Advanced Braking + Cornering Drill - Practice Like a Pro #63

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

It's a good reminder of just how active you have to be on the bike, weight shifting, braking to shift angles around, and not just a static passenger. What a great skill builder this series is!

[@seanoneil277]

It's constantly changing (bike attitude, trail pitch, trail condition) so the rider must be constantly adapting. The very smoothest, most skilled riders make all the dynamic adaptations look effortless, and they don't look super-dynamic on the bike. Loic Bruni rides like this, Sam Hill and Steve Peat do/did as well. Greg Minnaar rode very actively when young (even got called Big Air) and today he is super smooth but still a bit dynamic. At the other end you have Jackson Goldstone, super-dynamic and looks like a rabbit hopping down a trail.

[@Fluidride]

Thank you, all great points. Someone in a recent teacher training I was facilitating defined agility as "the absence of unnecessary movement" which I loved. Just enough moving around to make it all work and nothing extra. -Simon

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

@@Fluidride I think that comes with a lot of practice and being very comfortable on the bike. That's a great analogy though.

[@seanoneil277]

@@Fluidride Doing the most with the least effort, eh? Jim Weiss used to chide me with "let the ski do more of the work it was designed to do, spend less time bossing it around." He always referred to listening to the ski, letting it tell you what it wants/needs to achieve X, Y or Z. I think it's similar with any dynamic sport, MTB, moto, skateboarding, snowboarding. If a tool is involved, first know the tool.

[@seanoneil277]

Good stuff, thanks Simon. You explained the trail braking that I asked about a few weeks back, and added a tight steep turn to show its utility. Great great drill and explanation. I'd say Linnea's success in early attempts is thanks to your thoughtful coaching, and her application of what she's learned from you -- over time. Might not have had the same success if on this day it was her first ever coaching session with you and she hadn't learned a bunch of preliminaries, and practiced them, already. Anyway -- you're a great coach and Linnea's clearly a dedicated student.

[@Fluidride]

All well said. She has put together all the ingredients to be able to make more complex combinations. Been fun and really good for my riding too!

[@seanoneil277]

@@Fluidride I know from teaching skiing in multiweek classes, seeing the same students for 6 weeks -- the ones who like to learn really make coaching fun. The ones who put in extra work, they make coaching a blast. Without meeting her I am guesing Linnea likes to do the outside work. As a kid & up through college sports, I always put in extra work. I noticed coaches seemed to like that, even when I was a kid I noticed it. I might try to drive over to Seattle for some coaching at some point in the next 6-8 weeks. I could use some cornering footwork help.

[@Fluidride]

@@seanoneil277 Yes, teaching motivated learners always makes the coach look better, and it's nice when someone is excited about what you are teaching! Linnea certainly falls into that category. You should come out for sure. If you can't make it this fall, we do have a number of 'travel weekends' in spring/summer/fall with my favorite group classes all stacked up for maximum progression!

[@pauleddy5146]

Yes sir, all about getting comfortable moving the bike around underneath you. Knowing you can stay under control when the rear slides. When the front slides, that's a whole nuther thang! That root in the middle would freak a lot of people out when they look at it, but since you're off the front brake and you're pretty squared up, no issues, let'er roll.

[@Fluidride]

Exactly! As I always say to students, 'It's fine for your tires to slide, so long as the rear slides more than the front!'.

[@gr637]

Yet another informative and inspiring video. I found the breaking tips to negotiate the turn very helpful. Grazie! Gaetano

[@Fluidride]

Thanks Gaetano!

[@mannyfnsc29]

Good stuff. You've used this section of trail to coach going down.. now how about going back up? A series on climbing different types of technical terrain would be sweet. Great video..and awesome job, Linnea!

[@Fluidride]

We have one coming up for climbing switchbacks, but need to film one for climbing tech! -Simon

[@claudefreerider9592]

pretty impressive, they're bottoming out their forks!

[@TCK71]

Excellent!

[@yuglobalcitizen2246]

Don't understand why good vid like this don't get thousands of likes

[@Fluidride]

Thanks Yu! Hopefully more riders will start to watch and learn with us. Tell your friends and thank you! -Simon

[@healthkit6448]

Fantastic!!!

[@soultribe9]

Awesome video as always thank you!!

[@juluisreyes9094]

Nice sessioning guys..Linnea's bike looks more like a down country or light trail bike 🤙🤙..

[@Fluidride]

Yeah, she races XC on it. She'd be killing it on a more traditional xc bike, but races on that bike in a full faced helmet and still crushes. You can take the dh'r off the dh track...but...can't take the dh out of the racer!

[@jeremiemcclean1635]

Good stuff, ticked at how I could two wheel drift as a youngin and totally forget how😢

[@justsayin3600]

There is one tight rocky turn at the park I do a controlled turn at using both brakes that's so sketchy I crashed and almost crash every time. I gotta try this!

[@brucemilmont6455]

Any tips to become comfortable with sliding?

[@Fluidride]

Yes. Start with short radius turns like non aggressively places slalom cones. Do this with terrain where there is some grip but the chance to break loose a bit. Take your time adding speed each time as you work the slalom and you will start to slide a little. Pretty soon that will become a comfortable feeling. At a high level of ridership, sliding can be welcomed as it helps redirect the bike. Hope this helps! -Simon

[@brucecarlson8771]

I am also left foot forward, please show the difference on a left turn at the bottom, instead are turn. They seem to be two different body movements. 14:12

[@Fluidride]

We have tons of video of back foot turns. Flip through the episodes and you will find heaps! Hope that helps!

[@Fluidride]

Would be a lot easier for both of us to turn left, but the run in is not set up for that here.

[@timobreumelhof88]

Nice. :-)

[@brucecarlson8771]

A right turn, damn ai 14:12