The GMBN Podcast Ep. 13 | Tour De France Special - Is Road Cycling Easier Than Mountain Biking?

Could a Mountain Biker compete at the Tour De France? Neil is joined by Si Richardson from GCN, a former pro Mountain Biker and Road Cyclist to chat about this years race and how multi talented riders like Van Der Poel, Schurter and Sagan compare.

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[gmbn]

01:41 - Mountain Bikers jumping the peloton.
04:00 - Doping and the changes in XC racing
06:28 - Nino's brutal training session
08:48 - Could Nino Schurter compete at a grand tour? How does road racing work?
13:50 - Neil talks BC Bike race
14:45 - Is Road easier than MTB?
15:40 - Mathieu van der Poel
19:47 - Do roadies have technical downhill skills?
23:50 - Si plugs the new GCN Racing channel

[AlexvanRensburg]

Si is great. You should convince him to spend more time over on GMBN

[xanadu]

Can you steal Si for GMBN ? he is always a pleasure to listen

[laurentp]

Really liked this collaboration, should have been longer

[Quicksilver_Cookie]

Need more of these collaborations. Great discussion. Had a listen on my way to work. It's like a program on a local radio, only actually good and interesting :)

[panslimak]

As pure MTBer, I watch TdF every year. And this year is awesome, I love it. Seriously best TdF in many years.

[gmbn]

Do you ride road bikes and follow road racing? Or only care about mountain bikes? Let us know what you think!

[Jayneflakes]

That was an excellent discussion, more of this sort of thing. I love the idea of the all round cyclist, especially given that in my twenties I did ride road bikes, cyclocross and MTB. Being a generalist gives so many great skills that the specialists miss out on.

[TypeVertigo]

Great work Neil and Si, and very clean audio here GMBN! As more of a GCN viewer with occasional GMBN viewing, I would love to listen and subscribe to a GCN podcast.

[alainpfammatter]

Great podcast. Love how Si and Neil are discussing different topics around cycling. Love it. big fan of gcn and gmbn 👍

[kevinstanley]

When Si and Neil get together its always worth a watch.

[raykleiner]

Great discussion with so many insights. Good job guys!

[mariloucandelario]

i always had an idea on riding every video thanks for inspiring me
from:PHILIPPINES🇵🇭

[derman]

was so waiting for Si to turn up, whoop whoop

[TabletopUpgrades]

What a pair of articulate, intelligent guys. Brilliant, well done.

[DBanjos]

TDF is perfect for afternoon nap and spot occasional good landscape heli shot.

[hippanator]

Jan Frodeno went a bit too fast into a curve at one point during the ironman Frankfurt bike portion a few weeks ago, but had the presence of mind to just let it go and recovered without falling off or anything bad happening - just lost his speed and that's it. Someone less used to "offroading" could've easily fallen off their bike and potentially injured themselves. Definitely a skill all enthusiastic bike riders should train to some degree, just how much depends on how serious you are and often you need that skill. ;)

[shamusasplin]

Enjoyed the video so much I’ve watched it twice.

[steveallen]

Great show. I often mention to people about the skill of minimising brake use in cycling and motorbiking and car driving. MTB such brill way of increasing flow, elegance and all bike-handling skills. I did most of my Fred Whitton trg on MTB also..
Perhaps a multi-event over weekend involving GCN and GMTBN? Thanks

[Ey_up]

Great chat!
(Nearly missed Neil's "Cut!" cue....not really.)