6 Simple Mountain Bike Skills That Will Make You A Better Rider

[@gmbn]

Who'd like to see Blake do more trials on his enduro bike? Let us know in the comments below 👇

[@th_js]

Me.

[@rodrigogian10]

I want!!

[@Duncan23]

You should do a video of learning trials with help from Martyn and Ali C

[@walterrosinsky2752]

I recommend Sam Pilgrim and his buddy Tom Cardy, those two do some cool street trials that went kill you in the learning process.

[@BandGeekRecords]

More trials!!! I got into MTB’ing because of trials.

[@scbarnett3703]

You Blake have been an inspiration to me and my recovery from heroine and crack.. what!?!!. Yep! I spent£100 + every day on smoking it.. till I saw your videos . I once had a deep passion for mountain biking downhill. I detoxed and started using my bike once again. it was probably the only thing and never sold. My 2005 Kona explosif hardtail.. she's just as good as she ever was and believe me I've not touched that s*** since. It's been going well and I would like to thank you and the rest of your team for helping me big love Sean

[@scphincter4u2c]

Congratulations

[@marxaj1630]

That's awesome!

[@TroubleMaker0439]

Good to hear you're Okay

[@TrupimOkiemTV]

bikes saves lives!

[@brettzimowicz9805]

That’s awesome. Stay strong. Keep shredding!

[@NEO-gw6bh]

blake is such a good teacher

[@gmbn]

Thanks 🤟

[@johnsaccoccio7373]

Damn straight, wish I could get him to coach for an afternoon. My skills are pathetic compared to this tutorial and without the hours, days, weeks, months to put into learning the good and unlearning the bad, I could really use some help to help accelerate the process.

[@evaforsberg6761]

John Saccoccio so how did it go?

[@manojkcphysiotherapistebp1732]

I am also learning these days .

[@jimmyw7530]

Agreed!

[@lauragriffithsoutdoors]

I do love Blake he’s an awesome presenter, super excited and genuine and then really good at explaining in these kind of videos

[@markfoster2947]

Yes, but please continue to do them on a 'normal' mountain bike please rather than a specific trials bike - makes it more relevant to mountain biking and more relevant for us poor folks with only one bike!! (and i do love trials as well) cheers, i have seen every gmbn video!!!

[@gmbn]

Thanks Mark 🤟

[@jomorkenstrseth3526]

Er, that is a normal bike, not a trials bike

[@bennybossboom]

jo morken størseth notice his use of the word ‘continue’

[@fuco5951]

I guess he meant hardtail

[@dazzershell]

"Auchan" premium class bikes.

[@HFODT]

Absolutely! Blake does trials series, and none of this trials specific bike stuff, that's just making it easy by having the right geometry....and most of of us ride enduro bikes anyway! Love the vids, keep up the awesome work!

[@gmbn]

Thanks 😀

[@kgill99]

I’ve been mountain biking for around 20 years - the skills you really need are - good judgement (what to do and what not to do) - Balls - great balance - being calm -being mentally switched on - advanced braking skills - ability to jump off bike when it goes wrong - some ability to land/roll well - bunny hop (over roots and rocks) - step down You don’t need many other skills on a real mountain bike trail (Because it almost certainly will have no jumps in it), if you’re doing an artificial course you might also need how to jump a bit. So no need for fakie’s, stoppies, endo’s. You need manual for step down (Got to get your front wheel up), and the rest of it e.g. tight cornering and so forth, comes naturally.

[@davidferguson4513]

Absolutely love this guy, I am a beginner getting into mtb with an interest in trails however I have zero skills on a bike.. So the advice here is awesome! Cant wait to get my new bike, try some of this and impress my missus

[@harrymcbarry889]

6:55 I see a good boy

[@scbarnett3703]

Finding something to fill the gap that give me a buzz and keeps me fit is avid send.. Blake thepatron saint of dirt jumping.. (thank you all for saving my life 😃

[@timmcdroid8069]

Thx Skilz give confidence when riding any enviroment..Snow and cold tests your balance like riding in sand....

[@lukeyourdude]

yes please. Blake is great teacher. if he thinks that his trials are appalling then he should come and look at mine. my trials are terrible. i can barely do any of those things except for the last one. this is why i need videos like this. to help me be better at mountain biking. =)

[@sutusmihaly]

..I never get tired of watching you doing your thing..thumbz up blake

[@BraveNewMediapl]

The most outstanding rider and a very unusual engineer. The essential Multiblake

[@RGCastro7]

Great set of skills, Blake! This was a very good video. I've been struggling with the Endo and Endo turn; the thought of going OTB scares me. Yours was a new suggestion on it, and I'll give it a try! Cheers, man!

[@sapinva]

Yes! Take a trip north to ride with Ali Clarkson.

[@slimbeaux]

You and Neil are my favorite teachers and yeah, definitely, some more trially stuff. But this one was an excellent skill set to learn. Kudos to you.

[@mtbjim1670]

That would be awesome to see more trials! Especially with Blake and Sam

[@grantgibson2885]

Blake should do trials with Danny Mac

[@lucasodmar5295]

Just got my first full suspension bike and can only do about 2 of these. Definitely gonna learn these.

[@SaschaLangeCanada]

Yes trails please on your enduro bike so we can relate!

[@XXTT1]

Another great video! Keep it up be because I can't stop!

[@gmbn]

Thanks dude! 🤟

[@Creeper9595]

Great to see you guys in one of my local pump tracks in Bristol!

[@richarde1355]

Awesome! To the extent he said there are a few techniques at which Blake’s not very good, you know there’s gotta be some good outtakes...

[@henrikruenger]

Do more trials. You asked for it ;-) I love watching them. Thanks Blake

[@gray7890]

It's new(to me) bike day! My first full squish. Now to not lose my mind waiting on it

[@ThisIsBikeTrials]

Yeah, let's see some more trials Blake!

[@alfonsorejas9706]

I like the way you explain and demonstrate the tricks. Nice job. Thanks and greetings from Peru! 🇵🇪

[@Test-nr3cd]

Do trials Blake. You're amazing.

[@davidrivera390]

Very interesting how these skills translate to riding a motorcycle. Keep it up! Love the videos

[@rodrigogian10]

I want more videos like that!!! Pls!

[@hebson21]

Ive done all this stuff lol. Two things id add, balancing without moving much, and riding on curbs as long as you can

[@ctapo1386]

This was uploaded on my birthday

[@akluoma]

Blake is the man and should definitely do more triels. And nice progression on fakie... No more they can say that "Blakie can't fakie" ;) . Keep 'em coming. Curtis had a good idea about the video with Martyn and Sam, do a game of Bike on trials.

[@sugarnads]

I train heavy vehicle drivers. 'Where you look is where you go' comes out of my mouth regularly when trying to get them to do tighter U turns. Looking back over your shoulder as you turn. Works. Dragging some back brake helps on a motorcycle too.

[@jsonracer]

Thanks, good tips for those of us with trails currently under snow

[@mizsbae5545]

Very useful. Thanks for the tips ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍

[@deanlaffan2390]

First of all can i say as a brand new MTB rider, these video are AMAZING. I am loving putting these into practice ! You guys do a sensational job. One small quibble in this video, you mention at 8:45 about 'curling your toes around the pedals. 1. I can't see that happening, 2. how can that be possible in runners ? Surely it's the physics/momentum/weight shift of your body on the bike rolling the loading, which pops the back wheel up ? Thanks guys !

[@gmbn]

Thanks for the awesome feedback Dean👍. Yes your right 🤣 it's not possible to actually curl your toes around the pedal as Blake said, but this is a great way to visualise what your feet are trying to do. Check this video Neil did a little while back gmbn.eu/BunnyHop

[@flobescht7749]

Please do more trials for example with Ali Clarkson.

[@gmbn]

That would be cool, or Chris Akrigg? 🤟

[@flobescht7749]

Would be great too. I'm looking forward to this video

[@ryanjohnson7354]

Best thing is I live right by where this video is shot. Result!

[@RexMerino]

Thanks a lot bro i need to practice all this technique very informative content

[@Herbybandit]

Yeah! Go for it!

[@abelguillermosilva6334]

thank you very much for the amazing tips, you gave me a lot to practice. you guys are the best!

[@MilatovichFamily]

The five dislikes are roadis who got flats.

[@xxMissSummerxx1]

Hahahahahaha nice one 🤣🤣

[@rensellvalencia2695]

there are actually 279 now

[@arranroberts1463]

Rensell Valencia they’re all roadies

[@dazzershell]

No any jokes about mtb-adepts on roadies channel

[@bardongalang32]

Update! They're 400 now. 😁

[@migatron1]

No excuses Mr. Samson! I saw someone riding that exact pump track, in the snow, recently :¬p

[@givemeakidney]

You cab see kids riding it in this very video! Not significant but funny I thought.

[@stevenparisi]

Great content for the sad offseason. Thanks!

[@Ricochetmex]

Yess more trials stuff!

[@Titanium516]

Great video, your the man, Blake

[@BikingVikingMTB]

Yes more more n more. Great vid mate 👍

[@Alsclips2013]

Brilliant video! Thanks for the detailed lessons. I have none of those skills atm but am willing to give it a shot! Thanks again! Cheers. Al

[@secfol5272]

i learned a lot in all your GMBN tutorial.. but my heavy allu frame need extra power and effort .. hope to get carbon in the future.. thanks for uploading guys..

[@samanthahopwood6607]

Great helped me massively I've progressed so much using these tutorial videos cheers Blake 😆

[@rbanowhiso2569]

I love Blake mtb❤️

[@christianburrell5564]

Honest question - what is the trail safety application for a Fakie?

[@ripsaw88]

Ha! Brunel Way pump track... was there just today

[@aaronb8699]

Hells yes Blakey. Trials vid with Pilgrim. Please 🥰

[@acameron87]

Would love to see Ali Clarkson show Blake a trials thing or two!

[@tomfer2082]

Great video. Made ma to go out and try it. Very nice way to explain how to do it. Cheers 👍

[@fowlr9349]

Another great tutorial video Blake!!👍This is always the first channel I go to when I want to work on a new skill! Also I would love to see another colaberation with Sam Pilgrim.👍

[@wjneeves]

Hello GMBN Team. Thanks for all the awesome Videos, your content is top noch and I cant seem to get enough!!!! Have you ever done a Video on buying a used bike? I'm sure that I'm not the only one that would find your expertise on the subject extremely helpful. Thanks again and keep on sending it!!!!!

[@gmbn]

Thanks Wessley! 👍 Yes Neil did one and here it is. gmbn.eu/2ndhandbike

[@josiahkaczmarek3409]

Those are all things I'm working on learning. Cool video!

[@gmbn]

Thanks and good luck 👍

[@johnglynn7795]

Thank you the video!

[@glyks1550]

**PERFECT LIKE ALWAYS **

[@joachimgrammig9590]

Yes bring it on

[@quique69conejo]

I enjoy watching a lot! Keep teaching us!,,

[@noahrimmer3163]

Tip to manual: I could barely get my wheel off the ground and it was so annoying. I could wheelie and everything but could never manual. So I got an old cheap pink bike from my sister, which was pretty small. It had a really low seat and so I started using that. I went on the road for a while and just practiced the two movements, that make the L shape. I then started speeding it up and trying to get good technique. I was already getting improvement but wasn’t going all the way up. So then I started really loading down the bike and pushing down the pedals and then pushing back. You’ve almost got to kick the pedals out when you transfer your weight backwards. The straighter your legs are the further back you go if you have good technique. Then if you go to far you bend your knees or touch the break. Hope this helps

[@Terrylyon1979]

Love to see you ride with Sam he is epic 😎

[@nassiraba-waji5606]

Yea boy here we do with some skills that I already know

[@michellemoore9840]

Great video..Thank you!!

[@aminrazawan482]

This helped a lot! Another great video as usual. Thanks GMBN

[@gmbn]

Thanks Amin! 🤟

[@aminrazawan482]

@@gmbn Not at all!

[@carlinman539]

It would awesome to see Blake learning more trials, especially from Sam and or Tom Cardy.

[@jeromemorespeeder3503]

Hi Martyn, I think that going tubeless is a cool upgrade too! And not cost a lot if you have your tyres "tubeless ready"! Love your videos ! ^^

[@adamstanwick1487]

Blake do trails but with a beginner or intermediate please 👍

[@andyoram5815]

Awesome tutorial Blake🥇

[@JakeGerrard]

You’re so good I would love to go there to try all the tricks and pump the pump track keep up the good work

[@jesse-dg8yx]

You ever considered doing a video on riding mtb in a skatepark? I ride bmx and I'm from Bristol, I think for mtb the best skatepark would be the one at Bradley Stoke and Dean Lane/dame Emily skatepark, hengrove and horfield are alright but probably too small for mtb. I would say either Bradley Stoke or Dean lane/dame Emily are the best bet (two different names for the same skatepark). I haven't been to the one in Bath yet (Victoria skatepark) but from all the clips I've seen of my mates there I think it would be plenty big enough for a mtb but I can't guarantee how creative you could get. Just thinking about it I'll probably go to Bath tomorrow so I'll update this comment once I've been there

[@gmbn]

Cool let us know how you get on 🤟 It's got some small features but also got a HUGE Bowl! Blake did a video on how to 180 there. gmbn.eu/howto180

[@jesse-dg8yx]

@@gmbn ah okay I haven't seen that video, but I'm there now and it's pretty sick. I ride street if you know what that is and all the ledges are cool because all my nearest parks don't have quite so much but the bowl is super fun just to pump around in super fast

[@gmbn]

A few people in the office ride street and Chris over on EMBN used to be very good at that sort of riding! The Rise Crew are still keeping the street MTB scene alive 🤟

[@jesse-dg8yx]

@@gmbn ohhh that's pretty cool. I've only been doing bmx with actual effort for about half a year and I've felt like it's a pretty obscure thing for people to do as I knew no one else who done it, but yeah it's surprising really how many people have had experience in hobbies you don't know about

[@bazonga1]

Really good tips, thank you

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

I'm inspired to go out and practice my Endo Nose Turn out in the snow and ice out side ))

[@nicktonge7604]

Fakies and manuals... I need to work on these!

[@hamslexleleks9517]

You have such a nice bike 👌💪

[@fzen90]

Very nice video. Thank you

[@fritz2513]

Bei safe there are no broken pieces of glass there so you don't puncture

[@gmbn]

Yes well worth checking out for any bad stuff on the floor that could hurt you or your bike 👍

[@stuartwoodburn2653]

I would a vid on trials, it would so useful as want to know my bike more and what better way!

[@bonzsk]

what about "the bench"+ "endo 180 turn" and side hop off?

[@ads0608]

More games of bike! With pilgrim, Blake and also olly Wilkins 👍🏻👍🏻

[@FRANCESCOGALLI1967]

Tooooopp teacher 👍👊

[@inderpreetsinghgill6768]

Thank you bro you are great

[@naoyukisasanami]

When Blake said straight, a stray dog comes up @6:58

[@aaronhuie7013]

Blake - Would it not be valid to say that, with the tight-turn exercise, one should avoid using the front brake because of it's potential to disturb your balance during a low-speed turning maneuver? My experience is that back brake is much more useful in that situation because it's influence is more gentle AND actually helpful in tightening a turn if you find yourself going wide.

[@iank3788]

Front brake is king for that kind of riding. Let's you still put tension on your chain to make track standing even more stable while spotting a line. Rear brakes stops your momentum and steals your pedal pressure control. In slow or high speed turns I always front brake pulse more then my rear.

[@aaronhuie7013]

@@iank3788 Interesting. I've found that front brake - especially in slow turns where you're trying to maintain balance - too easily disturbs balance because your momentum (small though it may be) keeps going in the direction the wheel was rolling before you applied the brake. Maybe I'm just too ham-fisted with the brake... Maybe I'm not anticipating well enough. Just seems like the linear nature of the influence of the back brake makes maintaining balance easier. And as for high-speed turns... I get pictures of the front wheel washing out and losing total control... But, again, could be more user error than anything.

[@gmbn]

With slow tight turns like this it's ok to use both brakes to help with control. For higher speed stuff we would suggest trying to brake before and after corners.

[@Karan-jy5vy]

Good teacher. As well be a good giver of bike

[@matthiasweidenholzer6065]

Blake's suspension is so soft!!

[@bradywhite520]

when doing a stoppie with speed with your body weight neutral, you suspension should most likely be 90% through its travel

[@SamuraiPoohBearBudoBear]

Deep respect. Nice video! Are there "real world" practical needs for these other than tight turns and being "one" with the bike? These seem like the argument to kata in martial arts.

[@AshfordMTB]

Hell yes to trials!

[@shredtotheextreme1892]

Awesom vid dude!!

[@stefancogurik8209]

Out of all the clickbait shit out there, this is actually a great informative video! I learned a bit thanks

[@marionmico8976]

I always like how you teach but I never applied it on my bike cause its too heavy and almost trash hard tail XC.

[@ericdifolco4590]

Blake needs to get a trials bike!!

[@deathshadow2891]

Do trials with Fabio Wibmer!

[@tompazz5518]

can you do a video of what to do when your bike is in the shop

[@randocalrissian7284]

blakes always Hitting the cha rail!