Downhill Mountain Biking On The WRONG Bike

This might be the worst possible bike I could have brought here. This is a bike designed to jump around on things, not flying down trails. This is so stupid. And today I'll be seeing just how far I can push it before it becomes a terrible idea. But before I can even think about taking it down that, we need to start with something considerably easier. Now, normally this is something that I would ride down on my Santa Cruz 5010. 140 mil of suspension in the front, proper tires, a dropper post, literally everything that you could want. But this on the other hand has none of that. We're talking absolutely no suspension at all. A seat that is practically non-existent. Ow. The most ridiculous bars you've ever seen and a super light pedaling gear. All right. Let's see how this feels. Oh. Oh my God. The acceleration is insane. Already I've run out of pedal power. Manual. Oh, I'm flying. Big open corner. Oh my God. I can feel the tires slipping. See if we can do something special here. Nose bump. Manual. Wooden feature. Yes. Oh my God. That actually went much better than I expected. And if I'm being honest, I wasn't actually too concerned about riding that trail. It was relatively smooth. There wasn't any big hits and I could easily avoid anything that I didn't want to ride. But the next test is very different. So I have no issues when it comes to getting this bike in the air, but it's what happens when I come back down that I'm worried about. You guys have to remember, I literally have no suspension at all. Ow. So I think it's time to find out how this thing handles some proper jumps. Luckily for me, we've got three different lines here that increase in difficulty. Beginner, intermediate, and experienced. So we're able to ease our way into things starting with easy. Oh my God. This feels bizarre. Oh my God. Okay. I completely overshot that last jump there. And definitely paid the price. I would hate to do that on the bigger jumps over there, but all things considered, I think that actually went pretty well and I think we're ready for the intermediate line. Let's send it. Oh my God. Oh my God. The bumps. Oh my God. That is really scary. But I did get a little bit of a steezy little for you guys. The bike's so reactive to just like the littlest. I feel absolutely everything all through my wrist. The bike's just. So the bike has definitely handled this much better than I was expecting so far. However, the beginner and intermediate lines are one thing, but the experienced line is a whole nother step up. Come on. Just do exactly what you've been doing and you should be fine. Let's do it. Speed, speed, speed. Come on. Oh my God. Please make the gap. Oh yes. Yes. I was gritting my teeth so hard there. Let's go. The bike is still in one piece. I am still in one piece, but it went much better than I was expecting so much. So I couldn't help resist, but have a little bit more fun as well. Right. So, so far the bike has passed everything that I've thrown at it, but there's a problem because both of these tests so far have allowed me to remain relatively in control and choose when the bike takes an impact. On a proper downhill trail, I don't get that choice. Rocks, roots, holes. They're going to be hitting this bike over and over again. And with absolutely no suspension at all, this is the test I've been worried about because if I can't make it through this stuff with some sort of control, then there's absolutely no chance I'm taking it down that. So this is pretty much make or break. I found the perfect spot here to try and ride. It's rocky, loose, slippery. There's moss everywhere and not to mention the crazy steep ending. And I don't want to just survive this. I actually want to ride it with some pace because if this thing is completely uncontrollable here, then taking it down the final trial would just be stupid. What am I doing? My tires are so hard as well. They're like 40 PSI or something. Come on, let's do it. Got to ride it properly. You know, can't just crawl down. Brakes are wet. Oh my God. Oh, offline. Oh my God. Get the turn. Into the steep bit. No, no, no, no. Oh my God. Oh my God. That was horrifying. That was so slippery. I got pushed offline the whole way, even on that end bit just now. But we did it. The bike handled it. Yes, it's a bit tricky, but it seems like it might be possible. And that's kind of no good because I guess that means I've run out of excuses now. Everything so far has basically been leading to this. The bike handled a proper mountain bike trail. Manual. Survived the jumps. Oh, yes. And somehow rode through the rough stuff. But now I'm about to combine all of that on an actual downhill trail. Not going to lie, having this bike here at the top of a trail like this honestly kind of feels like a terrible idea. No suspension, street tires, practically no seat. And a bike that is designed to do this is about to try and do this instead. Oh God. And there are three sections that I'm seriously worried about. First up, we've got this. On my normal bike, I'd pretty much just let the suspension deal with this. But today my arms are the suspension. And then almost immediately we'll be riding off this big man-made drop. And then we have feature three. And this might be the one that I'm most concerned about the gap jump. I'll have to make sure I'm carrying as much speed as possible here. If I hope to be able to make it over successfully. One mistake here, and I'll definitely be paying the price. Well, the whole video has led to this, a proper black diamond downhill trail on a street trials bike. This is so stupid. Let's do it. I just started like that. Oh my God. Oh my God. I hope it's coming across how rough this is. Here comes this first feature. Oh my God. Here it comes. The drop. Come on. Bit off course. Oh my God. I'm going to have no rear wheel after this. All the vibrations straight through my arms. Just holding on for dear life at this point. Drop. Come on. Focus. I got nearly bended. Oh my God. My front wheel just got snagged. We've still got the final feature and I'm pretty sure it's coming right up. Gap jump. Here we go. Pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal. Oh my God. Oh my God. I nearly died. Oh, so sore. Yes. You're joking. We made it. That was so scary. I did my best to try and ride it as it should be and as fast as I could, but there were some sections there that I just had to, Oh my God. I had to slow right up for sure. Just to make sure I can continue making videos for you guys. I genuinely cannot believe that that worked this morning. I wasn't even sure this thing would be comfortable on a simple green trail and somehow we've just taken a street trials bike down a downhill trail. So can you go downhill mountain biking on a street trials bike? Apparently yes, but would I recommend it? Absolutely not. I think I owe this thing a proper street trial sesh after this.