Jeff, great job with these lessons. I may be your oldest student but 60 years ago I would have been riding unrestrained. Although my goals are slightly more sedentary , I am still looking to master some of the skills you are doing such a great job of teaching. I look forward to seeing more and more. I practice in the yard and on the steps of the college 3 blocks away and have been considering starting a club for geriatric mountain bike riders. I plan to keep you posted on the skills you have coached me through. (I am still coaching wrestling and use mountain bike riding for my wrestlers to keep them in shape throughout the summer.)
Now the cops are not only dealing with Teen with their BMX bikes, now we have a bunch of middle aged men doing bunny hops over old ladies and baby carriages :D
Absolutely LOVING your Edits Jeff. I just 24hrs ago downloaded an edit with the similar idea in mind when not riding trails but I like the way you break it all down, On, Onto and Off. For guys like yourself its crucial to break each down the way you do as you really do make these look allot easier than they are.. You have definitely got both the ride and the “How To” dialled for others to understand and hopefully apply and learn.. Great Edit legend, thanks for sharing....
Greetings...starting @ 3:27 the skinny on the rail/@6:19 the wall (6 steps high)...your mtb IQ is on another level. Jeff you come across with Kindness and a Humble Man. Enjoy your knowledge and channel...oh my that's just "Redikyelous".
I like that tip to dip the front foot, I've never tried that before. Thanks for another great series of tips Jeff. Man, I need to learn how to peddle-hop. I never use the drivetrain to hop us stuff, and I need to learn it.
Excellent tip on the drop-ins in regards to body positioning and new versus old school bike geometry. Something I for what ever reason do naturally but never really thought about. Today's bikes are SO MUCH easier to ride then when I got started in the very early 90s!
Arkansas is open. We have Bentonville area with the OZ trails, Eureka Downhill trails, Mt. Nebo (10 min away from home and AWESOME) Northwoods in Hot Springs and many other smaller systems. Come give em a try!
Jeff: Tremendous tips and skills there, man! Many thanks! Your explanations are easy to understand and the way you edit and show the relevance in going from "town to trail" is terrific! PS: Did I hear a Rich Drew challenge throwdown in there? :-)
Thanks for explaining the difference a bike can make on the stair section! I ride a GT Avalanche from 2007 that looks like the "old" image. I have been riding stair sets with my weight shifted way bike like that and thought I was just not good enough to ride it properly.
Great video! You are giving me a lot of cool things to practice! That little curb along the guard rail would be a good thing for beginners to practice skinnies. That's what I used when I was first getting used to skinnies. I'm still not great at them, but better than I was! I need to work on that punch technique.
Great tips! And that helmet cam made ypu look like the Queen of hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Depp style.. no diss.. You are a master and im still workin on it!
Jeff thanks for this video...learning loads from them....Jeff if u could add in small clip on how to get off stuff (not roll down), I.e say your on something e.g a curb or a table or a log for that matter and you wanna get off it, now if I have enough speed I can get into initiation manual position get my front wheel off lil bit and come come down, either on my back wheel or both together.. however, the challange is to do this from a stationary position....then I don't have enough speed or space to get into a manual kinda posture to land my rear wheel down first....there are no such video's on u tube ...
Nice one, I still have a bike with a 69.5 degree headtube that requires me to get way back, but also a modern trail bike so this was eye opening. Thanks.
by the way, concerning skinny riding, when you ride really low speed, slight shifting weight closer to front wheel helps to keep front wheel steady, especially when you try to regain balance (when you feel that this is possible) or the surface is rough (curb made with rough stones, stuff like this)
Another point for skinnies is to use the width that you've got, letting yourself meander as/when needed to regain balance. My mistake was riding as straight as possible on skinnies (as if I'm Danny MacAskill riding a fence) it meant that to counter an imbalance I would lean myself or/and my bike (to keep my wheels on the imaginary straight line) the imbalance inevitably becomes too much as you feel the bail coming. So... Use what you've got! loosen your grip off the bars a little and relax the shoulders (if practicing somewhere safe) make the peddle stroke and just start by letting your small body muscle corrections move the bike, making the wheel movements it needs to correct imbalances. Hope that this helps someone come to the epiphany I did! 👍
Question: When you are hopping, like the side hop up stairs or in the old Lynn Woods video up Wicked Haard I just watched, are you locking the brakes the whole time to sort of hold your position as you hop? Really need to add this technique to my skill set.
@8:56 on your video you get off that log slow, with your rear wheels down first, not necessarily so aggregated like trials, but just to get the job done ...this is what I wanna learn...
ive practiced punches but often slam the rear wheel into the edge and get a pinch flat the higher I go... i think i need to push the bike up and forward more to pivot the bike and get it higher? hmm
same exact technique but you need to use your arms a little more and scoope down, back then up with your feet to lift the rear. I have a video on my channel of techniques for clips vs flats, check it out.
I'm riding clips in this video, I ride all this stuff frequently on my trials bike so I can do it all in flats, honestly for this particular stuff clips is scarier for me since it's a little harder to just "jump off" if I mess something up.
Yeah I can imagine not having an immediate “bail!” option would add a bit more pucker factor. Keep up the good work and giving us newbs hope and encouragement 😜
I think of it this way: The ready position is when my bb (belly button) is in the same line as made by the coe (center of the Earth) and my bike's bb (bottom bracket). If you draw it out, you will see that the steeper the slope, the more aftward on the bike your belly button gets relative to the rear axle. Remember that the 'ready position' is just a theoretical starting point. Always be ready to change depending on the situation. Also, point of your body inline with bike bb-to-coe line depends on your body's mass distribution and your bike's geometry. Each person must figure this out for himself.
tks... been watching u since World disorder days!!.. i am going to try the punch technique.. i want to get up on a table and i thought i needed to bunny hop up? do i use the punch method to get onto a picnic table? tks.
To use one of the few mtb trails in my area I have to load the bike, drive a minimum 30 minutes, and deal with a crowd of other riders. Why bother when I can have as much fun riding around town?
I’m 3 months in to MTBing, and I can barely bunny hop. Lol. How do you make the bike seem so light? I’m on flats. Do you need clipless to really help pull the bike up?
If your goal is bunny hopping stay on flats.... Clips will ruin technique. It's possible to b-hop very high on flats (look at any bmx guy). Some bikes are way easier than others to b-hop. Bmx or a DJ mountain bikes are easy for me to get a couple feet. For me I struggle getting like 6-8" on my dual suspension enduro. xc mountain bikes are going to be difficult as well. You can b-hop on anything if you have the skills but I would suggest finding or borrowing a bmx to learn certain skills before applying to a mountain bike if possible (b-hops, manuals, 180's, dirt jumps etc).
Love the bike design ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L and functionality. It is hard to align the front tired to center the disk brakes. The brake wheel touches the stationery side of the brake caliper and pad. I aired the tire up to 40 psi as the markings say 40-60psi. Left the house for a few hours and came back to an exploded innertube.All in all it seems to be a good bike. Have not ridden it yet though so that's the max of my knowledge. Update, put a new innertube made sure the tire was set properly and it did the same thing in under 20 minutes as second pic shows.
Jeff Lenosky is it possible to these techniques in flat pedal shoes?, I’ve been practicing everyday and it seems impossible to get my rear wheel as high as you do
Thanks for the information! I just checked out the website for that bike, pretty nice. It looks like they make a single speed belt drive. Do you ride that one?
Ha El not necessarily? If you ride a small or medium bike the smaller wheels might be a little more maneuverable but but most bikes are pretty dialed nowadays
Sick Video! This is definitely gonna help me improve! I Just made some mountain bike videos on my channel and I was wondering if you had any tips for me for form and stuff! Also funny question since my channel is so small, but do you wanna support each other? Thanks Brother
Thanks for a good video with some excellent tips, overall thumbs up! But that weird camera angle which focuses on your face, and whatever the hell that 'music' is during the riding, both a big thumbs down.
Greg, I'll take the music comment as constructive criticism, but saying my face is a thumbs down is highly offensive. lol ;-) thanks for checking it out.
Jeff, great job with these lessons. I may be your oldest student but 60 years ago I would have been riding unrestrained. Although my goals are slightly more sedentary , I am still looking to master some of the skills you are doing such a great job of teaching. I look forward to seeing more and more. I practice in the yard and on the steps of the college 3 blocks away and have been considering starting a club for geriatric mountain bike riders. I plan to keep you posted on the skills you have coached me through. (I am still coaching wrestling and use mountain bike riding for my wrestlers to keep them in shape throughout the summer.)
Another awesome helpful video! 🤟
Sweet! Thanks for the tips. Heading to glen park tomorrow. Hope to work on your lessons
Aw man! that first jump took me back to watching you in nwd4, which got me into mtb more seriously than what I used to do
I almost went otb on my first stairset. The bottom comes fast. Riding in town is great fun.
It's a really great way to practice!
Riding in town is so fun sometimes!
Now the cops are not only dealing with Teen with their BMX bikes, now we have a bunch of middle aged men doing bunny hops over old ladies and baby carriages :D
Excellent video. Awesome advice. Thanks
Excellent information as always, thank you
I could watch your videos all day . Punch is my favorite move
Awesome ride guys well done.
Nice work🤘kind of like the old bike shop parking lot games 😍
I like to watch this kind of bike stuff. You deserve my subscription. Keep teaching👌 greetings from Philippines
Great explanations, thanks!
Great videos as always.
Hey Jeff, really enjoyed this one and brought back memories of u and Aaron in Higher Learning, which was awesome.
Absolutely LOVING your Edits Jeff. I just 24hrs ago downloaded an edit with the similar idea in mind when not riding trails but I like the way you break it all down, On, Onto and Off. For guys like yourself its crucial to break each down the way you do as you really do make these look allot easier than they are.. You have definitely got both the ride and the “How To” dialled for others to understand and hopefully apply and learn.. Great Edit legend, thanks for sharing....
WOW, thanks! Thanks for checking it out
Awesome tips! Thanks!!
Greetings...starting @ 3:27 the skinny on the rail/@6:19 the wall (6 steps high)...your mtb IQ is on another level. Jeff you come across with Kindness and a Humble Man. Enjoy your knowledge and channel...oh my that's just "Redikyelous".
Thank you so much!
You look super smooth on those step ups I'm always scared of smashing my BB or frame. I need to commit or quit.
Great video, did my first set of stairs today, actually several sets. Awesome skinny advice too, it really helped. Thanks, keep the videos rolling.
Thanks Robin! That's awesome!
I like that tip to dip the front foot, I've never tried that before. Thanks for another great series of tips Jeff. Man, I need to learn how to peddle-hop. I never use the drivetrain to hop us stuff, and I need to learn it.
Thanks Steve!
Sweet tips thanks Jeff
Excellent tip on the drop-ins in regards to body positioning and new versus old school bike geometry. Something I for what ever reason do naturally but never really thought about. Today's bikes are SO MUCH easier to ride then when I got started in the very early 90s!
Chad Thomsen glad you liked the video. Thanks for checking it out.
Arkansas is open. We have Bentonville area with the OZ trails, Eureka Downhill trails, Mt. Nebo (10 min away from home and AWESOME) Northwoods in Hot Springs and many other smaller systems. Come give em a try!
Awesome stuff man! I just joined your new Patreon tier! Sounds like a great way to get some tips and feedback!
Rad!! Thanks, I'm stoked to work with you!
Really useful, thanks 👍
Jeff: Tremendous tips and skills there, man! Many thanks! Your explanations are easy to understand and the way you edit and show the relevance in going from "town to trail" is terrific! PS: Did I hear a Rich Drew challenge throwdown in there? :-)
Rich is a good buddy!
Thanks for explaining the difference a bike can make on the stair section! I ride a GT Avalanche from 2007 that looks like the "old" image. I have been riding stair sets with my weight shifted way bike like that and thought I was just not good enough to ride it properly.
Nope, geometry has a LOT to do with it.
Great video! You are giving me a lot of cool things to practice! That little curb along the guard rail would be a good thing for beginners to practice skinnies. That's what I used when I was first getting used to skinnies. I'm still not great at them, but better than I was! I need to work on that punch technique.
Curbs work awesome too, I've probably spent years if you add it up.
Solid idea
Thanks!
Good old Sparta NJ street riding!
Nice 👍🏾 very informative
Thanks
Great tips! And that helmet cam made ypu look like the Queen of hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Depp style.. no diss..
You are a master and im still workin on it!
Thanks for checking it out!
Thanks men it can improve my bike skills
awesome!
I really enjoy the "Skills-Series"...keep going 👌 Next I would love see some downhill switchback tutorial or if it is downtown then a 180 endo maybe?
that's a good one!
Jeff thanks for this video...learning loads from them....Jeff if u could add in small clip on how to get off stuff (not roll down), I.e say your on something e.g a curb or a table or a log for that matter and you wanna get off it, now if I have enough speed I can get into initiation manual position get my front wheel off lil bit and come come down, either on my back wheel or both together.. however, the challange is to do this from a stationary position....then I don't have enough speed or space to get into a manual kinda posture to land my rear wheel down first....there are no such video's on u tube ...
Nice one, I still have a bike with a 69.5 degree headtube that requires me to get way back, but also a modern trail bike so this was eye opening. Thanks.
Thanks Phil! Then you need to still get your booty back!
Good video 👍
Kind of a catchy title 🤘
I'm definitely gonna have to keep my eyes open next time I'm in town. Maybe I get to see you doin this stuff.
Jason Gunter you live in Sparta?
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss yes I do. I live on the far side over in sparta lake.
like it ...
by the way, concerning skinny riding, when you ride really low speed, slight shifting weight closer to front wheel helps to keep front wheel steady, especially when you try to regain balance (when you feel that this is possible) or the surface is rough (curb made with rough stones, stuff like this)
All the trails in Colorado are open, nothing is, "locked down."
LUCKY!
what city are you in.
Front Range represent!
Another point for skinnies is to use the width that you've got, letting yourself meander as/when needed to regain balance.
My mistake was riding as straight as possible on skinnies (as if I'm Danny MacAskill riding a fence) it meant that to counter an imbalance I would lean myself or/and my bike (to keep my wheels on the imaginary straight line) the imbalance inevitably becomes too much as you feel the bail coming.
So... Use what you've got! loosen your grip off the bars a little and relax the shoulders (if practicing somewhere safe) make the peddle stroke and just start by letting your small body muscle corrections move the bike, making the wheel movements it needs to correct imbalances.
Hope that this helps someone come to the epiphany I did! 👍
Awesome tips 🤘🏽
Thanks!
Jeff Lenosky No, thank you!
I was just watching a 9 year old video of Red Bull Snow Cranks at Creek! That looks so sick they should bring it back
That's a blast from the past!
I have your signed Giant Decline poster on my wall haha from 2008
nice video man. what size wheels are them ? ive just got some 29ers feels pretty different
Question: When you are hopping, like the side hop up stairs or in the old Lynn Woods video up Wicked Haard I just watched, are you locking the brakes the whole time to sort of hold your position as you hop? Really need to add this technique to my skill set.
Bring back the bar spins!
Nice camera angle! I'd like to see a 360 angle from the mount for skinnies
It would be rad!
I need to learn the punch! 😭
Thanks. Now I have understood 3 things. But I'm not goot at technical sports stuff. Maybe I should pay for some training.
It's worth a shot! Check out the details
How to do those trials skills sir? I want to learn too.
Hey bud, what tyre psi you hitting for urban toots about
Greetings from scotland
don't mind me subscribing mate
@8:56 on your video you get off that log slow, with your rear wheels down first, not necessarily so aggregated like trials, but just to get the job done ...this is what I wanna learn...
@Jeff I noticed the GT gear @ 7:41. do you know mike king?
ive practiced punches but often slam the rear wheel into the edge and get a pinch flat the higher I go... i think i need to push the bike up and forward more to pivot the bike and get it higher? hmm
Road Less Traveled yes. Unweight the bike and throwing it up.
What is the best advise to perform the punch up on flat peddles?
same exact technique but you need to use your arms a little more and scoope down, back then up with your feet to lift the rear. I have a video on my channel of techniques for clips vs flats, check it out.
Great video Jeff but I can't believe you called out Hans Rey being old. Hans and I are the same age.
LOL. That's not calling him old that's showing the exact move on different bikes.
Over 50 is old
Can you lift the bike with flat pedals going up?
Everytime I try hoping over stuff my 3 by crank hits.
Awesome vid as always, boss! Question, are riding clipless or flats?
I'm riding clips in this video, I ride all this stuff frequently on my trials bike so I can do it all in flats, honestly for this particular stuff clips is scarier for me since it's a little harder to just "jump off" if I mess something up.
Yeah I can imagine not having an immediate “bail!” option would add a bit more pucker factor. Keep up the good work and giving us newbs hope and encouragement 😜
Thanks Mark. We all started somewhere! Thanks for watching the channel.
thank you, I was putting my front wheel too far!
Rad!! Glad it helped
I think of it this way: The ready position is when my bb (belly button) is in the same line as made by the coe (center of the Earth) and my bike's bb (bottom bracket). If you draw it out, you will see that the steeper the slope, the more aftward on the bike your belly button gets relative to the rear axle. Remember that the 'ready position' is just a theoretical starting point. Always be ready to change depending on the situation. Also, point of your body inline with bike bb-to-coe line depends on your body's mass distribution and your bike's geometry. Each person must figure this out for himself.
gato ryak awesome. Thanks for the input!
Cool dude, made me wanna go ride! On another note you don't have much of a Jersey accent
I lost it!
great set of tips. Appreciate the video. Personally the head cam makes me a bit motion sick.
soooo my face makes you sick? :-( lol
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss actually the opposite. If I focus really hard on your face and try to ignore the swirling background then I feel less sick.
Lol. Thanks. I won’t overdo it!
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss No, thank you! I really appreciate your videos and glad you appreciate constructive feedback
tks... been watching u since World disorder days!!.. i am going to try the punch technique.. i want to get up on a table and i thought i needed to bunny hop up?
do i use the punch method to get onto a picnic table?
tks.
If I'm on my trail bike I'll usually punch, if I'm on my dirt jumper or trials bike I'll bunnyhop!
Jeff Lenosky Tks.. yes, on my trail full suspension bike... Tks!!!
To use one of the few mtb trails in my area I have to load the bike, drive a minimum 30 minutes, and deal with a crowd of other riders. Why bother when I can have as much fun riding around town?
I do it all the time!
No Boogie Nights quote? 😄
Good stuff, thanks for the inspiration! How wide are the bars you ride? #bargate
I run mine full 800mm but I'm 6'4" so I have super wide shoulders. I think a lot of riders "over bar" themselves
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss Thanks Jeff!
Rich Drew......🤣
Oh yeah. They shut down outdoor trails for no good reason haha. I was outside regardless. No poison and I'm still alive.
I’m 3 months in to MTBing, and I can barely bunny hop. Lol.
How do you make the bike seem so light? I’m on flats. Do you need clipless to really help pull the bike up?
If your goal is bunny hopping stay on flats.... Clips will ruin technique. It's possible to b-hop very high on flats (look at any bmx guy).
Some bikes are way easier than others to b-hop. Bmx or a DJ mountain bikes are easy for me to get a couple feet. For me I struggle getting like 6-8" on my dual suspension enduro. xc mountain bikes are going to be difficult as well.
You can b-hop on anything if you have the skills but I would suggest finding or borrowing a bmx to learn certain skills before applying to a mountain bike if possible (b-hops, manuals, 180's, dirt jumps etc).
Is that a dirt jumper bike? Is a DJ good for this stuff?
That is my signature bike from Reeb Cycles named the ReDikyelous
Love the bike design ruclips.net/user/postUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L and functionality. It is hard to align the front tired to center the disk brakes. The brake wheel touches the stationery side of the brake caliper and pad. I aired the tire up to 40 psi as the markings say 40-60psi. Left the house for a few hours and came back to an exploded innertube.All in all it seems to be a good bike. Have not ridden it yet though so that's the max of my knowledge. Update, put a new innertube made sure the tire was set properly and it did the same thing in under 20 minutes as second pic shows.
You called
LOL
Starting at 8:37 I see what you did there. #goat
Thanks!
Are you using clipless shoes
yes.
Jeff Lenosky is it possible to these techniques in flat pedal shoes?, I’ve been practicing everyday and it seems impossible to get my rear wheel as high as you do
7:23 Picture of Julien Absalon
no DVO fender?
Nope, no mud!
Don't see a link to the collaborative
here ya go! www.patreon.com/jefflenoskytrailboss
How long were you the world record holder for the Bunny Hop? or are you still?
I'm not sure, few years, definitely not, people have gotten better, bikes are better and changed the technique so they go quite a bit higher
What bike model are you riding in this video? And what wheel size?
Chris LaFon rhat is my signature bike from Reeb called the ReDikyelous and it has 29 inch wheels.
Thanks for the information! I just checked out the website for that bike, pretty nice. It looks like they make a single speed belt drive. Do you ride that one?
@@chrislafon8926 no, I'm actually running mine with gears but one of our former employees just built one with a belt drive and it looks rad!!
Are 27.5 inch better than 29 to learn those skills?
Ha El not necessarily? If you ride a small or medium bike the smaller wheels might be a little more maneuverable but but most bikes are pretty dialed nowadays
9:12 urban camo
LOL. Totally!!
Are you clipped in?
need street riding!!! Like Giant stp
How about this??
reebcycles.com/bikes/dj-street/destroyer/
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss no no no )))
i mean like this ruclips.net/video/agSGGFlkDBQ/видео.html , from you
Shout out to Rich Drew though ;-) Dumper.
Major dumper
I want to know the shirt brand
It is Pearl Izumi
www.pearlizumi.com/US/en/shop/men/tshirts-tops/tshirts/bikestyle/mens_rove_long_sleeve__shirt/p/17121901
Jeff Lenosky thank you bro !!
You friend with Rich Drew?
or.... Move to the mountains!
King Hyzer that works too. But If you live in Golden, CO for example everything is
Closed
Sick Video! This is definitely gonna help me improve! I Just made some mountain bike videos on my channel and I was wondering if you had any tips for me for form and stuff! Also funny question since my channel is so small, but do you wanna support each other? Thanks Brother
Weird is you eyes as you take the picture funny as .
great vids...but i think billy Connelly wants his leggings back :p
Awesome video. For anyone looking for it, here's the punch video ruclips.net/video/mvfce4bEZpg/видео.html
Thanks for a good video with some excellent tips, overall thumbs up! But that weird camera angle which focuses on your face, and whatever the hell that 'music' is during the riding, both a big thumbs down.
Greg, I'll take the music comment as constructive criticism, but saying my face is a thumbs down is highly offensive. lol ;-) thanks for checking it out.
What's "a skinny"? Dad.?
Do I win anything for being the first to comment...:)
a virtual high five
@@JeffLenoskyTrailBoss Haha! Thanks Man...
A stimulus check