How To Ride A Stair Set On Your Mountain Bike

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How To Ride A Stair Set On Your Mountain Bike | MTB Skills

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2 жыл бұрын

Riding a stair set on your mountain bike can be intimidating! They're hard, concrete, unforgiving and have a tendency to throw your weight around in weird ways. So how do you conquer these obstacles on a mountain bike? Blake is here with some useful tips and tricks to get you down.
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@Tone32616 2 жыл бұрын

I like it how Blake rode MegaAvalanche on a hardtail, but decided to get a full suspention for a case of stairs.

@dineshdas8392 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@crashcoursezed7947 2 жыл бұрын

Rofl

@Zimblake 2 жыл бұрын

yeah my thoughts exactly. I did say to Nick/Cameraman. I need my hardtail haha

@nk-dw2hm 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zimblake I think your next contract should include a stipulation that you aren't allowed on full sus bikes. Ps it'd be amazing to see urban/trial riding from you on a gravel bike, watching your trials practice videos with Ashtyn was awesome!

@Zimblake 2 жыл бұрын

@@nk-dw2hm 😂😂😂😂

@deanwylie9893 2 жыл бұрын

Blake should bring Sam Pilgrim to the nice stair sets, he only seems to find "DOOMERS".

@gmbn 2 жыл бұрын

That would make a great part 2! 😂

@Bradley_mtb Жыл бұрын

they should do game of bike

@MBC-vz4hm 2 жыл бұрын

i just hit my first set of stairs today and honestly there is nothing like it, it is one of the funnest things i have done on my mtb so far.

@TonyJ4472 Ай бұрын

Same

@ANTheWhizkid 2 жыл бұрын

You won´t believe how many ppl would like to do things but fail because they they think too much or have lack of confidence. This is the same what's hindering them to join other riders. Ty gmbn for always encouraging the people. I think especially within the greatest sport in the world the first experiences on the mtb need to be as cool as it can be to rise the stoke level.

@moritzkress4352 2 жыл бұрын

I actually got over confident and nose case a platform and otb 12 stairs

@junka1975 2 жыл бұрын

It's true. I like the guys I ride with because even though they egg you on a bit they respect your limits and you're still part of the group and we all have loads of fun.

@abhishekgaming923 Жыл бұрын

Seems like bike breaking territory. I assumed there was some technique that allowed you to preserve your wheels when I saw people do it in videos

@StoffelDilligas 2 жыл бұрын

When I used to live in London and occasionally commute to work in winter on my downhill bike. I would change off road wheels for road wheels and tyres. Sort of "supermoto" my bike. There was always street furniture, stairs, challenges and obstacles to ride. The great thing about this was I still got my fix of challenging riding, and I didn't get filthy dirty nor did my bike. Obviously if you screw up and hit the deck, the ground is a lot harder than rain sodden mud. But a prang, is a prang. I once suggested that one of my mates that he give it a try. (Road wheels on his down hill bike and go urban down hill)....... The look he gave me was like I had told him that I had just wiped my backside on his pillow. He was shocked at the thought of it.

@andreiatanasiu463 2 жыл бұрын

ayo nice vid! alttough can you do more tips like this, but on a hardtail? I'm a begginner and i've just bought a new hardtail and I want to learn as much as i can

@davidxin5805 2 жыл бұрын

I have a relatively budget hardtail. The basics are the same, but just bumpier😂. It’s important to stay loose and don’t be scared to pick up speed.

@andreiatanasiu463 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidxin5805 yea, my bike is also like 600 euros. Thx for the tip

@Hardwarenerd 2 жыл бұрын

Saddle down, pedals straight and level, and try to put most of your weight over the back wheal this is the most important thing. Because as the nose of the bike dives in the stairs the back will have an easier time getting up in the air thus loosing control and throwing you over the bars (don't ask me how I know).. I'm riding a 300$ XC bike every day in my urban area riding stairs every single day. Yes it will be bumpy on a hard tail but with practice of that technique it will be a piece of cake. And most important put on your protective gear, don't be scared, and commit to it! Have fun

@Tone32616 2 жыл бұрын

@@andreiatanasiu463 What do you get for 500 euros where you live? I live in Russia, and I for 400euros I got a GT Aggressor with a freewheel and tourney with 3x7 transmission

@andreiatanasiu463 2 жыл бұрын

@@Tone32616 i got a Cross Fusion 9, with mt-200 equivalent brakes, 100mm Srstuntour fork, 3x9 drivetrain

@faceinthecrowd5810 2 жыл бұрын

Did my first stairs this summer!!! 64, not to old, although my bridge vibrated loose.

@petesahad3028 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@junka1975 2 жыл бұрын

Blake is always so happy. It makes all his videos great to watch.

@takodahill7789 2 жыл бұрын

I always notice how Blake always has a colorful set of grips on his bike. I don’t know why I took notice to that but I feel like it’s a nice touch and I got a set of moss green grips to go with my bike. I know it has no purpose with this video but I really like watching Blake and his tutorials.

@TwistedTriggerEnduro 2 жыл бұрын

Good MTB skills can transfer to all kinds of 2 wheel adventures. Solid video, thanks for posting. 💪🔥

@Seppster58 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Blake. I got a new MTB and now I just have to wait for this Canadian winter to pass and then try some stairs. 😁

@floris-5030 2 жыл бұрын

In addition to Blake's vid another tip is to approach with pedals level and push your knees sightly forward so your elbows bend right before rolling in. This makes the roll in easier compared to doing it with more stretched arms. Once rolling in your bike will shift forward and because of the bend arms you have more room to let it do so without having to move your upper body a lot. Don't forget to drop the heels slightly once you roll in. I hope this makes sense, a bit hard to explain in just words 🙈 Learned this from another KZfaq tut ons stairs but not sure if it's appreciated adding the link.

@manu_6740 2 жыл бұрын

I have a hardtail. I have been driving past stairs for over a year. Just 2 weeks ago i just sent it. If i only new, that stairs are so much fun, i would have done it a year ago. Now i have been sending all the stairs i could find in my neighborhood.

@sisterdrummer7779 2 жыл бұрын

Woohoo Blake.. I've had my bike for 1 year..came off it other day(first time!)...got first puncture yesterday!..and I've worn the chain and cassette down!!...but I'm loving it,this is cool on steps..but I love it when you go to the woods!!Merry Christmas!X❣️

@gmbn 2 жыл бұрын

@sisterdrummer 777 Sounds sick. There is always a first time for everything but glad you love mountain biking! Keep Shredding 🤟

@Zimblake 2 жыл бұрын

Stoked for you!! Merry Christmas and I hope you get some biking kit or stuff.

@majparovel2737 2 жыл бұрын

Actually there is nothing to learn about riding on stairs. There is only one thing you should know - faster you go, smother and more fun it is. And if you don't need to turn on the end of the stairs, don't use brakes.

@garethhughes5745 2 жыл бұрын

agreed, i've ridden stairs a lot. If anything its much easier than going down a tree rooty downhill as all the steps are consistent.

@bbernardino21 Жыл бұрын

Cool instructional video 👍 I enjoy urban riding early on weekends when no one around especially traffic

@stuartspilling6509 2 жыл бұрын

used to do stairs as a kid. love doing them still the more the better

@NerinoTheCoolCat 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will get an mtb gifted soon and this Will be the first thing i will do!

@alimantado373 2 жыл бұрын

Blake and Martin are the Don daddas of GMBN... That Canyon is the boom! Bike check? What's with the pink lid?

@enriquehernandez155 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that, I live on very top of a mountain and . There's 150 steps .am going for it. Helmet and pads, I have med care and have not used it....yet

@r0k0mas 2 жыл бұрын

thnx mate

@ImGianluigi 2 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias.... muy interesante y bien hecho

@zkx1048 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Great video Blake

@Zimblake 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@MatheusHenrique-nz3zh 2 жыл бұрын

Just upgraded the forks....it's time to learn this

@braziluluwita8268 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir.

@shivjusnovan6762 2 жыл бұрын

Blake, you are the gem.. \m/

@sametsancak3047 Жыл бұрын

I hit my first set of stairs today im going to learn this skill so i can take more advanced stairs

@DerEchteAndrej 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Blake, please make a video how to ride Upstairs. There are so few bids about that - I'm especially interested how to approach the first steps.

@andrec.136 2 жыл бұрын

Also, another disadvantage of riding too slowly on a set of stairs is that the natural tendency to counter steer for balance could force the bars at full 90 if the front wheel happens to be just at the edge of the next step. This will almost certainly cause you to jackknife over the bars especially if the stairs were steep. Just keep a moderate speed and and front wheel square. And of course weight centered over bottom bracket.

@AleksAndonov-hs4mc 11 ай бұрын

my front fork is on the low end and I prefer to lean a bit more to the back wheel ;d

@oswaldocruz396 10 ай бұрын

What a solid bike.

@Zetler Жыл бұрын

I learned what cement tastes like after trying this out at my local "nice' staircase.

@bigmikeshooter 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Blake. The next for me is how to cross an not very deep river...

@equitime77 2 жыл бұрын

Great to watch but I doubt it can be done on a recombent trike or the bowhead?

@khairulnizam4177 2 жыл бұрын

Now do a how to ride up the stairs!!! I only got till my back wheel to the 1st step. 😅 and im 40. 😆

@stefanhansen5882 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Why heals down?

@WerdnaLiten 2 жыл бұрын

Had loads of them for the European XCO Championships in the summer......

@rupedog 2 жыл бұрын

Stair turns are fun!! But check no one coming up, yes

@felipegonzalezm.4644 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas stairs in Bristol are challenging 😅

@cancer8343 Жыл бұрын

Ive been eyeing a gnarly stair double gap for ages. Got out of control once and am terrified now!

@thedoofenshmirtz5232 11 ай бұрын

lets hope it works i have a xc race its my first time and i trackread it earlier and messed up and fell down and the race is tommorow and the funny thing is im using gravel tires one slick one not. i just hope ill do good tommorow and not mess up again

@Bradley_mtb Жыл бұрын

tip if u go fast then it takes a lot of the bumps out of it and your tire will glide over the ridge/peak of each step

@deeplydisillusioned683 2 жыл бұрын

tips for going up them please.

@davetbassbos 2 жыл бұрын

Going faster smooths it out!

@Caleb10891 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on this on a jump bike

@believe8263 2 жыл бұрын

Blake could make riding down the Grand Canyon look easy.

@TaymSalama 2 жыл бұрын

How much psi should I put in my tubeless tires for jumping and riding stairs?

@ltrtg13 2 жыл бұрын

I always look at a stairset and want to ride my mountain bike down them. I can't even watch a film with stairs in. Without wanting to ride down those stairs as well. Except maybe the stairs in Valparaiso Urban Downhill.

@VIJAYzk Жыл бұрын

0:52 HTH did you pull that off. 😂

@Thebirdemoji 2 жыл бұрын

Best way to learn how to go downstairs is to go down a curb then down a two-step then down a three-step then down a four-step then down finally a six-step and then you could just pretty much do any kind of vertical size of staircase really easily

@Thebirdemoji Жыл бұрын

@@8ace293 you know when I go down stairs you really do t have to put all you weight In the back you can just ride down also. Your bike stats stable like riding down a hill just by its self so if you just committed its really not bad at all its just like a thing you go down.

@aiimannszl9803 2 жыл бұрын

can you guys make a video on how to gap a set of stairs?

@ToddNZMTB 2 жыл бұрын

My first and most brutal crash ever was a concrete staircase, I broke several of those rules above :| mild concussion, broken helmet, wasted left knee, wasted left 3 fingers and wedding ring, tore my pants, scraped my boots and scratched the bike up.

@Northstar-Media 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they not to forgiving. I went over the bars on a set near to me. Still give me the eby jeebies & don't feel that great even when you do them correct to be honest.

@ToddNZMTB 2 жыл бұрын

@@Northstar-Media pinch flats and disapproving public too! Ha ha

@thsaintful 2 жыл бұрын

i'm more curious how to get up onto those wooden sand-stairs on the trail that the cyclocross guys guys use. most MTB'ers i've seen will just get of the bike and run up, but some manage to ride/jump to the top

@daveswagson480 2 жыл бұрын

why am i watching this my one and only KOM is at my uni with only stairs on the trail haha but great video nonetheless

@aregsaroyan5690 8 ай бұрын

hey does somebody know are trail bikes good for riding staris? are enrty level bikes good fro again riding stairs?

@allyb5779 2 жыл бұрын

Is that a mullet set up on the bike? I see the back wheel is a 27.5 but I can't quite see the front wheel.

@Northstar-Media 2 жыл бұрын

I could do that stair set, its when the stairs are have a bigger foot steps when I struggle, it starts to buck you half way down & you don't want that. Face down on the ground. Been there.

@jb1555 2 жыл бұрын

Shout out Frome and Gordon the camel in the background!

@therathunter1814 4 ай бұрын

How much tire pressure to go up and down stairs ?

@Daktub 11 ай бұрын

0:54 bro made scrambled eggs

@exotickevil2599 Жыл бұрын

Can you go down without suspension on mtb?

@reynaldoruizmartinez9489 2 жыл бұрын

What size is Blake’s Mullet? 😊

@Triumphstreettriplewheelies 2 жыл бұрын

Final step.. forget everything Blake just said & just send it🤙🏼

@tonyhruzek4250 2 жыл бұрын

Next, Blake demonstrates how to ride UP the stairs!

@thesmuuuuggh 2 жыл бұрын

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@wpf312 2 жыл бұрын

There are far more sketchy stairs than trails by me and I’ve ridden almost all of them. How do you progress to gapping stair sets?

@Ilyas702 2 жыл бұрын

Find a small drop into a stairset (bench, ledge,...) and go from there. Bunnyhopping into easy stairsets also builds confidence, start slow and increase the distance you hop into the stairs when you feel comfortable.

@ashleytombs 2 жыл бұрын

A beginners guide to street riding here’s is a couple of tips avoid Riding in the rain on a JB and avoid those Block paving style bricks that many street Spot has they are like Black ice when wet and if security guard’s ask you to move on just leave and go to a different spot if you argue with them you’ll just make it worse for yourself and avoid going down escalators there may be fun but they are very slippery when wet And also tried to land flat it’s a part of street riding culture LOL

@matejkolarrr Жыл бұрын

I would try to ride staris tomorrow

@Bhav_2406 2 жыл бұрын

no.1 thing is commitment, know that it is going to be steep and bumpy. U cant stop in the middle, coz if u do, ud go over the bars

@richard7674 2 жыл бұрын

The steps to riding a staircase. :D

@marcotuliodelareti 2 жыл бұрын

you guys could make "How To" 's videos riding hardtails, to make things more interesting

@sameersaroha4949 2 жыл бұрын

My question is how do i use stairsets as landings like Gabriel wibmer

@awesometuscaloosa7203 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly…!!

@knightstemplar6243 2 жыл бұрын

I ride down steps regularly on some of the routes I ride they good fun pedestrians think I’m nuts 😂😂😂

@jonathandixon8456 2 жыл бұрын

A DOOOMER !!

@rupedog 2 жыл бұрын

What u doing in Frome? Was Chris too busy to make this?!

@Sebatron-pr9bv 2 жыл бұрын

My first stair set was all 4sets abt 36steps on a 100£bike

@nickyfuture 2 жыл бұрын

hola

@thegrommechanic6265 2 жыл бұрын

Blake: Be natural let the the bike do its thing. Yur gonna feel those vibrations. Me: Go get spank vibrocore and dats it.

@shaungintner1475 2 жыл бұрын

Where’s Pilgrim?? Stair sets of DOOM! lol

@Pienimusta 2 жыл бұрын

Stair set of DOOM!

@IanMaddock 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason when I do stairs I seem to have a tendency to put the derailleur into the rear wheel on the descent as it slaps about and rip the spokes to bits and ruin the wheel & mech. On my jump bike (single speed) it's fine but on my full bounce MTB I'm always apprehensive now.

@Zimblake 2 жыл бұрын

Change into an easier gear. Don't have it on the hardest gear but also not in the easiest gear - IN the middle. A little more tension in the derailleur will help.

@IanMaddock 2 жыл бұрын

@@Zimblake cheers Blake.. I think a lot of the problem comes down to the fact I'm using a clutchless mech with a long reach (shimano Altus or Acera tend to be my choice - I'm running a cheapo bike with upgrades lol).. Chain is probably way to sloppy as a result.

@carson54444 2 жыл бұрын

@@IanMaddock do yourself a favor and get a deore derailleur with a clutch. It’ll make a world of difference

@Climb8848m 2 жыл бұрын

Come to Nepal,Lukla for the best downhill video in my channel

@seanc6128 2 жыл бұрын

Stair set of doom.

@rupedog 2 жыл бұрын

Knees bent, heels down, rah rah rah...

@awesometuscaloosa7203 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Siri… show me the closest set of stairs ‘cause we’re going!

@casper18795 2 жыл бұрын

Stairs are rooty chutes.

@GameplayerSolCley 2 жыл бұрын

What to if no one will even answer?

@laptopcat6673 2 жыл бұрын

So is this not gonna break my bike in two?

@jaydenRayner 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the first comment 3rd comment?

@alaskor1 2 жыл бұрын

As a daily bike commuter, I'd need this for emergency reason...

@kaelameryl4038 2 жыл бұрын

Im sad. Hoping I can have my own bike 😓

@wez233 2 жыл бұрын

Can you show use how to ride up the stairs?

@bitumen83 2 жыл бұрын

There is "old" video on gmbn how to ride up the stairs. But yea, they can make new one 🙂

@aeonali9530 2 жыл бұрын

stairset of doom

@rupedog 2 жыл бұрын

Title is missing....'...of dooooommmm'

@rishisingh1731 2 жыл бұрын

2nd comment?

@kaylaable Жыл бұрын

I completely ignored the braking advice and locked the brakes. I then flew over the handlebars

@crishernandez1847 2 жыл бұрын

DO IT ON A HARDTAIL

@masonsebastian4741 2 жыл бұрын

I ride stairs on my bmx bike

@santiagoacosta3372 10 ай бұрын

Just watching this video gives me fear lol

@CurtisLodge1991 2 жыл бұрын

👀👀 1st comment?

@CurtisLodge1991 2 жыл бұрын

Stairway of doom as Sam Pilgrim would say 🤣

@gmbn 2 жыл бұрын

SPEEDY 💨

@mackellarboy7 2 жыл бұрын

Dropper post and some balls .. any stairs is doable