Prototype GT Trials Bike First Ride - Too Much To Handle? 

Wow this video just shows how talented and skilled modern-day comp trials riders are but Fairplay to Ali for even attempting some of these moves

I'm glad you did this vid, all GT's in polished aluminium with the classic decals look stunning. And this is one STUNNING bike 😘👌

Ali "The Cat" Clarkson

It’s not a lose - its progress 💪

Love ya Ali. I’m 43 and know the skills of trials is the path to great control of a bike. Things are difficult, but you push on. Thank you so much.

I really love how you elaborate on all the technicalities of the tricks that you do. I really want to learn that static hook and your insights help me at least picture it out inside my head. No other trials youtuber ever go this deep in explaining these stuff. I really hope to learn that hook some day soon. Thank you so much and keep it coming. huge respect!

What a gorgeous bike to ride! Fantastic to see you ride it!

with the higher bb, you have to jump the same amount, but the wheel is lower than you're used to in comparison to your feet

Good to see Ali. You expressed a lot of my same feelings on comp bikes. I hardly touch mine because I get 10,000% more joy from my Hex and Arcade. The extra back tire control just isn’t worth it to me.

Good effort man ! Very exciting to see you somewhat get along with a high BB hopefully you can get used to it and enjoy the benefit during comps.

Hell yea. Ali C on front and back maguras.

As always, Ali! Spectacular!!

now THIS is the Ali video I like to see. Trying stuff over & over again to completion (or not)

GT back in the day, @Hansnowayrey

That GT, what a beauty! 😍 Yes! New riding video! 😺🤙🚴

Picked some tough lines there grandmaster! 🫡 Would be interesting to see a direct comparison tackling the same lines with a more traditional style bike 🤔

Kudos for trying out uncomfortable setups, it was a great watch! Strange enough, i had around 20 trials bike and for me the higher the bb, the better the sidehop! I m riding a +95 bike for 6 years now :)) low and long stem/bar setup took me a month or two to get used to, but loving it! Takes away the smooth frenchies and manuals tho 😀

Love the analytical content on a variety of bikes! Static hooks are a bucket list item for me. The top comp riders have normalized this superhuman move.

Cool bike. Funny how much difference the bike can make.

That up to front you were trying gave me anxiety! Sure you’ll get it if you come back to it after a some more time on a long bike. Great video as always

Good one, great effort 👌

I really liked your commentary in this video, very interesting

Haha I understand your frustration. I had to relearn everything with high bb bikes.

Fair play in the wind and bit of rain. Have to try the static hook with the bars rolled forwards, should be easier as your weight should be more over the front

I'm the same with new geo. My bars tend to point to one side on pre load and landing. I switched bars and that helped me

I can’t do hooks so I might be talking crap but to me if the bars are rolled further forward you can get your body weight further over the edge/front wheel, might give more room or a better platform to perform the move. Makes sense in my head but I could be completely wrong I’m not very good. 👍🏻

6:26 Oh! Nicely done, sir!

You can see why the pros have their bars horizontal / upside down, especially when it comes to hooks! It brings the bars away from the chest and puts more weight over the front end. I know you don’t like it Ali, but in these instances you should try it, a few comparison tests would be good content, “pros and cons of silly bar angles” 😂

21:26 You can do that and don't call me Shirley

I strugled also with riding high bb bikes after riding low ones for so long . with the high bb comp bikes its all about that front wheel and placing it on top first and sort of pushing it hard on top and leaning forward so your jumping straight up vertically and then forward which is very different to yanking hard up from a squat position on a low bb bike.

Really good effort on the GT I'd rather see you doing it on the hex or both as a comparison

2 thumbs up for candid hand in puddle

Some great non-swearing in this video! Impressive as always.

Moves 600 lb rock. This bike seems so extreme, it is badass but I can't imagine the ultra high bb. Going from a minus 30 mtb frame to a plus 20 Hex made a huge difference and made trials stuff much nicer, not sure how going another 50 would be . I think the bar roll is what looks the most awkward to me though. Stoked to see you riding it pretty damn well though!

18:39 'up to face' I reckon I've done one of them..

it's just a case of practise dude, I felt the same jumping on my 2005 Cannondale after riding a much more modern bike, it felt really weird :D

Классное видео, звук у тормозов просто ШИКАРНЫЙ 🤩👍👍👍

Hey Ali! Let me try to help you with the hooks. I don't know if you are already doing it but, the comp trials hook movement is made without the rear brake. Once you've jumped up, then of course hit the rear brake but, for doing the jump, it's better to just let go the rear brake to make the bike "flex" and act as a spring. At the beggining might seem taht it's harder to control, but once you grt used to it, you will never do it differently again!

a few years back i got some platform boots for parties, and at first i found myself not lifting my feet high enough for steps. when i’d approach a step my body was already that little bit higher and i think that made my brain think that i didn’t have to lift my feet as high as i really did i wonder if this is similar to what you experience with higher bb’s: if most of your experience is with your body closer to the ground, then maybe the little bit of extra bb height tricks your brain into thinking obstacles are just that little bit smaller than they truly are. as someone who has a lot of time on a bike, you have a ton of muscle memory that ordinarily helps you but can cause problems when contexts change, like how pro strikers get tossed a new ball at the world cup and sky their shots

Ouch dude. We have all as trials riders had those days and seems you were having it.

That's quite an lecture in bicycle geometry!

Always takes a while to get hang of diff bikes especially with such diff geo to what your used to

This bike is an instant classic. Such a shame the frame was never commercially available. Didn't Kenny ride this bike with a more moderate handlebar setup? I believe he used an 150/160mm Echo stem and a Trialtech SL handlebar (95mm rise). Seems less forward-leaning than your setup. Do you use a higher handlebar to adjust for your larger bodysize?

Love the video. How about some geometry numbers? Chainstay length? Head tube angle? Wheel base? Bottom bracket looks above axle, how much please? Very interesting bike.

Places you can't even walk, LOL.

you poor bugga Ali, I get the feeling that if that bike wasn't rare and lovely looking it might have been thrown in a bush 😅

Hooks are the one move I’ve never liked the feeling of.

Hey Ali (and all other riders) I'm new to trials stuff and am wondering what tire pressure more experienced people are running? Is it the same front and rear etc? Thanks!

Anyone remember what the old trails brand was with the TV logo? Pache, lapache or something? A guy called Eddie (if my memory isn't failing me) used to rider for them - around the time of Ashton and Hawes.

tip your bars forward mate, come on!

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Ali dont say “ i propely can’t do that” becouse Then its almost 100% that you fail. Insted try to motivere yourself a little more, then you Will propely get the hard things. Becouse you are an insane ridser! Its just your mindset.

What’s the rear brake? A v-brake?

What a nice content Ali. But I prefer to see you on the street bike!😅😉🤌🏼