How XC Pros Ride Rock Gardens (2020 Folsom Lake TBF MTB)

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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    // DATA
    • Rider: Nate Pearson
    • Race File: bit.ly/2WRYu8b
    • Weight: 188lbs (85.2kg)
    • Height: 6'6 (198cm)
    • FTP: 342
    • Duration: 2:03:37
    • NP: 279
    • AP: 230
    • Average Speed: 13.3 mph (21.4 kph)
    • Distance: 27.6 miles (44.4 km)
    • Race Category: Expert
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 100

  • @Headlessthirst
    @Headlessthirst 2 роки тому +4

    "Lay your focus on where you want to go... not where you're trying to avoid"
    YES to this. It is so good to hear another mountain biker describe this. I feel like I learned this after my third season of mountain biking, and I would say this mantra is what took me from beginner to intermediate!

  • @clubpjs1
    @clubpjs1 4 роки тому +51

    Please do more xc videos

  • @mikeowen000
    @mikeowen000 4 роки тому +20

    Love this kind of XC content! Thanks!

  • @ChlorophyllCrusher
    @ChlorophyllCrusher 4 роки тому +7

    I would return to mtb racing if we had courses like this in my region. Instead, lines are way more ‘micro’, between pointy rocks.... This looks super fun, so many lines to work with! Great video, gents!

    • @PhilAndersonOutside
      @PhilAndersonOutside 4 роки тому +1

      Same here. I'm from New England where there's almost no trails with flow like this, and almost every trail system has numerous rocky, rooty sections, with many trees with lines in and out of them.

  • @erickeahey242
    @erickeahey242 4 роки тому +4

    This is amazing! Great job all. Nate, I am jealous... having these guys pick apart your rides is going to really accelerate your learning!

  • @KP-ol3tc
    @KP-ol3tc Місяць тому

    4 years later and this rock garden is still a pain in the ass 😂😂😂

  • @toddbz
    @toddbz 4 роки тому +5

    At 8:20 that rock/root, instead of zig zagging around it, get your front end light (manual) over that rock straight on and you'll go into that next boulder with about 2mph more speed and it literally carries you right over it

  • @TheStussy32
    @TheStussy32 4 роки тому +1

    Ryan Alice Springs fella riding rocks since forever

  • @bradsanders6954
    @bradsanders6954 10 місяців тому

    All good stuff. I live in Chico, so we ride Bidwell Park a lot.
    Which is rocks on rocks with lava cap underneath, its a wonder land.

  • @georgehodder1787
    @georgehodder1787 2 роки тому

    Great video... I spent years cherry picking a race here or there, and just last year raced an 11 race series in Cat 2 and learned a lot mostly trial and error.
    Back at it this year in the series and a video like this is so helpful.
    I had a bit of a bad performance yesterday with a lot of dabs on a rocky course.. slick from rain and tire pressure a bit too high made for a tricky day.
    It was comforting to see Cat 1's dabbing and the pros mentioning running sections or 'flint-stoning' too... so now not beating myself up so bad for having a sub par performance.. I guess riding clean can be tough for everyone!

  • @RGCastro7
    @RGCastro7 3 роки тому +1

    This was excellent! I really enjoyed this content and I'd like to see lots more regarding MTB.
    Thanks, guys!

  • @devincook3278
    @devincook3278 4 роки тому +1

    I’m just getting into XC racing. This video is an awesome learning tool.

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      So glad we could help you on your journey! Keep it up :)

  • @MehmetSevil
    @MehmetSevil 4 роки тому +1

    Please keep the XC content coming. Maybe some gravel races too? Really fun and insightful content. Thanks!

  • @jrc0004
    @jrc0004 4 роки тому

    Did the 50 miler team ride there is 2013 at Folsom lake, we came in 3rd place. Hot and dry, and challenging course. Great video. I need to do it again and post better personal times.

  • @pk-production5134
    @pk-production5134 4 роки тому +19

    nice, i like those xc video´s :)

  • @topcat304
    @topcat304 4 роки тому +4

    Some pumping when available can help in tight spots (corners or dips)

  • @petef15
    @petef15 4 роки тому

    I think the key thing here is doing a track walk before and really thinking about where you want to carry speed. For example if you have a tight right followed by a tight left followed by a straight, you don't really care how much speed you carry out of the first corner, it's all about the exit of the second.
    Also general rule is obviously start wide, clip apex, exit wide. However in mountain biking there are often opportunities to cut corners or use supportive berms to ignore the corner.

  • @Whitehawkvisionfilms
    @Whitehawkvisionfilms 4 роки тому +1

    Super helpful!!! More detail thought process on technical terrain projects please!

  • @dustind9242
    @dustind9242 4 роки тому

    Excellent! Keep these coming. Also, another Keegan on board race video analysis from one of his races would be awesome.

  • @LexZolnir
    @LexZolnir 4 роки тому +1

    i dont race, but this was really helpful just for riding better, thx! some of these things i do (like i drop my dropper all the time to whip the bike around flat twisty sections at speed) so very validating as well.

  • @TheGreatZambeze
    @TheGreatZambeze 4 роки тому +1

    Love these so far. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

  • @nicolas.goumas
    @nicolas.goumas 4 роки тому

    This is extremely helpful because this is one for the venues for the NICA racing, can’t wait to use some of these lines.

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому +1

      It is!! This is the Granite Bay course :)

  • @andresmadariaga2126
    @andresmadariaga2126 4 роки тому +3

    The tyre should be something more toward speed XCO like Racing Ralph (lower and tighten knobs in the centre), that could help you on climbing rocks, and allows you more speed. This is the second video I fully watch, great advice!!! Keep doing it

  • @joserangel7726
    @joserangel7726 4 роки тому +1

    Sick video. Love all the tips you guys are giving out. You should do more of these for sure!!

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      So glad you liked this format! Thanks for watching :)

  • @claytonmarkin7863
    @claytonmarkin7863 4 роки тому +2

    These are my home trails. They run these races in the opposite direction than most of us ride them. It makes for a totally different ride, really cool perspective.

  • @ronggearrob9622
    @ronggearrob9622 4 роки тому +2

    XCellent video, thank you! Keep these tips coming.

  • @Parchment185
    @Parchment185 4 роки тому +2

    Love the XC videos! Keep doing more of them :)

  • @AdamClarkx1
    @AdamClarkx1 2 роки тому

    love the walk throughs like this

  • @petetydeman9836
    @petetydeman9836 4 роки тому

    These mtb xc analysis videos are the best

  • @Diego-nr9ze
    @Diego-nr9ze 4 роки тому +3

    Could you guys do an Xc bike setup video with the pros. Also nutrition/bottled for a race of this length

  • @alexpereira665
    @alexpereira665 4 роки тому

    Very cool video. i am a novice rider and these videos are very informative. Thanks!!!

  • @justsayin3600
    @justsayin3600 4 роки тому

    This is very different from anything I've seen so far on UA-cam. I'm subscribing. I look forward to see more content like this. It would be awesome to be able to draw lines vs. the arrows. Not sure how to do that though.

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      Thanks so much! Welcome to the channel :)

  • @markpalmer3071
    @markpalmer3071 4 роки тому

    Just watched three of these XC videos...and.,. subscribed

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      Thanks so much for watching! We'll keep the XC content coming :)

  • @petef15
    @petef15 4 роки тому +1

    around 15 min there appears to be a really wide left line. Not sure what the entry was like but looks like you could carry a lot more speed around there.

  • @EDMLuigiRS
    @EDMLuigiRS 4 роки тому

    Love these coaching XC videos keep them coming please!

  • @CHIEFSFAN1969
    @CHIEFSFAN1969 2 роки тому

    This is fantastic! Thanks!

  • @mi-xc
    @mi-xc 4 роки тому +1

    Great video, love the MTB content!!!

  • @carlangashell666
    @carlangashell666 4 роки тому +2

    forget the dopper!!! it turns more complicated on races, more things to deal with 👌😉

  • @3dflyer87
    @3dflyer87 4 роки тому

    Wow, this video is insanely helpful! Thanks guys!

  • @sdhaskell
    @sdhaskell 4 роки тому

    great vid, really helps reinforce the pre race recon (if you can).

  • @rockettt7
    @rockettt7 4 роки тому

    Awesome education - thanks!

  • @HarryKuloh
    @HarryKuloh 4 роки тому +1

    Where is the rock garden?
    Couldn't find one, even in the part where you refered to it as a rock garden

    • @EDMLuigiRS
      @EDMLuigiRS 4 роки тому

      Obviously you don't know what's a Rock Garden...

  • @carsonboehme8315
    @carsonboehme8315 4 роки тому +1

    More Keegan!!!!

  • @nyreppin1
    @nyreppin1 3 роки тому

    This content is gold!

  • @blocheadz
    @blocheadz 4 роки тому +2

    I thought Jonathan wasn't going to talk!!!! We love you but let 'dem pros go!

    • @joeypurple7
      @joeypurple7 4 роки тому

      Jonathan always has so much to say! He doesn't really waste words either

  • @B-RADRIDES
    @B-RADRIDES 4 роки тому +3

    I thought we were going to see pros ride. This appears to be a cat 3 rider

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому +1

      Nate is an amateur rider, but the commentators are pro level riders critiquing his choices and giving advice on how he could improve :)

    • @bigwigvideos
      @bigwigvideos 4 роки тому

      @@TrainerRoad it'd be cool to see if Jonathon and Nate rode the same race see side by side of what Nate did wrong and Jonathon did right

  • @ucdengboss
    @ucdengboss 4 роки тому

    I gave a thumbs up. Great video. Only comment is that I would like to know how you finished?

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      Nate took 35th in the Pro/Expert category :)

  • @Brandon-gy6rt
    @Brandon-gy6rt 4 роки тому +1

    How can you be faster and smoother when coming into turns when this is your first time riding the turn. also (tight turns)

  • @george07448
    @george07448 4 роки тому

    Great advices, very good video

  • @juliusbartolome9882
    @juliusbartolome9882 2 роки тому

    Great video. Just wandering, what is the size of your chainring?

  • @94CSPmiata
    @94CSPmiata 4 роки тому

    Keep these coming!

  • @Amraam23
    @Amraam23 4 роки тому

    OK, I have watched it all and have some follow ups ;) why did You run so big nobs tires when terrain looks to be dry and hard as well. 2nd is This type of analyze is fun to watch but very hard to apply in real life. You would have to run the course several times to know all the best lines, don't You think?

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому +1

      With experience, you start to identify the best lines more easily so that it becomes instinct rather than concentrated thought. By understanding the pricipals, you can take that knowledge and apply them to your home trails.

  • @mackydee9257
    @mackydee9257 4 роки тому

    love the tips

  • @flyingpig3674
    @flyingpig3674 4 роки тому +1

    More of these lines analysis

  • @bigwigvideos
    @bigwigvideos 4 роки тому

    You should do these videos but with someone that's actually skilled/fast

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      If you haven't seen these already, we have a few videos of Jonathan racing EWS with advice from Richie Rude! You can check them out here:
      ua-cam.com/play/PLrKJ0zeMQrI7Lj7l2RfNJIic1V5KTrzpH.html

  • @shingnosis
    @shingnosis 3 роки тому

    Maybe rotate in some gnarly enduro and DH training, the more roots and rocks the better. After a few months of that anything in this video will feel like a stroll in the park and you'll be faster and better at reading situations too I bet.

  • @paul_hd1875
    @paul_hd1875 4 роки тому

    Granite Bay🤘

  • @simonfarr8670
    @simonfarr8670 4 роки тому

    just another reason to train on a singlespeed- full bore into pinches, in the wrong gear. a season on SS and you won’t choke this badly

  • @SmolSnake
    @SmolSnake 4 роки тому +1

    That dude off the bike blocking the race line tho 😑

  • @beshock3654
    @beshock3654 4 роки тому

    Yeaaa

  • @davidschuster2828
    @davidschuster2828 4 роки тому

    For XC racing when is the beat time to break from the lead group?

  • @jiou876
    @jiou876 4 роки тому

    What tires are you using on this? Is that CST rockhawk?

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому

      Nate's running the Schwalbe Nobby Nic/Rocket Ron combo

  • @Paulklampeeps
    @Paulklampeeps 4 роки тому

    Just asking how long is the stem and handlebar?

  • @Joecycles
    @Joecycles 4 роки тому

    What bike is Nate on

  • @davetri3
    @davetri3 3 роки тому

    More MTB videos.

  • @josiahhorning2813
    @josiahhorning2813 2 роки тому

    Thousandth like

  • @jonasgamborg3091
    @jonasgamborg3091 7 місяців тому

    not seeing a single xc pro here

  • @ianjohnstone1061
    @ianjohnstone1061 4 роки тому

    Hair 2day - Hair 2moro..

  • @killoflen
    @killoflen 4 роки тому

    that guy sounds like Elon Musk

  • @JasonLiske
    @JasonLiske 4 роки тому

    TBF is not a ‘pro’ race.

    • @TrainerRoad
      @TrainerRoad  4 роки тому +1

      Keegan and Ryan are Pros, they are the ones commenting. Keegan Swenson is the US Pro National champ in XC.

    • @JasonLiske
      @JasonLiske 4 роки тому

      TrainerRoad ok saved by a hair 🤣

    • @JasonLiske
      @JasonLiske 4 роки тому

      TrainerRoad @Nate hope you had a good race out there. Lots of Reno peeps. Perfect day out 👌🏼

  • @HooxNZ
    @HooxNZ 4 роки тому

    I think this is pointless, unless you're there you can't relate