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- We all know that feeling of flying down your local trail,
flowing down it but then you see that jump in front of you
so that time when the e-bike
when the wheels come of the ground
it can be pretty intimidating,
specially if you got the wrong techniques.
Today's video we gonna be taking a look
at your common jumping mistakes
and how we gonna rectify them.
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So when it comes to common mistakes
let's talk about bike setup when it comes to jumping.
First things first is seat height.
When you're hitting a jump you wanna be able to get
behind that bike and throw yourself around all over it
so get that seat dropped nicely out the way.
If you got a standard dropper just slam it
or if you got a normal seat base get that swivel down
right out the way,
you need to be able to get over the back end of the bike.
Let's talk about tire pressure as well
if you got soft tires on your e-bike they kinda squirm a lot
so they gonna deform at the steeper take off
and cause a lot of tire squirm so the bikes gonna feel
a little bit unpredictable on those takeoffs.
If you just gonna be doing jumps alone stick around
above 30 psi to allow that tire to stay
in it's normal shape and no squirming.
So let's talk about suspension
when it comes to e-bike and jumping.
I tend to run a slightly stiffer suspension set up
on my e-bike when I'm gonna be doing jumps
add a few psi in your forks
and especially into the rear shock as well.
Suspension's too soft you gonna find that bikes
gonna bottom out on the take off
so if it bottoms out it's got no energy to be released
from that suspension out the takeoff.
Also when it comes to rebound on that shock,
specially on the rear, just make sure it's not rebounding
too fast like at springboard
'cause as soon as you come out that lip
that back end's gonna wanna kick
probably try and chuck you over the handle bars.
Okay that's the bike dialed in let's talk about me.
Obviously I'm gonna be wearing a helmet
up to you if you're feeling confident
an open face is good gives you good vision
you can look down see land, and different things.
Feeling a little less confident stick a full face on
so obviously gonna protect you
a lot more if things do go wrong.
You're wearing a set of full fingered gloves,
set of knee pads and elbow pads as well,
just gives you a little bit of a confidence out there.
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'kay so the biggest mistake that I see out in the trail
when it comes to jumping is riders expecting
that lip to do the work for you.
Truth is 70 to 80 percent of that jump
is actually done by you and the preload before the jump.
You actually need to preload that suspension
squash the bike down into the lip,
not letting the lip do all the work for you.
You let that suspension work, send that bike over the jump.
Let's talk about preloading that bike
before we get to the jump there.
So preloading is squashing that bike down
getting the riders weight into the front and the rear shocks
getting that bike a bit of a squash down
sitting into it's travel
as you go up the face of the takeoff,
so you pushing down and into the takeoff
rather that trying to go up and out of the takeoff
you squash down and as that front wheel comes to leaving
that jump, that's when you need to let that stored energy
that you've put into the suspension
explode up into the air and that will drive
the bike actually up rather than through the jump.
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one of the big mistakes I see riders doing
out on the trail too much
is hitting jumps way too fast,
means they've injected too much speed into that takeoff
thinking that they gonna over compensate
for a lack of technique on the takeoff
by hitting the jump even harder and faster.
Over jump on a jump like this is just a dangerous
if not more so dangerous than coming up short on it.
You really need to look and adjust that entry speed
to the size of the jump that you're actually doing.
The danger of the over jump is obviously
that you gonna sail pass that landing
something you should be landing on
two wheels together nice and smooth.
If you land nice and smooth on that trail it's gonna
inject a load more speed and control down the trail.
If you land it flat
you gonna land really heavy bottom on that suspension
you heads gonna nearly hit your stern
you gonna be all out of control
it's gonna look really nasty.
So just try adjust your speed
to meet that landing perfectly smooth.
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Another mistake actually lots of riders do
and it's coming into jumps with really bad footwork.
Where you have your feet on the approach of a jump
and into the takeoff is really really important.
Go all over the place,
you're gonna be going out of that takeoff
all sorts of shapes.
So when you coming into the jump
its really important to get that set up down,
think about what you're doing, you getting that pump on.
This is if you peddling all the way up
and at the takeoff your feet
aren't gonna be in the right place.
You haven't thought about what you gonna do on that bike
you gonna forget about preloading
you feet are gonna be all over the place,
chances are you gonna go out of that takeoff
with your feet actually not flat,
you gonna have one up and one down.
Obviously that's gonna cause a big imbalance
with you in the air could cause a crash on the landing.
Which is vital on any approach or a takeoff
those pedals need to be level on your bike,
if you think you gonna stick any extra cranks
in on the approach to your jump
its actually bad news, you actually gonna be better
by thinking about your preload technique
getting that dialed is actually gonna make you go
further over that jump
than any peddling will do at that takeoff.
So in the approach and the takeoff you really need
to keep those pedals level.
If you drop a pedal you could run the risk of
clipping that takeoff and also if you drop a pedal
in the air, move that weight
it's gonna feel really nasty too.
You really need to get pedals level,
it's gonna keep you nice and balanced
up in the air over that jump.
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So the nosedive, we've all been there
probably one of the most nasty experiences
when it comes to jumping your e-bike.
That back wheel coming up higher than the back of your head
and that front wheel dropping away.
It's a really really horrible position to be in.
So one of the most common causes of that horrible nosedive
it's actually weight position on the bike
means that you've come into that jump
your weights too far forward, you've gone up that takeoff
and your weights shifted even more far into the handle bars
'cause you've gone with that steep face.
So how do you remedy that nosedive situation?
It's quite easy, you just need to get your weight
and your body in the right position on the bike
if you too far forward it's gonna do that classic nosedive
situation that we've already talked about.
If you too far back you gonna come out
that front wheels just gonna be going high through the air
your handle bars in your face.
You really need to be in that mid zone on the bike
slightly rearward on the takeoff
and just move into that neutral zone on the bike.
No big weight shift towards the rear or the front
and should be hitting that jump nice and smoothly.
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Sailing over that jump stiff as you like,
rigid as a board is not a good look to have on the trails
the dead sailor as it's known in mountain biking
is when you come into a jump
you've hit it you not committed, you not confident,
somethings gone wrong with your footwork,
you've hit it too slow, too fast, a balance problem,
lots of different reasons
for where that dead sailor can happen.
So performing that dead sailor in the air is probably
gonna lead to a big crash.
You not gonna be ready for that landing
your bikes gonna feel all out of shape in the air
you're gonna feel all out of shape in the air,
it's not a good one to be doing midair on that jump.
So how do remedy that dead sailor situation?
Basically you just need to have confidence in your abilities
if you're coming into this jump all stiff, tense,
you're not gonna work correctly
and your bikes not gonna work correctly,
probably gonna forget about things like you footwork
your feet are gonna be in the wrong position
your weights gonna be in the wrong position
just come into it relaxed, practice, practice practice.
Obviously your confidence is gonna increase
you keep pulling those jumps nice and safely
don't push too hard too soon 'cause that can lead
to obviously big crashes too.
So there you go that's my common jump mistakes
when it comes to jumping on your e-bike
really hope today's videos gonna help you guys
out there on the trails.
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