The Weirdest MTB's! + Brendan Fairclough DEATHGRIP 2 Interview | Dirt Shed Show 477

[@gmbn]

🗣 What do you think are some of the weirdest bikes? (past and present)

[@willlange9978]

People tell me my Zerode Katipo is weird - when I slow down enough to chat 😂

[@KuroSanArts]

How about the Millyard DH bike? Not so much weird now but at the time it was way ahead with the whole gearbox idea!

[@DNDinitials]

Living close to and visiting the Marin museum of bicycling somewhat frequently I have seen my share of unique bikes over the years.

[@gur262]

Still the focus big bird, dirty sixxer and everything else with 36 inch wheels. Would be fun to check how hard/ easy it is to build a 29/36 mullet given 36 inch unicycles are somewhat more affordable than those and basically a fork with a seat

[@raycoleman1724]

The early Rotec downhill bike

[@Lewis_Turbitt]

Yo, im Lewis, so stoked my bike made it in the vault, cheers for the super nice guys

[@gmbn]

nice one Lewis! 👊 - It's good GCN got the uploader fixed, hopefully, you weren’t waiting too long to get on the show

[@77rockcity]

It's exciting, isn't it. 😉 🔥

[@ZOB4]

Leading the Dirt Shed Show off with an e-bike, several e-bike videos on the channel in the last few weeks, e-bikes in the news, e-bikes in the main talking point, Neil building a downhill e-bike and telling us to watch this space. What’s the deal guys? Is this now EMBN 2? There’s been more e-bike content than actual bike content on this channel of late.

[@RiteMau]

E-bike not a bike? Don’t be jealous. Let me guess if you lived in the past you would have complained about cars when you were still driving your horse and buggy?

[@mattmitchell1646]

That 'They're alright' cut is perfect!! Well done editors.

[@NanoDex]

That Black Math Bike is the coolest bike I've seen in maybe ever! There is genuinely something to that convertible idea! Takes the idea of a flip chip and the dropper post (not often thought about but makes 2 geometries 1 bike too) to a whole new level.

[@martynashtonGMBN]

I’m a fan too. I really think a light weight EMTB version would rule.

[@limzhonghan3316]

I got a feeling they just made a DHT(downhill-Trail) bike

[@victoriaeldridge4967]

Cheers! Thanks for the Super Nice on the purple! Shoutout from North Bend, WA 🤙🏻

[@Chops00]

That’s my dream E-Bike. Dual crown, no motor, no battery.

[@trbotimmmmmmmeh]

the rear shock is probably attatched to a very high tensile rubber elastomer shaped like leaf springs

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

I was about to go ride but the dirt shed show popped in my notifications feed. It's also only 8°c 😂

[@martynashtonGMBN]

Enough excuses Lauren. Watch the DSS then get out there and make us proud ❤.

[@KevinT3141]

I'm still waiting for the day when Neil enthusiastically starts singing HAAAAcks and Bodges, and Martyn just looks at him deadpan.

[@bradtyson]

Just got back into biking after half a decade 😂 I went for the 2023 orbea laufey h10 as it was half price, good choice?

[@gmbn]

WELCOME BACK TO BIKELIFE! 🎉 - What's the thing you love most about being back?

[@FOTB407]

I’ve heard great things abt the bike, bad things abt their warranty but mostly those bad stories are with their full suspension

[@clivegower-collins9012]

I got sold on my Focus Paralane2 because the battery and motor are a unit, pull them, and it rides like non-E. Can't wait to buy a mountain bike with same flexibility. The Fazua system is awesome

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

Please tell us about that Pademelon steering damper?

[@kieranrae]

The Trek Full Stache was a mad bike, might not look as out there bizarre as some, but put it alongside any other bike and the 29+ wheels look insane 😅

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

Oreba used an Ebike frame for that DH bike because it gave them the room to make a lockable bottom bracket. It can be locked by the rider so the pedals won’t move, when pedaling isn’t needed and it can be unlocked when the rider needs to pedal. In the locked position, it gives the rider much more control and stability on the bike.

[@znon_]

Would that not negatively impact the suspension?

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

@@znon_ No, it would have no impact on the suspension.

[@znon_]

@@Shawn-in-da-Canyon how though because any chain growth that would normally result in pedal kickback would instead stop the suspension from moving?

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

@@znon_There’s not enough to worry about in a modern suspension system. I haven’t felt pedal kickback since the late ‘90s.

[@Pasagier]

The Ibis Oso reminds me a lot of the Mountain Cycle Shockwave

[@tomrodgers6629]

I say use an old school accordian style fork boot for a dropper post dust cover. It would look better then that.

[@saintsinner666him6]

Hey guys love the show! I'm struggling to find out what brake adapter I need for my TPR EVO DH 203mm to fit my Ohlins RFX TTX 160mm 29 forks! Cheers all the best Jonny.

[@matthewgabb5360]

Trail dog Scout is the craziest hound on Dartmoor - with Mr Moore-Moore !

[@Fixingeverthingwithaengine567]

Just watched the teaser clip of death grip. Can't wait. The 17th.

[@TheGaymo]

I'd love the wild to be released as a DH ebike. Not everywhere with great DH runs has a chairlift.

[@feedbackzaloop]

Speaking of cross country, Corratec Racebow from late 90s

[@martynashtonGMBN]

Loved it. A friend of mine used to ride for them (Oliver Grossman) and his Trials Bowbike was ace.

[@motoresruedas7357]

I got a trek powerfly LT similar to rail and I like it however I love Pole bikes, what a design ! I hope I have one sometime

[@martynashtonGMBN]

Hope you get your Pole at some point. Could be quite the collection piece one day.

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Looking forward to deathgrip 2. Young Quentin Tarantino has balls of steel and a lot of imagination 😉

[@danielmonaghan5185]

# captioncontest. " The tyres are high but I'm holding on." 🎶

[@KDog2264]

Neil I agree with you about the lefty fork.

[@Eric.V.]

What’s the connection between that Kross Moon and Propain? That rear end looks almost identical.

[@DontWorryImAPilot]

Do we know anything about the Deathgrip 2 distribution? I'd love to see it (and had no idea #1 is on Netflix - awesome!)!

[@markk527]

KLEIN Mantra not only weird, but also great to ride until you hit your first descent.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Helmet mounted impact sensors are interesting, but they should be planned as an extra tool within a robust concussion protocol. You can't determine concussion by head acceleration, but medical staff could do an extra check for someone who has a really high number on the HMI sensor but isn't already being checked, like an extra set of eyes on the course says this athlete took a hard hit and we should check them out. Clearly the threshold has to be set appropriately so you don't drive everyone crazy

[@nickbrandt5248]

Unless a Dr pops outta that thing like a genie its worthless. who cares how bad it was your either concussed or you aren't that meter isn't changing a gd thing unless it teleports you to the hospital.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

@@nickbrandt5248 for most people casually riding, sure. But for teams and elite competitors, I think they will be using it differently

[@robburley9494]

Anything that includes a hose clip is a bodge...... Dam that radiator in my car 🤣

[@JeffMTBinVA]

@Neil There are lots of GMBN fans in America, myself included. Wish the international shipping for the merch wasn't so high. When are you going to redo the "Triple Diamond on a Hardtail"?

[@zdm5290]

#captioncontest Sometimes you ride your bike, sometimes your bike rides you.

[@Grant3399]

#CAPTIONCONTEST Rich gave it the beans, opened up full gas and let it rip to get up a super tech rock section. Blake gets blown away by his slip stream.

[@Random_6.9_42]

"Captioncompetion, holy moley, did you see that trail dog!

[@esp1818]

18:44 Neil must be a dog person 😂

[@Brendan95902]

I love the humour! Neil for President!

[@GabrielGonzalez-vw5ir]

The black math bike is the cybertruck of MTB.

[@Limburg92]

AGang patriot 2.0. It is the bike I have at home. Quite like it. It's an old one but yea still an nice bike I think.😅

[@elizabethpoley6882]

I'd love to own an Ibis Bow-Ti. They're so weird, they're cool. There are 3 on sale right now online, I just don't have $5K lying around. My 2nd cool bike would be a yellow Slingshot. I like weird. Who wants to be like everybody else.

[@laurencemoore2105]

I'm sorry, but that orbea is a solution looking for a problem. It's the mtb equivalent of buying a house with a fully fitted kitchen, then ripping the kitchen out and cooking over an open firepit in the middle of the room. I think, much they're all very clever people, the solution they're looking for is called a "mountain bike." Crazy, I know, but it might just catch on..........

[@Celeon999A]

I think its a new approach to a DH trend appearing a while ago. You may have heard of DH racers attaching lead weights to their bikes to make them heavier and thus more stable? They are saying modern DH bikes have become just too light and the lack of stability has been hurting racing times rather than doing the opposite. I think they wanna find out if the weight of an ebike, and also the placement of that weight may actually be the sweetspot they are trying to hit.

[@theodunstan423]

Neil, can we call your E-DH bike the marmite bike (Love and hate)

[@markuscherry1189]

Black math bike-looks more like a cyber bike(inspired from cyber truck)

[@budddy1]

Weirdest Bikes: Corsair Crown Mountain Cycle Shockwave GT Lobo Kestrel Rubicon Lahar Gearbox Bike Intense M2 Tandem Bike Canfield Fatty Fat Spooky Project X Brooklyn Machine Works Rubber Duckie Sintesi Bazooka Black Imperator T-Rex Richi Hulk Onion Oger DH

[@cornishcactus]

#captioncontest Hardtails, it's a slippery slope.

[@fishingwithjb1598]

Have a look at the SCW1

[@RALPHGIBBS186]

Dude ! Where at in oregon ....??? Please

[@elslanedog1264]

#captioncontest “I gotta say Rich, this bike is driving me nuts”

[@owengriffiths2741]

Can’t get stranger than Prst1

[@ChristianPareATLAS]

The Ibis look like a Pole carbon edition 😅

[@Jacob_zenuis]

I want to make it to the bike vault so badly but they never see mine lol

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

I want a black math bike but coil rear shock i dont get it take a e bike to turn into a regular bike what the advantages i put dh suspension on my Xc/trail and its multitask weapon

[@velthiz]

My Eclectus parrot follows me on my mountain biking (on my shoulder). Once had a spectacular wipe out and he said to me "so clever"... Shamed

[@frthdo]

I still the Santa Cruz V10 looks weird. It has no seat tube!

[@R1eger25]

#captionsontest Results of Blake forgetting that an analog mtb is far easier to lift the front up than an "eeeb"

[@Peter-ss1vb]

Caption: I thought I might lay down for a minute.

[@Emtbtoday]

The new Honda Ebike is weird with all the plastics you have the Bultaco it's that thing shown here with plastics and grab handle and the other one it's more emtb like but a concept still all plastics though

[@JasonTrew2018]

#Captioncontest: Hey, Blake, I don't think that's how bikes are made

[@kip4135]

The black math bike won't make it in the mainstream because no MTB manufacturer wants a universal Geo bike. Imagine having a bike you can ride anywhere, it's just too good of an idea!

[@danny.i4058]

#captioncontest Blake proving you can still go flat out on a hardtail

[@asifitmatters1]

Why on earth would you put a neoprene shroud on that Orbea???

[@znon_]

To hide what is in place of the motor

[@asifitmatters1]

@@znon_ the point of that being? We know what’s in place of the motor.

[@znon_]

@@asifitmatters1 Orbea haven’t said what’s under it

[@asifitmatters1]

@@znon_ yes they did. They said it was a 3d printed bottom bracket holder.

[@znon_]

@@asifitmatters1that’s what gmbn thought but Orbea didn’t say thet

[@darrencshaw]

#CaptionContest Blake, hard on the back break...

[@whichway9068]

#captioncontest “It’s not the size of the bike, it’s the way you use it”

[@user-slnuphw]

Caption: "Get a room, mate!"

[@Antjan46]

#captioncontest ‘new trick, manual to mount ever-rest!’

[@Rock-It21]

#CAPTIONCONTEST Blake: "I usually ride on top of my e-bike, but sometimes I like being the bottom. Its electric!"

[@darrencshaw]

Shouldn't Hounds & Beagles be named the Bark Vault?

[@Erdbert]

Can’t tell the difference to standard Nicolai bikes tbh😅

[@DontWorryImAPilot]

#CaptionContest Blake learns the dangers of an incorrectly-installed inverted fork.

[@matt_acton-varian]

#captioncontest "Blake, I said Haibike not Sky Bike!"

[@ignaciosevil2157]

personally i have neils bike and i think its insanely good looking

[@svenlima]

English is not my native language, but I'm quite sure that there shouldn't be an apostrophe before plural-s. Not MTB's but MTBs Greatings.

[@darrenkiteley4643]

Dog + bike. Was that an Orbeagle???

[@Whyusadd]

Current stumpjumper is strange

[@saddleweary2777]

#Caption " When you have an itch, scratch it but not the bike ".

[@Its_me_scott]

#CaptionContest Blake showing Rich how he practices Tuck no-Hands

[@fasterhastur]

I won the caption contest! 🎉How do I get my mug, please?

[@samkavanagh8249]

#captioncontest uh oh, payners been on the Brussels sprouts again!!

[@evan5167]

Weirdest bike….. random tandem 😂

[@patsizer3581]

#caption New GMBN Ozzie presenter?

[@fasterhastur]

#captioncontest Blake felt like the new geo movement had gone too far.

[@samkavanagh8249]

#captioncontest is Blake sleep MTBing again!

[@elrictdb]

#captioncontest After years of being on top, Blake see's what it's like to be on the bottom during a ride.

[@martinmorais7780]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@edymarin7781]

#CAPTIONCONTEST "Which way is gravity again?"

[@gr1809]

Klein mantra - what was that all that about

[@ltrtg13]

That Pinarello XC bike didn't do much for Si Richardson. Except show he's spent way TOO many years p***ing about on road bikes.

[@j.albertogratacos2076]

A DH ebike makes more sense than any the other ebike. DH bikes suck at climbing and most DH riders hate the climb part. With a DH ebike, we would be able to session the DH track and save our energy for the fun descents!

[@ignaciosevil2157]

they have tried this for years... Apparently the suspension linkage suffers a lot. Spez Kenevo is basically this and it will rip in half after any kind of real use. Only a princess has a kenevo last more than 1 month. Neils bike is basically a DH ebike

[@j.albertogratacos2076]

@@ignaciosevil2157 ...and they will keep trying until they get it right. Saving my money til then!

[@DontWorryImAPilot]

#CaptionContest Rather than target his bank account, the Nigerian Prince hacked into Blake's drivetrain setup app.

[@doxxgarcia7442]

How can I send a pic of my downhill mountain bike to you. I have a weird bike. I want to see what you say about.

[@gmbn]

hi, please use upload.gmbn.com we look forward to seeing it!

[@youngstadan4999]

What's the point of using an ebike be heavier the lot. Just get a dh

[@dougbarnett4252]

Want to see you and pilgrim with it and a game of bike

[@joelrosin2326]

#captioncontest Blake shows us how he makes love

[@Emtbtoday]

Black math bike is so ugly you would never have that frame raised wtf is that rear all about, definitely not for me anyway be an instant buy! It's that straight down linkage it doesn't work with the rest of the design

[@jasonprfrost1]

WHYTE PRESTON

[@DatPenguin97]

"you think you've seen it all" *Me immediately thinking they saw my bike in the vault*

[@Hobbiemtbrider]

Not Madira but Madeira caralho fodase

[@piotrekkociuba5929]

POLSKA GUROM 🇵🇱

[@lost_in_TheLakes]

Kirk

[@jonntischnabel]

What's the point of "looking" at the orbea bike but not actually looking at it. The sheer amount of videos going on about this bike is ridiculous, its an eBIke with the motor removed. Now move on.

[@youngstadan4999]

Why would the eu get behind a mountain bike and why you always mentioning brevity the eu. Get over it