7 Essential MTB Skills XC Pros Use That YOU Can Too!

[@gmbn]

What are you going to use from this list? Is there anything you would add? Let us know in the comments! 👇

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

He said burger, that's probably what I'm gonna remember; XC = burgers Yay

[@floydblandston108]

Well done! Particularly for newer riders, pumptracks are excellent slack/recovery day riding opportunities, along with flowy, no climbing single track or trails. While true that 'climbing wins races', mastering low effort momentum riding- the when/where/and how of it- will keep you in the fast group until that last lap when all the musclebound stompers either blow on the climb or just go slack in the transitions.

[@sbabadi]

Straight legs for recovery! Never thought of that!

[@floydblandston108]

@@LawrenceMacMacster - my daughters mandatory post-ride recovery meal at Mickey D's; McDouble, small fry, large Hi-C Orange. Grease, salt, and sugar....😄

[@Legacy40k]

More XC content... I think people who don't race XC, or watch it really underestimate and underappreciate just how skilled world cup XC racers are and how gnarly the terrain can be that they ride (Especially in mud!!!)

[@devincook3278]

I really appreciate that yall have listened to the viewers and have continued to pump out XC content. Keep'r comin'.

[@KotakMeister]

I think XC is perhaps the most underrated discipline where i come from.

[@bchearne]

We don’t get nearly enough xc specific stuff in mtb videos, probably because downhill is more photogenic. In my area (western North Carolina) there are very few actual downhill tracks, and we’re all riding up the hills as well as down them

[@Lolyssian]

Thank you for bringing more XC content! Isaac is a great host

[@ride6884]

Very happy to see this video! I just sent this to our NICA team, this has a lot of useful points.

[@andersonsalazar5757]

Nice! Keep the XC content coming! Nice video guys 🤟🏻

[@LawrenceMacMacster]

I did race XC back in the 90's when events were through parking lots and fields, I almost come to hate mountain bike at the time, then I discovered that the issue wasn't with the sport but more with XC people 😂 It's a different fauna...

[@janeblogs324]

Say more

[@nbodeh4658]

And they are clearly unreasonably full of themselves... I just can't see how they say xc is more demanding than most other MTB sports when clearly when I watch them they lack the skills and speed top of the cream MTB players have like Goldstone, can't see anyone in xc to beat him in descending ... Just no, they are like 2x slower at least on camera lol

[@jules5037]

@@nbodeh4658 I think nowadays tons of XC riders, pro and amateurs do admire what Goldstone and others are doing in DH and learning from them (like Schurter often seen training with enduro riders) The physical performance (which is central in XC, like way more than 75% of the result I guess) separates it from the other mtn disciplines and that's the beauty of XC, because it mixes roadies lightweenies bikes and watts obsessions with (recently) the gravity spirit of mtb

[@floydblandston108]

I can't speak to the UK scene, but USA/Canada XC has been much harder core than any of you are giving it credit for. The longstanding classic sites like Mt. Snow, Mt. Saint Anne's, Snowshoe, etc. are famously rugged going. Maybe you all need to get off the infield and lower mountain access road climbs and into those cross slope single track woods, pitches, and ridiculously rugged climbing sections? Oh, and race it for over an hour, rather than the few withering minutes your DH heroes roll along for...as for 'Enduro' or etc., you'll find that many of them began as XC riders who just didn't have the wattage to place, rather than downhillers who decided they like to pedal.

[@junka1975]

Nice one Isaac. Really well explained and great tips.

[@nateandnaomiricher4443]

I’ve got a few things I can work on. Especially the pre race fueling. I was doing that mostly wrong.

[@larsmortensen1247]

Great video. More like this! Possibly for endurance XC racing

[@Jack-zi6tl]

Really liked this video lots of good tips many I realised I learned a small amount of iver the past couple years racing xc.

[@sstrong42]

if you really want to learn how to carry speed and maintain momentum, ride a singlespeed.

[@TE_53349]

that nukeproof looks sick

[@simonm1447]

May do a 70 km ride in the Outback tomorrow, so time to get rice today for lunch

[@mtb4life817]

What bike are you riding did i miss a new Nukeproof release

[@treeof611]

Yay xc! 🎉

[@saddleweary2777]

Finding a riding buddy that's faster than you is the best way to improve with XC I think

[@kandinrobinson2090]

First XC video I’ve watched and the presenter reminded me why I stick to Enduro

[@3Bmtb]

I learned from watching the Pros, that I just can't! 🙃

[@coenmtb]

Throwing hips back to get up to speed? Have you watched BMX racers who do this for a living?

[@rider65]

Oh my goodness Johnny...rice is a complex carb not a simple carb. 🙄😂

[@ahmadangga135]

2nd comment from Indonesia

[@gmbn]

🎉🎉

[@wilsonbuchanan2573]

anyone in NICA?

[@freerideWA]

I think Anna should have done this video, she looks way better in Lycra, sorry can't watch a guy in Lycra 😅

[@Justkeepshredding]

AAAAAAAhahahahahaha I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw that lycra!! AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA

[@TheTrailRabbit]

guess you've never seen an XC race?

[@Justkeepshredding]

@@TheTrailRabbit Is it worth paying to see? When you can stand at the end of your drive and watch some roadies fly by.

[@floydblandston108]

You know, in those situations that call for lycra, the women are wearing it too.😉 (Oh, and rather than the sausage fest of DH, XC draws *lots* of women.)

[@TheOneTrueD]

@@floydblandston108 are you baiting, mate? DH has tons of women

[@floydblandston108]

@@TheOneTrueD - if you say so. It sure looks like a conga line from here.

[@Justkeepshredding]

Dude obviously doesn’t mind flashing around his mc chicken nuggets.

[@jamesvonvacheresse7888]

Two comments on the Lycra, you should talk to someone about your fixation.

[@Justkeepshredding]

@@jamesvonvacheresse7888 1. Your the one spending your free time searching through comments for xc mockers, so I think you should ride more. And 2. You obviously crave other men in lycra so get a road bike. Maybe you should talk to someone about YOUR fixation.

[@jamesvonvacheresse7888]

Lol, man child, and obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed

[@Justkeepshredding]

@@jamesvonvacheresse7888 no just child. Weirdo.

[@TheTrailRabbit]

​@Justkeepshredding nah your comments are creepy and unnecessary. What do you wear to ride, blue jeans?