- Now Blake over on our sister channel, GMBN
is known for pushing the limits,
whether it be on a hardtail
or a fatbike, or a trail bike, or a down low bike.
So today we're gonna see
what he's capable of on an ebike.
Blake, take it away!
- I'm out here at Windhill Bike Park,
and there's loads of jumps,
loads of little cool, technical things.
I'm gonna push this thing to its limit all day,
and see how much fun it is,
and if that weight's gonna annoy me.
Alright, straight to the jumps.
Wait! Oh wow.
(fast-paced rock music)
(beeping)
(fast-paced rock music)
(laughing)
Look at this.
(yelling)
Wait, fuck!
(grunting)
Hate ebikes.
I thought they could climb anything,
proven them wrong.
Alright, we're at the top, let's see
what this thing can do.
Droppin'
(rock music)
(muffled rock music)
(rock music)
Look at this gap, this is a fresh new gap,
I've not hit it,
let alone doing it on an ebike.
It's weird, you gotta come in like, wide,
jump, and turn.
Alright, let's muscle this ebike into it,
how hard, how hard can it be?
(rock music)
Ah, just made it!
Wow, look at that mark,
that's quite big!
That's big!
Let's do it again.
But when I took off, I felt like the bike was just like,
heavy, like (grunts).
(rock music)
I'm gonna come in a little bit faster,
I'm gonna scrub off it,
so I land a bit more up in the berm,
into that landing 'cause, landing quite down there.
So, scrub off it, I'm gonna get a cool ass shot.
I'll be turning that way,
then I'll have to go that way,
so the body's gonna be
all weird degree of angles.
Thought I was gonna hit you, Grundy.
(laughing)
I was close to like, going,
oh, I've pulled too much the other way!
I'm not gonna make that turn,
but I made it, nice!
Bit hard, bit heavy,
just need more muscle.
- [Cameraman] Is it harder to like,
move the bike in the air?
- It is a lot harder, especially
it's a lot harder to move the bike in the air,
especially on a jump like that
where you have to go that way, but
at the end, you have to go that other way.
So like, moving the bike around
(sigh)
it's heavy, so you gotta like,
predict it off the lip like,
right, it's going that way, and I'll start
thinking of going the other way.
(energetic rock music)
Wow!
Look at that!
Got used to the bike, kinda, it's a bit heavy,
don't wanna lap on the trail.
I'm gonna head back up with ease.
Ea-sy!
Let's see if we can do some stunts
on this beast.
I'll see you at the top.
Hmmm,
step up,
step ups to me mean one thing!
Stunts!
Now you've probably seen this step up before
(sigh) done a few tricks on this before,
but the trick that I'm thinkin' of doin'
on the ebike, I've never done before.
I feel like it's a downhill bike,
the weight, doin' it, goin' upside down,
the weight of that, I've never flipped an ebike,
I've done a stunt on an ebike,
yes, but never flipped.
Alright, maybe do a few practice runs,
and let me get the feel of the bike.
All of a sudden, looks crazy big in my eyes now.
(dramatic music)
That was alright.
Yeah, when you do the flip,
you properly lean into that bike when you're
doing the flip, it's not that hard to flip,
but when you do do a flip, it's like
you kinda just ride the lip,
and when you ride the lip, you're kinda
putting your force through the bike,
and if you have full suspension, that turn,
it all sucks it up.
And you can't dig your back wheel
into your saddle, and it'll stop you,
and that's not good.
Felt alright, let's do another one,
and then we'll do it.
(laughs)
(dramatic music)
Did you send it?
Let's do it.
(dramatic music)
(laughing)
Oh my goodness!
Literally, I was pushing the brakes in the air!
I was like,
(heavy breathing)
it's so heavy, it's heavy, it's going!
(yells)
Flipped my ebike for the first time!
I'll do it again!
Actually, I crapped myself.
I crapped myself, I pulled both brakes in the air.
Hey, don't do that. - Was it rotating pretty fast?
- I thought it was rotating fast, yeah
and it kinda went around quite good,
I like, pushed out thinking, oh I've pulled so much,
'cause, it's heavy, so I thought,
pull it a little bit more.
(disco music)
Argh!
I'm glad I'm on an ebike, that means
I can just peddle back up,
and re-hit that, so I can suicide
at that jump, and step down.
Easy!
(heavy breathing) Yes!
(disco music)
Woohoo!
So you can trick ebikes, a little bit more heavier.
I gotta get used to that weight,
but, it can trick.
I'm just gonna go up here,
I'm not pushing my bike.
I'm gonna put it in trail mode,
whatever that is, and peddle to the top.
Let's go find some loam!
Let's see what it's like in little
nick niddity fiddly biddly,
let's see if I can trick around in some
tacky sharp turns.
Savin' my energy for more shreddin'
not even in turbo, eco, conserving that battery.
Ahhhh.
Here we are,
the loam,
or some tacky trails, just to see what it's like
when I have to move the bike super quick
in some super tight turns.
(sigh)
I'm ready, let's go, I think I've got
more grip than ever.
(rock music)
That last turn, wow!
I'm gonna go up and do that again!
(rock music)
(laughing)
Oh my goodness me!
(yells)
Ebikes are so fun, loam, insane,
the weight of the bike, the tires,
it just digs in so good!
Digs in so so good!
I love ebikes, right,
ebikes, the best thing about it,
click it into boost, and just boost to the top,
and boost more of those trails.
And don't knock it 'til you try it,
haters will hate, 'cause they haven't tried it yet,
if you try one of these things,
it's super, super fun, especially when
you have a short bit of trail,
you can get a lot out of that little piece of trail.
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