Hey everyone, Martyn here! 👋 I wonder if you would help me by filling out a survey for an upcoming video? I'm making a video called 'The Most Stylish Riders In Mountain Biking!'. It will be a 'Top Of The Pops' style rundown, it should be really cool. I've created a Google Form that helps me create a score for each rider on the list so far. If you'd like to help then head over to this form and rate the riders for yourself. 🥇 Survey Link 🔗👉 gmbn.eu/StylishRidersForm 👈🔗 I really appreciate your time!
The survey results will be untypical due to the sample of people coming forward and country/age/audience/ demographics . My hope is that people from smaller countries and upcoming talents will get recognised here . Even if the contributors need to provide content for these riders for consideration . Don't forget to praise the Olympians and Paralympians from France this year . My vote goes to criterium cyclist , the late Melissa Hosking who was killed by her husband in December 2022 . I met her at the U.C.I. road program in Wollongong a few months prior to this . She perched on my Trek hardtail mountain bike briefly after a lunch .
#gmbn my weakness is endurance and getting rigid when it’s rough. I get tired and can’t see to process all the rapid rough terrain. But I love enduro races 🤷🏽♂️
As a mountain biker I had a blast when I entered a 25 mile gravel race. It was a bit overwhelming up to the start of the race, but I quickly found that my MTB skills helped immensely and I had a blast. Since then I have started road riding every now and then and I definitely feel the difference when pedaling on MTB rides.
@@blueengel68 it's an orbea Occam LT 2024. It's awesome, first full sus too. It's awesome, very fun on the bike park... Until the last run 😞 stepped up from a trek Roscoe hard tail.
We should have a new MTB race series to see who is the best mountain biker overall. Riders should be given only one bike to use and have to complete an XC style course, a trail course, endudo, downhill, dirt jump, and trials. The highest combined score from all events wins 😀
A friend asked me to join him for Crank The Shield across northern Ontario this year, but I'm a casual hardtail MTB'r and don't feel remotely qualified or fit enough to attempt it. Sure felt great to be asked though!
Mate, let the idea percolate. Maybe right now that event feels too much. However, if you spend the next 6 months with the possibility in your head, you might be in a very different mindset and confidence. Honestly, you’d be amazed the difference a bit of ‘manifesting’ can make. ❤
@@martynashtonGMBN Damn you Martyn, you beautiful human being you! With this inspiration I did every single trail but the reds/double-blacks at my local bike park yesterday. 33 km, where my typical 'long ride' there is 15-18. It didn't kill me, and you've definitely given me something to chew on. Video idea: Send Rich or Blake to Crank the Shield next year... :)
Jumping, the feeling of being in the air and going forward uncontrollably scares me, going to build a ramp and practice and repeat in a field slowly progressing and getting bigger
@@charlo4682 Don't worry jumping scares everyone! (it's important to respect jumps), even the best pros get that same feeling you are getting but they have practiced on a lot of different jumps and progress over time time.
Jumping for sure. I used to race BMX and take huge jumps no problem (I was 20 years younger as well) I’m OK with drops and table top jumps. The fear of casing a big gap jump usually keeps me away from them.
Bang on with the gymnastics. My son has always done gymnastics since a young age. His body awareness and capability when trying other sports is top notch.
as someone who primarily bikes for transportation, i want to learn to bunny hop with a bag of groceries hanging off one side of my rear rack. right now i get over obstacles by manualing with the front wheel and then rolling over slowly with the back
The bunny hop is a great skill! - Here are a couple of videos that might help you learn How to Bunnyhop If You Can't Do It At All ruclips.net/video/jVUqPceZB5g/видео.html or here is a video of Anna, she's clipped in Simple Steps To Improve Your Bunnyhop! | MTB Progression Skills ruclips.net/video/WYdf72ThPH8/видео.html
Why were Blake’s forks almost bottoming out thru that cone slalom on the flat I suppose the suspension could of been set to the task but surely that exercise can’t be practical without the suspension set to the trails or what ever your riding like mtb on road you try and stiffen up a bit for peddal efficiency but dh you make it supple for forgiveness but stiff enough for the big hits
When demonstrating these skills at slower speeds the rider needs to put more force into the bike to show the action. It's interesting to see how little the imput needs to be when the technique is perfect on a trail. Riders such as Bryn Atkinson, Simon Johansson, Brandon Semenuk etc... appear to just 'float them' so the suspension hardly moves!
The one thing I need to get better at. Is jumping Pinkeye. I never really learnt to jump. As when I started mountain biking. The headtude would have a really bad falling out with the rest of the frame and snap off. Bank Holiday Monday I went to Dyfi BikePark. The first tabletop on Lovey Dyfi. I found out how big they are. I also found out 2 other things. How steep the take off is and How much faster I needed to hit the other tabletops. Just to get on the top of them. The only part of my time there was I didn't feel out of my depth. Was the car park to the café.
I’m just back from trying Dyfi for the first time too. You are not alone in being overwhelmed by that place. It is hard. Congrats on pushing yourself though. Dyfi needs a few chilled Blues in my opinion. Next time I’ll have a coffee with you in the car park. 😅
Weaknesses: endurance/distance- when I get to the point where I start losing my vision, balance, sense of fun, it makes me ask why I’m doing it for. Other weaknesses: aerial awareness, I do like jumps, drops, step ups, and step downs, but I tend to get squarely in their off of steeper lips. I enjoy it, just not where I want to be yet.
DO SKILLS TRAINING... if you're entered into a major marathon stage event, find a qualified Skills Instructor in your area and book some lessons... TRUST ME, you'll learn things you never thought you'd need to learn. What fascinates me most is, someone will spend on a FORTUNE on a race entry, a new bike (sometimes), nutrition, a performance trainer... and very very few ever spend on a skills instructor... essential... EVEN (and especially) for "experienced" riders
congrats on the swiss epic 341km and 11'450m is no joke 212miles 37565ft (6000+ft per day) I know from experience 6000ft on asphalt is doable but on gravel you lose so much energy it's incredibly tiring (tried alternate forest trails instead of the road gave up after 4500ft) O_O Pat segment was crazy it's the kind of slopes were even walking you slip
This is not competition wise, but I’ve been watching your videos again and it’s massively inspired me to get back on my bike after 2 years, bought myself a new Canyon Spectral Mullet CF 160 and got my GMBN gear back out and hopefully riding this weekend, just want to say thank you for giving me my inspiration back and I’ll be posting my progress as I want to go places I’ve never been and push myself to be a better rider once again, hope to see you out on the trails somewhere, and congrats on the 2 million subscribers I’ve been watching you since end of 2016 and still an amazing channel 🙂🙂👍
My weaknesses are drops/step downs & jumps. The FUN stuff!! I do get better & better everytime I go out!! 2 million subscribers is going to be BONKERS 🎉
16:18 Pat Smage, (sounds like smoggy), puts together some sweet lines. He’s put a lot of seriously cool stuff on RUclips over the last several years. I’d say he’s underrated. Pretty humble man. He’s got mtb, bike trials, moto trials, unicycle and rc content to check out.
What are my weaknesses? Everything! I can do a passable track stand and I have decent bike/body separation, but otherwise my skills have a lonnng way to go. I agree 100% that going onto new and more challenging trails gives a boost to skills, but I think it has to be combined with focused skills/trials training.
All GMBN camera crew will now be checking that they are covered for bruising from flying stunt mugs. I am pretty sure Jack and Nick will be heading the charge on that one. 😜👍
enduro/downhill style rider here. I love steep techy tracks and feel like this is where I probably excel however I find that I'm not the most gifted at jumps, have rode some quite big jumps in bike parks etc with relative success but feel like this is an area that I could do with brushing up on. I have recently bought a dirt jump bike and have been spending some timing practicing riding steeper take offs and working on my technique, I'm hoping it'll transfer to some improvement on my bigger bike, fingers crossed!
#captioncontest *couple in the background* erg, a chamois cream sniffer!, just pretend you're looking at Strava segments or something Heidi and maybe he won't try robbing us!
Back in the golden teenages, I did a couple of 24h xc races, in a team relay format. These days I'm more interested in enduro... but! I would love to get back to 24h after around 20 years it and do one of those solo. Already signed up for one of those, but it got canceled.
weakness : wheelies fml i've been riding for many years, can pull a few pedals here and there can def do drops but for the life of me cannot make that thing not fall sideways when i'm on one wheel
I cannot manual or wheelie to save my life, following the video from you guys did squat for me, my wheelies/manuals consist of more fork movement than holding the manual
I’m terrible in general at mtb because I don’t get enough time to ride as much as I’d like. But I’ll never give it up, love it too much even if I suck.
Hey everyone, Martyn here! 👋 I wonder if you would help me by filling out a survey for an upcoming video?
I'm making a video called 'The Most Stylish Riders In Mountain Biking!'. It will be a 'Top Of The Pops' style rundown, it should be really cool. I've created a Google Form that helps me create a score for each rider on the list so far. If you'd like to help then head over to this form and rate the riders for yourself. 🥇
Survey Link
🔗👉 gmbn.eu/StylishRidersForm 👈🔗
I really appreciate your time!
The survey results will be untypical due to the sample of people coming forward and country/age/audience/ demographics . My hope is that people from smaller countries and upcoming talents will get recognised here . Even if the contributors need to provide content for these riders for consideration . Don't forget to praise the Olympians and Paralympians from France this year . My vote goes to criterium cyclist , the late Melissa Hosking who was killed by her husband in December 2022 . I met her at the U.C.I. road program in Wollongong a few months prior to this . She perched on my Trek hardtail mountain bike briefly after a lunch .
#gmbn my weakness is endurance and getting rigid when it’s rough. I get tired and can’t see to process all the rapid rough terrain. But I love enduro races 🤷🏽♂️
As a mountain biker I had a blast when I entered a 25 mile gravel race. It was a bit overwhelming up to the start of the race, but I quickly found that my MTB skills helped immensely and I had a blast. Since then I have started road riding every now and then and I definitely feel the difference when pedaling on MTB rides.
Congrats on stepping outside your comfort zone Dude. Not easy but most times the pay-off is worth it.
@@martynashtonGMBNare you the real martyn Ashton?
@@Chubbyfella1100 I am yes. Thanks for watching the DSS 👊
Im ok wit jumps but still uncomfortble gap jumps tht i need to work on
Practice builds confidence!
Just send it!
Gap jumps are the same.
@@gmbn love you guys contents n thank you
Cornering, drops, and jumps need improving, basically all the fun stuff. Blake, you were right to take the super nice bell away 😂
Since I just snapped my collar bone wiping out on a berm, I think I need to work on berms 😂😢
Haha, that is such a mountain biker response to an injury. First thoughts are going back and doing more 🎉 👊
Best of luck on your recovery! BTW: how’s the bike?
@@blueengel68 it's an orbea Occam LT 2024. It's awesome, first full sus too. It's awesome, very fun on the bike park... Until the last run 😞 stepped up from a trek Roscoe hard tail.
I dislocated and fractured my shoulder on a left hander berm. I’ve been hitting them now getting back into it haha
@@JockeyWheels how long did it take you to recover?
More Blake on the show please. His super positive enthusiasm is contagious, and the world can always use more of that.
We should have a new MTB race series to see who is the best mountain biker overall. Riders should be given only one bike to use and have to complete an XC style course, a trail course, endudo, downhill, dirt jump, and trials. The highest combined score from all events wins 😀
Just shy of 2M subscribers!
Keep it up!
Whoop!
A friend asked me to join him for Crank The Shield across northern Ontario this year, but I'm a casual hardtail MTB'r and don't feel remotely qualified or fit enough to attempt it. Sure felt great to be asked though!
Mate, let the idea percolate. Maybe right now that event feels too much. However, if you spend the next 6 months with the possibility in your head, you might be in a very different mindset and confidence. Honestly, you’d be amazed the difference a bit of ‘manifesting’ can make. ❤
@@martynashtonGMBN Damn you Martyn, you beautiful human being you! With this inspiration I did every single trail but the reds/double-blacks at my local bike park yesterday. 33 km, where my typical 'long ride' there is 15-18. It didn't kill me, and you've definitely given me something to chew on. Video idea: Send Rich or Blake to Crank the Shield next year... :)
What areas of riding do you think you should work on next? What are you scared of and what are you avoiding, but know it could help your skills?
Jumping, the feeling of being in the air and going forward uncontrollably scares me, going to build a ramp and practice and repeat in a field slowly progressing and getting bigger
Riding up a stair case is scaring me😵
@@charlo4682 Don't worry jumping scares everyone! (it's important to respect jumps), even the best pros get that same feeling you are getting but they have practiced on a lot of different jumps and progress over time time.
jumping
Jumping for sure. I used to race BMX and take huge jumps no problem (I was 20 years younger as well) I’m OK with drops and table top jumps. The fear of casing a big gap jump usually keeps me away from them.
My weakness is my bank account....otherwise I am very capable of underestimating any event !
I'm making a commitment to ride more and focus on base skills in the coming months.
SEND IT!!!!!!
Personally I despise step downs. I hate not being able to see the landing, it just ruins my confidence when I approach it
I’m with ya. I love a step-up. The step downs are terrifying 😮
Blake and Rich had an epic ride. Amazing video. My biggest weakness is jumping. I've really got to get it under the knife.
#captioncontest "rock out with my Crocs out!"
The trend is going to fully adjustable bike, Blake building his own grim donut is the next logical step 😂
I heard gymnastics help. Also surfing
Bang on with the gymnastics. My son has always done gymnastics since a young age. His body awareness and capability when trying other sports is top notch.
@@martynashtonGMBN besides, flexibility and injury prevention. Although kids are gummi bouncy balls anyway, it will play out later on
Jumping , I'd love to gain confidence to do doubles I can only do table tops 😂
Remember that pracitce builds confidence over time Kevin! Most people learn on smaller doubles than they would normally ride a table top
Congratulations on the 2M subscribers
Would love to do Rat Race - The Crossing. Nowhere near what Rich and Blake did, but still a massive challenge.
Welcome back, Blake!
I have to improve my jumping skills I think tech is not so hard for me but jumping is another thing.
Bring back Nukeproof 😫😭😭
Yes!!!!! ☢️ I love mine!!!!
I have to work on sending it in the correct direction and speed off intermediate gap jumps. Till i do the bigger gaps and drops terrify me.
Races I would like to do are the Mega Avalanche, Swiss epic(thanks to Rich and Blake), and the K2N race in Africa.
Does this mean that the Cape Epic is on Blake's 2025 ToDo list?
I like tired Blake. He reminds me of myself when I'm that tired lol
I've been missing that singing so much! What's wrong with me?
Maybe next year Blake and Rich can take on the Cape Epic, I think it would be a great video!
as someone who primarily bikes for transportation, i want to learn to bunny hop with a bag of groceries hanging off one side of my rear rack. right now i get over obstacles by manualing with the front wheel and then rolling over slowly with the back
Car park skills training got you then.
The bunny hop is a great skill! - Here are a couple of videos that might help you learn
How to Bunnyhop If You Can't Do It At All
ruclips.net/video/jVUqPceZB5g/видео.html
or here is a video of Anna, she's clipped in
Simple Steps To Improve Your Bunnyhop! | MTB Progression Skills
ruclips.net/video/WYdf72ThPH8/видео.html
But does Edy Marin ride a Marin?
Why were Blake’s forks almost bottoming out thru that cone slalom on the flat I suppose the suspension could of been set to the task but surely that exercise can’t be practical without the suspension set to the trails or what ever your riding like mtb on road you try and stiffen up a bit for peddal efficiency but dh you make it supple for forgiveness but stiff enough for the big hits
When demonstrating these skills at slower speeds the rider needs to put more force into the bike to show the action. It's interesting to see how little the imput needs to be when the technique is perfect on a trail. Riders such as Bryn Atkinson, Simon Johansson, Brandon Semenuk etc... appear to just 'float them' so the suspension hardly moves!
The xc background seems to help with enduro bigly. I don't have one.
I love riding tech but i cant rly jump
17:46 dropper bike has been done already kinda. Colin furze made a full hydraulic frame every tube was a hydraulic ram and extended in every dimension
Yeah seen that
Congrats for 2M subscribers soon 🎉🎉
The one thing I need to get better at. Is jumping Pinkeye. I never really learnt to jump. As when I started mountain biking. The headtude would have a really bad falling out with the rest of the frame and snap off. Bank Holiday Monday I went to Dyfi BikePark. The first tabletop on Lovey Dyfi. I found out how big they are. I also found out 2 other things. How steep the take off is and How much faster I needed to hit the other tabletops. Just to get on the top of them. The only part of my time there was I didn't feel out of my depth. Was the car park to the café.
I’m just back from trying Dyfi for the first time too. You are not alone in being overwhelmed by that place. It is hard. Congrats on pushing yourself though. Dyfi needs a few chilled Blues in my opinion. Next time I’ll have a coffee with you in the car park. 😅
Weaknesses: endurance/distance- when I get to the point where I start losing my vision, balance, sense of fun, it makes me ask why I’m doing it for. Other weaknesses: aerial awareness, I do like jumps, drops, step ups, and step downs, but I tend to get squarely in their off of steeper lips. I enjoy it, just not where I want to be yet.
Where can I get Blake’s cap please? Awesome video thanks
That cap is filthy 😂
Learning to jump.Might be an age thing but it's scares me but then it limits you on a trail.
I’m with ya.
DO SKILLS TRAINING... if you're entered into a major marathon stage event, find a qualified Skills Instructor in your area and book some lessons... TRUST ME, you'll learn things you never thought you'd need to learn. What fascinates me most is, someone will spend on a FORTUNE on a race entry, a new bike (sometimes), nutrition, a performance trainer... and very very few ever spend on a skills instructor... essential... EVEN (and especially) for "experienced" riders
congrats on the swiss epic 341km and 11'450m is no joke 212miles 37565ft (6000+ft per day) I know from experience 6000ft on asphalt is doable but on gravel you lose so much energy it's incredibly tiring (tried alternate forest trails instead of the road gave up after 4500ft) O_O Pat segment was crazy it's the kind of slopes were even walking you slip
another helpful video!
That sounds sarcastic 😂
thats my trek remedy 8!!!!!! i got a super nice!!! :) @sainsburynoah
thats my brother
This is not competition wise, but I’ve been watching your videos again and it’s massively inspired me to get back on my bike after 2 years, bought myself a new Canyon Spectral Mullet CF 160 and got my GMBN gear back out and hopefully riding this weekend, just want to say thank you for giving me my inspiration back and I’ll be posting my progress as I want to go places I’ve never been and push myself to be a better rider once again, hope to see you out on the trails somewhere, and congrats on the 2 million subscribers I’ve been watching you since end of 2016 and still an amazing channel 🙂🙂👍
How can I ride with severe lower left leg cramps at the desk doing railway I.T. this morning . Need to love my BONTRAGER BABY sometime .
My weaknesses are drops/step downs & jumps. The FUN stuff!! I do get better & better everytime I go out!!
2 million subscribers is going to be BONKERS 🎉
#CaptionContest Rich got the wrong idea when Blake said We are useing skin suits for the Swiss epic.
#CAPTIONCONTEST Naked Richard, I hope this wasn't the big announcement for 2 million subscribers...
16:18 Pat Smage, (sounds like smoggy), puts together some sweet lines. He’s put a lot of seriously cool stuff on RUclips over the last several years. I’d say he’s underrated. Pretty humble man. He’s got mtb, bike trials, moto trials, unicycle and rc content to check out.
What are my weaknesses? Everything! I can do a passable track stand and I have decent bike/body separation, but otherwise my skills have a lonnng way to go. I agree 100% that going onto new and more challenging trails gives a boost to skills, but I think it has to be combined with focused skills/trials training.
All GMBN camera crew will now be checking that they are covered for bruising from flying stunt mugs. I am pretty sure Jack and Nick will be heading the charge on that one. 😜👍
enduro/downhill style rider here. I love steep techy tracks and feel like this is where I probably excel however I find that I'm not the most gifted at jumps, have rode some quite big jumps in bike parks etc with relative success but feel like this is an area that I could do with brushing up on. I have recently bought a dirt jump bike and have been spending some timing practicing riding steeper take offs and working on my technique, I'm hoping it'll transfer to some improvement on my bigger bike, fingers crossed!
#captioncontest *couple in the background* erg, a chamois cream sniffer!, just pretend you're looking at Strava segments or something Heidi and maybe he won't try robbing us!
Back in the golden teenages, I did a couple of 24h xc races, in a team relay format.
These days I'm more interested in enduro... but!
I would love to get back to 24h after around 20 years it and do one of those solo. Already signed up for one of those, but it got canceled.
weakness : wheelies
fml i've been riding for many years, can pull a few pedals here and there can def do drops but for the life of me cannot make that thing not fall sideways when i'm on one wheel
#captioncontest When the Swiss Epic after party gets a little out of hand, but everyone only remembers what Blake did.
#CAPTIONCONTEST “Sorry I’m late for the big swim meet, my razor got stuck in my beard so I didn’t have time to finish shaving!”
#Captioncontest: "Rich Payne's second job: Eating chips while earning tips and working as a stripper"
thanks for featuring my bike and for all the amazing videos you guys put out. really inspiring. you guys rock!
Races: El Camino de Mulas or La Ruta de Conquistadores. In Costa Rica!
Come on Rampage is not even MTB 😝 that's madness
We use a tandem, like Martyn, but ride from home... I need to learn to trackstand better at the lights... On a tandem it's a bugger!
I cannot manual or wheelie to save my life, following the video from you guys did squat for me, my wheelies/manuals consist of more fork movement than holding the manual
As a mountain biker, I would love to do a hardline event and my weakness is my muscles, my muscles don't last long.😔
#captioncontest Rich's protest at being used as GMBN shop's resident model was a step to far. He wore crocs.
I need to do some healing before riding again, then I'll probably continue looking for where my hopping powers went.
I’m terrible in general at mtb because I don’t get enough time to ride as much as I’d like. But I’ll never give it up, love it too much even if I suck.
For some reason, I have the hardest time with doubles. I can clear 6 to 10 foot table tops but when I see a double I freeze and go around it.
#CaptionContest. "Hey guys, did you say there were new bundles at the GMBN shop. I think I need one now"
I could definately work on basic skills mode and I’d like to ride more jumps to get more confident on them.
#captioncontest I'm too sexy for my GMBN top, so sexy it hurts. (Right said Fred)
#captioncontest: Rick thought he had discovered the secret of becoming a better bike rider but it turned out to be a CROC!!!!
#captioncontest i don't have anything to say but dam does Rich look happy!
#CaptionContest Nobody more calm and focused on descents than Crocodile Ghandi
I would love to corner really fast and brap and everything. But im so scared to fall 🙈
#captioncontest "I signed up for this event but I have no clue what I'm doing"
Having solid box skills growing up helped me for downhill free riding on a mountain bike
#captioncontest "why are we in the Swiss alps I thought we where auditioning for bay watch"
Been riding bikes of all stripes for nearly 40 years. Still can't do a wheelie.
They won't tell us, everyone unsubcribe! Lol. Jokes, just jokes.
#CAPTIONCONTEST #captioncontest - when the pro mountain biker you ordered on Temu arrives.
#Captioncontest Jason Statham's stunt double is ready for action 🎬
39 trying to get back into moutain biking the biggest challange is finding a decent priced bike
#CAPTIONCONTEST Rich has taken the XC weight saving too far. Time for an intervention.
#captioncontest just bought a new bike. even had to give them the shirt off my back!
8:40 slow down for the love of god we cant keep up with everything you're spitting out
#captioncontest I think Rich has misunderstood what is meant by skinsuit
I really want to do Straffpuffer. My finger hovers over the entry button every year
#CaptionContest
I'm too sexy for real shoes
(Sorry Rich!)
#captioncontest my wife.. “he has more hair on his belly than he does on his head”
#CAPTIONCONTEST tightest white lycra jersey money can buy
Glad you guys liked my "bucket" drawer hack!
#caption contest. Why has that fella got his head on upside down?
#CAPTIONCONTEST At your best when everything hangs loose
Always great to watch GMBN having a laugh 🤣
the 1 thing down hill riders ned to practice is riding uphill !
don't call Blake an idiot when he comes up with a great idea
#captioncontest
Be ready for the ride at 7.00
Me at 6.99:
Does utter lack of fitness and stamina count as a weakness? 😂