10 Easy Ways To Improve Your Mountain Biking | Progress Your Riding

[@gmbn]

Did you find these tips helpful?

[@kiko73714]

Yes

[@baileydillon7809]

A lot thanks

[@craigp_mtb7469]

Yes

[@evan2079]

Yep

[@PoonamSharma-dd4mq]

What'sup you beautiful people

[@sieuwegeudens]

Hearing Blake say 'Welcome back you beautiful people' makes my day.

[@irvsstella]

I always thank him and thank him back as I'm an ugly mofo 😂

[@aaronkymble5081]

That’s how you know the video you are about to watch is a good one

[@TheD1tritus]

Blake: "Go to gym, do some exercises.." Me eating second cinnabon: "Maybe tomorrow, Blake"

[@dns_falldamage9678]

😂

[@PVAPlayy]

the words "2nd cinnabon" scared the absolute shit out of me. You're not human. At least not a human over the age of 30.

[@seattlevkk]

An episode focused on mtb gym workouts for average people who are weekend warriors ( not young racers ) would be great.

[@ollllllloHTX]

Great content gents. These are all things that we all neglect from time to time and it’s good to be reminded every once in a while.

[@marcusjulian8977]

Hands down, Blakes' Intro is the best in KZbin :) Newbie here, not even a year into riding and GMBN had quite an impact how fast I went into the MTB World. Thank you guys for putting so much effort and passion for us bikers into useful and entertaining videos!

[@JZ-xu3vg]

Just started a squat routine followed by some other Olympic lifts later. It was a game changer in climbing especially climbing drops. The extra stamina was outlandish.

[@sarahfelder1373]

I remember just following this one guy who is so good for the whole trail

[@declananderson2449]

One thing I love is catching up to one of my faster friends.

[@gergoolle5773]

My 2 man caves: my mini sound studio and the balcony. How sad living in a flat ^^

[@notapplicable6274]

Thank you Blake! Nutrition is as critical as time in the seat!Improving eating habits and learning proper nutrition will ALWAYS be REWARDED with higher skill levels.FACT: no amount of exercise will negate a poor diet. MEANING, fun at the trail means less fun at the dinner table🙏🔑✌️

[@dubkav]

Been following alot of the GMBN workouts for the gym has helped me so much this year Getting fitter and stronger on the bike so thank you for all the tips and videos you all do

[@lucyallsop5626]

i'm a 13 year old girl and i'm proud to say i've ridden EVERY SINGLE bike park in England, Scotland and Wales :)

[@migatron1]

That's a lot of shredding !

[@finleysisson9307]

Lucy Allsop have you rode Haverhill pump track

[@Mr037rally]

Good to see more female riders coming up in the sport, good luck and stay safe

[@harveymunday2159]

How did you manage that when some bike parks you have to be 18 or older to ride there

[@gravediggy]

Who gives a shit if your a girl

[@PewDiePepe]

A *gaming room X bike garage* is not just man cave, it's legends' cave

[@Penguin-wk7gq]

I live in Australia and the trail system is literally a rock garden

[@Extrme_sports385]

Honestly Blake makes my day because of his personality

[@gmbn]

Ours too 😄

[@ShadLife]

I find it interesting that you suggest riding in muddy conditions. Most trails I know of don't want riders on the trail when they are wet and muddy. There are a few exceptions, but not many. Riding in muddy conditions does a lot of damage to the trails and the people who work on them, usually volunteers, are not happy when riders go on closed trails or don't follow the general rule of not riding when the trails are wet.

[@slayerofmidgets3201]

Surely the best fitness practice for a mountain biker is just following someone faster than you?

[@ronprins1225]

Last time I did that, resulted in a fractured shoulder. So that wouldn't be my best advice.

[@alfiecarey6932]

pip excell that's how I did it 😂

[@KonnyP]

But Bruni keeps going places before I can catch up to him

[@slayerofmidgets3201]

@@KonnyP then brake less and send harder! Trust in your tires

[@alanhougham4068]

Was that the new Five-Ten welly’s I saw? Wow when can I get a pair? 😂🤣

[@BjGo]

2:30 the rear suspension on the turbo trainer will make all the differnce xD

[@HUSHHUSH-]

Blake is awesome 👏 🚲😅. Great and very important tips

[@zacharyward4539]

Blake voice just makes me happy😂

[@Petr388]

I would say buy yourself a dirtjump bike and progress all your basic skills with it! I started with manuals and bunnyhops and I can now manual 5-10 secs, bunnyhop much higher and with better control and style. Also doing some pumptracks and soon will try jumps. Do not forget to buy one that fits your size! I made a mistake 3 years ago buying an uni size (unfortunatelly most brands do only universal size) and was unable to do any technical stuff, it was so tiny form me. Now with my new L size Commencal Absolut with reach 440 mm I am more than happy :)

[@irvsstella]

Great advice Blake, I will be taking the nutrition section on board, beer and pizza, I love mtbing!

[@freddelmalrides4267]

Blake's videos are always really good and useful

[@ombrei8674]

Im a newbie in MTB and this really helped me:)

[@Valuiskihh]

Watching tips while waiting preordered bike till march :)

[@JoeyG333]

Is it a privateer 161

[@Valuiskihh]

@@JoeyG333 I have ordered orbea laufey H10 :)

[@senpaitouch3484]

:D Getting back into the sport for a few months now, 1 big stack behind me heading out to the mountains tomorrow. MAN these bikes are $$$ I have a el cheapo polygon... oneday I hope to get myself in the saddle of that Canyon you got there, mate such a beautiful machine!!! Love the vids!!!

[@urft4cfervuhgrc7hvinggd43]

I’d love to see a video in Tasmania.

[@fohman2796]

I personally think that the best way to build fitness for mtb is to just ride all the time and for longer time

[@MyNate1980]

That was me driving past in background on my way to QE/ Buriton

[@ibnumubarok]

Thank u for share this video.. really nice and helpful information..🙏🏻👍🏻

[@timthe55th]

Every once and a while, I forget that Blake has hair since he is always wearing a helmet.

[@kiko73714]

Really helpful! Nice video

[@humhumm3588]

These tips are so helpful thanks again gmbn

[@DizRidesMtb]

Very helpful these guys cheers gmbn 🤘🚴

[@jessegreening6550]

I live in the middle of nowhere on the coast where there arent trails cuz sand but there is an abandoned pump track :)

[@starz6933]

Sick vid dudes 🤟

[@mostlymilt]

Thank you for this! I about died riding less than 7 miles to the office.😪

[@drewjonespdx]

awesome content!

[@gmbn]

Thanks, Drew! We're stoked you enjoyed!

[@joshbarry2333]

My local Is Rogate however 8 am going to Australia to ride mtb like crazy in the blue mountains

[@nathangaffran]

Racing is Rad!

[@jacobbockover1628]

I love the rain. I live in a apartment. There are no hoses garages or yard like spaces to clean my bike. I end up with a bucket scrubbing then I have to clean the walk

[@slippy9916]

@ Jacob Bockover, I always clean mine in my bedroom. Got piece of carpet down, take wheels off, 24oz. hot water in a cup, wash rag & a soft towel & take chain off dawn is to clean sprockets. A clean bike is a Happy bike 📷

[@speedforcesimracer1712]

Great video Blake

[@Roboro1169]

thanks guys

[@migatron1]

I'm gonna run my brake levers pointing to the sky for near vertical descents from now on

[@sripavanv]

Haha

[@baileydillon7809]

When you so early even the self promoters aren’t here

[@kilobitti]

Isn’t this an oxymoron ;)

[@Laurinmtb]

I am already pretty good at mtb but I want to get better but u don’t know how. I was a trials ruder for about 5-6 years and I was pretty good at it so I am really good at technical stuff. I do also jump a lot of jumps but when I watch KZbin I feel like everyone is better than me. I want to improve. I want to be about as good as you guys at gmbn but I just can’t figure out what to do to improve. I know that oftentimes I’m just afraid going full speed or sending a jump even though I know that I’m 100% able to do it. I think I’m too scared which is weird though because I wasn’t scared when I was a trials rider.

[@sixties00]

No footage of them exercising when he mentions yoga :)

[@jesuisFORTIO]

So many tips and still dont know how you guys get the bike balanced on that stick for those perfect pics xD

[@gmbn]

Top secret! 😉

[@eisina6640]

Kinda funny to watch this video and hear Blake sugesting to stay fit. To me the fitness is the least of the worries because I am a xc racer (16 y o)and fitness is my strong side but my tehnique is very bad compared to others, so I´m losing time in technical situations but faster than anybody else in places where you need strenght like sprints, straights and climbs. Specially on climbs, oh how I love climbs! But yeah mostly looking for things that can help my tehnique. Ps I live in Estonia where´s almost no mountains where to practise my riding and my home trails are also very flat. So sorry if there´s some mistakes in this text.

[@evan2079]

Love you so much bro

[@louisroy5553]

love it (blake you are fast)

[@noaheardley2011]

These are very helpful and I will be sure to use these today when riding and building. Have you got any tips on how to build a beginner jump

[@gmbn]

Check out Blake building a jump here: gmbn.eu/howtobuildajump

[@mcmuinshotta7455]

When Blake said clutch lol😂

[@thomasdrayton7879]

1:32 Many places you cannot ride in rain or wet trails. If the soil has a very high % of clay and it would destroy the trails to ride them wet.

[@migatron1]

You ever been to Bike Park Wales ?

[@leevi_ml1520]

Blake🤘🤘

[@jamesomeara787]

Jw how do I adjust my suspension properly (front suspension)

[@theorist7572]

There are no local trails near me, so i ride street on my full squish

[@DarkDretter]

What kind of trousers u wear in this Video?

[@v0ss29]

8:07 1 week my bike is dirty and I'm going snowboarding so i won't clean it next week neither.... Oof

[@braidenmoss1615]

What bike is this? The canyon

[@TheKooster31]

one more tip is riding with someone who's actually better&faster than you, let them lead and you follow down the trail. you'll pick up a skill or two by doing this. just keep humble and suck up your strava pride for a moment. plus you can verify if that guy who's topped you on strava using an e-bike or not ;)

[@gmbn]

Let them chase you as well! The pressure of a faster rider behind you can encourage you to stay off the brakes and improve your riding 🤘

[@TheKooster31]

@@gmbn that is actually what happened at my first race

[@emilianoromerocepeda5071]

Love the bike design kzbin.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L and functionality. It is hard to align the front tired to center the disk brakes. The brake wheel touches the stationery side of the brake caliper and pad. I aired the tire up to 40 psi as the markings say 40-60psi. Left the house for a few hours and came back to an exploded innertube.All in all it seems to be a good bike. Have not ridden it yet though so that's the max of my knowledge. Update, put a new innertube made sure the tire was set properly and it did the same thing in under 20 minutes as second pic shows.

[@reillys7981]

I'm early, nice. Btw please do more blake x sam pilgrim videos. Their the funniest crap i've ever watched

[@migatron1]

They're*

[@onsight2822]

Rocky and Wales = Antur Stiniog not forest of Dean 😉 when are we going to see gmbn crew up north ??

[@grahamleach9639]

Indeed forest of Dean trails are in Gloucestershire. You want rock go to Penmachno

[@MulmMagrit77]

im injured right now so i cleaned my bike and put it in my room is this gonna make me any better😂

[@junadzdumalon1512]

0:21 spotted

[@culturedsalt0221]

What's the difference between a trail centre and a bike park ?? Or are they the same ??🤔

[@gmbn]

All bike parks are trail centres, but not all trail centres are bike parks 😉🤔

[@culturedsalt0221]

Okayyyy...cleared up a lot there(or maybe not!) thanks I guess ??😂

[@willbennett7107]

I think bike parks are more downhill oriented and trail centres are abit of everything but I might be talking bullshit

[@migatron1]

Ayide Koza You pay to get into bike parks, whereas trail centres tend to be free

[@alexsavill486]

6:55 😉 noice

[@davelogan77]

I'm beautiful people, Blake told me so! 😁😎

[@bristolbicylerider1825]

What canyon is that

[@harryingd2674]

I’m just glad I’m a beautiful person

[@mariahrusca7347]

Lol me on a rigid bike, back brake only and road tires ripping my hands off on a rough descent Btw I’m getting an mtb soon and I wait 😊

[@1stFlyingeagle]

Well where I live I guess they don't support pump tracks. Because we have none.

[@DuskPatrol]

Thought we were talking about trail sensors for at least a minute.

[@James-dn1hu]

Are you riding for commencal now is is that just the World Cup team who have the joint sponsorship between mucoff

[@aime7223]

What bike is this canyon 3:21

[@stephencaringal354]

Can you make xc mtb tips?

[@gmbn]

you can find some of our XC tips here: gmbn.eu/getfitfast

[@migatron1]

These are applicable to any discipline

[@danielbuting6942]

I got a question, trel session or yt tues?

[@willbennett7107]

SESSSSSION the yt is better components for the money but trek has a shop which makes things much easier if you have a warranty issue I have a remedy and that thing is quick so I dread to think what you could do on a session 👍

[@Brijesh-fu6rw]

I don't have a place like that in my surroundings

[@THTHvs]

Is the gym footage from an upcoming video?

[@superspecky4eyes]

It's from an old video I think.

[@mwa5806]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH3InqZvpdSAgZY

[@THTHvs]

@@mwa5806 Thnx!

[@olivermartin3772]

Why are his grips invisible

[@Smokeyboi97]

You know, you can enjoy your ride when you’re out when you just ride your bike. I mean, I’m not here to go to the gym, or do any crap like that. I just want to ride my bike better, I don’t believe a gym will help that lol

[@ruchirsaraf8963]

Unfortunately, we do not have a pump track, dedicated trail, or any race in our city

[@TrIpMo1981]

@2:02 that doesn't look very good for your knees

[@onlinechaosgremlin]

Haha give us a thumbs up like if you're ready to shread your bike.

[@jacksonseetolee4983]

Blake I have a question for you. How long would you consider a “short” ride?

[@danielbourke6128]

My short rides are 12-15km...3km to and from the trails so about 6-9km of singletrack riding. About 45mins to an hour total

[@migatron1]

Jackson Seeto Lee It very much depends on what you consider a long ride tbf. It's dependent on the individual imo

[@mosxidigaming]

Man the new Canyon strive is really bad...the last year's model was perfect.

[@mattiasvanoverbeke1831]

My bike cave is 1.7 square meters...

[@tarmacsurfers]

I like lady caves

[@christoph_reik4737]

👍

[@TheMoodyedge]

A little bit more better. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mellimcaoco1876]

👏👏👏👍👍👍🤘

[@micaholsson8956]

lets goo

[@ExplosiveNotes]

"bike time"... what happend to T.I.T.S. ?

[@nicklame2647]

Why I get feeling that this MTB thing is for elite only, not for normal poor people. Pick some random nub with her

[@migatron1]

You can get better on a cheap bike, but eventually you'll need to level up

[@ThatLoudLad]

What about tips for young people? At the age of something like 13 and above?

[@willbennett7107]

Wear a helmet and don’t ride in a stone island tracksuit 😂

[@ThatLoudLad]

@@willbennett7107 noted😂

[@migatron1]

Young, nowadays, is like 2-3 years old when it comes to riding

[@ThatLoudLad]

@@migatron1 are you dumb? A two year old cant ride a bike neither can a 3 year old, Tips as in how to get better at doing tricks and learn professional skills on the trials

[@migatron1]

UPBeats My nephew was riding without stabilisers by 3, by 5 he'd hit an easy xc trail with me. He's 6 now and rides skateparks with me. I know plenty of "young" motocross riders who started at 3-4 years old, by the age of 13 they were racing in 85cc and 125cc classifications, so maybe you should reconsider your definition of dumb. Here's a 5 year old shredding just for reference. You could probably learn a thing or two. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXuVioZmnNSfgdE

[@jkrudolf15]

She Shed.

[@aanharyanto7921]

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