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Awesome! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! Confidence is such an important part of the sport. Take your time and build it back up. Crashes happen but as long as you don’t give up your confidence will be less fragile. Two steps forward, one step back sometimes.

Thanks!

Thanks so much and thanks for watching. Appreciate it!

That's a sweet bike. Have fun!

Appreciate the sub! If you start small and work your way up, you'll be amazed at how different your approach to big jumps will be. Big jumps and gaps are so much more fun when the "what if" doesn't cross your mind every second of the approach.

Ride your bike to have fun with no expectations. Spend as much time learning basic bike control. You'll feel it when you are ready to start jumping, and when you do, start very small, slow, and repeat and repeat and repeat. You'll build up confidence on the small stuff and know when it's time to move up to the bigger stuff.

Thanks for watchin'!

Thanks for watching! I get what you are saying. In my area, there are a ton of drops you have to pop to clear a gap or else you'll be in a world of hurt. I wanted to keep it simple for this one, Dropping 101. Perhaps in a future video I'll talk about drops you have to ride like a step down .Thanks again for watching and your comment!

​@@slantedground awesome :). Yeah makes sense, it's certainly a core skill that can make easier drops a non issue (kinda regardless of actual size of the feature). That would be cool, for some reason somewhere you'd think would be flat (it's not on the east side) Kansas/missiouri seems to build all of our drops almost as a stepdown (slight incline) and sketchy as anything. Head over to OZ land and it's like roller coasters lol. Anyway thx for the awesome videos.

Sweet. Thanks!

Thanks for watching. It’s a common issue. You got this.

What a great point! Awesome insight! Thanks!

Hey thanks! Great question. On a full sus, the quick answer = yes. For me, I do the exact same thing. My body motion doesn't cause me to nose dive (which would be a concern to flat), but I do slightly nose into both transitions and flat landings. I find that nosing in slightly keeps the bike from stalling as it can when both the front and rear suspension squash simultaneously in a "landing to flat" scenario. If riders start small, and spot their landings, their body very easily and automatically become aware of how to adjust to landing on various amounts of transition...or flat. However, if it were a massive drop to flat, I'd slow way down and consider a trials drop. Actually, I'd probably skip it.

@@slantedground Ok cool, I do the same thing. Matching the landing is so key for both scenarios.

When riding features, that and being too far back on the bike cause the most heartache.

The drop is great. It rides so nice I wish it were bigger, which is the ultimate praise for a drop. I hope they extend the first table following the drop because you're right, you have to brake, and then brake some more or you're going to flat. I find too that even when I land the first table on the sweet spot, I have to sprint on the pedals to get up to speed to clear the second one...which if you clear the speed is perfect for the rest.

If it's not going to be a long day on the bike and it's not super hot out, I wear Wrangler Slim Fit Straight Leg Jeans. I'm not sure the actual style name but it's a cotton/spandex mix which is stretchy. They come in all different colors. They'll stretch over pads just fine, are comfortable, inexpensive, and super durable. If it's going to be a longer day on the bike or it's super hot, I wear O'Neal Trailfinder Stealth pants. They are VERY light, breathable, and for riding pants, inexpensive. They have a tighter/not baggy fit which I prefer.

Yep, the Tyee V6. I ride it as a 29er with 170 up front. I came to the Tyee from a series of trail bikes...Commencal, Guerrilla Gravity, and most recent the Propain Hugene. The Hugene was very snappy in the turns which made singletrack a blast. It could handle any and every "enduro" I threw at it. However, the bike was so light that riding fast chunk, it was very "skittery" and danced around a lot...almost like riding a bucking bronco. I came to the Tyee hoping for more composure in fast tech. The tyee fixed that but to my surprise, the Tyee climbs better than the Hugene. It sounds crazy but climbing technical terrain, it's more planted and less likely to spin out. I've run the same tires for ages. It's not as snappy on tight singletrack, but it doesn't feel sluggish either. I think if I flipped it to MX, it would make it more agile. I also don't run light trail tires which too would make a huge difference. Finally, I think you can run a 160 up front, which would make it a little lighter and quicker on singletrack. I've found the Pro 10 suspension to be very progressive which allows riders to pump around the trail with great bike feedback. I would have no problem taking on a big, all day, pedal fest.

@slantedground thank you so much for the detailed answer! I really appreciate taking the time to give that insight. I was considering a bike I could run as MX for the fun factor but retain the full 29er for my XC rides. I tested out a Status at Birdsboro and liked the playfulness of the MX. I've heard really good things about the Pro10 platform and a progressive frame would serve me well as I'm a heavier rider. I run a coil on the Jeffsy so having the Tyee be coil compatible is really nice. And I enjoy tech climbs so I like hearing that it likes to climb! Again I really appreciate your insight and I think I'll definitely consider it compared to the Troy. I'm a year or two away from a new frame anyways.

Thanks! I've not watched his drop vids but I'll check them out.

IMO this approach is much better than Rich Drew's. I think Rich tries to squash everything. I had bad results with that! Great content!

Absolutely! If you carve into this, it'll help get it WAY more flat and whip it out a bit!

@@slantedground sick!

I would suggest pulling to the hip slightly rather than thinking about pushing away. The reason being is this muscle movement contracts your body more so into your center of gravity.

Thanks! Welcome. The ramp I have is called MTB Hopper Coach. The design has changed recently. They are very sturdy, light, and very portable, but they are also expensive. If portability and weight isn't a concern, I would suggest finding plans online to build a small ramp.

Thanks so much! The region offers a ton of great riding. The advocacy group MORE has a ton to do with that. Thanks for watchin! I appreciate it.

Thanks! I really have no grand expectations. I just try to provide something helpful and somewhat entertaining. If it helps one person, I consider it a successful video. Thanks again!

@@slantedgroundI have to agree with Denny. You are doing a lot of things right in this channel and keeping it real.

I rarely lift drops unless I'm coming in too slow and realize I have a gap to clear. In most instances, I stand high, then unweight sinking into the bike off the lip. That can look like I'm popping or pulling off the drop but really it's only body position changing. The arms are loose.

When approaching a jump, the anticipation of even the possibility of a dead sailor can really change how you ride a jump for the worse. It's a major roadblock physically and mentally. Overcoming it is all about starting small and and building up the timing and technique. I have a video planned in the near future that I think will fill your request. Thanks for watching! Appreciate it.

Huge thank you for this video. The slow-mo really unlocked what I need to do to correct my technique. Now have to relearn all the local jumps where I have relied on speed to clear them. Thanks, brother 👊🏼

It really depends on the circumstance. If you want to boost it to clear a gap, you need to push into the transition and really stand up/pop the lip. If it's all about speed and getting back to the ground as soon as possible, handling the force without popping but absorbing it is the way to go.

Thank you so much! Sometimes, it just take the right perspective to make things click and I'm happy to have helped. I love hearing about breakthroughs. Keep at it and before long, timing will be something that you don't even have to think about when approaching a jump. Thanks for watching!

Most importantly, you have to land on the backside transition. If you tag the top slightly with your rear wheel, it causes crazy chain slap. In addition, your arc has to match the jump well so you ever so slightly nose into the landing transition. I stay centralized on the bike when I land, so not only is my suspension absorbing the impact, but my legs do a lot of the work too. I sink low into the bike almost to the point where I'm sitting on the seat. For that matter, it sometimes looks like I'm landing seated. If you watch my preloading video "Learning to jump a mtb is easier....", you can see from the side views how I sink into the landing. Having a longer travel enduro bike helps too. Great question! I noted this as something to talk about in a future video. Appreciate your time!

Yo thanks! That means a lot!

@slantedground Thanks for taking the time to break down these skills. I've watched other channels, but you make everything straightforward and to the point. My riding has improved drastically.

Nope. No pulling on the bars. It's all about body position and the legs.

Oh nice! Shuttling is the way to do Skyline for sure.

@@slantedground id be happy to shuttle you up if I see you man! awesome video though im really pumped to try it out