You failed to stay on the trail and ran into a tree
jtthom on
Not an expert, but you uh, hit a tree
JDWWV on
You hit a tree.
Eastern-Criticism653 on
The trees are for decoration. You’re not supposed to interact with them.
Conscious-Ad1315 on
You didn’t push into the jump. When your rear wheel left the jump, you were pushed into a forward spin. You then landed bad and we saw the rest.
YazZy_4 on
it doesn’t look like you rode the lip particularly badly, though that lip is hilarious lol. would send you flying up then straight to flat if you pushed harder. I think the ‘right’ way to ride it would be to squash it so you’re not sent onto your front wheel (and subsequently into the tree)
Nightshade400 on
You looked at the tree instead of the trail, it is called target fixation and where you look is where you go.
CRZ42 on
you hit the tree that is not ideal
NewGradRN25 on
In all seriousness, the steeper the jump, the more important it becomes to accept the transition of the lip. It looked like you were fighting it a little bit and made yourself more of a passenger than a pilot on that jump. You went nose heavy and couldn’t control the bike upon landing. This guy on youtube has been super helpful to me.
Target fixation after you nailed the jump, you knew that there is the tree and that you have to avoid it after the jump…so you nailed the jump and your brain was still at avoid that tree, your eyes look at the tree and your body steers into it..
Nex time use the mantra follow trail, follow trail, follow trail
BW459 on
You crashed into a tree. Don’t do that.
ShakyLens on
Target fixation.
Look where you want to go, not at what you want to avoid. Body will follow.
Frankeyc on
Dead soldiered & “Trail fixation”,in mountain biking refers to a phenomenon where a rider’s vision and focus are fixated on a specific obstacle or point on the trail, leading to potential crashes or poor line choices. Hence, the tree.
boiled_frog23 on
Curses for the cameraman
You did the classic dead sailor. There isn’t room to muck about on consequential air.
Marry your feet to the pedals at launch, keep your torso pointed down the trail and rotate the grips down to the landing.
Hold strong arms and shoulders and relaxed flexed knees.
Mainbaze on
The front went off
CocconutMonkey on
Noclip mode not enabled
Senior-Building-6571 on
Make your rebound slower on ur shock cuz it bucked you forward
7upuu on
Haha, this reminds me of my old jump. Did basicly the same when I went across couple of older ladies having their dogs out. Rolled over and picked up my bike as soon I could and answering them nothing happened 😀
redditor777123 on
the take-off seemed very stiff, which complicated the landing, making you lose control going for the tree.
mind you, I’ve never done this yet, still learning.
you all right, mate? you can’t park there, sir.
travbert on
Zigged when you should have zagged
HoseNeighbor on
You didn’t pump into the jump, it appears you landed off-center, got target fixation on the tree, then locked up the brakes because you were still fixated on the tree. Your bike should go where you look, so don’t stare at what you want to avoid.
BreakfastShart on
Too much speed, so you overshot the landing.
Too stiff off the lip, so your rear started kicking up after your front already started going down. That caused you to rotate too much in the air, landing nose heavy.
Thar poor take off is also why your left/rear foot started to detach. Looks like you landed heavy right foot, tossing you off line.
mtbcasestudy on
You overshot the landing, landed nose heavy, got spooked and ran it off the trail into a tree. The biggest problem seems to be that you just went really deep. Land that a bike length back and you probably get away with it. Keeping the front wheel high by maintaining pressure on the rear wheel through the whole take off helps, but the technique looked good enough. I’d guess you’re trying to compensate for less pop with more speed, which is almost always a bad idea. Slow it down and work on pop first.
CptBadger on
This is a classic dead sailor.
You haven’t adjusted your pedal position in the air, your center of balance was offset to your right due to bad foot placement (both heels up).
You landed front heavy and with that offset balance due to bad foot placement – you had no chance of recovery.
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You failed to stay on the trail and ran into a tree
Not an expert, but you uh, hit a tree
You hit a tree.
The trees are for decoration. You’re not supposed to interact with them.
You didn’t push into the jump. When your rear wheel left the jump, you were pushed into a forward spin. You then landed bad and we saw the rest.
it doesn’t look like you rode the lip particularly badly, though that lip is hilarious lol. would send you flying up then straight to flat if you pushed harder. I think the ‘right’ way to ride it would be to squash it so you’re not sent onto your front wheel (and subsequently into the tree)
You looked at the tree instead of the trail, it is called target fixation and where you look is where you go.
you hit the tree that is not ideal
In all seriousness, the steeper the jump, the more important it becomes to accept the transition of the lip. It looked like you were fighting it a little bit and made yourself more of a passenger than a pilot on that jump. You went nose heavy and couldn’t control the bike upon landing. This guy on youtube has been super helpful to me.
https://youtu.be/mjsWJXRwskc?si=kK5Y5jIrvALZXtAo
Target fixation after you nailed the jump, you knew that there is the tree and that you have to avoid it after the jump…so you nailed the jump and your brain was still at avoid that tree, your eyes look at the tree and your body steers into it..
Nex time use the mantra follow trail, follow trail, follow trail
You crashed into a tree. Don’t do that.
Target fixation.
Look where you want to go, not at what you want to avoid. Body will follow.
Dead soldiered & “Trail fixation”,in mountain biking refers to a phenomenon where a rider’s vision and focus are fixated on a specific obstacle or point on the trail, leading to potential crashes or poor line choices. Hence, the tree.
Curses for the cameraman
You did the classic dead sailor. There isn’t room to muck about on consequential air.
Marry your feet to the pedals at launch, keep your torso pointed down the trail and rotate the grips down to the landing.
Hold strong arms and shoulders and relaxed flexed knees.
The front went off
Noclip mode not enabled
Make your rebound slower on ur shock cuz it bucked you forward
Haha, this reminds me of my old jump. Did basicly the same when I went across couple of older ladies having their dogs out. Rolled over and picked up my bike as soon I could and answering them nothing happened 😀
the take-off seemed very stiff, which complicated the landing, making you lose control going for the tree.
mind you, I’ve never done this yet, still learning.
you all right, mate? you can’t park there, sir.
Zigged when you should have zagged
You didn’t pump into the jump, it appears you landed off-center, got target fixation on the tree, then locked up the brakes because you were still fixated on the tree. Your bike should go where you look, so don’t stare at what you want to avoid.
Too much speed, so you overshot the landing.
Too stiff off the lip, so your rear started kicking up after your front already started going down. That caused you to rotate too much in the air, landing nose heavy.
Thar poor take off is also why your left/rear foot started to detach. Looks like you landed heavy right foot, tossing you off line.
You overshot the landing, landed nose heavy, got spooked and ran it off the trail into a tree. The biggest problem seems to be that you just went really deep. Land that a bike length back and you probably get away with it. Keeping the front wheel high by maintaining pressure on the rear wheel through the whole take off helps, but the technique looked good enough. I’d guess you’re trying to compensate for less pop with more speed, which is almost always a bad idea. Slow it down and work on pop first.
This is a classic dead sailor.
You haven’t adjusted your pedal position in the air, your center of balance was offset to your right due to bad foot placement (both heels up).
You landed front heavy and with that offset balance due to bad foot placement – you had no chance of recovery.
Keep your heels down, keep them heavy.
Target fixation
Is your name George (of the jungle)?