One of my favourite 'flow' trails in Squamish these days. The builders (ridebc.ca) did a great job on this trail and I have a blast every time I ride it. It is a super popular trail so I wanted to break it down.
Looking forward for more videos Jesse, thanks a bunch! What about a video about breaking? Breaking area, use of the front brake, breaking position, etc? I have my "technique" but I never had a chance too compare it to others as it's a subject very rarely tackled. I would love that. Cheers 🤙🏻
Second this. Would love to see the braking involved for the corner at 12:03 and how you line it up at speed and drive through your feet to allow the back wheel to get you around. It always looks much easier than it is!
With such quick corners like that there isn't much braking involved! All of it is done before the corner to get yourself to the speed you feel comfortable hitting the corner at. I drifted a bit in that second corner because I was going too fast, I wasn't braking there.
Your videos are real eye openers, Jesse. You are really good at articulating physical and technical mtb skills into language. Thanks for the online resource!
@@JesseMelamedMTB A little question: what tire pressure do you run? I feel like the tires flat out on a bunnyhop, but I wouldn't know which tire pressure is perfect, don't want to set it up too hard.
Sooo good explained, could you make a bikecheck? Listened to the Downtime Podcast featuring you today which was really interesting. Keep the work up, it's absolutely worth it I think!
Very good video! May I ask one question? I am quite comfortable even with big drops. But I never pull the handlebars. I am either fast enough so that the front wheel doesn't drop more or I push the bike forward underneath me if I am too slow. Works very good for me. Is this wrong? Should I learn to pull up? Cheers
That works if you have the right speed for the drop. Times when you are not going fast enough to clear the drop is when you need to pull up to give yourself extra height to clear the landing.
Great video Jesse, any quick tip for braking on a switchback that is so tight that you feel like you need brakes in the turn? Are brakes still a no no? Do you use more front or more rear? Been trying to nail some tight descending switchbacks and having trouble! Thanks :)
Generally you don't want to brake in a corner because that will cause your tire to lose its cornering traction and you will slide out. But if you wanted to do that on purpose you could kill two birds with one stone, brake with the rear to slow yourself down as well as skid your back tire around the corner. I don't always recommend this because you don't want to get in the habit of skidding, but it can work for those tough, shitty corners.
4:15 scandi flicks are a form of countersteering, basically helps the bike lean quicker just like you said. There are tons of videos breaking down how it works if anyone else is curious.
I watch your videos and think; how many lives do I need to corner like that..haha but seriously, I love those breaks down, they help to understand what happens with the body and bike while riding. Moreover, those are very positive videos, very motivating, they just make me want to ride, so, see you later!
Thanks for this Jesse!! I ride this for the first time yesterday and I specifically remembered that first corner from the video. I will admit I cursed you for making it look so easy in this video. I finally went for a modified middle line to try to carry a bit more speed by doing a wider arc. Now I’m reviewing this video again to see where I could do better.
I'm so sorry for Jesse and all the EWS pro who can't race EWS right now, but this is the best Part of the quarantine, the growing Chanel from Jesse. Love this "How TO" Series and the Full runs after it. Great Content, Love the Tips ans the Style. Please stay with it as long you can
I wish you spent a little more time on the drop - on the switchbacks we had slo-mo but the drop was passed by ... shame as the "Drop" was the reason I decided to watch your video..
Great content Jesse and very good explanations! Keep this going, also love the race and practice runs from the races, super interesting what comments you make on your pov training runs! What camera settings do you use on you GoPro? Cheers Jimmy
For anyone interested in this trail, Loam Ranger has a video where he rides this trail with the builder and they also breakdown the hot spots how to ride them and so on...
Trail looks mint. Hopefully one of these days we can crush Covid and the borders will open. Missed being able to head north for a visit this summer. Great video.
Wow, never thought so hard about scandi flicks before. By flicking your rear wheel like that, you’re turning one turn into two. First, the predictable, long, outside arc that your front wheel takes, and then second, the much shorter, much straighter finish. If you stuck to the first line, your rear wheel would be way outside, you’d be leaning the bars way over while going down a steep hill, and you’d be much more dependent on the berm angle and traction. If you tried to just do the second line, the entry of the turn would need to be a lot wider. That’s really, really neat. I always learn something from your videos!
Most scandi flicks don't have much of a 'turn' to it, yes your bike will momentarily be pointed a different direction but you don't actually move in that direction, your momentum is still focused on the one corner.
@@JesseMelamedMTB Right, your center of mass doesn’t change direction, but you get to set up your front wheel on the outside and then reset your rear wheel to take the inside. The result is a slightly tighter turn while staying much more balanced. If you were just leaning and letting the wheels track naturally, you’d have to move your center of mass a lot more. I don’t have anywhere near that level of bike control, but it’s delightful to watch a pro just casually rail a nasty turn like that.
I think with a bermed corner like this the scandi flick is less needed. I could just set up wide and lean into the corner and I would be fine. But you're right, it does help make the corner shorter and with the same speed maybe overall quicker.
When entering a turn, what should you be doing with your shoulders and your hips? I ask because recently I have been trying to turn my hips more to the inside as I enter a turn and it seems to help me through the turn but I’m not sure if I’m compensating for something else that I’m doing wrong. Thanks. Great videos.
The first thing you want to do is look where you want your front wheel to go, and then when starting the turn you keep your shoulders open and pointed to where you want to go in the corner and start to turn your hips as you build throughout the corner.
@@JesseMelamedMTB thanks for your quick reply. I really enjoy watching you Ride those amazing trails. Wish i could ride those things as my homtrails. #progressfast
@@JesseMelamedMTB after Corona has settled a bit i really want to travel to canada and specially to squamish and pemberton some time. The Quebec area ist also knien dir nice trails right?
@@johannesrink3211 we have some nice places in Quebec but you can't compare Quebec to British Columbia... and they are really far one from another so you have to choose one or the other! ;)
