Tips to help you conquer difficult skinnies on your MTB - Featuring Twisted Sister on Mt Penn
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- Learn the techniques and mindset to help you conquer difficult skinnies with your mountain bike. Check out the full episode from the Ride & Laugh MTB Podcast here: • MTB Skinnies - Learn t...
Dan and I took a ride to see all the new skinnies on a trail called Twisted Sister at Mt Penn in Reading PA. The difficulty level ranged from beginner to expert, including one that was over 30 ft long, 3 ft off the ground, with a high consequence teeter totter built in.
I’m fairly comfortable riding skinnies but Dan was less confident. This gave us a unique opportunity to talk about our approach and mindset when tackling these features. I also provide a few tips and tricks that I use when riding skinnies. If you have any additional tips please leave them in the comments below.
Huge shout out to Dane and Fred for building and maintaining these awesome features!
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Twisted Sister is labeled Green on Trailforks, however the skinnies range from easy to difficult, so proceed with caution when attempting them and use common sense.
www.trailforks.com/trails/twi...
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Footage notes: Most shots were taken at Mt Penn in Reading, Pennsylvania
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Table of Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Refine your MTB skills during the ride
2:29 Skinnies are a unique part of mountain biking
3:42 Tip 1: Lock in on the exit
6:07 Tetter totter skinny
8:39 The approach - Know your destination
11:01 Dan’s attempt at the teeter totter
12:42 Tip 2: Don’t focus on what you don’t want to happen
16:30 Tip 3: Drop your dropper
19:15 Tip 4: Feather your break to keep tension on your pedals - บันเทิง
The wife and I were just up there last week to admire all that fine work up on Twisted Sister. Awesome stuff 👍👍🇺🇸
Mt Penn is awesome right?!?! So grateful to have this as our local riding spot. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Love Antietam, Mt. Penn, Neversink and the Bird! The people @ BTW, BAMBA and those Berks Co. Lone MTB Trail Wolves (the trail blazers) out there make Berks an awesome collection of sick MTB rips.
Thanks for all you do Sage and inspiring us GenX’rs to get back on the bike 👍👊🇺🇸 🚲
Blue Marsh is awesome too!
@@MountaineerFPVYes!!! Excellent shout out! Those groups and the many individuals that go out and maintain these awesome trails deserve all the credit.
As for getting back on the bike, I love it! Thank you for those kind words. It's comments like this that keep me energized.
You guys are so good together! The conversations just flow so naturally, and you can see (and hear) your passion for the sport!
Thank you so much Steven. We truly enjoy each others company and share the same passion for the sport. Now if we can just get the rest of the world on board we will be all set, lol. We appreciate you tuning in. I have big hopes for the Ride and Laugh podcast.
Such great tips for the "dying art" of skinnies! This looks amazing! I love seeing builds like this in modern trails!
Thanks Brian, that means a lot coming from you. This episode on the RNL Podcast is my favorite so far. If you get a chance watch, or listen to it and let me know your thoughts. LMK when you want a tour of all this new stuff.
Great chat format idea. I could listen and talk about running and Mt. Biking all day.
Right?!?! Mountain biking and trail running is so much fun. Thanks for watching.
I never ride skinnies. There are no skinnies in Portugal, so I might build one in my backyard so you guys can see how bad am I at it.
Nice video Sage, thanks for sharing it.
Now that would be an awesome video Luis. Show yourself building and riding it. I think your fans in Portugal (and around the world) would like that. Thanks for watching brotha!
5:30 incredible save
OMG right?!?! It's a feature I've ridden before on the full sus, but that day I was on the fat bike and those big tires bounced me off line. So glad I got away with that one without injury, lol.
That’s another skill, ability to save or fall, I know you’ve discussed it, but I think it’s related to skinnies too, basically creating a precise steering vector outta nothing
@@brianhely3910 Spot on Brian!
Good stuff, boys!
Thank you Andy!
Great breakdown. Thanks.
Right on! Thanks for watching and commenting!
This was insightful! I hate skinnies for the most part, but when I commit to them, I find that I'm actually pretty capable and able to do most higher difficulty ones. I just feel the risk to reward doesn't quite add up for me, failing means anything from bent rotors, broken derailleur or worse LOL 😂. Sage I had no idea you're scared of heights... as a mountain biker?!
I totally understand that Zane. The risk/reward is a huge factor for sure. I find the high of accomplishing the difficult ones too great to pass up, lol. And yes, I'm deathly afraid of heights. I constantly force myself into situations I'm uncomfortable with because I hate being governed by my fears.
I think my biggest problem with skinnies is that I stay seated thinking I'll be more stable, but your case for standing is good and I should give that a go... I don't sit for a track stand so makes sense.
Love it Tom. If you try it let me know how it goes. If you feel too loose try feathering the back brake a little to apply a little tension.
Another little tip is to "drag your brakes" while on a skinny... Helps "stand the bike up" if that makes sense?
@@TrailTales Yes it does! Thanks Phil
Solid tip guys! I have to be careful with skinnies as pd affects my balance. Your tips will give me more confidence for the next one❤❤❤🇨🇦
I can only imagine the challenge. Thank you for the feedback Uzi.
Nice one lads... And you're right Sage... These kinds of "random" features (like skinnies) aren't as common as they should be. Mind you... A SOLID tech trail isn't as common as it should be either. So when people watch tech vids, they often times "miss" the difficulty of them (The "GoPro effect" doesn't do much to help this situation either)... But it is what it is I suppose... :D
Yes on both counts, good points Phil. Most new trails that are being constructed are machine built flow these days (which is awesome), but I wish builders would also consider old school tech as well.
@@TrailSage Yeah... That's where we're really lucky here. We have SO MUCH in the line of natural/Steep/Tech and very little "built"...
This is good...nice work ❤❤
Thank you so much Noel!