My name is David Davidson I am the co founder of mountain bike academy, French adult film star, and retired cop. I also sometimes play the villain in my kids’ school plays.
@@mountainbikeacademy don’t sell yourself short you have the looks, charisma, and most importantly, the mustache. In all seriousness though you make good content keep it up man.
Like world cup races, once you go behind the set adult movies lose their charms. Action movies are more fun I guess... They should have cast you as Reno's son for Ronin 2 instead of that 47 Ronin bs...
You can’t coach away a lack of practice! The blue secret to the manual is PRACTICE! Forget all this crap about balance point, do the l, hang off the front, imagine fluffy unicorns… it’s about hours and hours of practice. Your body will tell you which way is best for you.
There is such a thing as good practice and bad practice. And your bodys ability to tolerate bad practice drops off sharply with age and inactivity. I blew my back up forcing myself with bad practice and couldnt ride for almost 2 years and had to do PT to even be able to drive my car for more than an hour. Im recovered now and have a physical trainer. just general mobility, stability, and strength training have given me mtb gains that fat exceed my earlier solo "just blindly practice everyday on the bike and see what happens" progress. Practice is offcourse important, but you also have to practice the right things in the right way and meet the prerequisites for whatever you are practicing.
I ride a lot of BMX, and this makes total sense. In BMX it's much more apparent that everyone's manual technique is different, some ride high, some very low, and the core principle is balance. Great video.
This is the best advice I heard in my whole life!!! This is awesome. Today everything clicked and I did few longest manuals in my life! Peace and love!❤
What no one talks about is some bikes are far easier to manual than others, I can manual all my six bikes but some just are easier, it is physics the more you can get your ass behind the rear axle the wider the correction window, so with short legs and long frames and chain stays the harder it will be to learn, again I can manual for around 300 to 500 meters on my short chain stay bikes. Not so much on my longer bikes, watched a video where a guy reversed his stem which put him way back past his rear Axle which made for a faster learning curve. So tall guys and small bike makes manualing easier, physics. Short stems, short chain stays, slightly under sized bikes just will be easier to learn, once you have it dialed you will be able to manual just about any bike. Except maybe a uni cycle or a penny farthing 😅
Cool username and I wholeheartedly agree on this. My trek ticket s begs to be manualed and it’s so lively and easy Commencal furious … ehhhhh little harder lol
I struggle with the belt sander... It's psychological bit you'll never see myself manual on asphalt. I once successfully manualed to endo on a skinny... Pure accident, pretty sad nobody was there to film it 😭😂
I like your videos and like to make a recommendation.The videos have MTB philosophical aspects and technical aspects. It would be great to have a second short version focusing on the key technical information.
The reason I asked was I have been racing since 1990 never could manual, but I could always wheelie, I always find that lofting the front wheel over certain obstacles on the DH definitely keeps my flow. happ trails hammerheads
If anyone creates a video and says you have to watch to the end or the whole video because you will miss "important" details, I auto magically stop watching the video. These are just marketing tactics to get people to watch the whole video to improve their viewer statistics. It's fine if you have lots of time and are just watching for fun, but if you're looking for a specific answer to something and want to be efficient and not waste time, then these tactics become very annoying and a turn off. I go to the next video that gets to the point and does not play these games.
@reactingto7693 I watch a lot of science videos that are 1,2, and 3 hours long start to finish and learn are great deal. This is not about being impatient at all. It's about the gimmicky marketing tactics. If your content is truly engaging and interesting, you do not need to use these tactics.
@@1Sparrow1 Fair, I too can/will sit and watch a well-produced science or how it's made video. I really like those. I didn't mean to be rigid...I am trying to dance a fine line of "this is what I do" and actually taking feedback. So I really do listen and consider what you're saying. And I'm probably never ever going to compete with a well - produced 1-3 hour long anything...it's just not compatible with my goals. People "join" me because they want to be part of the movement (get fit, do things that matter to you on a bike before you die). Literally my dad died when I was 20, he was awesome and so is my family so I did OK, but it created this extremely harsh feeling of "I'm behind". Which isn't necessarily true. I realized later it wasn't that I'm behind...it's that life is REALLY precious and short and I/we get to choose what we value. And if we don't prioritize what we value, life picks for us and we become the passenger on the way to our deathbed with no cool experiences to speak for. So yeah I'm going to try whatever I can that WORKS to get people to join up because I've got a cool mission that's super fun and worthwhile. And I totally understand if you didn't like what you saw- that's fine! You may love what I'm doing but not like me - no problem! I'm just trying to show this to as many people as possible. Peace!
@mountainbikeacademy I respect your reply. Just for context, when you get time, look up Dr. John Campbell on TH-cam. His content is about health and well-being. He always puts the most important information at the beginning of the video out of respect for his viewers' time so they get the important information. Then, if they want the details, they can watch the whole video. No gimmicks at all. People really appreciate this and his channel is doing extremely well because he doesn't do the gimmicky marketing at all. You should really check him out even if you're not interested in his content to see his format. Cheers
I’m totally going to do this. I worked with kids quite a bit before running fun runs for school fundraisers. And my wife is a teacher lol. What do they want to learn and roughly what age ranges are we talking 5 year old v different from 9
@mountainbikeacademy mine are 9 and 12 both been riding about 9 months and they are getting to faster so they are start to get squirly. I've been riding so long I don't know how to teach. I just do it .
Fair. I did use 3 examples of how I used to struggle with videos of me...so I was picking more on myself than anyone else. How would you help someone differentiate between other methods and yours without talking about how the other methods work? Serious question^
Thanks! Will do! Appreciate the comments too - helps the algo's push it out and all that. It's going to be really fun to run into people in person on the trails lol kinda nervous about that I'm introverted haha.
one thing that is helping me and this video indirectly mentions this, but the start of a manual is kinda like starting a row on a row machine (before the last pull step)
I've never been shown how to use the row machine properly...plus its in the section of the gym with all the girls watching so I avoid it lol But I kinda get where you're going with this
@@mountainbikeacademy well zero use of core more lower back ,scapula depressed. Learnt on bike without brakes only to go to using brakes and would recommend using brakes. Getting comfortable with how far you can actually lean back on a mtb by learning to bail.
Fair enough! I def know people that got it a different way so you’re not alone. I’m going off of specifically what I’ve done and what I see in my riders I coach! Thanks for sharing this 💪🏻 because there’s definitely ways to make it work! Keep shreddin
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My name is David Davidson I am the co founder of mountain bike academy, French adult film star, and retired cop. I also sometimes play the villain in my kids’ school plays.
*wannabe* French adult film star. Aspiring, wannabe.
@@mountainbikeacademy don’t sell yourself short you have the looks, charisma, and most importantly, the mustache. In all seriousness though you make good content keep it up man.
@@mountainbikeacademyi think this is a passable pose at 3:17 😅
Like world cup races, once you go behind the set adult movies lose their charms.
Action movies are more fun I guess...
They should have cast you as Reno's son for Ronin 2 instead of that 47 Ronin bs...
@@LaurentiusTriarius I would have fun acting in a movie maybe
Education is important but manuals are importanter!
more importanter for sure
Gospel!!😁
I could wheelie my bmx or old school mtb for a block. That was short for the time. Now i cant pick up the front wheel. Going to watch your video now.
Same, now i'm old and scared. It sucks.
You can’t coach away a lack of practice! The blue secret to the manual is PRACTICE! Forget all this crap about balance point, do the l, hang off the front, imagine fluffy unicorns… it’s about hours and hours of practice. Your body will tell you which way is best for you.
@user-pn9ld6rf8b guess what you qualified for a free slap! Come by any time to pick it up. After 10pm and before 6am get a free second slap!
There is such a thing as good practice and bad practice. And your bodys ability to tolerate bad practice drops off sharply with age and inactivity. I blew my back up forcing myself with bad practice and couldnt ride for almost 2 years and had to do PT to even be able to drive my car for more than an hour. Im recovered now and have a physical trainer. just general mobility, stability, and strength training have given me mtb gains that fat exceed my earlier solo "just blindly practice everyday on the bike and see what happens" progress. Practice is offcourse important, but you also have to practice the right things in the right way and meet the prerequisites for whatever you are practicing.
This was a movie.... I had to skip it, just to much unnecessary yapping for my short attention span.
I ride a lot of BMX, and this makes total sense. In BMX it's much more apparent that everyone's manual technique is different, some ride high, some very low, and the core principle is balance. Great video.
Thanks-I learned most of the nuanced movements for manualing from watching BMX
David Manuel Davidson strikes again!!
Learning new skill = belief+conscious effort
This is the best advice I heard in my whole life!!! This is awesome. Today everything clicked and I did few longest manuals in my life! Peace and love!❤
What no one talks about is some bikes are far easier to manual than others, I can manual all my six bikes but some just are easier, it is physics the more you can get your ass behind the rear axle the wider the correction window, so with short legs and long frames and chain stays the harder it will be to learn, again I can manual for around 300 to 500 meters on my short chain stay bikes. Not so much on my longer bikes, watched a video where a guy reversed his stem which put him way back past his rear Axle which made for a faster learning curve. So tall guys and small bike makes manualing easier, physics. Short stems, short chain stays, slightly under sized bikes just will be easier to learn, once you have it dialed you will be able to manual just about any bike. Except maybe a uni cycle or a penny farthing 😅
Cool username and I wholeheartedly agree on this.
My trek ticket s begs to be manualed and it’s so lively and easy
Commencal furious … ehhhhh little harder lol
I’m enchanted by the jr cop mustache. Couple more years and it’ll be stellar. Oh, btw. I’m expecting my earplugs soon.
what's ur addy lol
The Sultan of Shred hath spoken, heed his words for he may bless thou with eternal herodirt 🙏
Traction be with you o good servant of Gnarnia
Thank you champ 🙏🥳❤️
What a fantastic video! I'm definitely going to try this thank you 🎉
Bruce Lee of MTB. Be water my friend.
I struggle with the belt sander... It's psychological bit you'll never see myself manual on asphalt.
I once successfully manualed to endo on a skinny... Pure accident, pretty sad nobody was there to film it 😭😂
dang sounds like a cool move though!
I like your videos and like to make a recommendation.The videos have MTB philosophical aspects and technical aspects. It would be great to have a second short version focusing on the key technical information.
I linked the video in the description literally for this
Gravity Guardians should be on a t-shirt or 😢
I am trying really hard to come up with a slogan for us all to rally our cult behind
so you kinda like it?
@@mountainbikeacademy i do too, greetings from Germany :D
Nice! Greetings from South Carolina :)
El Paso, TX
Your mo is on point bro, keep it! 👌 It's obviously giving you the superpowers needed to make videos like this! Keep up the good work!
dang it already shaved it down
I’ll bring it back don’t you worry
When my wife least expects it BAM
MO TIME
Thank you , good info.
Does a manual make you a faster rider?
Prolly not but it’s really cool
The reason I asked was I have been racing since 1990 never could manual, but I could always wheelie, I always find that lofting the front wheel over certain obstacles on the DH definitely keeps my flow. happ trails hammerheads
Nice! Yeah I guess maybe in some situations it could? But for that wheel lifting yes that’s a solid skill let’s gooooo
I enjoy your channel very much
Thanks mucho! I have a lot to learn
Great instruction movie. Going to get out at try this stuff
If anyone creates a video and says you have to watch to the end or the whole video because you will miss "important" details, I auto magically stop watching the video. These are just marketing tactics to get people to watch the whole video to improve their viewer statistics. It's fine if you have lots of time and are just watching for fun, but if you're looking for a specific answer to something and want to be efficient and not waste time, then these tactics become very annoying and a turn off. I go to the next video that gets to the point and does not play these games.
www.loom.com/share/57cfef46431345ad95a65c5a7a675d0a?sid=e48a413c-2268-4ac4-89ad-17402bdddfbe lol bro - everyone else watch this please
It’s tough to be patient and think through a concept.
@reactingto7693 I watch a lot of science videos that are 1,2, and 3 hours long start to finish and learn are great deal. This is not about being impatient at all. It's about the gimmicky marketing tactics. If your content is truly engaging and interesting, you do not need to use these tactics.
@@1Sparrow1 Fair, I too can/will sit and watch a well-produced science or how it's made video. I really like those.
I didn't mean to be rigid...I am trying to dance a fine line of "this is what I do" and actually taking feedback.
So I really do listen and consider what you're saying. And I'm probably never ever going to compete with a well - produced 1-3 hour long anything...it's just not compatible with my goals.
People "join" me because they want to be part of the movement (get fit, do things that matter to you on a bike before you die).
Literally my dad died when I was 20, he was awesome and so is my family so I did OK, but it created this extremely harsh feeling of "I'm behind". Which isn't necessarily true. I realized later it wasn't that I'm behind...it's that life is REALLY precious and short and I/we get to choose what we value.
And if we don't prioritize what we value, life picks for us and we become the passenger on the way to our deathbed with no cool experiences to speak for.
So yeah I'm going to try whatever I can that WORKS to get people to join up because I've got a cool mission that's super fun and worthwhile.
And I totally understand if you didn't like what you saw- that's fine! You may love what I'm doing but not like me - no problem! I'm just trying to show this to as many people as possible. Peace!
@mountainbikeacademy I respect your reply. Just for context, when you get time, look up Dr. John Campbell on TH-cam. His content is about health and well-being. He always puts the most important information at the beginning of the video out of respect for his viewers' time so they get the important information. Then, if they want the details, they can watch the whole video. No gimmicks at all. People really appreciate this and his channel is doing extremely well because he doesn't do the gimmicky marketing at all. You should really check him out even if you're not interested in his content to see his format. Cheers
It would be really cool if you did a video with teaching kids.My daughters will be more into it
I’m totally going to do this. I worked with kids quite a bit before running fun runs for school fundraisers. And my wife is a teacher lol.
What do they want to learn and roughly what age ranges are we talking
5 year old v different from 9
@mountainbikeacademy mine are 9 and 12 both been riding about 9 months and they are getting to faster so they are start to get squirly. I've been riding so long I don't know how to teach. I just do it .
noted
These videos would be better if you didn't spend half the time talking about how everyone else is wrong and just focused on your method.
Fair. I did use 3 examples of how I used to struggle with videos of me...so I was picking more on myself than anyone else.
How would you help someone differentiate between other methods and yours without talking about how the other methods work?
Serious question^
What are you teaching that is correct?
@@ellerybice3787 not a fan of constructive criticism?
@@mountainbikeacademy not bad to point out things to avoid just feels over done imo
Mystery Method lesson 2, the approach.
Zoom. Out. Until at least 1/3 of you is in the shot. You're welcome. ;)
P.S. Good tutorial tho
Believe me I would but I only have so much footage to work with.
You always lament that you get no negative comments on your videos. Is this video your forthright effort to change that once and for all?
Is this yours? 🤣
I’m just making as many of these as I can in hopes of achieving gnarvana
another great video. thanks again for the content man. keep up the hard work everyone appreciates it!
Thanks! Will do! Appreciate the comments too - helps the algo's push it out and all that. It's going to be really fun to run into people in person on the trails lol kinda nervous about that I'm introverted haha.
do my pupils have to be super dialated like yours in order to manual?
No. They’re probably dilated because the garage is dark and I only have a little light on. I like my little background accent lights too much.
one thing that is helping me and this video indirectly mentions this, but the start of a manual is kinda like starting a row on a row machine (before the last pull step)
I've never been shown how to use the row machine properly...plus its in the section of the gym with all the girls watching so I avoid it lol
But I kinda get where you're going with this
and by girls I mean the 70 year old grannies who kick my ass at row machines
The Kaizen approach to bikes
nice! I was a performance coach for entrepreneurs so makes sense.
I can manual forever and I don’t think anything you are saying is what i feel when manualing
“I can manual forever” = you won’t lol you’ve already got it down. What does it feel like for you? Aside from “awesome” of course
@@mountainbikeacademy well zero use of core more lower back ,scapula depressed. Learnt on bike without brakes only to go to using brakes and would recommend using brakes. Getting comfortable with how far you can actually lean back on a mtb by learning to bail.
Fair enough! I def know people that got it a different way so you’re not alone.
I’m going off of specifically what I’ve done and what I see in my riders I coach! Thanks for sharing this 💪🏻 because there’s definitely ways to make it work! Keep shreddin
Bro took shrooms and understood the higher achalon of manualing
I’m quite boring never done drugs lol
Shrooms ain't drugs, they're teachers