Sometimes I go off jumps and it’s fine. Other times, especially when I do the same jump many times, I feel myself leaning sideways as soon as I come off the jump which can cause me to land very unbalanced.
I have a feeling it’s because I’m not pumping into the takeoff and instead letting the jump take me?
by Sagefou
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Just learned this from pink bike https://youtube.com/shorts/9uCyn7KicxA?si=C4gVNzVB1Jm6TUno
You kinda already answered yourself. You’re letting the jump just take you. Sometimes that’s fine, but the jump needs to flow really well. It’s hard to tell, but it kinda looks like you just got sent a little to the side turned your bars and head, your body followed. Better than dead sailoring it. Also that jump doesn’t have much of a lip, so a solid bunnyhop off the lip is gonna feel much more controlled than coasting off of it.
If you watch the video you’re legs are bending too much before the end of the lip, the lip is pushing back against you and causing one leg to bend more which is weighing one side of the bike more and making you off balance.
Don’t let the weight off your legs until you are off the lip.
This can also happen if you are pulling on your bars too hard and it causes you to pull too much on one side.
One trick to help get the bike settled straight again is to tap the back brake. This will help bring the rear end up and allow you to point the front wheel where you want it
I think if your body position was a little lower/forward towards the bars you’d have more pointed control going off. As you’re coming off the ramp you’re way far back. As you stay far back you’re then having to correct momentum in the air. I think what you’re getting is too much leverage.