Journal Du Wap

(wind) (intense music) – [Henry] The landscape here is beautiful, yet brutal. It entices explorers, yet punishes the unprepared. You’d be mad to put a bike race through here, surely. Well, if you were so inclined, you would want a medical team rich in expertise because when it does go wrong here, the stakes are […]

(logo slamming) – So what we actually trying to achieve here? I guess we’re talking about matching two goals together, having fun on bikes and losing weight. The fun and bikes bit being the baseline status, the bare minimum. The losing weight bit being the end result. Sound good? The problem we must avoid is […]

(digital noise) – Welcome back you beautiful people. Today, Richard and I are going to battle. – We are. Today it is XC versus– – Downhill. (light electronic music) (laughing) (logo rumbling) – [Doddy] Okay, first things first. Let’s take a look at the two different bikes. This is a machine for the job. Built […]

– Bicycle derailleur gears were first seen in 1905 on a French two-speed setup. 115 years later, though, we’re still using the chain, the cassette, and the derailleur because they’re the most efficient way of having multiple gears on a bike. Early designs, though, were quite crude, and modern day transmissions are very different. They’re […]

– Pedals are one of the things on a bike that are actually taken for granted, but they’re very important to get right. And the reason for that is the fact that they’re your major contact point, but also dramatically change the way the bike rides and how you feel on that. At GMBN we’re […]

– Welcome back, you beautiful people. Well, today’s all about hanging out with your mates on the trail. – It is, but are we mates? – Of course we are, Richard. – Hmm. – We are mates. – Yeah. – Well, there’s a few ways to antagonize each other. – I think we should go […]