Posts by FluidrideOnline
Jumping: FAQs
Jumping FAQs Relax Your Upper Body Relax your upper body. Tensing your upper body comes from the Fight or Flight mechanism – in this case, the fight part of it. You want ALL your pressure to manifest through your legs, and not your arms. Try this on: Coast around on your bike with a slight…
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Steep Descents: FAQs
Steep descents can draw fear into the hearts and minds of mountain bikers. With the right technique, however, riding steep terrain can be one of the most fun things you can do on a mountain bike.
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Cornering: FAQs
As in skiing, turning on a mountain bike requires putting more pressure on our outside foot. Unlike skiing, where your feet are level when standing in a neutral position, mountain bikers have one foot forward and one foot back. This is more like snowboarding where riders have one foot they prefer in front. Some riders are left foot forward, and some are right foot forward.
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Getting Pulled Forward Off Jumps or Landing Nose Heavy?
Getting Pulled Forward Off Jumps or Landing Nose Heavy? Riders are often pulled forward on jumps, which actually happens from being too far back, which typically comes for conscious or unconscious fear, or from a misunderstanding of correct movement into jumps. Being pulled forward will typically result in fear, which will often push you back…
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Throne And Attack Positions
Throne And Attack Positions While different instructional systems use different positions, the riding positions are not right or wrong. They are situational. The power of being in one position is that it allows the rider to move through that position into something new. It is this transition which really empowers riders to ride correctly over the…
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Making a Decreasing Radius Turn Into an Increasing Radius Turn
Watch this classroom skills video to learn how we can modify the shape of a turn using a pre-turn.
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Better Brake Modulation – Creating Confidence
Learning to properly modulate your brakes will increase your confidence when the going gets steep. Braking is something riders rarely spend time working on, yet it’s one of the most important skills we can develop.
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Changing a Decreasing Radius Turn Into an Increasing Radius Turn
In addition to railing turns, riding tight switchbacks, changing the apex of a turn, and snapping turns, footwork can help us actually change the nature of some turns.
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Active Pumping Terrain
Properly pumping terrain can be a great way to build speed on a trail without pedaling. We generally use this skill when we are moving at lower speeds or where the ground is too rough to effectively pedal.
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Coming Up Short With The Rear Wheel – Casing Jumps?
It’s common for riders to get unwanted rear wheel first landings or to slightly case a double with the rear wheel.
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