Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS505 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts aka Owen The Bike Nerd to ask the question, is Cross Country racing as we know it in trouble? Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! En…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS504 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, is this shocking tech going to make a comeback? We look at dual-shock rear suspension from the Manitou FS Mk2 prototype, linkage front suspension forks, skin suits, disk covers, and even Truv…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS503 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to react to Sick Sebi https://www.instagram.com/sicksebi/ and Niklas Schmidt (on his $500 bike) https://www.instagram.com/niiiklas23 riding Brendan Fairclough's 2024 Red Bull Rampage line! What do you think about…

Watch the show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/WM9M2b This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to react to and question the new UCI Mountain Bike World Cup changes for the 2025 race season. We hear from Bernard Kerr (Pivot Factory Racing team owner) and Theo Erlangsen (Professional Downhill racer). What do you t…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS502 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to recap the 2024 Red Bull Rampage. The world’s most epic freeride mountain biking event stirred controversy this year. Brendan Fairclough and his team built an epic, challenging line but only placed 11th. Meanw…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS500 It’s the 500th show! 🥳 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton and Neil Donoghue talk about the end of an era in competitive Downhill racing with Greg Minnaar retiring from DH is this the end of the ‘ride hard, party hard’ era of MTB racing? Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest …

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS499 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton and Neil Donoghue discuss the extreme risks riders are taking at the World Cup DH and Red Bull Rampage. Who's putting it all on the line, and is it really worth it? Get involved in the conversation! Plus the latest MTB news, FAILS, Hack…

Watch this instalment of the Dirt Shed Show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS498 On this week's Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to check out some of the craziest ways to ride a bike and the craziest interpretations of using a mountain bike trail! We've got the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of cours…

Watch this week's show on YouTube here: https://gmbn.eu/DSS497 On this week's Dirt Shed Show Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, does bike racing and winning races actually lead to more bike sales? Join us as we question the complex relationship between race wins and brand success. Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodge…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS496 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're celebrating a huge milestone for the channel... 2 MILLION subscribers! As such we're announcing our YouTube Membership program, something super important to us now that we're an independent company again. If you'd like to join the Trail Crew or become …

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS495 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're discussing the secret to being a better mountain biker! Martyn got inspired by Blake’s recent challenge of riding the Swiss Epic with Rich, next week he will be riding Swatch Nines! Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of co…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS494 On this week's Dirt Shed Show we're discussing the long-standing trends in mountain bike geometry and asking where we're going with all these incremental changes? Would it be bette to just make the giant leap to the endpoint? What does that endpoint even look like? Are geometry numbers o…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS493 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is away so we have a GMBN Tech take over! Join Owen Coutts and Anna Cipullo to ask the question, what will the wireless bike tech of the future look like? How far will all the wireless tech go? ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 04:54 - News 06…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS492 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, should you rush out to buy some road bike drop bars for your bike? Because, it was only last week that Neil told mountain biking that high-rise bars are the hot new trend! This subject was brou…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS491 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, who is the biggest superstar in mountain biking? They discuss Olympic athletes such as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Evie Richards, and Tom Pidock. To Trials riders such as Danny Macaskill and Fab…

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to discuss the 2024 Olympic Cross County mountain biking, was the XC course too easy at the 2024 Paris Olympics? 🤔 Plus we recap on Crankworx Whistler and react to Kieran Reilly riding skatepark on a Brompton folding bike! Tom Bower reports the MTB News, we show the best Hack…

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to discuss whether or not Downhill Mountain Biking should be made into an Olympic sport. In the rest of the show, we mix things up with Owen Coutts presenting the news (Does Contain Gravel Bikes), and your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away in the …

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS488 Have you ever wondered if bike tech even makes you a faster, or more confident rider? Does being a bike nerd who knows everything about bike tech even matter to you? Some people seem to love bike tech so much and they are more interested with bikes than they are with riding them! 🚨 [FREE…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS487 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, will the future of mountain bike tech be subscription-based? Martyn’s been obsessed with Tesla lately and thinks the bike industry might start to charge subscriptions. With more and more electr…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: youtu.be/_4RyrGezth0 In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to talk head-turning tech ahead of this year's EUROBIKE. In the rest of the show, introduce a new/old segment to the Dirt Shed #ASKGMBN and we look at your usual favourites including some super nice MTBs locked away…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hHqUHxrY0 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, is XC getting too gnarly?! Are modern Cross Country bikes evolving the courses, and can the riders keep up with the change in course design? Martyn also has a confession to…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS484 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, is mountain biking an old person sport? Martyn recently found out that 80% of people in the world of MTB are between 30 and 60 age! ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - [Important Channel An…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS483 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts to talk about cringe-worthy costly moments both out riding, and in the workshop! Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and Hacks And Bodges, plus some Super Nice bikes locked away in the…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS482 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, are energy drink sponsorships really the dream? Red Bull, Monster Energy, Rockstar Energy to name a few support some of the biggest names in mountain biking. But what makes them the 'dream s…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS481 On this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Blake Samson and Rich Payne are talking about XC racing! Cross Country is some of the most exciting racing out there, and now (some) riders are making it look cool! What's changed and why has it changed? Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, …