What Is Harder - Mountain Biking Or Road Cycling?

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What would win in a race: a road bike or a mountain bike? It’s the ultimate sporting grudge match! In the MTB corner is Si, riding an XC bike over the mountain in the most direct route possible. Meanwhile, representing road cycling is Hank, taking his speedy drop bar machine the longer route along the roads to the finish. MTB vs road: which is harder?
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@gcn Год назад

Mountain biking or road cycling: which is harder and which is better? 👀

@thechampion1671 Год назад

Brexit voters prefer Mtb, in the woods, away from all the rules, signs, cars, adverts etc. It's pretty in the woods, away from the crowds and you are in your natural habitat. Remainers though they prefer road. They like rules to follow, being told where you can and can't ride, unelected bureaucrats running their lives, big daddy government keeping their ride within it's rules and regulations. Mtbers are independent minded, roadies obedient followers.

@scottwatson7844 Год назад

Love both disciplines and usually find over the same duration road riding burns more calories.

@twatts4436 Год назад

Neither is harder, or better. They're different. Road riding is primarily a CV endurance effort. MTB is less steady, with a more spiky power profile, and is much more a full body workout. There are significant training benefits to doing both.

@PLo312 Год назад

you guys are mostly right.. MTB is determined by the terrain, and if you not getting off to push the bike up, there's no resting.. Road, as u guys said, is how much effort u want to put in.. BUT if you're riding in a group that's too fast for you, and unless you wanna get dropped, its just as bad as the MTB terrain.. pushing to the max until u eventually get dropped.. bottom line, they are different.

@cauldron101 Год назад

It is two different worlds. It should be what you like most rather to what is harder. I like both of them yet I find them totally different. My MTB is quite slower on the paved road, so is my road bike slower off road (wherever it is possible to go off road with it).

@matt_acton-varian Год назад

Great comparison video but I think the comparison is a bit of an apples/oranges discussion. Road riding is generally about sustained power and pushes the limit of fitness but off-road riding requires a greater level of technical skills which require short bursts and constantly changing effort levels, which can be more fatiguing short term. Hank's conclusion about making road riding as hard as you want to make it is spot on.

@tothehillsmtb5615 Год назад

Totally agree

@Dreggz1312 Год назад

You can make either as hard as you want. Only road can be made as easy as you want.

@watcher24601 Год назад

@@Dreggz1312 or mountain biking. Can't get much easier than a downhill non-technical trail with gravity assistance!

@Dreggz1312 Год назад

@@watcher24601 a downhill road is easier

@fuzzb0x436 Год назад

Sometimes a video is just supposed to be entertainment 🤷

@rachelharvey71 Год назад

Love this content, nothing more fun than watching Si and Hank compete with the passion of little kids ❤

@giantolentino9186 Год назад

All bikes are good bikes. All rides are good rides.

@chiefsittingstill6061 Год назад

As mentioned in the video, mtb riding forces you to go at a higher minimal level of intensity; it's like running in that respect. It is, paradoxically, very difficult to go easy offroad 😄, whereas road riding offers the possibility of a nice easy ride. The crux of it afaic is that both disciplines have a lot to offer, so imo more people should try doing a bit (or a lot, if you have the time and inclination) of both rather than persisting with these odd tribal affiliations to one over the other.

@MrEcted Год назад

I do both very regularly and I love them each for their own reasons. Mountain biking is certainly harder, especially technically, but it's more exciting I would say. There's nothing quite like charging through the perfect line or blasting through a rock garden like a madman, or hitting air, etc. Road cycling isn't as exciting but that's not a bad thing at all, it's much more zen for me. It helps me clear my mind, I'm less likely to injure myself, it's more practical in that I can commute much easier (let's be honest, standard commuting on a mtb kinda stinks), you can get way faster top speeds, etc. I don't think either is better than the other and the fact that both exist means we all win!

@mountainclimberzoom Год назад

I fully agree with all you said. I, too, ride both, about 50/50. Living in Southern California, in the 6th most densely populated county in the US, I love heading out on the trails in the mountains -- away from cars and concrete. I can ride for over an hour at times without seeing another person on the trails!

@jean-paullanglois5452 8 месяцев назад

You just don't push hard enough on the road,go racing a criterium just for...fun!?!

@tothehillsmtb5615 Год назад

If you're only comparing Xc mtb vs Road, then calories per/km is going to have Mtb coming out as harder. But, like you've said, it's often how hard you choose to ride. For instance, im so used to varied pedalling on an mtb, that consistent cadence and power output on a road bike is often a shock to my legs.

@stevesullivan9377 Год назад

Same here. The constant cadence you need for road riding is something that ruins me. Saying that, it is nice to put some slick tyres on my hardtail and hit some nice smooth tarmac once in a while.

@adamsandler4076 Год назад

Great comparrison. This roughly reflects my experience. Years of riding MTB and now on a road bike I feel like I am going places (and not just from one forrest to another). Much more controllable training sessions on road as well, that is why I tend to come back from road ride with much more fatigued legs. But in a good way ;)

@FatboyAussie Год назад

I do both. They both compliment each other in fitness and bike handling.

@polskawlasnie Год назад

That’s funny that you have posted this video today. This morning I’ve had the same conversation with my neighbour - he is mountain biking fan, while I am in love with road biking. I believe that all of us are winners, as the most important is that we’re doing activities instead of sitting on a couch 💪

@cyclingSausage Год назад

I do both, mountain biking is harder but more fun. Mountain bikers are friendlier also.

@a_diverge Год назад

Agree with Si. All forms of cycling is fun and amazing. Actually goes for motorcycle as well. Two wheels is a great time.

@douglaspate9314 Год назад

Great video, strange comparison. I have just (re)discovered XC at the age of 65. First pump track ever a couple of days ago. If I have 2 hours to ride and want to really have an intense workout then MTB wins the day. I love it! I love both disciplines.

@asquare9316 Год назад

At 67, I agree with you. Try a bike park, they are super fun. I first went to a bike park at 65 and try to go at least once a week in the summer now.

@stevenmeyer9674 Год назад

@@asquare9316 Riding once a week at a park may be fun, and a good workout, but will do very little for your over all fitness.

@asquare9316 Год назад

@@stevenmeyer9674 Bike riding , for me, has always been just for fun, the fitness is a nice byproduct of that. That's just me. If something is not fun for me, I don't do it.

@asquare9316 Год назад

@@stevenmeyer9674 btw, I only go to a bike park once a week as I race sailboats, windsurf, play music, do car track days, and ride road and trails the rest of the time.

@SNIFFMYBADGER Год назад

Love both sports. Apart from a good cardio workout, Road cycling for me is like meditation, I can zone out and feel fantastic after a ride. Mountain biking is pure fun, I always have a smile on my face and you really get the adrenaline going.

@biketimist6943 Год назад

I do both and there is absolutely no doubt that MTB is harder pr minute. You basically use your entire body. Keeping my heartrate in zone 2 on my mtb rides is practically impossible unless i ride it super slow on gravel.

@douglaspate9314 Год назад

True

@gcn Год назад

That's a great point! Of course, it will also depend on how you ride your road bike.

@mlee6050 11 месяцев назад

I never did heart rate but had to use a lot lower gear, personally I ride both basically the same amount of body input and often blank out anyone else in the world so ride chilled and only focus what is ahead

@nikhil23911 Год назад

what an episode guys, love this type of stuff.

@steweymacaroon7815 Год назад

Si's 'mountain bike' route just looks like a gravel ride to me. Maybe just get a gravel bike and get the best of both worlds

@michaelclarke8066 Год назад

Really liked this video! Such a great vibe and it's the perfect balance of funny and thoughtful for an opinion debate like this one

@gcn Год назад

Thanks Michael!

@willjones7132 Год назад

Great video, nice honest ending.

@brandonclark8736 Год назад

As someone who mainly rides only road, when I purchased a heavy fat tire bike and rode it in 3inch of snow up hills it was a major wakeup call. Props to MTB's.

@fagyu7502 Год назад

About the accessibility of road cycling I think it really depends on the local driving culture, because when you're a part of traffic it's really important that cars look at you as such, for example in my country I feel like that mutual respect can really be absent sometimes, like often cars pass you at such speeds and proximity that they almost shove you off the road, honk at you in the morning traffic, etc... + the speeds also make road cycling a bit less appealing to many, as it IS very dangerous and you need to be in the zone for it. So if the area doesn't have nice backroads where you can have the most fun I feel like many people buy a mountain bike instead, because it is comfortable, upright and not too scary if somebody doesn't do too hard descending.

@chrisridesbicycles Год назад

MTB is as dangerous as you make it, road cycling is as dangerous as other want to make it.

@clayeewing Год назад

mattfrobisher123 put it well, and the efforts seen in Hank's uphill and Si's uphill efforts are good indicators. I got into mountain biking 35 years ago, and finally put road-type tires (Conti Town & Country) on my Bianchi mountain bike to try and keep up with the roadies in Corpus Christi (TX). Gearing dropped me on all-out attacks, but almost none of the roadies--when I could coax them to a trail--could hold my wheel when things got tough. Early MTB racing was the same: roadies could hold us off on the flats, but when things got technical their speeds dropped well below what a mtb'er could easily do. Apples and Oranges, but great apples and even better oranges.

@Schmidteren Год назад

Stumbled on your channel when I was looking at bikes a few years ago. I'm not really into biking, but your videos are great! It's kind of like I'm not into cars or farming, but love The Grand Tour and Clarksons Farm. Good job on the videos.

@gcn Год назад

Thanks, we're glad you're enjoying them! Are there any videos you'd like to see us do in the future?

@Schmidteren Год назад

@@gcn As long as you are yourselfs, have fun and make good content, I'll stop by. Whatever you guys find interesting and fun, I think I will do as well.

@beermonster1234 Год назад

Never have I agreed with the conclusion to any video as much as I do this one!

@madshansson20 Год назад

Great video. More like that😊

@Jayneflakes Год назад

There is an important element that was forgotten here in regards mountain biking. Being out in the countryside, away from all of the people, being self reliant and occasionally just chucking a bivvy bag in the hedge makes mountain biking a spiritual pursuit as well as a sporting one. Being alone with nature, away from the roads makes me feel connected to our planet in a way that road riding does not. Also, you can hugs the cows! 🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄

@nstrug Год назад

Sounds more like bikepacking to me. MTB here consists of driving to a trail centre with bikes in the back of the van, doing a bunch of loops (often with uplift or on an ebike), and then driving home again. The kind of cycling you are describing seems to be done mostly on gravel bikes.

@tamaskisely9122 Год назад

For me it’s downhilling. I walk up and then goooo, brain off, enjoy the ride the forest and the fresh air.

@gcn Год назад

That's a great point! We have a great documentary on GCN+ that you may enjoy about Tom Ritchey who brought MTB to the masses. You can check it out here 👉 gcn.eu/Ritchey

@PTSeTe Год назад

@@nstrug Don't know where you live but here in less than 5 min of road I hit the trails and can stay there for hours without barely touching tarmac, mostly because you cross a mountain road from side to side but not much

@nstrug Год назад

@@PTSeTe this kind of traditional XC MTB is pretty much dead here in the UK - it's all about trail/enduro/gravity. It's a real shame, but just take a look at GMBN and you will see how low profile XC riding is. XC is seen primarily as a racing scene. What you describe is mostly done on gravel bikes (even when an XC bike would be more suitable).

@333wheeler Год назад

Either ride is equally enjoyable IMO . I like my MTB position specially for a fairly relaxed gentle spin on so called gravel with a smooth tread fitted.

@johnwoodard8717 Год назад

On our mountain biking trail around a lake (it's called the Root Loop, and let me say it's aptly named), my soccer player 19 year old son can drop me like a bad habit during the steep climbing and descending technical parts, but when we get on the flatter sections he just can't keep up with his roadie Dad.

@roeland_st Год назад

I have to say one hour of riding the mountainbike feels like 2 hours one a road bike

@douglaspate9314 Год назад

yup

@Seba-yf1pi Год назад

I ride both and road biking puts a less strain on me indeed, however it puts a higher mental stress as it is more dangerous so there's that. But physically yeah, mb tops

@Dreggz1312 Год назад

@@Seba-yf1pi if your road rides are more dangerous then you are are mountain biking wrong

@Seba-yf1pi Год назад

@@Dreggz1312 I've had one friend killed by a car, and several including myself got hurt few times while road cycling. The problem with road cycling is that you share the road with cars, trucks. I don't disagree that mb is dangerous, but at least you can calculate the risks you take and have some expectations about what's gonna happen if you send a certain jump for example. Now when road cycling, you just hop that the drivers behind you aren't on their phones. Of course, this depens on where you live and the attitude of drivers towards cyclists, but it really takes one tired driver to hospitalize a cyclist. You'd be surprised how blind some car drivers are. Now try this in Eastern Europe, where drivers are headless chickens.

@MindyTunnell Год назад

@@Dreggz1312 you definitely need more I formation to make that assessment. And they've given that to you. Road biking can be way more dangerous than mountain biking.

@DavidWhiteOfFleet Год назад

I prefer road because I can start the adventure from my front door and being able to go further means I see more countryside. Also I don't have a mountain bike…

@derickcastillo9083 Год назад

What I like about mountain biking is how easy it is to pack in the climbing. My kids and I did a 10 mile (16 km) mountain bike ride and did over 1100 feet (336 m) of climbing. Some of the climbs were 28%. I looked for a road ride that I did on Strava that had the same amount of climbing and I rode 30 miles. I enjoy both and both are as hard as you want to make them.If I had to choose one, I would choose the road because that is where I have spent most of my time.

@bkmontgomery Год назад

I’m with you Si. Sometimes I go out into the garage and get stumped by which bike to ride: road, MTB, cx, or gravel

@reecedawson6113 Год назад

UK tarmac is "Smooth", yeah right its like a battlefield down where I live on the roads

@ebmike8 Год назад

Last year. I was riding my 2012 Trek MTB on a paved bike trail for 40miles back and forth. Whenever I told my coworkers that do triathlons/cycling/etc they were always laughing and taken back that I was doing that distance on a clunky MTB. The beginning of this year I got a proper road bike and I'm doing 60 mile rides without issue. I did the 40 mile route a few times when I first got my new road bike and my times and effort were much lower than on the MTB. I was surprised haha.

@robbchastain3036 Год назад

You made it look fifty-fifty, even-steven between the two disciplines, Si and Hank, nice work. Besides, we all know that gravel riding is hardest. Kidding. 😀

@SnideArt Год назад

I agree, its all relative. You can go hard or chill on road... but id say mtb is always hard going (on climbs mainly) everything is slowing you down or changing your direction. I love both so its not a negative on either.

@tbp0701 Год назад

Cool comparison. I ride my hardtail mountain bike on paved rail-trails, gravel paths, and dirt MTB trails. (Not much shredding as injuries are expensive). Mountain biking feels harder, but my trackers say I burn more calories and have a higher average heart rate on paved trails. I believe it's because mountain biking forces intervals, while paved riding keeps my heart rate and effort steady. Fitness trackers do not measure mental state, however. On a smooth rail trail my mind wanders to thoughts, memories, conversations. But MTB trails demand constant focus: the best line, roots, rocks, ruts, animals, and embankments. So I do think mountain biking is harder, but I go for longer rides on asphalt.

@rogue1996 Год назад

XC for me, I'll always love my XC bike lobe the feeling of the suspension workinh when hitting bumps and dropa also I can throw it around in any terrain with ease and climb insane gradients with it's 11-50 cassette love it!. But I'm still planning to buy a separate Aero Road bike when I'm going for long distance rides with my buddies.

@briananderson687 Год назад

I love this... regularly have mtb vs road bike races to the pub and it gives you something really fun to joke about when you all arrive... good fun! Thanks you!

@alinapopescu872 Год назад

What I think? I think Simon is so funny when he says "moove" and "mooving." The cow-thing is there, working to alter his pronunciation 🐄🐄🐄🤣🤣🤣

@swites Год назад

Mtb xc races are just go from the gun and as fast as possible, so are more intense. Road races are more on or off but longer. Sometimes incredibly hard. Other times quite nice sat in the wheels until the next hill. So both are hard but for different reasons.

@robbevan7142 Год назад

Hank you cut me out of the video! I was stood within the road works you had to stop at when you started the ascent!🚦

@Boopop1024 Год назад

3:25 - Riding to work, the supermarket, or indeed the pub is the most accessible type of cycling 😉. Perhaps not the most exciting topic for a YT video however!

@WillKalman Год назад

I rode my MTB almost a mile last Saturday and I was exhausted! Of course, that was a *vertical* mile - in addition to the 43 horizontal ones! :P

@Grgarowing Год назад

When I saw the title I was hoping for the Hank show from Saalbach 😂

@skreeeboy Год назад

I love it all. Gravel, road, MTB, urban commuting, etc. But when considering the effort needed to do a type of cycling, single speed MTB is often overlooked. I ride a steel, hardtail 29er with 3" Minions single speed (29T front, 22T rear). They call it a single speed, but there are actually three speeds: sit, stand (until you cant stand any more), and get off and push. It is HARD. Fantastic for building leg strength, and its a core, back, chest, and arm workout too! Highly recommended for anyone who hasnt tried it. Makes you feel like a kid riding a BMX on steroids.

@andrewmcalister3462 Год назад

green hills, blue skies and ice cream. Road v mtb - everyone is going to have a great time on a day like that. ❤

@stevewindisch2882 Год назад

I say pick the one you enjoy the most, but still do the other for some excellent cross-training

@performingartist Год назад

I live in the Black Forest with hundreds of trails right out my door. The thing is they are almost all in the 12-18% range, so yeah, way harder than the roads. Way more fun with amazing views in my book too. The roads are amazing for motorcycles though!

@jevgeniardassov Год назад

Same here, ride road, gravel and mtb. MTB is definetely more hard and fatigueing since you have to press on to stay on the bike. On a road/gravel ride you can regulate the effort. Nonetheless, love all cycling.

@dorydiavelone3531 Год назад

Watching the descents was great for both!!… but I would hold Si to lunch a deal is a deal!!

@gregsettle9725 Год назад

in the end I think we can agree that ice cream is wonderful!

@chivacetana Год назад

I did my fist gravel ride yesterday. Im a road rider and found dirt very hard. It’s hard to keep and consistent pace, and don’t even get me start hitting any sand, Its like a v02 max effort! I have a new found respect for dirt riders.

@florenceetalexismartel8365 Год назад

Nice video. I agree with the conclusion. In MTB, it's hard to go easy, easy to go hard ! In road cylcing, you can chose your effort . I love both, it's for me basically the same sport ... it's cycling.

@gcn Год назад

Well said! 🙌

@bateriayvr8988 Год назад

Si owes Hank lunch!!! I am loving these Si/Hank combos- I also enjoyed how giddy and kid-like Si was to start-- isn't that usually Hank's bit? I think Hank's rubbing off on Si 😁😅😉

@paullinnitt5450 Год назад

Started out mountain biking. I got a HRM and could never understand how you could do zone training as my heart rate was never steady. Then i got a road bike and finally understood. Best to do all kinds of cycling. Just get out and ride.

@jrlpking Год назад

Let GMBN plan the contest. I suspect the results will be different

@pbayliss Год назад

@gcn what mount are you using for the insta on the mtb?

@alastairstedman7840 Год назад

As someone who does both XC MTB and road. I usually regard MTB distance (especially over difficult Terrain) to be equivalent to 2x the road difference. So a 70km XCM marathon makes me feel similar levels of exhaustion and pain to a 140km road ride.

@MrChippinator Год назад

Both are fun. I do mostly road now because of concussions. MTB has a higher risk of injury but is honestly more fun.

@oi32df Год назад

It depends on the terrain ,the nature of the ground, it's like asking the question for cross-country skiing which is more difficult : classic or skate ... it depends

@beardedvikingmtber Год назад

Gcn throwing shade at gmbn 😂 two great channels

@AstroOpiumChad2005 Год назад

I used to mountain bike a lot but then I got into weight lifting. I had to give up mountain biking due to the risk of injury I had with it since I injured my elbow and shoulder from a bad fall one time. I do go cycling a lot still mainly on bike paths and roads with no traffic. In my opinion I prefer road biking because I don’t like uneven surfaces.

@Aeronwor Год назад

My rides are more like mini Paris-Roubaix, given the state of the roads round here.

@beamertoy 9 месяцев назад

2:39 I recognize that face all too well 🤣

@smefour Год назад

love these guys :)

@fartman10284 Год назад

Usually after mountain bike, me and my friends go to a local bar for beer hydration

@MJQuintana Год назад

That's why I like "Road Bike Party 1 & 2" 😅😁😁😁

@junkandcrapamen Год назад

I think a better question is which is more difficult. MTB is more difficult than road cycling, requiring more skill.

@chubbyman6929 Год назад

Cycling is what you make it, regardless of type. Do it for whatever reason you want: health, social interaction, enjoying nature, clearing your head, accomplishment or Adrenalin. It's all good, just do it.

@gcn Год назад

We couldn't agree more!

@CyclingGeo Год назад

I love both. I finally found a nice route near my home around the Finnish fells with 300m elevation gain and 300m down. The DH sections are child’s play compared to what actual MTBers do but it felt phenomenal to go down some technical rocky trails at a high speed. I drove to Norway today and I’ll be going on some fantastic mountain trails tomorrow. Can’t wait!

@stug45 Год назад

MTB is hard up and down but road is hard on the up

@LAFooFrmLA 11 месяцев назад

I bought a Mac ride seat for my MTB so I could bring my son along. The “WEEEEEE!!!” I get out of him when we go down a descent is clear indicator for me that mountain biking is better.

@Michael-po7ou Год назад

Depends on the terrain you are riding on. Its like comparing apples with oranges or how longs a piece of string is.

@Throttle_therapy_326 Год назад

Hard group rides on the Road bike and MTB outside of that 🤘🏻 Road riding solo seems less and less appealing as of late though. I’d rather be accountable for hitting a tree on my MTB then allowing myself to become a speed bump for a distracted/angry driver on the roadie (that seems to be more common recently)

@johanrr4 Год назад

I love both but as you said road riding is basically only one thing whilst MTB can be soo much more and that's why I prefer it. If I would go for a ride in pouring rain id rather it be MTB than road, road for me is more place and weather dependant for it to be enjoyable.

@EuphoricPower-fy9nv Год назад

Great video but I reckon you’ve missed something. I use a mountain bike to go road cycling. Like Hank said, you can go as easy or as hard as you want. It does make hard climbs much easier, that’s a fact because of the range at your disposal. But for me because I’m older, I’m enjoying my cycling more doing it that way. I’m getting more out of it than with a road bike.

@bonzaiii3 Год назад

For me, roadcycling is a lot harder than mountainbiking. On the trails there is a lot of rest in the descents, while on the road you have to keep pedaling continuously (here in the Netherlands). I prefer the punchy efforts on the trails instead of the looong efforts on the road. Also on the open roads there is lot more wind than in the woods.

@craigviolich692 10 месяцев назад

Depends how you ride a decent. My climbing HR can get to 180, and if I push on the downhill I often get my HR to 150 and after a 2km DH run your legs are on fire with fatigue.

@Vouk73 Год назад

The hardest riding is always the one I do on any given ride because I always suffer the most!

@juilescieg Год назад

I have 4 types of bikes (plus my shity commuter bike) and I chose a bike, depending on where I want to go at that day. Gravelbike is nice for a long ride on different kind of roads. MTB is great for mountainbiking obviously. Hardtail or Fully depending on the road... A fully is better at the bikepark. The Hardtail is good, if I have 50% road and 50% easy-offroad sections... I kind of ended up having bought 4 bikes in the last years... :D

@shawnsee2688 Год назад

I ride both, on the road my biggest concern is cars, but I just watch the road and maintain a good cadence. MTB, is a lot of sprinting, and figuring out lines over rough terrain.

@JamesSmith-zs8fl Год назад

I love Road Cycling, but Mountain Biking seems to require more overall strength and technical abilities.

@joelogjam9163 Год назад

Difficulty depends a lot on pace. You can make any form of exercise hard if you up the pace, and easy if you take your time.

@runcycleskixc Год назад

Most mountain bikers I know are all about the downhill part. Which pretty much answers the OP question for me.

@piast99 Год назад

As a mountain biker I can say that my heartrate goes to the red line on the descents while I pace myself on the way up.

@monkeyboy7981 Год назад

You mean like the summer alpine sport of taking your mountain bike on a ski lift to the top of the piste and letting the gravity do the work 😂👍

@qwerty6789x Год назад

Nothing gonna beat the excitement of NOT having concusion or broken elbow😅

@TheHandThatBites Год назад

I wouldn't class myself as a mountain biker. I love roads, trails and if there's mountains. So be it. Usually I don't take anything too crazy now though. Gravel and roads are my favourite here in Aus.

@AmvC Год назад

Oh the ignorance. Bike control, constantly changing conditions and constant high level injuries vs pedalling as fast as you can for as long as you can on tarmac where the biggest scare is a sudden pothole 😢

@adambrickley1119 Год назад

When im feeling unmotivated i go on the mtb, but can still have a decent workout, just less sustained. Think you hit the nail on the head that mtb takes less mental effort.

@xosece 9 месяцев назад

what about an episode of how a mountain bike with 1X drivetrain 48-50-51 cogs and a 30-32 whatever chainring behaves in the road?

@marcosad2 Год назад

I have both bikes and Hank couldn't have said it better

@martinwaters7715 Год назад

Skids and wheelies. That tickled me.

@stevencole7331 Год назад

The easy way to figure this out is take a beginner not fluent in either dicapline and let them have a go with both and conpare . I would think the moutainbiking is a bit more dificut if truely riding mtb trails . Now it would be intetesting comparing gravel to road . That gets you a bit better conparison but anything less smooth and conditent is harder . Now efford can be as hard in any athletic sport if you max it out .

@brianrainey2739 Год назад

Hey Hank, don’t pretend that horrible disc brake shriek didn’t happen….time to go back to rim brakes FTW! 😆

@GreenLifeOne Год назад

Hi, could you make a video of a presenter (with an FTP of around 300-350W) on a downhill bike racing against a beginner (with around 200W FTP) on a midrange or top end road bike. 10 or 20 km long, mostly flat, no big climbs.

@eltribun Год назад

No matter which Sport you do.. it is always only as hard as you practice it... table tennis at World class level is harder than rollin flat with 90 watts

@HeyPaulhasopinions Год назад

I feel like you can ride really easy on a road bike, because most streets aren’t that steep, but 20%+ on bad tracks with a mtb are always going to be hard… you can’t really ride it too relaxed…

@aethylwulfeiii6502 Год назад

Depends, usually it’s mountain biking due to the technical skills, unless you are doing those crazy alpine descents at 100 kmph.

@zaskadu8320 Месяц назад

I used to be a road cyclist for over 10 years.. now i only do mountain biking. If both bikes are placed on a tarmac road then MTB requires 30% more effort to maintain at same speed. Lots of factors at play here, aerodynamics, weight, rolling resistance, terrain.. I would say 100km on a mtb on tarmac is the equivalent of 130km on a road bike.. Now lets go on to the dirt.. terrain difficulty plays the biggest role here.. very difficult terrain you could probably double the km's. When i was still a road cyclist i tried doing a mtb race... my very first mtb race.. 80km.. it had climbs rocky climbs so steep that you had to walk them.. i crashed 4 times and had about a dozen cramps.. the constant and continuous rattling over rocks and rough terrain makes your body ache in places you couldnt imagine.. it felt like hell.. to the point where i was questioning maybe im not going to finish.. but you have no choice its not like you can wait for the car pick up no car can get there you just have to push on.. It was rough.. during those times i said to myself i would rather do 150km road than redo that 80km mtb race again..

@johnrafael4110 Год назад

road cyclists go way harder on their bodies out there for sure, but when it comes to pure handling skills I think mtb's take the cake simply because of the narrow ass pathways they be flying down and the impressive skills they have when it comes to tricks. Roadies are stronger for sure physically, but mtb rides definitely have better handling skills and thats about it.

@xer0052 Год назад

Who cares what is better, worse, harder, easier etc. as long as you are having fun ❤

@seattlegrrlie Год назад

What is great about pavement and road bikes is just about anyone can ride on them. Grandma can pop over to a friend's house. Kids can wheel to the park. It's cheap, easy, healthy, and fun. You can make it an epic challenge, but it doesn't have to be Mtn is generally more difficult. Sand needs to be ridden different than big chunky gravel or mud. Trail surfaces are uneven, often requiring line choices and thoughtful riding. You work your upper body more and need core strength. Grandma might die unless Grandma is super cool and shreds

@antkneez1 Год назад

How about a ride with on the same routes but switch bikes? Mountain bike on the road, road bike on the trail.

@davidwashbrook9885 Год назад

It's about time we saw Si on a mountain bike!

@MindyTunnell Год назад

Not the first time. Scroll back a bit and you'll find another one. Can't recall the challenge but he does enjoy it. If I happen to spy it in my history I'll throw the link at you.