Hey Jeff, I just wanted to say that you are such an underrated channel! Almost 70k subs and before you know it, you will have 700k subs. This channel is growing so fast due to your hard work, dedication and sheer video quality.
Wow, thanks! I am in no hurry to grow to a big number, as that would make a lot of things much harder than they are now. I'd rather the slow, steady, and consistent growth. Hopefully things continue!
Hey Jeff. You probably won't remember me but we both competed in those trials events back in the day. I eventually went on to take over running the North American Trials Series and have been doing so ever since. I'm also the guy who built and directed the trials comp with Kenny at Bentonville last summer. We're doing it again this coming June. Anyway, thanks for spotlighting trials on your channel and helping to make more people aware of it. If you can make it to Bentonville in June, please seek me out to say hello. All the best.
Hahaha there ya go! Just set some goals ("I want to eventually make it over THAT rock!") and then use some smaller goals to get your way there! Have fun, Sherp!
Wow nice to see LMNT sponsor a MTB'er! Been a big fan of one of their founders for over a decade and good to see them branching out to different sports. I'll be sure to use your link for my next order!
I watched this video and was able to jump up 16 stairs backwards on my bike 5 minutes later. Then woke up and realized it was just my spacebar making imprint on my head as I was sleeping lol! this guy always makes such neat videos! Nice job man!
I'm not great at trackstanding, but just being able to balance for 1-2 seconds can make a huge difference on the trail. I find it super helpful to jump on the bike when on really steep or uneven terrain (allowing you to get your feet on the pedals before you go). I totally need to learn how to pivot, that would help a ton on really tight trails. After watching the trail boss videos on the punch, it's one of my favorite moves. It's like cheating a bunny hop or gaining a little more height. I find you want to hit the obstacle at the bottom 1/3 or 1/4 point on your tire. It's like a bigger version of hitting a root or a rock as kicker on a trail.
Great feedback, thanks Nate! I find that the lower the punch target, the more you'll need to "bunnyhop". When I'm doing stuff handlebar height or higher, I try to go as high as I can with the target. The other day I got up a shoulder sized boulder doing this- front tire was hitting it around chest height.
@@JeffKendallWeed Yeah, definitely. The taller the obstacle the higher you have to raise the front wheel. My comment is more where the front wheel contacts the obstacle. If you hit at 50% of your wheel diameter (the front), you wouldn't get any lift, so somewhere between that and the bottom would be where you get the best amount of lift to push the bike upward. For my skill level punching stuff that's like maybe knee height is a really sweet spot for practicing out on the trail.
You are spot on with contacting the tire below the 50% mark. Heck, I'd say below the 15% mark is better- you need to be lifting the front wheel and then pushing it into the face of the obstacle. I usually get the bike steep enough so that it's between 0 and 15% when it makes contact. Any more than that and it's becoming a bump jump!
Thanks for the awesome content and amazing educational videos. Everytime I watch one of your videos I'm super excited to get out and ride incorporating many of the techniques you provide.
Thanks Jeff for the free sample pack with fees for shipping, subscribed and listened to your recommendation of watermelon and can't wait for it to come 😀
I love the chocolate element. Crazy how much it helps. My job is super physical and after trying this electrolyte mixture I found that my exhaustion headaches went away. I can’t imagine going through a work week with our it. Thanks for turning me into this product Jeff.
Definitely gotta work on some of the trials skills! I could hop on front and back wheels on my old bmx bike for a long time!...but the suspension is a game changer for the hopping. Track stands are fairly easy...but the rest of these things are my weaknesses.
Nice clips of the waterfall on National 😏… spotted that sucker from a mile away & I’m from MN! First time I rode (walked up it) I thought there is no way anybody could ride up this!! Kuddos! Encourages me!
Hahaha you're eagle eyed there Grant! Last week I posted a video about clipless vs flats and if clips are cheating... That video focuses on the waterfall!
Great info Jeff, you ever thought of doing a walk through of your trials bike, curious about it, I had one in the 90's that was built out of a Cannondale beast of the east, been wanting to build another one for a while now just haven't found the right frame as of yet, and you are not wrong on using these skills for mtn biking, sole reason I got into trials back in the day, learned to track stand from my roadie days prior, keep up the great work!
Thanks TM! Hahaha that Cannondale was a freeride hartdail, right? I'm on an Inspired Hex 26" I got back in 2017. Stock besides a "real" seat, some tubless WTB 26" Vigi tough high grips, WTB 35mm rims, and some grips. I don't ride it as much as I should, but it's fun to jib on it every few weeks. Maybe I'll do a UA-cam live and do a bike check with it one day!
@@JeffKendallWeed i suppose you could call it that, it had the highest bottom bracket clearance available so it was the perfect platform to start out on, Libor loved my version when he saw it at cactus cup years ago
So SO good Jeff 🙌 Gets me real excited to work on these skills! Haven't had time yet to go through your Patreon content, do you have more of these kind of videos there? Also wondering, if you were to choose between practising these skills on a 29" full squish (160/140mm) or a 26" size L dirtjumper (pretty high stack height and hydraulic brakes front and rear), which one would you choose?
Ha I just put a comment in your recent patreon video suggesting a trials for trails video. And here it is (or was already)! Thanks and sorry for a redundant request.
😂 all good miles! I had actually saved your comment to my to-do list! If ’m repeating a topic, it’s no prob; as the newer version is basically guaranteed to be better than the older one!
Great video Jeff! Glad to see LMNT sponsoring you. Semi related question; with BB's getting super low, I find pedaling, ratcheting and even trying to hop and punch through really rocky sections to be increasingly difficult. Compressing the suspension, even with pedals flat, will sometimes cause them to catch or hang up. You have a minimum BB height you try to stay at or above, to ensure a bike is capable of this kind of climbing? I know both the Ripmo AF and Altitude are on the lower side, and you seem to like them....?
Great video, thanks... I think you mentioned in another video that riding clipless probably helps with these skills Vs flats? Any tips for those riding with flats?
Well, I'd say just go back and forth between the two. You'll learn more solid fundamentals with flats, but there are times when it's frustrating because things can be so tricky. Once you get frustrated, experiment with clips so you can have some successes, but then go back to flats to keep learning.
Do you have to change your technique when you bounce back and forth from flats and clipless? I ride flats but have started climbing some more technical stuff than I'm used to and I'm finding my feet getting bumped off the bike and wondering if I should use clipless. I really like flats but perhaps learning with clipless too can help my flat technique in the future also. love the way you ride man it gets me stoked watching your videos.
Jeff, you briefly touched on the gearing aspect in the pedal kick section but didn't really mention it in the others. Is there an optimal gear choice or range in which to have the bike for dialing in those skills and putting them to use on the trail?
definetly want a decent bit of resistance for trackstanding, a higher gear allows you to have someting to push against, but u should still be able to pedal off in that gear, otherwise, whats the point?
I did one, but after going back to stock levers, realized The loss of comfort and control with the Flo levers wasn’t worth the strength improvement. I now carry a spare xt lever blade in my backpack.
Hey Ray, that's a great question, thanks! I do NOT change my set up specifically for trials practice. It's pretty important to me to do most of my riding with my normal trail set up, as trail riding is my main focus. Once in a while I will cheat and "bike dope", but only when a particular feature is super tricky and I'm also trying to film it. Examples would be the bottom out climb in sedona- I let out a few PSI in my rear tire for that.
Set a specific goal. For me, that was done with a "bunnyhop machine", which is just a stand that holds a PVC pipe. Its much easier clearing a specific goal. Then practice it for 10 minutes every day for a month- and you WILL see some improvement!
I noticed this a lot in mountain biking the ability to weight shift is quite important. I have this one issue to see if anyone could help. I'm 14 and just hitting my growth spurt, as a result my legs are quite a bit longer than my torso. Also with the lack of upper body muscle I have a hard time getting my weight back for some instances like trying to manual i can't get my weight past the rear axel even with my seat dropped. Is their anything I can do?
Hey Minh thanks for the note and thanks for watching! First thing, I'd highly recommend doing some significant core exercises. While you're growing and potentially a little unbalanced (or just not accustomed yet to your new body) those core muscles will be critical. They will also go a long way towards keeping your back healthy. Beyond intentional, consistent practice, I'd recommend cross training. Try some BMX as well.
Yeah that's not a particularly hard move for an experienced trials rider. Compare that to the true trials riding of Danny MacAskill and you'll get an idea of how Im not a trials master!
You can actually improve your own balance massively! For me, my balance improved when I started consistently doing just 1 yoga class a week. Eventually I upped it to 2 classes, and that was a massive help. But really, the secret sauce is consistently 1x power/flow vinyasa yoga class a week. When I get my act together and incorporate trail running, my balance continues to improve. The best I've ever felt on the bike was the least I was consistently riding. I was riding 2-3 days a week at most, and instead doing 2 yoga days, 3 running days, lifting weights pretty heavy, and bike commuting 6 miles every single day.
@@JeffKendallWeed yeah, i've tried for years, doing all that stuff except yoga. My balance never improved much. I'm old now and it gets worse every year, even though I continue to workout consistently. I won't give up, but you are dealt a set of cards and can only improve so much. Love your vids. Feel like if I could pick someone to ride like, it would be you. And maybe Danny Mac.
I all seriousness, great info. I think for me (and maybe lots of ppl) its about finding ways to practice these things safely. A grassy park/backyard can go a long way I'm sure.(hard to come by in the desert!) Another move I might suggest a video on is helping riders to learn to use their brakes when climbing techincal terrain...I think there are a surpising amount of riders that don't do this on things like tight switchbacks as it seems counterintuitive to use brakes when going uphill, but it helps so much with balance.
Thanks Greg, the brake modulation comes from consistent trials practice like this, as well as from some actual braking drills. I did do a while video on that a while back. It's a tutorial vid but I'll share it anyhow: ua-cam.com/video/P9U5IDmtHME/v-deo.html
Sugar is most assuredly not your friend, but it is an aid for endurance beyond, say, 1.5-2 hours of effort. Below that, for shorter duration stuff; it's not adding any benefit and is just empty calories. For those sessions, or hitting the weights, Yoga (as J K-W suggested), etc... your body needs more salts, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and water. Our bodies are just big batteries and batteries need electrolyte to stay at peak performance. Sugar is not an electrolyte...
lol 6 years old with training wheels on a girls cruiser. First MTB was ~10 years old. But doing Yoga in 2011 at ~26 was what improved my balance and skills the most.
Thanks for the feedback! 99% of the time I have UA-cam automatically place the ads, and most feedback from folks is that it's rarely too intrusive. FYI I do use Ad Block, a Chrome extension, though I don't know how well this works as I do still see ads on other UA-cam videos. From what I can tell, when a video is chock full of ads, it's often the creator (or their multi channel network) adding a ton of ads beyond what UA-cam would recommend. Over the years, I've been more focused on building a more hard core, relevant following (rather than big numbers), so each viewer is still pretty critical to my needs. That's why I haven't added more ads manually. But if you keep seeing tons and tons, please do let me know!
Thanks to LMNT for sponsoring this video. To get your sample pack, go to DrinkLMNT.com/Jeff
Hey Jeff, I just wanted to say that you are such an underrated channel! Almost 70k subs and before you know it, you will have 700k subs. This channel is growing so fast due to your hard work, dedication and sheer video quality.
Wow, thanks! I am in no hurry to grow to a big number, as that would make a lot of things much harder than they are now. I'd rather the slow, steady, and consistent growth. Hopefully things continue!
@@JeffKendallWeed No problem man, I love your videos, definitely the most educational and interesting mtb channel on the platform.
Thanks! I wish I could do videos as good as FortNine, but he's gnarly good!!!
Hey Jeff. You probably won't remember me but we both competed in those trials events back in the day. I eventually went on to take over running the North American Trials Series and have been doing so ever since. I'm also the guy who built and directed the trials comp with Kenny at Bentonville last summer. We're doing it again this coming June. Anyway, thanks for spotlighting trials on your channel and helping to make more people aware of it. If you can make it to Bentonville in June, please seek me out to say hello. All the best.
Watching you ride a bike is like watching a classical violinist, just so smooth, but also fast.
I'd love a video with Jeff Kendall-Weed and Jeff Lenosky doing trials and hard trails. That would be great 😁
Local libraries and neighbors all over the world are all gonna come here to like & sub to Jeff, THAT'S for SURE.
I received my LMNT pack last week and will be using it this weekend for Global Fat Bike Day long ride this Saturday. Thanks!
Right on Jeff, have a great ride!
Seriously one of my favorite channels!
The parking lots and my chain ring bash guard are getting SHREDDED this winter. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hahaha there ya go! Just set some goals ("I want to eventually make it over THAT rock!") and then use some smaller goals to get your way there! Have fun, Sherp!
Phenomenal riding skills, love the entertainment value of watching you ride man, the tips and tricks are a bonus!
Thanks man! I appreciate that!
I totally agree Jeff, all riders should know trials basics, i started in the late 80's riding the shore and valley and you had to learn these.
Wow nice to see LMNT sponsor a MTB'er! Been a big fan of one of their founders for over a decade and good to see them branching out to different sports. I'll be sure to use your link for my next order!
Thank you Diego!
Thanks for the link Jeff! The LMNT electrolytes sample pack saved me during a fairly recent bike trip to Southern Utah.
I watched this video and was able to jump up 16 stairs backwards on my bike 5 minutes later. Then woke up and realized it was just my spacebar making imprint on my head as I was sleeping lol! this guy always makes such neat videos! Nice job man!
hope this will be recommended for many people as it was for me so ur awesome channel can grow into something big
Thanks Nil!
I'm not great at trackstanding, but just being able to balance for 1-2 seconds can make a huge difference on the trail. I find it super helpful to jump on the bike when on really steep or uneven terrain (allowing you to get your feet on the pedals before you go). I totally need to learn how to pivot, that would help a ton on really tight trails. After watching the trail boss videos on the punch, it's one of my favorite moves. It's like cheating a bunny hop or gaining a little more height. I find you want to hit the obstacle at the bottom 1/3 or 1/4 point on your tire. It's like a bigger version of hitting a root or a rock as kicker on a trail.
Great feedback, thanks Nate! I find that the lower the punch target, the more you'll need to "bunnyhop". When I'm doing stuff handlebar height or higher, I try to go as high as I can with the target. The other day I got up a shoulder sized boulder doing this- front tire was hitting it around chest height.
@@JeffKendallWeed Yeah, definitely. The taller the obstacle the higher you have to raise the front wheel. My comment is more where the front wheel contacts the obstacle. If you hit at 50% of your wheel diameter (the front), you wouldn't get any lift, so somewhere between that and the bottom would be where you get the best amount of lift to push the bike upward.
For my skill level punching stuff that's like maybe knee height is a really sweet spot for practicing out on the trail.
You are spot on with contacting the tire below the 50% mark. Heck, I'd say below the 15% mark is better- you need to be lifting the front wheel and then pushing it into the face of the obstacle. I usually get the bike steep enough so that it's between 0 and 15% when it makes contact. Any more than that and it's becoming a bump jump!
Thanks for the awesome content and amazing educational videos. Everytime I watch one of your videos I'm super excited to get out and ride incorporating many of the techniques you provide.
Thanks Jeff for the free sample pack with fees for shipping, subscribed and listened to your recommendation of watermelon and can't wait for it to come 😀
One of the best videos so far. Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow, thanks!
Who’s this Smurf trying sell us his koolaid? Great video Jeff 😘
i needed to learn something like this for awhile
Do it! Just dedicate some time every day to chipping away at it!
I love the chocolate element. Crazy how much it helps. My job is super physical and after trying this electrolyte mixture I found that my exhaustion headaches went away. I can’t imagine going through a work week with our it.
Thanks for turning me into this product Jeff.
Glad you are enjoying it, Ian! I like the spicy ones on long rides in the frigid rain up here!!!
Another helpful video 🙌 thanks Jeff
SO helpful! Thank you Jeff!
Impressive skills, Jeff. I knew you could shred BMX style, but I didn't know you had so much style almost standing still.
You have crazy skillz!
Definitely gotta work on some of the trials skills! I could hop on front and back wheels on my old bmx bike for a long time!...but the suspension is a game changer for the hopping. Track stands are fairly easy...but the rest of these things are my weaknesses.
Excellent video!
Killer video thank you love the channel.
Thanks for tip, Jeff. I feel track balancing is one of the most important skills. Track balancing will be my first skill to learn following the pivot.
Thanks for that ! your riding style is exactly what i'm training for !
I ride a commencal meta ht am
Thanks Dominik, and nice bike!
This is such a great / helpful video, thank you!
Nice clips of the waterfall on National 😏… spotted that sucker from a mile away & I’m from MN! First time I rode (walked up it) I thought there is no way anybody could ride up this!! Kuddos! Encourages me!
Hahaha you're eagle eyed there Grant! Last week I posted a video about clipless vs flats and if clips are cheating... That video focuses on the waterfall!
@@JeffKendallWeed that is awesome, gona have to go check that vid out! Keep shreddin!
Great info Jeff, you ever thought of doing a walk through of your trials bike, curious about it, I had one in the 90's that was built out of a Cannondale beast of the east, been wanting to build another one for a while now just haven't found the right frame as of yet, and you are not wrong on using these skills for mtn biking, sole reason I got into trials back in the day, learned to track stand from my roadie days prior, keep up the great work!
Thanks TM! Hahaha that Cannondale was a freeride hartdail, right? I'm on an Inspired Hex 26" I got back in 2017. Stock besides a "real" seat, some tubless WTB 26" Vigi tough high grips, WTB 35mm rims, and some grips. I don't ride it as much as I should, but it's fun to jib on it every few weeks. Maybe I'll do a UA-cam live and do a bike check with it one day!
@@JeffKendallWeed i suppose you could call it that, it had the highest bottom bracket clearance available so it was the perfect platform to start out on, Libor loved my version when he saw it at cactus cup years ago
Libor Karaz? The Czech (I think..) trials guy who rode for Cannondale? I remember that Libor from the first Chainsmoke movie!
So SO good Jeff 🙌 Gets me real excited to work on these skills! Haven't had time yet to go through your Patreon content, do you have more of these kind of videos there?
Also wondering, if you were to choose between practising these skills on a 29" full squish (160/140mm) or a 26" size L dirtjumper (pretty high stack height and hydraulic brakes front and rear), which one would you choose?
ideal video ❤ thanks
I was born with the ungraceful pedaling gene, so I can totally nail that!
Ha I just put a comment in your recent patreon video suggesting a trials for trails video. And here it is (or was already)! Thanks and sorry for a redundant request.
And it’s an awesome version of a theme as usual!
😂 all good miles! I had actually saved your comment to my to-do list! If ’m repeating a topic, it’s no prob; as the newer version is basically guaranteed to be better than the older one!
@@JeffKendallWeed sweet can’t wait to see it! I am finally seeing the importance of learning basic trials skills.
Good stuff Jeff 💪
Thank you!
Great video Jeff! Glad to see LMNT sponsoring you. Semi related question; with BB's getting super low, I find pedaling, ratcheting and even trying to hop and punch through really rocky sections to be increasingly difficult. Compressing the suspension, even with pedals flat, will sometimes cause them to catch or hang up. You have a minimum BB height you try to stay at or above, to ensure a bike is capable of this kind of climbing? I know both the Ripmo AF and Altitude are on the lower side, and you seem to like them....?
Would it not be better to do mtn trials with a hard tail, like for having more balance on the back wheel?
You deserve waaay more subs. Always great content, keep up the good work!
Can these drills be done with a hardtail MTB? Thanks a lot!
Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #KeepBiking
Great video, thanks... I think you mentioned in another video that riding clipless probably helps with these skills Vs flats? Any tips for those riding with flats?
Well, I'd say just go back and forth between the two. You'll learn more solid fundamentals with flats, but there are times when it's frustrating because things can be so tricky. Once you get frustrated, experiment with clips so you can have some successes, but then go back to flats to keep learning.
Do you have to change your technique when you bounce back and forth from flats and clipless? I ride flats but have started climbing some more technical stuff than I'm used to and I'm finding my feet getting bumped off the bike and wondering if I should use clipless. I really like flats but perhaps learning with clipless too can help my flat technique in the future also. love the way you ride man it gets me stoked watching your videos.
Jeff, or anyone for that matter, are you wearing clip-ins? If so, does this make this sort of maneuvers easier?
Hey Jeff what are those black and blue shoes?
Jeff, you briefly touched on the gearing aspect in the pedal kick section but didn't really mention it in the others. Is there an optimal gear choice or range in which to have the bike for dialing in those skills and putting them to use on the trail?
definetly want a decent bit of resistance for trackstanding, a higher gear allows you to have someting to push against, but u should still be able to pedal off in that gear, otherwise, whats the point?
Hey Jeff are you going to do a review on the FLO levers?
I did one, but after going back to stock levers, realized The loss of comfort and control with the Flo levers wasn’t worth the strength improvement. I now carry a spare xt lever blade in my backpack.
Nice thanks for the quick follow up. I appreciate your videos and detail reviews.
Would you recommend gravel or grass for practice? Trying to preserve my priceless MTB tires 😁
I'd say dirt is best, then asphalt. Grass can be too slippery, but it's WAY better to fall on!
2:40 remember rob warner's trials videos?
No! I almost never watch MTB on you tube, but I need to visit his channel and watch that!
@@JeffKendallWeed ua-cam.com/video/fLbvohMHpG4/v-deo.html
he's also done some moto trials on his own channel more recently
I’ve been riding for 34yrs and still can’t figure out a track stand. And I have pretty great balance for a guy in my late 30s.
Hi Jeff, great video. Do you run stiffer rear suspension when riding like this? I’d go through a lot more travel if starting the 30% SAG
Hey Ray, that's a great question, thanks! I do NOT change my set up specifically for trials practice. It's pretty important to me to do most of my riding with my normal trail set up, as trail riding is my main focus. Once in a while I will cheat and "bike dope", but only when a particular feature is super tricky and I'm also trying to film it. Examples would be the bottom out climb in sedona- I let out a few PSI in my rear tire for that.
@@JeffKendallWeed is it easier to pull off trials moves with the suspension locked out though? Thanks!
Is pedal kick technique different on a high pivot mtb?( since it reduce the passive kick back, might also delete the active kick?)
A pedal kick can be done a hardtail, it has nothing to do with suspension, you are just using the pedals to gain forward momentum in your hop.
Been practicing bunnyhops for a while now still can't get it though
Set a specific goal. For me, that was done with a "bunnyhop machine", which is just a stand that holds a PVC pipe. Its much easier clearing a specific goal. Then practice it for 10 minutes every day for a month- and you WILL see some improvement!
Good stuff, but bruh, I wish I had the energy for that stuff while riding.
Can you do these with a hard tail?
Totally- they are easier without much suspension.
I noticed this a lot in mountain biking the ability to weight shift is quite important. I have this one issue to see if anyone could help. I'm 14 and just hitting my growth spurt, as a result my legs are quite a bit longer than my torso. Also with the lack of upper body muscle I have a hard time getting my weight back for some instances like trying to manual i can't get my weight past the rear axel even with my seat dropped. Is their anything I can do?
Hey Minh thanks for the note and thanks for watching! First thing, I'd highly recommend doing some significant core exercises. While you're growing and potentially a little unbalanced (or just not accustomed yet to your new body) those core muscles will be critical. They will also go a long way towards keeping your back healthy. Beyond intentional, consistent practice, I'd recommend cross training. Try some BMX as well.
@@JeffKendallWeed thanks so much for the help! What core exercises would you recommend? I enjoy your content so much, keep it up.
"I'm no trials master" - proceeds to hop up entire staircase and rock garden on just the rear wheel
Yeah that's not a particularly hard move for an experienced trials rider. Compare that to the true trials riding of Danny MacAskill and you'll get an idea of how Im not a trials master!
Jeff, you forgot one element that helps immensely. It's called natural balance, of which I have none
You can actually improve your own balance massively! For me, my balance improved when I started consistently doing just 1 yoga class a week. Eventually I upped it to 2 classes, and that was a massive help. But really, the secret sauce is consistently 1x power/flow vinyasa yoga class a week. When I get my act together and incorporate trail running, my balance continues to improve. The best I've ever felt on the bike was the least I was consistently riding. I was riding 2-3 days a week at most, and instead doing 2 yoga days, 3 running days, lifting weights pretty heavy, and bike commuting 6 miles every single day.
@@JeffKendallWeed yeah, i've tried for years, doing all that stuff except yoga. My balance never improved much. I'm old now and it gets worse every year, even though I continue to workout consistently. I won't give up, but you are dealt a set of cards and can only improve so much. Love your vids. Feel like if I could pick someone to ride like, it would be you. And maybe Danny Mac.
my neighbors didnt like me climbing on their retaining wall. now I have a restraining order against me =(
Does the order say no cycling? Haha!!!
Now your just showing off
ok
I all seriousness, great info. I think for me (and maybe lots of ppl) its about finding ways to practice these things safely. A grassy park/backyard can go a long way I'm sure.(hard to come by in the desert!)
Another move I might suggest a video on is helping riders to learn to use their brakes when climbing techincal terrain...I think there are a surpising amount of riders that don't do this on things like tight switchbacks as it seems counterintuitive to use brakes when going uphill, but it helps so much with balance.
Thanks Greg, the brake modulation comes from consistent trials practice like this, as well as from some actual braking drills. I did do a while video on that a while back. It's a tutorial vid but I'll share it anyhow: ua-cam.com/video/P9U5IDmtHME/v-deo.html
i don't understand the sugar phobia with the sugarless drink mixers , you're out riding your bike, sugar is your friend
Sugar is most assuredly not your friend, but it is an aid for endurance beyond, say, 1.5-2 hours of effort. Below that, for shorter duration stuff; it's not adding any benefit and is just empty calories. For those sessions, or hitting the weights, Yoga (as J K-W suggested), etc... your body needs more salts, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and water. Our bodies are just big batteries and batteries need electrolyte to stay at peak performance. Sugar is not an electrolyte...
you just need the face paint and you're in bluemangroup
Mtb riders these days know about Dabs but it doesn't involve a bike.
Step 1. Start mtb at 6 years old.
lol 6 years old with training wheels on a girls cruiser. First MTB was ~10 years old. But doing Yoga in 2011 at ~26 was what improved my balance and skills the most.
Bruh I got 2 unskippable 30 second adds before I could watch it
Thanks for the feedback! 99% of the time I have UA-cam automatically place the ads, and most feedback from folks is that it's rarely too intrusive. FYI I do use Ad Block, a Chrome extension, though I don't know how well this works as I do still see ads on other UA-cam videos. From what I can tell, when a video is chock full of ads, it's often the creator (or their multi channel network) adding a ton of ads beyond what UA-cam would recommend. Over the years, I've been more focused on building a more hard core, relevant following (rather than big numbers), so each viewer is still pretty critical to my needs. That's why I haven't added more ads manually. But if you keep seeing tons and tons, please do let me know!
@@JeffKendallWeed sure thing man thank you
Maybe one day there will be an RC mountain bike!
@@JeffKendallWeed if you had the funds and the experience you could probably build one now