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Pictures of you riding a mountain bike (Any wheelsize and type of MTB allowed)

richgardiner

Monkey
Aug 19, 2008
224
26
The UK is having a bit of a sh*tter in terms of the weather this winter.. hopefully it will sort itself out soon.

Heres one from early autumn last year - Hawaiian shirt at the ready:

 

jimw

Monkey
Aug 10, 2004
210
24
Santa Cruz, CA
It was my bday recently. Turned 46, so I took the day off and rode 46 miles... and hit a 46 foot jump. :) I cheated a little, it was a big stepdown with a long landing that I had to overclear a bit to make the number, but hey I'll take it! Might not be a sustainable bday tradition going forward...





 

dump

Turbo Monkey
Oct 12, 2001
8,213
4,463
nice jimw. Going forward, you can start counting in pinkbike feet if need be.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
18,980
9,639
AK
Riding the course the day after the race (today), lots of sections like after this climb, super roller-coaster, like a DH moto-course on snow:

 

RayB

Monkey
Jan 31, 2008
744
95
Seattle
Been super busy with work lately, but snuck out for a night ride earlier:


If you think that looks like shit, here's the full trail when it's light out:


Washington is fucking dope.
 

profro

Turbo Monkey
Feb 25, 2002
5,617
314
Walden Ridge
Turn your bars down the other way just as much, scrunch up your shoulders and then it's called enduro.
Any suggestions to get that damn back leg to tuck up underneath me? I thought my "trick" was awesome sauce until I saw this picture.

"You got like 3ft of air"
 

kidwoo

Artisanal Tweet Curator
Ollie your bike just a tad......pull back just a little off the lip, then as you apex move your weight forward and tuck up your legs....the back of the bike will follow. It's definitely a feel thing, and you'll get better at it the more conscious you are of what the back wheel is doing. The lippier the jump, the easier it is to do.

If you want to go flat you can literally lift your bike to the side pinching it with your legs. This jump is really poppy so you don't have to do shit but let the bike come up underneath you and push your knees off to the side. You see how low I am over the jump, I'm literally just kind of falling/pushing myself into and to the side of the bike......the bike already has plenty of pop by itself just from the jump shape. It's kind of a little bit of a scrub.

http://blistergearreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kidwoo-4-XS.jpg

The flatter the lip, the more you have to either pop, or fall or push your weight down into it. Think of your head tube is kind of your axis point. Get over your headtube and use that to direct the bike.
 
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jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
16,681
13,026
Cackalacka du Nord
Ollie your bike just a tad......pull back just a little off the lip, then as you apex move your weight forward and tuck up your legs....the back of the bike will follow. It's definitely a feel thing, and you'll get better at it the more conscious you are of what the back wheel is doing. The lippier the jump, the easier it is to do.

If you want to go flat you can literally lift your bike to the side pinching it with your legs. This jump is really poppy so you don't have to do shit but let the bike come up underneath you and push your knees off to the side. You see how low I am over the jump, I'm literally just kind of falling/pushing myself into and to the side of the bike......the bike already has plenty of pop by itself just from the jump shape. It's kind of a little bit of a scrub.

http://blistergearreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/kidwoo-4-XS.jpg

The flatter the lip, the more you have to either pop, or fall or push your weight down into it. Think of your head tube is kind of your axis point. Get over your headtube and use that to direct the bike.
are you, perchance, a robot???