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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Hardtail! | Mountain Bike Tips

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2024
  • The hardtail mountain bike is a simple beast, but there are still ways to make sure you get the most out of it! From suspension to saddlebags, Blake has some tips to help you maximise your hardtail MTB experience.
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:39 - Suspension tune & service
    2:19 - Rear tyre choice
    3:40 - Go bikepacking!
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    5:34 - Hit the pumptrack
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  • @gmbn
    @gmbn  ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Have you got any tips to share with the hardtail community? Have you ever tried bike-packing? Let us know in the comments 👇

  • @FVPOV
    @FVPOV ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Hardtails are sick

    • @natalieh6119
      @natalieh6119 ปีที่แล้ว

      Innit

    • @sans2510
      @sans2510 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hardtail: looks good, looks clean, very fun, simple.

    • @CoolBoy-nl7qy
      @CoolBoy-nl7qy 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hard tails are for men while full suspension is for ladies.

    • @FVPOV
      @FVPOV 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CoolBoy-nl7qy Looks like i’m a lady. They are nice to plow through rough dh trails and harsh trails in BC but hardtails are always fun to pick lines or if you want some fun.

  • @renzarnolf9505
    @renzarnolf9505 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    used my hardtail going to work, commute , long rides and trails uphill/downhill.. man this workhorse is so versatile and capable, that made me realize I don't really need a full sus bike.. thank you ht for bringing me so much fun and real joy in life.. Hardtails forever.....

  • @MrEcted
    @MrEcted ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm 42 and I just started getting into mtb. One thing I find consistently off is the "smiles per hour" metric. People are always talking about getting as many smiles per hour as possible, but I never seem to get more than 1 smile per hour - mainly because I never stop wearing the first one I put on as soon as I hit the trail!

  • @Fandaridestrails
    @Fandaridestrails ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These videos with Blake and hard tail are simply the BEST. ❤

  • @Azoth5876
    @Azoth5876 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You forgot the other option with hardtails- Singlespeed!
    Just built up my Ragley Big Al as a SS and its like learning how to ride a bike all over again!

  • @heinzbeanzz7267
    @heinzbeanzz7267 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm actually building up my first custom bike, a nukeproof scout, thanks to Blake

    • @gmbn
      @gmbn  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We hope you enjoy it!

    • @samhodgson3458
      @samhodgson3458 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ve just built one myself. Absolutely loving it.

  • @pochito_javiercito
    @pochito_javiercito ปีที่แล้ว +9

    More Hardtail content please! You guys need to team up with Steve @ Hardtail Party.

  • @Pete_B95
    @Pete_B95 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I ride a hardtail to work everyday and home via as much off road as I can. There’s loads of fun to be had on bridleways and byways.

  • @norcotorrentguy
    @norcotorrentguy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Currently racing my local downhill series on a hardtail and its so sick

  • @TheAustindarby
    @TheAustindarby ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You mr blake are the reason I bought a Nukeproof hardtail lol I love it and it always gets the best comments from other riders

  • @Kristian_Saile
    @Kristian_Saile ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Modern 29er hard tail trail bikes are just so hood, so fun, so versatile, and a great value mine helped me fall back in love with the sport as someone who has been mountain biking for 36 years and was getting kind of turned off by the complexity, costs, and in general just the culture around modern mountain biking. Peels away all the BS and takes me back to why I love the sport, and puts the emphasis on the fun, not the gear. 🤙

  • @dominicomucci3014
    @dominicomucci3014 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ive got a trek 7000 hard tail. It will be around 20 years old i bet. Love it. Been an awesome bike.

  • @stujm8376
    @stujm8376 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love my hardtail and I’m glad you mentioned the rear tyre because I’m considering what to put on mine and was thinking enduro tyres front and back. I know they add weight, but I prefer the ride of harder walled tyres than xc, too soft for me.

    • @michaelrodgers5105
      @michaelrodgers5105 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just switched over from a trail tire to a maxxis dissector super soft DH what a difference.

  • @RidesWithJake
    @RidesWithJake ปีที่แล้ว

    So stoked when I got my Full Suspension, and now 9months in. I rode a hardtail with half the front suspension of my bike. i couldn’t believe how much fun and actually controllable it was. For sure Full Suspension is faster in tech and gnarly, but most of the speed is actually from your OWN suspension, bodt position line choice etc

  • @vrwgq3q
    @vrwgq3q ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I went from a quiver of FS bikes to a Torrent S1 with a 160mm fork, though designed for a '150'. I did this to better preserve the stock geometry for my type of riding due to Sag.
    Picking the right and high-quality fork is even more important IMO... I think you need to do more setup in order to get the ride charisterics right to make sure that front wheel always stays planted for the type of riding your doing, while doing its best to maintain geo.
    With a 160, I get a little bit more travel that let me add more progressitivty via a volume spacer OR in my case with DVO more oil, which allows me to dial in more off-the top, while keeping me higher up in the travel, and hence preserving geometry better.

  • @mellissanash7517
    @mellissanash7517 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah to bikepacking on hardtails. side note folks out in the PNW always riding after the rain and sometimes in the rain if it's lite and no wind.

  • @veonnoel8887
    @veonnoel8887 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love my hardtail, I have a Ironhorse Warrior Race and it’s actually my only transportation, that’s how much I love it.

  • @anitalandkroon
    @anitalandkroon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video 😃 Hardtail is good to start with 😎 bikepacking , No I've never done it but something I will definitely do in the future !

  • @KevinT3141
    @KevinT3141 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! You have a kickstand on your bike! (I get flack for that but find it too useful to abandon.)

  • @wonderwatch2239
    @wonderwatch2239 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love my steel hard tail, 2,6 tires in winter mud, and 45 mm tires for gravel in the summer👌🤘❤️

  • @Extreme-sports-gg7ti
    @Extreme-sports-gg7ti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dream hard tail would be 29 in the front and 27.5 in the rear with 160mm travel and the frame is a category five bike

  • @Adventuregirl96
    @Adventuregirl96 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love my hardtail and I take it down trails, bike packing. and on the local pump track.

  • @DaOzMan0608
    @DaOzMan0608 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just bought my first bike in about 12 years. I went all out and got an aggressive hardtail but kind of wish I purchased a down country bike.

  • @EVOKE6969
    @EVOKE6969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bike i currently have is a hardtail and i just when dirt jumping and it’s so good 😂

  • @richardkranium5557
    @richardkranium5557 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love my roscoe9! Just scratching the surface with it.

  • @BushcraftAI
    @BushcraftAI ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nukeproof Scout, bike for everything

  • @SKaworu
    @SKaworu ปีที่แล้ว

    Hardtail XC and Trail are good, with kickstand mount, EVEN BETTER!

  • @cgriggsiv
    @cgriggsiv ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't mind a hardtail every so often but they don't like me
    Only because I have such extreme bad back
    So it's a full suspension for me
    And just this weekend I did a 160-mile bikepacking trip to West Branch from Cleveland Ohio

  • @rjregala6179
    @rjregala6179 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love my 290 kraken blue scout its my all arounder. Its like my hilux pick up truck a master of none but can definitely go anywhere.🤘☢️

  • @Alan-75
    @Alan-75 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was at fod last Thursday, 3.5hour drive and broke my mech hanger within 5 minutes messing about in the car park so had to go chainless all day(10hours). Pumping a 170mm enduro bike certainly gave my arms and shoulders a workout, 1st time in years I actually managed to leave my nephew for dust, instead of me lagging behind trying to keep up with him.😂😂😂

    • @Alan-75
      @Alan-75 ปีที่แล้ว

      😅

  • @X-tri.newbie
    @X-tri.newbie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you really got a kick stand mounted on your hardtail?!😁

  • @user-vg2qt8ek8q
    @user-vg2qt8ek8q ปีที่แล้ว

    Shouldn't have watched it. It has made me want nukeproof.😅 Definitely agree it is a very versatile bike. It has also reminded me of my early mtb days when I used my bike mostly for bikepacking,so I might also try come back to it from time to time . Great video.Thanks Blake, you do a wonderful job.

  • @andyb2920
    @andyb2920 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do, i was just wondering what tyre insert you where using? Cheers

  • @MM-qv5lf
    @MM-qv5lf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love hardtails. For me personally they're better than Full suspension.

  • @mybadvideos
    @mybadvideos ปีที่แล้ว

    Is Trail building in the UK a bit of a different art than the USA given the assumption that UK conditions are going to be wet all the time?

  • @Montytobin
    @Montytobin ปีที่แล้ว

    Saw you guys at FOD today!

  • @rickkleverlaan2767
    @rickkleverlaan2767 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sick bike but what happened to the stick. The standard is a thorn in my eye. Or is it just me 😜

  • @Zimneaxtr
    @Zimneaxtr ปีที่แล้ว

    The only problem i have with my ht is the two pairs of bent descendent cranks that i have .If you send it hard enough stuff like this happens

  • @espcsg
    @espcsg ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch enough Blake's videos you will go buy a hardtail. I did.

  • @stevepixels
    @stevepixels ปีที่แล้ว

    i love hardtails , but i would preefer an enduro full suspension

  • @garryhaines3066
    @garryhaines3066 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tbh dint really know that HT was so good, thought FS was king…..I am wrong now looking to get a HT.

  • @Mtb9r
    @Mtb9r ปีที่แล้ว

    God i miss my FS😮. Hammer that HT. 🎉

    • @Mtb9r
      @Mtb9r ปีที่แล้ว

      😝😂🤣🥰

  • @andydavis99
    @andydavis99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice bike stand

  • @bobothericefarmer1878
    @bobothericefarmer1878 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sick vid

  • @KA-zq3yp
    @KA-zq3yp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I ride my hard tail exclusively now. I ride my Husky 250TE when I want to feel like I can plow over anything. Full suspension just sucks up to much pedal power and makes my ride to padded. It doesn’t feel right

  • @valerievanvalen806
    @valerievanvalen806 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never expected to see a Ständer on Blakes ride...

  • @davidgeiger8620
    @davidgeiger8620 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Noooooo Blake😮
    A sidestand??????????😂

  • @ericfroehlich976
    @ericfroehlich976 ปีที่แล้ว

    If that nukeproof wasn’t yellow at that spec i would already own one lol

  • @buzzmong
    @buzzmong ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, I think I've just been sold on my next N+1

  • @kaltonian
    @kaltonian ปีที่แล้ว

    I do wonder about suspension on the front end of a hardtail, I have mine locked out mostly even off road,

  • @syms85
    @syms85 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What saddle is that?

  • @SilverbackOrangutan71
    @SilverbackOrangutan71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hardtail bikes are best

  • @hallstewart
    @hallstewart ปีที่แล้ว

    Versatility and cost!!

  • @chrisumdor598
    @chrisumdor598 ปีที่แล้ว

    Y did u install a kick stand??😂

  • @stanb1604
    @stanb1604 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just need to replace my stock tektro brakes and some rotors then I'm all good. I'm not gonna replace anything on it (yes, I swear on it😂)

  • @Tyrod-Lannister
    @Tyrod-Lannister 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just went to my local bike shop to buy a specialized hardtail and the lady goes “oh hardtails aren’t meant to be ridden on trails, why don’t you try one of these” and proceeds to show me a 8,000 full suspension bike😂 as a new mtb rider I just said “I want to learn the fundamentals and not use full suspension as a crutch and develop bad riding behavior based on having full suspension” but in reality I ain’t spending 8 grand on a bike. I’ll get a car for that.

  • @madtownangler
    @madtownangler ปีที่แล้ว

    I have my fat bike setup for camping but mostly for hauling pizza on the front rack but at least I'm honest.

    • @gmbn
      @gmbn  ปีที่แล้ว

      We all need some pizza transport 🍕

  • @fjnavarro22
    @fjnavarro22 ปีที่แล้ว

    tell more about your hardtail now i see your using side stand.😁😁😁

  • @chrisinmontreal
    @chrisinmontreal ปีที่แล้ว

    Curious to know what type of helmet are you wearing?

    • @gmbn
      @gmbn  ปีที่แล้ว

      Blake's wearing the Smith Forefront 2 helmet 🙂

  • @stephenhill6003
    @stephenhill6003 ปีที่แล้ว

    My work commute is about 17 feet, but I can pretend and ride during lunch.

  • @_Justinriceism_
    @_Justinriceism_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just because it's a hardtail doesn't mean it needs a kickstand

  • @BlackMan614
    @BlackMan614 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    160mm fork on that hardtail?? The problem with the HT/XC bikes I own, is the front fork is 100mm and I bottom-out every ride.

    • @elias.f.
      @elias.f. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a fellow 100mm hardtail rider, I can confirm it bottoms out everywhere lol

    • @wuppieigor
      @wuppieigor ปีที่แล้ว

      There are some trail/enduro style hardtails on the market, the Canyon stoic or the mondraker chrono dc come to mind also the nuke proof scout of course. I tend to just check on 99spokes to see what options there are

    • @ViorelSnap
      @ViorelSnap ปีที่แล้ว

      So interesting, I'm still learning jumps but I've never bottomed out my fox 32. I guess I need to send it harder LOL

    • @elias.f.
      @elias.f. ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ViorelSnap Well, I've only got an SR Suntour XCM HLO (coil) on my bike as of now. Maybe I'll be able to put a Manitou Markhor or an RST F1RST on someday.

    • @komoonkh
      @komoonkh ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elias.f. I put RS Recon 140mm on my bike instead of 100mm suntour coil. The difference is night and day, the bike is much more confident on the trail now

  • @chriswilkinson8545
    @chriswilkinson8545 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Send it down dyfi x

  • @VictorElGreco
    @VictorElGreco ปีที่แล้ว

    Tempt the gods, ride straight into those muddy, messy, thorny trails. Less to clean out afterwards. 😅

  • @amx_m4nu2punkt14
    @amx_m4nu2punkt14 ปีที่แล้ว

    what can i do when my bike feels sluggish

    • @joshuaallswang8016
      @joshuaallswang8016 ปีที่แล้ว

      Select faster rolling tires or a lighter wheelset. If that doesn’t work.. get a lighter bike.

    • @amx_m4nu2punkt14
      @amx_m4nu2punkt14 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joshuaallswang8016 ok thanks for the Feedback my whole wheelset with casette, Discs, tires etc weights around 6 klos

    • @anonymmc2764
      @anonymmc2764 ปีที่แล้ว

      Before buying any new stuff: Is your suspension dialed in correctly? What about tire pressure? Not enough pressure in tires, fork or shock can also easily result in a sluggish feeling.

    • @amx_m4nu2punkt14
      @amx_m4nu2punkt14 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anonymmc2764 ok thanks i will try it

    • @justinemarkdajay7485
      @justinemarkdajay7485 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get a a frame a size smaller. Modern geometry made bikes longer for stability in high speeds but sluggish and less playful. A shorter bike is gonna help solve sluggishness.

  • @RidesWithJake
    @RidesWithJake ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder how many “your fork is backwards” comment there will be 😂

  • @88davidw
    @88davidw ปีที่แล้ว

    I see a bike stand… 🤯🤣

  • @Dreggz1312
    @Dreggz1312 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kickstands are not hardcore, Blake.

  • @franciscobamboo6566
    @franciscobamboo6566 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤👍👍👍👍👌👌👌🚴‍♀️

  • @CoolBoy-nl7qy
    @CoolBoy-nl7qy 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hard tails for men, full sus for ladies.

  • @antonia4722
    @antonia4722 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who the hell is choosing the music now? Its friggin awful!!

  • @skillbro7817
    @skillbro7817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hardtails sucks ✌🏻

  • @topchoice1621
    @topchoice1621 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man iim so upset with myself for not buying this bike ur riding it’s so beautiful