Building A New Comp Bike Just To Try This Weird Brake Setup 

awesome to hear :D

I also really like Ali's bike build videos.

A life lesson I am all too recently learning for myself!

Yes! Supremely chill with some top notch dad jokes mixed in there.

Thanks Jean!

the cat application step is of paramount criticality

good timing!

nice! I'm sure you'll love it :)

Thank you :)

This seven second sequence was the funniest thing I've seen in months. Your bike build videos never fail to entertain. Cheers Ali (:

well actually the comp was a couple of weeks ago now but thanks anyway haha, you'll have to wait to see how I got on :)

Same

fun to do too :)

Thanks!

and I like doing them :)

yeah I'm not sure why...maybe the lack of saddle?

Thanks Jude :)

thank you very much :)

Thanks Mike, sounds like quite a lot of people had this frame and enjoyed them!

good to hear :D

get some ear protection ready (and I don't mean for the grinding part)

Glad you enjoyed it John :)

so far it feels pretty sweet!

At least the Nokon cable housings were not really worth it in my experience. Their only advantage is that they allow very tight bending radii.

Thank you :)

Thank you!

he works hard sometimes, but he is a cat after all so some laziness is expected

the front end stalls and hops are more difficult with less spring, but from watching the test it looks like the added precision and stability is mostly negligible in the outcome. Thanks for the video!

I think they're all engineers at heart

wow now there's an idea haha

yeah they were good weren't they

thanks booty!

I dread to think how high the bb would be with a suss for fitted :P

I've never had any luck with my headsets staying tight whenever I remove the top cap...I think it'd be fine for gentle riding but with how much leverage goes through the fork and stem on a trials bike I think a top cap is always needed. As for brakes, the XTR wouldn't work with this lever mainly because of the different fluid types, it would be easy enough to get the hose to work though I think. a larger rotor would certainly give more power but you're right it would be heavier, my main concern would be making it even easier to bend though. As for 4-pot vs 2-pot...4-pot doesn't always mean more power, in fact 2-pot can be equally as powerful and have more initial bite than a 4-pot (why the Hope trials brake is a 2-pot brake). I specifically chose this brake over a 4-pot (which I also have as an option) for this extra bite.

those were some good times

not yet, that's currently still a plastic block so you have a little wait yet

yes I do! Still got all the bikes except the pashley, Ashtob and Crescent :) And don't worry, I'm sure a rear vee will happen again soon :)

good man :)

haha I wasn't sure if that would be a bit too rude but it made me laugh so I'm glad other people did too :)

oh no I hope he's ok!

​@@Ali_Clarkson bit of a limp but he seems mostly ok

well spotted!

How do you like the Surge Evo? What type of riding do you do with it?

@@dansacco1964 the surge evo is a great frame i set mine up with a 170mm fork (over forked by 10mm) and 26" wheels which makes it fun for doing stuff like dirt jumps and 4x to freeride and enduro and downhill

welcome to the world of arm pump :P

Thanks David and yes you will!

@@Ali_Clarkson nice one 👍

all the details are here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2kkpwUOLF9A.html

@@Ali_Clarkson I see, the frame has 44mm straight head tube. No hope for my 42mm.... anyway, thanks... Keep making awesome clips...Cheers!

technically you're correct but personally I can't feel any difference between my 4X wheel and this 3X one

had to google how heavy that was. I wish it was 20lbs haha

@@Ali_Clarkson yeah I did the same thing with Siri to find out how much 10 kg was I was thinking damn I wasn’t that far off 😁

I’m probably gonna say Scott Pilgrim 👍🏻

@@Ali_Clarkson great choice

damn these compatibility standards! ;P

(Berm peak) did a video on buying your first mtb and what you should and should not look for Here’s the link to the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K882pvG395w.html

yes

@@Ali_Clarkson thank you

@@orestisvas7277 no problem, to give some detail I usually use a bottle of clean water on the pads and rotor and ride around pulsing the brake(s). I add some more water to clean off the black residue that can appear and repeat until the brake has some bite and then the rest of the bedding in will happen through riding 👍🏻

@@Ali_Clarkson thanks for the details

I think I've got a problem :P

And SD7 were and still are the best cable levers,I even run them on my trail hardtail MTB with BB7 cable disk calipers.

@@fujiuser1968 yep, they were much better feeling than the ultimate levers

@@bengray5013 yeah I didn't like how the barrel adjuster wasn't actually threaded into the lever body, when I ran my brakes with minimum spring tension it would rattle and even sit proud slightly and pull back in when I pulled the brake...very annoying

This is an Ozonys XS26 trials frame from around 2008

good v brakes set up well are actually amazing, I suspect you didn't have a fully pimp set up?

@@Ali_Clarkson Far from it. And also my wheels were permanently tacoed, maybe that was also contributing :)

Hello!

@@Ali_Clarkson Keep it up with the videos, I love them!!!

1080ish I think 👍🏻

@@Ali_Clarkson maybe it was the camera perspective - it looked small at times so I had to ask. Thanks for the reply! 😁

tomatoes tomatoes :P

Then he’s doing his job well 😄

That's not possible

it loves it!

probably the piece of skin that was previously keeping my blood in

😂

not sure what you mean? I spent a lot of the start of the video explaining why I'm using the two different types though :P

@@Ali_Clarkson i mean mounting 2 breaks on a wheel

@@chrismade123 ahhh ok, someone else mentioned this idea too and I think that would be really funny…I should try it!