How To Ride Further On Your Mountain Bike | Tips For Riding MTB Long Distance
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2024
- Riding long distances is such a rewarding feeling. Yes it can be tough, but it’s a fantastic way to get more time in the saddle, and what is better than that? So stick around for some tips on how to do it best.
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What is the furthest distance you have ridden on your mountain bike?
I did 15 miles when I was 6 on a 20 inch mountain bike 😂
Ps I’m now 11 😆
65 km and I got lost in the woods; it was muddy and there were a lot of fallen trees but fortunately I found a way to go back home
A week in the austrian alps, no lifts, no shuttles ... feeling the pain still! XD
85 km xc
126km and 3500m of climbing. 8 hours later the beers and pizza were the best I’ve ever had.
After a long run while your legs are aching and looking at your strava is priceless.
True that is the best moment after a big ride
Hardtail, current record 62km, plan for monday - over 100 km. Keep fingers crossed :)
Go for it Lad.😁
Do it the Viking’s way mate👍
Good luck dude. 👍
You got this young man you got it
You got this bro
Just keep pedalling... and think of all the cake you can eat after 🍰🧁
Best advice!!!!
Way to gooooo!
The cake is a lie
Or while pedaling
lol That's my motivation every time...
Well... those "epic rides" for me requires a tent, sleeping bag and more than some snacks lol. I used to measure rides in Km, basically like most people, then realized it is not accurate because a km on tarmac isn't like a km on gravel or a km on a trail, so I've started to measure in time, it helps me to better control my daily training. So, in my book, on a mountain bike, less than 1 hour is a short ride, 2 to 2 1/2 hours is nice ride, longer than 3 hours ok start paying attention. I generally do the 1 hour ride once or twice per day (depending on my mood, lol) and a 3-4 hours ride at least once a week, always on the countryside dirt/gravel roads in my area, plenty of nice landscape, flats, hills, and lots of wind
Best advice ever: go progressively! Do not try very long rides just from nothing because it is a recipe for dissaster
When I am out and about in the same thing I also don't look at miles per hour or kilometers or whatnot I just pick a destination and go there and it's not in a tent it's in a hammock and tarp with a under quilt and the overquilt
A km is a km no matter what surface. Its a measure of distance n cant change lol might be harder on gravel than tarmac but still the same km.
Just scrolling through the comments I suspect you missed an important one - make sure your bike is actually set up properly for you! That includes all the usual geometry, but also things like your pedals (especially if you use clipless ones!) and a saddle that is comfortable to you and doesn't create pressure or friction in places where you you seriously don't want it...
You might be fine with a "close enough" bike fit on shorter rides, but once you get some serious time in the saddle, you'll know the hard way if something is off.
Nice episode for XC riders. 4000 feet of elevation gain in 20 miles, in the back country, is my ideal long-ish ride. Don't have to carry too much water/weight, which also helps with the enjoyment.
Who else is riding enduro on long trips? That's the way to go.
First day of this month on monday and it's gonna be sunny 16c no wind, already started packing and checking bolts on my bike! First epic of the season!
Just signed up for my first 50km, round Jerusalem, I just got back on my bike after 15year break and the msot I have done so far is 30km, wish me luck
To this day I'm not exactly certain of how many miles I did but I'm guessing roughly around 243 miles or close to approximately 400 km from Sheffield lake to Michigan border and back starting at 5:00 a.m. in the morning and got back at 5 minutes before midnight the same day
Wow..👏👏👏
This year we (my wife and I) are going on an epic (for us!) trip to the new forest.
loads of trails everywhere so you can pick and choose how far and how difficult or easy the rides will be.
I cant wait, Roll on June!
I did 250 kilometers on mountain bike in one day. Took 18 hours and 3 hours looking at cities or resting. At the end you are almost dead, but you can make it. Fulfilling ride.
before the pandemic I was aiming to do a 3 day bike packing trip to complete the North Downs Way in South East England. I needed to be able to be doing 80km a day. I'd got to the stage of getting to that single 80km and was working on being able to do that on consecutive days.
Once the pandemic hit my MTB mojo slipped in a big way and I just cant get that "buzz" back. I think actually the secret is having a goal or a set of goals to have something to aim for which will give my motivation the kick in the trouser department it needs.
Great video, I definitely want to do some longer rides this summer 😀
4:08 i always pick the right bike for the job, out of my stable of one 😋
I recently rode 67km at 12 years off age with more than a thousand meters of elevation
Wow that’s insane
With that dedication, anything is possible! 👍
Regularly do 80km-100km on the xc hardtail. Building up to the 100 mile mark. Helps living in South Wales with endless forest tracks and fire roads to roll out the mileage and cover ground. Keep 2 bottles on the bike and a top tube bag for food and spares.
Nice! Great area 🤘🏴
I LOVE riding long distances. Anything less then a 35 km ride is unacceptable to me!
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All 3 local trails come to a total of 29.2km plus 6-8km on road there and back and about a 2-3km taxi between the trails. So around 40km is my longest ride. Having said that with the trails being so close I do zero prep. Well I take tools with me but that's it.
I've got an epic ride planned for the end of summer, and plan to spend all summer training for it. I'm planning to go from Doncaster to Sheffield, along snakes pass stopping at ladybower resovoir. To mapple, follow the middlewood way to macclessfield. Head back east through hope Valley to Chesterfield. Then follow the canal north calling at rother valley lake. Then back home. It will be around 140 miles and 8000 ft elevation. My longest ride has been 120 miles and 6000 ft elevation. Did a charity event cycling to a friends in Wolverhampton and back. Went west to get there and east back. I'm planning this ride because I wanted to re visit the middlewood way and basically all the pretty places I passed through on that ride. It's funny all the nicest bits were centred North around the peak district. Derby was nice but that's too far on a loop. Went through Staffordshire on way there and Derbyshire on way back. Southern sections were horrible.
I've not had much chance to get out over the winter and have definatelly lost a lot of fitness so right now a 100 miles would be too much. Can't wait to get back out and training.
Entered the Salzkammergut Trophy in July, which I have never done before. It's 58 kms (short trail, think the longest is 204 kms) and I am doing it on my trail bike with absolutely no lycra (that can be seen anyway).
Did an 85km ride on Good Friday. Had planned a couple of places to stop for refreshment from 40km onwards but being Good Friday they were ALL closed. Rode the last 30km with no water and only a pack of Haribo! Got to the end and there was a Poundland open. I spent about £30 on chocolate, sandwiches and pop!!!!
Also in the week following, I purchased my first ever set of bib shorts!!!!
My longest ride was 136km practically all day ride with mostly roadies. I can’t even describe feelings after such tour. It was awesome experience I definitely recommend.
Top Tip: make sure your saddle doesn't crush your sensitive area.. 2 miles feels like 200 miles!
🤣🤣🤣
Get your saddle set up right and it wont happen!...
This is sound advice and is num1 on my check list lol
Hi from the colonies in Québec, Saguenay! Can you give advices on how to hold on to the pedals? Of course, I am a beginner... Thanks!
Pro Tip: Sweat out exactly the amount of hydration that you take in and never have to stop and pee! ; )
Dawg... How... Teach me your ways...
That strategy doesn't really work, Don't forget how much fluid you lose just through breathing normaly so heavy breathing whilst going up a brute of a climb means you lose more than you would believe and you could end up de-hydrated!....
Keep hydrating folks!
This means not much sweet and not much effort and never ride in australia or for more than fifteen minutes i have lost over 5 kg in a two hour ride while drinking 1200 ml per hour.
When its hot or your going hard it is not possible to keep up the hydration you can only rehydrate after the ride thats why tour riders have iv fluids .
Oatmeal cookie or two every hour of riding along with Brooks B17 is how. Sandwich time every 5th hour-ish.
a...contingency plan at 5:01...spare fork? My multi-tool is lacking!
U mention XC bikes or enduro bikes.
Are trail bikes suitable for long distances?
For example i got a Canyon neuron 6 Al 140mm travel on front and 2.4 tires.
Are my bike suitable for finish a long distance Race . ONLY for finishing it and enjoy the day on the sadle. Just for fun.
Thanks
question for #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork What time of the day does one supposed to grab a bike and head to ride for physical exercise
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Hello!
Great channel! I’m currently embarked on a project of modernizing a mint condition 2006 Cannondale Rush with a Lefty 1.0. The head tube angle is 69° with the 1.56” steerer tube. I know there are conversions to run 1 1/8” stems but is there a combination of parts made to incorporate a angle set and slacken the bike 1.5°-2°?
Keep up the great work. I’ve learned so much from your channel.
PLEASE do a segment on
"IS IT WORTH UPGRADING to a 1 by 5 or a 1 by 6 set up"
No.
No it's not. With tech that old you're might even be better off to just get a new bike.
The lowest that you should go with 1x setups on MTB 1x9 for something that still has some decent range or 1x8 for when you live in a pretty level region. These systems are being made by Box Components and Microshift, if you want to know.
1x5 or 1x6 is way too small gear range to be enjoyable. I suppose that if u have a 5 or 6 speed cassette it has really small cogs so you would need a small chainring to make your low gears low enough but that would make the high gears lower too so nope. Maybe if it's a downhill bike and you don't even need gears but still a 5 / 6 speed cassette is really old tech so you better get a new bike then spend money on it.
In the old days, bikes came in 10 speed and 5 speed, as in 5 in the back, one or two in the front. Ten speed was better obviously. I had one that was a 48t chainring with a 14-28 cassette on 26” wheeels. Not enough low gear.
My biggest issue for a longer ride is my saddle. If I wear a shammy I can't put the power down on the road or I go uncomfortably numb, if I don't wear one I can't expect to trail ride for long.. I don't have the budget to spend $100 cad on underwear or $200++ on a saddle.
The stock bontragger was rock solid and impossible to even sit on let alone ride anywhere. Luckily my wife's stock gt saddle has enough padding for a 10-20km ride. But that's it.
Seriously, find a company that has lots of different saddles for you to try and find one that actually fits you. I've had saddles in the hundreds of euros on which I could barely do 20 miles without hurting a lot, and I've had quite cheap ones that I'm perfectly happy to do a 100 mile epic on. It really depends more on the design than the price point, cheaper saddles are often just a little heavier.
110km and 1,500m climbing in 6 hours yesterday.
Just pedal and pedal, and then just pedal some more!
7:47, we see that smile :d
100 miles atm 500milesin5days 22nd of this month for prostate cancer uk on my 29er hardtail
I wished you can tell my friend that. I usually let him lead because he's like a 5 year old on a bike he rips off the moment we start and then we're having to play catch up. We catch up and he's gone again. There are obstacles and he hops off his bike and walks it. But the moment we get back on the road he rips off again. We would put him in the back but he ends up on our tails and then we feel like we're slowing him down. The trail is split into dirt and asphalt. I ride better on the dirt while he seems to ride the tour de France on asphalt. I've adjusted my shocks so I can transition from the different terrain but riding with him isn't always fun. Any suggestions?
My goal for long rides is usually how long I think my water will last me.
I ride until I drink half my water
Point 2. Always carry an old school map with route points known. Tech can fail. And if on unfamiliar routes a wrong turn will get you lost.
Never purely rely on tech.
Just commuting 130km a day 3 times a week :D
My fitness is countered by my complete failure to properly eat during a ride (same with hillwalking).
End up running out of steam because I've not fuelled properly.
My longest ride is only like 22 miles with almost 4000ft of gain and when I got done I didt feel extremely tired and I’ve been doing some shorter rides I’m thinks about like close to 30 miles maybe
I'm going for a long distance SOLO mtb ride on Tuesday! Any tips? I wonder how many people go Solo rides themselves.
Grab some headphones, don't have it too loud, let people know where you are just in case but enjoy it bud
Check where you are going. Are there any shops? If not, I pedaled like villages for hours only, so there's no shops. In that case bring lots more with you to eat.
Which cassette is it using?
Hello. . . I am from malaysia
I do not measure my long rides by distance covered but saddle time.
98km on hardtail
halo indonesia
When I'm cycling long distance solo :-
1) bring emergency contact number in waterproof mobile phone casing.
2) bring my phone & share live location through WhatsApp
3) bring battery powered air pump.
Guys I need cheap summer full finger gloves any suggestions?
Fox Ranger Gel I'd go for, not sure if they're summer though specifically
This is in cwmcarn isn’t it
If you're going much longer than you've tried before, my suggestion is to dial your speed riiiight back. You can tick along gently all day, whereas your normal short ride pace might see you burning out within 2-3 hours. So going slower means you can go much further.
And on long rides, I just eat normal food - pie, ham and salad roll, cake, fruit, can of Coke etc. Personally, too much sugary sports nutrition food and drink makes me want to vomit.
Idk where does the myth comes from that MTBs are only meant to be riden on Mountans and Gravel. I ride my MTB sometimes 70km on Pavel/Roads combined with offroad grass and Gravel roads. Its a bit harder to Pedal a MTB on Road and you will never achieve high speeds with it compared to Roadbike but MTBs will make you faster Fit since its harder. If you want to lose weight MTB is in my opinion the better option since its harder and you can ride it literally anywhere road/gravel/bad roads...
Bad roads are everywhere, at least in my country. I would not make it on any other bike in the middle of nowhere.
Hello
This is riding is so best I am first
I miss my Nan. :(
1500m of climbing on Sunday just because someone in they group is doing some challenge 😩
The 3 words app is very good if you have a mishap miles away from home and the emergency services need to be called 👍🏻
999 is another great app.
@@Dani-El. 👍🏻🙄
Water is a weird one. I'll take about 500ml on a 20mile ride and drink almost none of it. I couldn't imagine drinking 500ml per hour. I'd probably throw up.
I finally got to a new post and I’m still late #newzealand
Were sort of left behind a bit more over here in nz & aus
This bike was really easy to assemble czcams.com/users/postUgkxMesz3KOGEmwmvyKQfLfrRSUXLFzfVHZA and required very few adjustments out of the box. The wheels did not require any truing/adjustments. The frame had some small scratches, but nothing major.I did replace the seat though - the seat it came with was very uncomfortable. The tires need to be re-inflated every 4-5 days, but this appears to be quite common for the narrow 700x25 tires.Overall, in my opinion, this bike looks and rides like a much more expensive bike.
The answer is: BANANA
Most I ever did in 1 day is 28 miles
You should add to the title of your video “...for beginners.”
I can do the full wolds way in one go u need the lot in your bag and plenty of weed
Just think you ride in Britain and it's really small, what if you were to ride Russia
Stick a spare battery in the backpack... Done! Oh wait this isnt embn...
Get out of here you scoundrel. ;)
Can someone help me? I do xc but I go 30 km/h on flat but my heart rate doesn't go over 120 even during a short sprint (less than a minute) at 50 km/h
Btw I'm 17
@@alessandrorossi2164 no
wait 30 years it will fix by itself ;) Plus perhaps start smoking it should be a quick fix.
That doesn't sound like a problem. I'm 44 and my heart rate gets higher than that walking to the fridge! And I only got 30km/h with a very stiff tailwind!
After doing 27miles yesterday ( a personal best) is there any such thing as a comfy seat; even with padded shorts, my undercarriage is crucifying me today
Go to a proper bike shop for a seat fitting. You should only be very slightly sore after being off the bike for a few months. Sans that you should never be sore. The vast majority of factory seats are too narrow.
@@salninethousand2496 I will eventually get a better seat, at present it's a bog standed gel seat. I've just put it down to the milage
There is, but you need to find a good fit of a saddle for _your_ bum. Proper adjustment is a must ... and the rest is training/getting used to riding longer distances.
_Farewell!_
After you've bathed/showered, and are getting ready, use a good, thick moisturiser, all over your, um, middle section(!), & thighs, etc. Definitely improves comfort, for me. And look to replace your saddle, as other poster mentioned!
@@geemail369 yeah, I think I bit of more than I could chew, yesterday. My last big ride was only about 15 miles in September, but not as sore lol
Me riding my bike but don't know where am at.
What do I do about my balls? I'm always forced to stop when my balls/taint just can't handle any more.
Your saddle must be a way too up. You can also get bicycle shorts with gel in them. I never have that pain even at long distances.
@@erakkovaatainen Ibrahim actually tried adjusting my seat justice to see if it would alleviated the pain. I feel like I have it in a decent spot because if I go lower, my leg extension is too tight. But I'm 6'2" so that's probably part of it. I don't have padded shorts but I did add a gel pad to my seat. Helps a little but still end up having pain after about 7 miles. Post 10 miles I'm really feeling it. I've tried sitting in different positions on the seat and even went as crazy as trying to reverse my seat. Haha. Didn't work out. But I just wanted a solution to ride more without that pain. I made just need a new seat.
If you bonk half way through a ride you've gone too far because if it's 10 miles there it's 10 miles back. You'd want to go 5 miles and have enough left for the 5 miles back especially if you're in the wilderness
Electrolytes... water won't help you when you deplete your potassium
Once your potassium and magnesium get low? You get muscle cramps and spasms... I always have a bottle of endurolytes in my pack. They're literally like magic.
permisons for riding in certain areas are you a mountain biker eho needs permisons anyway
Orrr, just get on your bike and ride without all that nonsense. You will survive, you are probably no more than 2km from the nearest shop all the time anyway. My grandmother was taken away to Syberia for 5 years without absolutely anything and she survived.
1/2 litre per hour is nonsense. So for a decent full 8 hour ride (which I do very often) would require carrying 4 litres of water! Way too heavy and unnecessary, I usually take 2x 700ml bottles of water (and maybe a can of Redbull 😊). Usually enough for a full (60km, 1500m+ climbing) day out.
I drink only a few once in a while. 1.5L water bottle in the backpack and one 0.6L in the bottle holder will make it. Made 250 km with them, ride safe!
ebike ;)
*farther - “far”ther refers to distance. Further is like, I can’t explain this grammar lesson any further
The ride goes as long as my buttox isn't overly sore as a sore butt is the worse
15th
my closest to 1st yet
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Well i did 56K on my enduro, litterally dead. That bike is not made for long distances
If only my wallet could go the distance to get a property full suspension MTB 😓
Full sus is lame
1st tip.. add motor