Tips and Tricks to Climb Better on your Mountain Bike 

Chunky climbs are among the most rewarding features, that's why this content is so relevant

Great video YOU ARE THE TRAIL BOSS @Jeff Lenosky! 0. seat halfway up 1. 02:33 hip thrust (coordinated with pedaling) 2. 03:18 stop and go (seated and standing) 3. 03:55 combine 1 and 2 to get over curb 4. 04:53 trackstand progression 1 riding in as tight a circle as possible 5. 06:09 trackstand progression 2 wheel lock (wedge wheel against an obstacle) 6. 07:22 sidehop (side hop front wheel, then back wheel onto curb)

What the what ???? This skills of this dude are just something out of this world!

Thanks for the 4:14 slowmo!

Hey Jeff ..fan from India.. Love what you do ... I have started MTB few months back and learned lot from your videos... Keep em coming

That circle drill makes so much sense.

I thought this was shot in Italy when I noticed the Jockey Hollow signs. Great restaurant, great MTB tips as well.

This is easy to apply if I know know how to bunny hop those curves.

Love that so many of your technical climbing examples come from Florida 😂. That's where I grew up mountain biking and it has served me well, but no one believes me.

Aaaah track stands. Definitely need to polish those up after 6 years off the bike. Used to no-hand track stand at red lights with my hands in my coat pockets during Philly winters. Food for thought: having good wheels makes a huge difference, between tiny amounts of bearing slop or spoke slop, I had my stock wheels rebuilt on that bike and suddenly rode everywhere no-handed with no problems. Granted, no suspension slop on a single speed track bike 🤷‍♂️

Great video. I would have ended up in that pond in no time

Thanks! Super helpful.

Thank you! 👍🏾

Awesome tips.

Great video man! Very helpful

Thanks for the help

Awesome video Jeff. Cheers !!

Subscribed! Very helpful tips.

Scienced it, nice!

good stuff man, thanks for the tips. Looking forward to trying these this weekend.

Jeff, Just tagging along to the comment from India, I am adult male that did not have a dirt biking or BMX, or skills trial background of any kind. Being able to watch your videos, and having your demonstration videos has been HUGE in helping me progress my skills as a rider. Until watching your videos, I didn't quite get how the small details of technique would make a HUGE difference in my progression as a rider. HUGE THANK YOU!

Great tips Jeff, now time to practice 😎

Good stuff.

Excelente ...💪🚲👏👏👏

Thanks, brilliant tips and very useful; some of which I’ve not seen on other YT channels, nor have come across as coaching out in the wild!

Thank you. Appreciate your lessons. Clear and concise! Awesome Chanel

That Reeb is dope! I still love my Reeb Dikyelous hardtail, it’s a beast!

Great stuff. Currently I have little to no slomo control so all these are super helpful. Would love more detail on each.

I love you Jeff !

very useful

Great video thx for sharing, not really feeling like riding today. Gonna roll the bike out and session some of your tips presented here.

Cool to see! I hadn’t realized I do the hip pop when climbing tech stuff. I use all these strategies and once you get used to them, they take very little energy to do, and very subtle motions are minimal requirements

It's Very good, but I need to learn these skills!

Wow that’s so great video! Thanks Jeff

he knows so much more, I was expecting much more

Love this video!!! Excellent skills to practice! Thanks Jeff!

I've always preferred climbing. Thx for the video

Wow. This video helped me a lot. I live in Phoenix and ride national a lot and have been working on the climbs. The step-ups have always gotten me while climbing though. Conceptualizing that move as a "hip thrust " was super helpful. An hour at the park practicing and I've got it down now. Thanks Jeff.

The track stand is the one thing I struggle with. I have had six concussions w/ two I was knocked unconscious. After the last one I have noticed my balance isn't quite what it use to be, it's almost like I suffer from a bit of vertigo. I use to be a carpenter and could walk 2 x 4 walls forward and backwards w/ no issues. The lesson, protect the brain bucket as much as possible.

Excellent and doable tips - Thankyou!

Great, great video. This is the kind of foundational stuff that very few RU-vidrs really talk about - especially the first few items. Individually, these look like minor skills, but used together, so powerful and efficient. The hip thrust alone is just massive. Well done.

Love the videos and they have helped my climbing babe tremendously. I did my first stop, hopped left for a better line, half ratchet back to and used that hip move over the second the rock. I’ve been watching your climbing videos for about a year now. I definitely cheated clipped in though. I had made that climb before but this time it was totally clean.

Thank you very much that was a most helpful video I've done some of that to a small point but now I know how to move forward and gain more skills thank you very much

JL rocking the hoody! Great tips Jeff, lots of great reminders for me.

davvero veramente un ottimo video . complimenti

This is a perfect video for me.Thanks for these tips. I liked them especially because: 1) Every one of them is applicable to the kind of terrain I ride; 2) Each one will help me on the weaker aspects of my riding skills; 3) I have not seen most of them before.

Man, I love your climbing content, brilliant stuff! Where I live, we mostly climb, and as much as I like technical descents, I think its so much more satisfying to tackle and break through technical climbs! I think mountain biking is all about being able to do both well and not only going down 🙂

This is awesome! I've found myself having to get off (I'm new to mtb but came from road bike/gravel) during those types of climbs but knew that it's possible - now I have some techniques to work on and I can do so right at home!

Bueno ahora lo entiendo, ahora a practicar !!, me gustaria saber tu recomendacion de neumaticos para cuestas muy resbalosas.

awsome

Ok jeff mantap

Excellent tips Jeff! Thank you 👍

27.5's for LIFE!!! all tire sizes are great tho.. awesome vid

Show us on the hardtail with the seat up a little more sometime. I noticed your seat is lower than yould be riding if you were say, racing xc and in the saddle much of the time, then encountering that log or some other high obstacle.

Thanks Jeff for this video! I'd like to see more videos about trials skills on enduro bike from you! Especially some exercises for hopping, endos, jumping on obstacles :) Great channel, keep up the good work!

Bikers don't want to hear this, but GO RUNNING! I hated running for years, but it gives noticeable strength increase each time. And I just hit 4th overall out of 900 riders on a climb and DH enduro loop. If you have stairs at home, climb them! Do 20-40 floors a day, you will get stronger.

Do technical climbing races exist? I've never heard of them, and rarely see it featured in videos, which made your skills in this video seem even more amazing! Most of my climbing is fire roads or easy singletrack, but I've been trying to work on a nearby technical climb and I'm crap at it! I can sorta shift my bodyweight to get past an obstacle but then I've lost momentum and can't get my body re-balanced - I'll try some of your parking lot exercises!

Thank you. I love climbing but am just getting started. So helpful!!! Have you addressed bike sizing? Does sizing down hold any merit?

Thanks for sharing tips very nicely,.. I enjoy the view, I Support Subbed Your Channel and keep Connected Mate,.😊👍

I 6,5" looks like a lot of practice

Using clipless pedals ? Or better without ?

the trail is lava

Great tips Trail Bossier! Time for me to get some new gear and I am leaning towards some Pearl Izumi jerseys and jackets.

Jeff do you ever track stand the opposite direction, wheel to the left? Is this something to practice? My dominant side is pretty good but I find that sometimes the trail doesn't allow you to track stand like you would in the parking lot.

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bro! would you mind sharing the model of that hardtail you've got there? TY

We got two of these for our daughters ru-vid.comUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L the same size for age 6 and 9. It works very well for both girls. Gears were very easy for them to learn. Changing gears up takes some hand strength and is a bit hard, but they are learning. They did not come with water bottle holders- we actually got confused and thought the Derailler Guard was the bottle holder!! Regardless of these details, the bikes are fantastic- even our six year old who only just learned to ride bikes caught on within an hour of practice and loves it. Lightweight and easy for them to handle. All the parts are in excellent condition and the bikes are easy to assemble and very well packaged. Great choice for kids!

I’m always a boss, if the wife lets me. Thanks Jeff!

hi.. did you use cleats shoes..? just asking.. ive always drop my feet during trail.. want to learn some technique... 😁

Heya dude,..glad you're getting out and rippin' and rep'n ,.on your REEB!!

Im just happy to see a dad-bod actually killing the tech climbs. #hopeforthefuture.

What tire pressure do ride in chunky climbs ? And your weight ?

That opening scene looks like Sedona

I feel attacked by this video lol

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Love the bike design ru-vid.comUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L and functionality. It is hard to align the front tired to center the disk brakes. The brake wheel touches the stationery side of the brake caliper and pad. I aired the tire up to 40 psi as the markings say 40-60psi. Left the house for a few hours and came back to an exploded innertube.All in all it seems to be a good bike. Have not ridden it yet though so that's the max of my knowledge. Update, put a new innertube made sure the tire was set properly and it did the same thing in under 20 minutes as second pic shows.

Did you grab dinner and a drink after? That place is good but definitely on the expensive side. Nice video too.

"a lot more a quickly"....??!! 😂

I find it easier to simply do a cyclocross dismount run/walk section and do CX or regular remount. Much prefer faster, flowier, climbs where I can establish a steady climbing cadence; can't do that with techy, chunky climbs; the latter just irritate me so I'll run or walk them. (And if the whole trail is evil, super techy rock gardenage, i won't even ride it; ride XC style trails or mild rock gardens, not Enduro stuff. Additionally, trying that on a fully loaded bikepacking rig, fuhget about it!)

whats the reason not to put one foot down?

Jeff that bike looks small on you

I don’t even feel like a real biker anymore, after watching this video. 😢

Step 1: Sell FS Step 2: Buy HT Step 3: Win

Much more difficult on a full suspension, just sayin'. Trials are rigid or hardtail bent. The less that moves, the less micro corrections.