# S2 Ep3: Is Strava Killing Your Local Trails? | The Global Mountain Bike Show ep.3 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775/s2-ep3-is-strava-killing-your-local-trails-the-global-mountain-bike-show-ep-3 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775/s2-ep3-is-strava-killing-your-local-trails-the-global-mountain-bike-show-ep-3.md Podcast: [GMBN Presents The Global Mountain Bike Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775) Published: 2026-05-20T11:40:19+00:00 Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8905797 Audio file: https://audioboom.com/posts/8905797.mp3?modified=1779277369&sid=4993711&source=rss Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775/episodes/s2-ep3-is-strava-killing-your-local-trails-the-global-mountain-bike-show-ep-3 Duration seconds: 2087 ## Resource Watch the show on our YouTube Channel: https://gmbn.eu/TheGlobalMountainBikeShowep.3 Welcome back to the GMBN weekly show The Global Mountain Bike Show. This week we are discussing pro MTB salaries. Riders such as Tom Pidcock, Fabio Wibmer, Sam Pilgrim, Nino Schurter, and Loïc Bruni are earning big money! While others are working jobs in the winter pay their bills and expenses. We debate whether Strava segment hunting and public heat maps are a blessing for exploration or a curse that ruins local secret trails. Owen The Bike Nerd joins to pitch the brutal Highland Trail 550 as the ultimate off-road endurance test in Europe and we're celebrating a new channel partner in Atlas Ride Co, the company which is all about creating unreal experiences for your MTB holiday. ⏱ Timestamps ⏱ 00:00 - Welcome to Episode Three! 00:53 - Million Dollar Salaries in Pro MTB 02:43 - Crossover Riders & The Road Cycling Economy 05:00 - The Marketing Budget: Racers vs Influencers 08:05 - Does MTB Need a Minimum Wage? 14:37 - Life After Racing: The Brand Ambassadors 16:38 - The Great Strava Debate: Are Heat Maps Ruining Trails? 19:46 - Local Trail Building & The Domino Effect 22:10 - Accuracy, Segments, and Monetization 23:40 - New Channel Partner - Atlas Ride Co 24:56 - Is This Europe's Hardest Off-Road Race? The Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online mountain bike channel and community – 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. Our ex… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775/episodes/s2-ep3-is-strava-killing-your-local-trails-the-global-mountain-bike-show-ep-3/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/gmbn-presents-the-global-mountain-bike-show-869775/s2-ep3-is-strava-killing-your-local-trails-the-global-mountain-bike-show-ep-3.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.