Hey Ali, in my opinion, and i think i'm speaking for most of the people watching your videos and shows, it's totally fine to advertise something like a matress, which has no direct relation to bikes. As long as you are completely transparent about it, there is just nothing to say against it. If it is something you really enjoy, why shouldn't you advertise it? And of course, as always, absolute legendary riding!
Ali, remember, it's a lifestyle channel. Your lifestyle involves bikes but if you need a matress you need a matress! This ad was well done and down to earth. Keep it up!
Also, awesome vlog, I really dig this, with the talking about the way you feel things and efforts aside to the bike riding by itself ! Doing that on a FS MTB was impressive dude !
Hey Ali Clarkson! Always remember to fuel your brain (eat) and stay hydrated! Athletic performance is greatly influenced by state of mind! Making the time to eat at regular intervals was a key step of my triumph over depression! Ride ride ride!
For anyone against the ads, "sellout" is not the right word. It's hard work to make all these videos, Ali deserves to get something in return for that, this is what people call a job. Keep up the amazing work Ali!
Never feel bad about a little advertisement or sponsor on your channel that people choose to watch for free. You don't have to work and spend a lot of time and energy providing entertainment for us. Thanks for the time and effort as always. More hex!
Appreciate honesty of the ad at the beginning, I watched the whole thing because you seem like a proper decent guy. Plus I live in a shared house, everything I own including my bike is in one tiny room too so I know the feels haha!
Super nice and inspiring riding! (AndI'm totally fine with the advertising - you spend so much time and afford on this VLOG. If we (the viewers) can help you out with something - just let us know!)
Ali: I agree with Gerdragon. We as your loyal viewers are very happy for you that you get some perks and since we, your subscribers are the reason for your channel growth, it’s like your sharing your success with us. It’s good to see other aspects of your life. You’re a person and your channel is about you as a personality, not just an accomplished, entertaining cyclist.
Watched the spam advert! Can't afford a mattress atm because your previous videos 'inspired' me to buy a bloody 2 grand bike (Arcade), but, I'll go to Simba when it's time... Cheers :D
Glad you got a sponsor for the video and as usual you introduced it in a realistic, calm and nice way, not like some sellout. Enjoy the new Matress and Incredible riding as usual.
Just want to put my thoughts out there on the advertising: I think you should continue to do adverts. It's completely understandable to have to pay the bills. We get it. Just continue to be transparent, and try to keep them short and sweet. Channels like LinusTechTips have their advertising game on point. Take notes. They're short, sweet, and not very painful at all. I wouldn't mind seeing them on your videos at all. Keep up the good work Ali, and don't be afraid to make money doing what you love.
Hey man, you've worked hard to build up this channel and have some crazy skills. Enjoy the perks and make it happen man. Full support from me dude 👍 Way to go and sweet new bed hahaha!!!
Big up the usage of a Sarah the Illstrumentalist beat. She is awesome and so are you. Thank you for this dope video and keep up the good work. Just subbed and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Found you because of Seth’s Bike Hacks and am very stoked about it. I love that those making videos on RUclips like pointing viewers in the direction of other people making great content.
No worries with mattress, I guess they picked you up from your van tour when you said it's mattress was better than the one at home and you need a new one. Loved the skinny gate line, now reverse it (might be one for the Hex first). Enjoy Italy.
You could probably make a bed desk sort of thing out of some laminated wood (similar to a monitor stand). Two legs and a desk bit on top, that sits over your legs on the bed, then pillows behind your back against the wall. Perhaps with a plank across the back to lift the screen further while keeping touchpad low, and provide airflow to bottom of the laptop. Not sure if it would be any more ergonomic though. Would at least lift the screen up a bit though and prevent the heat from being on your legs.
See at 11:45 , when you bail from it, you make the landing from the rail look so smooth. Does it also feel that smooth? Is the PSI in the fork/shock set to be really high? Or is it technique of landing on back wheel and using upper body to slow the front wheel before landing?
I've never seen such an honest and unoffensive advert! Since youtube is jour job and your income is generated by adverts I do understand the necessity of doing stuff like, well, advertising a matress. And being so honest about what you are doing is not going to hurt your reputation, I'm sure!
Good timing this,I’ve been looking at buying a memory foam mattress recently,so many companies about these days,used to only be a couple,tempa being the main one. Be good to hear your thoughts in a week. (and don’t feel you need to apologise for advertising stuff mate,your an honest bloke, we’re all aware you wouldn’t sell out👊🏻) Have a good weekend pal
Totally understand about the mattress and enjoyed the content. Some youtubers get a little annoying with ads, but I am good with it as long as it is something you use not like check out the designer dress shoes I wear for trials lol.
Don't know if they ship globally but you should try to get a sample of revolution grips if you haven't already tried them. Designed to reduce arm pump.
Happy for you that you get some goods out of the ads. By the way I realized that you now way over 100 vlogs even if you do not name them anymore vlogs 😉. Congratulation and keep going always enjoyed you‘re new video on friday.
great video! great riding! are you gonna do a proper edit once with all the best of the last years of riding or with new stuff? would love to see that...
Don't you mean "suspension makes it so much softer"? :P Anyway, I feel you on the back pain and you got a thumb up before the first four minutes of the video were up. Keep up the work. Hope you like your new mattress.
Nice vlog Ali 👍 and yeah the jibby line on the steps does look good! P.s I don't mind the advert at the start. No shame it a bit of plugging if you get something for it. How much more did the mattress expand in the end?
I think a timelapse would have been cool for that trick that took so long, the change it light was really nice. I don't know if you have a second camera that could be set up to do a timelapse but that could be cool (or if you have enough footage from the stationary cam to edit it into a timelapse?)
Nice~! after watching i took my mtb out riding too! hahah have to agree that it really get my heart pumping so hard. just curious how much air did you pump into those shocks? it doesn't seem to move as much as mine. mine definitely feels like riding a motor-trial bike, those shock just eats up all mine energy.
Biking is your life. You need money to live so perfectly fine given we get to watch your great content for nothing. Plus a bad back can kill your biking so actually all related. Keep up the good content.
Hi you said that suspension makes things harder for trials, but how do you set up your suspension? have you tried different settings or air pressure & how does it work best?
Do you make sure your bar position in relation to your bb matches your trial bikes? Is there any accurate way to do that? Is there any difference between the ideal body position of enduro trail riding and trials?
I'm sure you won't overdo the advertising with your attitude, and if it helps you live of riding bikes then keep it up. By the way, your motivational cork board is really charming. :)
Such a huge respect for that last hop on a fence! I'd faint a millisecond after I pull the bars, in such a case.. I mean, when I'm full of energy I can only do a tiny 15cm hop on my DH. And you hopped 1m like nothing, after half a day of DH trials. Wth do you eat, Ali?XDDD
PS: Didn't mind an AD at all, mostly because you were honest. Btw, there is no link in the description and comment's link doesn't really apply a discount for some reason.
5:50 I see the camera is struggling with auto focus, does it have object tracking? if so try enabling that so it focus on you & the bike. somehow the footage looks worse on the big camera than the gopro, did you downscale it? use low resolution? Maybe a dual chamber chock would be useful for you, one trails setting, one every thing else setting, I know Push got a shock like that, so you can switch between chambers, instead of changing settings, so you can have one very firm & one plush. only comfortable editing is done at a desk, comfy chair, good height. I got a desktop pc, and big keyboard, I hate the feel of laptop keyboards, I got mechanical keyboard. congrats on the mattress, important to have proper mattress. my back & neck is bad, so I use pillow under my back & some times is misaligned so I change position of pillow and my body, can take a long time for every thing to be good, but those things help. I haven't even heard of Simba before I saw you instagram post. my bed has built in mattress, and thin mattress on top, so far it has been good enough.
Dude... don't use computers lying down... can give you *not nice* injuries. See RSI/tendonitis/carpal tunnel. Highly recommend finding a decent makerspace / Web café / desk share / office. Dunno if any of your sponsors have offices nearby, but you could get a hot desk in their space perhaps. Might also be nice to design a little workspace into your motorhome...
you really make me want to get on my bike, and I think you should have a clip on microphone because from the different angles you use the sound of your voice is quite inconsistent.
Hey Ali, in my opinion, and i think i'm speaking for most of the people watching your videos and shows, it's totally fine to advertise something like a matress, which has no direct relation to bikes. As long as you are completely transparent about it, there is just nothing to say against it. If it is something you really enjoy, why shouldn't you advertise it?
And of course, as always, absolute legendary riding!
i thinks its just proper because you also do vlogs. it would be totally normal to take the ad that is not about bikes.
Ali, remember, it's a lifestyle channel. Your lifestyle involves bikes but if you need a matress you need a matress! This ad was well done and down to earth. Keep it up!
Great way to introduce that advertising ! I appreciate your video after discover you by Seth's bike hacks's channel :)
Also, awesome vlog, I really dig this, with the talking about the way you feel things and efforts aside to the bike riding by itself !
Doing that on a FS MTB was impressive dude !
Hey Ali Clarkson! Always remember to fuel your brain (eat) and stay hydrated! Athletic performance is greatly influenced by state of mind! Making the time to eat at regular intervals was a key step of my triumph over depression! Ride ride ride!
For anyone against the ads, "sellout" is not the right word. It's hard work to make all these videos, Ali deserves to get something in return for that, this is what people call a job. Keep up the amazing work Ali!
Never feel bad about a little advertisement or sponsor on your channel that people choose to watch for free. You don't have to work and spend a lot of time and energy providing entertainment for us. Thanks for the time and effort as always. More hex!
Appreciate honesty of the ad at the beginning, I watched the whole thing because you seem like a proper decent guy. Plus I live in a shared house, everything I own including my bike is in one tiny room too so I know the feels haha!
Mr. Clarkson is back in business!
"back" in buisness😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Super nice and inspiring riding!
(AndI'm totally fine with the advertising - you spend so much time and afford on this VLOG.
If we (the viewers) can help you out with something - just let us know!)
Ali: I agree with Gerdragon. We as your loyal viewers are very happy for you that you get some perks and since we, your subscribers are the reason for your channel growth, it’s like your sharing your success with us. It’s good to see other aspects of your life. You’re a person and your channel is about you as a personality, not just an accomplished, entertaining cyclist.
Nice video Ali! That rail skinny line looked scary! Can't wait for the mtb videos!
Love your bed with large window, it's cool :)
Watched the spam advert! Can't afford a mattress atm because your previous videos 'inspired' me to buy a bloody 2 grand bike (Arcade), but, I'll go to Simba when it's time... Cheers :D
Nice job Simba! You're alright in my book. Supporting a great guy!!
The king of perseverance. That was so cool.
Glad you got a sponsor for the video and as usual you introduced it in a realistic, calm and nice way, not like some sellout. Enjoy the new Matress and Incredible riding as usual.
Just want to put my thoughts out there on the advertising:
I think you should continue to do adverts. It's completely understandable to have to pay the bills. We get it. Just continue to be transparent, and try to keep them short and sweet. Channels like LinusTechTips have their advertising game on point. Take notes. They're short, sweet, and not very painful at all. I wouldn't mind seeing them on your videos at all.
Keep up the good work Ali, and don't be afraid to make money doing what you love.
Hey man, you've worked hard to build up this channel and have some crazy skills. Enjoy the perks and make it happen man. Full support from me dude 👍 Way to go and sweet new bed hahaha!!!
You are awesome! I love those Trial-Vlogs!
Nice riding on the bouncy bikeYou deserve more sponsorship stuff , your vlogs are good for the trials and Mtb scene. Enjoy your trip
Big up the usage of a Sarah the Illstrumentalist beat. She is awesome and so are you. Thank you for this dope video and keep up the good work. Just subbed and I look forward to watching more of your videos. Found you because of Seth’s Bike Hacks and am very stoked about it. I love that those making videos on RUclips like pointing viewers in the direction of other people making great content.
Ad didn't feel out of place. You told it like it is and kept it real. Enjoy the vlog for it's bike content and just everyday happenings. Cheers!
No worries with mattress, I guess they picked you up from your van tour when you said it's mattress was better than the one at home and you need a new one.
Loved the skinny gate line, now reverse it (might be one for the Hex first).
Enjoy Italy.
Yes! Loved it!!! I actually am looking for a mattress but I"m in the US. lol Awesome that you got a new one!
You really inspire me thanks to you learned 40 cm high bunnyhops on a sunn revolt gp 1998. Really nice video ali
You were so close to knocking your glass of water over your laptop mate!! I nearly had a heartattack!
Absolutely amazing! 😎👍
I love seeing Pro riders struggle. It makes me feel a little better about sucking at simpler things. Thanks for the Videos.
You need to get yourself a proper chair with a desk
Ali Clarkson oh well.
You could probably make a bed desk sort of thing out of some laminated wood (similar to a monitor stand). Two legs and a desk bit on top, that sits over your legs on the bed, then pillows behind your back against the wall. Perhaps with a plank across the back to lift the screen further while keeping touchpad low, and provide airflow to bottom of the laptop.
Not sure if it would be any more ergonomic though. Would at least lift the screen up a bit though and prevent the heat from being on your legs.
You should head down to Ikea and pick up a SVARTÅSEN Laptop table Ali. You can't go wrong for 15 quid.
Didn't know that was a real product. Even more surprised it is from Ikea and not JML :p
Ali, you should get one of those beds with a desk underneath.
See at 11:45 , when you bail from it, you make the landing from the rail look so smooth. Does it also feel that smooth? Is the PSI in the fork/shock set to be really high? Or is it technique of landing on back wheel and using upper body to slow the front wheel before landing?
Love your vids and persistence to get to where you are now keep it up
I've never seen such an honest and unoffensive advert! Since youtube is jour job and your income is generated by adverts I do understand the necessity of doing stuff like, well, advertising a matress. And being so honest about what you are doing is not going to hurt your reputation, I'm sure!
Don't apologize about advertising man we are all fans and support what you need to do. Enjoy the mattress
Great video and I didn't mind the mattress "ad" cause it had a good story and the rest of the video is awesome!
Good timing this,I’ve been looking at buying a memory foam mattress recently,so many companies about these days,used to only be a couple,tempa being the main one. Be good to hear your thoughts in a week. (and don’t feel you need to apologise for advertising stuff mate,your an honest bloke, we’re all aware you wouldn’t sell out👊🏻) Have a good weekend pal
Totally understand about the mattress and enjoyed the content. Some youtubers get a little annoying with ads, but I am good with it as long as it is something you use not like check out the designer dress shoes I wear for trials lol.
Keep selling dude. Your trials vids are sick!
Le Chat Noir!
These memory foam mattresses are amazing. I have the Endy version cuz I'm in Canada.
so cool video ali, it would be so interesting a video showing all the glaswow spots ;)
Very nice trials!!
Don't know if they ship globally but you should try to get a sample of revolution grips if you haven't already tried them. Designed to reduce arm pump.
Dude, you need that mattress after all that hard work! Love watching your videos.
A good nights rest is always needed man
Tour of the UK in your camper before winter sets in.
Happy for you that you get some goods out of the ads. By the way I realized that you now way over 100 vlogs even if you do not name them anymore vlogs 😉. Congratulation and keep going always enjoyed you‘re new video on friday.
Well done, great mattress!!
Sleep well and enjoy Italy 😎👍
great video! great riding!
are you gonna do a proper edit once with all the best of the last years of riding or with new stuff? would love to see that...
Don't you mean "suspension makes it so much softer"? :P Anyway, I feel you on the back pain and you got a thumb up before the first four minutes of the video were up. Keep up the work. Hope you like your new mattress.
Nice Riding Ali cheers!!!
Please more Trial Vids with your MTB ! Very very Great!
Keep up the great work and more sponsors will come, I want a simba mattress but canny justify the price 😂👍
Hey, can you do video on getting your mtb up on its rear wheel like a trials bike, thanks 🤙🤙
Nice vlog Ali 👍 and yeah the jibby line on the steps does look good! P.s I don't mind the advert at the start. No shame it a bit of plugging if you get something for it. How much more did the mattress expand in the end?
15:50 This looked well awesome😯
I think a timelapse would have been cool for that trick that took so long, the change it light was really nice. I don't know if you have a second camera that could be set up to do a timelapse but that could be cool (or if you have enough footage from the stationary cam to edit it into a timelapse?)
Good show dude!
At 5:40 you mention you’re bad on tubeless. Do tubeless tyres make a difference with trials stuff?
Nice~! after watching i took my mtb out riding too! hahah have to agree that it really get my heart pumping so hard. just curious how much air did you pump into those shocks? it doesn't seem to move as much as mine. mine definitely feels like riding a motor-trial bike, those shock just eats up all mine energy.
Nice advertising bro! Keep up the good stuff
Hey Ali, another great episode. What’s happened to the big bike? Has the crack in it got worse?
Excellent. Well done
Your videos are great! Amazing
That is an awesome t-shirt 😍
I watched you unpack that mattress because I enjoy your videos.
Lovely 📹 keep doing more with ads as far i am concern, your great watch.😎💪☝
Nice video bro keep it up
Biking is your life. You need money to live so perfectly fine given we get to watch your great content for nothing. Plus a bad back can kill your biking so actually all related. Keep up the good content.
I just changed a job and now am a part of the team writing an application for a mattress manufacturer. Speaking of coincidences.
What did you think of the Inspired Flow when you had that?
would a lock out fork do any difference ? seems optimal with a short bike that springs back...comming from a xc mtb noob from a very flat country
Instant like
Hell yes
I thought you’d show the fully inflated mattress at the end...maybe with an expanding time-lapse. Hmmm....
Awesome video😎
Hi you said that suspension makes things harder for trials, but how do you set up your suspension? have you tried different settings or air pressure & how does it work best?
Aaay we have the same bed Ali 😂🤣
Do you make sure your bar position in relation to your bb matches your trial bikes? Is there any accurate way to do that? Is there any difference between the ideal body position of enduro trail riding and trials?
And I am happy if I can ride a few meters on the back wheel. :)
Fair play! Enjoy your mattress.
What psi do you have on your front and back suspension when doing this.
you should ride a trials bike with a fixed gear hub!!!!
awsome video
I'm sure you won't overdo the advertising with your attitude, and if it helps you live of riding bikes then keep it up. By the way, your motivational cork board is really charming. :)
I'm Inspired to pet my neighbors cat Simba. Nice jibbing. I was expecting some human feces when you said disgusting the first time, I get it now.
inspired fourplay pro or echo czar 24 inch which oneplease answer
Such a huge respect for that last hop on a fence! I'd faint a millisecond after I pull the bars, in such a case..
I mean, when I'm full of energy I can only do a tiny 15cm hop on my DH. And you hopped 1m like nothing, after half a day of DH trials. Wth do you eat, Ali?XDDD
PS: Didn't mind an AD at all, mostly because you were honest. Btw, there is no link in the description and comment's link doesn't really apply a discount for some reason.
Is it too difficult to use trial skills on MTB?
What bike is that Ali? Camber?
I guess we've got no problem at all with you pulling some advertisements here, we know how it works!
5:50 I see the camera is struggling with auto focus, does it have object tracking? if so try enabling that so it focus on you & the bike. somehow the footage looks worse on the big camera than the gopro, did you downscale it? use low resolution?
Maybe a dual chamber chock would be useful for you, one trails setting, one every thing else setting, I know Push got a shock like that, so you can switch between chambers, instead of changing settings, so you can have one very firm & one plush.
only comfortable editing is done at a desk, comfy chair, good height.
I got a desktop pc, and big keyboard, I hate the feel of laptop keyboards, I got mechanical keyboard.
congrats on the mattress, important to have proper mattress.
my back & neck is bad, so I use pillow under my back & some times is misaligned so I change position of pillow and my body, can take a long time for every thing to be good, but those things help.
I haven't even heard of Simba before I saw you instagram post.
my bed has built in mattress, and thin mattress on top, so far it has been good enough.
Dude... don't use computers lying down... can give you *not nice* injuries. See RSI/tendonitis/carpal tunnel.
Highly recommend finding a decent makerspace / Web café / desk share / office.
Dunno if any of your sponsors have offices nearby, but you could get a hot desk in their space perhaps.
Might also be nice to design a little workspace into your motorhome...
you really make me want to get on my bike, and I think you should have a clip on microphone because from the different angles you use the sound of your voice is quite inconsistent.
Auld John sanders that owns that yard will hunt you down for that stack of slabs 😂😂
Nice video
You have a link to Zoot Alors in the description :) COOL! Are you the elusive person making these?:)
I have those bed sheets!
hi what specialized is your bike pls ?? then youve made me want to ride me bike tomorrow depending on weather in darwen ha !
Ali, where's the link to the SIMBA company? And, you've not updated your links to add your patreon account.
how on earth are you able to backwheel something on grass?! i can barely lift my front wheel when i am on grass :P