so we've had a silly idea what happens when you take a man who is very very very very fast
at riding cyclocross bikes take him to some mountain bike trails
and make him ride down them today we're going to find out if you can ride
a gravel or cyclocross bike on mountain bike trails we'll be all right well we're gonna be
all right i mean if you can't do it everyone else is in trouble it could be a season ender
though couldn't it 40 psi a lot more than usual i don't want to puncture or burp or anything
i just want to get around it's not the ideal bike choice right rig in it there's a beauty
hello
so just starting off on the tony friendly bit of today nice big
climb out of horsing him his bike is well capable enough for this kind of
terrain be interesting to see when we hit the trails in a minute what he does
first trail down i honestly thought you were going to catch me at one point when we hit that smooth a
bit not easy on a crossbite and it's really not easy with 40 psi literally i think it took oh
it shook all my fillings out and the armpit i had was unbelievable and the noise coming off the bike
was not funny yeah it was like just rattling like mad i think it's safe to say that the
rock gardens and the really rough stuff quite easy to ride away from tony but the smooth stuff
the berms yeah you're flying you're a flight you literally close the gap i feel better on this than
i do on the mountain i don't know if it's just the tires do the feel like you get more feedback weird
i was getting lost
is
i'm able to keep up with you yeah and we're happy it's interesting watching the lines you
take because you're taking some weird lines yeah i think it's like you pick your way down rather
than just smashing down through stuff you're like you [ __ ] more conscious of like rocks and line
choice because obviously i've got one tube i don't want to be having to ride on a carbon rim
for about 10 miles in hindsight we probably should just park here nice roll across the nose is nice
isn't it and it was so instagramable yeah we didn't stop for insta banger
caution dangerous descent stream crossing so that you can jump the stream
i don't know who they are
i guess i said okay
like literally out of fear like like on threshold yeah all the way down
just trying to keep up so we think that one was i mean guys who've been to hampton before will
know i think that's called brain freeze that's quite big features but very very smooth so i
probably got like you look like you were having fun you sounded like you're having fun to be fair
yeah it's actually rocky as [ __ ] is it i just don't realize you just don't realize that you
come over some of them jumps and i would like be a little bit airborne heading for like a
small little gully of what on a mountain bike is not really a big deal yeah we're on 33 mil tyres
it's like puncture city isn't it yeah you definitely seem to get like appreciation
from the mountain bikers be impressed that a [ __ ] has come down there on a road bike they
barely consider my bike a mountain bike tony so i don't know what they were thinking of yours
little climb now tony's favorite bit and then uh quite a rocky rocky trail after this one
so
that was really good i wasn't expecting you to be so quick on that one
to be honest i quite like that one i almost felt better on the crossbite there than i
did on the first part that's weird yeah because that's definitely rougher hey yeah definitely
rougher i just got a little bit of a bravado off him seeing i was doing sweat like for the kid
oh i'm gently relieved i can actually put a gap into him on that bike but i'm not half trying
what we've done is we're there didn't you took everything did you guys drop that got a little
worm where are you taking him first cat pillar he's hitting him to the top because it's uh
it's all downhill from there caterpillars love it don't they i would imagine
rolly paulian there's a caterpillar's quite good fun it's like sort of built for it on the ground
feeling a bit tired tony what time is it francis i think it's time for a connecticut joe haha
right on brand don't you mtv insurance uk by helen gaskell get in touch for a friendly chat and it's
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the top here is danny hart's bike park the descend bike park there's loads of trails that's them off
from this uh location at the top you have to pay to use them i think it's like an insurance thing
and they're all like a step up from the stuff that we've been riding so we'll maybe get there
i might try it out with a bigger bike one day i cannot survive yeah yeah yeah you've got insurance
anyway so actually it might be worthwhile you know whereas your viewings start to dip and your
weird just start to come back just absolutely come up here and batter yourself and it would
cover your wage go i'll cover your wages that's why i'm called tony tony's have always got dodgy
ideas they have subscribe to tony otherwise you end up with like a horse's head in your bed
i think the trails
20 extra free as well for a pound it's an absolute bargain taking notes guys
if you want to have a successful cross season for the famous tony fawcett hi
double deckers monster munch vance armstrong good seven tours on dickinson steak pies
pies and water four days recovery time 25 miles average of 7.5 miles an hour
what was the conclusion there tony can you ride a gravel or cross bike on mountain bike trails
the answer is yes if your name is tony fawcett most people are not called tony fawcett and do
not have the skill level of tony i think you had fun but a lot of other people who would try and
replicate that might not have fun yeah ah it wouldn't be much fun right and i don't mind it
but it's got a purpose hasn't it i've ridden the crossbar today because i need to get used
to riding the crossbar but if i was a normal person that would have just been horrible