Put simply...When you're transition though the concave(down into up), pull up on the bar and straighten your legs. Do the opposite over the crests. Berms are rollers on their side, pump them the same way except leaned sideways. Plot your route high on the berm looking half way through the berm, as you enter the berm look for your exit. If you pump the berm you should gain speed coming out on top of the exiting roller where you can pump out as well.
Hey David thanks for all the tips and tricks but it would be real good to also teach us how the bike should be set up for jumps and drops seeing how that would also be very important ( just a thought ) keep up the good work !
low pre amp and rebound on your shock don't have a stiff shock or you will get bucked off every lip of jump and risk the dreaded wipeout, make your shock move but not snap back... aka soft shocks.
my hardtail when I jump my front shock I use almost full pre amp to have soft shock making my front shock sump up the hit but also just right amount of spring back only off my control no more will be able to rely on poor skill and get big air when your shocks are setpropper to jump (do not want a springboard)
Dude, here at end of video, listnening to the tires was a "ear opener"😀 I notice that sounds difftrent from run to run for me but never really thought about it. But is now great indicator. I love that wwwwraaapppp sounds that happens sometime, but I never actually put together how much I pump or not. I do it with all my bikes when commuting I pump down hill to the parking garage. WRAAAP at end of hill. Just because I like pump. DAWN autospell is plague, especially when you are second language guy.
Kinda bad advice on the tires and shocks. Not necessary. Hardtail: good advice. Lockout on suspension is good enough, and 30psi is plenty, especially if tubeless or running fat 2.6s.
I am definitely going to the cornering video. I usually roll through corners. I am honestly a bit scared to pump in corners. I am afraid get stuck on the bike. I crashed sideways with my city bike a couple winters ago, slided down the steep hill, I did not notice the ice when turned. Thankfully I just had superficial bruises on my hip. I have been commuting with bikes since I was 5 years old, even though that didnt hurt myself bad, it was my most scary bike crash in my life This was scary because I was stuck on the bike and I was dead weight and had no control couldnt. It made "over cautious" all sharp turns and switch backs. If you have not already done it, I would love video how to bail or dismount your bike in tricky situations. I just figured out that I can jump off backwards over the backwheel. I find it tough sometimes to dismount narrow and very steep places and is because failed to climb it. Have dismount in middle of it.
1) Ride flat pedals. Position your feet so that the pedal spindles are under your arches. 2) Whenever you feel like there is a chance that you might fall, move the saddle to its lowest position. Pedal from an athletic standing stance.
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We just had a WILD response to this video (helps with pumping the corners) th-cam.com/video/vQb2UInYlrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=iMA0_5uTTw6Wk3V1
I went to the pump track to try the "EXPLOSIVE EAGLE STRIKE" and now I'm four inches taller and have three kids. Great stuff.
Put simply...When you're transition though the concave(down into up), pull up on the bar and straighten your legs. Do the opposite over the crests. Berms are rollers on their side, pump them the same way except leaned sideways. Plot your route high on the berm looking half way through the berm, as you enter the berm look for your exit. If you pump the berm you should gain speed coming out on top of the exiting roller where you can pump out as well.
Keep crushing it Dave.
What would you suggest is the most fun amount MM travel for shredding down the mountain.
No idea. I like all travel bikes. Sometimes I hit the gnar on a fully rigid, sometimes I ride a DH bike on flow trails and vice versa.
Does much of this translate to using a BMX rather than say, a hardtail?
Hey David thanks for all the tips and tricks but it would be real good to also teach us how the bike should be set up for jumps and drops seeing how that would also be very important ( just a thought ) keep up the good work !
low pre amp and rebound on your shock don't have a stiff shock or you will get bucked off every lip of jump and risk the dreaded wipeout, make your shock move but not snap back... aka soft shocks.
my hardtail when I jump my front shock I use almost full pre amp to have soft shock making my front shock sump up the hit but also just right amount of spring back only off my control no more will be able to rely on poor skill and get big air when your shocks are setpropper to jump (do not want a springboard)
@@antlerr What is 'pre amp'?
@@antlerr Is 'full pre amp' the same as 'low pre amp'?
Dude, here at end of video, listnening to the tires was a "ear opener"😀
I notice that sounds difftrent from run to run for me but never really thought about it. But is now great indicator.
I love that wwwwraaapppp sounds that happens sometime, but I never actually put together how much I pump or not.
I do it with all my bikes when commuting I pump down hill to the parking garage. WRAAAP at end of hill. Just because I like pump.
DAWN autospell is plague, especially when you are second language guy.
i have a question does rebound matter
Yes
Kinda bad advice on the tires and shocks. Not necessary.
Hardtail: good advice.
Lockout on suspension is good enough, and 30psi is plenty, especially if tubeless or running fat 2.6s.
I am definitely going to the cornering video. I usually roll through corners.
I am honestly a bit scared to pump in corners. I am afraid get stuck on the bike.
I crashed sideways with my city bike a couple winters ago, slided down the steep hill, I did not notice the ice when turned. Thankfully I just had superficial bruises on my hip. I have been commuting with bikes since I was 5 years old, even though that didnt hurt myself bad, it was my most scary bike crash in my life
This was scary because I was stuck on the bike and I was dead weight and had no control couldnt.
It made "over cautious" all sharp turns and switch backs.
If you have not already done it, I would love video how to bail or dismount your bike in tricky situations.
I just figured out that I can jump off backwards over the backwheel. I find it tough sometimes to dismount narrow and very steep places and is because failed to climb it. Have dismount in middle of it.
1) Ride flat pedals. Position your feet so that the pedal spindles are under your arches. 2) Whenever you feel like there is a chance that you might fall, move the saddle to its lowest position. Pedal from an athletic standing stance.