Is This The UK’s Best Adventure Ride? | GMBN Rides The Traws Eryri Trail

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2 ай бұрын

It's time for another epic ride! This time Neil Donoghue and Blake Samson are riding the newest big adventure ride in the UK, it's the Traws Eryri trail in Wales. They are riding the all new Canyon Neuron:ONfly, Canyon's first lightweight eMTB to help cut this 4 day adventure down to 3 days! 🤘
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@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Want to find out even more about Canyon's new bike? Click here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9ZgppqeuJuYqJc.html

@Paganiproductions84 2 ай бұрын

I don't care about e mtb's next how much did Canyon pay you for this marketing content?

@christianeckel2037 2 ай бұрын

Are you guys getting Canyon's new sell out for their electrical garbage? No real biker takes you serious any more.

@pgn666 2 ай бұрын

pls, keep electric motorcycles on spearate channel.

@elliotgibson 2 ай бұрын

I was so confused walking down the road from my house to Bethesda and seeing what I thought was Blake and Neil zooming passed on Eeb's - thought I was going mad - clearly not - what an adventure!

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Sorry we couldn't stop and say hi 👋

@BlakeSamson8 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha that was us

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

Nice part of the world 👍

@christopherhday 2 ай бұрын

I am from the US, and I absolutely love your epic adventures. Getting to see the countryside of the UK is absolutely amazing. Thank you for making these videos, they are inspiring to watch. You guys make a great team, and the photography was great! I could watch that video over and over again.

@dangerfulmind 2 ай бұрын

I live on the edge of Snowdonia, never get bored, absolutely gob smacking beauty.

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

cheers, North Wales is an amazing part of the world

@R1eger25 2 ай бұрын

I know the guys love their riding but i have to give credit to the people behind the cameras and the people behind the screens editing these footages , they are just as important to the channel that we all love! hope this comment makes it to you boys and girls!

@MrMatthias03 2 ай бұрын

...you got that straight. As wonderful and inspiring as these vids are, we have them because of everyone involved at GMBN. Thanks to ALL the folks behind epic vids like these for common people!

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

yeah yeah, they get to sit in a dry van all day 😂

@alandawson2282 2 ай бұрын

Did this at the same time as the GMBN guys and saw them at Coed-y-Brenin. The weather was rough - all credit for doing it in three days.

@raphaelwolff8205 2 ай бұрын

Blake and Neil thanks so much for sharing such an epic adventure with us all.What a huge ride in super tough weather conditions.So good guys.Love the new edition Canyon e bike.

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! The whole team (and bikes) powered through it 🤙

@helicopter12345678 2 ай бұрын

What time of year was this filmed not the best conditions but well done for getting through it 👍👍@@gmbn

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

This was filmed about a week ago 👍

@aligavriel9113 2 ай бұрын

These are the best type of videos to get you in the mood for an adventure. You guys should ride the canal from Newport all the way to brecon beacons it's a beautiful ride.

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, need to explore the Brecon Beacons a bit

@stujm8376 2 ай бұрын

Love these epic rides with Neil and Blake, fantastic.

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Do you have any adventures planned for this year? Let us know 👇

@grumpy-dad3701 2 ай бұрын

Going to ride part of the ickneild & pedders way. A couple of days with a beach camp at the end. I don't like hills. The head is willing the legs not so much

@nichootin 2 ай бұрын

plan is to trailblaze a 150-250km high route around jotunheimen, the highest peaks in scandinavia, never been done before so lets see how it turns out. full power EMTB with 2x batteries

@se7en910 2 ай бұрын

I'm getting san quentin 1 2024 tomorrow and looking forward to getting out and seeing the world. Rather than watching vids about getting out

@micronesia3797 2 ай бұрын

This series would make for an excellent Netflix show. The production quality is so so good, love Neil and Blake too.

@Radingtonbear 2 ай бұрын

GMBN videos have gotten loads better of late. More longer form adventure based content for the win! Proper mountain biking. I’ve just booked a three day holiday in Aosta valley Italy for later this year. Chomping for some big mountain with my mates.

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like a great holiday, enjoy! 🤘

@cctrailrunningnz 2 ай бұрын

Loved this epic adventure ride. Great mates getting out of town. Full credit to the film crew and their attempt to start a new genre of wild van adventures! Cheers from NZ.

@billderas3420 2 ай бұрын

Wow! Great footage of a great ride! Thanks to Neil, Blake and camera crew.

@garethedwards6312 2 ай бұрын

This is on my doorstep. It really is a true mountain bikers paradise. Awesome film as always team, keep up the good work!

@keithtomlinson4009 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video, thanks guys! Hope you do more like this around the UK! Makes me a bit homesick, and also makes me want to consider an E-bike now..... Damn you 😛😛😛

@Magoo71 2 ай бұрын

Sure looks like a better trip during warmer weather for sure....Stevie doing the narration! Thanks boys....I really admire your efforts in the in climate weather....Canyon is surely keeping up with the latest trends in eBiking! Thanks again!

@garryhaines3066 2 ай бұрын

Loved this video, this is what MTB is about and shows the EMTB off to its most........i love my Alltm CF12 and have always love EMTB they take you to new adventures daily for people like me that are not as fit lets us enjoy the pleasure of MTBing. great video all. More like this please.

@scchua4203 2 ай бұрын

Awesome ride. I walked that locale in my younger days. I'd love to ride that trail! More of this, please!

@daniellegere7561 2 ай бұрын

Loved your videos, that adventure trip with beautiful scenery was awesome to watch!!

@tariksefic5628 2 ай бұрын

Another outstanding video. Blake and Neil make a great team. As I’m not in a position to ride at the moment and I miss it a lot, your videos help a great deal. Keep it up GMBN, I’m looking forward to the next one.

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

Cheers, hope you get back on it soon

@AFV85 2 ай бұрын

I love bike rides like this with a friend it really brings the best out in you really shows your human side of teamwork and friendship emotions can get on top aswell ebikes are amazing for this!

@Craweats 2 ай бұрын

Love this kind of content. As long as we're living vicariously, it'd be nice to see what transpires and what's consumed at the pub at the end of the day.

@user-dn6ym5dq1p 2 ай бұрын

As someone who loves bikepacking myself, I love to see the vibe between you two

@r0bv123 2 ай бұрын

Love this UK adventure video especially with Neil and Blake! Blake is totally Americanized with "starbucks?!"! 😂

@thewillyfamily 2 ай бұрын

The DREAM!! WOW... That looks awesome

@daletimmins5572 2 ай бұрын

I thought we'd had a lot of rain when we rode the route, but you guys seem to have outdone us! It's a great route, brutal and rewarding in equal measure. 10/10 would recommend.

@GaspeOutdoors 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoy to watch you guys on those amazing trips! Thanks from Canada!

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! Have you been out riding this year?

@tomowen6108 2 ай бұрын

Great content guys, beautiful welsh summer weather this boys. Great bike packing adventure on gravel bikes.

@carlmederozemtb 2 ай бұрын

Great video boys, the riding ones are my favourite by far

@siebrenduenk9808 2 ай бұрын

Love these epic ride vids. Thx again!

@MrDenwei 2 ай бұрын

We just cycled this the other weekend on a hardtail. Fantastic trail!

@matthewl7585 2 ай бұрын

Really liked this episode. Well done lads.

@JeffMTBinVA 2 ай бұрын

Thanks guy, I love watching your ride adventures. Blake and Neil together is gold, great chemistry. Didn't Rich do this same route in reverse on another vid?

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, yeah i realised that as we were on it, I think he must have ridden some of the Sarn Helen route

@jamesherd9132 2 ай бұрын

Well Done Guys Loved the video sorry you got so wet and cold .Hope to see you at Fort William next weekend .

@ChampionGaming 2 ай бұрын

"700 year old puddle" is the most british/welsh thing I've ever heard

@333wheeler 2 ай бұрын

Adventure route videos like this are great. Back to the basics of the old school MTB scene.

@user-so8sb4vk6b 2 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more. It's nice to see them ridden off road rather than trails and jumps etc

@MattKLE650 2 ай бұрын

I agree except they are not on mountain bikes.

@georgemacdonald6805 2 ай бұрын

Nice journey guys. Another for your tick list thats highly recommened would be the Badger Divide from Glasgow to Inverness or the reverse of it. Take you through some the most stunning scenery in the UK. Similarly would be Glasgow to Inverness along West Highland way into fort William then along the great glen way into Inverness.

@_Jake.From.Statefarm_ 2 ай бұрын

Love it. The Canyon SL looks so good! The only downside of my Heckler SL is there is no range extender (yet).. These kinds of trips look amazingly fun.. Would def be a logistical nightmare though without support... Anything that can happen probably will lol.

@jeijeei 2 ай бұрын

Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮. This video is awesome, made me want to go for epic adventure. Thanks for the quality content as always.

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Greetings! Thank you, where would you go for the epic ride? 🤔

@jeijeei 2 ай бұрын

@@gmbn i have been thinking about going to Switzerland , it looks epic. Maybe a road trip in my van. Thro the bikes in the back and hit the road.

@keithwestwood4640 2 ай бұрын

What a ride ! Well done guy's we're hoping to do this trail before Malvern classic 😊😊😊

@sing_cycle_referee 2 ай бұрын

Niel and Blake please remember to keep to marked trails and roads - what you did at 7.06 (on a high torque ebike) might be more fun than the road descent but it will tear up the grass and wet ground! This sort of stuff gets us MTBers in trouble!

@stanmustard7292 2 ай бұрын

Great video, guys. You two make a good team, would love to see you do a trip like that in the states, preferably somewhere in the west.

@kareem-mokdad-swiss 2 ай бұрын

That was an epic ride indeed ! Greetings from Switzerland.

@BikewithCelo 2 ай бұрын

This looks absolutely amazing!

@robwilliams5165 2 ай бұрын

Excellent adventure. Great watch keep up the great content

@eddierivera7803 2 ай бұрын

Great vid guys E-bikes = adventure .Wish E-bikes were a thing when I was stationed overseas would have loved to ride those trails.

@TheScramble8 2 ай бұрын

Looks so fun. Great vid thx

@neilhaighton2098 2 ай бұрын

Fair play! Weather looked brutal!!!

@davefreeman9347 2 ай бұрын

Great video more of these please 👏👏👏

@richardwatson2348 2 ай бұрын

Loved this vid, well done guys!

@01FozzyS 2 ай бұрын

Epic looking ride,boys! Like the idea of Jonesy narrating.

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Blake and Neil might have struggled with some of the pronunciation’s!

@stuie56 2 ай бұрын

great video guys although there was a much more fun route to be had once you where near bethesda, stretches from llanllechid over towards foel fras, dropping down to drum taking a right at the bottom making your way over to tal y fan then either take a right past an acient church down the pilgrims route dropping into the town of Rowen or from tal y fan continue on old roman road which has an awesome descent towards sycnant pass crossing the road to head over the top of the conwy mountain dropping down another awesome descent onto the road for 5 mins which leads to the harbour in conwy (shown in your video)

@Squirrel_Rides 2 ай бұрын

Just over here torturing myself with your adventure content 🤩

@user-so8sb4vk6b 2 ай бұрын

So three to four days with an ebike, how long on a normal mountain bike ? Four / five?? Gets the juices flowing watching these . I do love these videos!

@francissport5826 2 ай бұрын

Double thumbs up guys, great job!

@Grayt1st54 Ай бұрын

Great Video but the Video ended in Conwy, not Llandudno Junction as claimed and if you didn't go on to Llandudno, you missed a treat. Riding up and around The Great Orme is amazing. Never the less love this video and thank you.

@gwionllewelyn5961 2 ай бұрын

Really appreciate the effort of pronouncing and using welsh names! great work

@vidibites 2 ай бұрын

Love these adventure videos guys, looks like a great bike 🤤 I’m waiting to see if the new Orbea Rise is any better, just a few days to wait. I’d ride that route closer to summer though 😂 It’s a shame how exposed a lot of the trail is, too many sheep and not enough trees. Lots of on road too.

@klassyken 2 ай бұрын

Please do more of these!!!!!!!

@470danadidas 2 ай бұрын

I'm doing this adventure ride in a couple of weeks. Taking 4 days over roughly the same route , from Machynlleth to Conwy castle. Looks t be epic.

@ChrisColeman-cu2ok 2 ай бұрын

Yeeoooooo, class video as always guys, just wondering what Garmin mount you are both using? Cheers 🍻 🤙🏻

@Roguerider01 2 ай бұрын

I was eyeing this route up only the other day, I wanna do north to South Wales one day awesome video

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

That would be an epic ride!

@StephenRose-eu1vh 2 ай бұрын

Loved the video. I was wondering how you utilised your battery use for such a long challenge. Surely you had to have planned stops for charging the bikes.

@jasonprfrost1 2 ай бұрын

THANKS LADS BRILLIANT that is my favourite part of the world Snowdonia !!

@webster169 2 ай бұрын

Well done, great film, and shout out to Steve Jones, the bard of embn

@GuyKesTV 2 ай бұрын

Nice work lads, this route is going to get a reputation though. It was sleet for the second day of my official Cycling UK guide ride video, couldn't feel my legs from Betws to Conwy on the second day 🥶

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

Cheers Guy, we only had that window of 3 days to do the ride so missed the best of the views, type 2 fun I suppose

@mavoth04 2 ай бұрын

Looks a top ride lads. Are there plenty of accommodation options on thd route for charging?

@cheeeeeeeef 2 ай бұрын

'Click it up a support level' NO NEIL, this is GMBN, if you're gonna use ebikes, you stay your arse in eco! (JK). That being said amazing effort, lads - looks amazing.

@neildonoghueMTB 2 ай бұрын

I needed all the help i could get!

@antdod1 2 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that episode

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@antdod1 2 ай бұрын

@@gmbn I've an EMTB was on the emtb channel last week in cool places we have some epic rides like on your video today here in Ireland

@neilstringfellow4090 2 ай бұрын

Live and ride in North Wales. Pretty standard conditions. Great film.

@jpg6482 2 ай бұрын

wondering how many of these roads I can tackle in the defender - want to cycle this route too of course

@IGGY1969 2 ай бұрын

I'm doing this in July this year on my Nukeproof Scout. As part of a supported group ride. Have to say I'm nervous/excited in equal measures. Hope we get better weather than Neil & Blake had. 😀

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

That sounds amazing, hopefully it'll be nice and sunny with no wind! Or a tail wind 💨

@Milessongs 2 ай бұрын

Wait… @4:52 - where did that comfy snack-van come from!?😅 Honestly, it’s nice to see these young bucks aging gracefully!

@Jormvngandr 2 ай бұрын

I definitely wanna see more of adventures with a bunch more bags on the bikes ;) Just a shame you cant get "the bundle of joy" Martyn to tag along... I have a few overnighters planned in my local area, nothing fancy though.

@beardedvikingmtber 2 ай бұрын

I’m planning on doing the Walna scar road this weekend up in the lakes

@garyhines8122 2 ай бұрын

I got excited when you guys said it was around 16kgs. I have looked at the new pages on Canyons' site and it is 19.9kgs listed weight and the cheaper models 20.9 kgs. Quite a big discrepancy. Anyway it is all moot for me as Canyon don't seem to be listing them for sale in Australia. Austria maybe, but Australia - not.

@mattmorga36 Ай бұрын

Hi. What tyres do you recommend for this trail factoring I will be going in June- July term, aiming for a sunny, dry weather. Thanks

@dannyk3718 2 ай бұрын

epic ride would love to have seen you guys do it on hardtails , but then i'm into pain lol

@BikeParkLane 2 ай бұрын

Do the hotels let you take the bikes in for charging? The only thing that puts me off is non-removable batts. I go away a lot with the bike, I do have a solar panel and battery power block, but I'm not sure it would keep up with usage if I left it charging in the van.

@trajo189 2 ай бұрын

How would you do it propose to do it without a support vehicle. A relay in morning? Was charging the batteries successfully at places you stayed? Fantastic video 🏅

@MTB.SEAL-XIII 2 ай бұрын

the animals at the start is the best bit

@gmbn 2 ай бұрын

the baby lambs this time of year!

@chrisjames1924 2 ай бұрын

They're called sheep.

@MTB.SEAL-XIII 2 ай бұрын

@@chrisjames1924 ye no shi shurlock

@0T13 2 ай бұрын

more of this!

@BikingBadwithTC 2 ай бұрын

Yes, epic rides are possible even on emtbs 🤙

@gavauls 2 ай бұрын

Great video lads. Thoroughly enjoyed it. EMBN or GMBN who cares. I watch both channels anyway!!

@simonhunt7798 2 ай бұрын

Sheesh that’s character building stuff amigos I could feel your pain 🫵🏼💪

@adammiller6932 2 ай бұрын

Could make it extra epic by doing the trail centres along the way. Climax, Coedy, Marin. I think Mtb Wales guides do this?

@jeanmarc_in_Hudson 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful thanks! You guys aren't joking about wet weather. 😅

@dougnico2492 2 ай бұрын

It's Wales when is not wet?

@rottieshepcalibre9156 2 ай бұрын

Hip packs look uncomfortable. Bikes are gonna need a big wash after 😂 cool video

@tomassanesson902 2 ай бұрын

Amazing bike❤❤❤

@TheCrappen 27 күн бұрын

This is a+ content, where are the viewers at?

@will.134 2 ай бұрын

fairplay for taking that van down them green lanes 🤣

@rider.5490 2 ай бұрын

Soo cool . Will Black be doing the mega this year?

@jpandriesse3954 2 ай бұрын

When is there comming a proper review on the normal Neuron?

@jonathanellis1842 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful, All stops can be accessed via trains stations only Dolgellau that has no direct train station but you can get to Barmouth and use the Mawddach trail to get on route this would be the best option if going alone without a van and crew.

@xanderdixon3688 2 ай бұрын

Great video

@KevinT3141 2 ай бұрын

The boys could really have benefitted from those cheap plastic fenders that clip into the seat rails. Easy to move from bike to bike for different shoots too... (Also, great video! Thanks team.)

@SkiSurfBike 2 ай бұрын

...and even more from proper long mudguards. Maybe an idea for the next epic & wet adventure: one rides with mudguards, and the other with wet a55 and muddy face. Which is better?!

@catinthehat906 Ай бұрын

@@SkiSurfBike That's what I thought, a couple of plastic mudguards on the seatpost and downtube would have stopped them becoming completely lathered in crap.

@yakesbves3294 2 ай бұрын

How is this new Canyon Neuron compare to the Orbea Rise ??

@sportpicturescymru 2 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks for using someone who could pronounce the Welsh names #respect

@EricTFDC 2 ай бұрын

Right under the mach loop 😂

@Rubblechops 2 ай бұрын

Sorry Neil but you say the bike is near 16kg. Just checked the website and the lightest version is not even under 19kg? That's quite a difference! Are getting mixed ypvwith the Whyte ELyte xc version?