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    How do I gain or keep speed in corners

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    3. d4nt3ch on

      You gotta pump when cornering. Gain speed before the corner and pump. Learn to ccounter-balance for higher speed cornering, and don’t brake while cornering. If you need to adjust speed, brake before cornering, not during.

    4. Co-flyer on

      It is the exact same as a roller, just turned in it’s side. You pump the first transition, and push over the “top” at the second transition.

      In your video, you are pumping (pushing the bike down) on the second transition, effectively pushing your bike into an hill, which will slow you down. You want to push the bike up and over this.

      Your arms will make an “oval” with the long axis going to the forward and back direction.

    5. SkyJoggeR2D2 on

      If you turn a bermed corner like this on its side its really just the same as a bomb hole between rollers, and as such you can pump them the same. if you come into the corner low on the bike and as you come through the bend push you heels down and get your body high you will gain speed, usually do this on the way out of the turn so you dont have too much speed in the turn. From what it looks like in the video but its hard to say for sure is that you are anti pumping in the berm. You come in standing tall and get lower through the turn, this will slow you down.

    6. f9ncyj on

      Think of a corner like an inverted roller. Push your back wheel down into the entrance and get light on the exit while leaning towards the inside of the corner. Playing around with your entrance and exit height and angle is key too, just depends on the corner and what leads into it and out of it.

      Also get your tires up to max psi if they’re not and lock your fork or otherwise get it as stiff as possible. Squish in tires or suspension will kill your speed.

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