So what we have learnt from this is Blake with 400mm handle bars and his brakes on backwards is still better than me.
@m2ad184 жыл бұрын
I was thinking exactly the same LMFAO...
@Firedrake13134 жыл бұрын
Oh hell yeah...this entire video is a testament to Blake's skills.. He's sooooo good at what he does he makes it all look easy and he always has fun doing it..:)
@KandiKlover4 жыл бұрын
I like the 500 bars. They were cute. Like a commuter setup.
@bananasstuff33444 жыл бұрын
@@KandiKlover they look like my MTB setup oof
@jayvine27874 жыл бұрын
Me too ! I suck at techy mtb haha
@DeeJayEll4 жыл бұрын
I love Blake. He's like an excited Jack Russell that's just found his best squeaky ball.... all the time. 👍
@thierrym61684 жыл бұрын
D L Exactly what I think too. Exact words. He was awesome during this vid.
@cup_and_cone4 жыл бұрын
That's an amazing analogy.
@jameshowe20744 жыл бұрын
When Blake said “don’t try this at home I’m a trained idiot” 😂
@stevaone4 жыл бұрын
That was the best line ever! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Firedrake13134 жыл бұрын
I nearly sprayed my keyboard with soda at that one...:)
@dumbr20984 жыл бұрын
Utter BS! He's just an experienced idiot!
@worbotmobile79284 жыл бұрын
I thought he said indian
@r.a.sullivanojeda17214 жыл бұрын
20:10 I'm loving the bagpipe music. Beautiful instrument.
@gabboaudo4 жыл бұрын
The brakes sound like an ambualnce approaching
@myhobby12383 жыл бұрын
That’s what mine sound like
@zbk19483 жыл бұрын
Because it’s wet sum breaks are better for wet conditions
@core-i74132 жыл бұрын
Sometimes my brakes sound like that, but that's when they're really muddy in the wet.
@destinhook38262 жыл бұрын
Mine sound like it because they’re semi-metallic
@core-i74132 жыл бұрын
@@destinhook3826 I think they have a problem and that's about it. Even if they were semi-metallic, they shouldn't sound like that.
@shrooman7684 жыл бұрын
Do a "The Widest Bars" video.
@ethanlovesbikes19524 жыл бұрын
yes
@harrisonclark37994 жыл бұрын
its a lot easier to make small bars than wide bars
@KandiKlover4 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome. I love ultra wide bars.
@fintankane82044 жыл бұрын
The shoulder poppers.
@amdmg74 жыл бұрын
@@harrisonclark3799 Grab a meter bar and try;)
@Latchfpv4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, the fact that you kept it together while going on the front wheel off that drop Blake. Mad respect. Trained idiot indeed, you rock!
@ollllllloHTX4 жыл бұрын
Gents!!!!! This is the best video you have posted to date!!! Blake, you’re a genuine shredder and a great presenter for these types of videos. May I request shredding on bikes from 29”-16” in this format?!
@ayu19784 жыл бұрын
I’m a trained idiot 😂 More like a professional maniac. Kudos to you Blake for trying all these so we won’t have to. Seriously this video is amongst the more entertaining in the GMBN library.
@adrenalinemadness33404 жыл бұрын
ayu1978 absolutely haha, watching this at 3 am just hits different 😂😂
@grumpynerd4 жыл бұрын
Back in the pre suspension days, a little twitchy was a good thing because speeds were slower and lines were jaggier. Bars were in the 600mm range and head angles of 71 degrees or more.
@T-Crack4 жыл бұрын
Gmbn, you need to make a Blake’s dictionary for the shop 😂🤘
@mallillinrjkaylec.64134 жыл бұрын
19:26 HOW DID BLAKE SAVE THAT!? THAT WAS SKILLSSZZ
@benndavlogger45594 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was skills specially it was muddy and raining. Hahahaha Btw 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
@orion88294 жыл бұрын
Remember he’s a trained idiot
@chrzzzzz4 жыл бұрын
Trained by Spencer Foreman
@mallillinrjkaylec.64134 жыл бұрын
@@orion8829 "idiot" HAHA
@allanbuchan69474 жыл бұрын
Totally , I would've been buckerooed instantly .
@paulleigh98334 жыл бұрын
I've been riding with 690mm bars, the bike was an import from Australia where they are limited by law, apparently. As this was my first mtb I didn't have anything to compare them to and I thought they were OK. But just this week I went up to 780mm, I'm 6', and the difference is night and day, a much more stable and easy ride.
@willh33394 жыл бұрын
is it just me or would Blake make the best television presenter 😂 he’s a pro entertainer
@Dan23_74 жыл бұрын
Will Honey Blake for Top Gear 😂
@matiakd4 жыл бұрын
Blake is the only reason I watch gmbn anymore
@wakeawaken4303 жыл бұрын
He is the soul of gmbn
@destinhook38262 жыл бұрын
If Blake ever leaves, I wouldn’t watch them, he’s the backbone.
@mjestment14 жыл бұрын
After coming back to MTB riding after a serious neck injury with partial paralysis, I can tell you nothing improves your control and confidence more than wider bars with a shorter stem and a dropper post. Blake has illustrated this in a humorous and very skilful way. Well done Blake, some of the best entertainment I have had in a while!
@sandy_knight2 жыл бұрын
I remember when XC bikes came with 600mm flat bars, 660mm was considered wide! Back in the day (late 90s) I ran Azonic PDW riser bars (660mm) and a 'short' stem (80mm) on my 'XC' hardtail (there wasn't really a trail bike category at the time). It was considered radical at the time! I wouldn't fancy any shorter though!
@broganedits3764 жыл бұрын
This really made me laugh! Especially when Blake almost went head first as he was pressing the front brake😂
@shaunduke70644 жыл бұрын
Love how the Bars got smaller and his voice gets higher😂😂😂 GMBN one of best channels on KZfaq👍👍
@evo10074 жыл бұрын
Blake, that was priceless "Im thinking why am I going over the bars!!!" Sooo funny man.
@codyn93374 жыл бұрын
18:04 sounds like a European siren haha
@martindunajsky51364 жыл бұрын
ha ha lol
@after_midnight95924 жыл бұрын
That would be the French
@SemiProphetic4 жыл бұрын
Hilarious. I remember around 1990 you could buy bars that were completely straight - no rise, no sweep, and no bulge in the middle, just an adapter for the stem diameter. I don't remember what they were called, but they came in a few different fluorescent colors, and they were popular. People were always experimenting with things back then, because the factory stuff was all crap and no one knew what worked yet. Guys would cut these bars down, I guess because its easier than making them longer. Since there was no bulge in the middle, the brakes and shifters could be mounted super close to the stem. Guys would have to offset the left and right brakes a bit so the cables could fit past each other. Throw a set of those on a bike with a 150mm stem, head angle in the 70's, a ridged fork, and some 1.9" tires, and things got really exciting.
@jasonhamlin88474 жыл бұрын
8:38 - "Shiver me timbers". best vid yet! Blake needs a massive, massive salary increase.
@hkho72804 жыл бұрын
Blake just showed me that what matters most is your bike handling skills, not the latest tech/ bike or in this case, the width of the handlebar. Humbled and will keep reminding myself not to keep upgrading my bike, but upgrade my skills instead. Going to do a marathon of GMBN how to videos on the weekend!
@ifacecheck4 жыл бұрын
Man, you guys have some really nice trails over in England. I'm so thankful for this channel as its impossible to ride here in the winter due to the ever changing conditions. Makes me feel like im out riding when I watch you guys.
@Icantfindtheanykey4 жыл бұрын
wow. my heart skipped a beat when I saw you endo off that drop. great video Blake. you're the only reason why I still watch gmbn
@nitbot4 жыл бұрын
"It's just stupid. It's not even ethnical"
@KandiKlover4 жыл бұрын
Now make a bike with electronic steering servo in the head tube and just a joystick rising out of where the stem would be. No bars at all.
@RACCHIETTO4 жыл бұрын
Would have been nice to see you go back to the 760mm bars at the end, just to see how much more stable you would feel after the supernarrow bars
@sergeykopylov6524 жыл бұрын
Click on the beginning of the show.
@RACCHIETTO4 жыл бұрын
@@sergeykopylov652 It's not the same, once you get used to narrow bars, going back to wide bars gives you a much different feeling. I would have been curious to see him go back up slowly in sizes as well, to see if he felt comfortable with bars narrower than 760mm, but the video would have been 45 minutes long, i would have watched it though 😁
@geemail3694 жыл бұрын
At least he could have held his original bars over the last one for comparison - that's just half as wide ... *insane!* 😅
@observingrogue76522 жыл бұрын
This is the most hilarious educational bike video I've ever seen. Thank you. And you're right, I'm a courier, and I love filtering through traffic, and I want a full suspension bike for bad roads, shortcuts, and stairs. I have to decide what's the best narrow for me. This video was extremely helpful. Thank you.
@boombastick71134 жыл бұрын
Blake's got the best NON SWEARING vocabulary. Props bud
@woozertoo4 жыл бұрын
Slick Topeak product placement, lads.
@mosiowaty15734 жыл бұрын
19:26 - that's how I was riding when I went to UK and rented a bike! Take that, British guy!
@mellowfellow68164 жыл бұрын
My bike came with 680mm bars. I've recently swapped them for 600 with a longer stem, which I'm enjoying but I'll probably settle on 640mm - all for XC fun Absolutely fun video to watch. Thank you
@jake_stewy4 жыл бұрын
9:50 my mom walked in and now I’m grounded
@ChristianClarkArchery4 жыл бұрын
Ahahahahahah
@mariolovenjak56964 жыл бұрын
6:40 for me. Didnt get grounded tho.
@pabloismybigdad26384 жыл бұрын
Hahaha for real??
@timobreumelhof884 жыл бұрын
Lol
@linusaranha67034 жыл бұрын
There were 69 likes but i wanted to like so I'll just comment
@shilohevans92232 жыл бұрын
07:55 It’s twitchy as heeeeeel 😂😂 He seriously does not care about what other people think about him
@dopzfn6884 жыл бұрын
That was me and my friend Jake that crashed into that tree, you almost hit 😂😂
@ThadWilliams74 жыл бұрын
I also ride 770 normally and I've recently had a chance to ride narrow bars on a city bike. I'm not sure everyone watching understands just how absolutely horrible narrow bars feel and how terrifying they are. This is one of the scariest videos on the internet - hands down. Blake - you're hard as nails.
@gmbn4 жыл бұрын
It got pretty gnarly!
@AntiDEDok4 жыл бұрын
Blake has crazy skills and sense of humor! Thank you for vids, gmbn!
@EstonianBerserker3 жыл бұрын
I’m in tears 🤣 What a great, mood uplifting video!!
@jkrudolf154 жыл бұрын
GMBN, can you add a real time heart rate monitor icon, in the lower right, so we can see Blake's Fun Factor?
@johnbarron48434 жыл бұрын
Jon and Kathy Rudolf Blake*
@marysullivan15884 жыл бұрын
Omg I knew he was going to mix his breaks up , good save !
@elijahschulz37494 жыл бұрын
When going down a trial Noone: Blake: uuuuuhhhh, aaarrrgggggg,oooooohhh
@k1ng6173 жыл бұрын
16:15 Blake's reaction = priceless!! This video was absolutely hilarious loved it!
@tstodgell4 жыл бұрын
Back in the 90’s we rode narrow bars because the trees were closer together.
@rosco01014 жыл бұрын
I still ride some of the trails that I rode in the 90s and the trees are still very close together. I kinda feel bad for guys who try to ride narrow trails on wide bars.
@bradkubota69682 жыл бұрын
My trails have the same trees in places. Add 20 years of rings,.yikes! No way I am riding with over 700mm.
@TenFalconsMusic5 ай бұрын
The trees are further apart now because the blokes with wide bars kept running into them until they just snuffed it
@Cchilders704 жыл бұрын
Love watching Blake and his sound effects and constant commentary. lol.
@eliantonietti72334 жыл бұрын
inverted shifters, true innovation. gmbn is back baby starting 2020 with the sketchiest 300 ml bars
@mrfrogg46able4 жыл бұрын
inverted brakes
@bungyjack4 жыл бұрын
Blake's squeaky endo made me proper lol 😁😁back is front dude ha ha
@johnny69694 жыл бұрын
Sending that wooden drop where one of the lads had a nasty crash few weeks ago :D and Blake is dropping on a 500mm bars haha savage!
@the_Wingading4 жыл бұрын
This is the single most entertaining mountain bike video on KZfaq... hands down. This guy is great!
@KoenMiseur4 жыл бұрын
I ride 650mm bars, if I go wider there are alot of trails I can't even ride here in Belgium (to much trees to close together)! Also I don't get such wide bars, even at 650mm my wrists hurt after a couple of hours!
@Hardcaslte4 жыл бұрын
I think it's super interesting Blake uses a 760mm bar and he's tall. I cut mine down to 760 just because almost every trail here has trees that are 770mm gap to ride through, so it's just easier to have 760. I'm 6'3" and I'm totally comfortable on a 760mm bar. When you read people talking about new bikes, you'd think anything less than 800mm is a handlebar for a child.
@Dewoy14 жыл бұрын
"Uwww mud!" What a mad man. 😄👌
@marekj.4 жыл бұрын
Such a funny guy, Thank God for people like him...
@leattts66023 жыл бұрын
"Remember the back brake, blake" thats a tongue twister right there haha
@Burroughsbikebuilds2 жыл бұрын
Also, I love your energy dude. Every team needs a guy like you for morale.
@torsteinstorkersen4 жыл бұрын
«It’s not ethnical!» 😂 loving the Blake!!
@armatacalanca9624 жыл бұрын
It's not ethical to put Blake in danger with such a silly test... Or this 300 mm bar is out of this world, it belongs to a Liliputian ethnic group ? Go figure.
@streetrider114 жыл бұрын
Was looking for this comment 😂
@rosco01014 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1990s we used to cut our bars down to avoid clipping trees on narrow trails. I still have some bars from around 1995 that measure about 525mm. Of course we were riding hardtail or fully rigid 26ers. To this day I can't get used to ultra-wide bars. The bars on my XC hardtail bike right now measure just over 600mm. I do most of my riding on a road bike with 44cm bars, which is considered pretty wide for a road bike, so I'm used to narrower bars. BTW narrower bars aren't really twitchy if you use them with a longer stem.
@ln6634 жыл бұрын
D*mn this episode! Funny as ****! Good job Blake. You nailed it mate.
@mrvwbug44234 жыл бұрын
Attach the tree catcher bar ends, paint the bike an eye searingly bright neon color and its the 90s all over again haha.
@bogdanbaubau4 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of the time I first rode moto style. The switch is scary.
@goldenmath40914 жыл бұрын
I couldn't do that stuff period, so mad respect dude, at 50 I usually blame my weight bias/tyres/mud/brakes/too much cake/rain....etc But now I got no excuses ; )
@vitalymakarov64054 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t breathe I was laughing!!! 😂😂😂😂
@iancameron4154 жыл бұрын
This video was hilarious. He had so much energy during this episode!
@jonlavigne32704 жыл бұрын
20". You have to ride a 20" somewhere. Up to you whether it's a kid's mtb or a BMX bike.
@Gamebit4504 жыл бұрын
Blake is so damn fun to watch. I am sure he is why I keep coming back.
The last two are actually 500 and 400, not 400 and 300
@tarcobadge47444 жыл бұрын
@@sebastianjost thanks for pointing that out! Fixed it now👍
@Tombrosapien4 жыл бұрын
*You’re
@donaldaribam4 жыл бұрын
You're the insanest mountain biker, Blake! Cheers to staying alive!
@thelapiz29844 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile I'm actually on a 640mm ever since 😂😂
@harryingd26743 жыл бұрын
👍
@markturner-smith53094 жыл бұрын
You are indeed insane Mr Blake! I started mountian bike XC back in 1991 so started out on 560mm + bar ends were great and item of the times as that was were 90's mountian XC racing was (560mm to 600mm by end of the decade always with bar ends so you had chance of climbing the bikes at XC race speed), but would not go back (well have two Kona Kileaua's a 94 & 96 560/580mm is best ones for them but not modern stuff)! My regular current mountian bike is 720mm as mainly race XC 5ft 7" height not that wide shoulders so 720mm + width feels uncomfortable for me but that's just me and I know 720mm sort old skool width even now.
@pygmalion19634 жыл бұрын
My bars are 580 great for getting through gates
@steveco18004 жыл бұрын
Yeah have them on my old 26er XC bike and 75mm stem. Handles well, doesn't seem too narrow compared to 720mm on my 29er.
@meliss95364 жыл бұрын
Great width for not hitting trees
@dumbr20984 жыл бұрын
So you'd prefer going through gates than riding well?
@dumbr20984 жыл бұрын
@@pygmalion1963 Yeah..? Is that your hobby? Riding through gates?
@willyolio95904 жыл бұрын
@@dumbr2098 what's your hobby? turning around at gates and going home instead of riding?
@mikecalma73503 жыл бұрын
Idk how but "inner ninja" bit got me 🤣
@lukehill63954 жыл бұрын
19:37 front wheel drift while doing an endo in the mud. That is possibly the sketchiest thing anyone has ever done and not crashed
@BlueComet4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Blake! 🤩 Can always count on you for some top quality entertainment! 🤣
@secretdaisy64844 жыл бұрын
I just got a new Canondale Scalpel & my bars are like driving a big 50s Chrysler. I can’t stand it. I think those 600s would be perfect for me. Thanks for the video! 👍☮️🌞🚲
@ryanp39074 жыл бұрын
Take some time to get used them before you cut them. I didn’t like wide bars at first but I could never go back now.
@amoshagan76453 жыл бұрын
Blakes Wife secretly increased his life insurance before suggesting this challenge to him while he was sleeping ...😁
@andresacuna64194 жыл бұрын
12:15 If you tune in loud enough you can hear Martyn is the distance "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKS AAAAND BODGES!"
@hobo_overland4 жыл бұрын
I recently replaced my Inbred 26er with a Nukeproof Scout, and just this morning clipped the bars on tree and dislocated my shoulder. I'd done that gap between the trees a thousand times on the Inbred without even registering it was a gap, then fist time on already cut down 750 bars and it all goes Pete Tong. They'll be getting cut down a bit more, 750mm doesn't work where I ride.
@petinka7214 жыл бұрын
I heard a GCN rider has a bar with bar ends that Blake can try next time :)) Maybe better Blake try the whole bike the GCN rider has. :))
@BenFenner4 жыл бұрын
I rode 590mm bars for 15+ years. Finally built a new bike and as a concession to modern width bars, I went all the way to a 620mm bar. Everyone was right, wide bars are an improvement. I love mine!
@MasterChronometer4 жыл бұрын
Anything below 800 feels horrid to me. Really hard to find a reasonably priced bar at 800 unfortunately.
@nationalkillah31694 жыл бұрын
You might want to look to sites like aliexpress. I bought 820mm carbon bars for something like 30 bucks and have been riding them for at least a year now without any issues!
@singlemaltbjjvideosandtuto40053 жыл бұрын
OMG... Blake is too funny. But it was amazing to watch him ride with those short bars!
@sarcasmisthelowest4 жыл бұрын
“Opps! Sorry about that Mercedes Benz. Forgot I had wide bars.” ... and I think I’ll be riding my old rat bike with the narrower bars to work for a while. Wide bars are crap in traffic.
@richarde13554 жыл бұрын
Blake Samson is absolutely the best! If only he had a personality and sense of humor...wink! Not only do I learn something from these videos, but Blake gets me to laugh and smile every time. The best!
@gammalight69084 жыл бұрын
im crying watching these 😂
@AmenXenon4 жыл бұрын
It’s always a blast watching Blake on a bike he’s a maniac 🔥😤
@mancsblue4 жыл бұрын
Great video blake ,man I was dying laughing 🤣
@Metal_Baby3 жыл бұрын
This is by far my favorite video on KZfaq 🤣 so informative and fun
@adambcvg4 жыл бұрын
Normally you'd have a longer stem to make it less twitchy
@Radke324 жыл бұрын
Like during a "normal" skinny bar challenge?
@wordreet4 жыл бұрын
Can't see how that would be a benefit. You'd be more upright, so less weight on the bars, therefore less front wheel grip. Hmm, admittedly that would mean less response from the steering. Hehe, well I'm not trying it, I have my bars quite high anyway as I have an old neck injury from decades ago. 😑
@wordreet4 жыл бұрын
@Vincenzio VonHook Oh crap, yes, I was thinking about the steerer tube!
@amberturner28214 жыл бұрын
Think it depends on your natural reach as well. I swapped my longer stem, shorter bar set up for a wider bar, shorter stem and got way more stability.
@leehyson98314 жыл бұрын
Narrow bars were always paired with a long ass stem back in the 80s&90s. A long stem gives "slow" steering so in turn the narrow bars didnt feel too twitchy at all. However if you run narrow bars these days with a short ass stem the steering will be rather crazy.
@Gmh64774 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I survived being a kid 😂 530mm bars with a girvin flexstem and cantilever brakes 😱
@TenFalconsMusic5 ай бұрын
You were probably stronger and more balanced when you were a kid.
@TheraPi4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone to stop this bar width madness.... :) Me as a roadie just hate passing MTB riders coming from the opposite direction, for example on narrow bridges. They take up to 1 meter of space with those abominations :P
@handlehandlehandlehandlehand4 жыл бұрын
What did you take those of a razor scooter
@Luda0224 Жыл бұрын
Once you inverted the brakes on the 400mm bar I could not stop laughing 😂😂😂, great video!!
@HUSHHUSH-4 жыл бұрын
Always amazes me how any bike with any setup and still flying and able to do it all 🤔😯
@james-yi2xx4 жыл бұрын
just goes to show all the fancy parts aren't what makes u a good rider
@HUSHHUSH-4 жыл бұрын
@@james-yi2xx spot on said mate
@the_pursuit_for_life4 жыл бұрын
All this vid proves is that bar with makes no difference when you are Blake. The guy could probably ride a bike with no bars faster then I can....and it will be steezier. Nice work Blake...full respect
@ericoschmitt4 жыл бұрын
“Lets not try it, lets do it” he learned that with Yoda
@andrewtaylor75984 жыл бұрын
The body control and composure at 19:33 is incredible
@nathangaffran4 жыл бұрын
When we’ll we see the wide bar challenge with 1200mm
@stocksyere4 жыл бұрын
Lol hells angels Rollin thru 😂
@jjohnson1476 Жыл бұрын
Too think that back in the early 90s we were going for narrower bars, shoulder width....on full rigid bikes!! makes me wonder how much different riding would have been in those days with super wide bars.
@Montblanc19864 жыл бұрын
Nino runs 690mm bars. I've found going slightly narrower isnt too bad. Like everything else it's nice to dial it back some