Watch ALL the How To Bike episodes below! Ep 1: How To Actually Learn New Skills On Your Bike - th-cam.com/video/BGsNvd9EhvQ/w-d-xo.html Ep 2: Pro Mountain Bike Setup Guide - th-cam.com/video/PfUyN6znF3c/w-d-xo.html Ep 3: Decoding The Best Mountain Biking Body Position: th-cam.com/video/iVLJIuYwW_g/w-d-xo.html Ep 4: Absorbing Trail Features & Maintaining Speed: th-cam.com/video/Iu4plluUVtA/w-d-xo.html Ep 5: How To Use Your Brakes To Actually Ride Faster: th-cam.com/video/aFcj7078gtA/w-d-xo.html Ep 6: How To Get More Speed From Trails With Pumping: th-cam.com/video/04e_s9_LpVA/w-d-xo.html Ep 7: Line Choice Is Easier Than You Think With These Rules - th-cam.com/video/82T0m_uja4g/w-d-xo.html Ep 8: How To Corner Properly - th-cam.com/video/ZOqFywGllFw/w-d-xo.html Ep 9: Stop Crashing On Drops - th-cam.com/video/uJJAW0iNhUY/w-d-xo.html Ep 10: Make Jumping Easier - th-cam.com/video/IB5GmIL0slg/w-d-xo.html
Two things: 1) I've definitely been realising of late that I need to be braver about getting my weight forward. It's helped hugely with my cornering, can't wait to try it with the steep rolls. 2) I love the comedy in these videos and Ben's willingness to take the mick out of himself!
Though what I did once wen the trails were dust I'm summer is I pumped a berm with all my Weight forward for extra speed but u washed out and broke my collerbone
Having watched hundreds of technique videos.... this is far and away the best series I've seen. It's the slow mo right vs wrong demos that really give you the tools to implement, but you can actually trust the advice as you can see it in action. The braking in episode 5 is a game changer for me. To pitch back and move forward at the last second before releasing has seen me really make use of my powerful brakes. Ben is the perfect instructor.
Great tips, Ben! The graphics of seeing your head and torso staying in line while the bike follows the ground is awesome! Body position on the rollers makes perfect sense too so you can throw the front end down then the rear. You having fun while presenting his makes it all the better. I'd love to see you and Blake Samson get together on a tutorial! A ton of great advice and laughs for days!! Keep them coming!!
@@BenCathro You and Blake... absolutely!! There have been so many quality presenters lately on how to be a better rider and you are definitely one of them! I got into this late at 54 years old last spring here in north Idaho (rode a lot at Beacon Hill in Spokane, too) and my eyes have been opened to how expansive the MTB world is. My only regret is not sinking my teeth into it when I was still in my 20's. Your hard work and the whole crew in putting these together is much appreciated.
@@BenCathro That being said there are benefits to a later adoption of mountain bicycles. A fully fledged adult often has a beter grasp of identifying and mitigating risk, usally you are less driven by outrageous and reckless menouvers; let me tell you riding big jumps, riding fast, and riding gnarly tech breaks bones. I have been so very blessed to be raised on "The Shore" I have been riding since I was 6, but the metal plates in my hand already ache. Don't even get me started on trying to support this hoby on the salary of a university student...
I've started going to the local pump track and it's amazing how much it helps with the timing on these features. You basically get unlimited reps on bringing your bike into your body coming up on a rise and pushing it away on the descent. The best kind of skills is the one that becomes second nature and you can concentrate on everything else that's happening around you.
When you give it a bit of force that’s the secret to pumping. Driving the legs through the transition. Gets you back into a centred position and a little speed boost.
Looking forward to every one of these. Especially appreciate the ghosting of sections showing the wrong and right way. And the measurements/angles. Really puts things into perspective. Thanks!!!
After 3 years past and bunch of other vids about MTB skills, this series seems to be still unchallenged in its clarity and usefulness. Thank you Ben, wherever you are now
08:37 "So obviously that's all beautiful, excellent technique." Ben, with that British accent and the plethora of hand motions you've elevated biking videos to the level of a performance of Macbeth.
98% of pro mtb'ers are the size of horse jockeys. mega strong and fit, but smaller people. as a tall guy i can't express enough how amazing it is to see Ben ride and teach so well. it's a revelation.
Putting all these tips in practice has made me realise I really overuse the brakes. Kinda hard to fight the instinct of hitting the brakes, but just shows I do a lot of unnecessary braking which really messes my speed and flow! Thanks Ben!
Awesome vid Ben. I can immediately recognise that when I perceive the approach trail into a rock roll to be 'too steep', I prematurely lean back, instead of weight forwards and pushing the bike down at the beginning of the roll off. I'll give it a go this afternoon 💪🏽
Ben you really make all this stuff simple to understand. I have been passing these videos to everyone I know...Keep up the Great work and make sure PB give you a raise... Keep Shred'N
After watching hundreds of mtb how to videos, you were the only one who communicated well how to do this. So many videos seem to focus on getting air because it looks cool but I suck at getting air but getting better at keeping my wheels on the ground helped me tremendously. Great stuff, looking forward to the rest of the series.
That's just it, I think "getting air" and doing a "curtsy" as I call it (turning the front wheel and spinning your butt around), looks really stupid. I love it when some guys do that and then crash. Great fun! 😄
I love this series. I had watched this last year and figured I was totally good on drops. I came back and watched again and realized I actually need to work on them again as I'm setting myself to get bucked off the bike. The vid on pumping is awesome too, I'm always reviewing that one. Thanks.
I’ve been riding road bikes for the last 15 years and just now getting back into trail riding. You’re right, bikes have changed and techniques have changed. Thank you for your advice. Love following all your videos!
I love this in-depth look at some techniques used on actual trail challenges! Very valuable to me. The graphic overlays help a lot. I don't ride in parking lots or bike parks. The trails that I do ride are not attempts to emulate the manufactured North Shore-style silliness. Just natural, random features. I hope you make more videos like this one. Thank you!
I love these videos. I am new to mountain biking, but for years have worked in areas that involve teaching/research/writing. I have found a lot of online content is really poor and more interested in getting clicks and selling merch than explaining things in a clear and methodical manner. Ben Cathro is great at explaining the fundamentals in a methodical manner and uses the right amount of humour and entertainment to keep you engaged. I find the key messages stick and when you are on the trails it is actually possible to remember and even try the key points from the videos. Fair play Ben, you have made this old noob very happy!
All the graphics are following the head but i reckon where your centre of mass is going would have a significantly larger effect on the riding and i think that following it in the graphics might help pronounce what is right and wrong a little more. That being said i think these are the best bike instruction videos i've seen.
You’re correct but I chose the head to track as it’s easier for the software to lock on and the head will quite closely follow the trajectory of the centre of mass most of the time. I try to track the hips in the next vid which kind of works but it’s tricky to stop the lock from floating. Good insight though 👏
Very, very helpful. Especially for those, including me, who are not skilled enough in jumping gaps -- that squashing these while keeping my head steady with the same elevation is an eye-opener for me. Keep em coming please!
Really good stuff. Thanks Ben and Pinkbike! Lots of your pointers align closely with some of the fluidride classes I have taken, which has been super helpful. I have seen some questionable advice from some other video tutorials out there, it is refreshing to see your quality content.
Some of the best "how to" vids that I've watched as of late. Such good descriptions and demo's to help it make sense!!! Picked out some gems to bring out to the dirt. 1-trying to keep my head in a straight line and moving the bike with my body to hug the terrain instead 2-riding steep transitions by keeping my weight more forward (matching the transition) and then straightening my arms then legs at the bottom def gonna rewatch this vid just before I go out next!!!
Man you are so good at explaining, I think this is onr of the most common mistakes, we usually just go on the bike without moving our body with the terrain, keep it up Ben 🤟
Ben these videos are amazing, some may think that they are too long but for these type of skills but these videos are the perfect length and they are super clear and organized
I was helping a mate ride his first trails a couple years back despite still being green myself and we decided the head is the key to how rough a trail feels. If you're stiff it's getting thrown about, vision is compromised and the brain is having a fit. If you're fluid then the bike can do what it wants but if the head is stable the brain is quite happy. After a video doing the rounds at the time we coined it "be the chicken" Just search chicken head stabilization I've had a couple trips to the local jump park recently where as I continue to improving myself I've relearnt this after the last year of duller covid rides and have applied it recent trail rides where I've then noticed a big difference in my ability to smooth out a trail.
I love the red and green follow lines for the head. It would be helpful to get red and green shirts too so it's easier to tell the difference in body positions
Oh for sure. There was a gap at the bottom of my race run last weekend that I knew I didn’t have the strength for so I absorbed it and manualed through instead.
Thanks this supports my strategy for my first enduro race. Keep in contact with the ground pump all the way down pick inside lines when possible and go for 6 clean runs The head position was the most helpful tip for me.
Another great video, really enjoying this series! As a beginner I found it pretty natural to squash bumps (because I was too scared to jump!), but I'm only now starting to get the hang of body positioning on drops. Sometimes the bike drops and jerks on my [straight] arms/shoulders, which I think means I haven't got my body weight forward enough. Getting better with practice, and it makes a big difference to the flow.
Love the vids, trying to get back into riding at 57, half way through a 3 mile trail, I am to tired and not able to keep the speed up to do much of anything, so I am a slow passenger on my own bike...slowly trying to learn all over again. Your videos are very helpful....Thanks
Awesome video. Beautifully illustrated technique in every example. I do all of this some of the time, but I usually just jump off kicky little jumps. Went to the bike park yesterday and played around with sucking up some of the little kickers. Way easier and less sketchy to go fast over them. Great tool to add to my riding!! Thanks so much Cathro.
As someone who gets bucked on jumps every now and again I want to try pushing my bike forward off the lip. It seems like when you see pros hit big jumps their bike and body is pointed to the sky until they hit the apex of air travel, and point back down. In contrast when I see myself jump, my bike and body are pretty much parallel to the ground the whole time.
That pointed to the sky then dip thing is usually a by-product of “popping” off a jump or a quirk in a certain riders technique. This video isn’t really focussing on jumping technique although you can use it on jumps to stay low. This video is more focussed on smoothly moving the bike through the terrain so that you float along above it. Jumping video is coming later 🤙
@@BenCathro yeah I think when I pop, my hips are already forward while leaving the lip, whereas that movement should be delayed. Anyhoo unrelated, looking forward to the rest of this series, awesome job, mane
Watch ALL the How To Bike episodes below!
Ep 1: How To Actually Learn New Skills On Your Bike - th-cam.com/video/BGsNvd9EhvQ/w-d-xo.html
Ep 2: Pro Mountain Bike Setup Guide - th-cam.com/video/PfUyN6znF3c/w-d-xo.html
Ep 3: Decoding The Best Mountain Biking Body Position: th-cam.com/video/iVLJIuYwW_g/w-d-xo.html
Ep 4: Absorbing Trail Features & Maintaining Speed: th-cam.com/video/Iu4plluUVtA/w-d-xo.html
Ep 5: How To Use Your Brakes To Actually Ride Faster: th-cam.com/video/aFcj7078gtA/w-d-xo.html
Ep 6: How To Get More Speed From Trails With Pumping: th-cam.com/video/04e_s9_LpVA/w-d-xo.html
Ep 7: Line Choice Is Easier Than You Think With These Rules - th-cam.com/video/82T0m_uja4g/w-d-xo.html
Ep 8: How To Corner Properly - th-cam.com/video/ZOqFywGllFw/w-d-xo.html
Ep 9: Stop Crashing On Drops - th-cam.com/video/uJJAW0iNhUY/w-d-xo.html
Ep 10: Make Jumping Easier - th-cam.com/video/IB5GmIL0slg/w-d-xo.html
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Two things:
1) I've definitely been realising of late that I need to be braver about getting my weight forward. It's helped hugely with my cornering, can't wait to try it with the steep rolls.
2) I love the comedy in these videos and Ben's willingness to take the mick out of himself!
Little changes at a time. It’s crazy how much control you have when you can utilise shifting your body weight at those important points.
@@BenCathro I’ll try to avoid a mega bar humper and getting volleyed out the front door… but no promises!
Same, I've realised I squat too low into the bike but now I've adopted a higher, stronger position - helping in the rough stuff
Though what I did once wen the trails were dust I'm summer is I pumped a berm with all my Weight forward for extra speed but u washed out and broke my collerbone
Best mtb skills and entertainment out there. Pb has a gem for sure. Love the series Ben
Thanks 🙏 plenty more to come 🙃
Love it too. I'm always happy to see and learn from Ben. (Spoiler: there's a nice german channel called 'On Trail', which has about the same quality)
Totally agree
@@tomalbert3299 only if you speak german
Amen to that
‘How to bike with Ben’ has became my favorite series. Clear and fun!
Having watched hundreds of technique videos.... this is far and away the best series I've seen.
It's the slow mo right vs wrong demos that really give you the tools to implement, but you can actually trust the advice as you can see it in action.
The braking in episode 5 is a game changer for me. To pitch back and move forward at the last second before releasing has seen me really make use of my powerful brakes.
Ben is the perfect instructor.
Agreed. He's such a good rider too and fun to watch. Seen a slew of MB videos and his are by far the best.
Great tips, Ben! The graphics of seeing your head and torso staying in line while the bike follows the ground is awesome! Body position on the rollers makes perfect sense too so you can throw the front end down then the rear. You having fun while presenting his makes it all the better. I'd love to see you and Blake Samson get together on a tutorial! A ton of great advice and laughs for days!! Keep them coming!!
Yup, so important for getting the stable gopro footage 😂. Need to get Blake in to teach me how to send massive gaps and stunts.
@@BenCathro You and Blake... absolutely!! There have been so many quality presenters lately on how to be a better rider and you are definitely one of them! I got into this late at 54 years old last spring here in north Idaho (rode a lot at Beacon Hill in Spokane, too) and my eyes have been opened to how expansive the MTB world is. My only regret is not sinking my teeth into it when I was still in my 20's. Your hard work and the whole crew in putting these together is much appreciated.
Better late than never! Met a 70 year old lapping the gondola in queens town a few years ago.
@@BenCathro I'd argue thes best age to join the sport and really commit is any age (any age is better than never).
@@BenCathro That being said there are benefits to a later adoption of mountain bicycles. A fully fledged adult often has a beter grasp of identifying and mitigating risk, usally you are less driven by outrageous and reckless menouvers; let me tell you riding big jumps, riding fast, and riding gnarly tech breaks bones.
I have been so very blessed to be raised on "The Shore" I have been riding since I was 6, but the metal plates in my hand already ache. Don't even get me started on trying to support this hoby on the salary of a university student...
I've started going to the local pump track and it's amazing how much it helps with the timing on these features. You basically get unlimited reps on bringing your bike into your body coming up on a rise and pushing it away on the descent. The best kind of skills is the one that becomes second nature and you can concentrate on everything else that's happening around you.
Driving the legs down through the drop is a solid tip. Thanks
When you give it a bit of force that’s the secret to pumping. Driving the legs through the transition. Gets you back into a centred position and a little speed boost.
Looking forward to every one of these. Especially appreciate the ghosting of sections showing the wrong and right way. And the measurements/angles. Really puts things into perspective. Thanks!!!
Got to get our moneys worth from the program I licensed 😅. Crazy how much clearer it makes some things though. Real eye opener.
You earned the thumbs up. Finding this series really useful. I'm analysing my own riding when out and about.
Good to do a bit of inward analyses every now and then. I keep spotting little mistakes I make. Usually dragging brakes in stupid spots.
After 3 years past and bunch of other vids about MTB skills, this series seems to be still unchallenged in its clarity and usefulness. Thank you Ben, wherever you are now
Pinkbike do what you can to keep Ben on your team he's class
You are basically "The Useless Trials" of MTB. The TH-cam MTB tutorial space has needed you so badly. Thank you so much.
Great tips from a great coach.
08:37 "So obviously that's all beautiful, excellent technique."
Ben, with that British accent and the plethora of hand motions you've elevated biking videos to the level of a performance of Macbeth.
98% of pro mtb'ers are the size of horse jockeys. mega strong and fit, but smaller people. as a tall guy i can't express enough how amazing it is to see Ben ride and teach so well. it's a revelation.
crazy how much effort he puts in making these videos... he really wants to make everything clear and understandable
Best series on pb period.
Finally!! Best “how to mountain bike” video on TH-cam! This is what I needed as I just bought my first mountain bike, Transition Patrol 2019
Putting all these tips in practice has made me realise I really overuse the brakes. Kinda hard to fight the instinct of hitting the brakes, but just shows I do a lot of unnecessary braking which really messes my speed and flow! Thanks Ben!
As an ex DH racer who's seen a lot of wrecks, I'd say the #1 cause of accidents is overuse of the brakes. Esp the front brakes. Fear is your enemy! 😁
Awesome vid Ben. I can immediately recognise that when I perceive the approach trail into a rock roll to be 'too steep', I prematurely lean back, instead of weight forwards and pushing the bike down at the beginning of the roll off. I'll give it a go this afternoon 💪🏽
Ben is the man when it comes to Articulating what is going on. 👍🏻 love these.
Ben you really make all this stuff simple to understand. I have been passing these videos to everyone I know...Keep up the Great work and make sure PB give you a raise... Keep Shred'N
Currently working on it 😅 going to screenshot this for evidence 💰
After watching hundreds of mtb how to videos, you were the only one who communicated well how to do this. So many videos seem to focus on getting air because it looks cool but I suck at getting air but getting better at keeping my wheels on the ground helped me tremendously. Great stuff, looking forward to the rest of the series.
That's just it, I think "getting air" and doing a "curtsy" as I call it (turning the front wheel and spinning your butt around), looks really stupid. I love it when some guys do that and then crash. Great fun! 😄
I love this series. I had watched this last year and figured I was totally good on drops. I came back and watched again and realized I actually need to work on them again as I'm setting myself to get bucked off the bike. The vid on pumping is awesome too, I'm always reviewing that one. Thanks.
God, I love these videos. The humor is unreal. That Microsoft Ben Error was too much. Cheers fellas.
I’ve been riding road bikes for the last 15 years and just now getting back into trail riding. You’re right, bikes have changed and techniques have changed. Thank you for your advice. Love following all your videos!
I love this in-depth look at some techniques used on actual trail challenges! Very valuable to me. The graphic overlays help a lot. I don't ride in parking lots or bike parks. The trails that I do ride are not attempts to emulate the manufactured North Shore-style silliness. Just natural, random features. I hope you make more videos like this one. Thank you!
I love the graphics too, so hard to paint the picture with just words. Plenty more vids and graphics to come, don’t you worry 😉
I love these videos. I am new to mountain biking, but for years have worked in areas that involve teaching/research/writing. I have found a lot of online content is really poor and more interested in getting clicks and selling merch than explaining things in a clear and methodical manner. Ben Cathro is great at explaining the fundamentals in a methodical manner and uses the right amount of humour and entertainment to keep you engaged. I find the key messages stick and when you are on the trails it is actually possible to remember and even try the key points from the videos. Fair play Ben, you have made this old noob very happy!
Upload these more often! pure gold
All the graphics are following the head but i reckon where your centre of mass is going would have a significantly larger effect on the riding and i think that following it in the graphics might help pronounce what is right and wrong a little more. That being said i think these are the best bike instruction videos i've seen.
You’re correct but I chose the head to track as it’s easier for the software to lock on and the head will quite closely follow the trajectory of the centre of mass most of the time. I try to track the hips in the next vid which kind of works but it’s tricky to stop the lock from floating. Good insight though 👏
this is really educational. i just learned this skill recently and applied it, and made my riding better
the best series of tutorials on the platform so far.
Very, very helpful. Especially for those, including me, who are not skilled enough in jumping gaps -- that squashing these while keeping my head steady with the same elevation is an eye-opener for me.
Keep em coming please!
Literally the most important timing for this video after going OTB from getting too far back on a steep roll and stalling on my rear tyre thank you
Really good stuff. Thanks Ben and Pinkbike! Lots of your pointers align closely with some of the fluidride classes I have taken, which has been super helpful. I have seen some questionable advice from some other video tutorials out there, it is refreshing to see your quality content.
Good to hear. These are all the principles I learned through running a coaching company so it’s cool that they are peer reviewed in a way 👌
Production value is amazing
This is thé best thing in MTB TH-cam land
Absolutely blinding advice thankyou for explaining it so us beginners can practice your advice and improve.
I still work on these skills! Pro’s just do beginner skills at higher speeds.
Ben, I could watch and listen to you all day. Thanks so much for the tips. Loving it!
Some of the best "how to" vids that I've watched as of late. Such good descriptions and demo's to help it make sense!!! Picked out some gems to bring out to the dirt.
1-trying to keep my head in a straight line and moving the bike with my body to hug the terrain instead
2-riding steep transitions by keeping my weight more forward (matching the transition) and then straightening my arms then legs at the bottom
def gonna rewatch this vid just before I go out next!!!
Congrats dude. Thanks for this video. I just started mountain biking and I found your video really enlightening.
Excellent use of visualization to demonstrate the differences!
Man you are so good at explaining, I think this is onr of the most common mistakes, we usually just go on the bike without moving our body with the terrain, keep it up Ben 🤟
I see it all the time. Got to utilise what your mama gave ya. 🦵 💪
This is an amazing series. Thank you Ben. Every time I see a new video, I watch, I try and I see progress in my riding. Thank you
Amazing, cool to see your working on your riding 👌
Dude you need to post videos more often, at minimum once per week versus once every two weeks.
It's too hard to wait 2 weeks for these amazing videos
We would but I take too long to make them 🤦♂️
@@BenCathro Don't sweat it! Quality over quantity, please!
I love this rock climbing tutorial.
Thanks PB, Cathro is killing it with this series. So much good info and well explained without being too serious.
Could you please show us how you corner fast with the bike?
Ben these videos are amazing, some may think that they are too long but for these type of skills but these videos are the perfect length and they are super clear and organized
I was helping a mate ride his first trails a couple years back despite still being green myself and we decided the head is the key to how rough a trail feels.
If you're stiff it's getting thrown about, vision is compromised and the brain is having a fit.
If you're fluid then the bike can do what it wants but if the head is stable the brain is quite happy.
After a video doing the rounds at the time we coined it "be the chicken" Just search chicken head stabilization
I've had a couple trips to the local jump park recently where as I continue to improving myself I've relearnt this after the last year of duller covid rides and have applied it recent trail rides where I've then noticed a big difference in my ability to smooth out a trail.
I often saw video about "pumpin" but never got to understand it as good as after seeing this one, thanks"
I love the red and green follow lines for the head. It would be helpful to get red and green shirts too so it's easier to tell the difference in body positions
Great series... Ben is the best.
Simply the best Ben!!! Been on a MTB for many years, but your vids improve my technique like no other.. Thanks for your time and effort!
As a newbie mountain biker these videos have really helped me to see how I can improve my skills. Thanks for doing them, just what I needed.
This is gold! I'm now feeling like in the Matrix with Ben uploading new software into my brain.
PB keeps getting better, they already kicked ass!!! Keep it up, but I still want more Levy, Kaz and Sarah. Awesome content 👍
Great tips! It seems that as I get tired it’s easier for me to keep speed by absorbing features instead of trying to jump them.
Oh for sure. There was a gap at the bottom of my race run last weekend that I knew I didn’t have the strength for so I absorbed it and manualed through instead.
This was such a great episode.
This is why I like the row and anti row concept. Simplifies a hard to explain concept
What if you’ve never rowed 🛶 🤔 😅 I always say to use whatever tips make sense to you.
Thanks this supports my strategy for my first enduro race. Keep in contact with the ground pump all the way down pick inside lines when possible and go for 6 clean runs The head position was the most helpful tip for me.
Very well explained! Thanks!
Full, simple explanation. Great!
Another great video, really enjoying this series! As a beginner I found it pretty natural to squash bumps (because I was too scared to jump!), but I'm only now starting to get the hang of body positioning on drops. Sometimes the bike drops and jerks on my [straight] arms/shoulders, which I think means I haven't got my body weight forward enough. Getting better with practice, and it makes a big difference to the flow.
Great perception! That tugging on your arms is a good indicator for not preparing beforehand.
Big Bouncy Ben is BACK baby!!! Woo
Awesome alliteration always appreciated.
superb the last video about body position was brilliant too.. big thumbs up for BC 👍😎
This was an epic explanation
As a very ‘non confident’ rider, I’m loving this series. Very helpful indeed.
This is truly my favourite video series ever, I can't wait to see Ep 5
3:33 Ben you're a legend pal
Really appreciate these videos to help people improve their skill set piece by piece. Thanks!
Gotta love all of the misinterpretation of some of your words in the closed captioning! Great video as usual !
Another awesome video Ben! Your a great teacher and your videos are well made and funny! Keep up the good work cheers!
Much appreciated. Keep watching and we’ll keep making 🤙
So good dude. I'm so guilty of the straight lean back and wheel to ass at the bottom. Can't wait for the next video.👍👍👍
Aren’t we all 😅 I still get it when it’s super gnarly or really slippy. Fear ruins technique.
Ben - FANTASTIC mate! Succinct and VERY useful
Love the vids, trying to get back into riding at 57, half way through a 3 mile trail, I am to tired and not able to keep the speed up to do much of anything, so I am a slow passenger on my own bike...slowly trying to learn all over again. Your videos are very helpful....Thanks
Awesome video. Very good tips. Thank you.
best video I've seen, and I've seen a ton. Explained really good and the visual was great. The graph was awesome ... thank you
Thank you Ben, class series
love these so much
🥰👊
Ben is a legend. One of the best characters in the MTB community.
Ben is a great presenter, you guys should do a lot more with him!
This series is great!
Hot damn. Each episode he keeps just killing it. Maximum value for sure
You are the best Ben
Great video buddy, super helpful and lots of fun :) Looking forward to the next one!
This was awesome! Never tried using my legs to push the pedals down or back. CATHRO!!!
Ben, loving the series! The content is great along with how it's presented. Thank you.
Great video, Ben
Brilliant job!
Awesome video. Beautifully illustrated technique in every example. I do all of this some of the time, but I usually just jump off kicky little jumps. Went to the bike park yesterday and played around with sucking up some of the little kickers. Way easier and less sketchy to go fast over them. Great tool to add to my riding!! Thanks so much Cathro.
CathroSkills > CathroVision ... but its close. Informative and entertaining as always Ben.
As someone who gets bucked on jumps every now and again I want to try pushing my bike forward off the lip.
It seems like when you see pros hit big jumps their bike and body is pointed to the sky until they hit the apex of air travel, and point back down. In contrast when I see myself jump, my bike and body are pretty much parallel to the ground the whole time.
That pointed to the sky then dip thing is usually a by-product of “popping” off a jump or a quirk in a certain riders technique. This video isn’t really focussing on jumping technique although you can use it on jumps to stay low. This video is more focussed on smoothly moving the bike through the terrain so that you float along above it.
Jumping video is coming later 🤙
@@BenCathro yeah I think when I pop, my hips are already forward while leaving the lip, whereas that movement should be delayed. Anyhoo unrelated, looking forward to the rest of this series, awesome job, mane
They are really good these videos
Excellent work Mr Cathro
Amazing work cathro
really love this series
Cool technical movie, I love it !
Great again...loving this series 👏...