Hey yall, i recently got into mtb and my front always slips like this on wall rides.I got like no confidence when riding them so its so annoying,anyone know how to fix it?
My front wheel always slips like this on wall rides?
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by Adventurous-Aioli545
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I didn’t see a wall ride? maybe just need a new tire? its worn out?
Hard to tell if the wheel is slipping or carving/climbing/oversteering. Which bike is this, and what tire do you have on the front?
What wall ride? You have a video of a knackered looking berm.
It is probably your tyre sliding on a small root or your body position is causing the fork to kick
Wrong body position.
Your center of gravity is way too forward.
And hold the bars more confidently.
I see a fairly quick section and your tire is muddy.
Slippery berms is DH life.
Berm with rut. No wall ride
Lower the pressure on your front tyre to give it more ‘bite’ in the faster corners, not too much, just a few PSI. I usually run my front at 20psi with tubeless
Yall just to clarify something.Im new,i completely messed up the terminology and found out this is not a wall ride but just a berm or a corner.Sorry I’m still learning :/
Is your fork diving under the turn? Maybe add air to your fork if you don’t think it’s your tire slipping. Also if you have your rebound too fast it will skip over the dirt.
its a berm not a wall ride. For me when that happened it was because I had my weight too far back. Youtube: Ben Cathro Boss Position
Whenever you get a chance, ride with someone with more experience than you and try to follow their line
Kind of difficult to make an evaluation without being able to see how your body is moving around on the bike, but my first instinct is that you need more lean angle (of the bike, not necessarily of your body) and less steering angle.
Everyone is giving you a hard time about the name, but I think to answer your question, I’m guessing your weight is too far back.
I had this problem really bad when I started riding. My front wheel would wash out a lot, and I got really timid.
A good tip I got, I think from Ben Cathro or maybe Kyle and April is to keep my nose over my stem. It’s WAY further forward than I feel like I should be naturally.
Made a huge difference.
honestly this is impossible to diagnose from first person video. set the gopro up to record at the berm. Everyone is just guessing.
Ride higher on the berm, your tires are below and inside the banking.
You don’t have to load the front anymore!
Get your weight in the middle of the bike, over both wheels equally. There’s a natural tendency to hang off the back a bit, which unweights the front wheel and makes your steering skittish and snappy.
Just keep on keeping on. Baby steps , learn to trust the bike (especially the tires) that ASSegai upfront won’t let you down. 🔥🤘
Elbows up, lean the bike more and weight your front tire. For you to have grip, you need to almost push the front tire on the ground.
Move your weight forward, might be a tiny adjustment. Then, foot position and bike-body separation.
sounds counter-intuative, but you need to learn how to lean your bike over more so you can get to the sidelugs on the tires.
Watching it frame by frame- it looks like your front wheel bounces a bit on something- then comes down and slides a bit mid corner. Is your fork set up properly? If it tracks well then you won’t get air on small things- the front will stick and is less likely to bounce. More time on the ground = more control.
honestly its probably a body position thing, not enough weight over the front wheel
Dude, you need to slow down and take some lessons from an MTB coach. If you are so new that you don’t know the difference between a berm with a rut and a wall ride, and the diff between a wheel and a tire, then I suspect you need to slow down and work on your basic skills. Learning proper techniques, time, and repetitions.
Main causes for front wheel wash out on a corner:
Weight too far back
Leaning with the bike / no bike body separation
Not looking through the corner