My local trail had only very small jumps and no jumps with a table. So I built one. Would appreciate some feedback to improve my technique. I feel that I’m too crouched in the air.
theonlyhonez on
The crouched look comes from absorbing the bike into your body. Nothing really wrong with it. It just means your body is saying no to going any higher than you are.
Watch where your front wheel leaves the ground. Now compare that to the point where your rear wheel leaves the ground. Ideally, both wheels should leave the ground from the same point. Your wheels are leaving the ground closer to the same time than the same point. This means you’re only using half the jump face.
Try placing a stick at the top of the lip or something just big enough to give your feedback to know that your front wheel hit it. The goal would be able to hit the stick with the rear wheel also. The key to making all this work is to have your front wheel rising upward long enough for the rear wheel to hit the object before leaving the ground. If your front wheel is already falling before the rear wheel leaves the ground, this will cause forward rotation and feel like you are going to go over the bars.
This stick drill can be done on flat ground. Practice this bump jump j hop technique. Once you can consistently pop the front wheel off the stick or root and also make contact with the rear wheel before it leaves the ground, you’ll have the technique required to make the most of your jump.
This technique will fix the crouched look because you have to extend the legs and push the rear wheel to the stick root or jump lip. From the extending leg position and once in the air, you will push the handlebars slightly forward to level out the bike.
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My local trail had only very small jumps and no jumps with a table. So I built one. Would appreciate some feedback to improve my technique. I feel that I’m too crouched in the air.
The crouched look comes from absorbing the bike into your body. Nothing really wrong with it. It just means your body is saying no to going any higher than you are.
Watch where your front wheel leaves the ground. Now compare that to the point where your rear wheel leaves the ground. Ideally, both wheels should leave the ground from the same point. Your wheels are leaving the ground closer to the same time than the same point. This means you’re only using half the jump face.
Try placing a stick at the top of the lip or something just big enough to give your feedback to know that your front wheel hit it. The goal would be able to hit the stick with the rear wheel also. The key to making all this work is to have your front wheel rising upward long enough for the rear wheel to hit the object before leaving the ground. If your front wheel is already falling before the rear wheel leaves the ground, this will cause forward rotation and feel like you are going to go over the bars.
This stick drill can be done on flat ground. Practice this bump jump j hop technique. Once you can consistently pop the front wheel off the stick or root and also make contact with the rear wheel before it leaves the ground, you’ll have the technique required to make the most of your jump.
This technique will fix the crouched look because you have to extend the legs and push the rear wheel to the stick root or jump lip. From the extending leg position and once in the air, you will push the handlebars slightly forward to level out the bike.