Hello MTB world, this is my second day mountain biking, and thought I would try some progressive drops. I tried to keep my pedals flat (equal), but ended up losing them on this drop. Thankfully it was not as painful as it looks. It still does make me laugh to watch, though! Any advice? Let's hear it!
Lost my petals, what happened, reddit?? (advice)
byu/imbeartoo inMTB
by imbeartoo
8 Comments
You started “pedaling” in the air as I bet you subconsciously thought the front was dropping. That “et” pedaling caused your feet to come off and land where the sun doesn’t shine.
On a dh bike most drops you just want to push the bike forward a bit and stay steady. I bet you would have landed it perfectly if you hadn’t started pedaling mid air. Having both wheels land at the same time is ideal and requires the front to drop a bit compared to the rear.
Are you a flower?
Just finished my second day of mountain biking as well today!
I got to say, you are brave! I don’t think I’ve done a jump this crazy yet and don’t plan to in the near future haha
No clue why your feet slipped tho, happens to me as well on smaller jumps.
You rocked forward, pushed your right foot down bucking your left foot up and off. Both feet lost grip with pedals at this point.
Looks like you lose one of the pedals before you even hit the ground. You need to drop your heels, that’ll help keep your feet on the pedals.
Looks like your feet are flat. You do want the pedals level, but your feet should be tilted on the pedals in kind of a big V shape to lock them in place. So kinda like a —0—/ sort of idea, but not so steep. If you look on YouTube for “attack position” MTB videos it will explain it better than I can.
Are you wearing running shoes?
Drop your heels a little and you looked unsettled before the drop. Try settle everything a little earlier before the feature