What Will It Take To Break Carbon Wheels?

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What Will It Take To Break Carbon Wheels?

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@gcn Жыл бұрын

What should we try to break next? 👀 Let us know in the comments below! 👇

@declanfaughey8471 Жыл бұрын

Ollie's addiction to hair gel.

@alinapopescu872 Жыл бұрын

Anything but Blake's neck.

@gog555uk Жыл бұрын

I’d say Hank but you’ve been doing that for years!

@Paganiproductions84 Жыл бұрын

XCO Mtb race on a road bike or gravel bike

@alinapopescu872 Жыл бұрын

@@gog555uk Go over to GMBN, they've almost succeeded where GCN has failed repeatedly. Double portion of Blake today.

@kevin._.farren Жыл бұрын

Ollie is all about safety, even wears a helmet when presenting and not riding

@oumtaha3834 Жыл бұрын

Who is it?

@james-hb5tu Жыл бұрын

got to get the helmet sponsor in there. they do this all the time

@jason200912 Жыл бұрын

He's so safe that he rides on the short bus and wears the helmet at dinner

@glm1977 Жыл бұрын

protecting the hair

@heribertfassbender5759 Жыл бұрын

Fairplay to Blake, I'm beyond impressed. Can't believe he did go down that trail without tyres on.

@gcn Жыл бұрын

He loves a challenge! What should we test him out with next? 👀

@harimathur2191 Жыл бұрын

U spoilt it

@heribertfassbender5759 Жыл бұрын

@@harimathur2191 why would you read comments before watching a video?

@iansingleton Жыл бұрын

The problem with all these Chinese carbon bike & parts manufacturers is "trust"! So they've sent GCN a set of wheels and said these are our new wheels look how great they are, go try and break them! So GCN do this film and show how strong the wheels are and how much damage the they can take! Brilliant! BUT! Are they the same wheels that the consumer is going to get in the post after parting with his/her hard earned cash? Who knows? I certainly would not send £2k to a Chinese bank account and hope I'm not getting ripped off! £2k can get me great set of wheels that are EU/GB compliant and I know where I stand if warranty issues arise!

@iansingleton Жыл бұрын

@@R-Dub-Ya exactly that is what puts me off buying from Asia/China. I hope your wheels have been OK since you sorted them out yourself. I don't mind buying chinese "budget" carbon parts if they're being sold through a British retailer. Wiggle/CRC "Prime" carbon products are cheap Chinese but i know if something goes wrong I can deal with them and they generally have a good warranty. It's the dealing direct bit that I have issues with. To be honest I'm not a Carbon fan. Good Aluminium or Steel will always trump cheap carbon. I feel too I'm getting what I pay for. 👍

@urobos1 Жыл бұрын

Can never go wrong with a Blake video.

@TalkToMeGooose Жыл бұрын

The thought of riding on just wheels is terrifying and Blake happily agreeing to ride it downhill is just crazy. Wincing the whole time.

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Жыл бұрын

It’s a good skill to have in case you flat in a group.

@michaelkennpeduhan9635 Жыл бұрын

Technically he did a short ride on a spank wheel but that was not carbon sooo yeah still balls of steel for blakw

@andyl9428 Жыл бұрын

Hank. So far he has been more robust than a carbon wheel with a foam insert

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Hahaha he's a sturdy boy 💪 GMBN had a good go at braking him though 👉kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ouCanKZ5r822iHU.html

@rachelharvey71 Жыл бұрын

Blake and Ollie are awesome together, they just demonstrate how much they love riding bikes, their laughing is infectious keep up the great work boys 🥰

@gcn Жыл бұрын

The love for bikes runs deep between these two! Would you like to see some sort of challenge between the two? 👀

@rachelharvey71 Жыл бұрын

@@gcn yes a challenge between them would be brilliant how about a descending challenge where they race each other in both disciplines with a handicap scoring system to account for their lack of skill in each other’s discipline? Make them both scared descents in their own habitats

@andrewmcalister3462 Жыл бұрын

Loving these crossover videos. Blake in a crit, Hank in Megavalanche, and now Blake and Ollie 2 guys who absolutely love bikes trying to trash carbon wheels. ❤❤❤

@gcn Жыл бұрын

We had to do two videos with Blake to make up for what they put Hank through at Megavalanche 😂 What crossover would you like to see next?

@dorothyb. Жыл бұрын

@@gcnI’d like to see Manon racing the gmbn woman in a Gravel race together

@andrewmcalister3462 Жыл бұрын

@@dorothyb. Didn't they do Battle on the Beach together a couple of months ago?

@ChrisGuarraia Жыл бұрын

The more I see Blake in GCN videos, the more impressed I am with his skills. Fair play and mad respect! It’s like he and Hank are MTB and road ambassadors at the other’s respective channels. Great stuff!

@gcn Жыл бұрын

They bring the energy to both our channels... when these two come together, now that is special 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ouCanKZ5r822iHU.html

@lochness_sasquatch Жыл бұрын

I was MEGA impressed watching Blake ride down so GRAPIDly with no rear tire and how the wheel held up!! Amazing video!

@gcn Жыл бұрын

He's got the skills! These wheels really took a beating 🙌 Where should we send them next?

@commenter6355 Жыл бұрын

No tires! Think of the weight savings!

@BrianMcDonald Жыл бұрын

I had a Elitewheels Drive 65 wheel explode when I hit a large curb head on at a decent speed when trying to avoid a turning car. The rest of my bike was miraculously ok, so I appreciated the fact that the wheel took all the impact and didn't pass it on. I got good customer service from Elitewheels and have a crash replacement on the way!

@szurketaltos2693 Жыл бұрын

Even moreso than a jump (at least by someone who's skilled in absorbing the forces with their body like Blake is), a big kerb is probably about the worst case scenario for any road wheel. MTB wheels too but they have much beefier tires.

@BrianMcDonald Жыл бұрын

It would be a bit harder to do on a video like this since you'd need stunt performers knowing they would be crashing and potentially getting injured haha

@WanderingSword Жыл бұрын

hitting a curb headon at speed is harder on a wheel then what Blake is doing here. If you do that with a car, its wheels probably explode too. I broke my MTB enduro wheel when I landed on the edge of a curb at about 15 mph and at low psi.

@cyclingclub4030 Жыл бұрын

BS!

@josephh7750 Жыл бұрын

First time I ever heard someone claim an exploding wheel was a good thing. Interesting/weird perspective 🤯

@vmgmarcus Жыл бұрын

ALL CREDIT TO WINSPACE, couldn’t imagine any of the overpriced “Main Stream” brands having the balls to give you wheels and asking you to do this. I was also looking for a new set of gravel wheels. Winspace just made a sale👍

@MikemoRides 6 ай бұрын

Really? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jMyancx5rNusn5c.html

@ranxxerox6407 Жыл бұрын

OMG this is unbelievable. impressive wheels, but more impressive riding. That mans got balls!

@CatManDoSocial Жыл бұрын

Very nice. About 5 years ago, Danny MacAskill did a video for Santa Cruz trying to break Reserve wheels. It was astounding the beating they took. Definitely worth watching. I've found that my carbon wheels easily take much more abuse than the Ai rims my XC bike came with.

@MrMeheheh Жыл бұрын

And he broke a few in the Alcatraz shoot. I think like the titan sub the may fatigue over time even if perfectly tough when new.

@veganpotterthevegan Жыл бұрын

@MrMeheheh my bet is that they had hairline cracks and they eventually failed. Still leaps and bounds better than aluminum rims. Pretty ridiculous what kind of hit will dent an aluminum rim and have you burping. I've dented a few rims within their first 100miles of riding. Definitely never mountain biking with aluminum rims ever again😂

@dvs620 Жыл бұрын

@@veganpottertheveganAluminum rims can be repaired though. Carbon is done once they crack.

@veganpotterthevegan Жыл бұрын

@@dvs620 aluminum can't always be repaired. It depends on how bad the dent is. Sometimes straightening a dent will crack the rim. That said, carbon rims can often be repaired. I have 30k miles on a wheel post carbon repair. It was a mountain rim that's on my gravel bike now

@dvs620 Жыл бұрын

@@veganpotterthevegan Aluminum is far easier to repair. Of course it can't always be repaired, but it's better and cheaper to repair an aluminum wheel vs a carbon. If you're damaging aluminum wheels that badly, you might want to check your tire pressures first. My guess is, if you're running too low, you're going to crack a carbon wheel catastrophically and end up on a Friday Pinkbike video, if you know what I mean.

@leithahyde8072 Жыл бұрын

Love it when Blake appears in a GCN video. Seriously impressive wheels, to be able to handle that sort of punishment.

@mathewrose2951 Жыл бұрын

That first run is pretty close to what I ride with my gravel (actually an old cyclocross) bike. Cost to replace is why I'm running 32 mm tires on aluminum rims. Blake's face when he heard the cost of what he was sending down the trails without regard pretty much sums up my choice.

@xcpt Жыл бұрын

Came over from GMBN and I have to say that we need a lot more of these crossovers from GCN and GMBN! Love you all roadies!

@simon.mikkelsen Жыл бұрын

Blake is an absolute beast. He is just chilling with the road and gravel bike like its nothing. While im doing everything i can, NOT to die on the blue trail on my MTB.

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Hahahah we feel you're pain! He makes it all look easy 👀

@bryngriffith Жыл бұрын

Our ladies at Wahoo Le Col ride the Lun Hyper D45 and they love them. If you put a western logo on, they would be £2500 plus, a bargain at £1150. Fantastic wheels.

@geoffreyhoney122 Жыл бұрын

Great fun! Blake is the legend! Ollie needs to get out of his comfort zone for something now!

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Ooooh now there is a challenge! What would put Ollie out of his comfort zone? Anything baggy maybe 😂

@greatgoofy Жыл бұрын

Guess it's more for GMBN, but idea for Blake: What can he NOT ride down the trail? I want to see him start on a dutch bike /omarfiets.

@junkandcrapamen Жыл бұрын

Penny Farthing.

@yukiko_5051 Жыл бұрын

Unicycle

@user-ow1jh8yb5j Жыл бұрын

Fair play to Blake, worth a watch for the riding with no tyres! Skill

@gcn Жыл бұрын

He's got the skills! Maybe we can teach us how to skid? 😳

@mjock392 Жыл бұрын

Ollie’s face when Blake said “Aluminum” and had to apologise lol

@shaggy4344 Жыл бұрын

Love the kill a presenter crossover 😂 Watched Hank go down a mountain this morning and Blake riding a carbon wheel with no tyre in the evening 😅

@brandonmusgrove6294 Жыл бұрын

The original video is what got me to buy hypers!! They're still going strong.

@Schradermusic Жыл бұрын

I love how you apologized for Blake saying 'Aluminum'.

@MaximRecoil Ай бұрын

He said it correctly. British chemist Humphry Davy is who named it, and the name he settled on in 1812 was "aluminum."

@billybreckon5541 Жыл бұрын

Whilst ive seen some nice lids by Met... Why does ollies look like its inflatable 😂 awesome video, always great to see these two together!

@alinapopescu872 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to Blake for keeping his balance on those bikes. Is it late autumn - early winter in Britain already? Why's Dr. Bridgewood all bundled up?

@sinnaru6286 Жыл бұрын

Its +15c here in NI, so yeah, feels like that.

@alinapopescu872 Жыл бұрын

@@sinnaru6286 36 today in Bucharest, 37 forecast for tomorrow. We had 38 -40 degrees last Thursday.

@leopard936 Жыл бұрын

Winspace is so confident with not their product, still waiting for fulcrum dt swiss , black inc and all other white brands to send their wheels to gcn to perform this same test

@davidjaniec3838 Жыл бұрын

Blake is amazing riding with no rear tire on that trail, but we've seen him do that before! Carbon can obviously be stiffer and lighter, but the major drawback to carbon fiber structures is that you really cannot see or observe the micro failures of delamination that are taking place before visual (and massive) structural failure. Ollie knows that to do this properly you need non-destrucutive testing to e done after the first tests, and then again after to last one to see the (probable) gradual degradation and likely failure modes rom the last run without tires. Great fun though!

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Very true David... this might not of been the most scientific test 👀 It was a fun day in the woods none the less! Would you like to see us get nerdy over these wheels? 🤓

@maxy5480 Жыл бұрын

@@gcn yes please! full nerd mode!

@davidjaniec3838 Жыл бұрын

@@gcn Yes also, please! I think it would really be enlightening to all....and knowing you guys would keep it great fun, too!

@johnlantz7278 Жыл бұрын

After witnessing this test ,I feel much better over my new XTR hubs an carbon rims for a 29 the biggest difference for me is raising the wheel much lighter an tighter over tech getting light ,I personalized every part of my bike an the result is so much different than when I started ,you guys helped me make all the upgrades ,how sweet it is ,

@danabean4408 Жыл бұрын

I ran over my front wheel (which I had left sitting next to my truck). I had two broken spokes and assumed I was gonna be out a grand. I took the wheel to my LBS, and they replaced the spokes, trued the wheel, and it’s as good as new apart from a cosmetic scratch on the side, well hidden with a sharpie marker. An alloy wheel would have been toast. Amazing!

@lambo79 Жыл бұрын

Blake riding the road bike like there is no tomorrow!! Ollie needs a GMBN jacket!!! come on!

@thebogcyclist5005 Жыл бұрын

Never in a million years I though I needed that type of content! But man oh man how entertaining and impressive that was! You never go wrong with Blake. Dude is RIPPING IT. Respect.

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha glad you enjoyed the video! Blake smashes it every single time... Those wheels put up a real fight! 🥊

@kiwibiker9754 2 ай бұрын

" watch this" and " how hard can it be?" 2 of the most entertainment rich phrases ever invented 😂

@eyelovelil Жыл бұрын

That became insane when you took the tire 🛞 off & rode the wheel bare. AWESOME 🤩 ‼️What a fearless daredevil Blake is & skillful. 👍🏽 👍🏽

@francodellamura7471 Жыл бұрын

That was a proper test! Get Alex to do the staircase of death without tyres! 😂

@deadskimountaineer Жыл бұрын

Martyn Ashton and friends have done a good job already of demonstrating what a road bike can do. It’s always entertaining.

@SPMech1 Жыл бұрын

I've had the 23 mil 4000 tires on my bike for few years now and just switched over to the 25 mil 5000s the beginning of this year and love them.......good choice.....Amy is gunna love them ! ! !

@tomreingold4024 Жыл бұрын

Blake’s skills, wow. And he seemed at home on a road bike even though it’s not his usual.

@dpomberger Жыл бұрын

#Blake for the win! He rides everything :D This was a lot of fun to watch! Does Winspace have MTB wheels also?

@coolhead123 Жыл бұрын

I’m here for Blake, never disappoint

@alexrobles6492 Жыл бұрын

More tests like this!!! Awesome video!

@marklannie9281 Жыл бұрын

More Blake on a road bike please. What a guy!

@jani724 Жыл бұрын

Curious what damage the headset takes on carbon bikes on singletrack. For example, did anything rattle loose , did the bars sag when hitting drops?

@r3ttgaming177 Жыл бұрын

This is the best ad campaign for a set of carbon wheels I've ever seen! What can I say..... I'm convinced that they are safe........ I'm also convinced that my ass would break way before these rins ever would.

@tonyhoff86 Жыл бұрын

More 10 sec montages of Blake pls.

@internettalker1 Жыл бұрын

This was a solid test on the bike as well.

@aaroncarbon518 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or is there something magical about seeing a road bike getting shredded on a mtb track😂😂

@TomPhotoix Жыл бұрын

I live in the FOD and ride those trails and all the others in the area frequently. I’ve always been concerned about damaging my rims in such terrain on my gravel bike and ride far more conservatively than Blake!.. it would be interesting for you guys to do a test on some of the most common and let’s face it, cheaper wheels to see how much abuse they can actually take. Wheel’s that are commonly found on mid range gravel bikes would be awesome.

@robglysen Жыл бұрын

Old lady from Apollo 13 movie : - 'If they put wheels on a washing machine, our Blake could ride it'!

@randomnamegenerated 5 ай бұрын

Oli sounds disturbingly similar to Richard Ayoade at points, and they present similar techie stuff. Love it.

@JCleggy Жыл бұрын

Genius from Winspace. It seems downright disrespectful to do this to their product, but seeing how durable these wheels are will convince anyone who is on the fence about purchasing their first set of carbon wheels

@hicky62 Жыл бұрын

Blake has awesome bike control. Almost choked on my tea when he spun the wheel and getting Ollie 😅

@djrlloyd Жыл бұрын

Love Blake. What an awesome dude he is. I think I’m more impressed by his riding than the strength of the wheel😂😂

@benjaminblabla Жыл бұрын

Very fun to watch, I loved it. I have Hyper wheels for 3 years now and they are fantastic !!

@mikekent9488 7 ай бұрын

I love this. thanks for sharing

@_MrSnrub 9 ай бұрын

This just goes to show you how talented these MTBers are. This terrified me looking at him. Blake is a beast.

@klyyoung2728 Жыл бұрын

Great work by the camera guys! Awesome camera shots on the trail ride by Blake.

@ksieck4679 Жыл бұрын

Blake is brilliant! Love that Ollie wears a helmet while Blake rides…

@gcn Жыл бұрын

Also aero! 💨

@tombachmann5784 Жыл бұрын

Impressive. This one will boost sales massively. Hope you ask at least for 50k for this (and gave it all to Blake, what a rider)

@ZeroSeriesMMX Жыл бұрын

I've been thinking about getting carbon wheels for my CX bike ever since Road Bike Party 3 and its two puncture-only production (accdg to Sam Pilgrim and the rest of the gang)... I think I may do so for a planned gravel bike build.

@phil5073 Жыл бұрын

Here in the Philippines, the most go to budget Air fork is SR Suntour Epixon and that fork is always used more than what it is intended. Its an XC fork but there's a provision for 140mm adjustment. Please test that blake in 140mm, we have high hopes on you!

@DigininjaRobin Жыл бұрын

There is a storm drain in Calella which destroyed at least two carbon wheels at IM Barcelona a couple of years ago. People rode up, tried to stop, wheel dropped in and snapped.

@RaymondLu1983 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Winspace marked!

@cympaulife Жыл бұрын

One of the wheels was called Mega right? Does this foreshadow Ollie doing the next Megavalanche with Blake😂

@tomeklubomir 11 ай бұрын

Hi GCN, as somebody who broke 3 carbon rim brake wheels (by accident), not in the name of science, I’m very impressed to how the wheels stood up to the abuse. However unlike a traditional wheel construction I would like to know how would go about fixing a carbon bonded hub to spoke wheel. I just got a new rim a rebuilt the wheel reusing existing hubs in my case, that might be more difficult with those wheels, esp. if any of the carbon spokes are damaged too. The wheels should come with a lifetime crash warranty otherwise they are a one trick pony, going to landfill if broken…

@lesfillin Жыл бұрын

That was an amazing torture test (and it mostly survived)!

@robertkoleczko3987 8 ай бұрын

Dame! My Scott Gambler will have this year a bigger break. Because all I need for bike park fun, is a Gravel bike..........

@stuartpotter4923 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Once again, Dr Ollie B, the Super Domesgeek bringing the enthusiasm for tech nerdary to a ridiculous challenge. 👌

@milosstoiljkovic Жыл бұрын

Watched this before going to bed and had a great sleep! "You broke our wheel!" "Nooo... Sorry!" :D

@neilmdon Жыл бұрын

“sacrelidge” (15:35) is sort of like “Angry lou” . Also, I thought that Ollie was apologizing for “A-loooo-mi-num” lol

@dzat Жыл бұрын

Impressive...that's one tough wheelset 👍...and blake skills are unbelievable

@mikekelly1771 Жыл бұрын

Also, 1,200 gram wheels with rider weight limit of 135 kilos. No other wheels in that weight range would do that.

@rrafa_yt6719 Жыл бұрын

Great video, everything is amazing, even the joke about the blackrun, but I think a GoPro in Blade's helmet would be amazing, seeing is POV and the real difficulty of the stunts he does. But this is amazing, keep up the good work!

@tychoMX Жыл бұрын

These are exactly what Franken-Minty needs!

@waynebond5771 Жыл бұрын

Great video. More Blake road content

@AutoCAD681 Жыл бұрын

Can we have a check on the bike as well? Review plus whether there are any cracks on the bike ?

@mattmatthews5414 Жыл бұрын

Good riding, seemed timid until the tire came off. Still, any cloth-reinforced plastic wheels with less than 10k miles on them should be expected to handle a single day, or easily a single hour of rootyrocky dirt trail riding. Fun winspace ad.

@topi3146 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to the carbon wheels. The only thing I am always concerned about when it comes to carbon (except for the price tag) is that you can not asses if they are still ok just by looking at it from the outside. Their might be internal damage and then something breaks out of nowhere. Are there thoughts about testing those wheels more by x-raying them?

@elizabethpoley6882 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, kinda like what happened to that mini sub full of all the rich suckers...carbon fiber developed flaws over time.

@somnumna2606 Жыл бұрын

Breaking these will be the least of your worries.

@philipwhiuk Жыл бұрын

Pre video: I'd be more worried about the tyres... Well that unsurprising

@jeffreylee5770 Жыл бұрын

An interesting torture test, but what would really make it matter is how it does under more normal trials over a long time. Would de-lamination occur after a few years or more of rugged trails, potholes and etc? Most people expect their wheels to last many years....

@10ktube Жыл бұрын

Just riding without tires on that was impressive.

@Sparkyz480 Жыл бұрын

Just bought a cheap set of carbon 50s for my commuter. This vid makes me feel a lot better now!

@WredFawks Жыл бұрын

Blake gave that thing a full yeet and only de-laminated the lip after riding a black trail with no tire? Yeah, those wheels are solid money then.

@brianford8493 Жыл бұрын

If its round it rolls...... everything after that is a bonus ✌

@Metal-Possum Жыл бұрын

To reference Colin Chapman of Lotus fame, clearly these wheels are overbuilt if they don't fail immediately after reaching the finish line. Most modern road wheels are plenty strong enough, I'm not sure any roadie would need to be worried about that. As for compliance... you get that from your tyres. Spokes under tension do not offer any measurable vertical compliance.

@krehme Жыл бұрын

Love Blake’s road bike slope-style!

@dcv9460 Жыл бұрын

💥💥💥REALLY IMPRESSED 💥💥💥

@norieldollentas4830 Жыл бұрын

I am using the same wheels in my bike. Really impressed that it survived all this mayhem.

@christophergil9014 Жыл бұрын

That was impressive. Blake has some serious skills.

@EndUser-yu7gg 9 ай бұрын

Insane... I got the hyper x wheels for my checkpoint and yeah i love those after seeing your torcher test on them i was sold when I was debating wheel sets.. but they have proven themselves well ... It thinking when i get my health benefit reset with work ill be buying a pair of these... As i have aluminum Dynamo wheel from hunt but hey i like the idea of lightening my bike more ... You guys should use these with a bike packing load for the more ultimate test 🤪

@willlehrfeld457 Жыл бұрын

Great fun, thanks guys

@PrabuddhaDasGupta1966 Жыл бұрын

Blake is insane! It takes some guts to ride down all that with carbon rims and no tire! His bike handling is amazing! But then, if someone like me had ridden that route and survived, there was a bigger chance of damaging the wheels simply because I would be landing all wrong.