The Best Body Position for MTB | Mountain Bike Technique Tutorial

Over the past year or so I have been working really hard on my fundamental riding technique by analyzing some of the sport's best athletes and finding common trends among them. In this week's video, I break down the best technique principles I have discovered, explain why they work, and show how to incorporate them into your own riding. While in the video I solely breakdown Jackson Goldstone's technique, there are numerous athletes, including Loic Bruni and Finn Iles, who share a similar riding style and inspired this video. I hope you enjoy and hope you are able to improve your riding through this video!
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[@PeterJamison]

Mixing things up this week with my first riding technique breakdown, what did you think? Thanks for watching!

[@Mtbtanner]

This was a great video! Very informative and broken down well in a very easy to understand way. Also the professionalism in your script was flawless. Cheer bro! Keep them coming🙏🏻

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

[@PeterJamison]

👊

[@Fabien-kz2dl]

Excellent advice people always talking about feet, eyes, and engagement. Lets try and see. I think here there is the reason for difference between a good or a bad ride day

[@PeterJamison]

@@Fabien-kz2dl Glad you enjoyed the advice and thank you for watching 👊

[@mitkoshredder]

This video made me ask the right questions to myself and now the answers will come easily when I start checking myself during riding, thanks.

[@PeterJamison]

Love to hear it!

[@instantnoob9708]

you can be a cycling teacher, we are grateful for your advice👏🏼🤘🏼😄

[@PeterJamison]

Thank you for watching!

[@Rocky_mtb0000]

I can’t wait for this to come out

[@PeterJamison]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@caseychaffin2801]

This makes so much sense! Thanks for the technique session! Excited to start focusing on this more!

[@PeterJamison]

Thanks for watching! Hope everything that was discussed can help you out!

[@DieterVanHolder]

That's very interesting. I'm undoubtedly doing this wrong and nobody ever pointed this out to me. Would you be willing to do a video elaborating on how to train this at low conscious speeds? I'm just a very average trail rider and the type of riding you demonstrate here is very unrelatable to me while the core info is extremely helpful

[@PeterJamison]

Thanks for watching! I think this video would be super helpful for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4eve3yrjtyKlck

[@ftrujillomunizaga]

Great stuff! Like and subscribed 💪🏻 keep these videos coming Peter 🔥

[@PeterJamison]

Stoked to hear you liked the video! More to come 💯

[@pieboyiamme4474]

i think this is the year i also begin to nerd out on it XD. my biggest problem is that i get too excited and just ride with no thought which is good and all but this i feel like this is the key to unlocking a whole box of ability. great vid btw

[@PeterJamison]

Hope this video is able to help you out! Thanks for watching!

[@treedodgercharles]

Nice video dude! The knees over feet thing is super helpful!

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@my2017raptorhardtail]

Dude. I love you man. Your content deserves to be one of the big ones because you always have great vids that inspire better riding. Keep it up. Always excited to watch. 🤙🤙

[@PeterJamison]

Thanks for always watching and thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it!

[@my2017raptorhardtail]

@PeterJamison mean it brother. Keep it up. Want more and more. 💪💪🤙

[@Frorideism]

I mean with a hat like that, Y'already know my guy knows exactly what he's talking about

[@PeterJamison]

😂

[@Samson-ej5sp]

This video is awesome. I feel like I did what you did in 2021, but not as fast. I have that arm position, but my back is rounded. I've been working on leaning more so I can hit berms faster, but I think I should focus on my position more. Also I think I think my mind is still holding me back.

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! Good luck with your progression!

[@oliverkrieger-fritsch4726]

SWEET Vid man! Keep it up!

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

[@fabiovaldesaraneda2012]

very helpful video, ty a lot

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@manningbrown9149]

great vid

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DavidLiebBIKE]

Solid improvement P!

[@PeterJamison]

Thank you sir 👊

[@camerondreyer5681]

Good content Peter!

[@PeterJamison]

Thank you Cam 🙏🏼

[@powerstrokemaintenance]

Great video!

[@PeterJamison]

Appreciate it!

[@alex_rogan]

That dude has such good positioning on the bike at 1:26 he unclipped his left foot, got it sorted, and went on to do a mega run. If that’s not composed I don’t know what is.

[@PeterJamison]

That moment was so insane. Epic run all around. Thanks for watching!

[@marcozambon8705]

Love your videos when they are so technical. I'm 45 average rider, and trying to improve my flatter back position. I'm 5'10" longer legs/shorter torso, are these proportions worse for learning the flatter back mtb position? Due to my proportions i've downsized from L to a Medium YT Jeffsy Mk3 to gain some maneuverability, do you think is it better a longer or shorter reach to learn/improve the flatter back position? Thanks

[@PeterJamison]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! The positioning discussed in the video can work for any porpotions with slight adjustments to find what is most comfortable for you. Regarding the frame size, it is tough to say. Ideally you don't want to be too long or too short, but it can be tricky to nail down the perfect size. At 5'10" with that bike in a medium, I would say you are spot on. You can always make subtle reach adjustments by messing around with the flip chip also. Hope this helps!

[@awfully.average]

i have a long ass question if you have the time. i have trouble holding my ideal posistion in terms of fore-aft , for example when i enter a corner rather fast sometimes my body would slide back , it lightens the front and i wash out, or , i enter a steep roll down with weight centered but as i reach the bottom and it transitions into an uphill my weight gets thrown back and i almost manual out . how do you deal with these forces ? do you look far and anticipate by shifting accordingly to compensate ? Thank you

[@PeterJamison]

You might want to try a longer stem length to move your weight forward on the bike! I run either a 40mm or 50mm on all of my bikes, hope this helps!

[@RADU1st]

Hi buddy, Is there any way of removing the pain from the wrists?

[@PeterJamison]

That is not my area of expertise, but I would definitely recommend running an aluminum handlebar if you struggle with wrist pain and maybe even consider using 31.8 handlebars rather than 35mm for added compliance. Hope this helps!

[@drownedgod]

arm pump also has to do with the fork you use

[@usbsol]

Frame and cockpit size matters alot for your default attack position, right? So is there any way to get in the ballpark of the right size bike for you - besides just feel?

[@PeterJamison]

I would recommend checking out this video that I made on that topic for more information: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmfbfZqOgdmdl7M Hope this helps!

[@usbsol]

​@@PeterJamison perfect, thanks - will take a look 🤙

[@PeterJamison]

@@usbsol 🙏

[@fredaodh]

get vídeos of sam hill riding IH .... its crazy ... legs barely flex agressive as fuck

[@PeterJamison]

Agressive no doubt! Sam Hill is a boss.

[@jacobguthrie2002]

Dirt jump stee into enduro bro stee !

[@PeterJamison]

😂👽

[@Officernoob]

you look like ryan trahan

[@PeterJamison]

😂

[@activelives]

As soon as anyone starts talking neutral spine I'm out. Neutral spine is from the 90's! Your spine is never in neutral. It may pass through it on the way to some other position, but it never stays there. Nice production though.

[@talesfromthetrailz]

Dont mean to be critical but jackson doesnt have the best corner technique. You can see in that berm clip his hips are on the inside of the corner and hence he slips out aka drifts to the next corner. This is inconsistent and also dangerous. He gets away with it because hes been riding since a kid, but if any of us use this technique we would crash every time. A much better example of form and fluidity is Loic. He is always in control and has the basics of cornering, while maintaining the spine angle you talk about. Not tryna hate, i like youre content. Just giving people some other info to be aware of. Im no pro, but i do try and watch for the fundamentals. And this dude is pure natural ability which i will never be able to replicate.

[@PeterJamison]

Thanks for taking the time to watch! I agree with Loic being another great example of exceptional technique 🤙🏼

[@yomommastupid]

I think the examples are more related to DH/free riders. Thr angle on the bike is different than trail. So posture is different too.

[@PeterJamison]

I personally feel that this posture relates to the majority of trail riding, but not down to XC riding and things of that nature. Of course that is just my opinion though, to each their own👊🏼