Giving homework is the best thing for this kind of video. Instead of just telling people what to do it gives you a way to experience it and actually learn. This is a true educational video. Well done to GMBN.
A bonus of looking beyond the garden for the braking zone.... You are forced to look ahead instead of at the wheel... and you are less focused on something your bike can probably handle whether your on it or not... and if you just just roll through, letting the suspension/tyres do their thing while looking ahead, you automatically catch any nuance adjustments and just get to the braking zone... I sort of compare it to something you may not get a chance to do... riding a trailbike through a creek.... If you just look at the exit, hang on and open the throttle a little, the bike bounces around under you but you automatically catch it with good ol instinctive balance and even the bikes on geometry... the front may hit something and shift to the side, but the bike gets tipped into a turn by that same action and steers itself back under you if you don't fight it...
I love Anna's videos. Always clear and concise information. I ride hard tail so rear suspension lockup is not an issue but position in the cockpit is. Thanks Anna! :o) x
I used to play on steep hills on the motorcross bike... Roll slowly down a steep (often grassy) bit... Feet literally swinging out the front by the front wheel (Rear brakes are foot operated) and hard on the front brake so the front wheel bites in and the rear sort of hovers down the slope... I sooo wish I watched this 40 years ago... Maybe my videos would be a bit more exciting now.... then again I'd be braking more than the speed... q8)
Almost every thing said in this video I consider far more important than so many other videos that seem to think bunny hopping, etc are more important to mention than these basic (yet oft ignored) gems. It took at least 10 years of really mediocre trail riding in the 80's before I learned these... As for road bike motorbikes... If only someone had told me rear brakes are the devil I would have been sooooo much faster. (BTW, True, rear brakes on a roadbike are USLESS except for pulling up at the lights... and even then, unless there's oil stains on the road... still pointless)
Great Video im normaly Brake tooo much ( im riding Not so Long so far ) but on my Club Trials i realiesed that leting Off the brake ( or silight comfort braking in Stepp chunky stuff makes Things soo much easyer) i realy will do this Homeworks . Thx for this Video
As far as riding is concerned, there are very few things that feel better than slamming hard on the breaks before a corner or something rough at the very last moment and feeling that back wheel almost lifting off the ground while staying in control. 😮
Brilliant content and teaching. Applicable in many ways to all types of cycling. Agreat exercise is to just ride without using brakes unless really needed. Skills such as observation, anticipation and general bike-handling will improve, plus savings on pads. You are a great trainer and homework framework privides template for skills development. Thanks
Trail Braking is usually best. Soft brake pressure into a corner, trail off at apex. Usually a rider shouldn't do all the braking before the corner, trail off into the corner.
not if your going backwards... any other time you should generally be in the centre of your bike, not over the bars... even climbing this can unload the rear and induce wheelspin... What Anna is referring to is, under braking, the load goes onto the front, Your not actually putting the weight over the bars, your still in the centre, but the load goes on the front and the rear often is completely off the ground... While your upright, this load pushing down can give you huge grip on the front tyre... For example, try sitting right back (at slow speed) on gravel and pull the front brakes, the light weighted front will most likely slide... Now do the same with your weight more forward... You should be able to apply way more force on the brakes before loosing grip. On motorcross bikes I was often braking hard enough into a corner that the rear was off the ground... then off the brakes and throttle through the corner to do the opposite of rear braking, allowing the bike to drop in a corner and controlling the rear into a near powerslide... Just for fun on the MTB I sometimes find a grassy slope (with a good runoff) and see if I can get the rear in the air without loosing the front... If only I was 30+ years younger to take advantage of this video back then...
Not if done right. If you are too far back when breaking on steep, loose, or fast trails (something I see 90% of riders do) your going to loose traction and power to the front brake. In a ideal world you want to do a stopie down the trail. This means your getting the maximum possible grip on the front wheel. Now of course we don’t live in a ideal world, so you want to go forwards just enough that you feel that the back wheel is just about to go off the ground and then maintain that. And the main thing I think she meant with leaning forward is to keep your weight centered on the bike. Meaning that you lean forwards when the track starts to go down. At all times you want to keep your body in the exact same position as when you would ride on flat terrain. This means that you have to lean forwards when it gets steep. And in the theme of this video I’ll give some homework that will help with this. Find a steep bit of fire road or grass or whatever, keep both your arms and legs near straight and in that centered position, now start to do stopies without changing that body position. Don’t bend the arms or the legs. And that’s the ideal riding position and position for maximum breaking power
@@shemshem9998 Excellent stuff (Except you never want straight arms on an MTB, this allows the wheel to steer your shoulders. That's why the best aggressive position is elbows out, almost above the bars. Coming from 40 years of trail bike riding (still have a couple of YZ250's) the amount of time an aggressive stance (especially when doing a relaxed trail run) has saved my bacon when a hidden object steered the front (stone/root etc). Nothing makes me laugh more than a noob with straight arms or elbows at their side. If this video was around 40 years ago (along with TH-cam and computers.. the TRS80 wasn't going to cut it..) I would have been a way better rider.. Coincidently (proving part of the video) some of my fastest cornering was on an old Enduro bike (IT200s) that had drum rear that stopped working about 30mins after any attempt to fix them, so no rear breaks, and fast stoppies followed by open throttle cornering to get round fast.
I'll lay bets that if you actually follow everything in this video (Obviously with caution when doing the brake testing with weight forward/backward) you will be a way better rider.. (and there will be LESS hospitalisations) How many average riders have you seen put the brakes on in the middle of a feature.... Yes... I agree... But now how many Noobs have you seen do that... and how often have you seen a noob try and stop in the middle of a roll down and end up OTB when if they just released the brakes and did the stopping at the other side of the roll it would have been a simple, 'nothing' roll.
What's better, if you change it to "Brake over there" or "Brake down there" ... your now focusing on "THERE" and without realising it... now you ARE there... without any problems. Look where you want to be, not at what it's too late to avoid.
@@nickv3085 No your completely right I couldn’t agree more but sadly some of this is not and if there a better qualified people to give it then why not use them
I 200% agree with Anna... And I live in Wellington NZ... If there's a flat spot here it's either got a house or a playing field on it.... And if it's a hill... it's either got gorse, a house or an MTB track on it. The fastest cornering I ever did consistently, was in the early 90's on a trailbike... with no rear brakes.... Hard on the front, rear in the air, release the brakes and throttle through the turn.. Of course mess it up in the slightest and usually a bit of bush inspection was instore.
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Giving homework is the best thing for this kind of video. Instead of just telling people what to do it gives you a way to experience it and actually learn. This is a true educational video. Well done to GMBN.
I brake for Anna's videos... I like the advice about scrubbing speed before tech because I braked in a rock garden two weeks ago and crashed.
A bonus of looking beyond the garden for the braking zone.... You are forced to look ahead instead of at the wheel... and you are less focused on something your bike can probably handle whether your on it or not... and if you just just roll through, letting the suspension/tyres do their thing while looking ahead, you automatically catch any nuance adjustments and just get to the braking zone...
I sort of compare it to something you may not get a chance to do... riding a trailbike through a creek.... If you just look at the exit, hang on and open the throttle a little, the bike bounces around under you but you automatically catch it with good ol instinctive balance and even the bikes on geometry... the front may hit something and shift to the side, but the bike gets tipped into a turn by that same action and steers itself back under you if you don't fight it...
I love Anna's videos. Always clear and concise information. I ride hard tail so rear suspension lockup is not an issue but position in the cockpit is. Thanks Anna! :o) x
I used to play on steep hills on the motorcross bike... Roll slowly down a steep (often grassy) bit... Feet literally swinging out the front by the front wheel (Rear brakes are foot operated) and hard on the front brake so the front wheel bites in and the rear sort of hovers down the slope...
I sooo wish I watched this 40 years ago... Maybe my videos would be a bit more exciting now.... then again I'd be braking more than the speed... q8)
Wow! Best gmbn video I’ve seen in a while, most of the tips I never thought would make a difference to my riding. Thanks Teach
Almost every thing said in this video I consider far more important than so many other videos that seem to think bunny hopping, etc are more important to mention than these basic (yet oft ignored) gems.
It took at least 10 years of really mediocre trail riding in the 80's before I learned these...
As for road bike motorbikes... If only someone had told me rear brakes are the devil I would have been sooooo much faster. (BTW, True, rear brakes on a roadbike are USLESS except for pulling up at the lights... and even then, unless there's oil stains on the road... still pointless)
Best skills video ive seen in a while. love the teaching and homework aspect! Thanks
As someone just getting into Mountain biking, this sort of thing is very useful to know :)
Anna great information and advice to apply when out there riding.Keep up the good work GMBN.
Great Video im normaly Brake tooo much ( im riding Not so Long so far ) but on my Club Trials i realiesed that leting Off the brake ( or silight comfort braking in Stepp chunky stuff makes Things soo much easyer) i realy will do this Homeworks . Thx for this Video
More Please!
More XC content please! ❤️
Loved this episode! Thanks Anna!
Top notch video.
that was some of the best tutorial yet
Excellent! Thanks Anna😊
I typically brake to just stay alive. After 25, you realize that staying alive is more fun than going fast.
I'm 38. I disagree. Nothing better than going fast unless you're also getting the wheels off the ground.
35…faster than I’ve ever been.
59 and still crashing
@@thehigsy If your not crashing or walking up the mountain after the last hard exhausting padel, your not mtn biking.
You might be a roadie
As far as riding is concerned, there are very few things that feel better than slamming hard on the breaks before a corner or something rough at the very last moment and feeling that back wheel almost lifting off the ground while staying in control. 😮
Brilliant content and teaching. Applicable in many ways to all types of cycling. Agreat exercise is to just ride without using brakes unless really needed. Skills such as observation, anticipation and general bike-handling will improve, plus savings on pads.
You are a great trainer and homework framework privides template for skills development. Thanks
Trail Braking is usually best. Soft brake pressure into a corner, trail off at apex. Usually a rider shouldn't do all the braking before the corner, trail off into the corner.
Weight over the front, grab front brake… GOT IT! 🤠🤕
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I've been there! Castle at Slaughter Pen in Bentonville, AR
That hub is a hoot.
I may get to hit it again next weekend while I'm down for the Coler Roller! Little side trip to ride over for a few runs.
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I love skidding though. Always an unexpected jolt of adrenaline.
Nice vid guys. One thing though, if you put your weight over the front and grab front brake, wouldn't you go over the bars?
not if your going backwards...
any other time you should generally be in the centre of your bike, not over the bars... even climbing this can unload the rear and induce wheelspin...
What Anna is referring to is, under braking, the load goes onto the front, Your not actually putting the weight over the bars, your still in the centre, but the load goes on the front and the rear often is completely off the ground... While your upright, this load pushing down can give you huge grip on the front tyre...
For example, try sitting right back (at slow speed) on gravel and pull the front brakes, the light weighted front will most likely slide...
Now do the same with your weight more forward... You should be able to apply way more force on the brakes before loosing grip.
On motorcross bikes I was often braking hard enough into a corner that the rear was off the ground... then off the brakes and throttle through the corner to do the opposite of rear braking, allowing the bike to drop in a corner and controlling the rear into a near powerslide...
Just for fun on the MTB I sometimes find a grassy slope (with a good runoff) and see if I can get the rear in the air without loosing the front...
If only I was 30+ years younger to take advantage of this video back then...
Not if done right. If you are too far back when breaking on steep, loose, or fast trails (something I see 90% of riders do) your going to loose traction and power to the front brake. In a ideal world you want to do a stopie down the trail. This means your getting the maximum possible grip on the front wheel. Now of course we don’t live in a ideal world, so you want to go forwards just enough that you feel that the back wheel is just about to go off the ground and then maintain that.
And the main thing I think she meant with leaning forward is to keep your weight centered on the bike. Meaning that you lean forwards when the track starts to go down. At all times you want to keep your body in the exact same position as when you would ride on flat terrain. This means that you have to lean forwards when it gets steep.
And in the theme of this video I’ll give some homework that will help with this.
Find a steep bit of fire road or grass or whatever, keep both your arms and legs near straight and in that centered position, now start to do stopies without changing that body position. Don’t bend the arms or the legs. And that’s the ideal riding position and position for maximum breaking power
@@shemshem9998 Excellent stuff (Except you never want straight arms on an MTB, this allows the wheel to steer your shoulders. That's why the best aggressive position is elbows out, almost above the bars.
Coming from 40 years of trail bike riding (still have a couple of YZ250's) the amount of time an aggressive stance (especially when doing a relaxed trail run) has saved my bacon when a hidden object steered the front (stone/root etc).
Nothing makes me laugh more than a noob with straight arms or elbows at their side.
If this video was around 40 years ago (along with TH-cam and computers.. the TRS80 wasn't going to cut it..) I would have been a way better rider..
Coincidently (proving part of the video) some of my fastest cornering was on an old Enduro bike (IT200s) that had drum rear that stopped working about 30mins after any attempt to fix them, so no rear breaks, and fast stoppies followed by open throttle cornering to get round fast.
Awesome good to no
UK has a sudden spike in hospitalisations after this video 😂🤣😂
I'll lay bets that if you actually follow everything in this video (Obviously with caution when doing the brake testing with weight forward/backward) you will be a way better rider.. (and there will be LESS hospitalisations)
How many average riders have you seen put the brakes on in the middle of a feature....
Yes... I agree...
But now how many Noobs have you seen do that... and how often have you seen a noob try and stop in the middle of a roll down and end up OTB when if they just released the brakes and did the stopping at the other side of the roll it would have been a simple, 'nothing' roll.
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Yeah it was a joke bud.
@@WIPEYOURLENZ (Yeh My comments were sort of aimed at readers, not u... That's y I also gave u a thumbz.
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I tried it without any protective equipment and i injured my knee
Doing a video on braking while in Bentonville is pointless. Brakes aren’t needed there. Should have used Leatherwood in Eureka Springs. 😉
instructions unclear, i broke sound barrier cuz i didnt brake
Awesome video. And yes your brain doesn’t understand “don’t”
What's better, if you change it to "Brake over there" or "Brake down there" ... your now focusing on "THERE" and without realising it... now you ARE there... without any problems.
Look where you want to be, not at what it's too late to avoid.
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Cant stop won't stop skidding. You're not even my real mom!
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Your so IMMATURE!
Nahhh Naaaaaa Naa Naa Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !! q8)
Sadly if I want to go faster Anna is not the one to teach me or anyone, surely Neil or Rich with a racing background would’ve been perfect for this???
Good advice is good advice mate…don’t be dumb.
Sometimes, you have to think outside of the box or look at it from a scientific/engineer point of view. Even a spectator can contribute.
@@nickv3085 No your completely right I couldn’t agree more but sadly some of this is not and if there a better qualified people to give it then why not use them
First of all everything she said is correct and she has a racing background...
Pick a trail you like and try without braking. Good job, you're dead.
No such thing as flat trails here
I 200% agree with Anna... And I live in Wellington NZ... If there's a flat spot here it's either got a house or a playing field on it....
And if it's a hill... it's either got gorse, a house or an MTB track on it.
The fastest cornering I ever did consistently, was in the early 90's on a trailbike... with no rear brakes....
Hard on the front, rear in the air, release the brakes and throttle through the turn..
Of course mess it up in the slightest and usually a bit of bush inspection was instore.
#Moto world, everything. Moto riders far superior. MTB...second hand me downs. Learning everything from moto. Mtb...two steps behind, always. Lazy engineers. Copy cat engineers. 🙄