How To Build Your Trail Riding Confidence! | MTB Skills

Riding mountain bikes can present you with some scary situations. From tackling those first jumps to hitting the biggest drop or steep technical section that you’ve ever done, we all struggle with progression and confidence at one point in our MTB experience. Skills coach Neil Donoghue has trained many a rider throughout his career, to overcome these obstacles and progress their riding to the next level! Here are our top tips to build confidence when faced with something daunting on the trails. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Checking Your Bike Over 1:24 - Start Small & Work Up 1:43 - Visualise Yourself Doing It 2:12 - Wear Protection! 2:53 - 3 Strikes & You’re Out 3:23 - Repeat The Process 3:44 - Ride With Friends Useful Links: Watch The UCI MTB World Series Elite Racing On GCN : Watch Shorts on GMBN 👉 25% OFF ALL JERSEYS & SHORTS! 👉 Ride with us at the Global Bike Festival 👉 Submit your Photo and Video to us 👉 Sign-up to our newsletter 👉 Thanks to La Fenasosa Bikepark for having us for an action-packed weekend of shredding! How do you go about tackling scary obstacles on your mountain bike? Let us know in the comments 👇 Watch more on GMBN... 📹 Watch more ’How To’ videos on GMBN: 📹 Watch our Editor’s Choice Playlist 👉 📹 Watch our weekly show, The Dirt Shed Show 👉 🎵 Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound 🎵 Sweet Escape - Aiyo I Was Messed Up (Instrumental Version) - Ella Faye #GMBN #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Adventurous and entertaining features Mountain bike skills coaching Technical advice and guidance Mechanical know-how to keep you rolling A place for the riding community with our weekly Dirt Shed Show Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: Nukeproof Bikes: Orbea Bikes: Park Tool: Smith Helmets & Eyewear: Crankbrothers Pedals: Shimano Footwear: Ergon: Vittoria Tires: FSA: Spank: Topeak: Garmin: Peaty’s Products: Wahoo: Komoot: Worx Power Tools: CamelBak: Watch our sister channels: GMBN Racing - GMBN Tech - Electric Mountain Bike Network - GMBN auf Deutsch - Global Cycling Network - GCN Tech - GCN Racing - Global Triathlon Network - GCN Italia - GCN en Espanol - GCN auf Deutsch - GCN en Francais - GCN Japan - GCN Training -