This Guy HATES Mountain Biking, Can We Change His Mind?
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- As mountain bikers, we find it hard to understand why everyone doesn't own an MTB. We live for the feeling of weightlessness when hitting jumps, and the pure adrenaline when smashing it down rooty single track. Ollie Bridgewood on the other hand HATES mountain biking, but why? Blake Samson tries to convince Ollie that mountain biking is the best sport by finding out which style of riding best suits him.
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00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Who Is Ollie Bridgewood?
02:02 - Round 1 | Jumping
07:02 - Round 2 | Cross Country
09:33 - Round 3 | Downhill
15:03 - Post Ride Beers & Chat
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I know 100% that when I'm riding, in my mind I look like Blake...to everybody else I look like Ollie!
Me too…🤣
Me to I’m like yea I got good air in reality maybe 6inches lol
@@ryanmeagher4169 jumps are more intense than they seem XD
That is most of us for sure. 😅
Same here mate 😂
I love watching Ollie on GCN and this didn't disappoint. More crossover content please 😁
Ollie is the presenter I least expected to see getting out in the mud and the dirt. Great to see him out on the trails.
I agree. I really enjoy the crossover content also
He was the reason I stopped watching GCN.
100% correct, the crossovers are brilliant.
Watching Conor and Manon struggle to climb up to the top of Launchpad that time did so much for my confidence. If legends like them struggled, made me feel a million times better about coughing up a lung when I do it!
Hank at Mega Avalanche was epic, he's such a star.
So awesome to see Dr Ollie try and go down Wormhole. That trail can be a complete whore in the wet, especially on the roots.
I love watching GCN as well as GMBN, so having them on here is great.
We'll have him back in future for sure!
I'd love to see a XC special with Ollie! I love his dry humor.
he had me laughing so much
Oh, poor bugger. You really stitched him up there, Blake. Such hard conditions to learn. On the other side, it is funny and good on him for jumping out of his comfort zones.
Blake really did didn't he? We don't think Ollie will be switching sides anytime soon 👎
I loved my MTB. I loved my racing bike. Since I was 10 years old I have ridden my bike every day, to school, from school, between towns, up the mountain, trails, downhill. I was crazy about cycling. Then I got older. Everyday life caught up with me, time became more and more scarce, the desire disappeared and all that was left from cycling were scars and memories. 20 years later I ordered an Orbea Laufeny. I can't wait to hold it in my hands. And I am convinced that even after 20 years, my passion will rekindle the moment I sit down on the Laufeny.
Love this, hope you have a great time with your new bike!
After 20 years of being sedentary expect gains to take time. I was sedentary for 20 years, and I got into MTB and I got worse and worse for the first 3 months then I just suddenly had a lot more power. You will probably upgrade to full suspension at some point but keep the hardtail for when 2nd bike is in the shop
Maaan... everyone needs a friend like Blake 😆
Agreed..... Blake is brilliant!
More Ollie please, just so I can feel comfortable knowing years as a road rider doesn’t automatically make me good at mountain biking. Quite the opposite, totally understand the wheel drifting sensation I’m still trying to adapt to.
Same vehicle, two completely different set of skills! Keep at it, you'll be shredding in no time 🤙
Finally a GCN newbie that isn’t immediately better than me. 🤣 I’m looking at you Hank!! (Do get more of Hank on an MTB though, he is great).
I’d love to see you take Ollie on just a good XC adventure ride or bikepacking.
Yup.... I bet Hank could smash everything at Dyfi *dies inside*
Nice ideas! We'll see what we can hammer out! Would you want a role reversal? Hank and Ollie off bikepacking?
@@gmbn Would definitely watch. Haha if bike packing if think from a GCN video he wasn’t huge on the sleeping outdoors aspect.
I'd love to see the progress of Ollie over the next year. This would be a great series for people to relate to who are getting into MTbiking.
Not sure we are going to be able to get Ollie back on an MTB anytime soon 🤘
I would definitely like to see Ollie progress his skills off-road. His road achievements are incredible and his fitness levels are really high. A cheeky XC race either later this year or next year if he needs practice sounds good.
I'm in a similar boat to Ollie with my off-road skills that I am like bambi on ice, but as I have ridden both on and off road my base fitness is decent, but not at Ollie's level. I believe that thw Doc can smash it.
Ollie and a cheeky XC race! 👍
I'd love to see Olli in an XC race too. He's got a seriously good engine. On a course that's pretty pedal heavy rather than technical, and has a lot of climbing, I reckon he could show pretty well.
And for all that he's willing to be the butt of the joke, I think it's hard to ride the amount that he does without having decent bike handling skills. Surely he'd learn pretty quick, and is less awkward than he often plays the part of being.
he definitely needs to do a cross-country race
Can relate 100% with Ollie here, can't jump for toffee and downhill is terrifying. 😱
Years ago my older brother took me for a ride trying to get me into mtn and it was terrible because he threw me in over my head with no instruction. I had zero fitness at the time and zero skill so it was scary, embarrassing and miserable. I literally avoided mtn biking for years until my son wanted to start riding last year. It helped so much to start supper basic and build up my skills. I couldn't help but feel like you didn't do Olie any favors in winning him over to the sport by sending him down black trails and trying to get him jumping cold turkey, but it made for an entertaining video.
The build up and then.....Ollie's brake horns going off and he crawls around the corner! Perfect Blake!!
Ollie doe the best "little kid stuck in a a store with mom" face I've ever seen.
We were trying to place it and... yep...that's it... you've nailed it!
Ollie is just like me in DH 😅😅 .... slow and steady 😈 .
Loved Ollie's finally thought, he didn't hate downhill but would give a try again once he built confidence. That's how it should be. I'm sure it also helped that Blake is a great cheerleader.
Like to see Blake on GCN. Doing some of Ollie’s rides.
This was great! I'm sharing this with someone who's just getting started. Seeing someone else struggle with the same issues any beginner will face helps a beginner realize that everyone faces those issues and finds a way to overcome. Very inspiring!
Honestly, the fact that Olli's brakes at 10:35 were IN TUNE with the music made this whole bit even better :D Top effort, mate!
great fun to watch. these 2 would make a superb progression series. deadpan humour perfect match for the quick witted one.
Yes Ollie! Brilliant to see how despite experience in one discipline, there is always still learning in another, especially as Ollie is such a beast on a road bike. He defo took one for the GCN team pushing his boundaries there in the wet, mud and on a black run too (cheeky Blake!) I hate tree roots too, it's my nemesis. Love to see more of this kind of content developing skills form one area into another.
i had someone come into the room and ask "what the hell are you watching? something with elephants?" all they could hear from the other room was the squealing and whining from Ollie's brakes. 🐘
I totally get what Ollie says about the front tire slipping on the road.. lights out the moment it goes..
This is awesome. Gotta respect a man that can laugh at himself a bit while learning something new out of the comfort zone. Awesome man really awesome. You both seem like you can enjoy all aspects of cycling even if it's not your exact genre. Just being on some Pedals is what it's all about.
More GCN on GMBN!
Let’s make 2024 the year all of (or most of) GCN become mountain bikers!
Ollie could change the MTB racing with his AERO knowledge!
Would love to see Ollie and the rest of the con crew lots more on the channel, also you should train them for a cross country race and see who turns out to be the best.
Well Si is an ex XC racer so he’s got a fair advantage there! Hank would send it, no fear
Two favorite bike guys in same content; a must watch for me!
You know with all these crossovers management is just trying to train you guys so they only need one channel and half the presenters😂❤
I always enjoy the new perspectives and comedy when some of you get out of your comfy zones. Like some regular cyclist doing MTB reminds me how I'm not as bad as watching your pro MTB videos make me sometimes feel. Getting out of comfy zones, perhaps next winter some of you could pack your bikes to get up North for some new kind of content. Testing your skills with snow and ice.
Just curious. Did Blake spend 3 days deep cleaning his chain, then hot melt wax it to keep Ollie happy? I would really like o see Ollie do an XC race. How about showing Ollie the alterative route off Alpe d' Huez. How about seeing if Ollie can beat Hank's
Much respect for Dr Dry humor, you got this man!
Blake's arm waving teaching technique is a very precise science for your own safety pls remember the choreography while mid air...😂
Love Ollie's facial expressions and constant brake squeaking the entire video 😂
Great video gents really enjoyed it where did you film this looks great
I didn’t know Ollie could play the Bagpipes 😁
Great to see Ollie on the channel would be awesome to see him doing some more XC.Thumbs up guys great video!!!
Id like Ollie to join a race like Hank. Not necessarily a big race, but an MTB one. 😊
Ollie is always a joy to watch on these crossover shoots. Please get him back again.
This was great, good chemistry between these two, properly had me chuckling away.
Ollie is the PERFECT foil for Blake in something like this. More Ollie on GMBN please!
What a blast :D
Def doesn't need a bell, you'll always hear him coming. :D
Long lingering stares of 'Seriously?' and 'Why the F am I here?' into the camera.
Great to see - well done for giving it go in the deep/wet end.
Amazing video, I've enjoyed every second of it. Its great to see that an even very good roadie without the skillset for MTB is failing miserably on trails, basically in the same way I'd fail in road cycling. We are definitely not the same, but we all enjoy our time on a bike and that is what count in the end. No matter if you count watts or the meters of descent - we all love being outdoors and pushing our limits.
Great seeing Ollie over in the other camp! As someone who rides both, I truly appreciate both perspectives and love seeing these 'crossover' events. Good job all.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching :)
The train whistle brakes at 10:43, the slow tip-toeing down there combined with "Aah... Oh god.. aaaah.... This is horrendous. BLAKE THIS IS HORRENDOUS" made me laugh so hard 😂 I've been there
Just love his facial expressions haha
Ollie: checks potentially dangerous rock
Blake: yea touch wood
When you published this video I was shredding on trails
My two favourite presenters in one video. I love it!! Can't get enough of Ollies "violin sounds" while descending. Poetry in motion 😁
I have ridden bikes off road for 47 yrs and I love it, mtb is my mental release. ❤😊
This is hilarious. Love it! I feel like Ollie when I try mountain biking.
These two need more content together
That's so impressive with the downhill. One could see that Ollie was scared but he came through in an awesome way, would love to see him spend some time with downhill and XC!
We now need to see Blake try road cycling with Ollie coaching him 😂
Love this crossover! As a mediocre off-road rider, road racer, and adrenaline lover, would love to see Blake or other GMBN presenters try some sort of road race like a criterium when the season in right!
GMBN pleeeeeaaaaaase make a 2 day bike packing video with blake and neil having hank and ollie az guests.
The brakes squealing, it’s like a fanfare for the awesomeness that is Dr Bridgewood!
Defo need a version of this with the Steptoe and Son music while Ollie did the jumps 😂 Good for him for trying it out tho!
Love the cross overs, keep ‘em coming. How about Blake road climbs an Alp vs Olie rides Morzine 🎉
Blake is really a good mentor . Keep riding.
Excited to watch this one!!
Not long ago, I bought a hard tail, coming from road and gravel. This is exactly how I look on the thing. Still working on gaining the needed skills.
Loving the brakes. How ollie's almost sound so in sync with a harmony is kinda awesome. Hes hooked and we know it.
Love the banter and humour of these 2
What a hoot! I've loved watching Blake on gcn so I was interested enough to click on Ollie doing off road. Great show and huge respect to Ollie for getting so out of his comfort zone!
I convinced my best friend (also a triathlete) to do the Telluride 100 (XC mountain bike). Two laps, 50 miles each. First lap, he crashed (at least) six times and DNF'd. He and Ollie would be great mates.
The music used when riding xc😂& when Ollie is on screen during the downhill session 😅
Haha...Olli's face when Blake told him to push upwards and jumping......priceless !😂😂
I love watching Blake, such a legend and love his enthusiasm humour and attitude. Everyone needs a Blake!
Everybody needs a friend like Blake 🙌
Well done guys that looked like a lot of fun in very trying weather conditions.Great effort Ollie.
The brakes going off like the airhorn meme just makes this so much funnier XD
Ollie’s bike was so sad during the downhill section, it sounded like a crying wookie….😂🤣😂
Blake’s excitement is what every newbie needs 🤝😂
I love that whenever Blake invites gcn roadies over it's always raining or maybe it's just British weather
This was hilarious, reminds me of how me and my mates ride. More like Ollie and alot less like Blake 😂😂😂
Yes! More Ollie and Blake! Get the Dr. Racing cross country and hitting some easy downhill!
In my twenties I did jumps and cross country. Technical routes through forests had both. Falling when your brain forgets to register leaves on the ground on a turn sucks. Paranoia that snakes are under leaves don’t help either. Now in my thirties I like road cycling more.
As a roadie that also does MTB and rides gravel, I love seeing how green Ollie, Conor, and the others are on singletrack!! Make Ollie Race!!!
As a mountain biker who dabbles in road, I know and love Ollie, and love this episode.
I'd love to see Ollie preparing for an ultra distance cross country together with Rich... and see how they do in the race...
2:50 - The look on Ollie's face which plainly says, "What the hell is this fellow talking! 😮" 😂
Blake's enthusiasm is unbeatable
The key to understanding XC is this; every lap has a gut splitting, vomit inducing loooong sun baked climb, followed by an immediate turn off into pitch dark, evergreen covered, narrow stony switchbacks. That's the easy part.....
Ollie in XC race... what a gem!
as a beginner mtb-er, I'd love to go mtb-ing with Blake as my teacher. Super energetic and overloaded with confidence in his students' capabilities. sign me up
Perfect comedic foil. Friggin' Bert + Ernie on 2 wheels this.
Love to see this!
GMBN, please make sure Blake never leaves as a presenter. His videos are always the best. Ollie same applies to you on GCN
Loved the video! 😊Ollie is great! I'm full of respect and admiration towards MTB riders - that's why I subscribe to the channel. Still, maybe aside from less technical XC, I don't have the guts to do it myself.
I’d love to see the good doctor back on GMBN!!
I just snorted into my tea from laughing 😂
Would love to see Blake doing some road downhill.
This is one of the old classic GMBN videos!
Glad we've added another one to the roster!
This was a good one! I would like to see Dr Ollie racing XC. And I'm sure from now on he will talk more about MTB tires and how to gain confidence in them
Ollie's brakes had me in stitches... Sounded like he was conducting a choir of geese down the trail.. I had Avid brakes that sounded like that at the mere threat of moisture.
nothing beats a crossover episode
Happy Trails Ollie. You’re hooked
6:16 That "gnarly bro" is the FUNNIEST SHIT of the video
I'd love to see you guys do a cross-country!