How to ride single track on dirt bikes︱ Cross Training Enduro
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2017
- www.crosstrainingenduro.com How to ride single track on dirt bikes! Nothing focuses the attention like trying to stay on a track that is narrower than your handlebars at speed. We can show you how to ride dirt bikes using enduro techniques and dirt bike skills. As with most aspects of dirt riding, we are no good at this so have no qualifications to do a training vid about riding single track. But hey, that's never stopped us before. Body positioning. So... How to ride single track on dirt bikes. And they think that wheelspinning on the rev limiter will get them through and suddenly a beautiful single track becomes a rutted eroded nightmare. You can ride surprisingly tight single track in third gear if you learn to slip the clutch through and accelerating out of corners. When single track cornering, lean the bike but keep your body upright. So learn to ride properly and look after the tracks, ladies and gentlemen. Amen. How to ride single track on enduro bikes? Until it gets very tight and gnarly, you want to stand most of the time in single track. You can absorb bumps with your legs, and most importantly you can move your body from side to side as the bike bounces around and stay on that narrow track. A good sense of balance makes a big difference riding single track, get into our static balance training. And of course you should be in the default body position that keeps the rear weighted for traction. Keep your head up and look ahead. It's very tempting to look down just ahead of your front wheel in single track but you need to prepare for what's coming and trust your brain subconsciously to deal with the immediate stuff. Well it seems our regular cross training ride vids have become a motovlog, or vlog for short. Here are all our dirt rides starting with our latest ones- we must warn you our earlier motovlogs were a bit long and boring, they get shorter and better with time! A massive thanks as always to the guys who let us ride on their properties - Sam, Pete, Johnno, Kev and the WDTC club... and to Tim Coleman for helping us with enduro techniques. The best way to stay up-to-date with these vids is via our motovlog playlist. One of the reasons a lot of riders don't tell others about their single tracks is because you get hopeless riders getting stuck everywhere. Learn to leg paddle while standing on the footpegs in single track. When it gets rutted and nasty, you will often need to put a foot down and if you can do this while standing, you'll get through faster.
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Keep it smooth in single tracks. Beginner riders will be better off in the middle of the track at first and only using that berm to save themselves if the bike slides out. Deliberately ride in a higher gear with less revs. So often I see guys trying to accelerate and brake hard in single track and they end up riding a lot slower and often spearing off the track. If the tyres slip you can suddenly pull the bike into an upright position and sometimes this can save the bike instead of crashing. What do the world's best extreme enduro riders have in common? Riders like Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker, Alfredo Gomez and Tim Coleman are all former trials riders who applied cross training skills to hard enduro events. Learning how to ride a dirt bike? Or taking your enduro technique to the next level? Get into cross training. A good way to form this habit is by weighting the inside footpeg into corners instead of turning the handlebars. It can feel fast because you hear the engine revving but until you become a very skilled rider it will just slow you down and cause mistakes. Top riders can blast along single track at ridiculous speeds on single track by using the edges of the single track as little berms when cornering. Impressive to watch but there is very little room for error. As with all aspects of dirt riding on single track, think outside the box when it comes to line selection. You don't have to stay in the middle of the single track especially if there are puddles of water, tree roots or ruts in the middle. Sometimes it pays to do a slalom action across the single track and ride up and down those little walls at the edge. When it gets nasty in single track and you have to sit, remember your traction control tips for getting over obstacles like tree roots. You can rock the bike or do a seat bounce with a controlled drop of the clutch. See our video on traction tips when you are stuck.
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"As with most aspects of dirt riding, we are no good at this"....Greatest intro
After 1 year learning with my drz 400 (2005) I just bought the xtrainer 2018. If I said that your videos have not influenced my decision I would lie. Because of you, I will be a poorer but happier person. Thank you very much. Greetings from Spain
de nada paicob!
Paicob! I have a 2005 drz 400 and changing the oil...it was full of gas!!! The petcock is not leaking so WTH...do you know?
Im 57. Exercise, exercise, exercise. If not daily, at least 3-4 times a week. A good cardio. Light weight arm, wrist, shoulder, leg routine. Hydration with plain ole water before you ride. I struggled with arm pump and fatigue before I started doing these things. Now I can ride for 5-6 hours before I start to fade. Tore my ACL and got WAY out of shape. After therapy and a return to my exercise routine, things changed dramatically. Move it, hydrate it or lose it.
Great to hear. In my sixties now and I'm exercising every day just so I can get through a dirt ride and not be in too much pain the next day. The last two years I realised I needed to either really up the exercise or do more normal riding instead of the hard enduro stuff. I've opted for the latter.
Nothing better than a nice single track.. I'm also on the search for that hidden gem.
Just started watching these view this past week. Now I find my self reliant on them to full fill my daily dose of sarcasm. I do appreciate the channel and the effort this must take.
Higher gear and lower revs. This is why we love our 300's. Plenty of common sense in this vid Barry. Love your work!!
Cheers mate!
Your comments are what I’m thinking after riding single track for over forty five years. Miles of riding is your best coach.
I keep finding more of your videos, and each one more modest than the other. I find them hilarious, I think mostly because you're overly modest. Keep up the great videos!
Single tracks are where we live 👌
Nothing better than a tunnel of green through the bush, gullies and hills 😀
All I ride is single track. Kinda cool to see you riding it compared to your normal vids! Great job Barry!
Coming from a moto background, I had very little experience on single track. The first real experience was in a dual sport ride with miles of continuous single track. The first part was through fields of two foot high grass. Absolutely no way for me sitting down to set up for a curve.
I got frustrated waiting on the trailside for my slower buddy after this tall guy passed me. I fired up and chased him. Full on moto style. He clearly was not working as hard as me.
I learned from that experience exactly what you’ve recommended by watching him.
Stand, don’t look down, look ahead. I noticed I was weighting the inside peg but resisted it because my moto training says weight the outside.
So now I know my instincts were correct.
Thanks, can’t wait to see how it goes.
Great to hear it's working for you. Most of us coming from road riding learn by trial and error and eventually do some coaching and realise we'll have to unlearn a lot of stuff. 😂
single track is mastered by those that are, also, single.... only way you can ride enough to master it... you're either single, or your girl rides better than you do. haha
I LIKE this comment !!!
If you know…you know.
LOL My HS buddy had a 65 Biscayne with a 283. Classic three on the tree. Two words - Road Beerin. We packed that car and my Pinto to the hilt with teenaged revelers. Viva le 8-track!
Another great video with good advice. Thanks Berry
I enjoy watching your videos and keep it up. Great video once again, thank you
Brilliant video, loved it
Awesome tips as always mate!! Standing is the key hey.
Thanx for these tips getting my first dirt bike soon !!
I love this channel
Only just discovered this channel and have leaned lots already! An absolute credit to you for the crazy time and effort you put into each and every one! Good fun too so well done all round! 👍
Cheers Chris, always good to know they are useful! We've got trials and adventure channels too if you aren't those.
Single track - Its all I ride on. old vintage bikes. I have nothing newer than a '94. my oldest is a '72. Ya gotta be tough to ride a '72 these days! Thanks for great videos. This helps me... As it does others too.... and yes, weight on the inside peg ... Counter balance is a BIG key in single track. Keeping your body straight, and toss the bike back an fourth - like we did riding pedal bikes - swoosh the bike left and right while standing and pedaling is how we gained speed... just the same concept with the dirt bike, except of course, the engine does the work instead of pedal power. :D
If you don't make it across the roots, push your damn bike!!!
Love,
An Alberta single track rider
MOAR SINGLE TRACK! I live for the thrill of falling off my bike constantly! Cheers from Korea (Currently)
Single track is my favorite!!
As a former and sort mountain bike racer...ripping single track is in my DNA :-D
Love your sense of humour 😉
I love your videos...all of them... don’t change a thing about them. You are helping me get through this winter. Only being able to look at my bike would be unbearable. I have only been riding since spring of ‘17 but watching your videos has given me encouragement to push myself a little bit more each and every ride. If you ever find your self in Edmonton or Calgary Alberta I would be honoured to go for a ride with you.
i was in calgary last summer TKW, should be back again in 2018 hopefully: ua-cam.com/video/DBTSq8OdWIc/v-deo.html
Yes!! Teach me more! Haha Thanks Barry
nice tracks and a good video. I like the bit with finding traction in ruts, just I also think its wise to advise the watchers to lean forward to keep the front wheel under control
Thanks for good lesson :)
Love you vids all the way out in Vancouver 🇨🇦🤙
Love the riding out that way, Brandon. Did a pile of dirt riding around Vedder, Tamahi, McNutt a few years ago... more recently around Kamloops. Keen to get into the adventure riding next time.
I love this channel! Informative and fun
Glad to hear it!
I just got into dirt bike riding and your videos are so helpful! Have a sub :D
Welcome aboard, so many of us getting into it for the first time, or returning after a 20 year break. 😊
Thanks for existing Barry
Well said Barry!!!!
good tips , nothing worse then a good flowing single track that gets turned into deep ruts :O
As for looking ahead: use high speed photographic memory to scan the ground ahead. I believe moose & deer do this as their eyes are on the side of their heads but can go through dense bush quickly without tripping up!
Where's the fun in not going straight through the muddy bits, even if it means the occasional 'over the bars' situation sometimes. Mud is usually soft and makes a great cushion to land on 👌
Loving the videos. It's all good stuff 👍
So I'm supposed to work the clutch, twist the throttle, shift gears and apply the brakes all at the same time??? I'm going back to playing Candy Land...LOL. Great vid Barry. Just hope a leaf doesn't scare me next ride.
Buy a 4-stroke, you wont have to do half of the stuff
Great vid, love the instructional stuff - it's what your channel is founded on!
I sit whenever possible and depending on what I see coming up I will raise my butt a few inches or stand when needed, it just happens automatically. I'm old, fat and out of shape so I have to save my energy for the rough stuff. Looking ahead is key to trail riding.
Good video but what are the bike models you guys used?
When best time to sell and buy new and used bikes. Thanks
Single track. Or as I call it, every day dirt bike riding. We don't have nicely prepared closed courses in my area.
I ride a cr 125 and I race a lot of track on Long Island. There are some awesome trials out East and I was wondering if I can still ride them on the bike I have?
Oh I wish I was riding this trail......you've been to McNutt...you know what I mean!
the meth cat about made me die laughing... another great vid man!!👍👍👍
Find very hard in slower stuff to not look futher ahead. Diff best when get into a faster rythem and pushing it a little always when start going slow feel like start making bunch mistakes hah.
You call yourself a gumby but youre still way better of a rider than that dirt bike channel dude!
Easy tiger 😂
Shots fired
😂😂😂 makes less excuses too!
someone should have tagged him in this!
Dirt n iron is better
These kinda vids are essential when you begin or restart riding enduro or off road in any way. I am beginning again to ride after 30 yrs :D , so I bought a sec hand one that my dealer proposed. An EXC 350 F to begin with. Now I am shocked by the hatred towards ktm on the net.
Can someone explain me why ? I find my sec hand ktm an agile ,throw it anywhere , amazing torqy little thin. Ok as a Belgian i find that orange ugly ;D as hell but thats the only thing atm that is negative :D. Anyhuuu one needs to watch these vids !! it should be obligated ! All the best you funny talking Aussie :D
hoe gaat het, john. ou comment ca va? my apparent hatred of austrian bikes is really just an ongoing joke. it's explained here: ua-cam.com/video/qSg2sll6yEo/v-deo.html
but i have owned a few very happily. and my brother had the 350 and it was a great bike. but some people seriously dislike KTM for various reasons. in the early days they could be very unreliable and some think they still are. in some countries the bikes and/or parts are a lot more expensive because they simply know they can charge more. like all manufacturers, at times they make major mistakes and aren't quick to fix them. and have been accused of releasing innovations too soon and using us as guinea pigs. i covered these topics in this vid: ua-cam.com/video/kxCHcoHEEBA/v-deo.html
but generally they are great bikes, and probably the best in certain categories in past years but i think the other europeans have mostly caught up with them now... and are cheaper.
Yay
That is one scary leaf tho! :D
yep, i backtracked a long way to give it a VERY wide berth after seeing what it did to andrew.
being agressive on the throttle and brakes uses a lot more energy as well due to you haveing to hold on tighter
Yo that's a huge reason to be smooth
I've always been rubbish at standing all the time, especially when it's narrow. End up leaning into a corner, with the tires almost leaving the trail and my upper body going through bushes and tree branches on the inside, unless I go trials-slow. I've also had the devil's own time trying to shift, when half of my weight is bearing down on a foot that's supposed to be maneuvering for the lever. I have much better success personally by staying seated and keeping my center of gravity low, then only standing when I need to for bumps. Given that I ride vintage bikes with crap suspension compared to everyone else, you'd think I'd be the last person to get away with such shenanigans. Perhaps it's because the vintage seats are so much wider and more comfortable.
i find the vintage bikes almost impossible to stand on, the ergos seem to be aimed at sitting most of the time.
@@crosstrainingenduro Interesting. I need to get some time on modern bikes and see if there's a big difference in that regard. One thing I've noticed is that the vintage machines usually came with real tall bars, which are comfortable for standing but get awkward when you sit forward on the gas tank to attack a turn.
so you are saying that single tracks are more like a chill ride?
At 2:40 in this video you suggest weighting the inside footpeg, instead of just turning, to help us turn. I've always been told the opposite, weight the outside footpeg! Is this because the toilet water goes a different direction "down under?" Or have I just misunderstood.
coriolis definitely plays a part glenn lol. there could be different thoughts out there but most say weight the inside peg to tip the bike into the corner, weight the outside peg as you exit to get traction to the rear wheel.
Thanks for the response! Hope to see you in Canada this summer.
Looks like you have the stock X Trainer forks Barry, you done anything to them? Like a lot of others, trying to decide whether swapping them out for something else or put a K9 kit on the originals . . . .
bit of experimenting, i'll report in a vid when i find something that works well :)
Are you guys good good at anything :)
Hey endurocrosstraining. I can't decide on new bike!! Beta 300 RR or KTM 300 exc TPI. I suppose this is a TPI vs carb argument 🤔
They'll both be way better than 97% of us will ever be. Pick your favourite colour maybe? 😁
@@crosstrainingenduro I'm thinking more reliability issues etc..
In that case we've done a vid about carb v TPI.
Forgive me Patron saint whee-lah for I have sinned. in bouts of frustration I have spun the wheel at the rev limiter...
say a dozen hail jarvis and go in peace my son
what's the best bike for single track? Do you reckon a DR650 with a Dakar sticker would be faster than a KX250 with Monster Energy stickers?
damn that's a close one... i think it would depend on the size AND colour of the stickers mr graham.
Single track...the only thing better than monster hill climbs for me.
When will you be doing a video on ghosting?
when supporters request it, dylan. it's a pretty long list already though....
2:31 what bars are those
probably the twisted engineering flex bars
Leg paddle!
Wooow
I fucking hate single-track !!! But I'm still doing it
Weird thing is I hated it too around eight years ago, Bob. Then hung around guys who loved it and it kind of grows on you... like a wart or a skin cancer.
Happy late Thanksgiving
Are you not supposed to put weight on the outside peg on a turn, rather then the inside?
Inside weight for turn in. Out side from apex to turn out. body position forward and off we go. Good luck.
I had this same question
Do you have a gimbal
For me I only need it to sound and feel fast. I don’t want to actually go fast.
125cc two strokes!
@@crosstrainingenduro I gotta have a 300. Makes more fart like sounds that I adore. 😂
Hey Barry, why do you hate KTMs so much? I'm not a KTM lover, they look beautiful but can't tell by myself if it's bad or good, I just know that they're parts are expensive, but I'm wondering, why do you hate them?
I just hope it is not something that you already told us in a previous video
ua-cam.com/video/qSg2sll6yEo/v-deo.html
:)
hahaha as always, you already told us and I didn't notice LOL
What's bad about KTM?
probably not much more than any other brand, but here are some of the issues: ua-cam.com/video/kxCHcoHEEBA/v-deo.html
Someone give this guy a beta rr 125 two stroke please I wanna see it get ridden by a good rider!
Miksi miehet eivät ole hyödyllisiä, koska naiset on olemassa :D
Serious question. In your videos you say weight the inside peg. I have saw else where to weight the outside peg. Seems to me if the bike washes out and your weight is outside you can put the inside foot down a little faster. You defiantly need to lean the bike over more so maybe it is a wash. No pun intended. Just asking because I am way more of a gumby than you are.
thought about that myself ,think weighting the outside peg put more weight to the tyres when cornering on mx track,think weighting the inside peg helps the bike turn quicker on narrow tight trails at slower or using less revs than racing mx
I don't know if I am that slow and it is that technical I am normally very loose on the bike letting the seat move from side to side as needed between my legs. Makes me feel like a nads the size of my bike.
When standing, weight the inside peg to make the bike turn in. In a longer flowing corner, you'll naturally then transition to weighting the outside peg once the bike is 'set' on the line you want. Experiment by riding in a straight line when standing, and shifting your weight from one foot to the other - you'll notice how agile the bike is, as you're basically making it fall over.
Weight the inside when standing and the outside when sitting on tight, sharp corners while your inside leg is out stretched. That's how I do it anyway
"as w/ most aspects of dirt riding..." did you come up w/ that, or, is it British\Australian legal slang for similar off-the record comments e.g., We take no liability for some yahoo who tries this at home...?
Thanks for your humor!
can't even remember that bit tom... this is our disclaimer though! www.crosstrainingenduro.com/disclaimer.htm
Your single tracks seems to be missing whoops, is it something about the Southern Hemisphere?
they are definitely around gary, but we tend to aim for the slower more technical stuff. they do appear occasionally though. example here but they were full of water at the time.... facebook.com/cross.training.enduro.skills/videos/snake-trails-redux-cross-training-enduro/179844252894587/
Lol whats with the ktm hate?
just the sick twisted sense of humour down under, desiree 😁
ua-cam.com/video/ERYX6dwmK1o/v-deo.html
Oh ok haha
And if you catch an ATV on the single track, whoop they ass
Like these guys I came across in our single track? ua-cam.com/video/tyaVuRpQk-A/v-deo.html
PNW Enduro Those guys we’re so confused when you told them it was single track only!
I'm early lemme think of a joke...
Your life
I always wear thong underwear when I ride the really dangerous stuff. That way the nurse puts you in a room right away, should you bail at 40mph and rip your pants off
God i love meth mondays dont we all agree?
Only one more sleep till the weekend!
That's what makes me cringe about KEX enduro. They pin the limiter and dig huge ruts in the mud. I can't stand it.
Cuz it's fun
Ha ha, my bike goes about 90kph in 4th!
Dan katesfield my xtrainer doesn’t even go 90 km/hr in 6th....gearing too low