Finally Get To Ride Martin Hawyes Signature Frame! Is It Any Good?
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2020
- After seeing Martyn Ashton and Martin Hawyes in all the magazines I always wanted their bikes, they made them look extremely desirable and fun to ride.
I've been lucky enough to ride for Ashton years ago but I never even stepped over a Giant Trials Team before. Luckily I have some amazing fans and Mike Freeman donated his old Giant frame to me...my last video was spent building it up, this video is seeing how it rides in the streets and the woods.
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I think ali is underrated
oliver cox 100% correct...
You need to get some 20" wide jeans and a Giant Team jersey like Martin wore in Chainspotting. Embrace the retro fully!
Now you’ve got the Hawyes Giant, what about an Ashton Cannondale? Great video as always
Absolutely love it! I've got two of these in various states of completeness (a yellow Hawyes one and the later black one with the less scary disc mount) that I feel morally obliged to get working now! I'd definitely love to see more of this as I love the retro stuff despite only being a young'un at 21.
Keep it up Ali!
For someone who doesn't like side hops that is a stonking one to start riding a new bike with. Love it.
Stonking? Can't say I've ever heard that particular adjective before...
What's the deal with that?
Google that shit, son... It's a particularly British word ;-)
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Ok, so I looked it up - So it is... never heard it before. The boys on top gear/grand tour never used it... (thats where I'm exposed to most Britishisms)
@@stinkyfungus I'd be astounded if Clarkson's never referred to something as "stonking", lol
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God dam im loving the retro vibe mate proper nostalgia !!!!! Making me feel old 😂👍 great video
6:51, Ali, I remember meeting you in Japan in 2006 when you were there on your Ashton bike. We chatted at the bmx track sprint section!
Damn that was a good video don't you agree Matthew
indeed it was craig
Rad old school!
Although that makes it hard for me, I can't blame my old bike for my complete lack of ability to clear obstacles !
All the work you are doing with the editing is paying off, I really like the touches like the rear wheel shot at 11:36, makes it feel like a pinkbike video
Man, you are such and underrated biker. Your stabilizing game is up to the roof. Really enjoy watching your vids. Keep stepping your skills up!
Can you make a trial video with Sam Pilgrim.🤙
I would rather like to see a video with Scott Pilgrim :)
When people are telling me that I need a better and newer bike to improve, I’m gonna show them that video and keep my old 2004 Koxx derangboy. Great riding Ali as usual, I’m sure you’d still have the level to compete elite in UCI nowadays
100K Baby here we come... Another mint riding video Ali, That purdy old giant bouncing through the trees is a sight too behold.
Back when i was young i built up a 14" Giant Boulder frame into a trials bike, complete with HS33 brakes, azonic bars, Sun Mammoth rims on hope xc hubs, topped off with some sweet specialized fat tires which were my go to back then. I had a blast, but i always wished for this frame.
I loved both Hawsie and Astons bikes, they were so iconic and they were what got me into trials. But today i find myself drooling over Fabios black Inspired bike, Man i love the look of that bike.
The squeak from the rim brakes brings bike 90's trials vibes.
You're reliving my teens on that frame, doing the trial comps around the south east.
When a real professional takes up the matter, it becomes clear that it doesn’t matter which bike you have. What matters is what you can do! Beautiful riding! Thanks for your work and this video, Ali!
I've been loving all of these retro bike builds and riding videos Ali. I love your channel in general though so keep up the awesome work🤘
Another great vid - consistent and smooth. Cheers dude 👍
I’ve been waiting for this all week love the video Ali
That's what trials/street trials was all about. Without too much 'tricks' and perfection of 'no hops' lines. Got some nostalgic feelings watching these lines on a legendary bike. Thanks!
Very nice video, riding, lovely, keep em coming. Plus your vlogging skills are getting very good too!
You just keep on impressing me with your builds! This machine looks seriously awsome! Nice one, Ali!
it's always seams so effortless for you Ali
man your good
great upload as well, loving all the different angles
I really like the style of this video. All the different spots make it really interesting!
Oh my gosh. I found your channel randomly and I'm so glad I did. What you are doing is so beautiful and awesome!
Hey Good to see old mill on the river kelvin on your videos again, was one of my fav spots when I stayed in Glasgow 20 years ago!
I really liked this video the riding was great you've been to so many spots in one video and filmed from so many angles and did on every spot different stuff the variety of spots angles and riding was just awesome.
Excellent video ali good job
Awesome build and awesome riding!
9:58 - my 6yo son - He needs to watch out for all those nettles! 😉 And from me - On 3:56 that 180 spin with 2 wheel landing was soooo classy and unexpected - normally most of the time you are landing on front or back wheel but here it looked very nice and the spin and length of the bike was very nicely accented (if that makes sense for anyone). 😉
Man, what an incredible rider you are. Impressive stuff!
Awesome Ali blows my mind seeing what u can do on a bike.
Love your vids so much👍😍😍
That was excellent trials!!! A lot of fun to watch.
Turned out beautifully! I definitely see some Martin & Martyn homage in some of your clips too Haha.
Watching these retro bike videos have inspired me to build my old genesis frame into a trials bike, thanks Ali for fuelling the stoke!
Another effortlessly awesome vid Ali, although my bike envy is getting pretty serious now, thanks a bunch, D
awesome riding Ali! :D it looks like so much fun on that awesome oldscool trials bike!
Awesome riding video Ali! Pretty much everyone I knew with myself included who rode trials years recognizes this iconic bike.
So cool to see you bring it back to life after all these years. It would have been cool to see a few clips from "Dirty Tricks and Cunning Stunts" mixed in to give those newer to trials a little history lesson on this. Maybe in another video. 🚵👍
Grew up dreaming about this bike. Great bike and video 👍🏼
Oh man, this videos brings back so many memories. I used to love that frame, and Martyn Ashtons red Cannondale. Broke chainspotting 1-2, i played it that much. Rocking Sun rims Big Mammoths with a Tiago Factory downhill 32inch on the back with a skimpy Mavic and Tioga XC on the front. Bright yellow Magura’s ! I’m sure it was Mavic D51’s as well...tiny little child’s bmx seat. Mint !
Nice one man !
I just watched the HKT podcast before this.. really good episode btw, thanks Ali.
Not seen a Hawes edition bike for years. So cool to see you riding one. I used to see them, and red or blue cannondales on the moonrocks (you know where I mean) all the time, back in the day.
Amazed as always, well done with the retro build, thats what makes your channel so great is the variety of bikes and challenges and natural to street, and of course your easy laid back presentation style.
What is with Joe Public just going about their day going past? Man I would just be blown away watching someone pulling tricks and stunts. (or do you start when they get past?)
They were awesome, especially the blue/silver version...
very nice riding as always ali 👍👍👍
Really great video Ali. I had one of those in the black version and I regret selling it. I'd love to see you vlog retro builds like you did on the Malvern classic vlog and what you've touched on here. Perfect for us old bods! 😂
Great video,ive not rode for 15 years but since watching your videos I want to ride again.£30 20” koxx level boss frame build here I come.👍🏻👌
Crazy Smooth! all the soft landings with the lower air pressure, everything looks awesome. Tubeless is great but does not have the same look as when you have a heavier rear tire with less air. Love the vids
Hey mate love the brake trick...
Great videos 😁
watching ali ride is like watching a lesson in fluid dynamics...
Loved this,awesome thanks
Yey!! A new Ali video..
Yo Ali, used to have one of these back in the day, I thought they were great! Was a big Hawyes too, so thought I was the man owning one Hehe. Also, used the ride the Yorkshire Tykes series way back when you did, I actually remember/recognise your face from the comp circuit, great to see you still riding! I road bikes now, but always think Id love to love to have a play around on a trials bike again! Anyways, keep up the great vids, mate :D
I always watch these videos in amazement of your bike control skills! I want to learn trials stuff, but I can't seem to control the bike better than normal MTB riding
That little intro had a bit of everything, nice 👍
Awesome to watch your vids I use to have this frame back in the day brilliant little bike, as I’m nearly 40 i only do trail ridding now but I do have a 24” street trials Aston bike i seem to remember he was on that bike in mbuk mag no sure anyway it’s the loft might have to dig it back out one day and give a go.
Ok, now we need Tomas and Neil on stage)) Nice old school! ))
Your a great rider, welldone.
Nice riding. Great to see someone hopping about on a Martin Hawes Giant. Makes me feel about 14 years old again 😅
Magnificent show of skill! Nostalgia right there. I'm getting the x hydra out of the shed 🙌
Was that the steel Monty? I used to draw those in my school exercise books.
@@joegatrill6634 yeah the 20 inch one!
@@Ali_Clarkson its a bit grindy but all good!
Wow! Such a clean riding?🤘
Loving the top too!!
Its actually a really nice bike looks like it was made for trials rides like it to enjoyable to watch thanks man wen your able you should enter a comp with that bike
To a degree, chainstays were left longer to allow the bashguard to be used - look at old 20" bikes, where shortening the chainstays wouldn't have got the tyre in the way of anything and you'll see the same longer chainstays to get the bashguard out to be used. Deliberately using the bashguard on a modern bike is actually pretty hard because it's so tucked away, so it's all cranks and pedals. A lot of modern trials bikes, especially the competition biased ones can roll up a square corner without the bashguard touching down at all.
I also really like how much quieter the v-brakes are than Magura rim brakes. Trials brakes only make noise when they're slipping and that silence means the v-brakes are locking the wheels properly. Best rim brake setup I've ever used was on a friend's bike: An Avid SD7 or 9, pulled by an XTR v-brake lever with yellow heatsink pads and CNC backings and a Nokon cable and outer on Heatsink Magura 4 bolt brake mount to v-brake adaptors.
Even on a dead grind that brake would bite and hold better than a freshly set up HS33 on the same pads. I use disks now, but they're a lot more prone to damage getting sidehops wrong and I keep snapping the pulling spokes on the disk side flange of the rear hub and my rims crack at the spoke holes too (Still significantly less maintenance and better performance overall though, as I used to eat brake pads using Maguras, so lots of grinding and changing pads and setting things up to get worse overall results). I quite like the windup between the hub and the rim that puts a lot of people off disks (on 24" and bigger wheeled bikes especially) when they're used to rim brakes, as I can use it for a bit of preload.
Hey Ali Clarkson! That first side hop must be a meter! What is your side hop record and on what bike? I love the natural logs and stumps sessions you are sharing lately! Thanks! Ride ride ride!
Love that bike and the giant team colour way Martyn and Martin were my idols I made my giant team small xc bike into a trials bike, massive toothy bash guard mainly looked similar, just love a classic yellow on a bike
Sick skill's! on sweet bike!
That's a good title;)
I have been waiting for this. It looks so elegant and simple. Those who believe only the latest bike can get you somewhere need to watch this.
One day I'll build up an Ali C arcade frame
I have an old blue and black Ashton/Dback Effect thats mint, but dusty af.
This makes me feel like digging it out and freshening it up.
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You make it look so easy!
That is one Cool retro bike.
Although you don't like the new type of competition bikes, It would be great to see you testing one in those same places...
Nice stuff. Looks fun.
Still good 😁
Love it 🤘
The reason for longer chainstays back in the day was bigger chainrings. Some companies went with elevated chainstays to get super short back ends with the standard chainrings of the time.
loved it
The tyre tracks you left along the top of the fallen tree's roots could surprise someone
Its funny how I pass these places all the time and yet I've still to see Ali in person LMFAO
BITE ME SANDWICH BAR! That cracked me up Ali!! Thanks for that perspective man :-)
Another great vid. Liked the look of the brick foundation spot. Never seen it, where abouts is it?
No shin guards... Ali you're a brave man!
Hey Ali. Congrats. Awesome looking retro bike. Have lots of fun with it :) I get my new bike on monday :)
@@Ali_Clarkson Yes i will, thanks :) Its a CANYON Spectral CF 7.0 in blue.
Been waiting for this. Tricks and stunts was what made me loved trials and buy my 1st onza. Sadly it snapped 😅
Awesome
You were so natural on it.. ur riding takes on an old school style when u ride retro bikes..
I still have my giant frame. And if you want another for the ages I still have and use my Monty xlite 231 from back in 2002 I think the year was 👍
This was my second trials bike after my snap and fail died on me.. and it was awesome 👏
Loving the old school bikes! I used to ride an orange zero for years, one of my favourite memories, would love to see you do one justice! If you could manage to get you hands on one...???
Sick bike
wow you made that frame look good ! so smooth and controled yet big ! this frame reminds me of the fun videos made by the 2 martyns ! what was the name again, " dirty and cunning tricks " ? it was awesome ! i had the VHS
I got a Norco Bushpilot, 12" frame 26" wheels trainer bike, aka trials/ trick mtbike.
Ali you are a machine! Haha! Your set up on this bike really makes it seem like it has a lot of pop, i'm not sure if that's down to running lower tyre pressures than you would on your Hex or just the high rise bar and stem combo. Anyway looks like a lot of fun!
This is now one of my main you tube channels. Ali is making me want to buy a trials bike again. Shame covid has doubled the price of everything pedal powered.
if it wasn't corona, i would have been in glasgow and see you hopping around
You look really at home on the Giant, Ali!!
I am actually blown away! "no, he won't jump up that tree..... oh my god!!" Damn don't know what to say. 👌👍👊
Hey ali, you should try and add some slowmotion into your videos of you doing your stuff, that would probably look so damn awesome! doesnt have to be much of it in the video, but just a little sequence here and there from your detail shots or just a move fully framed on screen in slowmo would look dope as!
Nice vid. Very nostalgic now! Is Martin Hawyes still riding?
Time for a collab!!
Te puoi trovare tutto davanti senza problemi salti tutto ,fantastico troppo bravo 👏