Lance I'll give you a piece of advice on how to turn in the air so the hip becomes easy. As you roll up the face of the jump and start to lean into the turn, steer your bike slightly to the left. This will move your weight inboard and get the bike on a lean. As you get to the apex of your arc then turn the bars right and and the back end of the bike will come around.... and you will make the turn easily. The thing is you cannot turn in the air if your weight remains over the top of the bike. You have to get the bike outside of your body mass. You don't need to jerk on the bars either... subtle movements will do the trick and you'll be amazed at how good it feels.
It's good to see an old guy jumping his bike. Hats off to you!!!!! I like to jump on my mountain bike a lot. Being 63 Its something I like doing But you need to tail-whip to get lined up. Well, you are only as good as you think you are. So be the best in your mind and you can do it. I watch your videos a lot. Keep it up! You got me inspired and I watched you practice all the time. Cheers!!
Enjoy all your videos Lance , regardless of how much time you may or may not put in . The self-deprecating humour is particularly enjoyable . Regarding the skill level , kudos for having the cajones ( or is that stupidity? ) to give it a go with no backup from mates, you're well ahead of my skill level that's for sure . Great entertainment
Love your trial videos Lance, but think we are all a hit over Woodhill… Can’t wait to get back into Riverhead. Lots of new trails currently been built in there for summer! Can’t wait.
Fantastic work in having a go at the young lads air field. I have only played on the bottom bit of it . Hey it’s all about practice and as we get older we have more fear it’s not like when we are young we have no fear and no comment. If you hurt yourself it’s okay mum and dad will support me . But when we get older we have mortgage a wife etc to support. So we don’t want to hurt ourselves. I love all the camera angles etc you always do a fantastic job on filming . So looking forward to seeing you and everyone down in Christchurch putting out some more great content. Keep up the amazing videos Lance
Props mate. I’m turning 52 November. Started riding again 3 months ago after quitting entirely in 2010. Already placed 2nd in my first DH race back (cat 2) and another the end of the month. Stoked to see blokes are age getting out there. Jumps freak me out for some reason though and it makes me pissed because the ole “I use to do this”. Can’t for the life of me stop dragging my brakes before the take off EVERYTIME. I’ll figure it out. But good to see you hitting it. I need to ride with you
may need to practice some bunnyhops and and use a bit of hop off the lip to get a bit of extra height and length out of the jumps and for the hip kind of jump may practice some whips to turn for the next jump. this has helped me on some jumps but everyone is different, maybe Give it a go and see if it works for you
I’m having the same problem (different jumps) I think it’s all in the boost, higher you can go in the air the more speed you get hitting down, been getting better results in really squashing and boosting each lip, I’ll be interested to see your solution
Yeah that left line I also have trouble railing the right hander to get max speed. I'm dominant right foot forward and using pressure through my left to turn right at pace needs ALOT more practice. Just like passing a rugby ball off your favored hand. So its up to the individual if you want to put in the work in to get better at a certain skill. Or have just fun hitting the lines your good at. So many challenges in this sport and I love it!
You're not rubbish. It's a skill that you haven't learned yet. bshallard's advice is pretty solid. One of the things I would suggest you do first is do small bar turns on the straight jumps. As you get more comfortable, turn your bars a bit more. You should notice that the action of turning your bars actually moves your weight around on the bike. This should help you out with getting a feel for changing directions in the air, and also should unlock some style too!
When you're in Chch Lance try to find the time to ride some of the Port Hills tracks, not just the Adventure Park. Up Rapaki and east to Godley Head or up Rapaki and west to the Adventure Park.
I really recommend spending time learning to preload off lips and pop off the jumps. You'll see major growth in your riding and you'll find bigger jumps will be so much easier to clear. From what I've seen on video and real life you almost push through the lip which leads to you casing lots of the jumps. A good set of jumps to practice your popping is on the last 2 on how good. Try go slower than what you'd normally go and try pop of of the lips by pulling the bars more aggressively, basically doing a big bunny hop off of the lip until you can comfortably clear it. Keep going slower and slower so that you can go over the jumps with less speed but still be able to clear it. This will mean when you do bigger jumps you can go a lot further than you currently go. Apart from that great progression, I'd recommend right side line on airfield because that berm on the left seems to not be high enough so you can't carry a whole bunch of speed. If you want me to teach you how to pop off of lips let me know and I can meet you at woodhill to give you a lesson :)
Thanks for that. Have been working on the pop but it is a gradual process. I rely too much on speed rather than technique. Work until you can't get enough speed🙄
@@bestdayevermtb2 Nice vid again Lance, I appreciate how you take us through how you progress. Gives me inspiration too. One thing that helped me a lot is learning to "stand up" at the lip. Loam Ranger has a great video about this that inspired me. Also I found that it helps to not lean back but keep centred relative to the horizontal. It also helps to concentrate on not pushing the front out as soon as you hit the lip. If you push that front out it basically absorbs your pop. Related to concentrating on not pushing that front out, I also visualise letting that front wheel arc up on the angle of the lip, not forward/horizontal. This helps me subconsciously keep ""pulling"" at the bars and that seems to help with the "POP". DISCLAIMER: I SUCK AT JUMPS AND AM LEARNING BUT I AM PROGRESSING. YOU JUMP MUCH BETTER THAN ME, PARTIALLY BECAUSE MY BALLS KEEP DISAPPEARING AT CRITICAL MOMENTS. FOLLOW MY ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK😜
@marcelknop1 I have seen the stand up in the jump video. It is very good. I guess change is difficult and slow. I don't want to try too bigger change and crash. Needs to feel natural and not forced.
@@bestdayevermtb2 I know exactly what you mean. I also struggle with that change. I find that it is easier for me to concentrate on a particular technique on new features. If I do it on a trail that I know well already, that muscle memory I already have of each trail feature makes it more difficult and uncomfortable to try the change in technique. On a new feature its easier because I don't know what to expect. I then often have the eureka moment and the technique gets embedded in muscle memory and feels natural. I can then tentatively approach a known feature to use the new technique on. Slow at first then progressively faster to full speed once I get used to the feel of it.
Nice work, thee thing I find at our age is that I use a lot of nervous energy as well as physical so after doing that many runs even if I do feel comfortable and that now I could do the big one, I tend to say “nah, I’ll wait til I’m fresh!”
IF you are doing the right step down into the sharkfin try whip to the left a little bit and then you land straight and take the right jump and you should be good.
Thats great work Lance. Inspiring stuff! I've never been to a dedicated jump park to practice but it certainly makes sense when you can get that many jumps done. Its a real pity there wasnt "some of the kids" there to at least give you some idea where its going wrong. Personally i am baffled by where the huge amounts of POP comes from without any apparent effort. What a great hobby MTB is to keep us this engaged!!
They look like they haven't t been built the best ... Especially for a full suspension e bike ..... There more suited to a lightweight jump bike or hardcore hardtail imo 👌🏻 turning into a jump at speed is never an easy thing Todo
So did you adjust your bike set up for dirt jumps ? Harder tire and fork pressure? Could help? Anyway love the effort and good job showing the young fellas up.
Personally I find all the copy paste jump jump berm stuff _so_ boring. Singletrack with jibber-jabbering is all good 👍🏻 multiple cameras is a tough one, it makes your ride less enjoyable and gives you heaps more editing to do. I'd say the odd FOV shot on a feature is all that's really needed. Of course if you have a big group of people on a ride anything goes.
Also the obvious exception is when like today you're trying to clean a feature so film it so you can A: critique yourself later and B: pack out the video with extra footage, I guarantee someone learned something from this video.
Always keep the jibber jabber, really entertaining! But I think camera angles are good to see on jumps & drops - especially for those of us trying to keep up with your progression 😊. Since I can't post images here I'm sending you a DM with a unique camera angle you might like to explore. PS I also struggle with carrying speed round corners into jumps 🤗
Lance I'll give you a piece of advice on how to turn in the air so the hip becomes easy. As you roll up the face of the jump and start to lean into the turn, steer your bike slightly to the left. This will move your weight inboard and get the bike on a lean. As you get to the apex of your arc then turn the bars right and and the back end of the bike will come around.... and you will make the turn easily. The thing is you cannot turn in the air if your weight remains over the top of the bike. You have to get the bike outside of your body mass. You don't need to jerk on the bars either... subtle movements will do the trick and you'll be amazed at how good it feels.
That actually makes sense. No promises, but I will try that. Am enjoying answering comments with people who use words and sentences 😂
just enjoying the ride is the main thing Lance. If your enjoying it we will enjoy watching it.
All your videos. It’s you I watch and dads army
It's good to see an old guy jumping his bike. Hats off to you!!!!! I like to jump on my mountain bike a lot. Being 63 Its something I like doing
But you need to tail-whip to get lined up. Well, you are only as good as you think you are. So be the best in your mind and you can do it. I watch your videos a lot. Keep it up! You got me inspired and I watched you practice all the time. Cheers!!
I didn't see the old guy. I thought I was on my own.😂
Thanks mate ❤🎉
Enjoy all your videos Lance , regardless of how much time you may or may not put in . The self-deprecating humour is particularly enjoyable . Regarding the skill level , kudos for having the cajones ( or is that stupidity? ) to give it a go with no backup from mates, you're well ahead of my skill level that's for sure . Great entertainment
Glad you like the videos. I love the feeling of achieving new things on the bike.
keep up the good work man . enjoy ya videos . 👍👍
Thanks very much.
Love your trial videos Lance, but think we are all a hit over Woodhill… Can’t wait to get back into Riverhead. Lots of new trails currently been built in there for summer! Can’t wait.
Yes, I am keen to explore Riverhead over a long dry summer.🙄
Legend
Fantastic work in having a go at the young lads air field. I have only played on the bottom bit of it . Hey it’s all about practice and as we get older we have more fear it’s not like when we are young we have no fear and no comment. If you hurt yourself it’s okay mum and dad will support me . But when we get older we have mortgage a wife etc to support. So we don’t want to hurt ourselves. I love all the camera angles etc you always do a fantastic job on filming . So looking forward to seeing you and everyone down in Christchurch putting out some more great content. Keep up the amazing videos Lance
Thanks. I enjoy setting up the cameras so will keep doing it. I am very cautious as never want to hurt myself.
good skills Lance, all your vids are great, especially the one with you yabbering !😂
Yabbering is my speciality 😁
@bestdayevermtb2 some of the best yammering on you tube ! 🤣
Props mate. I’m turning 52 November. Started riding again 3 months ago after quitting entirely in 2010. Already placed 2nd in my first DH race back (cat 2) and another the end of the month. Stoked to see blokes are age getting out there. Jumps freak me out for some reason though and it makes me pissed because the ole “I use to do this”. Can’t for the life of me stop dragging my brakes before the take off EVERYTIME. I’ll figure it out. But good to see you hitting it. I need to ride with you
Good on you for racing DH. I have thought about giving it another go but when I did race DH it was always wet and I got a lot of injuries.
may need to practice some bunnyhops and and use a bit of hop off the lip to get a bit of extra height and length out of the jumps and for the hip kind of jump may practice some whips to turn for the next jump. this has helped me on some jumps but everyone is different, maybe Give it a go and see if it works for you
I have been working on popping the lip for awhile now. Getting there slowly. I am young so no hurry.😁
@@bestdayevermtb2 cool. I think it is just down to practice and working on what your trying to do/achieve an you will get there eventually. 👍
I’m having the same problem (different jumps) I think it’s all in the boost, higher you can go in the air the more speed you get hitting down, been getting better results in really squashing and boosting each lip, I’ll be interested to see your solution
The different camera angles are great - puts it in perspective
Will keep doing them just for you.😁
Fair play to him
Yeah that left line I also have trouble railing the right hander to get max speed. I'm dominant right foot forward and using pressure through my left to turn right at pace needs ALOT more practice. Just like passing a rugby ball off your favored hand. So its up to the individual if you want to put in the work in to get better at a certain skill. Or have just fun hitting the lines your good at. So many challenges in this sport and I love it!
I do love challenges which is why I make these videos. I would love to be able to corner faster.
You're not rubbish. It's a skill that you haven't learned yet. bshallard's advice is pretty solid. One of the things I would suggest you do first is do small bar turns on the straight jumps. As you get more comfortable, turn your bars a bit more. You should notice that the action of turning your bars actually moves your weight around on the bike. This should help you out with getting a feel for changing directions in the air, and also should unlock some style too!
Thanks, some style would be nice.😀
When you're in Chch Lance try to find the time to ride some of the Port Hills tracks, not just the Adventure Park. Up Rapaki and east to Godley Head or up Rapaki and west to the Adventure Park.
Will see what happens. I won't be organising the ride so will go with the flow but will mention your suggestion.
I really recommend spending time learning to preload off lips and pop off the jumps. You'll see major growth in your riding and you'll find bigger jumps will be so much easier to clear. From what I've seen on video and real life you almost push through the lip which leads to you casing lots of the jumps. A good set of jumps to practice your popping is on the last 2 on how good. Try go slower than what you'd normally go and try pop of of the lips by pulling the bars more aggressively, basically doing a big bunny hop off of the lip until you can comfortably clear it. Keep going slower and slower so that you can go over the jumps with less speed but still be able to clear it. This will mean when you do bigger jumps you can go a lot further than you currently go. Apart from that great progression, I'd recommend right side line on airfield because that berm on the left seems to not be high enough so you can't carry a whole bunch of speed. If you want me to teach you how to pop off of lips let me know and I can meet you at woodhill to give you a lesson :)
Thanks for that. Have been working on the pop but it is a gradual process. I rely too much on speed rather than technique. Work until you can't get enough speed🙄
@@bestdayevermtb2 Nice vid again Lance, I appreciate how you take us through how you progress. Gives me inspiration too. One thing that helped me a lot is learning to "stand up" at the lip. Loam Ranger has a great video about this that inspired me. Also I found that it helps to not lean back but keep centred relative to the horizontal. It also helps to concentrate on not pushing the front out as soon as you hit the lip. If you push that front out it basically absorbs your pop. Related to concentrating on not pushing that front out, I also visualise letting that front wheel arc up on the angle of the lip, not forward/horizontal. This helps me subconsciously keep ""pulling"" at the bars and that seems to help with the "POP". DISCLAIMER: I SUCK AT JUMPS AND AM LEARNING BUT I AM PROGRESSING. YOU JUMP MUCH BETTER THAN ME, PARTIALLY BECAUSE MY BALLS KEEP DISAPPEARING AT CRITICAL MOMENTS. FOLLOW MY ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK😜
@marcelknop1 I have seen the stand up in the jump video. It is very good. I guess change is difficult and slow. I don't want to try too bigger change and crash. Needs to feel natural and not forced.
@@bestdayevermtb2 I know exactly what you mean. I also struggle with that change. I find that it is easier for me to concentrate on a particular technique on new features. If I do it on a trail that I know well already, that muscle memory I already have of each trail feature makes it more difficult and uncomfortable to try the change in technique. On a new feature its easier because I don't know what to expect. I then often have the eureka moment and the technique gets embedded in muscle memory and feels natural. I can then tentatively approach a known feature to use the new technique on. Slow at first then progressively faster to full speed once I get used to the feel of it.
@@marcelknop1 Sounds like good advice.
Nice work, thee thing I find at our age is that I use a lot of nervous energy as well as physical so after doing that many runs even if I do feel comfortable and that now I could do the big one, I tend to say “nah, I’ll wait til I’m fresh!”
It is tiring that is for sure. A 14km ride is nothing but 14k of jumping is another story.
The additional camera angles are awesome, gives a great perspective on features. Distinguishes your vids from just the helmet GoPro stuff.
Will get that sorted for you.
Keep up the good work, top notch.@@bestdayevermtb2
IF you are doing the right step down into the sharkfin try whip to the left a little bit and then you land straight and take the right jump and you should be good.
That sounds good. Something to work on.
Thats great work Lance. Inspiring stuff! I've never been to a dedicated jump park to practice but it certainly makes sense when you can get that many jumps done. Its a real pity there wasnt "some of the kids" there to at least give you some idea where its going wrong. Personally i am baffled by where the huge amounts of POP comes from without any apparent effort. What a great hobby MTB is to keep us this engaged!!
Kids can be good but they want you to send anything and are not worried about consequences 😁
Jabbering is what makes this channel what it is
You should run jump classes for inspired old gits mate, I'd sign up!
The thing is I need the classes. I should get some lessons.
@@bestdayevermtb2 well if that's what needing lessons looks like then I should probably skip trying the airfield again 😆
@@adamskiNZ Look at the comments. I get plenty of advice on what I am doing wrong.🤣
I’m getting a little nervous as to what you’re going to try and drag me over then I come up 🤨
They look like they haven't t been built the best ... Especially for a full suspension e bike ..... There more suited to a lightweight jump bike or hardcore hardtail imo 👌🏻 turning into a jump at speed is never an easy thing Todo
just build up your skills on hip jumps. good effort though. keep on mate!
Yabber dabba dooo
So did you adjust your bike set up for dirt jumps ? Harder tire and fork pressure? Could help? Anyway love the effort and good job showing the young fellas up.
On the zerode I did play around a bit with suspension set up and tire pressure. On the ktm nothing.
Personally I find all the copy paste jump jump berm stuff _so_ boring. Singletrack with jibber-jabbering is all good 👍🏻 multiple cameras is a tough one, it makes your ride less enjoyable and gives you heaps more editing to do. I'd say the odd FOV shot on a feature is all that's really needed. Of course if you have a big group of people on a ride anything goes.
Also the obvious exception is when like today you're trying to clean a feature so film it so you can A: critique yourself later and B: pack out the video with extra footage, I guarantee someone learned something from this video.
Always keep the jibber jabber, really entertaining! But I think camera angles are good to see on jumps & drops - especially for those of us trying to keep up with your progression 😊. Since I can't post images here I'm sending you a DM with a unique camera angle you might like to explore.
PS I also struggle with carrying speed round corners into jumps 🤗
@richardtrubger427 thanks for the camera angle. Looks very cool.
Will get some single track for you with extra jibber jabber.😁
The left line definitely isn’t the best, only fun if you hip off to the left on the last jump.
Keen to do monster jump. Just need a tow in.
@@bestdayevermtb2the monster jump is very easy, you would find the step down the hardest part. Usually a decent pull for me.
@HuckHope I nearly did it that day but need to work on the approach more.
How can a Leatt sponsored rider have glove with a finger hole?
😂😂😂 Not the best look, is it?
Yeah , sloppy