Being balanced on your bike comes down to one thing - body position. Without good body position you will struggle to find flow and apply other skills to your bike. However, despite the importance of it few riders really understand what good body position is, why it is so important and how to fix it.
This video covers the basic Body Position Clinic I use to show my clients how to understand and apply this all important concept. I also go over 3 essential exercise that you can use off the bike to help you fix and ingrain better movement so you can apply it to the bike. Once you get this concept down you'll find that you are much more consistent on the trail and will have an easier time applying more advanced skills, like the
Cornering Drills article I posted a while back.
Enjoy, hope you find the advice helpful...
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By minute 3 I stopped listening after the followings:
1. Bikes center of gravity is the BB ? I really doubt that.
I think he means the body needs to be in the middle of the bike's contact points (tires touching the ground) which is roughly the wheels axels. this way you'll get about 50-50 weight distribution between the whells/susp.
2. If your body's COG (center of gravity) is in front of the bike's COG you'll be thrown - Common that's simply WRONG !
He probably meant to say that if your body's COG is past the front tilting point of the bike (which is the front wheel's axel) than you'll be flipped over the handlebars.
Man - go study some physics/rigid mechanics and then teach us body-bike position.
Or... COxYDuDE?
Might listen to James aye...
I think he's forgotten that anyone can view his profile too
How not to corner, by COxYDuDE: www.pinkbike.com/photo/5466395
But PLEASE buy and use a wireless lavalier microphone!!
You have solid PRO info here but it sounds totally amateur.
These links should help:
www.tfwm.com/OMNIvsCardioid
www.microphonesystem.org/wireless_lavalier_microphone_system.html
www.bikejames.com/strength/arm-pump-exercises-with-aaron-gwin
www.pinkbike.com/photo/6678260
As for the rest?
I don't think so.
www.pinkbike.com/photo/5466395
Elbows in, not looking out of the berm.. winner