Can A Mountain Biker Ride BMX | Blake's Practice Day

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Ай бұрын

BMX racing, how hard could it be?.. Surely it's not that different to mountain biking. However, it's been a while since Blake has raced on wheels this small, so before the big event he heads to the pump track to get some practice in. Blake Samson gets some much-needed coaching from former British BMX champion John Twitchen. But you'll have to wait until next week to see if any of his training pays off!
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 - Welcome back you beautiful people!
00:23 - How does BMX racing work?
01:21 - Blakes BMX
02:37 - First attempt on a BMX pump track
03:57 - Blake gets some much-needed BMX coaching
04:51 - How to get a perfect start
07:38 - Learning the track
10:41 - Practice makes perfect!
12:21 - “Was this good?”
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@gmbn Ай бұрын

When was the last time you went to a pump track? Let us know in the comments! 👇

@johneilers2932 Ай бұрын

3rs 26 mins ago. Raced BMX yesterday double classed at two tracks

@ShadHolland Ай бұрын

About 3 weeks ago. I was also at the Velo Solutions one in Cleveland recently and that was the best pump track I have ever been on. Amazing!!

@hkm-avoidx4949 Ай бұрын

3 days ago at my local BMX/pump track

@nyemartin5737 Ай бұрын

A couple of weeks ago at 417 bike park, video on my channel 😀

@yspegel Ай бұрын

I was 7... then my BMX bike got stolen.... Now I'm 47 so 40 years ago hehe.

@adamweb Ай бұрын

The fact that Blake can do basically every MTB trick in the book and struggled with BMX shows how high the bar has been raised for other disciplines of cycling!

@dumwee Ай бұрын

I wanna see a full race with all from GMBN!

@joneinarmattiasvisser6113 Ай бұрын

Yes, that would be awesome!!!

@basengelblik5199 Ай бұрын

Yesss

@JustMikeH Ай бұрын

Wow, BMX looks really weird compared to what I used to race the 1980's! Blake, you rocked it!

@markpeterson8978 Ай бұрын

Brilliant timing Blake, well good Sir. I am 54 years old and will be racing my first season of BMX this summer. I am excited to follow you through this adventure because it mirrors mine and I can use all the help I can get. Great content GMBN! Keep up the great shows and pay Blake a little more $$$, he's worth it! Cheers - M

@andrewsupernova Ай бұрын

Good luck with your season 👍🏼

@markpeterson8978 Ай бұрын

Thank you Sir @@andrewsupernova

@guambra2001 Ай бұрын

Awesome good luck

@markpeterson8978 Ай бұрын

Thank you@@guambra2001

@ruknasty1 Ай бұрын

You inspired me to pump my tires up on my 22 stumpy carbon. Thanks

@tedthemoose Ай бұрын

More BMX Racing on GMBN!!! Such a great diversion from MTB, been racing a couple of years now and I love it.

@mead813 Ай бұрын

I just finished my first year of BMX racing! Its a great community to be a part of!

@Doty6String Ай бұрын

When I was racing BMX I was in amazing shape. MTB has the slow burn with the hills but nothing like sprinting on a DIRT bmx track.

@JOEBOWERY Ай бұрын

🎉

@1972mdc Ай бұрын

Started in BMX in the 80’s - harder than it looks :)

@David-bw7is Ай бұрын

I went the other way, I'm on the wrong side of 50 now but raced BMX on a Local/West Midlands level waaaaaay back in the early/mid 80s, I was OK, I spent more time off the podium than on it, I rode a Mongoose Super Goose and my last bike in the mid 80s was a Diamond Back Harry Leary, and I've got to admit the BMX's today look strange to my wrinkly eyes. I jumped on my first MTB in 1990-ish, I had a Carrera Quatro Comp, then a GT Avalanche in 93..Then the 90s took over and I spent more time in hedges in Ibiza than on a bike, skip forward 20+ years and I went and bought my first (Mid life crisis) MTB; an 2022 Intense Primer, couldn't ride it at first, had to learn a whole new way of riding, with suspension and 29" wheels. I thought because I could ride BMX over jumps etc it would be the same, yeah not gonna happen, I suffered bumps, bruises and good crashes, but eventually got the hang of it...I still crash, a lot...But It did amaze me how much had changed over the years, from bikes to techniques.

@davebell3684 Ай бұрын

I had an afternoon on a BMX track on my MTB. I was pretty damn fit at the time and getting along the 1st straight into the 1st berm had me at absolute maximum effort. Different skills required.

@VanPelt408 Ай бұрын

I’d like to see Blake enter a local race. So much natural talent!

@zethjugos1250 Ай бұрын

Miss bmx racing...this is how i developed my sprinting which allowed me to frustrate a lot of roadies back in the day😅

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

LOL THAT PART!!

@tizer214 Ай бұрын

Great video, I used to race bmx when I was a teenager. Watching this brought back all those great feelings of practicing, racing and just having a blast on my bike. Thank you very much.

@andrewsupernova Ай бұрын

Great stuff can't wait to watch your race. Good luck 🤘🏼

@AmvC Ай бұрын

Whoever planned/edited this one: very well done. The stomach pains when standing in the starting position really came through!

@cvdavis Ай бұрын

At 53 years old I still go to the local bmx pump tracks. I enjoyed watching this video.

@johnlopez4089 Ай бұрын

I raced BMX in the 80’s. I barely recognize it now. Pump, pump, pump and skatepark groomed tracks. It’s like a whole different sport.

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

Nah it's the same but way better

@jeffdillon1972 26 күн бұрын

Right? I haven’t raced since ‘84 (I was decent at 12) and I learned so much from this vid. What an evolution! Paved tracks?! And long frames?! I quit because I got too tall for 20” and the cruisers (24”) were all ridden by older kids than me. I’d loved to have had an xxl frame! Maybe it’s just me but those pumps make this look slow.

@benjamminworkman Ай бұрын

Raced BMX as a kid and now back at it as an adult, with my 2 sons. Flat out the best cycling discipline to learn fundamentals, and those bike skills translate so well to other forms of cycling and even moto 🤙🤙

@01FozzyS Ай бұрын

This is going to be a good one. Looking forward to more bmx,Blake! Next up: Blake's own channel BMXN

@chris_lleary Ай бұрын

Awesome, Blake. It was mega to share the pens with you on the Sunday! Looking forward to the race day video!

@anthonyshue Ай бұрын

Awesome, I ride my Scout on this track as I live just round the corner. 🤙

@maaaaaathew Ай бұрын

If that was a genuine first go on a modern track then Blake did amazingly well. The rhythm and pump timing, strength and stamina to ride a BMX track aren’t easy to develop. Really well done to all involved in this video 👏

@Smetwork Ай бұрын

Only thing missing was a timed full rull and a comparison to any local 13y old that frequents the track :)

@honestreviewer3283 Ай бұрын

BMX is great cross training for mountain, gravel and even road. I had a Factory Kuwahara in the 80s and just bought myself a We The People 22" for my 50th birthday!

@adamskiNZ Ай бұрын

Awesome mate, I've just started racing later on in life and can relate to the difficulty but have to say you picked that up real fast, kudos 👊

@dariobmx6420 Ай бұрын

glad to see this sport in your channel, awesome video🤟

@WyoSingletrack Ай бұрын

Loved BMX. I had a Redline. I always wanted an Elf.

@oscarmc205 Ай бұрын

Was awesome to meet you 😁

@techjunkie68smusicandtech56 Ай бұрын

I'd start with flats first before moving to clipless! Nice bike though.

@ericnepomuceno4867 Күн бұрын

The bmx content was fun. Would love to see more of this.

@jonntischnabel 29 күн бұрын

I got my first BMX in 1984, and used to absolutely love it. I am now 47 , 192cm tall though, so they're a bit small for me. I could definitely handle a 24 though. ❤

@Kradlum Ай бұрын

Great to see this on the channel! As a MTB and BMX coach, most of the BMX riders I coach come from MTBing. It is a very different set of skills, but the MTBers seem to be able to transfer their skills to most other forms of cycling.

@Jusdin057 Ай бұрын

Cant wait to see the race 👌

@trapptours6679 Ай бұрын

I tell you what, you've got a bit of style for bloke you hasn't riden too much bmx. Remember the gate is everything in bmx and takes years of practice to get it right. Looking forward to seeing part 2 😂

@seanpie5481 Ай бұрын

Nice. In started cycling at 49 with a BMX race license. My son was doing it so I figured why not, I was there all day anyway. This lead to MTB, CX and the odd crit. I’m 60 now and sold my BMX cruiser, but still riding and racing. Cheers.

@MrAllen-gi7pf Ай бұрын

I use to race, now all 3 of my kids race. Even my youngest races on a balance bike. Good fun for the family!

@tonyng4841 Ай бұрын

Awesome content!❤

@zer0bytes2000 Ай бұрын

This is great! More BMX

@alecrichardson4544 Ай бұрын

Very Nice! Love the videos

@mariopresi8649 Ай бұрын

Gosport bmx track..one of my super fav in the south region race circuit. I thught Blake had a bmx racing past of some sort..Bmx is the best cycling discipline to prepare a rider to tackle any other cycling discplines and great training..

@alvinthfdby1915 Ай бұрын

A lot of the best riders in other cycling disciplines all come from a bmx race background, Chris hoy, John tomac back in the day, modern free ride guys like Matt roe, gives you an excellent basis in bike handling.

@MOUNTAINOUS Ай бұрын

that is basically the same gt bmx race bike that i used in some of my bmx race related videos. but i mostly do flatland freestyle. i got 10 bikes. so i do use that bike and in videos but not as much as my trick bikes. it is a great bike. looks like you had fun on it.

@durtysouth85 Ай бұрын

BMX is the OG!! i love MTB...BUT BMX is the GOAT!! 🤩

@robbchastain3036 Ай бұрын

Great show, Blake, and at age 64, I may give the older-guys BMX events a go, just for kicks. It'd be fun to line up against the BMX stars of earlier eras and fight to the finish, or at least get to the finish upright, lol. And back in the day, late '70s and early '80s, I used to haul my BMX bike in the bed of my mini-truck and whenever I'd happen to see a BMX track in a park or community, I'd stop and ride a few laps, simply to experience it. And O my, that was when BMX tracks were all over California and it was great that bike riders were accommodated like Little League baseball players and their ball fields had been everywhere for decades.

@jasondunlap9823 Ай бұрын

Wonderful!!!

@yspegel Ай бұрын

Feeling all pumpt for the next part! (race)

@champ1189 Ай бұрын

Awesome video

@StankFernatra Ай бұрын

Great stuff 🧠💪🏼 Keep it up

@lfk53 Ай бұрын

Yes we can. Us old school mtb'ers grew up riding bmx.

@oterocanyon4224 Ай бұрын

More BMX content please! Specifically, 24 inch wheel bmx cruisers. I would like to see Blake ride some singletrack on a 24" wheel cruiser. They are fairly capable and with a rider like Blake it would be cool just how far he could push the boundaries on your flow trails or even some tech. For instance, I have passed someone on a mtb on the inside of a switchback. You need to put a front brake on it for that. Also let's see him or Neil race some bmx pro's on a proper track just to see the difference.

@Indicasativa55 Ай бұрын

Didn’t race but started my two wheel adventures dirt jumping bmxs and moved on to xc and dirt jumping mtb in my early 30s but before all of that I skateboarded and still do and that will always be my first love tho stick to mini ramps and street as my vert ramp days are are done

@UnjustifiedRecs Ай бұрын

I literally can't ride a BMX, been riding DH most of my life and getting on a BMX feels so horrifically alien, even a trials bike feels more natural to me

@g.w.customcreations3534 Ай бұрын

You need a longer frame my man. Get a 22"+ top tube, longest back end ya can, and big wide bars. It's basically a DJ bike sized bmx. Great fun and damn good sprint training.

@lalligood Ай бұрын

There are 26in BMX bikes out there too, like the Subrosa Salvador 26. They feel closer to what we mountain bikers are accustomed to over diving straight into a 20 incher.

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

Yeah just get a BMX racing cruiser, they come in 24" and 26in

@MrBazzle99 Ай бұрын

I raced bmx late 80s til about 2010 raced cruiser and 20 inch bikes i owned se quadangles, a Rickmans, diamond back, b1 and a dialled among others funnily enough found this video as was thinking about doing some evening gate practice for fitness

@philipjackson1589 Ай бұрын

You need to do a race GMBN Staff vs CGN and GTN that would be an awesome race. If you can get a motor and battery fitted on one EMBN too.

@swestcod Ай бұрын

I’ve been mountain biking for 20ish years. Tried racing bmx around 43yrs old got hooked and raced 2years. Got 3rd at ROC my 2nd yr. It’s a lot of fun just hurts a lot for an old guy to crash😂

@kennethcampbell7263 Ай бұрын

Having seen his meet the presenter clips My knowledgeable answer is Yes, Yes they can. Might take a little practice to relearn the known techniques but once you have learnt it you don't forget it. The aggressive stance on the gate in why so many mono out of the gate.

@nakitojimo2001 Ай бұрын

This is my first love in cycling since 1994. Too bad it ended abruptly a year later because someone stole my BMX in the arcade centre parking lot. However, this is my fundamental basic for me before started mountainbiking in the early 90s n later in the late 2010s.

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

Nice job bro!

@gmbn Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

@@gmbn You're welcome!!

@littledevilchris666 Ай бұрын

So the one day Blake is in Gosport near me and I miss him. God damn it!

@daledubose3032 Ай бұрын

Loved it

@gmbn Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@rockmountbmxer Ай бұрын

They made it hard for you using a 20”. Fair play on that pace you carried through with so little experience.

@wordreet Ай бұрын

Probably. I've ridden both, but raced BMX for handful of years, and only raced MTB once before that.

@ronaldoflorida5671 Ай бұрын

WOW and LOVE and yes yes

@davetbassbos Ай бұрын

Looked good! I think this guy was born to be a BMXer but ended up in the MTB world though some unfortunate life circumstances, lol!

@rockmountbmxer Ай бұрын

Also, you can see why Chris Hoy, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Staff and Louis Atrill all became world or Olympic champs from their BMX days in the 90’s.

@jamesdpayton83 Ай бұрын

BMX is back! RAD!

@user-ej2ys6pp2q Ай бұрын

More BMX action please

@BURSTspeed Ай бұрын

Bicycle motocross...where's the dirt nowadays lol. Good riding!

@iansingleton Ай бұрын

I was riding 46x16 as a 14 year old in 1984! I'm surprised that 44x16 is still pretty much the norm! Well done Blake those tiny bikes kick like a mule!

@TheYBGOON Ай бұрын

What wheels do you run? At 15 I used 45/16 for uphill sprints. But always raced on a 44/16. 46/16 must’ve given you incredible speed if you were able to push it.

@iansingleton Ай бұрын

@@TheYBGOON at 14 I was already 6ft tall and bigger than my father! 🤣 It wasn't a great gear out of the gate but I was (and still am on the road bike) good at pushing a big gear on a straight. Back then the courses were a lot different to today's courses. No tarmac, all packed lime stone, and very sticky in the wet. 45 would've probably been optimal for me back then, 44 I was spinning too fast. Now I'm 55 and tend to take things a little easier! 😉👍 Keep pedalling my friend!

@iansingleton Ай бұрын

@@TheYBGOON PS. BMX always 20inch. I never went over to cruiser.

@TheCaptainsCog Ай бұрын

Im a former bmxer who rides mtb now. Its so hard to get back on a small bike and not feel like a kook.

@hiigara2085 Ай бұрын

I've never been sure if I wanted to invest in a stunt jumper or a bmx

@ronaldoflorida5671 Ай бұрын

WOW and 😮and yes and Winston Cuning Jr and WOW and yes

@Altie8 Ай бұрын

yep

@linkin_davis Ай бұрын

i personally run 95-100 psi in my race bike tires

@JoshC306 Ай бұрын

I live down the road from that track

@gmbn Ай бұрын

It's a great track 🔥

@Alansnackbar78 Ай бұрын

Definitely need a full Gmbn presenter race 🎉yes yes yes

@chuckrad7580 Ай бұрын

What kinda surface is that on the track?

@junka1975 Ай бұрын

Nice one Blake. BMX tracks are great fun. Especially if you can get smooth on them.

@gmbn Ай бұрын

They are so much fun! Great exercise as well 🤘

@dominicyuen5794 Ай бұрын

Is there an episode where GMBN takes the BMX down the MTB trail?

@_Not_Retarded Ай бұрын

Do bmx racers usually ride clip pedals?

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

Yes but it's not manditory. But yes pretty much every BMX racer is clipped in these days.

@augmented2nd666 Ай бұрын

Blake's ready for HellTrack!!!!

@mlee6050 Ай бұрын

44/16? I would prefer a 40/11 sort of gearing so maybe 58/16 be similar to what I like lol

@notpablo8369 Ай бұрын

Indoor trials when?

@KadenVeenstra646 Ай бұрын

“Can A Mountain Biker Ride BMX????” Have not watched the video and don’t attend on watching the video. But the answer is…… yes, the answer is yes :)

@davecowell5183 Ай бұрын

That's my local bike track 😂

@Jackofafewtrades Ай бұрын

GBMXN soon™?

@ShadLife Ай бұрын

BMX is much harder than it looks. What people need to realize is that riding through a track is pretty easy, but going through it as fast as you possibly can makes it exponentially more difficult. You timing has to be absolutely perfect or you basically lose control and can easily crash, usually by getting bucked off the bike. For berms, you need to lean the bike 90 degrees or close to it. If you make mistakes BMX bikes are not forgiving at all. So yeah, if you try racing make sure to ease into it and build you way up to you don't injure yourself. Thankfully they have different skill classes so you can start in the beginner class and work your way up.

@crazyalcayne Ай бұрын

He's definitely past Beginner. He should start as an inter at the very least. He'll still beat most of the inters though. Expert is a different ball game.

@ShadHolland Ай бұрын

@@crazyalcayne Yeah, Blake for sure. I was making a general statement for anyone who wants to try racing BMX.

@Epiphonech Ай бұрын

Cinderella shoes 🤣

@bchearne Ай бұрын

He did a little better on bmx than on the unicycle

@user-rr8dn2td2n Ай бұрын

Anyone else see Harrison Bell in the intro

@F4Bs3Y Ай бұрын

Well Done Mr. Samson! Now Visit US and Race against Matty Cranmer =)

@alexandrtarasenko1531 Ай бұрын

Bobbleheads... its bobbleheads.... get it together UK!!!! lol

@loadsled Ай бұрын

BMX is cool and teaches the fundamentals but the BMX crowd is the worst. At least here in the states. I dreaded taking my kid to races all the years he did it, but had to put on a happy face while dying inside 😂