I created this channel to help and inspire others to improve their biking abilities with no-nonsense, to-the-point skills tutorials.
Although this channel is not aimed uniquely at women, I especially hope that having female-led skills sessions online will be really helpful for any woman out there looking to fine-tune her technique.
I'm a British ex-world cup downhill racer turned professional mountain bike guide. After over 25 years of messing about on bikes, I wanted to do something to help other late-30s riders get inspired to keep on trying to hone their skills, techniques and trail-craft - it's never too late to learn or improve!
I'll be uploading skills sessions, mechanic how-tos, and some of my own rides & adventures too.
It's hard to believe you only have 5.8k subscribers. You are one of the best on RU-vid. I have learned so much from your videos and your can do attitude makes me want to get out there and practice.
Ive been riding for years and i couldnt believe how much higher i went when i kept my legs straight until the back tire left the lip. It was a grest feeling. I wish someone would have taught me this yewrs ago.
Love all of your videos. They’re packed with great tuition and tips and other ways of thinking about problems etc. Thanks very much for making me feel like a better rider. In short you explain in layman’s terms. 👍👍👍👍
One big question for me: I jump too early- when i see the lip I raise the front end then my back wheel comes off the jump earlier than the lip -as u do here too, your back wheel touches the lip ( end of jump) -how do to that? how to think about that? Almost like a manual ? can u please help me with that ;D ?
What I see that's not there is maintaining control over her balance point by being at the center the pivot point, pulling your butt over the rear wheel is not right; pull with your hips centered in the middle of the bike (bb ideally) and lean back straight arms, then adjust your body position in small increments back and forth by moving your hips. Starting with your weight hanging far back over the rear wheel is giving gou more leverage to pull up but it's absolutely not being in control, especially at slow speeds on flat, gravity and speed are terrible cheaters.
hmm.. it kinda depends on the jumps. If the jumps you usually do on your enduro are pretty steep then probably not much difference, but if they are more mellow and require speed, then I'd say be careful about not going too fast on proper steep jump lines on a DJ bike. You'll probably get more boost/speed from the DJ cos there's no suspension sucking energy/speed. Hope that helps!
Healing vibes, Emily! Leogang is a beast of a track and you were going great guns until... you weren't. 🤷 I say this having only seen the video footage, but I know everything is always many times more insane in real life.
Ouch! Seems like everyone I follow on RU-vid is getting injured. Deliliah Cupp has some good ACL recovery content (as well as awesome biking and skiing videos): www.youtube.com/@DelilahCupp - she's done both legs in the last couple of years! Heal well shredder!
I think that was true when 29 first arrived on the scene cos geometry was still weird. Now 29 is faster everywhere in my opinion, and i couldn’t actually feel any advantage with the mixed set up so I went back to full 29.
I am in my late 40s and can totally relate. Good run, I was not only in Lenzerheide living in Switzerland but we also supported our (non-Swiss) athlete in Leogang with her knee-injury and watched the race there. Quite challenging track but as you said, you learn with every run and every race, it is a completely different business than riding just for fun here and there… :)
Hey how cool is that, I am in Lenzerheide every year to watch and support! I didn‘t knew you compete in the WC! The wood section is gnarly and steep, I did the run with my firebird last year once… :) Next time I look out for you and bring some Kaiserschmarren! 😂
Ah cool! Well, I used to do World Cups and I thought I'd do a few again this year :-) . I've heard there is no world cup at LEnzerheide next year, I'm sad about that as I enjoyed it and I wanted to go again!
@@EmilyHorridge Oh, I didn‘t knew that! That would be pretty sad since the location is so nice and the organization is Swiss level! Especially compared to the chaos in Andorra or Leogang, which I visited as well.
@@EmilyHorridge Exactly, we went there on short notice to support an athlete and the parking was a desaster, the bike park itself is cool but everything around… hm. Last year I had the chance to go to Andorra and it was no fun at all. Parking was bad, no lift to the finish, pits scattered everywhere and it was hot and dusty. The atmosphere were also accordingly. Only talking to Max Commencial for 15 min was the best thing of the day, he is such a nice easy guy, so enjoyable! I think as much as I see Red Bull as problematic, but the energy behind was really better than it is now. I think the UCI went on to become a similar basic democratic organization as the FIFA. ;) I think it is a challenge to organize such events and finance them well, so many aspects, that is really a challenge. But as soon as it becomes predominantely a money making machine it will kill the sport‘s soul. Let‘s see and hope for the best.