Nice video. Last week in Sedona I rode a Ripley. I own a V1 Ripmo. I was super surprised how differently they climbed in terms of shifting my weight forward. I always slide up on the nose of my seat on my Ripmo and whenever I did that on the Ripley I lost traction. Some may have been the rear tire on the bike but not all of it. The Ripley is so light that it takes way less body position movement to impact the balance of the weight distribution. I loved how fast the Ripley accelerated tho. Both incredible bikes. Pedal strikes on the Ripley seemed more frequent as well but may just have been the terrain. I haven’t ridden a Ripmo in Sedona … yet. 😊. It’s one of my favorite places for both riding and getting sunshine in the Spring. I hate seeing trails widening to avoid obstacles … isn’t that what makes mountain biking fun?
happy new year to you and your family and hope you had a Merry Christmas! perfect video instruction for my daughter who lives here in Salt Lake City....thank you for sharing your expertise and showing us your skill set! : )
Great video. I have trouble too with multiple step ups. I can do 12-15” fine but around 18” high with a second step up right away I get stalled. I need to practice more. Thanks for the video and Happy Holidays to you as well.
In the last couple months I’ve been doing the harder lines. When you do the rear wheel lift right like you did, it’s just so good. I pulled the rear wheel up a 30” rock face without whacking it and literally started shouting and celebrating, hahahahaha.
Thanks Tess! I really appreciate having another perspective on trying new lines. My local trails have braking bumps by the end of summer. (I don't usually see trail widening from that.) As a result, I find myself trying new lines on the existing trail which definitely feels like a progression of skills. I do want to share that in this past year, I no longer fear this one turn on the aforementioned trail. I could describe the turn but I think what matters is we've all had this "Feature." The one you struggle with every time you see it. There was the occasional attempt that included a dab. And yes, you've crashed on it. It fails the rule of three (restarting the feature a third time, only to stop=walking the feature). Until this summer. All summer, I cleaned it! Thanks for keeping this community going. Love it
You know so many of us do end up on the same trails over and over, and it literally never occurred to me to try to find ways to do that trail in a slightly different way (while being mindful, of course! 😉) for skill improvement until I saw your video. Now it seems obvious! 😜. Thanks!
Yeah, I've come such a long way with my clipless pedals. I still throw flats on occasionally just to keep both abilities sharp, but I love running my clips most of the time.
Fun and fascinating to watch you session a trail I ride all the time. This is my go-to maintenance ride and it really does offer a fair amount of variety, especially on the west side of the loop. I like some of those tougher lines and the trail maintenance attitude. Thanks, Tess.
In general I'm trying to see how _slowly_ I can take technical sections. Sometimes speed is necessary, but for a lot of slow stuff, it's balance and good low-speed skills. Which I don't have, lol. So I work on that.
Great job. It’s fun to watch your skills improve along with your confidence. My endurance needs to improve. I find those step ups difficult on the long climbs when my legs are spent. Starting Jan 1 I’ll focus on my endurance 😉
Happy to learn this about the trails and pushing oneself. I’m practicing on these types of climb as well. Do you have any suggestions on bike fit? I’m right between a medium and a large and wonder if smaller bike would help with climbing. Thanks!!!
Ooh, being between bike sizes is such a tough call. The ideal is to throw your leg over both. I've heard some people say that typically people with longer legs do better sizing up, but there are definitely exceptions to that. I know when I was in my first two or three years of riding, I tended to size down more because it helped me get a better handle on maneuvering a bike when I was on a small. Now I bounce back and forth between smalls and mediums. It's such a tough call!
Great discussion about widening the trail. It helps people keep singletrack single. Great job sessioning too. Those are some awkward steps.
Not sure how I missed this one, but these skills videos are my absolute favorite! They help me build the cottage to try me hard things!
All it takes is a tiny bit if progression to make the day epic! Great vid
van trip stop in Sedona from AVL, NC....rode the llama trail and definitely upped my rock riding skills....pumped
Nice video. Last week in Sedona I rode a Ripley. I own a V1 Ripmo. I was super surprised how differently they climbed in terms of shifting my weight forward. I always slide up on the nose of my seat on my Ripmo and whenever I did that on the Ripley I lost traction. Some may have been the rear tire on the bike but not all of it. The Ripley is so light that it takes way less body position movement to impact the balance of the weight distribution. I loved how fast the Ripley accelerated tho. Both incredible bikes.
Pedal strikes on the Ripley seemed more frequent as well but may just have been the terrain. I haven’t ridden a Ripmo in Sedona … yet. 😊. It’s one of my favorite places for both riding and getting sunshine in the Spring.
I hate seeing trails widening to avoid obstacles … isn’t that what makes mountain biking fun?
happy new year to you and your family and hope you had a Merry Christmas! perfect video instruction for my daughter who lives here in Salt Lake City....thank you for sharing your expertise and showing us your skill set! : )
Great video. I have trouble too with multiple step ups. I can do 12-15” fine but around 18” high with a second step up right away I get stalled. I need to practice more. Thanks for the video and Happy Holidays to you as well.
In the last couple months I’ve been doing the harder lines. When you do the rear wheel lift right like you did, it’s just so good. I pulled the rear wheel up a 30” rock face without whacking it and literally started shouting and celebrating, hahahahaha.
That's got to make you feel like a million bucks! 🤜🤛
Merry Christmas!🎄
Same to you! ⛄🦌
Thanks Tess! I really appreciate having another perspective on trying new lines. My local trails have braking bumps by the end of summer. (I don't usually see trail widening from that.) As a result, I find myself trying new lines on the existing trail which definitely feels like a progression of skills. I do want to share that in this past year, I no longer fear this one turn on the aforementioned trail. I could describe the turn but I think what matters is we've all had this "Feature." The one you struggle with every time you see it. There was the occasional attempt that included a dab. And yes, you've crashed on it. It fails the rule of three (restarting the feature a third time, only to stop=walking the feature). Until this summer. All summer, I cleaned it! Thanks for keeping this community going. Love it
You know so many of us do end up on the same trails over and over, and it literally never occurred to me to try to find ways to do that trail in a slightly different way (while being mindful, of course! 😉) for skill improvement until I saw your video.
Now it seems obvious! 😜. Thanks!
So impressed with how you are unclipping like a boss! I know it wasn't supposed to be a focus for your video, but impressive nonetheless!
Yeah, I've come such a long way with my clipless pedals. I still throw flats on occasionally just to keep both abilities sharp, but I love running my clips most of the time.
Awesome demo of technical skills, thank U for sharing!
Fun and fascinating to watch you session a trail I ride all the time. This is my go-to maintenance ride and it really does offer a fair amount of variety, especially on the west side of the loop. I like some of those tougher lines and the trail maintenance attitude. Thanks, Tess.
Totally. It's a low consequence trail to practice moves that help on other trails.
Good video
In general I'm trying to see how _slowly_ I can take technical sections. Sometimes speed is necessary, but for a lot of slow stuff, it's balance and good low-speed skills. Which I don't have, lol. So I work on that.
Great job. It’s fun to watch your skills improve along with your confidence. My endurance needs to improve. I find those step ups difficult on the long climbs when my legs are spent. Starting Jan 1 I’ll focus on my endurance 😉
For sure! If the hill lasts long enough it'll catch up to anyone 😅
Happy to learn this about the trails and pushing oneself. I’m practicing on these types of climb as well. Do you have any suggestions on bike fit? I’m right between a medium and a large and wonder if smaller bike would help with climbing. Thanks!!!
Ooh, being between bike sizes is such a tough call. The ideal is to throw your leg over both. I've heard some people say that typically people with longer legs do better sizing up, but there are definitely exceptions to that. I know when I was in my first two or three years of riding, I tended to size down more because it helped me get a better handle on maneuvering a bike when I was on a small. Now I bounce back and forth between smalls and mediums. It's such a tough call!