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This week on the GMBN Dirt Shed Show, Martyn Ashton is joined by Blake Samson and Rich Payne to ask the question what IS a ‘Mounting Bike’? What 'counts’ as mountain biking?



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⏱ Timestamps ⏱

00:00 - Intro

00:35 - Red Bull Hardline Chat

05:35 - What IS Mountain Biking? 🤔

10:01 - MTB News

12:57 - Hacks And Bodges

15:44 - Things We Liked This Week

18:54 - Caption Contest

20:16 - Bike Vault

23:35 - Coming Up On The Channel



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