Is The Bike Industry Broken?! | Dirt Shed Show 413

Published on February 10th 2023

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The mountain bike industry and bicycle industry as a whole could be in big trouble! To find out, Martyn's invited Sandy Plenty, owner of the Trailhead Bike Shop and plenty of insider knowledge, and @gmbntech's Doddy to the Dirt Shed Show to discuss some of the worrying trends we're seeing and what it will mean for the consumer, and the future! On top of this, we've of course got the latest MTB news, Hacks and Bodges and a jam-packed Bike Vault! ๐ŸšจGIVEAWAY TIME ๐Ÿšจ Click here to enter to win your chance to join us in Saalbach and ride with the gang in our Global Bike Festival Giveaway: https://gcn.eu/GBFComp Listen to this week's podcast on Audioboom here, https://gmbn.eu/IndustryPod or search 'GMBN Podcast where you get your podcasts. Check out Tom Kilcoyne from the Sickest Thing of the Week here: https://gmbn.eu/TomKilcoyne22 โฑ Timestamps โฑ 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Is The Bike Industry In Trouble? 05:19 - MTB News 06:44 - Sickest Thing Of The Week 07:38 - The Time To Buy Bikes 08:08 - Tom Cardy On Global Bike Festival 09:26 - Global Bike Festival Giveaway! 10:28 - Hacks & Bodges 13:13 - Caption Contest 14:22 - Things We Liked This Week 15:56 - Buy One Get One Free In The GMBN Shop 16:27 - Bike Vault Useful Links: Watch Shorts on GMBN ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://gmbn.eu/GMBNshorts Buy One Get One Free On Jerseys: https://gmbn.eu/BOGOFJerseys Ride with us at the Global Bike Festival ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://gmbn.eu/GBF2023 Submit your Photo and Video to us ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://upload.gmbn.com/ Sign-up to our newsletter ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://gmbn.eu/newsletter Watch more on GMBN... ๐Ÿ“น Watch Rich's epic Strathpuffer 24hr race: https://gmbn.eu/StrathpufferRace ๐Ÿ“น Watch our Editorโ€™s Choice Playlist ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://gmbn.eu/EditorsChoice ๐Ÿ“น Watch our weekly show, The Dirt Shed Show ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://gmbn.eu/dirtshedplaylist ๐ŸŽต Music - licensed by Epidemic Sound ๐ŸŽต Overrated - Matt Large #GMBN #dirtshedshow #GlobalMountainBikeNetwork #MTB #MountainBiking The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the worldโ€™s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community โ€“ and your destination for the best mountain bike content in the world. GMBN is dedicated to inspiring and unlocking your riding potential. Our videos cater to fans of every mountain bike discipline: from mile-munching cross-country (XC) riders, through adrenaline-fuelled dirt jumpers, gravity-hungry downhillers or aspiring enduro racers, and beyond. Every day of every month, our ex-pro presenting team are on hand to entertain and inspire you while also providing a uniquely qualified insight into the world of mountain biking. Every week we deliver original daily videos that include: Adventurous and entertaining features Mountain bike skills coaching Technical advice and guidance Mechanical know-how to keep you rolling A place for the riding community with our weekly Dirt Shed Show Thanks to our sponsors: Canyon Bikes: http://gmbn.eu/Canyon Nukeproof Bikes: http://gmbn.eu/nukeproof Orbea Bikes: https://gmbn.eu/Orbea Park Tool: http://gmbn.eu/ParkTool Smith Helmets & Eyewear: https://gmbn.eu/Smith Crankbrothers Pedals: http://gmbn.eu/crankbros Shimano Footwear: https://gmbn.eu/ShimanoShoes Dainese Protection: https://gmbn.eu/Dainese Ergon: http://gmbn.eu/ergon Vittoria Tires: https://gmbn.eu/Vittoria FSA: http://gmbn.eu/fsa Spank: https://gmbn.eu/Spank Topeak: http://gmbn.eu/topeak Garmin: https://gmbn.eu/Garmin Peaty's Products: https://gmbn.eu/Peatys Wahoo: https://gmbn.eu/WahooTraining Komoot: https://gmbn.eu/Komoot Worx Power Tools: https://gmbn.eu/Worx CamelBak: https://gmbn.eu/CamelBak Watch our sister channels: GMBN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/gmbntech Electric Mountain Bike Network - https://www.youtube.com/embn Global Cycling Network - https://www.youtube.com/gcn GCN Tech - https://www.youtube.com/gcntech GCN Racing - https://www.youtube.com/gcnracing Global Triathlon Network - https://www.youtube.com/gtn GCN Italia - https://www.youtube.com/gcnitalia GCN en Espanol - https://www.youtube.com/gcnenespanol GCN auf Deutsch - https://www.youtube.com/gcnaufdeutsch GCN en Francais - https://www.youtube.com/gcnenfrancais GCN Japan - https://www.youtube.com/gcnjapan GCN Training - https://www.youtube.com/gcntrainin