Essential Hardtail Mountain Bike Skills | Hardtail MTB Tips For Beginners

Hardtail mountain bikes are a cheap and easy way to get into the sport as they are an ideal foundation to build your skills. Here are our essential hardtail tips for beginner riders!

Wheelies, manuals, pumping, and learning to bunnyhop all increase you bike control and will help make you faster and have more fun on the trail.

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[rideholme]

Good to see hardtails getting featured on the channel.
I switched back to a hard tail 12months ago after a few years on a 150mm full sus.
Hardtails are way more fun. Everyone should have one in their bike stable.
Thanks GMBN

[lwittrock]

"I've got a trusty Tree I placed here earlier" Love it!

[willelder]

Is it just me or has gmbn been posting more stuff about hardtails lately

[Minecraftrok]

The people demand more hardtail content!

[krystofvlcek]

"Cheepest and easyest way to get into sports"
*says while standing next to the 3000$ pole HT*

[TTNworld]

I love my hardtail, I started MTB late last year, can’t wait for the new season. Until then see you guys on the slopes! ⛷

[mpk]

We need a GMBHN: Global Mountain Bike Hardtail Network!

[kswsquared]

Just got home from a ride with the hardtail, haven't even changed yet, and this comes on. Nice.

[andrewhart]

0:20 wheelie
1:30 manual
2:20 pump
4:20 bunny hop. 😂420
6:30 line choice

Please, hardtail bikes are not just "starter" bikes! Some of us actually love them and don't want rear suspension, a hardtail is not a lower-end bike, but a different kind of bike.

[szymi]

Do hardtail gmbn challenge with Neal and Blake, of course with u ;D

[-yayschmitty-]

Loving the recent hardtail content from Rich, very helpful for plebeian beginners like me. Keep it up GMBN!

[joonchung]

Hardtails are my favorite type of bike for the riding I do here in east coast of USA. I don’t have enough mountains trails nor bike parks to use a full suspension. MORE HARDTAIL COMPARISONS AND CHALLENGES FOR YOU TEAM PLEASE!!

[edrobbins]

I’m loving the recent hard tail content
Keep up the good work rich and all at gmbn

[daraclarke]

Gmbn is so good. I have a hard tail and I love it so thanks for all the tips 😁

[AndyDylag]

am a beginner, have bought a hardtail. wheelie and manual practice tonight then!

[sawdustadikt]

I couldn’t do both bmx and mtb way back when financially. Mtb way back when was expensive and were not that durable for what I could afford, I promised myself that when I got to old and beat up for bmx, I’d switch. That day came about 5 years ago. I started on a p-bike with 2.5 minions and a 1by set up with guides. That was super fun and a great transition. I love the feedback of a hard tail. Being able to feature on just about everything you encounter. Speaking of transition, I got a bottlerocket a few years later. Short travel is for me. I’d like to get a aggressive fat bike or a genius for its versatility in the near future. So much fun stuff. This sport has really gotten more durable. Now I’m teaching my son all kinds of fun stuff. Got him a hot rock and he is loving the plush grip it’s got.

[tque]

I could have bought a full sus but the beauty of a hardtail never fails to amaze me.

[M_F]

Now I'm motivated to go to my local trail despite the weather

[antstechstuff]

I dont know why but in my opinion hardtail with rounded separated frames look really good especially with modern forks and wheels, it looks really clean