46: Dyfi Bike Park & Atherton Bikes With Gee Atherton | The GMBN Podcast Ep. 46

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS473 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to talk about animal encounters out on the trail, as well as some terrifying stories. In the rest of the show, we look at the latest bikes and tech in the news, and your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault, the best Hounds and the worst Beagles and much more! ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Welcome Back To The Dirt Shed Show! 00:17 - Animal Encounters Out On The Trail 09:00 - News | Propain Sresh CF | Muc Off Bike Park Partnerships | New Bluegrass Helmet | New O-Chain Lineup | Park Tools BRK-1 | Olympics News | NZ Rally Highlights Reel 10:50 - Hounds & Beagles 13:46 - On The GMBN Shop 14:54 - Things We Liked This Week 17:40 - Caption Contest 19:42 - On The Channel 21:21 - 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/DSS474 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is in the shed with Owen Coutts, aka 'Owen the bike nerd' to argue that new studies show that a hardtail is the best bike choice for fun. Does Martyn's graph back up his argument? 🤔 Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - 📈 New Study Explains Hardtail Is The BEST 03:55 - 📢 Topeak Competition Giveaway 12:48 - NEWS 15:47 - Sickest Thing 16:33 - Poll 17:53 - Hacks And Bodges / Hounds & Beagles 19:47 -  Shop GMBN 20:42 - Things We Liked 22:45 - Bike Vault (GMBN Presenter Edition) #AD Paid Promotion   🚨 Enter our free Topeak competition giveaway for a chance to win! 👉 https://gmbn.eu/TopeakBikeCare  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

It’s the Dirt Shed Show and this week Martyn Ashton and Blake Samson are sitting down to discuss the burning issue in mountain biking, the rider strike which affected the Men’s Slopestyle Final at Crankworx Rotorua. The male riders chose not to partake in the competition after travelling to the venue, issuing a list of demands to the organisers who were only able to meet 2 out of the 3 conditions for which the riders would drop in. The sticking point, is over appearance fees, guaranteeing pay for riders who turn up to ride in the competition. We’re reflecting on what this could mean for the rest of mountain biking, and if danger pay for all is feasible with the industry in it’s current condition.

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is away so Blake Samson has a game to play! Can Blake and Rich guess the difference between Fox and RockShox suspension and Shimano and SRAM components?   Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ #DirtShedShow #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to ask the question, are there too many bike brands? 🚴‍♀️ Following a discussion about the car and motorcycle industry, which has far fewer brands. We love the diversity of the 150+ bicycle brands but are there too many? 🤔 Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ #DirtShedShow #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking

This week on GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Neil Donoghue and Blake Samson are joined by rising slopestyle rider Jake Atkinson! With Jake's dad reaching out to us, we're focusing on the impact of RAD parents. Do they help with success? Plus, should parents get their kids into the bikelife?  Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ #DirtShedShow #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Anna Cipullo to celebrate International Women’s Day! 🚴‍♀️ Join us for a lively debate on the greatest in women’s MTB, as we discuss icons like Tracy Moseley, Rachel Atherton, Isabeau Courdurier, and Veronique Sandler. As well as the greatest winning mountain biker of all time, Anne-Caroline Chausson 🏆🏁 Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ #DirtShedShow #GMBN

This week on GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Neil Donoghue and Blake Samson are joined by legendary mountain bike pioneer and trials bike superstar Hans Rey to ask the question does mountain biking have an identity crisis? Are mountain bikers arrogant?  Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and we check out some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠ #DirtShedShow #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Neil Donoghue is joined by Blake Samson to discuss the controversy around the new UCI Snow Bike World Championships!❄️ As an ex-pro Downhill racer Neil shares his opinion, do you agree? In the rest of the show, we look at the results from last week’s Caption Contest, your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault, and more!

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Rich Payne is joined by Anna Cipullo to ask the question, has social media changed mountain biking forever? In the rest of the show, look at the results from last week’s Caption Contest, hear from Tom about this week's latest MTB News and your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the Bike Vault and much more!