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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and Rich Payne to ask the question what IS a ‘Mounting Bike’? What 'counts’ as mountain biking?

Our survey 👉 https://gmbn.eu/YT_Survey_2025

⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:35 - Red Bull Hardline Chat

05:35 - What IS Mountain Biking? 🤔

10:01 - MTB News

12:57 - Hacks And Bodges

15:44 - Things We Liked This Week

18:54 - Caption Contest

20:16 - Bike Vault

23:35 - Coming Up On The Channel

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Blake Samson is joined by James Pickering to ask the question, how far is too far? Some of the world's best riders have taken on some massive challenges, from 100+ft backflips to climbing 1 million feet of elevation in 100 days, and the recent Vinny T huge drop attempt!

Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault!

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Blake Samson is joined by EMBN presenter Neil Donoghue to ask the question, who is the best mountain biker in the world currently?

Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault!

Our survey 👉 https://gmbn.eu/YT_Survey_2025

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⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Who’s the best rider?

04:41 - News

08:34 - Hacks And Bodges

12:10 - Things We Liked This Week

13:44 - Caption Contest

16:00 - Bike Vault

21:38 - On The Channel

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and our new GMBN presenter James to chat about the latest racing news. From a huge win in La Thuile to chaos in the Mega Avalanche. Ben Moore gives us an update on the cheating controversy.

⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:19 - Meet James

02:11 - Racing News

07:28 - Ben Moore’s update on cheating at the Megavalanche

10:33 - [Hey You!] Help Shape the Channel

11:43 - MTB News

13:33 - Sickest Thing

14:24 - Hacks And Bodges

17:26 - Things We Liked This Week

19:07 - Caption Contest

20:33 - Bike Vault

23:50 - Coming Up On The Channel

The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world.

GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. 

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by GMBN Tech's Owen Coutts to recap on EUROBIKE 2025 and to ask the question, is this the direction the industry is going?

Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault!

⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:20 - The Industry Is Moving In One Direction…

13:48 - News

16:38 - Hacks And Bodges

20:52 - Things We Liked This Week

23:06 - Caption Contest

25:01 - Bike Vault

32:50 - On The Channel

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton and Rich Payne dive into a truly special moment in mountain biking. Jackson Goldstone has just dominated the past three World Cups in a row! Over in cross-country, Puck Pieterse continues to wow, becoming the first-ever rider to win both XCC and XCO in Val di Sole on the same weekend!

⏱️ Timestamps ⏱️

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - Downhill Domination

11:21 - News

14:57 - Sickest Thing

16:03 - Hacks And Bodges

20:29 - Things We Liked This Week

22:31 - Caption Contest

24:41 - Bike Vault

The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world.

GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. 

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In case you missed it, Ferg has been out on a trip to Canada recently to film with Garmin's senior product manager in Calgary for the launch of the new Garmin Edge MTB (Video on  GMBN Tech now). Whilst he was there, we managed to squeeze another collab in with Propain athlete Remy Metailler who coached Ferg down some crazy Squamish terrain. High consequence, physically demanding with a crazy high skill level, Ferg ticked off many of the routes down Gouranga, but was smart enough to know when to walk away...

Do you know when to call it quits on the bike? Or do you just keep pushing? Does your luck ever run out? Let us know your experiences!

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The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world.

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to chat about all the wild Downhill and Cross-Country action from the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Is the gearbox MTB takeover coming... or will it all lead to eMTB?

Plus the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault!

⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:18 - Leogang World Cup Recap

09:34 - News

13:00 - Sickest Thing

13:51 - Hacks And Bodges

18:02 - Things We Liked This Week

22:31 - Caption Contest

25:25 - Bike Vault

30:58 - On The Channel

The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world.

GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. 

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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson. This week Martyn says he really wants to hate on the UCI Mountain Bike World Series... But he can't! 

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Should we constantly be on the hunt for new places to ride? We all love our classic riding spots, knowing every turn, root, rock, jump and line, but do we limit ourselves by being creatures of habit? If we were to constantly ride in the same place, would we become less adaptable to different surfaces, levels of grip and onsighting new tracks? After a trip to Poland, a location he's never visited, Rich is chatting through the theories with Fergus. 

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What do you think? Should we try and have maximum variety in our mountain bike trails? 

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