Years of seat time, loosen up a bit too looks like you’re pretty stiff
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Always wish Erie was a bit closer but awesome they have that out there.
You need a bit more speed, sometimes getting a a bit more psi in your tire will make a big difference. Hard to say on technique but from my experience really loading into the jump with your legs into your pedals helped me a ton
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I can only speak for the first jump, others are hard to see from the angles. 1) need more speed, pump through the rollers or get a few more pedals in before hitting the jump. 2) your take off doesn’t look bad at all, but you don’t do much once you leave the lip. The lip look pretty steep. Bringing the bars to your hips into the apex with your legs extended will help you maintain air time. Then lean forward into the bars and push the bike forward while bringing your knees up. This will arc the bike forward into the landing, front wheel first. Bringing the knees up as you push the bars forward will also buy the rear wheel more time to clear the jump. More speed will definitely give you more forward momentum, I would start there.
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Hey, I’ve ridden that before. 🙂
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👌🏼
OhHeyItsBrock on
Eerie single track. Was in Colorado last summer in Arvada. Drove there multiple times with the kids. They had an absolute blast.
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Your title is misleading, there is no technique here you’re just hanging on for dear life. You should watch some videos on how to “stand up to the jump”
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look up on youtube “stand up to the jump”. you need to stand up to the jump
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There’ll be a ton of advice here, most of it good probably. But it looks to me like you’re riding in your head a little bit… and so too much to think about might not help.
It’ll come with time, but a quick way to connect better with the bike and trail is focus on getting into a deeper attack position (chest down/forward, elbows out, knees bent, heels down), exaggerate that even, and try a few runs where you go slower but really swish and swoop into it. Then when you get what that feels like dial up the speed and find a happy medium between full attack and standing tall like you are here.
Have fun, ride for joy, free your mind and the bike will follow.
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Years of seat time, loosen up a bit too looks like you’re pretty stiff
Always wish Erie was a bit closer but awesome they have that out there.
You need a bit more speed, sometimes getting a a bit more psi in your tire will make a big difference. Hard to say on technique but from my experience really loading into the jump with your legs into your pedals helped me a ton
I can only speak for the first jump, others are hard to see from the angles. 1) need more speed, pump through the rollers or get a few more pedals in before hitting the jump. 2) your take off doesn’t look bad at all, but you don’t do much once you leave the lip. The lip look pretty steep. Bringing the bars to your hips into the apex with your legs extended will help you maintain air time. Then lean forward into the bars and push the bike forward while bringing your knees up. This will arc the bike forward into the landing, front wheel first. Bringing the knees up as you push the bars forward will also buy the rear wheel more time to clear the jump. More speed will definitely give you more forward momentum, I would start there.
Hey, I’ve ridden that before. 🙂
👌🏼
Eerie single track. Was in Colorado last summer in Arvada. Drove there multiple times with the kids. They had an absolute blast.
Your title is misleading, there is no technique here you’re just hanging on for dear life. You should watch some videos on how to “stand up to the jump”
look up on youtube “stand up to the jump”. you need to stand up to the jump
There’ll be a ton of advice here, most of it good probably. But it looks to me like you’re riding in your head a little bit… and so too much to think about might not help.
It’ll come with time, but a quick way to connect better with the bike and trail is focus on getting into a deeper attack position (chest down/forward, elbows out, knees bent, heels down), exaggerate that even, and try a few runs where you go slower but really swish and swoop into it. Then when you get what that feels like dial up the speed and find a happy medium between full attack and standing tall like you are here.
Have fun, ride for joy, free your mind and the bike will follow.