Posts by FluidrideOnline
How To Access Wall Rides
In this video, we break down how to access a wall ride – and how to get nice and high up on the wall should you want to. Pre-turns are useful in a number of situations.
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Getting Sideways in the air? – How to Address ‘Dead Sailor’
Riders who sign up for our jump classes often do so due to inconsistent jump outcomes. During our pre-class introductions, they often mention that they sometimes fly well, and sometimes end up sideways in the air, or off trail on landing.
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Climbing Technical Terrain
Learning to ride technical ascents can be both challenging and a lot of fun. Getting through the difficult elements of a climb can be aided by learning to create a surge with your foot speed. Simon illustrates some of the basic points of a surge below.
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Climbing Switchback Turns
There is a pretty simple technique which can greatly improve your success rate climbing switchbacks. This technique can also save a lot of energy, since you will be able to just relax and focus on a few simple ideas instead of overthinking while climbing.
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Brake Lever Setup
Brake Lever Setup Click to check your progress Braking Drill To Improve ModulationSelective BrakingSteep BrakingBetter Brake Modulation – Creating ConfidenceBrake Lever Setup Keep going – you’re doing great! New to our lingo? Check out the glossary.
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Climbing: Surging On Technical Terrain
When climbing technical terrain, I use a technique I call surging. A surge is where I create rapidly enhanced foot speed (pedaling speed) just before a technical crux within a climb.
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Staying Low: Jumping with Passive Legs Or ‘Racer Style’
Jumping Passive or Racer Style When learning to jump, it’s important to understand that our outcome in terms of height and distance is directly related to the loading we create or negate through our legs. In our advanced classes, we often have riders practice hitting a jump at varying speeds while trying to get the…
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Man Made Terrain: Riding Wall Rides
In this photo blog Simon breaks down the steps on using a pre-turn to access wall rides.
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Using Double Footwork to Ride Switchbacks
One of the scariest parts of mountain biking for new riders is often tight, downhill switchbacks. While most riders can make a simple flat turn on the road, these tight-radius turns on the trail can be tricky to master.
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Biomechanics: Shedding Light on the Mysteries of Human Movement
Part 1 of 2. Learn from Professor Jacob Kysar as he sheds light on natural biases we have to favor one side of our body or another and how it impacts our riding.
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