How To Ride Hard Climbs On Your Mountain Bike | Short & Steep Climbs

Those short, steep, stabby climbs that you sometimes come across on MTB trails can be difficult to negotiate if you are not prepared for them and they can ruin you flow if you have to get off and push! Here is Neil's advice on how to get up them.

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[Duncan]

I think this is the Achilles heel of the majority of riders (including myself) thanks for this GMBN :)

[suntrop]

Again quality tips from GMBN ... you need to be top fit and carry speed into the climb. I wouldn’t have guessed something like that

[andreaszehentbauer]

Nice and short explanatory video! Tips from pros like Neil really help developing your own skills. Plus this Pole Stamina 180 is just a beauty of a bike!

[joellewis]

Yes! Steep climbs are quite hard thanks for these tips!

[winklertribe]

I really needed this video! Thank you Neil & GMBN!

[EpicMTB]

Thank you so much for this video! I loved it! Those climbs look tough...

[keithfurrow]

Stalling out on a short, steep rocky sections is how most of my wrecks occur. An old man falling over while clipped-in never makes "fails or sends"

[MTB_Beth]

Finally been getting on top of this lately and it makes such a difference 🙌

[frontierfishingwithRyanMacD]

clipless helps tremendously going up hills

[BikingwithJP]

Excellent, now I just have to wait until spring 😐

[tropiqal]

Thank you so much man this helped a lot!

[underlands]

Had never pressed on the notification so fast

[maxreece]

Anybody else watching this as you can’t go out riding in the terrible weather

[finncarlin]

These videos are really helpful thanks

[danielzakharov]

Love your videos so good keep going with YouTube thank you 😊🔥

[takeit]

I watched the video and took notes....
Will still likely walk my next "sudden climb"

[suryc]

GMBN challenge. One more time the same climb but on XC bike please :). Plus 2 points for hardtail :)

[jakobholm]

That is what real Pole dancing looks like! Nice job, Neil!

[whitenoisesounds]

i really really want to win that nukeproof mega. that would be my

[noelguerrero]

¿cuánto mide y pesa la caja en donde viene la bicicleta