- [Martyn] Welcome to a game of trials.
It's GMBN, EMBN verses the mighty Rob Warner.
Who is a man with an illustrious career in trials.
Right, so you're going to be hard to beat today, Rob.
But, you know what?
I've got Neil Donoghue, who I've been tutoring
over the last year and is now something of a trials wizard.
And when he fails, if at all,
he's not impressing us.
I've got Chris Smith of EMBN to come in
and use some of his amazing trial skills.
So, without further ado,
let's get the competition underway with section number one.
Rob, you've got nothing!
(dramatic whooshing)
- Right, here we go with section number one.
It's the step challenge.
Tough, this one.
Okay, so you start here on this path.
- [Rob] Yeah, here's the start.
- Here's the start line. - Start gates.
- [Martyn] 180 degree turn around that top piece.
Then drop yourselves down past this railing
and then back up the steps just there.
Back up the steps.
Then you're going to work your way around
that little seated position, just there.
See that tricky line there, Rob?
You're probably going to struggle.
Then drop down Neil and then up that set of steps
and then you're out once your back wheel makes it over
the top of them steps just there.
What you think?
- Good. - Tough, isn't it?
- Who's going first?
- Well, I mean, this is all part of trials.
Basically, it's a do I go first or do I wait?
- Do you want to go first, Don?
Want to put a pressure on me or?
- [Chris] Show him why.
- What, I go first?
No, let's toss a coin.
- [Martyn] Toss a coin?
- Head or tails?
- [Chris] Heads.
- It's tails.
That mean I have to go first or choose?
- [Chris] No, you go first.
- No, you go first, I've choosen.
I'm ready.
- Go on, Rob, go for it, go on.
(deep bass music)
That's a very confident start.
(upbeat music)
See what he's done there?
- It's all about the side cut, isn't it?
- [Martyn] Nice, nice, oh, oh.
That nearly went wrong.
- No, it didn't.
- [Martyn] That nearly went wrong.
Oh, steady there.
- [Chris] Big wheels, two up.
- [Martyn] Yes, I'll tell you what,
he's still got the skills.
(upbeat music)
Unlucky.
(upbeat music)
He's not looked at this bit.
Oh my goodness, that's a good line.
That's a one, that's a one, that counts.
- [Rob] I'm exhausted!
(laughter)
- [Martyn] Can he make it out?
That's the tricky bit.
Oh, has he got the energy for the final end?
- [Neil] Looking pretty red already.
- [Martyn] Are you giving in?
Soft.
(upbeat music)
Oh, he's going to try and hop the lot.
Oh, my God, he's never going to make it out of there hopping.
(upbeat music)
No, he's not going to make it, no, no, he's panicking.
He's starting to panic.
Ah, he's done it!
Fair play.
(spectators clapping)
Good ride, good ride.
That is a one.
Right, we need to put our GMBN team up against this guy,
Neil's in.
- [Rob] Oh, that, so physical.
- Oh, Neil, that was a low pedal.
Remember Neil, it's not a race.
(upbeat music) (bike zipping)
Jesus, he thinks everything's a race.
(upbeat music)
- [Rob] He just crossed his own line.
- [Martyn] I don't think that rule applies today, mate.
(Rob laughing)
- He's all done!
- [Martyn] Neil, that was slack!
- [Neil] That was slack.
- [Rob] Two!
- [Neil] Oh my, dipped there.
- [Martyn] Damn it Neil!
Calm down, slower!
It's not a race.
Here he goes.
Go on Neil, certainly a one at the moment.
Certainly a one.
Go on.
- [Rob] Aw!
- [Martyn] What was that?
- [Neil] That was three.
- [Martyn] A three?
Luckily though I've got two players
in the GMBN/EMBN team.
So now I can apply my Chris Smith special power.
To see if we can take this section from Rob Warner.
But at the moment he's got it with a dab.
- [Chris] Alright. Let's try.
(cymbals playing)
- He has got the e-bike too, which is cheating a little bit.
Worried?
Worried much?
(deep bass music)
- [Rob] He ends it!
- Motor! Motor, Rob.
Get educated.
(Martyn laughing)
- That was a clean!
That is clean for EMBN and GMBN.
We take the lead with section number one, that's as.
Rob, you're losing!
(upbeat music)
(energetic rock music)
OK, it's time for section number two.
Uh, follow me.
OK, section number two is another set of steps
but this one is a set of steps with a different slant,
all right?
I'm going to really test you
'cause I want you to ride this set of steps,
what do you think?
- Yeah, easy.
- Easy.
What do you think, Chris?
- Dunno, the spacing looks kind of odd between 'em.
- Neil?
- I don't know what to do.
- Well what you need to do is start on the top,
angle yourself round so you're facing the steps backwards
and whoever can roll backwards down the steps
the furthest, takes the section.
- [Chris] Oh, my God.
- It's a freaky challenge. - Good section.
It's a good section.
I like it.
- Whoa.
- That ain't about power, is it?
- First up, Neil Donoghue!
- What's that thing like?
- Oh my God, that's scary Martyn.
(upbeat music)
- [Rob] Can we just go up and then take it back?
- [Martyn] No, you can just do it however you want,
you just got to fake-y down.
- [Rob] Go on, Neil, you got it!
- [Chris] It's too big, innit?
- [Rob] Pretty nasty tires.
- [Chris] This ain't happenin'.
- Go on, Neil, one-- - It's like watching a horse,
that the horse at the air show refuse a jump.
Look, watch, look.
- Yes!
- Oh he's gone for it.
- Oooh!
- Step bud.
- Neil, good effort.
You set the standard.
But I think you've put fear in these two boy's hearts.
- I can't do that.
- [Chris] Is it scary?
- Chris Smith, you're up next.
(bouncy music)
- [Martyn] Right, Chris Smith,
here he goes.
- [Rob] What?
- Oh, my God, that was pathetic.
You guys call yourself a team?
You're what I've got to work with?
Rob's basically got-- - Little difficult, innit?
- Rob's only got to make it down one set.
(upbeat music)
- [Neil] Oh, oh.
- [Chris] Oh, I like it.
Now this is, this is...
(Neil laughing)
This is breaking the rules a bit, I think.
Now roll it, not hop. - He's done it.
- What?
- Well no one, it wasn't stipulated, Chris.
He takes the section.
(spectators applauding)
He's back in it.
Rob Warner, using a bit of savvy and trials experience,
damn it!
- Yeah, that was pretty skilled
to hop down that backwards, wasn't it?
(energetic rock music)
- OK, section number three
is more of a stunt challenge.
And we're going to get Chris Smith to start us out.
Basically they've got to do a 360 wheelie,
all the way around me.
I am the center of this universe. (sings)
Just how I like it.
So, we're going to start with Chris Smith
and good luck, Chris.
- [Rob] Here he goes.
(bouncy bass music)
Oh my God!
Where's he pulling that from?
- [Martyn] Wow!
- [Neil] What!
- Oh, he was too confident!
Oh, Chris.
- [Rob] That was pretty good, actually.
- Too confident, dude!
Ah, man, see that?
He was full of beans,
he thought he had it nailed,
and he threw it away at the last second!
- [Chris] Sorry.
- Right, who's going up next?
Neil?
- Can't you see I'm whitening my teeth?
- [Martyn] Look how tense Rob is.
Here he goes now,
he goes the other way.
- [Camera Man] Are you coming back to fall?
There he goes.
- Go on Neil, go on Neil.
Go on Neil!
- [Rob] Oh, my God, he's--
- [Chris] Don't hit him!
- Yes!
Did you see that, Warner?
- The freaking pressure's on, innit Rob?
Oh, my God.
- [Martyn] I love it!
- I don't.
- [Chris] One, nil!
Rob's in, he's confident.
- It's fast.
Is he going to make it all the way though?
I think his arms look tired.
I don't think he can make it.
- How many do you want? How many do you want?
- [Martyn] Oh, my God, this is crazy.
- How many do you want now I've got one done?
I can do seven, 10?
Pick up speed a bit.
- [Martyn] Look at this guy,
he's a show-off.
- Just two! (yells)
- Well that's annoying.
(bouncy bass music)
Check out the swagger on this guy, it's unbelievable.
- [Rob] I still have to swagger.
- All right, I'll give him that.
He did the 360 wheelie and then some.
But Neil kept us in there.
So that section is a draw.
(upbeat music)
Challenge number four, very simple.
We're going to do a stoppie challenge down this bank.
Now I know these three can stoppie.
But can they do it under pressure?
'Cause it's all to play for at the moment
and this is when it's going to really count.
I reckon we're going to see someone buckle.
OK, the guys are going to start their stoppie
as they come between this chair and this bin.
Glamorous setting. - Perhaps just past it.
- Just past it.
And then, whoever goes the furthest, wins the challenge
and a point for their team.
Although, Rob, you're not really team in yourself.
- Team, team me, innit?
- Team Rob, innit?
Up first, Rob Warner,
legend of trials.
One of the only people to get banned from a trial
in a club level, under the age of 16.
(upbeat music)
Oh, he's done well, yeah?
- [Chris] Oh, he's gone!
He's gone!
- Now that is what I want to see.
Yes.
- That's where I stopped, Martyn.
- [Martyn] Yeah, now you've got
a good distance on you there.
- Did I? - You did well.
Mark the spot.
- I'm going to say it's where the front wheel is.
- Yeah, it's where the front is.
You made it at least that far.
- Me fucking knees are (mumbles)
- Look at that.
- That was a fair crash.
- It was good.
It was good, you went for it.
OK, so Rob's put a score in the game there.
I mean, it's technically a fail,
but I think we've got to go with it.
Who's up next?
Come on then, Chris,
show him how it's done.
Chris Smith for EMBN.
(bouncy music)
- [Rob] Oh, he's got it.
- He's gone all the way.
Now that, now that was some skill.
- That's me.
- 'Cause this is some really slippery grass
and Chris has put it together.
- He's two (murmurs) up.
- Rob has lost the challenge,
but just to give Neil his due
and his chance to show Rob how it's done,
not to rub it in too much,
but here comes Neil Donoghue with the same challenge.
(upbeat music)
- [Martyn] Yes, yes.
- [Rob] Oh God. What?
- [Martyn] Oh, my God, smoked ya.
- [Chris] Smashed him.
- Well by one section there,
best you can hope for at this point
is to draw it level.
(fast-paced rock music)
OK, here we go with the last challenge.
They've got one little pedal crank
and then they've got to roll it in,
whoever goes furthest wins and takes the challenge
and that all important point.
Can Rob wrap it up into a big draw?
Well this is his only chance.
But he's going to have to wait,
'cause Neil Donahue is up first.
- [Rob] All right, easy.
- [Chris] Come on.
- Any time, look at that balance.
Yes, yes, yes.
Get it rolling.
(Rob yells)
Get it rolling, Neil.
Nice, oh he held that well.
- [Rob] That was some wheelie, that was.
- That was actually skills.
That was skills, right there.
It's going to be hard to beat.
Who's up next?
Rob, come on.
(upbeat music)
He's in.
Rob's in.
Can he get it going?
- I cheated there.
- [Martyn] He's done it.
- I cheated. (laughs)
- [Martyn] He's gone one further.
- I touched the pedals halfway down though.
- That's all right.
(speakers talking over each other)
A little bit, Rob.
- [Martyn] Mark your spot, Rob.
- You beat me. - [Martyn] Mark your spot.
- Did I beat ya?
- Yeah, by a foot.
- Right, Chris,
it's all to play for.
You've basically got a manual pass draw Warner
at this point.
- He did it again. (laughs)
- [Martyn] To take the win.
- Just going to go, yeah?
- Go, yeah.
(upbeat music)
Oh, he's blown it.
- What?
- [Martyn] Yeah!
- Yeah, 'cause he's got an engine.
- That is a big win for the EMBN/GMBN team.
(fast-paced rock music)
- Not just this, I've lost the entire trial.
- You've lost the entire trial.
This goes down as a loss.
- Well.
- How do you feel about it?
- Yeah, not very happy, really no.
- Not very happy? (laughs)
- No, I've been beaten by a bloke with an engine.
You know what I mean?
- He hasn't got an engine - Did I beat Donnie?
Did I beat Donnie?
Yes.
Did I beat the bloke with the engine?
No.
You bring me down here, home soil for GMBN
and you just cheat.
And I'll be honest with ya,
you won't see me back at an even down here
for quite some time.
- Yeah, it sounds like normal patter
from Rob Warner at the end of trial, that.
All right sir.
I recognized every word of it.
Yeah, excuses.
Well mate, tell you what,
thank you for coming down.
I'm sad you lost.
And you put up a good fight.
- Thanks.
- But I think team GMBN/EMBN worked well as a team.
- They're impressive, I will say that.
Especially on that (mumbles), you know what I mean?
- A bit heavy on curves.
- It is heavy, it is heavy.
- Yeah, but I think, you rolled out there
more than I saw our lightweight bikes could.
- Yeah.
- No more, I've lost, sod it. - Lost.
- Well done, Chris. - Well done, that's it.
- Well done, mate.
- And good, Neil.
- Well done, I'm joking. (laughs)
- Before you go, don't leave me hanging.
- Oh, sorry!
- Before you go,
what's your favorite GMBN video ever?
- What? Ever?
- [Martyn] Ever.
- Oh, I think the one where I got in the back
of that tandem with you.
- Yeah, if you want to see-- - Except I was on the front.
- If you want to see me and Rob set fires
at Bike Parkway where I was,
then click right where he is now.
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