7 Things To AVOID If You're New To MTB!

Not a beginner but who can skip a Blake video? Only all the non beautiful people 🤣🤣🤣

Great video, especially the recommendation to avoid trails above your personal limit is very true! If you are still in the Nauders area, I would love to see you riding the Haideralm Flowtrail. I did it twice this week amongst higher rated trails in this area and found it highly underrated and far from flowy. Definately not a beginner trail though rated blue. Sure you would shred it ;-)

Even though I'm not a beginner I just love watching these videos.

I’m not a beginner I’m just bored

Hi Blake, I like your knee pads 👌what size is it? 👍🏼

Hey, quick question, when’s the time when i am not called a begginer anymore? Like what’s the benchmark of an average rider

This is awesome thanks! I'm a beginner and I kinda picked up on the pedal position stuff on my own and using your arms and legs as suspension. Learning a lot of new stuff as well.

I seem to struggle a little bit on some trails as a beginner avoiding lines I don't want to take. It's like mentally I want to avoid that rock but subconsciously I lean right into it. Is there a technique to avoiding obstacles? I know to look ahead of you further but at lower speed I seem to accidentally swerve off trails sometimes

My sister and I went to biking today and I was too confident and then I crashed...

Great video, they are really helpful!! Older person here, over 60, have been biking (mostly trails, not too technical and don't plan on it either, but still want to be more proficient with my bike skills). Videos for maybe someone like myself....Small drops, getting over small to medium size logs on the trail, how best to approach curvy steep trails and the surface has lots of small rocks to gravel, cornering or When riding parallel to a steep curb and one has to get on the curb without getting off the bike. I am a non-ebike user as I am still relatively fit for my age, but I know my limits, therefore prefer not too technical trails as I use my MT more for being out in the woods and yet still have the bike capabilities to handle relatively "easy" technical trails. I watch the crash and fails, put them on .25 or .50 speed so that I can observe the body position of the bikers to see what they did wrong. Maybe, a video of the crash and fails, whereby you slow it down and dissect the riders body position that most likely caused the crash. Thanks again! Really like your videos!!

Brilliant. Just bought a mountain bike so this was perfect!

Nice one blake good vid

Thanks GMB! Great video and inspiring me to get a cheap bike and have some fun!

Don't try new skills when riding alone. Have a riding partner if confidence exceeds ability.

We're not beginners. We just love Blake and GMBN.

Some people say if I lower my saddle angle the butt pad back but I learned why you shouldn't do that, you can probably guess why. Some may say I'm not leaning back far enough behind the seat but no on some huck to flat drops the tip of the saddle would find a place it didn't intend on going😂😂😂

Hey, a little off topic, but can we get a bike check for Blake’s new Scout 290?
I am personally interested, because I am currently building the same frame up and think his loos super cool 😎

Crank position is the common mistakes that may friends do...🤦🤦🤦

Thank you Blake, I love with how much fun you explain things. Made some of the mistakes you spoke about. Some you only make once (like pedaling on rought terrain, until you hit the first rock/root). Best moment: when you explain, that when you don't pedal on a climb you might fall over 🤣.

Im guilty of that 6-12 o'clock mistake and it hurts me time and time again

My tip: follow someone who is better than u.

Very good video 😎

I’m a beginner and this is really helpful.. thanks! 😊

Finding your lv is the most important thing for me, because the second you try shit way out of your league bad things will happen and you can even hurt your self horibly..

Don't start on a hardtail.

Of all the protection the helmet, knee/shin pads, gloves, and glasses are the must haves. The others are little overkill. The other protection shouldn’t be used by a beginner because they shouldn’t be on trails that are that difficult.

Charming chap! Subscribed, Thx.

Would anyone here mind giving me any mountain bike parts? I want to construct a bicycle. Any component of a mountain bike can be useful.

I think it's good to watch as you pick up bad habits like dho hope everyone is getting ready for winter riding lol 😂

Awesome videos, I appreciate them, iterates a few things I already have learned, and also helps be coach my kids on the bike

I would like to emphasize the problem of coasting while dragging brakes. I've seen quite a few riders coasting at below average speed because there is a turn at the end of the straight. If they learned to brake hard at the end using the control that one-finger braking gives you, they would have enjoyed a much faster trail before the turn.

Where do you actually draw the line between 'psyched up' and ' over confident'? When I'm psyched up and mentally prepared to tackle a hard terrain, my friends say am over confident... ???!!??

Know your limits

My dumbass brain “i have no limits”

Hey, just to tell uou this yellow NukeProof is really gorgeous!

It genuinely looks terrifying

thanks guys

Some good advise

Freeride ski is also a fun sport. First thing is to know your limits.

Im surprised they didn't talk about turning off shocks when ascending. A stiffer bike makes your bike more efficient during a climb so if it's easy (and terrain allows) I turn off my shocks to save energy.

Always do carry a puncture repair kit & first aid kit.

Im not a beginner but I just wanted to make sure I’ve not been missing anything.

Is your bike tubeless?

In the 1990's when I was wearing my motocross gear to roam closed ski stations people really laughed hard at me, then it became normal to wear protective gear & people think you're a fool going for gravity unprotected.

How do i start i want to mtb soo much

I'm not a beginner, I just love watching Blake's videos, dude cracks me up 😂

Thank you Mister Beautiful people ! very helpful !

Do you have any beginner tips to share with the GMBN community? Drop them down below to help out! 👇