bike parts, that i could use or any place or shop where i can buy a propper mtb bike? I would like to do my purchase online so that everything comes to my place. For those who wanna know, i have a bergamont hardtail and have been using a cube all suspension enduro bike. I just need to know how u guys get bikes and parts.
What chain are you running please
I knew that fork was going to break when I saw the build video
Not really about the video but where did you get that orange shirt?
it's been about 5 years since I bought it and I can't totally remember...somewhere like rave.com or something?
@@Ali_Clarkson That is a cool shirt!
Ali doing trials on a fat bike and then hitting the dirt jumps, not something I was expecting to see haha
I like the element of surprise :D
Hopefully you aren't too mad about the fork. I guess we'll know if there is a cute thief Mk 3 next week.
Nooo The Cute Thief mk2 is the best! Couldn’t be mad at him 😂❤️