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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: https://gmbn.eu/YouTubeMembership ⏱ Timestamps ⏱  00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Does winning races sell bikes? 06:42 - How To Support The Channel 08:36 - NEWS 11:26 - Hacks And Bodges 14:11 - Things We Liked This Week 16:37 - Caption Contest 18:15 - On The Channel 19:14 - Bike Vault Useful Links: 🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://www.gmbn.com/uploader Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://gmbn.eu/newsletter 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? Watch more on GMBN... 📹 What Tyre Pressure Is Best?  👉 youtu.be/FAjNu3jE3do 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 https://gmbn.eu/EditorsChoice  📹 Watch our weekly show, The Dirt Shed Show 👉 https://gmbn.eu/dirtshedplaylist 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Broken Record - HATAMITSUNAMI Los Erizos - Daniel Fridell  Onda - Molife #DirtShedShow #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking 

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, and of course the Bike Vault AS WELL as an awesome Interview with Gee Atherton about his new project, RIDGELINE V: RESISTANCE!

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 - Hacks And Bodges 15:30 - Things We Liked This Week 17:49 - Caption Contest 18:58 - On The Channel 20:08 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond.  Our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://www.gmbn.com/uploader Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: http://gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: http://gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: http://gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: http://gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://gmbn.eu/Vittoria Reynolds wheels: https://gmbn.eu/Reynolds FSA: http://gmbn.eu/fsa Topeak: http://gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://gmbn.eu/Peatys CamelBak: https://gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 on this week's show. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Does MTB Geometry Really Matter These Days? 10:43 - Latest MTB News 13:34 - Sickest Thing Of The Week 14:51 - Caption Contest 15:42 - Poll Results 16:27 - Check Out The GMBN Shop 17:05 - Hacks & Bodges 18:53 - Things We Liked This Week 20:38 - Coming Up This Week 21:20 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Adventurous and entertaining features Mountain bike skills coaching Technical advice and guidance Mechanical know-how to keep you rolling A place for the riding community with our weekly Dirt Shed Show Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: http://gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: http://gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: http://gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: http://gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://gmbn.eu/Vittoria Reynolds wheels: https://gmbn.eu/Reynolds FSA: http://gmbn.eu/fsa Topeak: http://gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://gmbn.eu/Peatys CamelBak: https://gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: https://www.gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://www.gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: https://www.gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://www.gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: https://www.gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://www.gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: https://www.gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://www.gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: https://www.gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://www.gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://www.gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://www.gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Worx Power Tools: https://www.gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://www.gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 handlebars? 🤔 


 ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Mountain bike riders using drop bars? 08:41 - News 11:03 - Sickest Thing Of The Week 11:48  - GMBN Shop Shoutout 12:43 - Hacks And Bodges 13:55 - In The Comments 16:32 - CaptionContest 18:24 - On The Channel 19:18 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: https://www.gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://www.gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: https://www.gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://www.gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: https://www.gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://www.gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: https://www.gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://www.gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: https://www.gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://www.gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://www.gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://www.gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Worx Power Tools: https://www.gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://www.gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 Contest, and Hacks And Bodges, plus some Super Nice bikes locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:34 - Who is the biggest superstar in MTB? 09:58 - News 12:14 - Sickest Thing Of The Week 13:02 - GMBN Shop Shoutout 13:40 - Hacks And Bodges 16:01 - CaptionContest 18:04 - On The Channel 19:13 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: https://www.gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://www.gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: https://www.gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://www.gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: https://www.gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://www.gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: https://www.gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://www.gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: https://www.gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://www.gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://www.gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://www.gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Worx Power Tools: https://www.gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://www.gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 ⏱  00:00 - Intro 00:36 -  Crankworx Whistler | Brompton X KieranBMXReilly 02:14 - Was the Olympic Track too easy? 10:06 - MTB News 12:49 - GMBN Shop Shoutout 17:57 - CaptionContest 20:54 - On The Channel 21:44 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: https://www.gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://www.gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: https://www.gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://www.gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: https://www.gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://www.gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: https://www.gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://www.gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: https://www.gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://www.gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://www.gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://www.gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Worx Power Tools: https://www.gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://www.gmbn.eu/CamelBak

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 - Intro 00:35 - It's The Dirt Shed Show! 05:13 - Does bike tech even matter? 12:02 - News 15:33 - 🟠 WORX Hydroshot competition giveaway! [FREE ENTRY]  16:33 - Hacks And Bodges 19:35 - Ask GMBN 22:12 - Caption Contest 24:36 - On The Channel 25:31 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.gmbn.eu/Subscribe  🛍 GMBN Merch Store 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/gmbnshop Racing Highlights & More On GMBN Racing 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNracing Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 https://www.gmbn.eu/newsletter Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Canyon Propain Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Propain Orbea Bikes: https://www.gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: https://www.gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://www.gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: https://www.gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://www.gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Ergon: https://www.gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://www.gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: https://www.gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://www.gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: https://www.gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://www.gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://www.gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://www.gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Worx Power Tools: https://www.gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://www.gmbn.eu/CamelBak