Street Trials In Aberdeen With Ben Travis : Failure Is Always An Option
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Ben Travis is a fellow Yorkshire man who's made the move to Scotland but instead of coming to Glasgow where all the cool cats live he decided Aberdeen was his home.
He's a family man and also has a real job so it was nice for him to put me up at his house and spend some time showing me his local spots. I've been in Aberdeen before but never had a proper ride, turns out there's some really cool street here and I can see why Ben is as good at riding as he is.
Speaking of, Ben really put me through my paces, I tried a number of his lines and struggled, in fact I felt like I struggled a lot and had to walk away from a few things without fully landing them. This is something I hate doing but failure is always an option and part of riding...do you keep going and take away your energy and time to do other stuff or try your best but move on and enjoy more spots if it's putting up a battle? This time I felt seeing more of Aberdeen and getting more diverse clips was the better option.
BIG thanks to Ben and his wife for letting me stay, I'll have to come back again and nail that bunnyhop gap!
Let me know what you think and thanks for watching.
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The level of riding in this is OUTSTANDING! Please can we see an edit?!
21:08 white Tesla Model S
It’s awesome that you show the edits where things don’t go well Ali. For viewers, seeing the reality is important, as well as when you get it perfect. 👍🏾
one of the most entertaining vlogs for sure!!!! 🔥🔥 Enjoyed every second👌
same here! ;)
for me personally, i find it more enjoyable to watch the process/multiple tries than a long string of tricks :}
i've never jumped on a bike, to me all this is unreal. much respect for all the work guys, wish you all the best
Ben is a genuinely nice guy! Awesome riding from both of you! New locations are also much appreciated.
Loved the video, Ali! I just bought an inspired Fourplay, and I'd be stoked to do 10% of what you did in this video.
Awesome to see you riding with Ben. Big fan of his riding. Love the playful riding in the video. Nice work on being creative. Enjoyed the front wheel ramp move toward the end.
The riding was great whether you walked away or not, actually attempting this stuff is the hardest part. However, I want to see more "snuggle snuggle puff" 🤣
So satisfying hearing the back wheel zip when you have it in the air
That trick should have it's own name... the ferris wheel or something... see how long you can hold it and keep the sound going...
That nose revert thing at 21:41 was dialled, bravo!
Good riding snugglesnugglepuff.
Not complaining about the extended cut this week :D
Great riding guys
This was awesome to watch some more real natural videos. I feel like you two certainly push each other to become better every run. Wicked job takes a special human to be able to do this stuff !
What are your thoughts on your Dominions?
Love them! I want them on all my bikes now 😋
Thanks! It's good to see you... and also Jack Carthy is the previous video I watched... actually miss some lines.
As a beginner, now just overpassed my first undred hours of practice, I feel frustrating to not always have hours available to try, retry many times than break off because indexes actually can't bend anymore, then get gritting tooth and returning to try to early by lack of patience or time the messing up until a little glint of success show on just to fail numerous succesive shot until having no choice to make it a day because energy and control become foreign again!
Still always inspiring to watch you guys. It help me greatly to understand some moves or even just have guts to try until figuring out how to do. Yesterday I passed close to 3 hours just minding me to back hop to the side of my scarrily springy low flatbed trailer just 27 inches high, stabilise then find the momentum to just leave myself go down to land on back wheel then proceed on a short wheelie.
The muscilar training to execute moves is a long term business. But the control over fear to fall without knowing where the fall will occur makes me look miserable (at least how I see myself). Then, after tenacity helped fight the scare, coming to some slight success makes it a great day for me. Long way to go!
Thanks again for inspiration and showing you don't try everything non-stop and mindlessly!
Great sport it is. And great opportunity it gives to meet fun and or currious people. Someday, hopefully before my bones start cracking just from age, I hope to go ride somewhere with any of you, even by participating with beginners in a comp!
By the way... seeing a previous video of you made me try hoping bars of benches but I had to increase wheel pressure to 20 pounds... do you also double up pressure to manoeuver on very thin obstacles?
One of the main reasons I love riding with others. They see what you can't sometimes and push you to be better. Now, big group rides not so much because you're waiting all the time instead of riding all the time, but 2-3 every time is a yes.
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10 grand for a window? It's Glassgow for Christ's sake, how can glass be so expensive?
What bike do you think would be best for street riding the new canyon stitched or a arcade? Iv not had a carbon bike be for so don't know if i will brake it easy with the crazy stuff we do with bike s lol
The canyon frame looks funky (ugly or good looking, your choice) and is definitely the lighter of the two. I’m not sure what the geo is on the Canyon but I’m confident the Arcade is up there with the best geo available (nailed it years ago!).
The nail in the coffin with the Canyon is the spec, it feels like it has parts picked by people who’ve never ridden trials before and unless you wanna spend more changing parts in the future I think this is where the Arcade is much better…everything’s on the bike with much thought and it should be much better suited
@@Ali_Clarkson yep I was thinking that carbon will need new wheels brakes stem and crank lol will probably go for the arcade or hex thay come out the box a lot better components
Thank you Ben Travis for sending me your London street spots map. Cool guy!
Why not using bacon strips to fix your tubless ? Before this summer I never tried them but they really are game changers for tubless pinch flats ! Wether near the bead or on the thread they work really well, at least for enduro and DH you should give it a go !
I liked the "rubbish" 🙂
And "business time" 🤣
Seriously impressed at the size of stuff you can bail off of and land totally fine.
I fucking hate rails, can always just see myself wrapping my frame around them
Is it my device or is the vid jumping a tiny bit like very tiny stop and start s great vid alli still not showing up on my subscription list hopefully this sick vid will fix it have a great night bro great work on the vid amazing rideing to both of you stay safe bro :) your bike looks lovely to great bike
Gyes we HARD DO IT TRICKS , I'm looking content SUPERRRR
Ali your style of riding reminds me of Eddie tonge pashley days 👌👌
Damn!! that 15:35 clip is sick 🥵
Nice riding boys!!
Remember to focus on your breath to help manuals! A tip for everyone 🤙
Didnt know haywire from prison break could ride bike so well
Another great vlog. I was geeking out a bit tho is Ben trying out a prototype front end with internal headset?
Please can you think about doing a show and tell bike build/ reviews on old er trials bike s and frame s I love old trials bike s more than new ones even if its subscribe rs bikes or friends would love that im sure other people would love it to iv never see a pace rc in person and other top bike s I could never afford
"I'm a first aider if you need it". (honestly, I tried not to giggle).
Ali that technique you were trying at 23 minutes isn't the best one to try and break into a bank :)
Motivation 💪✌️ for tomorrow!
Thanks for your videos.
Sick video!!! Do more videos with other riders like Ben and Duncan!
it's probably not what you wanted to do but 21:44 looked really cool
6:55 is this the new Mission Impossible trailer?! :D
Excellent. Great classic Ali style vid.
23:13 I can see myself. I was the one on the bike
Algorithm, you are not forgotten.
some days are better than others (u2) ;)
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너무나 배우고 싶어요~ㅠㅠ
What goes down, must come up.
Great vid Ali really enjoyed that
26:13 what's that above Ben's shoe?
27:01
I think that’s was cool 😎
Hi Ali, Regarding your manuals; I think you're balancing with the front wheel higher than you did in the past. I've noticed your high front wheel in other videos where you had similar issues. Just my personal observation and hope it helps. A great video as always.
i noticed the same thing, im assuming its something to do with riding comp bikes more. i noticed the same thing when i tried riding bmx after riding trials.
What bike is Ben riding?
Why tf is the hubs so loud these days
The Gulls of Aberdeen.
The haunted street ride.
I really enjoyed this video. Great riding (even if not all successful) good spots and I think that nose manual deserved to be in the video. Keep it up!
Nice seat grab Ben. Here's a couple to work on. My go to moves in street trials from back in the oughts, and I've never seen anyone else do them was the X-up abubaca and the toboggan abubaca.
I have found adding a bit of cat hair to your tubeless sealant helps seal those larger leaks. 😹 I would have 💩 my 👖on that almost face plant on the ledge. Those are some cool spots. I like the rubbish trick- Simple but smooth and no extra hops.
awesome, Ali, thank you for your videos!) always happy to watch them
I'm glad Ben could show you round, he pretty much showed you all our greatest hits. Both of you were on form! Aberdeen is not bad for trials, it's too far north for most to travel up here, I loved seeing you ride my local spots. I will never look at those locations the same again! The gap you punctured on is a monster, props for that one lad! The hook by the Royal bank of Scotland ain't shabby either. Good show!
Great video! 🔥
21:50-22.05 I love that stuff. Thanks for the video!
Smashing video! Ben on fire and you came back with a vengeance with the up to front nose stuff! The up manuals on point, pleasure to watch. You guys are pushing and it shows with awesome riding.
Really enjoyed the dynamic between you and Ben, and the riding was top-notch.
Adult men with light gray hair in the stubble show a steep level! Respect !!!😎🙏
You and Ben riding together is great . I know it’s frustrating but I like seeing the reality of these tricks and the fact some stuff has to be left for another day . Fantastic vid guys 👍
It’s great to see you riding at this level with another world class rider. The commentary was exceptional 👍👏
I don’t understand how you are not a household name? Your talent is that good!!
He can barely hold his brakes, how's he supposed to hold a house XD
Scotland's highest mountain is an exceptional trials rider!
Awesome seeing you guys ride together! Would love to see another blog with Mr Travis!
#theverybest
Respect😜
Slick…
We need to see a slo mo of that front wheel slam on the high hook. I could have sworn I'd seen the wheel fold
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What brakes are you guy's running at the moment?
I likte this !!!
Your scill level is higher then the sky 👊
Love it, good to see you riding with Ben again. Makes me want to go out riding.
Niiiice!)
Excelente! saludos from Ecuador!
Yessss, this is gonna be awesomee
niiicceeeee!!!! =)
Great!