Tried working on a drop the other day. I know I’m still pulling with my arms. Any pointers?

Aight, let’s talk about the goal of doing a drop “properly” real quickly.

The goal of doing a drop properly is to have enough control over the position of the front wheel so that it does not drop so rapidly that you clip your bottom bracket on the edge of the drop before your rear wheel has cleared the drop, AND that your angle in the air isn’t so aggressively pitched forward that you land so nose heavy you go over the front bars.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2GK1NDStM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2GK1NDStM) is one of my favorite videos to explain proper form

For a drop like what you’re showing I’d prefer to get low before it, so I can push the bike forward as it goes off, unweighting the front, keeping the front up as long as possible so I don’t nose dive. Once I’m in the air I’m trying to match the angle of the landing with my bike.

I like to think of it as almost shoving the bike forward (with your hips and arms) rather than pulling back on the bars.

You’re stalling on that kicker. That’s a speed issue mostly…

I think you should practice wheelie a bit. If your wheelie is not working, this also won’t. I think it will be faster to practice wheelie pull, instead of making circles on your jump. You can probably do 10 wheelie iterations instead of 1 jump-pull.

The 2nd one was pretty good. My advice, try to unweight the bike a bit before your front wheel starts to drop. Kind of like a bunny hop but your rear wheel does not actually lift off. Practice dropping down curbs or something. Step it up to bigger drops when you can consistently get both tires to land at the same time. You don’t have to go faster but it does make it easier.

Go faster to start, you need more body language the slower you go. A great way to practice this a lot without scaring yourself is off of low curbs near home or as you ride around town. For curbs, the goal could be for the front and back wheel to hit the ground at the same time to say you did it right. If you mess up, you’re not at high risk of hurting yourself as you could be on the trail. Start going fast as it requires less input, once you’ve got it fast, start to slow down and try to do the same thing by exaggerating your movements. this will also help you gauge how much effort you need to put in for drops in the future based on the height and your speed in the future.

Push my friend

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