I wish I knew the local clubs not only needs help with trails but wants your help. Beginners will become part of the brotherhood a lot sooner by helping out.
@@cornhole9165 you don't have to go to a mountain to ride a mountain bike haha there's thousands of trails you can go to and if you don't drive ride to one make a journey of it you won't regret.
Neil you forgot one of the most important bike setup checks - when you get the start of the trail or a good descent check that your fork and shock aren't still locked out! And if you have a fancy dual position fork (where you can adjust the fork length with a flip of a switch) check that it is in the maximum travel position... don't know how many times I have gotten to the end of the trail and thought to myself "man I am not feeling it today, the bike seems so twitchy and sketchy" to then look down and see that everything is still locked out from the climb......
Another big tip is to really keep an eye to the weather. If there is a big rain storm where it dumps water the night before, be careful about going on a technical trail in the morning. I made a mistake last weekend in New England in the US and went over my handlebars because there was some mud in front of a small rock. It slowed down my bike enough to not allow the bike to roll over it and the bike stopped and I kept going. If it was dry out, I would have rolled right over it, but I am still just learning. So, if you are still developing your skills like myself, take on newer, technical trails only in the best conditions. And also, ride with a friend.
Keeping my head up and looking down the trail made the biggest difference for me. Big lightbulb moment for me - I felt like a completely different rider, and was much, much faster.
Thanks for all these tips. One of the best, I have not heard somewhere else for mountain biking is: Look where you want to go. When I practiced for my motorcycle license the instructor said exactly that and it saved my life already a few times. Don't look at what you are scared of but look at where you want to head.
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Others seem to think beginner is how to jump the bike. Whereas I’m still learning to lift the front wheel off the ground so I don’t smash into curbs and buckle my wheel.
I’ve just started mountain biking and I come from bmx roots and actually run my breaks the opposite way to most people in the uk as I’ve always ran a single brake setup on the right leaver but I don’t typically ride other people’s bikes and I warn people prior to a ride
Getting back into MTBing after about a six year hiatus; this was great as a refresher. I ride a steel hardtail, Jamis Exile with a bunch of aftermarket upgrades, when I road before I was told that putting your inside pedal lower when leaning into fast corners helped the tire knobs dig in for better traction where as putting the outer pedal lower would make the rear tire more likely to want to slide out... Your thoughts?
I know, I am used to rear breaks on the left hard, I didn’t expect some one to switch those basics in USA and ended up going over the handle in a comical fashion and scrapes all over my legs. 🤦🏻♂️💀
Philipp is the front brake on the left hand side we’re your from ? . I think the reason why it’s on the right hand side is so that the front brake leaver is in the centre of the road.
Same, just bought boardman 8.6 and have ridden around 85km in last 4 days. Love the sence of freedom a mountain bike gives you especially in these very restricting times. Stay safe.
Just bought my first MB today... have been doing Tri for three years and wanted to mix it up a bit. Wow... what have I gotten myself in to??!!! lol. From GTN to GMBN. Great vid. Sub'd.
A comment about tyre pressures. Suggesting an absolute pressure only makes sense if everyone is a 60kg whippet. To get the same tyre behaviour across a variety of rider weights, the tyre pressure must vary in proportion to the weight. Your 25 PSI is likely to be 40 PSI for me, as I probably weigh 50% more than you (at the minute, but even when relatively lean, I'll be 80kg, so will want 25% extra PSI over a 60kg rider - around 35 PSI).
a good tip that you missed for setting up seat height with a non dropper seat post is to mark the seat post with keys or a screw driver so you know where to put it back to if you put it down for a decent
Getting a pair of flat pedals is on my opinion one of the best ways for beginners to improve their technique and skill. It's very easy when you're first starting and you really want to be as fast as your buddies who've been riding for longer, to rely on clips for a lot of different things. I know when I first started I would see a Rock Garden and not think about line choice, dynamic weighting and unweighting the pedals, possibility of popping off of one and then hop over the majority, etc. etc. etc. I would just start mashing on the pedals right when I saw the rock garden cool, like I'd drop my saddle and sprint and then throw my weight over the rear tire bent at the hips and I just pull up with my feet. . . Just one of many bad habits you will pick up if you start writing with clips immediately
Did you find any drills to work on daily? It's been a couple years since you asked, but there are several out there. Is there something specific you're interested in learning?
very refreshing. almost all videos now focus on gears and pro riders but we haven't gone into basics. these kid of videos should get remade every year!
I just did my 1 time on a mtb trail yesterday and I completely wiped out flew over the handlebars off a jump. Im glad i found this channel so I can learn the techniques so I can be able to ride with more confidence. I was laughing when I wiped out because I didn't break anything lol it could've been worst. But now I know for next time when I ride the trail again
@@aidan.22 it was by accident because I didn't look ahead like how people teach when you're on a trail to always look ahead so I wiped out but luckily nothing happened to me besides a lesson learned lol
Don't know about anyone else, but I'd like some more hardcore advice as well, like what to do when you dislocate your knee or when you break a collar bone. Also, how to build a rudimentary stretcher. Thanks in advance.
Thank you very much! I live in Peru and we have so much terrain for MTB but im just getting into the hobby and some routes are barbaric! I need to get my ride right because last week I had a very bad fall.
¿Como estas ahora? Yo solia montar en las afueras de Lima por los huaicos hace aaaños pero ahora estoy en Nueva Jersey. Hay hartas rutas por donde estas seguro, ¿no?
I am an old fart who decided to buy a emtb after not riding bike for almost 20 years... I'm 60 now. I feel SO inadequate ! I was on a small trail off the main bike path yesterday and was afraid to ride over some 4 inch tall roots. Come here and watch these guys and it just makes me want to give the bike away. Even if I was 20 years younger I would still suck compared to these guys. They make it look soooo easy
I am just getting a new mountain bike and looking to get off road again after not biking since my Orange Clockwork got stollen in around 1993 and I am pleased to say this video reminded me of a ton of things I used to do! Good to know the techniques are still the same so I should be good to go. 😀
This is awesome, exactly what I needed right now. Will be watching a few times to really get a 'handle' of it. Been going on a few intermediate trails as a beginner, feel like I needed to step back and get a better understanding! The video really helped, thank you! One question - i have a 1*11 gear track... is there a specific way to utilize this on different parts of the trail (cornering, uphill, downhill, etc)?
I took my mountain bike out today for the first time, I chose a very steep rocky mining trail... Ended up over the handle bars, bloodied up my knee, bruised my palm and put a nice dent in my helmet. Now I'm icing my wounds and studying the basics of mountain biking. Thanks for the video.
i got into mtb last year as I bought an ebike just to check it out. It turned out to be so much fun, that I even sold my enduro motorbike after being 20 years in that sport. Sold my ebike and swicht over to a decent enduro mtb. I never though mtb would be such a pleasure to do. Before I was of opinion that motorbikes where the max, but biking you can do that anywhere at my aerea, and enduro moto gets banned fierce buy law and public in the country side. On a motorbike you're are an outlaw, on a mtb you can go anywhere
Good advice about do not tight bolts on you handlebar .... the good thing about that .... if you fall or you hit someting with your break lever insted and your bold are really thing could end with broken leavers and if you run with not over tighten problably the leavers only slip in your handle bars =)
My friends say that my tire preasure is way to low (around 25 psi) they have mtb's, but they don't do trails my friend then said he runs about 45 psi then I was behind him and the smallest stick ever just popped strait through
A lower psi will mostly increase the likelihood of pinch flats, where the tube gets pinched against the rim, and also will run you the risk of hitting the rim against rocks and sharp corners. But with any type of risk it does not mean it will always be the case. If you feel comfortable running your tires at 25 psi and don't have many issues with flats then that's perfectly fine. Though I would consider trying out other pressures on some rides, just so that you can get an idea of how they feel. Who knows, maybe 30 or 40 psi allow you to be more quick and nimble while riding, or maybe they just end up causing you to slip on turns. Won't know until you test it out though.
Honestly front brake on the right makes more sense to me. This is how motorcycles are setup, and I've been riding motorcycles since I was a little kid. It's hard for me to switch back and forth.
I bought my father a mountain bike. But in curiosity I would like to use it also because I didn't even use a bike for even 10 years and I'm only using a bmx one. So I think watching this video makes me feel confident with what I can do again.
New mountainbiker here. I was surprised to find the rear brake on the right hand side (The Netherlands). On motorcycles always on the right side, so I have to really get used to that. UK system makes much more sense, if you have experience with motor cycles before.
Australia front brake is also on the right and it makes sense as the front brake on all motor cycles is on the right. so no need to prat about which break is which. Swapping it around is asking for trouble with front wheel washout.
I really should've watched this before trying mountain biking I went with my friends, and all the advice I had before doing anything was 'just stand upright bro' I definitely jumped in too deep as well, proper jumps and everything on my first ever time, that was a mistake