So, only have been riding for about a year and have stuck to mostly greens but we went out and found a more technical trail, at least for us.
I know going slow as shit but literally the first time I’ve done this.
Always learning, always trying to improve and progress.
Progressing up
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by OBB76
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Hell yea dude! Would recco dropping that seat and getting into a good standing position on the techy stuff. Happy progressions!
Awesome! If you want some advice try getting a bit lower on the bike when it gets gnarley and you’ll be really cruising. Keep your weight centered but bring your chest down and bend the arms a bit, stay loose and let the bike move around you, pushing and pulling the bars to match the terrain. Ben cathro has a good tutorial series on youtube that has helped me a lot and I would recommend. Looking amazing for a first time on a trail like this! Great work!!
Nice job. Next time work on keeping your pedals level, heels dropped and standing up the entire way through the section. I would also work on your attack position elbows square chin up.
Knee pads will aid progression like crazy. Once you learn to aim for them in a fall, then crashes are less scary. Once crashes are less scary, then pushing boundaries and progressing becomes easier.
All the above and less breaks, you need momentum to not get hung up.
Awesome trail!
I’d say progress down
Stand up and get that seat out the way.
If I can offer a piece of advice, it would be this :
On the pedals, off the seat. And get into what’s called ready position. You also have the neutral position for flat terrain.
1. Get your chin over your handlebars and your ass over your seat. You almost always wanna be in between your seat and handlebar.
2. Get your upper body lower. Hinge at the hips, not the knees.
3. Elbows out, not in.
4. Slight bend in the knees and elbows.
And have fun!
Lots of good advice in this thread. I’ll add one more. Use only one finger for braking. That will give you a much better grip on the bar.