Can I Backflip my New Gravel Bike?!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- NS have sent me their new gravel bike, the Rag! They challenged me to put it through its paces and see what we could do on it! So of course we head straight to the pump track then downhill trails to see if it can handle it! All seems good, so we up the stakes and head for some airtime at the S4p Bike park dirt jumps, before the ultimate challenge of a backflip in the garden! This was honestly some of the scariest riding I have ever done!
Check out the NS Bikes Rag online!
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Hey sam, the solo cycling team built the loam track with the drop into 2 muddy corners and we feel privileged our track was in your video. This is benjy from rogate by the way
sick thanks for building the track! Its awesome guys!
Love when people ride a gravel bike and feel what it's all about. Speed is crazy good. Made me build a fully rigid xc race bike
Imagine if you didn’t know who Sam was and saw him turn up at your local pump track on that gravel bike, only to have him absolutely destroy you while not even trying 😂
😂
Sam Reynolds average rider. Harry 13 years old kid much better than him
I ride Mtb watch most of the relevant channels and have no idea who Sam Reynolds is. This video just popped up.
@@BH-cy9tb You should watch Sam Pilgrim more fun than Reynolds
@@robert8077 I watch Sam pilgrim all the time. Epic 😂
Great video Sam showing how good a rider you are and great advert for the Ns Rag
Fun! Try the tires around 40F/45R you will get a bunch more traction and squish without loosing much speed
The level of skills this dude has made it look so easy.
This is a proper gravel bike test! I was wondering if I was a bit strange riding single tracks with my gravel bike, but you can do more!
Cool! You've really got to be in the drops for technical stuff, or bad things will happen. The trick is to get the bars high enough so that being in the drops feels natural. It also helps if the drops are flared out a bit. That way you can pull up on them without the top of the bars hitting your forearms. Gravel bikes are the ultimate bike for car free mountain biking. They're also a great excuse to hike-a-bike over the scarier features.
I always mountain biked as a teen but into my mid twenties the gravel bike has pulled through as my go to! There’s something too sick about being able to just leave your front door and go any route you want offroad. Trying to stay fast to cover distance, while navigating the dropper bars and high seat down bumpy single track feels absolutely insane…. all that plus you get to check out loads of nature, explore your local area, find the best cut throughs and fly down speedy road descents.
Loved this vid. Think it would be great to see Sam use this bike more on this channel… leaning into its intended purpose! The Bike looks sick too!
should try a fixie with gravel tyres most fun you can have when you get confident with fixed wheel
@@harrythompson6977 Fixie is not really complete. Fun for flat or city ride. Gravel is almost complete fun bike.
You can not going uphill with small gear right? Or downhill continuosly cycle at 60km/h with no brake? Especially offroad uphill/downhill.
@@apair4002 fixie is the most efficient if you have the right gearing have you ever riden or owned one? I work in sales at a bike shop if you got the legs for it and the right gear your faster than any road bike on or off road
agreed
@@harrythompson6977 how do you know you got the exact right gear? I just got into fixed gear and this comment tirggered my curiosity big time !
who thought he actually fell on the trails but it was only the gopro falling? :D
I only ride a cyclocross/gravel bike and am amazed your skill on the bike the same day you got it. Awesome riding.
Just put some vintage drops on a 90's XC frame, and yup - new favourite bike. Still working on the cockpit setup, and wider bars will be a necessity eventually, but it's pretty fun to just tuck in and rip over stuff that isn't pavement. Our local trails are pretty tame so the drops make it feel more fun and sketchy - it feels terrible and also great to go headfirst down an embankment.
But will it hit the canyon gap? The leg shaving was hilarious! 😂
As a gravel rider this guy is my personal hero.
Geez. This guy can ride anything and make it look easy.
The bike is good quality for sure but the main point here is that if you are a good & experience rider you'll manage well no matter which bike you are riding.
Don't think I've seen Sam laugh this much in a video ever
More gravel bikes pls!
We need an official ns bikes ad for this gravel bike and it’s just Sam shredding it way past a gravel bikes usual capabilities
Game of bike with pilgs on weird bikes pleeeeaasse 😂
Perfect example of "its not about the bike, its about the rider"!
totally!
With hydro brakes you should be able to lock both wheels up with just a gentle squeeze while on the hoods. My whole outlook on bikes was changed the day I got my first gravel bike. It just blew me away being as fast as a road bike but you can ride it anywhere.
Agreed. And there should be an adjustments for the travel of the brakes and where they start to engage. I’m almost exclusively on the hoods.
Of course, riding like a maniac right out of the box is certainly half the fun of the viddy.
Hi Sam, I had a smile on almost the whole 20 minutes while I wached your video. Thank you that was great!
Because you were wondering how to grip the bar - yes you can grip the hoods further forward so you have full control of the brakes.
I usually have my pinkie fingers behind the bar, ring fingers in front of the bars and index and middle fingers on the brakes.
The hoods alone will hold your whole weight.
Nice one Pilgs! Always love your crazy Bike challenges.
And the new tooth looks spot on mate
As a gravel and road biker, I'm impressed by the amount of fun is having on the bike. Also, cringing at the 'pushing the bike uphill' thing. Climbing is a big part of the fun!
That would be great in the winter too
Gravel bikes are so much fun, I am roadie but originally a mountain biker, but the gravel bike gives me enough trails these days as you just kept asking yourself at every obstacle "can this bike handle it?" Then it proves time and time again it can!
14:40 Nice shoe-lace-belt😁🤙🏻
as a roadie backround guy who loves mtb, this is amazing hahahahha
haha thanks man
We need you and pilgrim to do a game of bike on the gravel bikes. Pure dreams!
Reminds me of when I ran drop bars on my mountain bike in the early '90s, with the bar end ultegra touring shifters, the brake/ shifter combo had yet to be invented
Awesome! So glad to see the intro back!
very cool, maybe flat bar it and ideally maybe a slight smaller front wheel to spin bars without the wheel hitting the foot?
Got those same kicks Sam. I can't get them upside down but that's quite okay lol.
I wish i have that bike to ride service going work
Dude, that was awesome to watch! Mad skills! You gained a subscriber!
I just picture there being a village in England where all the boys are named Sam and they all shred on bikes. This is quality content here
Nicely done Sam!
It would be so much better if it had flat bars... and a suspension fork... and a slacker frame... oh wait 😀
Those vittoria mezcal tires are 44mm so I would run 25 30psi for off road gravel but maybe go a bit higher for what your doing like 40psi
oh, not 70 then haha
New bike? sweet...love your content keep up the good work Sam
LOL'd at the shaving legs bit
You should do this in a crowed place with lots of riders just to get their reactions!! Play the newbie and ask them for advice on how to air with your bike. Then just ripp it!!! That would be golden!!!
If your brakes "do nothing" when you're on the hoods, your brakes aren't working properly. You should be able to lock up both wheels easily
This was a cool video. Speaks a lot for the strength of that frame! And for those who didn’t know, this happened 7 years ago, minus the backflip!
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Downhill on a rigid fork? Why not?! Gonna get me one of that NS gravel bike!
Gravel bikes are such a fun “shouldn’t work but does” bike
put some straight bars on that beast, back to an 80's MTB
16:41 to 17:09 was pure awesomeness!
Super fun and what a rider. Gotta question riding trails in the mud though… especially on skinnies!
Whole video:
Me: No way he's gonna do that
Sam: Does it
Thats a great looking bike
Talented rider fo sho.
I took my gravel bike to the local skate park. It was not made for it but was still fun.
That morphing stem length you have is magic
Sam’s never gonna touch that bike ever again is he? 😂😂😂
Subscriber giveaway?
6:28 I was thinking “how is he still on”, and then he flops onto his face 😂😂
I used to snow ride my hybrid bike with slick tires. LOL I was on a quest to develop snow riding skills.
Yo, the intro is back!! 🔥🤘
Seriously incredible man!!!
13:27 - Sam explains the Vulcan love-punch.
Vulcan neck pinch wasn't it?! Or is that the joke...
@@ManWalksDogs Vulcans were my favourite aliens in Star Wars. They're like grumpy Noldor Elves.
Sweet flip. I don't have a gravel bike, but if I did, I think I'd use normal levers.
Freakin awesome, bro!
Yes Sam! :)
8:15 is how I sprained my back. Gravel tires on my road bike
Love all your content especially the big stuff but this has to be up there with being one of your most fun vids yet! Got proper tongue in cheek Martin Ashton road bike party vibes about it! Great work the pair of you. 😉🥰🤣🙌🙌
haha thanks man we had fun making this one too!
This is insane! Incredible riding.
Glad you like it!
nice looking bike
its an awesome bike! I love it
The cyclocross season has started!
Blake Sampson needs to get his gravel bike to yours and make good on his promise to flip his gravel bike.
17:48, "actually Blake tried a few times last summer, and it didn't go very well."
haha yeah blake needs redemption!
I am not sure but I think I want a gravel bike now??? Lol 😂
If you use it on the darkfest stepup then maybe 🤔
Oh man never 😂😂
Awesome video, definitely made me chuckle😂
What is it with Sams and doing crazy stuff on bikes you would never expect haha.
It is a cool bike if u ask me.
Lovely 👏👏👏
That's crazy what you've done here! 🤘
have the same bike its WONDERFUL !!!
Liquid dnb and bikes just a couple of reasons I enjoy sams channel
Hilariously entertaining. Subscribed!
One of your best vids yet.
thanks!
You'll be doing a Pilgrimesque "Free Bike Challenge" next. 🤘😜
I did consider the canyon gap but thought it might be a step too far haha. maybe next time!
While on the Rag I wonder if someone asked Sam a reasonable question for him to get instantly and irrationally angry at them..
Ordinarily, I'd say 70 PSI is way too high for a gravel bike; but for the way you're riding it? I dunno, maybe that's perfect?
seemed to work but it was very bumpy haha
Holy shit, this was epic.
Audio loads better with the new mic!!
Amazing! ❤❤❤
jajajaja I thought I was an idiot on a gravel bike but you are really nuts. Great video, that's how then you get perfect technique.
Thats's what I did when I got my gravel bike. Change the stem to a 40 mm MTB stem.
I love it how you guys have to be out at those trails like 5AM to get a run in on a bike lake that
That was brilliant…have subscribe
That was a good laugh😂
Я ПЕРДОООЛИЛ!!!! О_О
ШО ЗА ЛЕВ ЭТОТ ТИГР
I like the bike but I would put flat bars on it and change the brake leavers Suicide bars 😬
Then would a xc would be better basically?
That would actually be so sick, I might do the same! Just had to try with the droppers for a laugh!
@Sam Reynolds no one can say your not a good sport well done Sam 👏 👍🏾
You could backflip anything Sam. Could be a new segment. Can Sam backflip ....?
Bordon is my local pump track, only five min ride to it
Best video yet 👏
haha thanks!
i came here for a flip and i get the flip. good job.
Legend!
Try it with some riser bars