Nearly Free Upgrades To Improve Your Mountain Bike | Cheap MTB Upgrades

We all want our bikes to be the best. We want them to be fast and cool looking, and have all the newest and flashiest gear. But what’s most important is how the bike feels and performs. Let’s have a look at some of the best ways to take your mountain bike to the next level without spending too much money.

The cheapest upgrade is also the easiest! Get to know your MTB by cleaning and maintaining it to understand how it works. Use chainstay protection to dampen chain slap, a quiet bike is a fast bike! Choice upgrades such as pedals and grips will change how you bike feels. finally, look at all the little details such as chain length and steerer tube stack.

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[gmbn]

Do you have any tips for free/cheap upgrades? Let us know below!

[dns_falldamage]

You guys should get some cheaper, more entry level mtb's, and shred those, to show us what the common dude who cant drop 5 grand on a bike can do. I would really like to see you guys ride the canyon stoic 3, and neuron 5.

[yuutamooney]

Video name: nearly free ways to UPGRADE your bike
The actual video: learn skills and maintenance

[Joel-phcl]

Week 4 or 5 where I should be in a live lesson and GMBN comes first, who needs french anyway 😅

[wesellis]

Rich has become one of my favourite presenters. He's good at his job.

[kieranisnotaneboy]

I did the biggest whip the other day, that's for the motivation

[hunterwright]

Color coordinated stem grips decals and shift cables really bring a bike together and don’t cost all that much

[MrGoodaches]

I was surprised to have had 3 years of excellent service from clear contact vinyl. The same stuff used for drawers and shelves. I had the roll of clear because it was the cheapest way to laminate paper maps for Adventure Racing. For our MTB bikes I cut strips and installed under down tube, on top of top tube, and along right chain stay. Practically invisible for nearly 3 years. When edges began to curl I pulled it off and still had brand new paint underneath without any sticky residue. All of the damage and discoloration on the chain stay was on the vinyl. I've cut and applied new strips from that same old roll and the bikes look nearly new again.

[enlightenedidiot]

I still love my old orbea hardtail 29er. Mostly because I can ride it anywhere. Meaning it's a 3 x 10, so I can blast downhill city streets like a road bike but still climb anything at the same time. It's like two bikes in one, with a second wheelset, with skinnier street tires. Nice article...

[lindokuhlenxumalo]

I'm watching this from South Africa🇿🇦🇿🇦 in KwaZulu-Natal province

[DeadsetYT]

All great tips, some easily over looked. I recently got some Pilgrips!! Their pretty cheap and very awesome!!

[chunderlizard]

Rich is great. He's like the C-3PO of GMBN and he's my favorite presenter for it.

[darcyphillips]

Getting educated is the best advise ever... understand your weapon, keep it sweet and it’ll look after you

[mara]

stole my bike-buddy's old tire to cut it into a perfectly fitting down-tube-protector along with reusable velcro stripes. might also use it to temporary protect the the lower fork legs when going for an extremely rocky rough ride 🤙🏼

[kevinwood]

A timely reminder how to look after the bike we have. GMBN Tech is my goto maintenance and how to channel, cheers Doddie.

[HUSHHUSH-]

Free ways are the best ways 🙌. Love a good old DIY work arounds that sometimes even work better than the bought parts and upgrades ✊

[shadowhunterevil]

"left, right and center"
thats the ongoing narrative of this video!

[MsDenver]

I spray the bike with GT85 as it drys and protects from mud and make it easier to clean after a ride. But of course make sure you don’t get it on things like breaks, tyres etc.

[JoeJoe-C]

Inner tube around chain stay the best hack, helps the environment aswell 👍

[david]

The best and most obvious free upgrades are of course practice and exercise, upgrade yourself and the bike won't matter