After jumping, I'd unleash Mr. Ashton on the irish giant for some pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake pedal brake and don't think about the stick type of training.
I liked to contribute to that Jump over Rich...so that first. After that a whip over a tablejump ( doesn't necessarily have to be while jumpig Rich, but would be a cool bonus 🤣)
Thank you! Rich is a mega teacher.. professor of the berm I now call him. Good fun learning how to ride these, can't wait to get down again! Cheers for watching, Conor
Conor's improvement was visible by the end of the video. He might like to think about what body position he gets into on a road bike when on the drops descending and cornering - it's a similar body position to what you need when riding the berms on a pump track or trail...
Well done Conor. I have to say I think I know what Conor meant about "easy". I find it very easy to initiate a manual on a roller, the hard part is committing to holding it.
Truly great energy between the presenters. Looks like they had a lot of fun, and so did I lol We are nearly there with the likes. Go Connor, jump that cheeky bastard! 🤘
For me, going around the berm isn't always about the line, but the commitment. It's not just that you have to lean, but your brain has to be okay with you going almost parallel to the ground, depending on how steep the berm is. This is NOT a natural feeling. I can pep talk myself all I want, but if the speed isn't just right, my immediate reflex, no matter how much I say not to do it, is to try and stand up, which then loses grip as the bike is on the side knobs and I end up sliding down. Going lower feels alright, until you go too fast and get shot out the top, which I also have experience with. Also, my local pump track has a straight away to get speed going into a big berm, but some have suggested that it may not be the way I turn. However, going the other way puts me through a lot of tight berms, which are not easy to get speed on. 🤷🏻♂️ I haven't been in a while as I've found some trails closer to me to ride. But I might give it a try since it's been raining. The pump track should dry up before the trails do.
Love these cross channel videos. I'm a MTBer at heart, but I also really like watching these guys over at GCN, because I also do some flatbar gravel riding and they do some great videos there as well.
Around the 4:00 mark, another reason why the front wheel gets wobbly going over a bump is the contact point on the tire is higher up than usual, pushing the rest of the wheel to suddenly want to go sideways. So, hold the handlebars steady as you go over the ridges.
I got my first MTB when I hit grade 9, It was a size small giant hardtail. It is heavy, but bulletproof. I grew to 6'4", and kept riding it as it outlasted another bike I bought. I took it to a pumptrack and was basically a BMX under me. I did...not do super well lol. I need to get myself a new MTB, I've been riding a road race bike and idiotically taking it on on some serious gravel to fill the void lost.
yeah Rich I'll move over one pace, cut frame and return and your further over again. Got him on a better line though. Watch out for the paint on a damp track with almost slicks
Looks like Connor forgot his cyclocross lessons. Good on Ritch getting the giant smoothed out. Put these guys in cyclocross together. Roadie strengths vs. Mountain bike strengths on display
That cocky giant knows how to ride a bike, for sure. I could win the TDF too but I just don't feel like putting out 400w for a whole bunch of climbing. 😂
I actually did skateboard and still do ! Rather poorly though haha... but enjoy dropping in and pumping around. Just a different feeling being so used to riding road bikes and moving the bike in a way I'm not used to.. fun learning tho! thanks for watching Conor
