Bikeskills.com: Roots Rocks and Water Crossings

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This brief instructional video from http://www.Bikeskills.com will help you learn how to deal with tricky and slippery roots, rocks, and water crossings. Always wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear any time you ride a bike and especially when you are learning a new and/or applying a new skill.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• mountain
• bike
• bikeskills
• Tara
• llanes
• trick
• roots
• rocks
• water
• crossings
• extreme

[PeowPeowPeowLasers]

I always struggle lifting the front wheel up to clear obstacles when climbing. I guess I have too much weight over the back wheel, as I can't pedal and have to stop.

Do I need to lean further forward as I lift the front?

[bikeskills]

The technique you need to develop is called "the J-Hop" you can see it in our "check out a clinic" starting at 40 seconds in to the video. Notice hor far back and down he moves and how be brings the bike up and back with him? Then notice how he "shoves" the bike forward? That's the J-Hop. It will change how (for the better) you ride

[beecho]

about the roots and rocks section, wat if its on a steeper uphill climb? wont bringing the rear wheel up ( thats wat u did right? lifting the rear wheel up) cause u to roll backwards or something?

[bikeskills]

The key to keep that from happening is to maintain a "range of motion" that allows you to quickly "shove" the bike forward (as you lift the rear wheel), maintaining some, forward, speed. It's a quick, forceful motion that will keep you from stalling out, and or rolling backwards.

[dalejrfan800]

Damn, that's a cute woman... I need to find me one like her...

[avefenixyou]

Excellent video. very well explained.

[chunky1x]

I got a cheap hard trail bike. Sitting down while climbing a rocky terrain will not be good to my future children.

[dimayuga7699020]

Wow.... She is Cute.... and lovely voice.... she is definitely a keeper.... oh great video....

[molimhvalaizvoli]

all best for the recovery tara, stay strong!

[atalayapark]

she's a very good rider, you can see by how she shifts her weight back or forth correspondingly to compensate for the terrain... and her bike is awesome

[samsemtex]

@dalejrfan800 she's paralysed now...she had a crash in 4x. sad.

[whitepothead]

@dalejrfan800 haha damn right!!!!

[GHEORGHEIONUT]

You should mention when you explain how to go over obstacles that you use SPD because with normal pedals it is not that easy to "move" the bicycle, meaning lifting the back wheel as shown in the video .

Thanks for the videos. :)

[Legonut88]

yoooooooooooooooo

[topgun1544]

at 3:13 you bunny hoped your back tire now how do I do that?

[SOLiiDify]

Ughh ... I can jump as easy as nothing, jumping is easy, but I have 1 trouble. I watched your videos and tried to understand what you say, and it doesn't go trough my small mind... While jumping, I have trouble staying on the pedals ... Like I fall off in the air ... I tried every way you said it, just keep falling off in air! I have steel pedals with huge grip and I still fall off. (My bike is a GT Chucker 2.0)