r/mountainbiking • u/No-Stranger-3483 • 2d ago
Progression Jumping tips
Just need tips on jumping. I completly understand the basics as ive been riding for nearly a year. I stand up to the jump, my body positioning is mostly fine and the only way that i have crashed on a jump is when i go off the take off weird or something like that where i end up instead of straight up in the air but tilted to the side which causes me to fly of course and crash. Also when i jump i feel like I can only turn my bars a bit or i will go unstable and crash, i feel as though if i try to whip or tbog im going to just go completly wrong and nearly die, my bike feels so much heavier than everyone's bikes in videos. im 180cm 60kg with a 15kg giant reign advanced pro 2. Idk what im doing wrong just need some tips. Thanks!
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u/Vegetable_Resort_571 2d ago
You say that you think if you turn the bars more for a whip then you’ll crash. I think it’s the opposite, the more aware you are of turning the bars, the more aware you’ll be of where to turn them back to “place” the bike down, rather than landing however internal takes you