The Biggest Superstar In MTB? | Dirt Shed Show 491

In this week's GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Neil Donoghue to ask the question, who is the biggest superstar in mountain biking? They discuss Olympic athletes such as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Evie Richards, and Tom Pidock. To Trials riders such as Danny Macaskill and Fabio Wibmer, to Dirt Jump/Street/Skatepark riders such as Matt Jones and Sam Pilgrim!

Plus MTB News, Sickest Thing, Hacks And Bodges, Caption Contest, and Hacks And Bodges, plus some Super Nice bikes locked away in the Bike Vault!⁠

⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Who is the biggest superstar in MTB?
09:58 - News
12:14 - Sickest Thing Of The Week
13:02 - GMBN Shop Shoutout
13:40 - Hacks And Bodges
16:01 - CaptionContest
18:04 - On The Channel
19:13 - Bike Vault

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[gambitmkii]

How did you forget Rachel, Dan and Gee Atherton! They run a bike park that everyone can use and won more races, set up red bull hardline and made a bike brand.

[codywheten]

Remy Metailler, Sam pilgrim, Matt Jones are big for me!

[outdoorsandiego]

Brandon Semenuk. Between Rampage and his imsane video parts, he deserves a big mention. The unReal vid is still one of the best clips ever shot.
Locally, our superstar is Dylan Stark. Its good to see him finally getting some serious attention with his real bike part for XGanes

[dbubble]

Your forgot Seth from berm peak 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🤘🤘🤘

[ShadLife]

Sam Pilgrim definitely should be up there. Danny is the biggest and that's simply because people who are not even into biking know about him and his videos. I have people send me Danny videos all the time because they know I ride BMX and Mountain Bikes and most of those people don't ride. Heck, my co-workers even know who he is. That is superstar status!

[huybrechtsmathieu]

My favorite superstar is a crew.. The gmbn crew.. You guys rule 💪 Thanks for Everything

[ericktorres]

Bernard Kerr!!! Jack Moir!!! The Best!!

[adamweb]

I'd never heard the term "manufactured lifestyle" but it perfectly describes how so many athletes are portrayed in videos for marketing 😂

[elizabethpoley]

I was wondering when you were going to mention Danny MacAskill. I also like Kriss Kyle. The two of them make everything look so easy...until you see the outtakes and realize that one stunt is often practiced 100+ times to get that one shot. Coolest dudes!

[Laurinmtb]

Matt jones is easily my favourite star. He’s so inspiring to me

[greengonzonz]

Can not pick a favorite! I love so many riders for all the different things they bring to the sport ❤ The names you've mentioned so far and all the names missed out all deserve the title of favorite/best. They are all inspirational 😊

[joschfilms]

You definitely forgot a lot of riders on the gravity side of mountainbiking:

Brandon Semenuk
Nico Vink
Brage Vestavik
Bernard Kerr
Emil Johansson
Steve Peat
The Athertons
Sam Reynolds
Cam Zink
Kriss Kyle

And some younger guys as well:

Kaos Seagrave
Tomas Lemoine
Edgar Briole
Erik Fedko

[TheProcessMTB-exbn]

I think Aaron Gwin, he used to own a mansion and very expensive cars. He now owns a bike park and a race team and has bought 50% of a bike company. He has one so many world cups and overall titles and is truly one of the best dh riders at the sport.

[tylaskab]

Pilgrim has 2.1 million subs. He definitely deserves to be in the conversation.

[Grumpdad]

Gotta name a few superstars - Hans Rey, Martyn Ashton, Danny Mac & Fabio Wibmer. Each in turn taking it to a new level👌

[jomo]

When it comes to zip ties there are a couple of ways to deal with the sharp edge. You can melt the end with a lighter or use pliers to twist the end off and it will leave a curly end that's too flexible to break skin easily.

[ariescustom]

Danny Mac closely followed by Sam Pilgrim.

[kevwhittaker]

#captioncompetition. Rich’s audition for the new Village People lineup went well.

[ish]

What I love about Matt Jones is that I know for 100% certain that if everything went away from him tomorrow, he would still be out riding his bike. He's always bringing people with him pushing their progression.

[sekc-chua]

I agree with Sam Pilgrim and Fabio Wibmer. I would add Danny MacAskill and Hans Rey. I would also add John Tomac, Ned Overend, Juli Furtado, and Missy Giove.