RIDING THE CHEAPEST BIKE ON AMAZON DOWN A MOUNTAIN - WILL IT MAKE IT?
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- Riding the cheapest bike on Amazon down a mountain - Will it make it? I bought a full suspension MTB for £160 off Amazon and took it into the mountains to see if this bike can survive a real mountain bike downhill trail!
The amazon cheap bike challenge is here and for this video I decided to drive into Wales to the infamous Cwmcarn bike park and ride from the top of the mountain to the bottom on this cheap £160 bike from amazon, but will it last? This full suspension bike is called the Duke and with a name like that I expected good things to come from it. After Lewi Pilgrim towed me up the hill with his Ebike I was ready to drop in on a black level downhill track and push this little delicate bike to the limits from top to bottom! But the only question on my mind was, will it survive the ride?
I hope you enjoy the video!
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Welcome to my channel, I'm a professional Freeride Mountain biker and former FMB world champion(2013).
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Sam is the most positive person on the planet. He could ride a radio flyer down that mountain and still compliment it on its handling. We need more people like him.
other than the fact he sexually harassed women at crankworx a while ago
Nah. Endorsing this piece of crap really isnt being positive. Its either being paid or being stupid.
yes man this man is amazing
True. I'd buy him a beer!)
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Sams weekly reminder that you dont need a better bike, you need to be a better rider.
I'm pretty sure that ''bike'' though will state in the instructions it isn't meant for offroad use. He is already a pro rider but it would be hard to progress on something like that, let alone safely. That bike no way shape or form is safe for mountain biking. Don't be cheap, it isn't worth it to get a hunk of junk like that solely due to the price.
Lol that bike won't last 20 miles.
@@RealMTBAddict that's the real issue, not whether you can do something on a bike but whether the bike will last long enough to improve on.
@@AngelEyes-bt6qp i started on a bike that had crappy disc brakes, crappy wheels that buckled once i started riding harder and the forks are the same ones as my mums £160 bike
@@Mintyss6.0 you started on a bike with disc brakes haha kids these days
Sounds like a proper can of nuts and bolts this bike 🤣 Great video Sam, to the sky!!
Lollllll😂😂😂😂
@@KimberlyThomason he's a legend dude, he didn't even use better tyres.
Just like his other bikes then...
i think most of the noise comes from the chain hitting the frame.
I would have use "bag of spanners" but yes, exactly that.
The camera work on this vid is simply superb
What can I say... I wasn't worried if the bike would make it down, I was concerned if Sam would survive! :D
same here
There's a challenge - Sam versus bike!
Naaah, he's good, he already did plenty of stupid/crazy stuff to know what to do when things get hairy, thoose teeth didn't pull themselves out XD
@@Ferrari255GTO can't argue that logic. 😂
Yep
"The bars are slipping down, this bike is so death"
* Proceeds to tail whip the next jump *
Needless to say, Sam did that twice as fast on that Crapper then I can do on a decent full sus 😂
Ah so I’m not the only one ehh!! Good
Full suspension is gae
Ive a lovely 27.5 full susser, I’ve been riding MTB (as us old fellas say) since oct 1987, and I have to say reasonably handy with it. However, Sam could probably beat me down that on a unicycle, so yeah! - we are not the same!
proof that riding without brakes makes you faster! 😅
same with me lol
It’s really insane how well you rode a bike that literally sounded like it was going to fall apart 😭
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Can we all appreciate that no matter how fast Sam is going Louie always gets the shot!
no
The sounds the bike is making are scary AF!!!
Great video!
First thing I noticed when he got to riding lol
It sounds like a literal bucket
@@orsations for real
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I have to say this is just such a entertainment to watch a pro rider on a fully beginers bike, but it is just awesome how you can perform on everything when you got the skill. Keep it up my man, you are the guy why i startet biking.. now i am a guy who rides park and has two bikes, a downhill and a freeride. Love you man!
Tbh this isn't even a begginer bike, it's pretty much landfill disguised as a bicicle. I have had a bike similar to this and they're horrible from end to end, the rear shock is literal garbage and will eventually die, leaving you with a useless frame. Get a hardtail and not one of theese, you can get a decent one for 250/350 that will show it's worth the moment you get on it, it won't beat records or survive two and a half years of trails, but it will be enough to see if you like MTB and learn many important things until you are ready to go a bit more serious
@@Ferrari255GTO yeah cheaper hardtails are much better. It's still weighs like 35 pounds for this price but the front fork is a little better and it feels way more solid overall.
How was did Louie film this? It’s like he is everywhere at once. I know he has to have some cameras that he puts down the trails before hand. But there is just so many different Angles. Good JOB!
My joints hurt just watching this
I started mountain biking in '91 after being a professional BMX vert rider in the 80's. We rode full rigid and it was normal. Good on you Sam for doing this. My current bike (which I haven't been able to ride in 5 years) is an '01 and it still ROCKS. I'd love for you to come to Georgia (USA), bleed the brakes and take it for a spin.
a fully rigid would be better than this
I discovered your channel 4-5 months ago.
You inspired me to buy a bike and start shredding gnar.
Your videos make my day. Thank you.
Pmsl watching that back wheel flex all the way down !! 😱🤣🤣 mint as per Pilgz! 🤣🤣🤙
Sam at start of trail: Let's get shredding, full speed cant wait for it.
Sam riding: death death death that's death so death death death bars have moved death now I'm brakeless horrible death.
Sam at end of trail: This is the best thing ever. Kind of the perfect setup.
“The DREAM!!!”
Please more such 100-400$ Mountainbike hardcore tests! 🙂😊😁👍👍
Too much of those tests and he will end up DEAD!
You want the man to die?!?! Lmao
When you said in the distance you could see England it brought years to my eyes I had to pause the video just to look at it for a moment. What a beautiful amazing country England is I'm so proud to be English. Great riding
Said it before - so refreshing to hear your positivity and generosity and a channel not full of swearing, bro jockhood and other rubbish.
"How is it working so well" 5:50 the face says everything 😆
I have never seen a fork like that work so hard. It really moves ...
Very expensive bicycle: One DH and 160 pounds ...
Pretty expensive if you want to enter the world of mtb for about 15 minutes :D
No more new bike day.. it’s the new bike 15 minutes
most of the people who would by this arent going to ride it like that, there going to ride it around in a park on walking trails and the occasional trail thats not paved. i think it would be great for that.
Problem with that bike is that if you do decide to spend your next 6 grand on a bike it’ll be too late - the undertaker will have already had your cash.
@@perry92964 nah they're crap for that too. There's a reason most bike maintenance shops won't touch super cheap walmart/amazon bikes. They don't stay in tune at all and the brakes dont work for a crap. Doing a tune-up on these bikes is pointless. They're garbage before you buy em. This kind of bike will hardly survive a parking lot at a campground.
Very well filmed Boys, that must have been a pain but the results are amazing
The comment “other than the suspension not working….at all” had me laughing pretty hard. Then when he stopped and the bars tilted down with the brake levers straight up in the air, I was crying laughing. Ha ha! Awesome content!
Sickk!🤘 Always loved your videos sam they're so productive and entertaining!
i had a bike like this for my 1st mountain bike about 10 years ago for £100 the back rear suspension deadass legit squeeked when it moved which i loved coz i knew it was working it was really bouncy.
Full sus for 100 quid haha go on lad a shopping trolley would have been better
when i was kid.. i had full suspension olpran bike... but the best tjing on it was rear shock spring from old java 250cc motorcycle... that mod was the best.. not some cheap stock spring that doesnt move... 😁
The noises 😂😂😂😂was terrified for you 😂😂👍
Love Sam's positivity and can-do attitude!!! He can really rip it, love you Sam!
Welcome to MTB'ing circa 1995. It's incredible how far we have come where what would have been a top end bike 25 years ago is now bottom end trash.
I think in 95' years good bike have better quality, this bike almost crash! look for the sound its terrible and dangerous.
@@garotPL Yes and no, better material and craftsmanship perhaps. But you still had single walled rims, quill stem, spring loaded forks, and cantilever brakes. Bitd by the time you got to the bottom of the mountain your brakes were burnt off and shot. And your wheels were bent. We would literally jump on the wheel to straighten it out and then go down the mountain again. After 95, good tech started taking off like modern stems etc. And MTB's got way better.
@@cbrstar7145 no idea what you’re talking about. I’ve got an ironhorse usa ars 2.0 which has proper brakes, proper stem and bars and is a very good bike even today. It came with rock shocks which don’t have any springs in them.
This bike is from 1991.
I honestly stumbled upon Sam's video and it got me hooked. This video just proves the point : you dont need an expensive bike to just cycle. Not all of us are crazy to do stunts and crazy stuff, but a simple bike can get the job done. It's the rider more than the bike. Reminded me of the point of me being a cheapo rider and everyone laughing at my bike for cheap parts but alas, the bike still gets it done.
Absolutely awesome. Now, if someone's gonna make noise again of having xxx parts and how crappy the bike is and it wont survive the ride, i'll refer them to this video!
Aigghhht, back on the cheap bikes. Loved the old one in Whistler soo much too! So much variation in context your channel, and you make it all look cool. Cheers! 🤘🏼😎🤙🏼
Love the way he says “hundred sixxxxteee Quid” 😂😂
Close your eyes, sounds like sams running downhill with tin cans underfoot..🤣 more balls than tennis this lad!
Nice filming skills Lewy, that teleportation trick works better every time!🔥
Amazon bike challenge in a skate parc?🧐
Amazon skate park in a bike has been done 100s of times already.
This video is very well put together. Editing on point! Love the constant change in perspective
Somehow stumbled on this channel from a friend recommendation. Haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. Buckled wheels, bent bars, brakes obliterated and somehow still smiling at the bottom of the trail. You’ve earned my sub good sir.
Still probably 100% better then the high-end rig I was riding in the mid-90's.😅 Well, except maybe for the tires. Tires were actually not bad back then.😅
Hate to shit on your picknick but a high-end 90's MTB has much better quality parts than this thing. I still have my Giant ATX-970 from the late 90's, and that thing shits all over this flimsy pile of shit. It's been through years of abuse and it still works like a charm, unlike this thing which won't even last for a month of regular mountainbiking
I was thinking the same thing, but for the late 80's!
@@jokermtb same here but the 70's!
@k.w. thats not true at all i myself destroyed a few bikes in my day and i certainly saw my friends do the same. that was in the 70's
nope. a 90s bike would have been made better. even a fully rigid would be better
That bike looks sketchy the whole time I thought those forks would snap sick videos ✌️✌️🤞😝🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Those type of videos are my favorite of yours. Keep ‘em coming.
Keep rolling out the Amazon/department store bike challenges....absolutely good and funny content.
Hi Sam. This is Martyn from Duke bikes, is it possible you could leave us some feedback regarding your experience on our super capable 27.5 downhill bike. We also reviewed your footage. And we can tell you that the issues you had where operator fault.
Kind regards
Team Duke purebred downhill bikes 🚴
Absolutely nothing was operator fault. Bars slipping from wrong stem design. Even on mild street riding those bars and stem slip lose. The rims are not strong enough not to bend on small street pot holes. Please redesign those bikes and put on stronger bars stems and rims. Voice of Personal experience. Seriously “not joking. “
@@calimongoose8433 hi. Director mart here from Duke bikes.
I’m so sorry you feel this way about our product. But I’m afraid I have to disagree with you. You see we send our bikes on the gnarliest of parks Big jumps off curbs. Skids you name it. Even our tyre tread never wears down. I’m afraid Sam used a stone to tighten the bolts. So user error
Kind regards
@@martbrown3406 see this is The problem with the world today is ppl don't take other options into account who's to say that there are underlying reasons for it too happen that you haven't seen , not dissing your bike's I've never ridden one but maybe take a look at it from another angle there are reasons ppl have there own opinions and he used correct tools at the start of the video peace from Australia
@@justaaussie Fully agree mate. I’m only messing. Not my bikes really
@@martbrown3406 ah typical internet troll another problem with this world today... But anyway that's just my opinion.... Peace
Just like every video, I LOVE how positive you always are. NEVER loose that =)
We love you Louie keep up the awesome filming. Thanks Sam for the content!
Glad someone has finally done something like this. Love this type of original content
The Lewie tow was hilarious. More cheap bike challenges. Maybe get a few other riders involved, each with their own cheap bike; See who survives the longest.
See 'who' survives, cheap bike challenge last man standing, literally!
I can describe the experience of watching you own this challenge in one word:
A N X I E T Y
Yes I did enjoy your great video. First of all shows what Incredible ability you have to just get on this thing and SURVIVE that ride, WOW. Also the manufacturers should be incredibly GRATEFUL to you for showing that a person can actualy survive on their product (albeit dependant on ability) during an extreme situation. Well Done.
So good! Love Sam’s constant positivity- “can’t be deterred” as bikes trying to kill him 😂
The noises..... Eeeeesh, the sad thing is, he's still going faster than I could
No matter how fast sam is, louie is still ahead getting sick footage 😂😂😂
The dream!!!!!!!
I don't know anything about mountain biking, I just watched this video because it looked cool (and it was), but it's funny how the entire time he was going "everything's broken, I've got no brakes, the wheel's buckled, I'm in pain" while interspersing it with "it's actually quite good, this bike".
Sam and Lewi y'all rock! Today was EPIC! I thought it had no chance at making it all the way to the bottom! Love the channel and content! I'm here for the algorithm! TO THE SKY! Peace
Video idea, upgrade that bike with parts "you have laying around in the garage" and see how it performs compared to original, i would really love to see that!!! Keep up with the amazing vids 🔥
The fact this bike came with pedals is awesome.
This channel is slowly becoming my favorite. Sam love your energy. 🙌
a truly daring performance. And that sound! Omg
That honestly just sounds like someone banging on an empty pot with a spoon.
these always make me appreciate how well our bikes our made
I found a $600 mountain bike at a garage sale that I paid $20 for that has never seen 1% of what that cheap Amazon bike did and probably never will. But I have ridden it 100x more that the previous owner did. You motivate me to try more and more off road.
You and your bro do fantastic work. Love the angles and slow mo. So fun to watch
Thanks a lot!
Would you test the serious shoreline? Would be interesting to see if it survives. Its a bit more expensive tho. 🙂
You wanting one is obviously the reason you asked, id spend a couple extra 100 on a second hand bike. The whole point of these videos is to test the cheapest bikes available, that bike was like 4/500 last time i saw it so it would be a real waste of money.
A serious shoreline seems to be a good beginner bike. In this price category. You got hydraulic piston brakes and 2.25 wide tyres, this is important. The drivetrain ist a cheap one, but it will work for the first rides. And you can upgrade anything on this bike if you want. With the right headset you can even fit a tapered fork on to this bike.
@@t_to_the_homschen7270 Hi I already bought the serious shoreline. I paid 475€ with shipping. I would have liked it to buy a better a bit more expensive MTB for like 200€ more but I really wanted a 3 by drivetrain. And all more expensive MTB just have a 1 by drivetrain. So I bought this bike just for its drivetrain because I like it to ride fast.
Would you say it would be worth it to spend 210€ for a air fork? Or is the bike to cheap so that it's not worth it? Thanks for a answer. 🙂
@@mad-pit3832 I would like to see him testing it because I would like to see what I could do with it. 🙂
@@loveistheanswer5924 if you Plan to own it longterm An airfork is an worthy upgrade. I would definitly spent it. I'm riding a ghost kato 500 le (cheap hardtail). I upgraded everything, 12 speed drivetrain, airfork with 160mm travel, 4 pot maguras with 203mm and 180mm rotors, dropper post, durable endurorims and so on. I spent in total 2000€ for a hardtail how I wanted it. Now I can shred it hard and nothing brakes.
Love from germany🔥
Yeah love from Germany as well. 🙂👍❤️
Liebe Grüße, der Kerl ist echt witzig. 😄
Haven't laughed that much in a while!! Loved the brake adjustment!! LOL!!!!!!
Cool edit! Nice how you shot the vid sam/lewi, love the non-follow-cam angles! Looks like you have molten bars :)
You're the fuckin' man, Sam. You've inspired me to be best rider I can be (I just ride xc/trail/singletrack)
The videos are insanely good 💚🤘
We all start somewhere, right now i have a good DH bike but because i'm a chonker i can't really do anything big on it since the rear shock's spring isn't enough, i will eventually buy a 650x3.2 and go for some serious jumps
I wish I could send Sam the cheapest bike on Amazon I bought in Canada. it’s much worse than that.
Love the no quit, had me smiling start to finish. Nice one mate
Awesome!!! Love your channel! 🤙🏼
My main question is how this chain was still on the chainring after all this bumps? I’ve spent so much time trying to fix this problem on a street bike, lucky i’ve finally found out what narrow wide is
The front derailleur keeps it from coming off…..
I love these types of videos. Thank you
Always entertaining and fun to watch!
Old jukey got skooled on fly with pilgrim on board..jukey got well & truly sent...another magical moment on a mountain cheers sam😄
Literally smiled for the entire video. Threw in a few laughs as well. Fair play Sam that looked scary as hell. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Such a phenomenal edit - huge props to Lewie on this one!
Love how you called out for Lewie half way down that second section as if you thought that was the end haha! Love the content!
One of the funniest videos I've watched in a while! Great stuff
Great video, sounds like you hired a percussion section of Cowbell players bruh 😀. Great job Sir !!!
Hey Sam, thanks for another SHREDAAAAAAAGE Session and cheers for making me crack up laughing when I found out you were getting towed by Lewi up the Mountain ✌🏼Out
Good job filming Lewi!! Sam did pretty good as well. The bike survived (ish) Sam, so must be good.
The sound of that fork bottoming out it’s like youve got own cowbell with you, brilliant
I have never in my life up until now have I heard a bike go down a hill and sound like someone beating on a tin can with a stick... LoL I'm guessing it's the shocks bottoming out and the Spokes crying for dear Mercy hah love the video mate
I love when you do reviews on cheap bikes it’s very entertaining seeing if it survive or not
OK, So first off, you gained a new sub! It's obvious that you can ride, I loved the challenge. Great Vid!
Bro, I am having such a laugh watching your vids, cheers.
Funny.vid the bike sounded quality down that black run 🤣🤣👍
I've been riding for a year now, sold my rigid 26" last week and finally got myself a proper 29" hardtail. The funny thing is, i never hit a trail on the 26", but it used to rattle just like that just by riding in the city and rough terrain from time to time
Sounded like a cow bell all the way down 🤟😂 epic!!!
That was a pure giggle man,cheers Sam,you nutter.🤣
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time dude;;; !!! Amazing when the bars twisted I lost it bro.
This is like the funniest thing ive seen in awhile. Same is so positive about everything its funny to watch him on this.
love your content bro!
I fully love this video
So un snobby and shows that mounting biking can be more inclusive and accessible to people on a lower income
Obvs the bike is not designed for the most gnarly riding but looks like you can have lots of fun on it :)
Really enjoyed that, cheers
You've only just started riding and I'm already in stitches 🤣 sounds like you're stood by people laying old school train tracks hitting the pins in, I'm dying 😂😂😂
Great review Sam, just bought this bike for a 2 week trip to Morzine, held up really well after hammering the Pleney black. I'm currently laid up in hospital with a ruptured spine, i think it might have something to do with the shorts I wore 👍
Oh man, the wheels taco'd several times and I thought you were going to blow out the shocks on every little jump. Bravo Pilgrim!
Excellent vid (and editing). "COME ON BIKE, LET'S DO IT"
you are so funny sam...this video is sick.lmao 🤣🤣🤣
I so looove these cheap bike challenges.
I love the sound it makes...🥶