I found a large pile of dirt in the neighborhood someone made a jump out and I kind of freeze when jumping.
In other small jumps i have no problem pumping and hopping on the jump but this is the largest i ever tried i didnt feel comfortable.
Hope you can help me improve.
by madmaus81
4 Comments
Stand up to the jump!
You need to push into the takeoff with your legs. Keep it smooth and lazy, as this is a long takeoff. But in order for your bike to jump, YOU have to jump.
From watching videos of my own jumps and online tutorials, you’re not pushing into the takeoff/lip and not standing up. You’re absorbing the jump more, and clearing it via speed. Remember that you are jumping and you’re taking your bike with you.
The pinkbike / Ben Cathro vids, Loam Ranger vids, and Fluidride vids on jumping are some of the tutorials that have helped me the most as I’ve tried to better my technique. Recently also saw a couple of Joy of Bike vids, they were also pretty good.
I got back into MTB a couple years ago and decided about a year ago to try to finally learn to jump with repeatable, proper technique and not just half assing it and clearing jumps with speed. What probably took me / has taken me the longest (and I’m still working on at times) is the timing of standing up so that you are hitting full stand up just as you are leaving the lip and you’re not squatting / absorbing as you clear nor are you jumping early and your rear wheel leaving the take off before the end of the lip (something I used to do a ton and still tend to do on new jumps, lol).
ride slower and push more
If your goal was to squash the jump, you did it well. If you goal is to jump the jump then at second 00:04 you are doing the exact opposite of what you should be doing. You are absorbing the face of the jump by leaning, when you should be pushing against it and standing tall and pulling the bike in order to jump.