Just starting out? Trying to progress your riding? These 11 basic skills, some obvious and some you might not have thought of, will provide a solid foundation that will help you in any riding situation on your mountain bike.
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41 Comments
Where do you practice these skills?
That’s a sick bike my friend
hello ! i would be also interested to know what kneepads or knee things you got there. Mostly for comfort and injury prevention. i just hit 40 and i fear the moment where my knees will not be able to follow me in my bike rides. That will be very sad, i want to ride my bike as long as possible !
Great content 👍🏾, learning 😊🐱🙏🏾 new skills daily
Awesome!!!
this was a great video bro. getting in to mountain biking and this is exactly what i was looking for.
Where is surrey hills
Excellent 👍
Thank you! This is the basic of basic skills that I have been looking for. As a roadie moving into MTB, there is a large learning curve to utilize your body balance to counter the bike balance. Thank you. I'll be practicing these for a while.
Xanadu,
Fantasy island in Tucson.
Not sure why I watched this
I found pedaling while my hands are off the bars was easier for some reason
I learned the Track Stand by going down hill and then slowly going to flater ground
Awesome tutorial
oh wow, i actually did almost all off these excercises before ever watching this video just out of instinct and curiosity of how certain things feel
What do u call that mtb post thing with the clamp on top to hold ur mtb?😅
I'm watching Blake's vids daily to get called beautiful on demand. Can highly recommend.
And MTB content is a free bonus!
when the
Bend your albows
I bought my first bike since the 90’s. Very different than 30 years ago. I feel like I have to learn all over.
Thank you for make my dreams come true bless
my first time on a mountain bike was at massanutten resort at their downhill park and I had a rental. I was on the trail and I grabbed a handful of front brake and not once not twice but four times went OTB
Watching some mtb videos and i ended up buying hardtail. It's been 15 years since i rode mtb and had fun in trails and urban routes, let's see how much my body remembers after so long time. It's arriving in 2 days 👌
Hello MTBers, is over 50 too old for me to learn to ride a mountain bike? 😢
Thank you.
Standing up on your bike is like the nr1 thing ANY kid does, how is this somethign that ppl need to learn?
You explain as simply as gordon ramsey!
and also learn how to pedal and steer with your hands off
then learn how to feather that front brake when you tip forward and do a wheelie on the front wheel
I thought I didn't know any of the 'core skills' but turns out I do. That made me feel a bit better bout my riding too.
Can i ask you something i have mtb byox black and red color and i have only in the front a very tough suspension it only works when i fell from high can you tell me if i can do a whilie with this bike pls answer me!
Very good exercises!!
So glad i learned how to ride no hands when i was younger
I need a bike like that. 😭
No issues with assembly for me https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L but I could see where some might benefit from using an experienced bike assembler/mechanic. I'm an older rider starting back after a 10 year break. This bike exceeds my capabilities and has been easy to get comfortable riding. I'm mostly on easy trails with almost no street riding and have not been disappointed with the performance of the bike. My fitness level is far below what I previously rode with and because of that the mileage is going on the bike slowly. While I'm losing weight slowly, the bike seems to tolerate my 220 pounds just fine. The bike has been used by several family members ranging from 5'5" – 5'9".
Sick Blake. Thanks
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Thank you
PPl are scard to stand on there biks?
6:58 Jack Sparrow😂