How To Ride Switchback Turns - Hans Rey's Tips & Tricks 

Jeap....its really long time ago to see him training in his home city.

He has. Back in 1994 he was doing this but not here obviously. Magazines was how we used to learn from Hans back in the day !

@Mark Nope Don't forget the VHS tapes! Hans is a legend. I highly doubt MTBing would be what it is today without his contributions 🤙😎🤙

San Juan Trail is a perfect place for switchback practice... there are so many! There are numerous opportunities for railing the inside with the rear wheel.

Bahaha, I know San Juan Trail well. Used to live in Laguna Beach and that was a fav. Now in Sabah, Borneo. Lots of empty vertical dirt here. :) - AB in Sabah, Borneo and Santa Barbara, California

@@seadragonadventures Once a resident always a resident.... Laguna is such an awesome place. I no longer live in Laguna either, but we are still close. We have plenty of people, but we also have plenty of trails.

I loved Monkey see, monkey do! Had it on a video cassette.

@@danielausbanders6102 VHS!..., Mr. Jiggs was a rad student

I think he deffinitly could 🤘

i was riding flat pedals, the technique works with either pedal, you don't just pull up on your feet, push your feet down, back and up in one dynamic motion to stick to the pedal and to swing / lift the rear wheel up.

I started practicing when I was 12 yrs old, it didn't happen over night, and I am still practicing today.

GT - EForce

good idea

Most likely his grand daughter.

@@ellerybice3787 kinky...

Trying too stir up trouble are you, it is people like you that are the off spring of siblings.

you bet - 33 years and counting....

GT e-Force ebike and the babyblue bike was a regular GT carbon Force

Did you watch the actual video or did you just look at the screen photo? You obviously didn't.

@@Hansnowayrey, I watched it and that's why I decided to place the comment above. From your reaction I understand you agree with having the weight above the bottom bracket but that's not what you show in the video. At 1.12 you're not heavy on your feet (like a lot of instructors like to call it) but you have your weight hanging above the rear wheel. Which is ok and probably makes it a little less likely that someone goes over the bars but you might lose traction with your front tire. I hope I explained myself well and you can deal with this feedback, because that's only what this is.

@@TheJupilo right on, all good. Every turn is different and they all need slightly different handling, also depending on how steep it is and what you goal is (trying to be fast, or safe or clean, etc...). Generally one should put the weight back only for as split second at the crucial moment, over doing it can be a common mistake. But in that particular turn, with its radius and it was pretty smooth, fast and safe to ride it as I did. But there are def. more than one way to do so.....

I think these conversations are great. Break down the technique and see what works for you. Other videos say the hips should be over the bottom bracket and Hans is saying behind the seat but since he is going down a hill aren't they the same thing ? Watching the video his hips are directly over the bottom bracket when the camera is level.