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Absolutely agree on the describing/not learning off videos. Part of the reason I reckon the best cycling-related money I've ever spent was on a 1:1 coaching session.It is really hard to describe to someone how to drop or jump and what the body should be doing especially if you do it instinctively, and I think practice is better than trying to learn off a video, start small, a kerb is ideal.
I use all the above techniques for different situations. If i want air i pull up, if i want to flatten the jump i push forward and down, if i am going too slow i manual off, if i want to miss the kicker and hit the down side instead of flat i hop both wheels before take off, or pre-jump. Good advice for a beginner is to aim to land rear wheel first and like in the video, landing speed helps in a lot of sketchy situations with the forward momentum helping you ride out of it.
Absolutely agree on the describing/not learning off videos. Part of the reason I reckon the best cycling-related money I've ever spent was on a 1:1 coaching session.
Still not sure I agree re. the techniques - but frankly as you're riding in the peaks and I'm pootling around the woods and hillocks of Hampshire, I'll defer/get my coat
I just cannot fathom how expensive the sport has got for decent kit, it's bonkers. So I started MTB @ 14yrs old, basically thought I was Martyn Ashton/Jez following watching all the vids of them lol... copied lots of the tricks. In just one year I folded 6 back wheels.... 6... from tricks.Tomas - your analysis of price points of ‘standard’ or ‘mainstream’ enduro bikes is right, I think. My 16 year old son could not afford the bikes he rides, but he gets huge benefit from having access to that level of machinery. He just wouldn’t be able to do the things he does on the hill on lesser bikes. But without the stable which he has access to, I guess he would be happy with just a good jump bike, and would be building his skills nicely and in the same way as he is doing on the enduro hardtails and full suspension bikes.