All right, ladies and gentlemen i've got something very exciting for you today in this box is a prototype tire from alienation
It's their prowler tire and let's use our shout out to park tool box opener and get right on into it cueing
the top-down camera
so
Let's get through this tape here
Not make the unboxing portion too long
If you guys haven't noticed this is the year
of new parts from
Alienation got this tire
Got the pedals that you've already seen
And I believe that there's more coming there we go boom and actually
it looks like
There might be two tires in here. So
Here it is
Boom
The alienation prowler tire this tire is I believe only going to come in 2.4
and I think they're going to be
some different color options
as well
Got some more stickers
Ask me for stickers if you see me in person
But let's uh, let's just unfold this tire clearly. It's a folding tire
There we go in all of its 2.4 glory so here's the tread pattern
And another thing about these tires
Is that they are also tubeless tires
so these are going to be
street centered tires 2.4
that are also tubeless compatible alienation tires the alienation prowler and it says
Let's see
45 to
85 psi is what these are rated for
so with that being said
We've got both tires here
I actually have a bonus for you guys
There's another box
But wait, there's more. So let's set this tire to the side here this to the side
And let's get into this other box that we've got here
From alienation as well I should add. There's no going back at this point
I did a little bit better of a job this time. This one's got some packaging in it and here we see
We've got the production packaging for the foothold pedal
We saw the pedals that I had before those were samples. Well, here is a fresh
set
of production
But hold pedals, they're honestly some of my favorite pedals that i've ever ridden
And the main reason for that is because the foot platform is so huge and then it's also concaved
So your foot just kind of fits in there really well and these pins grip great
And I just love them and let's give you guys a little bit closer of a view here
In case you missed the previous video that I did on these pedals
But what do you guys say?
We move some of this stuff and get some of this on the bike. I think we should do it
So let's do it right now
And just like several of my recent videos where i'm putting new parts on my bike or just working on my bike
This is gonna be a super casual one where we just kind of hanging out working on bikes putting new parts on there
If you guys look close you might notice that this axle here is solid. It's got a little logo on there
And there's a future video on that coming soon, but let's get this back wheel off so that we can get on the new tire
I may have pre loosened these bolts just to save myself some embarrassment
Sorry, but you've seen my previous videos
Where I embarrass myself constantly
We're just going to prevent that just for today. Okay, so let me have this one
Okay, so that's loose get the break arms
Okay
And since we got to let out some pressure anyways
I'm going to let out the air pressure now, so it's easier to get off of the bike
Now pop chain off sprocket
Off the driver and
I'm gonna punch myself in the face. This is what i'm talking about
That would happen I would punch myself trying to do this
If you've watched my videos, you know it I got to tell you I am so excited about this axle
And I think you guys will be too so you're going to want to make sure that you watch that video
As it is coming very soon the key with taking off tires from these alienation tubeless compatible rims
Is you've got to break the bead all the way around the tire? Otherwise?
It's going to be
Difficult which just makes sense? Because if you got the rim grabbing onto the tire, it's not going to want to move
And with these being tubeless
They have to grab the rim
Really really well
Shout out to park tool box cutter also might double as a tire lever
And we got it
so now
Pop valve stem out got the tube good
and
pop off this rim
Now we can set this tire aside
I think i'm gonna leave my front tire on
For now just because I like to have something has a really aggressive tread on it and aggressive sidewalls while i'm at the trails
But I anticipate this is going to be a really great
back tire for me
I'll get the tube in there. I feel like it's super light too
I don't know if it's just me
but I just I mean naturally folding tires are usually
Lighter than non-folding tires with steel beads in them
This one just feels like it's super light. That's kind of a theme
with some alienation parts is
super light
but super strong this rim the vandal rim
is
super wide
and it's in the
xl rim category
But it's the lightest one
To my knowledge and it's also extremely strong at the same time
And if you're noticing this on my hand
That's also coming in a future video. Not sure how how uh
Much in the future
But I had a really great fall the other day
We've almost got this tire on here by hand
there
All right
Got it. Okay. So before I actually put this on the bike
I'm gonna put a little bit of air in it
Just to get make sure that I get the beads seated correctly and everything looks correct before I put it on there
because
I am a pro
At messing things up and having to take them apart again. So this is my
This is my way of measuring twice and cutting once right now
It does feel like it will be a good back tire. So
I think we're all right to put it on the bike before
Finishing up pumping it up
Looks good to me
Rotation can go both ways according to the sidewall on the tire
Which is good because I definitely did not pay attention to that before I put it on the rim good there
Get this into the frame
Chain on the driver
oh that's on my
Brakes, okay
So first we gotta reconnect the brakes. It's got one side
the other
Get the chain on which I think it is now. Let's come back
And from here we need to put some more air in the tire
to seat the bead fully down
Okay, so we are now at 70 psi, you can see the tire is quite a bit bigger now
and we are going to have
To move the wheel back, but I might have to do a little bit of adjustment on my brakes
That is something that we can figure out and then come back at the end
But for now, let's put on a fresh set of these foothold petals. And so you guys can see the whole
box design
here
See that they've got color options for these red orange pink and black
And
They are beautiful, so
Let's get both of these out of the box
And put them on the bike
Right here. We've got the right one
If you guys don't remember
If your bike is right side up your pedals always tighten
forward
Forward is the key
one
tight
next
And there we have a fresh set of alienation foothold pedals on the bike
Still got to figure out the brake issue
But we will come back whenever that's done and after a little bit of work here and some greasy fingers
We have got it done
Everything is good to go spin the wheel
What you're hearing is actually the little like knobby thingies that come on new tires hitting the frame
That's all you're hearing
We could double crank flip that's good pedals are good and my brakes now are feeling better than they have in a long long time
It is
just
It's just effortless pull
Feels amazing
I'm glad i'm stoked to try this tire out and I will keep you guys updated on it as I ride it
As for the pedals though these are available
now you can get these if you have a bike shop locally that orders through jmb importers who alienation distributes through
You can get these pedals
There's also a couple places online that you can get them and i'm pretty sure that mail orders should be getting them soon
If they haven't already, so if you guys want to get the alienation foothold pedals
You can find them online grab yourself a pair. Let me know how you like them
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And hopefully we'll see you again tomorrow for another video. Goodbye