Is Suspension A Good Idea For A Trials Bike?

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My hero's in trials riding all seemed to run some kind of front suspension and I could never really figure out why, it's heavier, less accurate and expensive. I decided to give it a try with some borrowed Rockshox Pike DJ forks that are blatantly too long for the geometry to see what the fuss was about...I ended up getting very surprised!
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@3Dsjk 4 года назад

When I was a kid, a mullet bike was a 24” or 26” bike with a 20” BMX wheel on the front because the kid smashed up the other one and that’s all they could ‘obtain’. Legally or otherwise.

@alexspeedpro2254 3 года назад

“Feels like im landing on a sponge” wait till this guy finds out about downhill bikes

@WeekendFilmCo 3 года назад

Downhill fork on trials frame

@iljamuraschov 3 года назад

@@WeekendFilmCo Sam Pilgrim style haha

@ziondakota5210 3 года назад

Dunno if you guys gives a damn but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can watch pretty much all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my brother for the last few days xD

@nicochristopher8846 3 года назад

@Zion Dakota Definitely, I have been watching on KaldroStream for since december myself :)

@snipesboii 4 года назад

Ouh man the good old "glas in Glasgow" joke😂👌🏻

@whitstodghill6128 4 года назад

Ali, I really like your comment about trying to keep your videos family-friendly. You've surely go lots of young viewers who will look up to you and want to imitate you - glad you take that seriously. Also, like your comment about keeping your body safe to extend your riding years. Starting bike trials at 60, I really get that idea. If I can practice skills at low heights or near soft surfaces - I am all for that!

@blackmetalgoat9060 4 года назад

14:05 hopefully the forks dont blow up ...Lets try it again !

@genio5500 4 года назад

thx!!

@tonioplamio8197 4 года назад

Used im big slopestyle contests do you expect it to blow?

@blackmetalgoat9060 4 года назад

@@tonioplamio8197 1. Slopestyle contests have smooth landings. 2. It was Ali himself that said hoefully the forks dont blow up.

@tonioplamio8197 4 года назад

@@blackmetalgoat9060 it will survive tho because it is made for allot of abuse

@adammoonface 4 года назад

Trials on a dirt jumper would be interesting

@eldelabicidecolores 4 года назад

Yee! I want one of those, as I recently bought a Dirt Jumper, and I'm trying to learn trials on it too. It's a 24 inch. Of course I'm using two brakes.

@bondomingo6837 3 года назад

I recently converted my Dj bike that I just bought earlier this week to a trials bike since it's pretty difficult to buy trials bike here in the Philippines. All in all it's pretty great!

@5sos-dontstopthevamps-rest679 3 года назад

what is usually size of dirt jumper??

@bondomingo6837 3 года назад

@@5sos-dontstopthevamps-rest679 26inch

@dubs4862 3 года назад

just ad a front brake

@nikolapaspalj4954 4 года назад

By far my favourite youtuber and rider! I ride trials on my mtb but soon i'll buy a inspired flow 2020 and its all because of you! keep up the good work Ali!

@JoeJanickiDesigns 3 года назад

I love hearing you talk about bikes. You were always a legend rider and now I feel like I know you a little better as a person

@TheNonsenseAdventures 4 года назад

"wearing grey on a grey day".. Except those shoes! I could see them from my flat!!!

@TheNonsenseAdventures 4 года назад

@@Ali_Clarkson haha trudat!! haha!!

@corpsenugget455 4 года назад

@@Ali_Clarkson I live in Glasgow and I've recently got a trials bike but I'm struggling to find good locations. Any recommendations?

@fraanzfan8158 4 года назад

Finally! I wanted this kind of video for so long but never foundit, Thanks!

@davidportej 4 года назад

Super interesting video idea again 🙂 always excited when a notification about a new upload from you pops up

@letojay1652 4 года назад

Up to front looks so scary i can just imagine eating the wall if to low u got skills🤙

@bikehacker 4 года назад

nice... I remember Hans Rey always riding the GT Zaskar with a Judy SL. I still have a 26" trial bike with a judy SL and the fork was really stiff by that time :-)

@devononair 4 года назад

Ah, Hans Rey! What a rider!

@aaron.biketrials 4 года назад

I had forks on my t-rex for a while. Was fun!

@robertdziubek9492 4 года назад

Man, this kind of videos is amazing

@joegatrill6634 4 года назад

Staggering skills! You're smashing 2020!

@roadlesstraveledd 4 года назад

My mind is blown that Ali is my age, thought you were much younger, makes me like you even more dude ride on!

@seancov3441 4 года назад

I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet and I will later this afternoon but for now I just wanna day that your really stepping up your content so far in 2020.. you’re doin great Ali..

@gafrers 4 года назад

Wonderful. Loving all this new experimentation. Keep it up.

@Jukofri 4 года назад

I enjoy seeing you ride so much Ali! Love your riding style, soo smooth and clean... keep up those super sick Videos!🔥🙏🏼

@zanderthegrate837 4 года назад

This brings back so many memories of my early trials days here in Canada, Circa 1998 Jeff Lenosky Ryan Leech North Shore Represent 🤘

@RomainJoubert 4 года назад

Ask Hans Rey, Jeff Lenosky or Ryan Leech. They used to ride trial with suspension fork 15-20y ago. :)

@gtasomogyi 4 года назад

And Jeff is a giant with his almost 2m and ~100kg (as I know). :)

@maisumaqueda 4 года назад

Dayum, you make everything look so easy! Mad props

@spagettmaster3429 4 года назад

Love your channel! Always keepin it interesting 👌

@stefang.690 4 года назад

Super nice video, Ali! Love the combination of riding, talking, fun, laughs and new things! Looking forward to your next video! Cheers! ❤️

@PeepMeRide 4 года назад

Great video Ali! When I first got my Hex I thought my wrist were going to break off because I was so used to suspension and as you know not very fluid. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to continue but I finally got over it in my wrists. I'm still battling tendonitis in my elbow (for like 8 months now!) which I think suspect is partly to do with me riding a rigid fork, partly sucking and partly being old. I've wondered if having a little bit of suspension would be a little easier on me. It's good to see that having front suspension didn't really make that big of difference on techniques as I thought it would. Then again, you're super human! Cheers!

@mudprod 4 года назад

I like the tone of your commentary, always calm and clear and never boring! Very interesting. I have seen Danny and Duncan a few time in the streets, never been lucky enough to meet you yet, maybe one day!

@Luquetupapa 4 года назад

Subbed. I love your honest style, and edit style to let us mortals know that some persistence and will is needed to reach our goals. Keep it up mate!!

@James-dn1hu 4 года назад

Looks really cool, very interesting to have different ideas and mixing things up as a pose to just riding normally

@baldomiglecz2520 4 года назад

This is the video i needed thank you! I was confused about doing trials on my dirt jumper!

@qibble455 4 года назад

I really enjoyed this video. Great info well presented. 10/10

@user-us1dz3ls3q 4 года назад

Sick video as always

@21fuz 4 года назад

You raise my spirit to come back riding with the same setup (26" chromo frame trials with front suspension).. thanks :)

@th_js 4 года назад

Awesome video again Ali

@dickensrivers9862 4 года назад

series of fails at 4:30 more educational than most tutorial videos achieve...kudos for the honesty

@ObviousAlias 4 года назад

Nice vid - interesting concept. You brought up some old school riders running front and (sometimes) rear suspension. I wonder how much of that was rider driven versus sponsors pushing new products? In Hans Rey's heyday, there wasn't the breadth of biking disciplines. Within mountain biking, it was pretty much just XC, DH, and way off to the side was trials but the bikes hadn't become nearly as distinct or specialized. Keep it up sir!

@djSpinege 4 года назад

Ryan Leech has been running suspension for about 20 years :D

@AntiDEDok 4 года назад

Wow! Crazy to see how precised are your hops. Both rear and front wheel positioning. Crazy skills as always! Now I should teach some tricks on front wheel too, you showed us, that it is doable with sus fork

@bengray5013 4 года назад

Years ago I ran a marzochi short travel fork on my rocket pro trials frame... made it really fun for street, the preload of the forks worked well for big bunny hops up walls, etc

@jevadajones1645 Год назад

Perfect perfect perfect and easy to set up!👍🏾

@sabakvavilashvili8239 4 года назад

Great video! Shows that if you have skills, you can ride anything!

@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy 4 года назад

Back in the 90's when I rode trials, I never rode without a front shock on my 26" bike (which was a modified mountain bike), so it just seemed normal to me. I had a rigid fork on my 20" bike and if you didn't land right from high drop offs, you'd definitely feel it.

@MrUnbatron 4 года назад

Awesome stuff! Keep up the good content. Nice to see how you keep pushing yourself to get it to the standard you wanted. Glasgow is very grey unfortunately when it’s wet. Which is often. 😂

@EG3HC 4 года назад

Instant ‘like’ for a big drop at the beginning of the vid 👍🏻

@keelanbell9821 4 года назад

Love the new helmet Ali 👌🤘🤙🤙

@greasyfingerprints 4 года назад

We use reverse mullet, 26 rear 24 front, on our mail delivery bikes in Australia. It allows the front load to be lower which is more stable. Been that way for nearly 30 years.

@yusufunlu3530 4 года назад

9:13 What a smooth front whel action :)

@kjetilavset9503 4 года назад

Really good content you are puting out man! 👍👍 How about doing a video about geometry, pros and cons. Like to see you compare the pink and the blu 😊

@xpndblhero5170 4 года назад

That last spot w/ the posts and stuff in the ground was really cool... I'd even ride BMX there.

@roadlesstraveledd 4 года назад

Awesome test. I've been a sub since you had less than 1k subs. Always thought it was crazy you didn't have more, come a long way Ali, keep up great work :)

@tarpnarp 4 года назад

9:36 idk why but this just blew my mind. Mad skillz

@The27Clang 4 года назад

Ali, any chance of you doing anymore front wheel tutorials?? Id love to see front wheel hops, fakie nose manuals or g-turns! Been trying for ages and your tutorial videos are really helpful. Great riding as always!

@neverforget4546 4 года назад

Ali ist und bleibt der geilste 👍

@afgspecial 4 года назад

kann er deutsch?

@noahbagel177 3 года назад

Deutsch!

@venommortalis8456 4 года назад

Thinking out of the box is pretty cool :-) good ideas you have :-)

@tharunshiv 4 года назад

Ali this literally looks just like my bike now haha! Awesome video btw! 💯

@AlexSalikan 4 года назад

I genuinely can't believe how well that worked! I've also heard from one 90s pro that he originally switched to suspension to be able to ride more moto style, carrying speed and rolling more stuff. Would be interesting to hear if there's anything to that.

@mountaincruiser817 4 года назад

I love your riding and try some trials style myself but I can relate to what you where saying about the style of bike. The best video for me was when you did the trials bit on your 5010. Normal trials stands far from normal mountainbiking and just a small croud looks at this. But if you go on your full sus like Akrigg then a whole lot of non trials guys get “inspired” ;-p. Keep up the good work Ali, hope you don't feel the blues to much these days.

@lipe2192 4 года назад

Hey Ali! Thanks for all your content, i love watching your videos! I have a question. which Five Ten shoes do you use?

@MichaelStugart 4 года назад

Awesome experiment!

@calisthenicslegion6747 4 года назад

I love how the bike is always quiet :D

@LorenzpambalkTRIALS 4 года назад

hey ali, another "most entertaining video of the week", but i do ave a question, why did you go back to the original sprung tensioner. I like your titantium design very much, so much indeed i had to make one for my fourplay aswell :)

@hulyan8944 3 года назад

3 yrs ago i have a two brake dj bike that i rode trials. Twas a Da Bomb Tora Bora with Duke U turn Shocks. Then upgraded to Sonic Boom 26", then into a rigid fork. Till now im riding a DJ-built-trials bike. The only thing with older supension models is its heavy weight and high wear and tear, but handy when doing higher drops.

@jamesbtrials 4 года назад

Nice!!! Suspension FTW. Those hooks scared me though! I'm not doing those with mine, even though it is possible.

@jamesmincher3435 4 года назад

Bike looks amazing with them forks I would keep

@hgmedia1 3 года назад

Hey Ali great vids. I've always ran front suspension (no lockout) ans my bunny hop is always lacking power seeing you experiment makes me want to switch to rigid. Could you do a vid on rigid forks for street riding? Thanks and keep up the great work!!!

@nigelkilgarMTB 4 года назад

Bringing back the Ryan leech style trials bike 👍🏻

@Clin270 4 года назад

Maybe look at handlebar-mounted lockouts if you end up testing another pair of forks later. Nice video!

@jackhume4532 4 года назад

Hi Ali another great film, but as far as suspension forks go I myself find them hard going but as I am fifty next month I do admit to preferring RIGID forks up front and with my hard mountain bike I pretty much ride with the forks locked and so I am thinking about swapping these out for Rigid forks instead and I also have a set of SE RACING BMX cruiser handlebars on this 29er hardtail of mine. However I think that experimenting is always a good idea and without this we would never know if it is right or wrong.

@Reddingadventurehub 4 года назад

I’d love to see you try with an 80mm fork. Seems like it would suit the geometry better. Very cool video. I’ve always ran forks on my 26” trials bikes.

@likamuuk 4 года назад

Sad that u dont have 100k yet :/ sick video🤙👍

@crazysurgeon9372 4 года назад

Stoked that you're riding the Danny Mac signature Stamps

@sapinva 4 года назад

What you have there is a dirt jump bike with a slightly high BB. Kind of funny because my "trials" bike is an Octane Void with a rigid 29er fork. It kills my wrists on drops, and I have often wondered about going with a 100mm DJ fork w/ 300 lbs of air.

@BruceChastain 4 года назад

great video. I really want to get into trials, just basic stuff.

@stephenkillin9730 4 года назад

1:40 We in texas like to tip cows.... I never thought about tipping flies. 🤔 lol, thanks for the good content... That drop in the opener is ridiculous

@user-pq2tr2ix3u 3 года назад

How does this guy only have 100 k he deserves wayyyyy more he is a god

@2Swift4u 4 года назад

I actually once asked Hans about this and he told me exactly what you said about the bike being more relatable. He wanted to promote mountainbiking hence he used a "normal" mtb with suspension that people could relate to.

@lordmarshall5239 4 года назад

I’ve seen Hans Rey do this in the 90s. He talked about the advantages but I’m old and it was long enough ago I can’t remember what he said😊. I think I remember something about clipping the front tire on something and having that give help you get up as one

@user-hl2gb2gk1p 4 года назад

I ride on a soft fork and I like it, maybe not so professionally but it's cool and comfortable) I also changed the settings of the fork , reduced the volume of the air chambers, which reduced the swing

@MaGrath_Gibbons 4 года назад

It looks so good

@allloveulsan7850 4 года назад

That's great It's so cool

@christiantabangay3202 3 года назад

Bmx and trial bikes is what i love. I dont have 1 yet but 1 day i shall and i will practise hard

@benedictmannion8370 3 года назад

Stg yt at the moment! I just looked and it said I was unsubbed! Been subbed for years and ofc I immediately resubscribed. Hate this algorithm

@RUSSM8 4 года назад

Great video Ali! Surely someone can sort you out a set of 80mm fox 36 or Pike DJ's!

@amd65ak47 4 года назад

I couldn't do this s*** in 20 years practicing you got skills dude

@CXLIII 4 года назад

While watching your videos I've noticed your drops are so smooth and nice and could you tell me some tips or tricks to not land so forcefully everytime I even go off a small bump. Say I drive off a sidewalk onto road, even the like 4 inch drop hurts my wrists and arse (kinda the same way you dropped down that wall at like 14:07 but its only 4 inches)

@AAKASHYADAV-ng2or 4 года назад

Nice job 👍, your bike is awesome 🤸

@AAKASHYADAV-ng2or 4 года назад

@@Ali_Clarkson thanks for replying me I'm very happy 😃

@acalabash 4 года назад

Martin Ashton also mentioned putting a sus fork on a tiny trials frame to do eleven foot drops in one of GMBN videos, so I guess it must be kind of a life stage for trials legends

@zknarc 4 года назад

There were also pics of him in the late 90s/2000s MBUK pieces with headshock forks occasionally.

@bookingit3841 4 года назад

THOSE HUUUUUGE SMOOTH HOPS UP THOSE MASSIVE STAIRS, SELL MY SOUL FOR HOPS LIKE THAT

@baconfister 4 года назад

I’m eager to see how the bike does on proper dirt jump and pump track, and techy singletrack… aside from some geometry disparities you’ve essentially transformed the bike into a dirt jumper with the 100mm squishy fork.

@curryonchips2865 4 года назад

awesome, rear suspension next yeah??

@DJRipGroove99 3 года назад

Man, G-turns look so smooth, I could never get the hang of those back in my trials days :-(

@zepp3lin 3 года назад

That carbon LB rim definitely can take all the abuse. Looks like I make a good decision, just bought it.

@lilyclimbstrees 4 года назад

I tried sus forks on my inspired a few years back, indeed found the front end was much easier to pick up as it shifts your weight further back. I'm nowhere near as good as you though so after mucking about for a couple of days the proper forks went back on as the extra weight was very noticeable to me. Also I heard sponsorship had quite a lot to do with guys riding with suspension forks, could be wrong though.

@callumscorner65 4 года назад

Ur amazing at trials

@teamkitaro2487 3 года назад

Wow it is amazing how is that

@andrewshmelyov 4 года назад

Are there many differences between that Hex with the suspension fork and a street/dirt bike other than the weight? Great video, by the way!

@ironthor3471 4 года назад

I see an advantage with using those forks it would be good practice because if you can get used to that it'll be a lot easier the ride with your Ridgid forks

@yuri_on_youtube 4 года назад

I remember competing in trials comps on a regular mountain bike in the 1990s and it was called "stock" class. The old Rock Shox Judy forks my mid 90s GT Zaskars had didn't have the luxury of a lockout lever so you just had to turn the knobs on "firm" and do your best!