Muppets attempt gnarly rocky rut climb! ︱Cross Training Enduro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- www.crosstraini... tractionerag.com Time for some hard enduro training! A short but nasty little hill climb up a rocky rut. I last tried this on a RR480 a few years ago and had to push the bike through lots of sections, hopefully today we have the skills to ride the whole way. Poor old Jeff, he really nailed this the first time but I didn't film it. Now the camera is on he's struggling. Take it away Jeff for your hard enduro training. Whether he is sitting or standing, he keeps maximum weight on that rear wheel for this hill climb and extreme enduro training. Very awkward pivot turn here. You need to get the front wheel up on that rock first. It's a long way to fall if you mess it up. Jeff needs to weight then deweight the rear wheel quickly to bounce over the rut. Bummer. This time he really exaggerates the seat bounce for maximum weighting and deweighting. Next obstacle? He needs to get the rear wheel up a steep bit. The best strategy for hard enduro training? The static zap. The static zap is a great strategy in gnarly terrain. Get body to the rear for the hill climb. Throw it forward. Then drop the clutch. Timing is critical for extreme enduro training. You drop the clutch just when your body weight is almost completely forward. Then ensures great traction. And it also prevents your bike from back flipping. See our full training vid for more hard enduro training info. Nicely done. Now it gets even harder. There's almost no traction for the rear wheel on this steep bit. And it's very close to falling back down. You can see why you need to think everything through carefully in this extreme enduro training terrain. Just throwing yourself at it might occasionally work for the hill climbs. But more often it means smashed crankcases and possible injuries. Jeff lines up for the static zap again. If he gets enough momentum, he should get past both trouble spots in one go. Then it's my turn. I am very motivated to get through this quickly as the dreaded back ache will kick in if I take too long. I check under the bike to see if the rear wheel will get good traction. Static zap. Woohoo it worked! The guys were learning this while I spent nine months off the bike due to an injury, I have a lot of catching up to do. I was very happy with that run. Jeff's first run was very similar, just a pity I didn't film that one lol. Watch carefully, you can see Jeff quickly stands on the footpegs while releasing the clutch for this hill climb. Good traction for jumping up little ledges. And here he bounces on the seat for the same reason. Bugger. The rear wheel spins despite being weighted correctly. He goes back a bit further this time to maximise his runup. Amanda's partner, Glen. This is their first ride on brand new Husqvarnas so we thought we would show them some of the slightly gnarlier tracks. Wet clay makes this section tough after rain. We go over some tips such as seat bouncing, controlled drops of the clutch, and maximising run up. Some footage from another ride. I'm catching up with Neil who is another rider who has recently decided to get into some gnarlier tracks. It's funny how your confidence can be affected so much by the people you ride with. Over the past year I have been watching a pile of guys overtake me, due to a mix of not riding for nine months due to injury, and also the younger guys are just so much fitter and are willing to take bigger risks to develop their technique faster. So it's kind of encouraging to see riders new to the technical riding as it reminds me that I have come a long way, even though it doesn't feel like that lately. And now it's time for some dirt bike FM again! And catch you later.
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Good stuff as always. You are without a doubt the best enduro channel on TH-cam.
Thanks Luke! We definitely aren't everyone's cup of tea but if you don't mind some riding tips mixed in with lots of goofy stuff and critical reviews then we seem to be doing okay.
Guy makes that bike look like a pw50! Long legs is a accessory I can’t find !
No kidding. That dude looks like he's six foot eleventeen. If I was on that trail, my feet wouldn't be touch any of it lol
@@roberto3262 SPP. Short people problems. 5'9" here (175cm). I've tipped over at 0mph(or kmph for you non-Americans) more times than I can count. BTW dudes, picking up a 2022 Husqvarna FE350 next Saturday. Stoked!
@@SomeBlueKind LMAO! Yeah, I'm 5' 10" and I've had to pick my ass and bike up off the uneven ground on numerous occasions myself. You think it would finally sink in, but no.
Congrats on the new bike! I won't be getting a new one for a long time. Well hopefully I won't need one. I just bought a new 2020 Beta XTrainer last year. So I better be good for a long time.
Ride on. Stay safe ✌
Yep, long legs make a big difference, if I was short I'd be cutting my seat down and possibly doing suspension mods for this sort of riding. Mind you, in a coming vid you'll see Ben doing this section and he's much shorter than us but does the whole section way better than us.... but then he's a gold class hard enduro rider.
@@crosstrainingenduro Megs Braap has a bunch of videos on short rider techniques. Gotta love Megs. My wife likes all her vids too. She's taken a bunch of pointers from her.
If you haven't seen her stuff, you should check out her channel. 👍 (obviously not directed at you, Barry)
Funny thought for single track deep ruts: They normally come in pairs. Once a rut becomes so deep that it is un-ridable, people make another one. When the second one is deep also, and the track is ruined, one could do this: Put the front wheel into one and rear wheel across the other. The idea is that the rear wheel will stay on the top because it is crossing the rut. In the first gear the bike should start scrambling along asymmetrically at an angle. I can't wait to try it.
Good to see that you are motivated to not over work yourself.
Steep and rutted clay hills. My bane. Going down is not too bad; going up, my front wheel bounces and rides into the air.
That's exactly the stuff I say no to Barry, what ever my excuse is (I'm too lazy to old not brave enough ) actually that's most of them, I'm just ripping around the dirt road's on the drz like a lazy slow old man and loving every minute . You young blokes just blow me away! One thing for sure is I'll be going around the other way and when you legends get there I'll have the barby on and the band aid kit ready!
I suspect I'm rapidly heading your way Mark lol. Getting close to 60 now and I feel really beaten up after these rides. I'm enjoying the adventure rides on the DR650 more and more as there are way less aches and pains the next day.
About two weeks ago while waiting for my 250x cylinder head to return form the shop, I had nothing to do but watch others enjoy their bikes on TH-cam. It was then that I found your channel. I watched at least half of your videos in a matter of a couple days. Now that my bike is ready to ride again, I was able to go out and try all these new techniques that I have learned from you guys. Great videos and they definitely helped make me a better and more confident rider.
There's a simple way to fix your issue, Multiple bikes :)
Great to hear, Adam! Did the changes to the 250X make much difference?
I had my head built by Fastheads in Utah. While waiting on them I purchased and installed the Anthena 280 big bore kit and a hot cams stage 2 cam. These mods made a pretty big increase and performance. With the new mods and new riding techniques, I’m ready to do some ripping!
Strong work! I'm thinking I would find an alternate line or maybe even turn around.
There are around a dozen alternatives up this hill, John... although interestingly they are all tough in one way or another. Quite a few riders can't get up at all.
@@crosstrainingenduro it looks difficult on video which means it's harder in real life. Good job getting up and demonstrating sound technique in the process!
Excellent video as always!
Thanks Sal
Nice work, Barry!
Thanks Paul, it was a relief knowing I could ride that section better nowadays... mind you the last time was on a Beta RR480 which was a big pig to wrestle through.
@@crosstrainingenduro I'm hearing the lock-down is pretty rough on you folks down there?? Glad you can at least ride! Our POTUS here in USA announced some pretty crazy rules today 'vax or else!' Not what we're used to...
Good entraînement super vidéo 👍👍👍
awesome going to practice some of these now haha great vid
Love this much love from Indonesia
Salam dari Australia, Doni 😁
Goldwing adventure bikes and off-RoadKings do a much better job.
great video. believe it or not it is helpful but like someone else posted, long legs do the job...where can I get some?
Amazing pelvic thrusting @ 1:40. "Static Zap" .... call it whatever you want, mate - you're not fooling this yank.
Could be named more descriptively. "Power Thrust"?
It has been called the 'Inseminator'....
Taking delivery on an x-trainer soon. Can't wait!
Great bike, still enjoying mine! I eventually had the suspension revalved which made it a lot better at speed...although speed will never be its strong point lol.
@@crosstrainingenduro "speed will never be its strong point" Exactly the reason I'm interested in them. Slow is Fast
@@Jurgy777 How do you like your bike?
Why did you sold the rr480? It seems to have been an amazing bike when you had it.
I never actually owned it, Cedric. This TH-cam gig was paying so badly I couldn't afford to own a bike at that point and it was on permanent loan from a dealership that was supporting me. When I could afford it, I gave it back and bought a two stroke.
@@crosstrainingenduroWell that explain a few things
This is an inhumane treatment of the bike😁. Important question to me is: Assume you have 2.5 meter-long hands and are walking behind the bike. Would it be easier for the bike or the weight actually helps? I mean, from the bike only point of view., ignoring how hard it for the human.
The weight definitely helps, but only if you know when to 'deweight' as well. With the right air pressure, your body weight can double or even triple the contact patch for traction when you put extra weight on the pegs.
eyup bazza thats wot friends are for watching you struggle good to hear the back getting better . can you do any hendrix on ure guitar ;D or metallica ;D
Back's around 95% still, all good for about two hours then the ache sets in, no complaints! Never really got into Hendrix or Metallica for some reason, probably a bit more inclined to Knofler and Tool etc. 😊
@@crosstrainingenduro i must give them a listen ;D wot about black sabath ;D
LOVE Black Sabbath, ever since I was a teenager. And the riffs are so easy to work out. 😍
@@crosstrainingenduro so do i barry got their greatest hits their awesome ;D
on such steep rocky climbs I miss sometimes left hand rear brake :)
I'm still often tempted to get one... the Clake LHRB would be great for our sort of riding.
@@crosstrainingenduro and some wheelies stunts would be easier too :)
I didn’t think they were letting people go outside in Australia?
There must be a lot of dodgy news reports overseas, Warren... heaps of viewers are saying this. There are lockdowns in certain areas but the majority of us aren't in lockdown.
@@crosstrainingenduro strange that the news would sensationalize such things!! I have friends in Melbourne and they’ve pretty much had enough of the whole thing.
Barry, I only now see/realize how tall you are! 😅
I'm not complaining but I wouldn't mind being a bit shorter lol. I'd fit on bikes better.
I fall in the short category. I think I would have liked it better to be taller 😄 Bike-wise would have been easier for me.
Are you still running the Clake?
No
@@crosstrainingenduro thanks! any video about why you switched away?
Just see the pinned first comment on our vid about the Clake One Light Clutch, Chris. I always put any long-term comments there. 😊
@@crosstrainingenduro awesome thanks I normally watch on a TV so I didn't see that!
I'd be interested to see how an electric bike without a clutch can do any of this...🤨
I'll find out soon Glenn as a friend bought an electric trials bike...
@@crosstrainingenduro it may be a version with a clutch though Baz. Still fun to try. FYI we have a survey (the MCC of NSW Trailriders committee that is) on electric trail/enduro bikes going. Some interesting data coming out of that.
thumbs up
Probably helps to be 8' tall
It does! But in a few weeks we'll show Ben doing the same section and he's a short arse... but way better than us nowadays as he's been training to do gold class enduros.
Det Box.
first
love your vids btw, keep it up! :D
@@susiherold7371 Sorry I thought you were talking to yourself at first 😐
Congrats susi, studies have conclusively proven that those who make the first comment on a new video are usually very skilled riders too... I heard this on the internet. Cedric is just jealous. 😁
@@cedricboivin9422 ow, yes now i understand, the reason for this is that i didn't want to complicate my "first" with further information. so i just commented one more time underneath my own comment, like the boomer I am. my fault, sorry.
@@susiherold7371I think I am the one that should apologize for not thinking twice before writing.
And also because I am a Canadian 😉
How is this “fun” enduro riding?
If you aren't up for a challenge and always prefer the easier way, then it won't be fun for you. There's nothing wrong with a lazy approach to dirt riding and not wanting to learn to ride better... each to their own.
@@crosstrainingenduro its not that I don't want a challenge, but I prefer to ride my bike, not push it up a hill.
In that case it sounds as though you've found your version of fun, David... which is great. But in our group it's a focus on hard enduro and learning the techniques so we can ride through sections like this instead of push the bike. It's our version of fun. But you seem to be having trouble understanding why our group enjoys it so much?
@@crosstrainingenduro you are pushing your limits and the limits of your bike until you’re out of money or until you get hurt? I can see doing this to prepare for a hard enduro or on the day of, but pushing my bike up hills and over boulders all year long wouldn’t be “fun” for me. Not at 53.