This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, are winter rides really worth it? They talk about how it might improve your riding, ways you can make riding in winter more bearable and something you may not have considered!  Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Products on https://gmbn.eu/Peatys*...

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS505 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts aka Owen The Bike Nerd to ask the question, is Cross Country racing as we know it in trouble?  Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! Enter the Peaty’s competition giveaway here 👉https://gmbn.eu/WinPeatys it’s free to enter! You can also get 20% off the Peaty’s website using...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS504 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, is this shocking tech going to make a comeback? We look at dual-shock rear suspension from the Manitou FS Mk2 prototype, linkage front suspension forks, skin suits, disk covers, and even Truvative HammerSchmidt! Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! Find...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS503 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to react to Sick Sebi https://www.instagram.com/sicksebi/ and Niklas Schmidt (on his $500 bike)  https://www.instagram.com/niiiklas23 riding Brendan Fairclough's 2024 Red Bull Rampage line!  What do you think about these two riding Brendan Fairclough's line?  Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of...

Watch the show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/WM9M2b This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to react to and question the new UCI Mountain Bike World Cup changes for the 2025 race season. We hear from Bernard Kerr (Pivot Factory Racing team owner) and Theo Erlangsen (Professional Downhill racer). What do you think about the big changes to mountain bike racing as we know it? Share your thoughts below! Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS502 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to recap the 2024 Red Bull Rampage. The world’s most epic freeride mountain biking event stirred controversy this year. Brendan Fairclough and his team built an epic, challenging line but only placed 11th. Meanwhile, Brandon Semenuk won his 5th Rampage with huge tricks. Fans are upset, feeling the event is shifting from its freeride roots towards...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS500 It’s the 500th show! 🥳 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton and Neil Donoghue talk about the end of an era in competitive Downhill racing with Greg Minnaar retiring from DH is this the end of the ‘ride hard, party hard’ era of MTB racing? Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨[Free To Enter] competition giveaway 👉...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS499 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton and Neil Donoghue discuss the extreme risks riders are taking at the World Cup DH and Red Bull Rampage. Who's putting it all on the line, and is it really worth it? Get involved in the conversation! Plus the latest MTB news, FAILS, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨[Free To Enter] competition giveaway 👉 https://gmbn.eu/ErgonMTBBundle  Win 1 of 3...

Watch this instalment of the Dirt Shed Show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS498   On this week's Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to check out some of the craziest ways to ride a bike and the craziest interpretations of using a mountain bike trail! We've got the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨Find out more about membership tiers and what's involved here: https://gmbn.eu/YouTubeMembership ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 -...

Watch this week's show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS497 On this week's Dirt Shed Show Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, does bike racing and winning races actually lead to more bike sales? Join us as we question the complex relationship between race wins and brand success. Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨Find out more about membership tiers and what's involved here:...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS496 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're celebrating a huge milestone for the channel... 2 MILLION subscribers! As such we're announcing our YouTube Membership program, something super important to us now that we're an independent company again. If you'd like to join the Trail Crew or become a Trail Boss, you can find out more below. As always, we've got the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest,...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS495 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're discussing the secret to being a better mountain biker! Martyn got inspired by Blake’s recent challenge of riding the Swiss Epic with Rich, next week he will be riding Swatch Nines! Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:28 - The Secret To Being A Better Mountain Biker 08:32 - NEWS 11:33 - Back To The Shed 12:23...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS494 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're discussing the long-standing trends in mountain bike geometry and asking where we're going with all these incremental changes? Would it be bette to just make the giant leap to the endpoint? What does that endpoint even look like? Are geometry numbers on a fact sheet alone enough to put you off a potential purchase? All this, the latest MTB news, Hacks, Bodges, Sickest Thing of the Week and more...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS493 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is away so we have a GMBN Tech take over! Join Owen Coutts and Anna Cipullo to ask the question, what will the wireless bike tech of the future look like? How far will all the wireless tech go? ⏱ Timestamps ⏱  00:00 - Intro 04:54 - News 06:52 - Back to the shed 07:19 - Hacks And Bodges 09:12 - In The Comments 10:56 - Caption Contest 12:17 - On The Channel 12:55 - Bike Vault  The...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS492 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, should you rush out to buy some road bike drop bars for your bike? Because, it was only last week that Neil told mountain biking that high-rise bars are the hot new trend! This subject was brought on by the Frankenstein setup that a few riders were using at the Leadville 100! Have gravel bikes really just become mountain bikes with curly...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS491 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, who is the biggest superstar in mountain biking? They discuss Olympic athletes such as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Evie Richards, and Tom Pidock. To Trials riders such as Danny Macaskill and Fabio Wibmer, to Dirt Jump/Street/Skatepark riders such as Matt Jones and Sam Pilgrim! Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption...

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to discuss the 2024 Olympic Cross County mountain biking, was the XC course too easy at the 2024 Paris Olympics? 🤔 Plus we recap on Crankworx Whistler and react to Kieran Reilly riding skatepark on a Brompton folding bike! Tom Bower reports the MTB News, we show the best Hacks And Bodges, and share some Nice and Super Nice bikes in the Bike Vault. Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: gmbn.eu/DSS490 ⏱ Timestamps...

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to discuss whether or not Downhill Mountain Biking should be made into an Olympic sport. In the rest of the show, we mix things up with Owen Coutts presenting the news (Does Contain Gravel Bikes), and your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault, the best Hacks and the worst Bodges and much more!

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS488   Have you ever wondered if bike tech even makes you a faster, or more confident rider? Does being a bike nerd who knows everything about bike tech even matter to you? Some people seem to love bike tech so much and they are more interested with bikes than they are with riding them!  🚨 [FREE ENTRY] Enter the WORX competition giveaway 👉 https://gmbn.eu/GMBNWORXComp #AD Paid promotion with Worx UK ⏱ Timestamps ⏱  00:00 -...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS487 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, will the future of mountain bike tech be subscription-based? Martyn’s been obsessed with Tesla lately and thinks the bike industry might start to charge subscriptions. With more and more electronic mtb tech he thinks hardware can be built and later improved with software subscriptions, similar to Tesla’s self-driving capability...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: youtu.be/_4RyrGezth0 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to talk head-turning tech ahead of this year's EUROBIKE. In the rest of the show, introduce a new/old segment to the Dirt Shed #ASKGMBN and we look at your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault, Toff’s Sickest Thing and much more! Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and Hacks And Bodges,...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hHqUHxrY0 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, is XC getting too gnarly?! Are modern Cross Country bikes evolving the courses, and can the riders keep up with the change in course design? Martyn also has a confession to make.. 🙈 Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and Hacks And Bodges, plus some Super Nice bikes locked away in the...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS484 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, is mountain biking an old person sport? Martyn recently found out that 80% of people in the world of MTB are between 30 and 60 age! ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - [Important Channel Announcement] 02:11 - The Dirt Shed Show 08:59 - Rich's Race Recap 10:42 - Back To The Shed 13:12 - Is Mountain Biking Getting Older? 16:24 -...

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS483 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to talk about cringe-worthy costly moments both out riding, and in the workshop! Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and Hacks And Bodges, plus some Super Nice bikes locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ ⏱ Timestamps ⏱  00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Costly Mistakes! 09:49 - News 12:29 - Sickest Thing 13:31 - Back to the shed 15:08 - Hacks...