Hahaha it's such a great question. We wanted to go film them in the last couple weeks but with this crazy heat wave, the trails got blown out nearly overnight! They ride ok, but not good for top race speeds. We'll still film something on Predator for ya but it won't be as pretty 🤪 -Linnea
nice... Is there a way to show an animated version of your technique. I see sort of what your doing ..Thought an animation that you could sort of exaggerated view to show the "Scrub"
Good stuff. It would be interesting to see a comparison with squashing a jump. Is that the same without the turn? Is there a scenario where is one is better than the other?
This is simply the next step. Squashing is great up to a certain speed, then the rider runs out of space to absorb into the body. This is where the off angles come into play! -Simon
I have a question that is not related to this video: when does on bend more at the hips (and hence a lower chest) when riding? Do we necessarily bend more at the hips on rougher terrain?
When aggressively moving into technical terrain or squashing a jump at speed. This should be a natural movement and is not really necessary to do much of until you are moving very quickly into terrain. I hope this helps! -Simon
Trying to get my mind around this one... the technique actually implies turning while still on the jump lip at high speed? Do you per-turn to avoid launching off-line?
Unless you are a VERY high level rider, this is not something you should try. It's more to show what top racers are doing. There is no pre-turn. This requires absolute precision. You can see racers employ this technique if you tune into World Cup downhill races. I hope this helps! -Simon
Wow, what a dude. He is practicing advanced downhill technique with not one, but TWO of the very few women into downhill riding. When I go to a downhill bike park, it's like 99.5% to 0.5% dudes to women. ((I'm not counting your girl children)
That would be the extreme example. It can be done on a mountain bike by really high level riders, but originally came from Moto. It's easier to scrub and skid the front wheel doing so with a throttle. -Simon
