How To Ride In Bad Weather | Winter Mountain Biking Tips

You know the feeling; it's cold, wet, muddy, and you'd rather stay inside than ride your bike. But persevere! Riding when the conditions are less than ideal will improve your skills and fitness, and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face! Here are our top tips for riding your MTB in foul weather 🌧

What are your tips for mountain biking in adverse conditions?

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[lllprphetlll]

Martin repeats the exact same sentence @ 1:50

[Xminor]

What if the weather improves and I need to cool down?

[clemensklosterer]

Now I can go out for a ride in the snowy austrian Alps

[Joyo_Fi]

Being from Scotland. If you didn't ride in bad weather, then you would never ride

[billjohnson]

I will have to watch this in 5 months time, summertime here in Australia

[Redz]

Just wanna put it out there as I’m sure so many people have. But you guys are the reason why I invested in a mountain bike, you are the reason why I love riding and getting out there. Your content is so well put together and I love the presenters. I feel so comforted watching you guys and you never fail in getting me excited to get back out there. Never stop what you’re doing, you’re the best. Love from Staffordshire

[andrewnorris]

The plastic glove tip applies to feet too. Freezer bags - or even small bread bags. Really makes a difference. Got that one from bikeradar.

[shaunsstuff]

Hey Love the idea of having a flask on the bike that can carry a hot drink, you nail it, thanks, love what you are doing!

[BikingwithJP]

Don’t forget to bring something to wipe off your bike if it’s going inside your car or van at the end of a muddy run 🚲 🚗

Great tips! Don’t forget about your feet 🦶 waterproof shoes or boots that let your ankle bend.

[terry]

Great tips! I do some but will own up to struggling with the motivation. Wake up intent on going out to see grey sky and drizzle really puts me off. Now if only I had some friends to speak to...

[andrewnorris]

Love the clips of people taking on puddles etc with smiles on faces! Motivating!!

[jonbonovi]

Oh maybe I'm weird but I love watching videos of weather like thunderstorms nothing better and more relaxing like that! I sometimes also go and then I listen to music I like like delta parole or metallica while I watch and take it in!

[pierrebroccoli.]

Don't have much mud to worry about. Snow and Ice here. Love it, the Magic Mary and Hans Dampf and hold up well on my techy chunky forest rides.. Rocks, roots, snow, ice and some bog.

All good. Even better, when it's like this, less cleaning of the bike required, just brush the snow off the drive train and pivots and towel dry the pivots and wipe down suspension and Dropper stantions. Will look to strip down the bike mid winter and give the pivots and bearings some grease love though.

Tip for gloves - XC Skiing Gloves work well and daggy tracky dacks for pants with decent room for pads underneath.

[karlkeating]

Six layers on top! How grateful I am that I never need more than two or, in extremis, three. That's the advantage of riding in Southern California rather than in the U.K., I guess: little rain, no mud, no snow. (There's something to be said for living in climatological paradise.)

[yorkshiremtber]

Looks like a normal day here in Yorkshire 😂🤙🏻

[scottbowman]

Got 8 miles in tonight on my Trek Marlin 7 around town, 30 degrees here in Minnesota. Try to ride as much as I can until the snow arrives. Love the show, keep up the great vids!

[AIMarketingFunnels]

So much for conservation and treading lightly

[TheWebstaff]

I love night rides more than day rides..
And you can double that enjoyment if its nice and snowy..

[techno]

Great video, thanks! Trying to figure out how to ride this winter in the PNW, thanks for the tips!

[rcs]

I do my workouts on tarmac when the weather gets bad.. if its even worst, then i put the bike on the smart trainer... but riding in the snow is pure fun!!!