Ho, ho ho! the snow is deep and winter is here and in this episode you will get
lessons on how to spend better quality time to become a better adventure rider
with the one you love thanks for watching moto trek this year what a
great first season had tremendous growth and you guys are the ones that make all
the difference the comments the shares the likes I love it all it's wonderful
in fact your comments are what's helping shape up next year we have shows on
Does Size Matter, talking about tire size and how much of a difference does it
really make on pavement or in the dirt sand skills uphill downhill riding
through sand we're gonna talk about kit and riding gear and our bikes really
don't want to fall down we're gonna take a look at rake and trail and all those
forces that keep your bike upright I'm excited to be going back to South Africa
at the end of next year oh the winch! just the way just the way I love going out
and getting stuck and just seeing what it takes to get out of it so I'm gonna
go stick my bike in the mud pull out the shovel pull out the winch yes
that is a winch on the back of my bike and show you some of the tips and tricks
I've learned to get out of those situations
did I mention suspension and it's a completely different beast when you're
talking about big heavy bikes that have to go from street to dirt so here's the
lesson of the day there are ways you can better your
skills as an adventure rider even if your bike is locked up for the winter
this activity is about getting inside the center balance of the bike to do
this we're just gonna climb up and off the bike in the garage without the bike
falling over on us so I'm gonna plant my knee into the bike and pivot into the
center balance of the bike
now if you're not doing this correct what you'll notice is the bike will move
over towards you by standing straight up that bike falls over and of course
that's not near as elegant now when you get better at this activity if you're
more advanced rider you can start climbing up from different places
besides just the foot peg winter is a great time to practice this and it will
make you a better rider when you get out of the garage it helps you stay inside
that balance point of the bikes you're not so intimidated by all of that weight
and these big heavy bikes being offroad you do need to be careful if you're
doing this in the garage you've never done this before don't have it near your
car where it's gonna tip over and definitely don't get hurt if the
jungle-gym seems a little extreme this is a much safer and more comfortable
activity this is all about getting to a standing position correctly what I'm
gonna do is anchor my feet anchor my knee and I'm gonna pivot up and forward
on the bike you'll notice I'm not using my hands to get up and I wedged my legs
in so I'm not using energy once I get here when I come down I slide back down
along the tank so I'm sliding up the tank I slide down the tank here's what
we're trying to avoid very common rider stand straight up when they do that
requires a lot more energy in the legs and we don't walk in as well on the bike
the other thing we'll do is when we stand up riders will sit and they sit
back on the bike that moves the weight farther back and makes the front and
very light so the activity get forward on the bike all the way forward lock
those knees in and pivot forward up towards the front of the bike so you're
over the front wheel and slide back down again no hands great activity and not as
Extreme as the jungle gym yesterday was the shortest
day of the year that means every single day is a little bit longer and riding
season is right around the corner this is not the time to start sitting back on
our laurels and not doing anything about a riding now is the time to start
getting our skills ready getting our kit ready making sure our bikes are ready
because the riding season is almost here in this episode I'm going to give you
some things to do you can enjoy your winter
I'm sliding up the tank I slide down
you