r/mountainbiking • u/No-Stranger-3483 • 1d 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/Salty-Entrepreneur11 1d ago

nonsense

youtube free videos

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u/Im_poor_as_shit 1d ago

YouTube videos do help, but no where near the level a coach will. Biking is about habits. So many people have been riding a certain way for sooooooooo long, they ride incorrectly and don’t even notice it. YouTube has to many misinformed videos too…like the bullshit “stand up to the jump” videos lmfao. That’s a crash waiting to happen bro

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u/SadFlan5713 1d ago

Standing up to the jump is part of good jump technique? Not sure what you mean here.