I took this video a few months ago and I was wondering what i can do to improve. The two things I see are not having enough speed and not bending down enough but I was looking for any more advice. Sorry for yet another help post, I know theres a lot already.
Thank you!
by Loud-Indication-7932
11 Comments
Try to have your knees a bit looser, basically try to absorb the bumps with your legs.
Otherwise everything else seems to be ok
More speed = More send
Ideally go spend some time at a pump track (they’re surprisingly common I bet you have one near you) learning to pump rollers and just generally getting up to speed.
It looks like you’re doing everything with your arms. You should be pumping things with your hips/legs. It really should feel like the power is coming from the hips when you push into the face of the jump.
Also, like you said you don’t have the speed. You might find your form changes once you get up to speed and you have more habits that need fixing. Lots of people naturally get too far back and too low on the bike at higher speeds.
Doesn’t look like you want to get more air. Kind of standing up a bit at the lip instead of actually jumping up. Then it appears you actually absorbed some of the lip right after your slight upward motion.
You would need more speed to reliably clear those jumps but you should be able to get quite a bit more air with a more explosive jump at the top of the lip.
I’m no expert though, just my thoughts.
Swinley?
Swinley red 8? Pump the first two rollers, clear the third then you should have enough speed to clear the first table
Bit more speed, bit more confidence. Just keep building it up bit by bit.
You will fall, you will get hurt, once you get over that you’ve sorted the hardest part. Fear is your biggest anchor.
Learn to pump to jump!
Learn to pump
Speed is your friend, just keep practicing and the speed will come.
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