What's Your Most Costly Mistake? | Dirt Shed Show 483

[@gmbn]

Martyn wants to hear your stories about your most costly mistakes to help the chat learn from it, or at least laugh!

[@feedbackzaloop]

Tipping into a roadbike world. Started from a 30 Euro clunker, evolved into money pit

[@mtb84276]

just ivested in clips was sat in my garage unclipping and clipping and didn't realise that i already had one clipped and clipped the other one and fell over side ways luckly i was alone but still funny.

[@mtbextreme01]

hit my local jump line before xc race, crashed, and cut my knee open. Was still able to race but couldn't compete in time trials for staging the week leading up

[@307.William]

Put a new BB in my GT and I didn’t know that torque wrenches only worked clockwise. Anyways when I notice a creak I had to hacksaw off the BB to get it off. It was so tight it snapped my park tool BB socket.

[@AK-ContentCreatIon]

Riding a car in a phase of my life, using Mary J and other things.. 6000€ all in...and devaluating my car and selling it for scraps after a year of not driving it.... And maybe trust other people being as sincere or true as myself... That hurt... twice.... but else... not much

[@dyslo9216]

Most costly mistake is getting into mountain biking but, I’m not regretting it at all.

[@martynashtonGMBN]

That’s the right answer 🎉

[@Velo1010]

Same here, but it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than golf 😂

[@philrob4468]

@@Velo1010I do both.. and mtb is not cheaper than golf

[@Velo1010]

@@philrob4468 sure is cheaper. All the parks are free. The free fees add up. And let’s not get started on the cost of good golf clubs.

[@nmcgregor1990]

Thanks guys! Glad you liked my caption. Just happy my dry wit has gone to good use for once 😂 I do love Rich, really ❤

[@Mr.NotImportant-qu5rx]

Costly mistakes I have done or seen: 1. Accurately assess your skills, future skills (age happens), time available for cycling, and financial situation. Ask friends and family for a brutal written review on these items as your perception may not be realistic. 2. Buy a used steel or aluminum frame bike (that reflects your assessment in #1) that you plan on using for a decade. 3. Get regular maintenance from a local bike shop owner that you make good friends with. The local bike shop owners need both friends and customers right now.

[@martynashtonGMBN]

That is a good plan @Mr.NotImportant

[@budman8926]

Dont plan to keep bikes for 10 plus years they get way to dated by that time. 5 year mark is more realistic for improvements in future tec

[@teapeaster]

First pair of bouncy forks Marzocchi Z3's around 1999. Got very excited. Measured twice, cut once. Forgot to put the stem on. Cut it so short that it wouldn't fit the smallest DMR in LBS. Sent back to Italy for new steerer tube- £75. Measure THRICE, cut once (for some of us)

[@kennethcampbell7263]

not a mountain biking experience, but expensive at the time, out for a training ride thinking to myself I'll change my tubes when I got home, going down the main street of a town that used to have the bike shop in the middle of that street, blew both tubes thankfully directly outside that shop.

[@garyalexander3281]

Taking an ebike on a chairlift in Glencoe held up by bike seat - dropper post cable snapped - bike dropped 20 ft thankfully no one below - amazingly only damage was cracked rim on rear wheel! 😰😂

[@mlee6050]

I'm confused how cable snapped and it dropped when surely seat post strong enough or tightened well enough

[@brandonfields5720]

First time I installed a half-link chain, i tried to do it like a normal chain instead of the bullet pin, broke it within 5 minutes of riding, went otb and bent fork and bars. $30 chain cost me $150 in repairs lol.

[@iangriffiths929]

My most costly mistake was featured on episode 321 of the dirt shed show when I went off a drop and landed on my head! Broke my ribs, two vertebrae and my collar bone!

[@J.William78]

Fear the dreaded fork cut. Must of measured my new Pikes 10 times. Poor Owen. That must of been the worst day.

[@StuPower]

I’m liking Owen’s laptop sticker “Ride Bristol”. They do a great job maintaining our local trails 🫶

[@blakekennard7700]

I was using a tailgate pad to transport my bikes. Had my hardtail and full suspension and was trying to hurry to meeting up with a riding buddy. I was backing up to get turned around in my drive and backed into my father in-laws suv. Crunched the fork and front wheel of the hardtail and the front wheel on my full sus and did damage to my father in-laws suv. It was hugely embarrassing and costly on so many levels.

[@tidyjimmy]

I once borrowed my dad's bike to go riding with my mates up chopwell while I was up there over Christmas a few years back, bike had clips on so I grabbed his shoes to go with it, when i got to the carpark I went in the boot to find I'd grabbed only 1 shoe with cleats in and a random other shoe, I managed the ride but if you've ever tried riding clips without the cleats on your shoe it's not the most comfortable. Won't be doing that again!

[@0ldBadger]

Nice to see some awesome hardtails on Bikevault!

[@CogMarks]

This was a mistake that became of the most embarrassing things that happened to me. When I was pre-riding the mtb nationals course at Mt. Snow, Vermont. I didn’t see a hole that I rode into and popped out of my pedal smacking my lady bits on the top tube. It knocked the breath out of me for so long, I’m surprised I didn’t pass out. Once I was able to breathe again, I finished my ride. I noticed that my shorts seemed awfully wet considering I wasn’t sweating much. They were full of blood. It turns out that when I hit the top tube I got a cut almost 2 inches long. So, I changed clothes, put ice in my shorts, and headed to the hospital. The doctor that sewed me up didn’t believe me when I told him what happened. Having to get my lady bits sewn up was bad enough, but having the doctor not believe how I got cut in that area was very embarrassing.

[@Jellytaco.]

I have a few… I was trying to bleed my brakes and I stripped the bleed port on the caliper. I also once tried to jump a log and I got it the first time so I tried again but slower. I snapped my derailleur and the hanger. Also I was riding once and my chain broke, foot slipped and my chain ring went into my leg. I still have the scar.

[@Digsap84]

Caption; when biking some people rock and roll others roll on rocks

[@Dahbienhwa]

Measure twice, cut once, measure again, throw away, start over.

[@ShaunHarwood]

Most costly mistake I made is buy and maintain an e-bike but it's a good mistake 😆✌🏽

[@marcevans6500]

Loving the bike stand 😂😂😂 can’t wait for my race top 🤘

[@josephkibbler4653]

Removed my front wheel for travel, left it on the front drive 🤦🏻‍♂️ Mavvic wheel, hope rotor and Maxxis exo tyre - it was still there when I remembered and turned around roughly an hour later.

[@bridged13b]

I did the same, but wheel was gone when I got back, checked the cameras, and the guy across the road had taken it! So, I had to go and knock on the door and ask for my wheel back 😂

[@johncole3010]

First home made bike rack on a cargo tool box didnt have contours for the mtb tires and it slipped off turning. I saw how tough michelin tires as well as all the layers. Purchasing new chesters to place on my newly painted bike and missing a climb only to jam a pedal pin in my knee cap and gashing my leg. Next time im filing the sharp edges first.

[@hairyhomerify]

Riding no handed then seeing a dog run in front of you and finding out your left hand reflexes are faster 5han right as you grab the front break shooting over the bars

[@jakeydelacakey7698]

"cranks not aligned" next three bike worse... "Super nice"!! 👀

[@ze_pilot]

I’ve never met a mountain biker who isn’t proud of his bodily functions

[@thevapingpolisher9717]

65 grand in ti bolts and plates to put my upper leg together

[@ltrtg13]

My mistake was when I recently changed the forks on my hardtail. I took the Rock Shox Recon forks out of my bike to take the crown race off. I used a screw driver and a hammer to release the crown race using the divet in the crown. It didn't work and the forks went back in the bike. I bought a crown race removal tool. took the forks out. It didn't work and damaged the rubber seal on the race. The forks went back in the frame. I also bought a crown race seating tool for when I got that race off the forks. It doesn't fit a tapered steerer tube. Not is all lost. It will fit the crown races on my hybrid and road bike. Except they most likely will never need a new headset. The road bike I don't ride much and my hybrid has a Chris King headset. So I bought a crown race setting tool That will work with tapered steerer. Then after finding out the crown race isn't coming off. I bought a Hope headset for the new forks. I haven't used that tool either. As the Hope headset has a split race and doesn't need one to fit it. Them I found out the rest of the headset isn't the type It would normally come with. So I had to buy a tool to remove the races out of the frame. With having to buy the tools as I found out I needed them and find the time around work. It took me 6 weeks to fit the fork. Those forks are the Rock Shox Domain. The first set of 38mm forks I've owned. But the second 38mm fork I've ridden. As 2 days after buying these forks. I bought Pinkeye.

[@andyb5012]

Love the dirt shed show and everything GMBN do thank you

[@aimokan]

Thanks Bernard for giving this inspiration to a great Dirtshed topic! lol

[@1972mdc]

Funniest show ever / you guys are hysterical together and that topic was epic. Everyone in the family was in tears

[@Charli3Brav0]

I once reversed over my front wheel, having rested it somewhere different while putting the bike in the car 😅

[@martynashtonGMBN]

🤦‍♂️ Oh no 😟 👊

[@Charli3Brav0]

@@martynashtonGMBN I've learned from it, always double check / stick to the routine! It was a spendy error though 😂

[@MatthewMabborang]

The wrong size, groupset and wrong kit 😭😭😭 But most importantly, not maintaining the bike 😭😭😭

[@jonnypennell2428]

Check your bike after a big session. I didn't and had my axel come loose, snap while loading up into a corner, tore everything in my shoulder, elbow ripped open. 5 km in on a trail 100 km from town. Canterbury NZ

[@KevinT3141]

I drive my friends crazy by torquing everything to spec. I even have a cheat sheet on my phone listing the torques for every single part on my bike...

[@Rubblechops]

Gonna do that

[@JeffMTBinVA]

Got the torque sheet on my phone too 😁

[@stevesullivan9377]

Drove into a car park cos my car was overheating, forgot the bike was on a rack on the roof and smashed it into the height restriction barrier. Destroyed front Crossmax SLR and Anthem’s frame was cracked beyond repair.

[@CraigJones-w7s]

Caption contest reply; “I miss my hardtail!” 😂😂😂😂

[@minimoose921]

I snapped a bolt off in a frame in my first week of a new job. It was cross threaded from factory. How do you explain that to your boss with out coming across as a tool

[@TheScramble8]

Had my beautiful Klien frame painted ( many years ago), I didn't clean the threads in the frame and crossed the derailleur mounting bolt.

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Oh no - Were you able to get it fixed -Also what paint job did you go for on the Klein? Cheers Owen

[@RobNaughton54]

Can you explain to me why the mountain bike front brake is on the wrong side? 😂 Got my first mountain bike in the mid 80s to train for Moto and the first thing I noticed was, the freaking front brake was on the wrong side so I switched it over. Been that way ever since. But in 1988 I jumped on a friends mountain bike, started riding a wheelie… went to tap the rear brake and looped out faster than I could comprehend what happened. Blew out my knee and missed the start of the 88 Supercross season.

[@matt_acton-varian]

Martyn's random tandem story sounds horrifying! Don't know whether not having any feeling in your foot was a good thing in that situation 😬😬😬 I have had to replace a seatpost on an old bike of mine that I got secondhand a year or so prior. The saddle started slipping so I took the clamp apart, cleaned and re-assembled. I was torquing up the bolt to 10nm as instructed I reached about 5 and then it started getting loose - the aluminium casting snapped around the bolt rendering the seat post scrap. It must have been overtightened at some point before fatiguing and failing. Thankfully it was a standard round seat post and I could get a cheap replacement but if it was a proprietary shaped seatpost, made of carbon or a dropper, I think my wallet would have cried.

[@BizBBiz]

Brand new carbon bike on top of my brand new Scion tC and drive it into the garage. To tube took the majority of the impact and squashed the roof rack down into the panoramic sun roof breaking the sun roof and the hatchback window and denting the roof rails. Because you need to know: the bike was fine. Ride it for 7 years after that with no issues.

[@Adventuregirl96]

Most costly mistake I ever had was overestimating my skills and crashed on a hip up at Whistler. Broke my handlebars and my arm.

[@billderas3420]

After recovering from a mtb accident with lacerations to my face, I did another head plant on my next ride that resulted in a subdural hematoma (brain bleed). So, 2021 sucked because I was off the bike for half of it!

[@biodegreaser4009]

Now that does suck 😮

[@mattcoop989]

#captioncontest "When someone told Steve, analogue bikes do still exist"

[@matt_acton-varian]

R:E the news - great to see Hattie Harnden mixing it with the French riders who have for so long been the nation to beat in enduro, and Vali Holl's flick on that jump was slick.

[@R1eger25]

most costly mistake : friend got a mtb, we went riding, i got cocky on a simple gravel road, otb into a tree, broke 4 spinal protrusion bones. always be aware of where you're looking even if it's a simple gravel road.

[@davidtomasetti8520]

remember when you measure twice to include the handlebar thickness on at least one of the measurements

[@Paul-q3q6u]

I once cycled into a washing line that was stretched across a garden , simply didn't see it got strangled , fell off the bike on to the family tortoise.

[@xosece]

my most costly mistake was riding the MTB for the first time in a very steep place going downhill, in a track full of boulders, and "lanes" created by the rain. Crazy crash. Btw, did you hear that the legendary NBA player Reggie Miller went from NBA to mountain biking as of recently?

[@vlazielrodriguez9351]

Would you guys recommend a beginner MTB rider get an Able sport/core or the infamous ozark trail? 🙏

[@AndyHyatt1991]

Thank you for featuring my 84!

[@plokmko0]

Martyn is the Ricky Gervais of GMBN !!!

[@RobNaughton54]

Tech tip…. If you cut it too short the first time, no matter how many times you cut it after that.. it will still be too short. 😂

[@andrewsiasparks]

Snapping sram chains and power lock going uphill. A derailer in the rear wheel and broken hangers. 😅 The mid 2000s were terrible

[@robertmcfadyen9156]

Only had poor quality cap screws break in two cheaper stems .

[@jamesthomasson8276]

Felt like I really was organized and ready for a ride, even replacing the front axel to the fork to hold it as I transported the bike by car with the front wheel removed. Got to the trailhead with the front axel on hand, but no front wheel. It was still in the garage exactly where I had put it as I fussed about replacing the @#$!£??$% front axel in the @#$!£??$% fork.

[@ze_pilot]

#captioncontest you call it a concussion, I call it the best nap of my life

[@fud1376]

Thinking the CCTV would see anyone trying to nick my bike....Didn't see a bloody thing...Ha!!

[@CsBackyardBees]

Love the videos. I can't wait for the next one!

[@leehorspool9744]

Caption Contest " Mountain biking holidays, now available with optional sunbathing for bike and rider"

[@Bierce88]

Going down to my basement and seeing my bike fallen of the stand, my MT Magura 7 smashsd, and my dropper lever.

[@420-cannacat]

Its the dirt shed shooooow!!!! I remember dirtshed 001 ✌️❤️ u guys r cool

[@01FozzyS]

#captioncontest "Jonesy throwing a tantrum like a toddler after his battery died".

[@elrictdb]

#captioncontest Elderly relative suffering a cardiac incident on the trails?! Happens more than you think - that's why all new motors now come equipped with adapters to allow the battery to function as an AED (Automatic Electronic Defibrillator). First we extended your ride and now we extend your own life! E-bike life rulez!

[@srstrand01]

Owen is great!!!

[@OwenBikeNerd]

Thank you!

[@bogdandecowski7442]

Costly mistake? I've left my phone in my pocket of riding trousers and washed it in the washing machine. Also after few minutes I've stopped it to add knee and elbow pads, put it back on and then after about 10 minutes I've realised that the phone might be there and it was😣

[@JasonTrew2018]

#Captioncontest: When you find out that a certain GCN and GTN presenter caused you to crash after a boob flash

[@RoryPowell-e8n]

Martin, as being a black man, my self going black waist down isn't always a bad thing, brother 😂😅

[@Jonathan-q7n2m]

May you elaborate 🤔

[@RoryPowell-e8n]

@@Jonathan-q7n2m 😂😊😁😅 you'll have bigger black legs

[@jamesfriedrich4663]

The bike vault is so disappointing. I'm always like.. yep,this is my week and it never comes. Still hopefully though! 'Please feature my bike GMBN'

[@arc9812]

Trying to steez, I" off trail " dropped into a bed of goatheads and cactus 🌵, ride over!

[@mlee6050]

Not washed pads have confused me as not understand it, only know of brake pads

[@VRietySociety]

#captioncontest Owen from EMBN after 5min on a Real mountain bike👀🙊

[@MusicInSilico]

#CaptionContest: oh look, a yEEEt-bike rider in it's natural habitat!

[@prolfinator]

westie all day

[@Justin-ny6un]

#captioncontest When your motor went bang and your warranty expired two weeks ago

[@aarowbach8711]

the dog haz no shadow

[@TheTissueTank]

Caption contest "I believe iv hit rock bottom"

[@emmachampion7387]

#captioncontest when you regret doing a large climb after eating a full english

[@FredShredBikes]

ive case a jump on a race... and snap my frame in half.... :/ :(

[@martynashtonGMBN]

Unlucky fella. Been there.

[@FredShredBikes]

@@martynashtonGMBN my face was 😭..... cheer Mr Nashton! love your work

[@vlazielrodriguez9351]

Caption: When you buy an expensive bike and it didn’t make you a better rider 😅

[@dannyk3718]

Ah come on now lads, we dont make mistakes, we just have happy little accidents 😋

[@chibani_gl]

When ebikers run out of battery, they instantly become preys for all sorts of wild animals. #captioncontest

[@sled5196]

#captioncontest Steve Jones trying to solar charge his internal battery

[@cornishcactus]

#captioncontest Steve loses it after he runs out of battery 3 miles from home, there isn't enough signal to call an UBER for a lift and he foolishly let his manservant have a day off.

[@augustmousel]

Riding with my friend every time I ride with him my bike breaks

[@corindimtber1385]

#captioncontest ride clips they said, it'll be fun they said

[@InitialP_Photography]

#captioncontest We were wondering were that rogue stunt mug ended up, now we know

[@TazErrant]

Have just upgraded my forks. No way could I risk making a mistake. Being a female I didn't want to give the guys any amusement! They already give me a hard time for trimming my handlebars cos I'm small. I watched a video beforehand citing all the mistakes you can make - so that I didn't make them. Actually must have watched 20 youtube videos. Then measured 10 times. Went and had a cup of tea and then measured another 10 times.

[@Rock-It21]

#CAPTIONCONTEST Mr. Jones caught between a rock and a hard place.

[@paulallen3031]

Worst mistake was buying a brand new canyon neuron cf just as all my mates went ebike, owned it 2 months lost well over a grand on it🤦‍♀️

[@martynashtonGMBN]

Did you move on to an E-Bike afterwards?

[@paulallen3031]

@martynashton3607 Yes , it's hard to deny that ebikes are more fun, I done my time grinding up the climbs, still love riding my hardtail though

[@Velo1010]

@@paulallen3031I have fun with my non-e-bike by avoiding the climbs 😆

[@Wi3Mmtb]

#captioncontest That's how costly mistake look like

[@trycd3489]

#CAPTIONCONTEST when you crash your mates' new bike and heard something break

[@Paul-q3q6u]

Second time clipped in, riding up to my new girlfriends car with her in it. Just ridden fifty miles, try to pull a Wheely,get cramp couldn't unclip fell over into a puddle and promptly got cramp in the other leg. Laid there trying not to cry as my legs went into spasm whilst laying in a dirty puddle with one foot still clipped in.

[@monstarwrx]

#captioncontest emtb or normal mtb, old people still need to have a nap

[@R1eger25]

#captioncontest when I say "watch this" and eat dirt

[@Its_me_scott]

#captionContest “……ahhh im getting to old for the shhh!”

[@JeffMTBinVA]

#CAPTIONCONTEST Don't worry about me, is my bike okay!?

[@rustychain9518]

I hit someone's bike rack with my Jeep in the parking lot $$$$

[@liamhoffman7464]

#CAPTIONCONTEST "the moment the emtbr was beat up the hill by the xc racer"

[@rsd_mtnbiker6422]

Buying the wrong bike rack.😑😑😑

[@NeilDethml]

Beware. Who’s gonna do who? 😂