SAW BLADE WHEELS ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE - WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

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I have two huge cutting discs that are insanely sharp and heavy
and we're about to fit them to my jump bike.
Let's get ridiculous.
So if you remember the wooden wheels video we done a while back
I used this insert here which goes together like that
so in the middle we can place this metal disc
and make scary dreams a reality.
So we're just going to put some bolts through the holes they've got already here
so it doesn't perfectly line up.
Yes. Is that it?
Oh my ears.
That is unbelievably solid now.
Then for the rear wheel we've just got to take all these bolts off the old wooden ones.
And after all that we're left with
the sketchiest wheels I've ever seen and they're so heavy.
Let's fit them on the bike.
Oh my god.
That is so gross.
That's the worst thing ever.
Let's find a chain so we can get this thing starting to roll.
Chain on. We've just got to pull this wheel back a bit.
Rear wheel on.
Let's put the front one on.
Woah.
Dreamy.
We're going to have to switch these unfortunately
because that's for like a quick release
not a huge 14mm axle.
So we're going to go to the rigid
the same that we used for the wooden wheels
so I'm just going to fit them on.
I've got these beauties to put on now.
I've started running the huge high rise bars on my slopes on my bike again
so I ordered a few more pairs off eBay.
And I'm going to throw them on here to keep the front end up a bit.
Them bars are on.
Let's put on some pill grips.
We're going to go for pill grip longs in green and black.
There we go.
Matching grips are on.
I'm going to keep this huge Ergon SME mountain saddle on here
because I want as much chances as possible to not sit on this dangerous wheel.
We're now over at the classic local test spot for weird bikes.
And this thing is looking especially dangerous and awesome with those special discs on here.
With these disc wheels being so thin and we're riding on grass
I can't imagine it's going to be that quick.
But let's give it it's first test ride.
Here we go.
The gearing is so heavy.
It's working like a dream.
I didn't want to go over the bars.
Yes.
It works.
I was scared for a second if I went over the bars.
At the bottom it would just follow you.
It works down a hill.
Pretty easy.
Let's go over there into the woods.
See how it performs on dirt.
The heaviest kit on earth.
It's working like a dream.
Cutties.
Oh no, look.
There's a fallen log on the floor.
Maybe my cutting discs can clear this path of this debris.
Okay, well you get the idea.
It's quite lethal.
Look, if we just stayed there for another hour you could clear the trail.
So it's kind of like almost a win-win situation really, isn't it?
While walking out I've noticed it actually does eliminate small branches easily.
Look.
So you can sort of clear the trail as you're riding out.
We're now at another one of Colchester Council's great ideas.
It's this bike park.
It probably cost them about 200 grand.
Look at it.
It's unbelievable.
Anyway, at least there's a skinny we can try with these tiny wheels on.
So let's get that to go.
Nope.
It's so good for trials.
Let's continue and see other things we can find in an urban environment.
Here we go.
Oh, it's amazing on concrete.
Way better.
Oh, it drifts.
Come on, let's find a doomer.
Come on, mate.
Let's make more noise.
Right!
I wondered why that woman looked angry.
She was on the phone.
So I thought I'd stop it there.
But it just happens to be next to the greatest doomer on earth.
It's going to be kind of death with no brakes though, isn't it?
And morely the pedestrians.
Because if you have to go for like a safety slam into one of them,
there'll probably be two of them after that, wouldn't there?
With that on the front.
Is that actually legal to ride around on that?
Who knows or cares?
Let's send it.
Here we go.
Doomage with displays.
Yes!
Dom!
Cutting blades are the future of bike wheels.
Would you run them, mate?
No.
What do you mean no?
Look at them.
No punctures.
You can run people over you don't like.
Maybe for that reason, yeah.
After that short amount of riding, the wheels have come so loose.
It was wobbling insanely down that stair set.
But quick tighten up.
We're ready for more shredding.
We're actually going to try and ride around a pump track now.
So it could be quite interesting.
We just arrived at the local pump track.
And we're going to see if I can get around it with this thing.
It's going to be scary because when I get low to the wheel,
it's going to be like a cutting device.
It's working.
Oh, it's so hard to keep going though.
We've got to make it without pedalling because it is a pump track.
Oh, it's so heavy.
Come on.
Yes!
One lap done.
That is awful.
And when you pump, you're like getting close to the cutting point.
Let's get out of here.
We've escaped the pump track to this clear location here
to see if a manual is going to work.
I mean, it should do, it's just really heavy.
Once it's up, it could be really good for it.
Oh, yes, it's going to work.
The slow motion gearing is so funny.
You've got to pull for a flat flip to get the manual in the air.
Oh, yes, let's do a huge one.
Yes.
Proper manny.
Pull-up bar.
That is such a workout.
You've got to pull as hard as a flat drop backflip just to get it into a manual.
Part of the reason is, obviously, the discs weigh a ton and it's a disc,
but I've also got the wheels set super far back,
which has made the back end even longer,
so you've got to really pull it right up.
That's where I'll find them.
We've come to get urban on this spot here.
It's a perfect flat bank to wall ride, which I won't be doing on this bike.
I can't get enough speed and just don't want to be chopped in half,
but I think if we go up, we can do a Russian slider down
and it might make some sparks.
Let's give it a go.
I'm actually scared of that.
Oh, Louis, move.
That is the worst.
Oh.
We've come to a nice, quiet neighborhood
where I'm about to make a lot of noise going down this hill
and seeing how sideways I can get.
Here we go. Let's get sideways and slidey.
Oh, yeah, it does work.
What's that? I can't hear you.
Oh, slidey.
And what this bike is made for, drifting.
That worked so well.
These metal tires just slide amazingly,
but still have enough grip that you don't slide out.
That was well fun blasting down there,
although I wouldn't suggest anyone else tries it
because it is pretty gnarly.
If you crashed and that bike started chasing you,
then don't want to think about it.
That would be death.
On another note, I recently just started memberships on this channel.
If you go to the main page,
you can see here that you can join memberships,
which is rad.
You get early access to videos and a load of other cool stuff.
If you don't want to do that, that's fine.
Everything's going to stay the same.
But if you want to see more behind-the-scenes bits,
join up. That'd be awesome.
And I'm also going to have some videos that are hidden
because I wasn't allowed to show them,
i.e. that one, how I see it.
That will be available for members
because it's literally just sat on my channel
and I'm not allowed to show it to anyone.
But if there's just a few of you members there,
then I'm sure no one's going to mind
if that video becomes live to just a few of you.
Anyway, that is the end of the video.
I hope you guys enjoyed this.
If you want to see any other weird and wonderful things,
let me know.
See you in the next one.
To the sky!
