This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to discuss the price wars hitting the bike industry in 2025. With big brands slashing prices and EMTBs now competing directly with traditional mountain bikes, are we entering a new era of cheaper bikes for everyone? Plus, we celebrate 10 years of GMBN, talk about the retu…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS520 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne. To check out out a revolutionary AI balance bike robot that’s gone viral by blowing minds with its ability to learn and execute wild new skills far faster than humans! They check out Nineyard’s epic and inspirat…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS519 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne. They’re talking about how mountain biking is evolving with new freeride MTB events like Natural Selection Bike, shining a spotlight on body image with inspiration from Isabeau Courdurier, and checking out the ne…

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to talk through all the recent changes to off-road bike racing! Apart from Red Bull Hardline, the 2025 mountain bike season hasn’t even started, but the changes are massive. From huge team moves to a new UCI World Series format. We break down the biggest transfers in DH, XC…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS517 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and Rich Payne to talk about hardtails! Many people started their mountain bike journey with a hardtail, due to the price point. It could be a jump bike, trials bike, XC hardtail. There is something pure about …

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS516 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to talk about bad ideas… that are actually good! This topic was inspired after seeing James Bruton’s omnidirectional ball-wheeled bike. It’s a crazy idea, but it’s amazing and we love it! 📺👉 https://gmbn.eu/Omn…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS515 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts, aka Owen The Bike Nerd to discuss how a bike purchase has lead us to discuss an uncomfortable truth about buying a bike in 2025. 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Products on https:…

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Owen Coutts, aka Owen The Bike Nerd to discuss how our mountain bikes are going to get even better in 2025 and the future! 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Products on https://gmbn.eu/Peatys * 🚨 ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 07:44 - News 10:27 - Back to th…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS513 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to discuss their personal development goals for mountain biking in 2025! 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Products on https://gmbn.eu/Peatys * 🚨 💻 Submit SENDS, FAILS, Bike Vault a…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS512 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and Rich Payne to discuss their predictions of bike trends we are going to see in 2025. Celebrate the end of 2024 in this New Years special 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Product…

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS511 This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and Rich Payne to discuss the biggest and most important moments of mountain biking in 2024. 🛍🎄[Christmas] Shop Official GMBN Merch 👉 https://gmbn.eu/christmas-2024 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted …

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson to discuss the importance of proper bike edits! Will people continue to produce riding edits they are proud of and help stand the test of time in history, or will the world become viral crash clips only? 📺 Watch Vašek Kolář's new video part 👉 https://gmbn.eu/MyFuelVašek K…

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, does everyone ACTUALLY secretly love ebikes? 🤔 Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing, Hacks and Bodges, Caption Contest, and of course the Bike Vault! 🚨 Use Code GMBN20 for 20% off non-discounted Peaty's Bike Care Products on https://gmbn.eu/Peatys * …

Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/DSS508 ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Christmas Gifts Every Mountain Biker Wishes For 10:09 - News 11:57 - Things We Liked This Week 15:10 - Caption Contest 16:51 - On The Channel 17:21 - Bike Vault The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online …

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, are winter rides really worth it? They talk about how it might improve your riding, ways you can make riding in winter more bearable and something you may not have considered! Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Captio…

This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Rich Payne to ask the question, are winter rides really worth it? They talk about how it might improve your riding, ways you can make riding in winter more bearable and something you may not have considered! Plus the latest MTB news, Sickest Thing Of The Week, Hacks and Bodges, Captio…

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…