How To Stop Going Over The Bars On Your Mountain Bike | MTB Jumping Skills

No one likes going over the bars, so here's Blake with a few tips to help you avoid getting bucked forwards when jumping on your mountain bike 🤘
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It's hard to stop being bucked over the bars once it has started so prevention is the best cure. Suspension set up, tyre pressure, body weight, and pre loading the jump will all help you send without going OTB!
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[@cooner69]

Who's here after an over the bar crash🥲

[@believe8263]

People think I'm wearing a back pack while riding but it's actually a parachute in case I start to go over the bars.

[@Hahahe568]

😂😂😂

[@Freezing7]

Hi

[@Freezing7]

Du bist hier

[@BrianKimbel]

Dang, should have watched this LAST week!

[@gmbn]

Hope you didn't get hurt? If so we wish you a good recovery and hopefully this video can reduce the chances of this happening again in the future! 👍

[@autismo8123]

Get well soon, unless you didn't get hurt than just have a good one

[@Ultimaniacx4]

Three weeks for me. My shoulder is just barely starting to hurt less.

[@hellojrod]

Last week for me. Still feeling new pains. Waiting on my replacement helmet

[@caughcks]

Over the bars crew represent. 🤙🤙

[@rgmtb]

OMG getting bucked scares the crap out of me! You just go into slow motion and see your life pass before your eyes. AHAHAHAAHAHAA!

[@hendrkweiss]

Try jumping off in the last second. This saved my life a few times but actually commiting to this is hard.

[@gmbn]

Hopefully this video can help avoiding this in the future! It's the worst feeling 😳

[@Vera-be6yq]

"Life flashing before your eyes." did not happen to me. I distinctly remember front tire locking up, unclipping while the bike was above my head, then landing on my backpack and hearing the bike land just a bit away from my feet.

[@santosj2274]

Awful feeling and caused me 3 weeks of awful pain from my fractured left acromion. 😞

[@rusolinio121]

@@santosj2274 Hhahaha. Sounds like you broke your book of the dead.

[@andrewnelson3276]

Also, it might not be obvious to everyone, but make sure you are off the brakes going over the jump. Applying any brakes on a jump will shift your weight forward and send you OTB.

[@cromaniac1587]

that's what i, as beginner, am afraid of the most -that my instinct will tell me slower is safer in situations where it's not

[@kuro3864]

That’s what I was doing today 😂

[@TheDingopaul]

I just love this guy, he is funny and serious at the same time

[@skbkaz]

Wish I watched this 3 days ago, wouldn't be posting from hospital ☹

[@talvien9061]

Same here… collar bone gone

[@jonwilson6077]

Pro Tip: Don't go down a steep rock garden when its nearly dark, day-dreaming and your body weight isn't back 👍

[@keithmicomonaco616]

That's r-worded

[@akairborne]

Thanks; now you tell me. smdh.

[@jjmtb1478]

Do you know that from Past experiences?

[@jonwilson6077]

@@jjmtb1478 Yeah, broken elbow was the result

[@vwbradyboy]

Great advice on bike setup, Blake! I think another common cause is when someone doesn't fully commit to a jump and changes their mind on the lip, suddenly attempting to soak it up or scrub it. They end up lifting their front wheel over the lip or trying to soak up their bike with their legs. Their rear wheel cannot do the same and their legs will not have enough travel for the jump. Essentially their front tire scrubs and their rear tire jumps, sending them OTB.

[@eliotcrowe7884]

I have the opposite problem - I'm so scared of going OTB that my jumps are lame! One piece that I find confusing: I've heard many times that good bunnyhop technique gives you the foundation for jumping, but I'm not sure which specific bits of bunnyhopping! For example, in this vid Blake gave the tip that you shouldn't drop back over the rear wheel, which is a key part of bunnyhop technique. I probably need to just practice more, and get the feel for it.

[@ianfurqueron5850]

Over the past couple of months, I've been trying to get my jumping mojo back (not easy in your late 40's) and honestly, the "well, duh..." moment for me was just remembering to pull up on the take off. Yeah, it's so simple, but I swear in most of the "Fails" videos I see, that is the number one thing riders do wrong - they come into a jump fast, have a bit of a panic and then forget to pull up. Then they become a passenger and an OTB becomes more likely.

[@prgrier1]

finally, an explanation that makes sense, tired of dumb instructions, to 'just send it'.

[@The_Dude_420]

Just send it!

[@robertraybon6333]

it works for some!

[@th_js]

Lähetä se

[@IRON_NIC]

Just send it works only if your technique is good enough and you are afraid of doing bigger gaps or jumps

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

If you are not feeling well, take it easy and save hitting jumps for another day. I ignored my inner voice, went to the park and had my mind elsewhere when I approached some gap jumps first run. Came in too slow and front wheel cased the second lip sending me OTB. Owch. 2 more falls that day and it was oh great, time to lick my wounds and go home. Destroyed 2 spokes on the last fall as the bike cartwheeled and back wheel slammed on top of a cut tree trunk. So, mind needs to be in the game and commit to the jump too. ))

[@gmbn]

You're right Piers, it's really good to know when to save it for another day! Hope you and your bike are all ok now. 👍

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

@@gmbn A wee bit sore round the ribs but nothing time wont fix. Bikes rear wheel getting some love after breaking 2 spokes when it smacked down on a small tree trunk during my last off. LOL

[@vwbradyboy]

A lot of you tubers who try to teach jumping say "bunny hop the lip", or "pre-load your suspension by pushing into the takeoff". Though correct, this is bad advice for someone who is trying to learn to jump, aka your viewers. Good advice: Go to a properly made jump and practice riding over it with your weight balanced over both wheels, don't concern yourself with air time, the jump should do the work for you and eventually you'll be clearing it without any bunny hopping. Then, practice controlling that balance in the air to maneuver the bike. If you've never jumped before, THIS is where you start. You don't start by learning to bunny hop, that's for more experienced jumpers who strictly want to add height to their jump.

[@downhill1021]

That’s me on the second crash, thank you Blake for all your pro tipps, basically I was going way to fast as it was the first time hitting a big boy like that and simply caused to jump in the flat... I usually ride a more stiffy suspension but forgot to put it back to hard, so the bike set up does all the difference, thanks once again ! @d0wnhill

[@trailladymtb7700]

Started to happen to me and pushed the tush back just in time to save! Total miracle.

[@mikeguydish382]

Broke my collar bone this way. Happened again last week but I tucked, flipped, and actually landed on my feet.

[@MrKGatl]

Every time I save myself from going OTB I pancake into the stem, really feels great on the sternum for a few weeks.

[@DonMarco321]

„gonna slow down the fork a little bit aswell...“ *makes it faster* xD Nice vid anyway! Thanks guys✌️

[@Losovox]

DonMarco321 lol

[@sellis28]

He explained that adding rebound slows down the fork

[@itsbrendan20]

Great video‼️💥🤟 That canyon looks AMAZING 🤤🤤

[@ayjay-_-4075]

Yes a video with Blake!!

[@shlinomaz]

Love Blake and love his comments. Excellent guide how to avoid going over bars. Thanks

[@cragv]

Could watch your instructional vids all day, Blake. Thanks for this one, really useful. Keep it up, love your work :)

[@cbas_qc]

Would have been great to analyse mistakes made on a otb video!

[@finnbelton3556]

I think that that with every crash/fail video. I see they got it wrong but how did they get it wrong?

[@villimagg]

Thanks so much for this. This was really informative, well done and helpful.

[@bonjanis28]

Very well explained mate🤘

[@caffeineau]

I went OTB on a crappy little jump recently, this video makes a lot of sense as to why, thanks Blake and GMBN!

[@unitedscum]

Exactly how I would’ve explained it. Great education video for new mountain bike riders.

[@HUSHHUSH-]

What a great series this is 🤘

[@dryzalmynelli9600]

So much insight. Thanks Blake! 🤙🤙

[@taejandrozd3354]

I love you guys you are the reason why I ride

[@JR-gc5ef]

Thanks for this site - albeit one day too late. I've just taken up mountain biking. 52 years old, first ride, 2 crashes (one over the bars) reminded me I don't bounce too well.

[@rudySTi]

Proper lad. It's literally impossible not to crash if you're riding to get better.

[@JR-gc5ef]

@@rudySTi Intensive KZbin GMBN study coming up.

[@th_js]

@@JR-gc5ef Be careful you don't become too pro ;)

[@JR-gc5ef]

@@th_js I'll be shaking my fist to 14 year olds telling them to 'Get orff my track" - Oh and shouting "Rad" or something like it.

[@kwaktak]

Jim Robertson hehe same here. Just turned 50 myself and broke my arm last year going OTB on a relic hardtail with a bad fork. Wife was not pleased but it inspired me to learn. I ended up getting a new hardtail and my latest OTB only resulted in a sprain so I’m choosing to be optimistic lol. I can launch pretty good and with advice like this I have a good vector, but I still need work on sticking the landing before I run out of cartilage!😅

[@willshawyer7280]

Simple. Don’t sit down when you jump!! Easy! Blake is a legend to have to teach this to people. BLAKE IS THE BEST PRESENTER!

[@tonydail5635]

LOVE this video! How about a video on steep, root drops in turns?

[@benjameng9475]

Thanks for the video and tips!

[@andrewallan9205]

Great vid excellent delivery ;)

[@danytheunicorn95]

I actually started to enjoy bucky jumps and lips, I am starting to be able to predict that jerkyness and adjust so I almost always land well. So Ironic, something I was terrified about now gives me tons of joy. Great video as always :) happy trails.

[@drunkmasterOK]

You do a great job, guys!

[@bestkrychu]

Hello Blake! You are best teacher on this f.....g Planet! Thx!

[@jmanswat2457]

After watching a video of how the pros setup their bikes it's made a world of difference. My rebound Fr&Rr is all the way slow minus two clicks. Keeps u more planted and stable going in and out of jumps and turns. 👍

[@arcadegir2520]

Nice tips guys this is helpful

[@Kev.in-Bike]

Thanks for this great video

[@denadaillacmayeul2381]

Just broke one of my ribs on an OTB 2 days ago... and the video pops up today on my feed.. How ironic

[@macklansherratt1906]

These are honestly the best MTB videos going

[@malcolmsmith8694]

I'm a life long member. Over the handlebars club for life. Great video.

[@gatorguard5931]

Just broke 3 ribs going over the bars on a jump I wasn't ready for, thanks for helping me curb bad habits GMBN!

[@mazeclipz47]

I just got knocked out going otb on a jump I wasn’t ready for 😂

[@edisoncruz128]

Thanks again.

[@robertw413]

I so needed this vid haha. Thanks guys

[@Treefrogging]

Cheers man, helpful

[@superjumperprotassie6104]

thanks for the help

[@5492sparky]

Top tips Blake.

[@gmbn]

Thanks Mark! 👍

[@jamesmartin1742]

Went OTB in May and almost broke a rib, then yesterday I went OTB at the bike park and broke my left wrist pretty bad on a large tabletop with a steep downhill landing. Too much rebound I'm thinking, had it full open. Always wear your helmet! Saved my life!

[@dwmoreair885]

Best video yet Blake

[@BigDaddyKai620]

Thanks I have been running max rebound on my rear shocks. I thought I was just getting old 🤣

[@barneyisourhero]

Great video thanks Blake. I seem to get bucked whenever I pump the limp too hard so I either don't pump it enough and don't clear it or come in too fast to try and use speed to clear it which makes me more of a passenger rather than a driver. This is a real problem for me on larger jumps so I just end up braking early and rolling over them.

[@oldchereb4967]

Funny how I’m watching this with a broken arm because a got bucked over the bars hahah

[@reubenclemo957]

Cool vide Blake

[@AnthonyRamirez-qf4hk]

The best instructional! :-D

[@Twitch0331]

Great video, Blake! You guys are awesome. I want that jersey you're wearing. 👍👍👍

[@gmbn]

Hey James, you can find it in our shop here 👉 shop.gmbn.com/

[@SKBKER]

@@gmbn I think he wants the exact one you're wearing . A bit kinky

[@olas38]

I just go around the kicker ! Save me a lot of problems 😂😂😂😂😂🇲🇽🚲🇸🇪

[@mannatuu]

Thanks for that Blake .. thats why i went flying last week , wrong set up and arse too far back dhhhrr

[@johanneswilhelm10]

This is the video i have been waiting for so long..

[@slimracer1553]

Man those first 4 seconds was intense XD

[@bonzsk]

hahaha I did go exactly like Greg Callahan in the exact same jump when trying to get more air for a cool photo .... almost ended in an epic fail for GMBN

[@radtrax4509]

Sick bike👌🏼

[@martinsero685]

👏😃 Superduber video. Bravo bravissimo, Blake. 👏🏁

[@DOMINATION_ae]

Went OTB 2 weeks ago at fly up 417. Broke my collar bone in 3 places. Broke my shoulder blade. Fractured 4 ribs and punctured my lung 🤙🏽

[@markonikolic1386]

Mate, that's a long list of injuries for a single OTB! Get well soon! Btw is the bike ok?

[@DOMINATION_ae]

Marko Nikolic Tell me about it! Worst case scenario! I was on a demo bike (Carbon SantaCruz Nomad) thankfully it was fine!

[@honzomonkeybusiness515]

Same here, 2 months ago. OTB into full scorpion, broken collarbone, broken ribs, torn muscles and ligaments in my right shoulder. Now i have a pinched nerve in the shoulder, it still hurts like a motherf#%&#! Get well soon!! 🐒

[@MsLegendd]

Great video man I just buy a Merida one forty and I m new to the ride big love to you guys put a lots of job and put all of this on KZbin for people like my self thank you guys I m from Europe country called MONTENEGRO beautiful country and with big mountain and manny place you can ride and have a lots of fun keep going with great stuff sorry about misspelling English is not my language

[@user-go6hp7du1j]

Blake you are my favorite

[@Hempflakes]

Watching this after I went OTB and fractured two of my fingers, including spreading three gonna be a while before I get to practice jumps again😂

[@M3PH11]

2:30 So This is how I broke my leg last summer. It's nice that GMBN have done videos on how I broke my leg twice in 51 weeks and we've never met. On a related side note, the hospital gave me a walking stick this week. I'm not even as old as Neil yet. And I haven't crashed as much. They said I might be back on the bike In 3-4 weeks but I'm gonna need the stick when I'm not. At least to begin with. 3:17 When this happens crank the rear brake and don't let go. The wheels spinning is what helps keep the bike in the air. If you prevent the rear from spinning the back will start to drop. The longer it's not spinning the faster and more severe the drop becomes. Mastering this technique could save your ass.

[@gmbn]

Ouch.. Wish you a smooth recovery Dave!

[@M3PH11]

@@gmbn it's been a long 4 months and the stainless steel bar in my right leg says hi! :)

[@chrisnoble6093]

Good stuff, what about how to ride Kickers out on the trails. There are lots of them big and small, often on really fast bits of the trail with short steep ramps.

[@zacjohnson452]

Chris Noble my local trail only has two small jumps next to the trail...

[@aminkhorasany_4676]

How almost every collar bone accident happens (defo not mine 😂)

[@dicksplatts007]

Tuck and roll, tuck and roll

[@Piplodocus]

I used to regularly go over the bars with my old steep/short geometry bike. Now I have a longer/slacker one so I go a bit faster and ride into trees instead (that wasn't jumping though to be fair). :)

[@willbennett7107]

Did this on a big table in Forest of Dean and was super close to going otb

[@dorianlavergne9225]

Nice vid

[@lukemadden5987]

love it

[@marinussimelhag8822]

Best vidieo ever

[@michaelslater4841]

Nice bike

[@streetkillkla]

I just went otb while endoing on a pier bc I wasn't risking my 1 day old bike going into the lake lol

[@TwassupYo]

Awesome content and awesome Blake! Not too many jump videos that people are talking about how to drive the bike in the air. If it just went straight and i landed its ok, but can I straighten it when it’s completely off

[@maxwanders]

How did I not notice before!? That notification Bell is rung!

[@Wordtoyamom]

Do a push test on your seat and see if it rebounds slower after you adjust the rebound to make sure you didn’t speed up the rebound on accident 😉

[@stevencole7331]

It would nice to see another episode on over the bars with other situations other than jumps . My over the bars are usually on steep technical areas . maybe show how to fall with less injury .or maybe a way to drop the bike side ways before going over the bars . Mine have felt slow motion so it feels you have sometime to react and change the outcome

[@sq5]

Hi, this might help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIS7k6eGfJuqr5Y

[@kuro3864]

Man I had this feeling today 😂 so I had to look this up and see what I was doing wrong 😂

[@Furao80]

Can you explain the difference in landing near otb like this discussion and placing the front tire like in the pump track video? Great vid!

[@jogreene5584]

0:00 I had to rewind that bit

[@magnumllama400]

Just dig that rock out

[@triestwildriders5922]

4:07 you just gave me an incredible idea to get the perfect nose manual! 🤣🤫😅

[@gmbn]

It's a great way to bump up into them but it's good to get comfortable jumping over the bars on a flat section of grass with no trees to crash into! 🤟

[@triestwildriders5922]

@@gmbn yes of course! 😜👍

[@slippy9916]

@@gmbn I got that move down, then I add I little catching the rear end coming down. Saves on the rear derailer 👍 + it impresses people that saw ya go over

[@ilikelampshades6]

That canyon is a really nice looking bike

[@channingvenegas9984]

Do the moon run!!!!😅🤘

[@MHDHRacing]

When I first jumped a big Dirt Jump with my DH Bike with a pretty steep lip I thought I don't need to pull on my bars because this thing sends you to the moon so just roll over it, but I went so nose heavy in the air and landed front wheel first but I managed to ride it out haha. So I recommend go with the lip and pull a little bit on the take off

[@elishugidagsson6649]

Needed this a month ago

[@WilliamSmith-zx7qp]

good video im thinking of getting a canyon strive would you reccommend it

[@ChannelZeroOne]

Tapping the back brake in mid air always helps.

[@murlhaggard]

Nice ride Blake! Is it a Strive?

[@shemshem9998]

sitting down and squizing my frame with my knees so that i always stay connected to the saddle is one of my favorate ways to do small jumps and some green and blue trials, it feels so stupid and dumb but it also feels so funny, sometimes i chalenge myself with how much i can ride seated down, and i guess thats how martin was riding with his canyon sender so mad respect because thats hard af, dont get how you rode fort william and A-line on it.

[@timcombs6025]

Doing this properly as Blake demonstrates, would have saved me four broken ribs, a pneumothorax/hydrothorax, and a trip to the ER.

[@andy1db]

Tim Combs me as well but just the one rib...

[@harzenduro]

Oh yes! Had one crash like this and didn't like it. I think this will always happen sooner or later. Learning through pain. :D