It's Jet Powered?! | Blake Builds A DIY Leaf Blower Bike

Here at GMBN we regularly get asked how to ride faster and easier! Well if you want to know a great cheat code we have the perfect answer for you! In this episode of Blake Builds, Blake Samson builds a DIY jet-powered gravel bike by strapping 8 cordless leaf blowers to a custom-built pannier rack!
*Disclaimer: This video is intended for entertainment purposes. You should not attempt to recreate this build, trick or stunt which is outside of your skill level or which you do not feel comfortable with. Doing so could result in serious injury.
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[@gmbn]

What would you like to see next in the Blake Builds Series❓💭 Let us know 👇

[@TitoJoebs]

@Blake, how about a "rocket-powered" bike?

[@Codballs83]

Bike camper ?

[@mojo3398]

nuclear reactor bike for sure

[@boblazar1976]

Nobody can afford half dozen Dyson leaf blowers,.....MAATE!?!..Just sold the HOUSE to get a Santa Cruz !? ...now this!? 😅😂

[@bennaylor5060]

i did not put my first one in the correct place but, can you do Blake Builds a bike trail.

[@rwandnw]

Need more Blake builds.

[@markdavis8430]

🤘

[@gmbn]

More on the way!

[@zobilamouche420]

Blake should do a collab with Colin Furze and Sam Pilgrim to create a crazy bike !

[@keebaeklim]

Racing Sam Pilgrim with the fan bikes! One of the guys on GCN did a fan bike as well I think

[@Tiaan90]

They could build a mountainbike for GCN Conor, with propotional, massive suspension travel for the 36" wheels he's running on his gravel bike 😄

[@Hoosieroutdoor1969]

I don't think the world is ready for that to happen😂😂

[@ThisRandomGuyYouDidntNotice]

jet powered vs paramoter bike drag race? would be kinda hilarious ^^

[@kjracz15]

Yup, there's no need to be a stickler for what type of content should be on the channel. So long as there's a bike involved and it's entertaining., rock on! 😊

[@Graeleaf]

It is hilarious to watch Blake weld with the back tire on the whole time! 😂

[@gmbn]

Safety third! 🤕😅

[@tonyhall4040]

Glad you gave Sam credit at the end. Was on my mind the whole time. Should link his channel

[@galenkehler]

Legally I don't think they can provide a clickable link, but they can mention his name so long as they don't mention his channels direct name.

[@tonyhall4040]

@@galenkehler They sure can! People give full credit and links in their description all the time and the channel owners certainly appreciate it!

[@gmbn]

The original 'fan bike' idea was pioneered by Rob Warner in Earthed 3 (Alex Rankin, 2006). Of course he'd shout out Sam, Blake and Martyn are both friends with him. Martyn's 'Ashton Bikes' might have even been Sam's first pro sponsor

[@triggerking135]

Need a Colin Furze crossover, Blake!

[@the-cyber-monkey]

GMBNs very own Colin Furze 👍🏻 another great build Blake

[@exothermal.sprocket]

Has a bit of a Colin Furze feel to it, minus the beat-your-head-against-the-wall-rock music. Fun build!

[@jonpowell8014]

How long until Colin Furze is here! And given your love of metal fab and welding Blake, i reckon you need to build a swing bike next... 😁

[@TimR123]

Well that gets a win for the sheer bonkers of it 🙂 BTW, the reason angling them down to 'push off the ground' doesn't work is that the thrust comes from basic Newtonian reaction. The mass of the air thrown back pushes you forward. So to maximize the forward vector of your motion, you want the thrust pointed straight back. (Yeah, there could be some interesting ground effects etc. but that takes experimentation or modeling to figure out)

[@satchmotionrc8202]

Fabrication leads to elation! Keep on building Blake!

[@junka1975]

Loved it. Blake's welding skills and fabrication skills are just getting better as he goes.

[@hydra66]

Blake is the top of the list of people to call if you have too many leaves in your back yard

[@throughthewindow4894]

A boy and his toys. Love it.

[@petetennis7254]

I definitely want to see more videos like this

[@gmbn]

What would you like to see next?

[@murderede4664]

As a welder, the elephant bit had me in tears😂 I’ve never seen that happen before either

[@philso7872]

We definitely need more "Blake Builds" episodes

[@gaddobronx6740]

Blake...that was awesome. I especially liked the Evel Knievel outfit. The stuff you come up with is crazy. Just wondering how fast did you end up going?

[@robsmith7681]

This would be a awesome idea for spring trail clean up mounted forwards get the leafs gone. 💪🏽

[@brendan1]

Coolest looking leaf blower I've ever seen! Well done Blake!

[@konstantinosstamoulas4578]

haha Blake that was so much fun watching!!!

[@nERVEcenter117]

Love that it was inspired by Sam Pilgrim's paramotor vids! You two should trade ideas until you have an incredible shed-engineering collab to do!

[@stevecaldwell8284]

Blake - if you were an actor you'd be cast in Mad Scientist movies!

[@nevakos24]

That jumpsuit was awesome 😂

[@cctrailrunningnz]

Blake ‘MacGyver’ Samson rides again. So good! 😂

[@mgirard700]

Blake, you’re The Man. Keep doing what you do best, being yourself! 😎

[@rducut]

Blake has out done himself

[@Hondo-kj8hi]

Hell Yeah Blake! 💙😆 Love the Evil Keneval outfit. Cheers from across the pond! 🚲💨 💥👊🏻💥

[@tomstarmore180]

Fairplay that was a cracking vid top man for mentioning Sam pilgrim your both great 😂

[@thievingjoker]

So silly, yet satisfying to watch. Keep it up!

[@daskleineM]

This is so crazy, I need more of it 🤣

[@stevenprice1733]

The new Colin furze 🤙🏻

[@davidf2281]

I've probably said this before but Blake and Colin Furze need to do a collab.

[@jonathanlindup3269]

build a drill bike! I did one with a bmx chainring bolted on where the rear disc goes and a bmx freewheel on the chuck. then a bmx brake or loop of cable to operate drill trigger. might need some sort of chain tensioner

[@tyeaknot4001]

I really enjoy the Blake builds . Would like to see you attempt to create your own crazy electric mountain bike . You have successfully built a mountain bike before so maybe time to step it up . Dual suspension electric mountain bike .. thanks for the content.

[@joostdeen9614]

More Blake build stuff please 😃💪🏾🤙🏾

[@TimsGarage]

This is the best!!! Love it!

[@craigweightman799]

Crazy bike build off is needed between embn gmbn and Sam pilgrim and then put them through some challenges. 👌

[@Magoo71]

All of this and this dude can Surf as well!!! The bloke is crazy!!!! Blake is down right crazy! Love the outfit though.....;-)

[@northeastadventures2744]

That’s awesome!

[@ashpunting]

Of course, i wanna see more. I love this kind of stuff, Blake may be you can run an electric bike off electric drill batteries 😅

[@ChampyOnPC]

Theres just not enough Blake

[@markdavis8430]

Blake Montana is a different beast 😂

[@PedroFTeixeira]

What a crazy build!!

[@HFVidShotz]

Blake Build's... Let's GO!!!!

[@zbieguzbiegu]

Guy went mad as soon as he learned how to weld ;-)

[@DrMartenon]

Now we need race with Sam and his propeller bike😂

[@xanderdixon3688]

Great build 👍

[@----.__]

A collab between Blake and Furze would be heaven sent.

[@trailmex]

Blake, you are an F'ing loon...and I LOVE it!!! Only question I have, is do you have Argon on-site for welding up a BMW 135i Ti exhaust? Man, I wish you and Hank, and Hank's Dad would do a DIY bike, moto, and automotive show! Manon could drive, and Hank could go for flat whites!

[@weltrogg1768]

Look for a video from Igor Negoda with a jet engine on a bicycle

[@MTBYannick]

Im waiting for 'the whole of gmbn tandem bike contraption thingy'🤣

[@tjohnson200]

Finally, a cool e-bike.

[@robertchambers6097]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha...I've only watched the opening, but that's enough. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Morphic-Realms.]

that was fuckin hilarious kent... thanks for the uplifting laughs Blake... InLa'kech

[@simonwoodthrillerwriter]

I'm guessing all the GMBN presenter now have a free leaf blower. :)

[@the_trooper_72]

Inspired by Sam Pilgrim and his paramotor!! 🤘🏻😎💯🙏🏻

[@Kim_Miller]

"Point them down so they push against the ground for extra thrust." Classic misunderstanding of how a rocket works. Colin Furze called, asked what you did with the flames he sent over. 🙂

[@Simon16511]

#Hack or Bodge Welding and cable ties!! and seem to have dropped quite low by the end in the garden. But GREAT FUN STUFF :)

[@bjornjohansson1716]

Give Tom Stanton a ring!

[@matthewhornby2333]

Colin Furze not feeling especially threatened. 😂

[@bhew7409]

Do one with drones, maybe have them on ropes to deal with the space issue as I guess you'd need quite a few?

[@TykoLundberg]

Haha! Great stuff!

[@KotakMeisterHamzah]

"You should...because you can." -- Blake --

[@JonathanFisherS]

At some point Blake is going to need to take Colin Furze biking

[@harleywalters5877]

Omfg! 😂 this is rad 🎉

[@khoi_tran]

Bwhahahah! It's like watching Albert Einstein on hallucinogens work.

[@Jean-jk4zv]

Sam would be proud.

[@That_Stealth_Guy]

I always knew that Blake was a little bit off, or as you say in the UK a bit mad. Now we know the real truth. There are rednecks engineers in every country.

[@Zimblake]

😂😂😂😂

[@calvinboyle6700]

blake really told a leaf blower to calm down 💀💀

[@RoninCycling]

Thank you for doing the things my wife will not let me do.

[@pilldirtdads]

Love love love 🤩

[@ThisRandomGuyYouDidntNotice]

while one english king of jet powered vehicles goes underground a competitor arises :D

[@waynephillip5621]

😅 . I'd love a go on it / that bike ❤

[@mauriziotad5403]

E-bike next level 😮

[@Mr_wayne0805]

Blake Samson, the new Colin Pilgrim 😅

[@JonathanFisherS]

NEXT QUESTION: Does Jet bike allow you to beat Hank on a climb? What about Manon on an Ebike? So many questions we need answered!

[@dvs620]

Blake has already done a steep climb challenge against Hank and won. Trounced him every time too.

[@gmbn]

What about Manon on the jet bike? 🤔

[@dimitrislipantetzoglou]

Blake you legend 🎉😂

[@dadbod4life]

I know what the GMBN employees are getting for Christmas this year. Eight of them at least.

[@better.better]

I thought you got the idea from colinfurze but it makes more sense that you were inspired by Sam, because if you'd been inspired by Colin, you would have rigged them to work all on one battery in the frame and single switch that was mounted up front to help keep the center of gravity between the wheels... and you probably could have gotten Colin Furze to collaborate on this. in fact you should try to get Colin to collaborate on all of these episodes. it's probably good that you didn't point them down, because you probably would have lifted up the front pivoting on the back wheel

[@jacopogranata7273]

Is there going to be a massive leaf blower giveaway in the next days on the channel? 😂

[@mustafaertik1798]

How about RC jet engine for the next time ?

[@lacucaracha111111]

Probably to expensive.....and issues with the department for motor vehicles

[@andynelson1977]

GCN did that - the leaf blower bike is faster! 💪💪💪

[@WaechterDerNacht]

GCN Tech once did one with two impellers: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/govRkGV_rLprfsU&pp=ygUPSmV0IGVuZ2luZSBiaWtl Otherwise this is more in the realm of Colin Furze: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHyrq2qthM-Vb9k&pp=ygUUY29saW5mdXJ6ZSBiaWtlIGpldCA%3D

[@dylan-5287]

Glue a bunch of fireworks onto the bike, light them up, hit warp speed!

[@mellissanash7517]

Any reason you aren't running the 44mm Mezcals on your gravel bike?

[@jessenicola4575]

You clearly need to collaborate with Colin Furze!

[@pituife]

You should add some colored smoke so that we see on the video how much airflow there is

[@Spectrum1247]

Super Dave, I mean Super Blake.

[@Rivenwolf_2]

Blake Builds!

[@IIChristisKingII]

The question is, What does Colin Furze think? 😅

[@Zimblake]

We should ask him. 😅

[@aakos26]

Drift tricycle with electric lawnmower or chainsaw motor?

[@johnhermens5002]

I will cry if this isn't introduced on hack\bodge of the week.

[@Graeleaf]

So when does the Sam/ Blake stunt channel start?

[@drill_fiend1097]

If batman had a bike, this would be it 😉

[@333wheeler]

Bob Lazar got there 1st fitting one to a stingray bike :)👽

[@jeffreywilliams3646]

Blake, are you possibly related to Red Green?

[@stevenagel6096]

This is obviously what your wife meant when she said you need a leaf blower.

[@Zimblake]

😂 oh a 100% 😅

[@TheBrokenMountainBiker]

Have you been watching Colin Furze? 😂

[@evanmatheson4741]

Has Blake been hanging out with colinfurze ? Hahahaha

[@folixmute]

Get that rig onto Ollie's aero bike and see how fast he can go all aero'd up

[@thescerigai]

please test how much pressure it takes to blow a tire off the rim