Recently got into mountain biking and looking for ways to improve pretty much everything including jumping. Thanks.
by j123p456
Recently got into mountain biking and looking for ways to improve pretty much everything including jumping. Thanks.
by j123p456
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Not trying to learn on the harshest metal and concrete jumps would help.
Ride to the end of that feature, take a right, and there are a series of well engineered jumps on the green trail with huge forgiving landings. Master those.
1. jumping involves actually jumping. what you are doing is just pointing your bike at a jump and then letting the jump throw you. This is a dangerous practice. If you don’t leave the ground under your own control, the jump can throw you sideways or forward/back which results in a crash.
2. Start on smaller features with lower consequences. Grass landings, no rocks trees etc around.
3. Learn to generate height with a two wheel pop on flat ground first. A bunnyhop would also be a great foundational trick as well. Practice these a LOT off little things. curbs roots, etc.
Find a smaller jump. As an experienced jumper that thing is huge and you will get hurt before you clear it.
Press into it. Don’t have to completely lock out legs. Let arms extend by shifting weight slightly but still keeping chin down. Roll bars in then out. Start slow as others said something smaller and safer. Then just repetition, most important reps nothing else
First and foremost… This whole trail is a cheese grater and I don’t recommend learning on it.
1 – You need to ‘push’ the front wheel up and into the air – it needs to be accelerating forward as the wheel leaves the ground. Think of it as driving your front wheel into and up the transition.
2 – You need to ‘pop’ off the lip of the jump. This is a down-up motion where your legs need to be fully extended as your rear wheel leaves the ground (so ‘stand up to the jump’). This can be a longer slower motion, or a shorter faster motion as long as you reach full extension as the rear wheel takes off.
3 – As you recentre yourself on the bike in the air you may want to keep the front wheel up – this can be a ‘pull’ on the bars, but I’d start by just letting your hands come to you as your body moves forward. Then you can push them away into the landing.
That should get you started jumping. If you can get hold of a ramp that’s a great way to practice – and you can video yourself.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx0zm6hsdOT/?igsh=emFuMmw2Y2Zhbndq
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLx0nT4sQJe/?igsh=MTh4aTBzbjkweTE2ZA==
Congrats on the new hobby and smart move wearing the pads as you learn. I’d suggest wearing some gloves too to protect your hands in a fall as well.
In terms of skill progression, jumping is one of the last skills that is mastered in mountain biking.
The fastest way to get “good” at biking is to master the skills starting from bottom to top as shown the screenshot below.
Here’s a link to the video this screenshot came from. I think Roxy is a phenomenal instructor and if you spend some time watching videos and then putting them into practice as you ride you’ll skill up quickly.
Also, like the other commenter said, the best place to learn is going to be the skills park, not Master-Piece.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4B3OcSReCc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4B3OcSReCc)
https://preview.redd.it/smna4biuz9wf1.png?width=1226&format=png&auto=webp&s=c209b1a760d45bb2d285ea518daa41bce58fb1af