The best place I’ve NEVER ridden! Chelmsford: Essex

Hello everyone. Welcome back to the channel. I am here today in uh lovely Chelmsford in Essex. Um I just did a show today in Colchester and then I’ve got another one to do tomorrow. But I had some time to kill this evening. It’s like 10 5 this evening. Um, and Matt Hart from the Trials Riders group sent me uh, basically I’ve got a little scavenger hunt to do. It should be quite fun. Basically got a load of different places to go and ride. He’s dropped me pins to each of them so I can follow it on um, Google Maps and I’m just going to go. I’ve got the the bike and everything. I’ve got my cameras and stuff. I am legit just going to go and have a roll around here in Chelmsford. I really don’t do street rides anymore cuz I’m just so used to riding trials parks and stuff. Unfortunately, Radical Bikes just down the road is closed tonight. So, um yeah, I’m going to have a look around. There is a skate park right over there, which I think is going to be my first point of call. And I’m going to see how many of these spots I can tick off in one evening. So, um yeah, thank you to Matt for sorting me out. He couldn’t come out tonight, unfortunately. But I guess that makes it a bit more interesting because I’m a complete stranger to this town. To my knowledge, I’ve never been here before. Um and I’m going to see how it goes. So, um yeah, if you haven’t already, please do go and subscribe and uh yeah, let’s see what the wonderful town city of Chelmsford has to offer. Let’s go. So, first stop skate park here. Um, there’s actually like a massive music festival going on over there. So, um, yeah, everyone seems to be in that, which is nice cuz it means it’s uh it’s quite quiet here. Let’s have a hop around and see what this is like. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Interesting potential hop onto this evil looking eye. [Music] [Music] You probably can’t tell, but I did that brakeless. They just landed on the perfect break point now. Now, a bit of a dodgy short runner, but can we get up it a different way [Music] that longer stem? Oh, helps so much. Oh, went a bit off the side there, but better. [Music] So, yeah, I think I’m done with the skate park here. Uh, next spot, according to Matt’s map, I like that Matt’s map. uh is in that park back over there the way that I came or near to there. So, let’s go check that out. Testing, testing. Very interesting little spot there. Some nice gaps, maybe. Let’s see how it goes. big to start the day with. That work [Music] maybe. Thanks, man. Sorry. You’re not security or anything, are you? Oh, you are? No, I’m not. Oh, okay. Thanks, man. Yeah, I’ve never been here before, but I’m just trying out some spots. So, uh yeah. There’s just uh there’s basically so many gaps here and everyone’s really friendly which is really nice. Not to try and sound like a surprise southerner, but yeah. [Music] I wonder if that’ll go up the back. [Music] Huh? Heat. [Music] Well, I mean Well, I mean that bit that’s better. I’m really hot and exhausted. Come on, focus on me. There we go. Well, that was really good fun. Um, I think I session the hell out of that. I’m sure there’s more stuff. I can stay there for ages. There’s so many cool little gaps between those bits and bobs. It’s like a river bed and it says it is a water feature sometimes. So, that’s kind of cool. Like, that’s really nice. Um, there’s a couple of little blocks around here, these weird sort of polygon shapes. Have a quick play on them. And the next spot on Matt’s map is just up there. So, um, yeah, let’s try this out. Let’s see what happens here. Oh my god. Nearly lost it there. [Music] Now, that is a thing I’d try and roll down on the track, but not for me today. Jeepers creepers. Something went awfully wrong there. Have I just Oh, you’re kidding me. Cheapest creepers. Jeepers creepers. My rear axle has just snapped. But uh yeah, sure there. It’s not like super light cuz it’s got to be strong, but like you guys take care. All right. See you soon. Thanks, man. Byebye. Oh my god. Right. So, I’ve just carried my bike back to the van cuz yeah, the rear axle on the clean snapped. I am so frustrated because I’ve got loads of spares in here. I’ve got like three pairs of bars. I got two full brakes. I’ve got um different stems, everything. And Braggy picked me up a clean rear axle the other day from Luke Walder and uh I didn’t get it off him, which would have been really useful, but I have got the spare bike, the crookers. I can’t take the axle out of that cuz it’s 135 and the clean is 120. Been through this game before. Um, but I got demos to do tomorrow, so I’m going to have to ride this bike. So, I might as well get used to it this evening. So, on the cruise we go. I’m really gutted cuz I was loving riding the clean. But, um, yeah, back on this thing, which is long and bit heavier, but still beautiful. And, uh, there’s still more spots to find. So, let’s see what we can do. Right. So, I’ve just cycled back to the same spot I was in again. And um I’m actually going to have a go on these little polygons here that I was going to have a go on on the clean just before before it broke. Um I’m on the crew cuz it feels weird. It feels really weird. But I have to remind myself there was a point when I loved this bike. It was my favorite bike. So, I’m going to try and not feel too like not riding my clean. Um, but uh yeah, let’s have a hop. This should make me These should be a nice kind of warm-up hop things. And there’s some nice steps behind me. They should be fun as well. So, um yeah, let’s give this a go. Bars feel weird. Stem feels weird. Everything feels weird. [Music] I’m channeling my inner Steve Rogers. Nope. Yeah. Oh, it’s that. But it’s a weird angle when you come off of it. There we go. Nearly died. You just end up off there. There we go. There we go. Well, that worked. All right, let’s go find something else. [Applause] She felt kind of all right. I wonder if that’ll go all the way up. Whoa. Not quite. It’s so long. Oh, the clean. I’d have just booofed that. I’ve got to stop saying that. I’ve got to stop saying if it was on my clean cuz I say it all the time and it doesn’t help anything. You’re on the cruc now. You’re going to ride it and you’re going to have fun. W actually went up quite nice. [Music] Nice. Yow. Right. Almost up to here. Okay. What have we got now? Oh. Oh. So, I’m aware that I am now basically like in a big housing complex and I don’t want to annoy any of these people. So, I’m probably going to do more hopping than riding and just get the clips and get on. Um, but yeah, so there’s this fun looking gap to front and I guess I’m riding this bike. I’m going to have to get the hang of gapping it to front again cuz um that’s what I need to do in a show tomorrow. So yeah, it’s off this really weird little step. There’s just not quite enough space to turn the tire fully. [Music] Oh, that was so joyous. That actually worked really well. Oh, of course. Yeah. Yeah, sure. I thought you were going to kick me off. Yeah. Everyone’s so nice around here. Should go the other way. Nice. Oh, thanks, man. Hope you enjoyed it. I don’t want to be judgmental, but everyone I’ve met so far has been really nice, and that’s made me have to check a few things cuz I expected everyone to be really moody. [Music] Still haven’t quite got it sticking to that front bit, but Oh my god. Oh yes. Oh yes. Nice. Well, I’m like so happy because I uh I genuinely thought snapping that rear axle was going to be the end of my ride. After a couple of holes, I’m actually really enjoying the crew cuz I’m like, “Wow, this thing slaps.” It’s still got it. Now, there is a big gap here. I’ve just seen. Um, might be too big, but you know, it’s what we’re here for. Man, I’m sweating so much. It is literally, you see the sweat dripping out of my helmet. It is boiling. But yeah, but you’re not in direct sunlight, so it’s okay. But I must drink some water in a minute. I should do that. Okay. In fact, let’s do that now. Let’s drink water. Right after we set up this shot, leave some for later. So, I’m thinking that has been waxed, but it’s all right. From here over to there, maybe it’s not that bad. It looks about level, so it might go the other way as well. But let’s find out one step at a time. Definitely goes, [Applause] apart from a minor case of forgetting where the back wheel was for a minute. And actually worked out. All right. Will it go back the other way? Let’s find out. I keep forgetting where the back wheel is. [Applause] Really no problem. Nearly. That’ll do, me. Thanks. That’ll do. Not today. This looks large. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 in a bit. Should go. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] Yeah, I see you. I’m a cold place. I need your [Music] [Music] Do it again. Do it again. Do it again. Can we go? Are you on Tik Tok? I’m on YouTube. RPM. Are you online? You have a YouTube. [Music] Welcome. [Applause] Come on. [Music] Back on with microphone power again. Um, this is the next spot that Matt kind of recommended. Just a classic big old wall. It’s actually way bigger than I thought it was. That’s huge. And I don’t want to fall in that bush cuz I don’t know what’s in it. But I can fall that way. That’ll be okay. That worked really well. That went up so nicely. That went up so nice. Whoa, that went up a lot better than I thought it would. really happy with that to be honest. Um I I’d have done it on the other bike 100%. Um but you know there’s something to be said for cruers. They’re just everything is just tighter and firmer and this rear brake is just crazy. It’s so good. Um but yeah. Oh. [Music] Oh my. Hey man. Really sorry. Um I’m just interested to see what you’re doing. Oh, I’m just uh Well, I’m just having a ride and just filming some stuff for YouTube. Really random question. Yeah. Um are you a Christian by any chance? Uh I am not. No. Okay. Do you have any faith? Like do you believe in anything or Um I’m I’m agnostic I guess. So yeah, I like Yeah. If people if people want to believe in other things that’s fine. I’m kind of open to it for now. For now, I think I’m good. Like, so like I’m all right. No worries. Well, I hope it all goes well with your show and stuff. Thanks, man. What’s your YouTube channel, by the way? It’s called RPM Displays. RPM Displays. Thank you. Take care, guys. God bless. Everyone’s really nice here. [Applause] genuinely feeling kind of pumped like um I was so gutted earlier when my axle snapped into the bike and I was like a that’s it rides over. I can’t ride this thing still. I’m used to a shorter bike now. turns out. Give me about half an hour and I can get used to it again. Um, and yeah, that’s uh yeah, it’s really good fun. I’m I’m sure. Yes, there are other things I could do and go bigger, but um for like a roll around another town, this is well good. Um yeah, right. I guess let’s look for the next spot. So, I absolutely have to take my hat off to Matt cuz like every spot he has called out has been amazing on this little map that he’s given me. So, this Chelmsford scavenger hunt has just been awesome. Um, we definitely need to do more stuff like this, I reckon. I know there used to be an app that Sean did like FXN like the spotfinder, but it doesn’t seem to work anymore cuz I’ve tried it and it didn’t work. So maybe it does. But yeah, I’d never have found any of these spots um by myself. But um yeah, this one again, we’re like outside like loads of people’s flats and stuff, so um I don’t want to make too much noise and I don’t want to piss anyone off. Um so I’m just going to have a hop. And there’s like two more spots around the corner. So, I’m going to see what I can do here. Um, and then yeah, that might be it for the night because I’ve got to ride all the way back to my van and it’s like nearly 8:00. Um, and I’ve got to find somewhere to sleep tonight as well. So, um, yeah. Right. Well, let’s have a hop and see what we can do here. I’m just going to assess this, but Oh, no. The bike will not fit. Heat. Heat. That actually went real nice. Now, I wonder if the gap between like where I just went from like that and that is the same as the one from that down to there. They might be different. It doesn’t look like a long way away. And I’ve got to get off a small takeoff. So, we’ll see how this goes. That actually was nicer, I think. Am I rolling at this? Nope. All right. So, this is basically going to be two big gaps with a little gap in between. And the first gap I actually haven’t tried yet. From there to over there. Damn it. This spot is quite similar to the last one and it’s basically just this one gap, but Matt took the time to put it on the map. So, I’m like, right, let’s let’s just hit it all in one go. So, uh up to back, turn around, come down, up to front. [Music] Oh, come on. Right, one last spot and it looks like a beauty. All these rocks in here and stuff. Um, yeah. Oh, let’s go on. That was fun. the wheel swap because why not? Can I do a manifesto? Be nice if I could. Nice. Okay. Okay. Okay. There’s a big rock here. It’s a skinny thing there. I think it’s fairly obvious. Oh, nearly. I think I’m a little little bit dehydrated and quite tired now. [Music] Okay, I am done. I’m absolutely cooked. Um, oh, what an amazing evening. Oh, can’t even sit my bike properly. Um, I was so deliberating whether or not I come back here cuz from Colchester, it’s like a half hour drive. So, like 20 m or something and I got to go back to Colchester tomorrow. So, it adds on like 40 mi of driving to my journey. But when it’s a 500 mile journey all around, it’s like, well, I kind of had to really. Um, uh, but I’m just blown away. Thank you so much to Matt Hart for like sorting this out. Um I just wouldn’t have known where to go or what to do. And I think this is a good call cuz I know Yeah, like I said earlier, there used to be FXN there used to be a a spotfinder and it was really useful like people like me especially who go all around the country and stuff like um it was really something like that would be really good but I don’t know how to make it. So, if someone else does, then yeah, we should do it. Um, unless it is still active and I’m just being stupid and haven’t used it. So, sorry if that’s the case. But, um, yeah. Oh my god, I’m about to die of heat exhaustion. I’m going to go find somewhere, go for a swim, go for a pint, go to bed. Um, but yeah, I genuinely I thought this ride was going to be over when I cracked that rear axle earlier and I was like, “Oh god.” Cuz I’ve got another one at home. Could have brought it with, could have, would a, shoulda, but the crucus has just been so beautiful all evening. I’ve so enjoyed it. Um, makes me sad the idea of perhaps getting rid of it. And well, maybe I don’t have to. Like, you know, if no one wants to buy this long cruise, then maybe I’ll hang on to it cuz it works brilliantly for me now. Um, but yeah, I’m I’m so tired. I don’t know if you can see how much Oh god. Yeah, still raining sweat out of my helmet. Um, thank you guys so much for watching. Please go and subscribe and I will see you guys all next week for whatever we’ve got then. All right, take care. Thanks very much. Bye-bye.