So who didn't listen in class? Who didn't bother to change anything on their bike after they bought it and are now wondering why their forearms cramp on descents, or their fingers are next to useless in amorous post-ride entanglements? Who wants to see a mental crash? In 2 minutes the pro-photographer-who-should-know-better dips into his 30+ years of mountain bike industry imbibed knowledge to give you the basics on how your bike controls should be set up. Yes, you think you know it all already, and if you do, whatever, the video is worth watching just for the crash of the year clip at start. And yes my Yeti 575 got away unscathed. Again.
why is this so hard for people to understand??
The real crime is having the left and right levers at different angles.
Irrespective of my body position I ride with counter-rotated wrists ie my palms are behind the bars driving the bike through the rough.
When you apply the brakes in the rough/ steeps and your arms and wrists are "in line" or even rotated over the top of the bars, your wrists need to tackle all the braking forces and stalling forces from the rough.
Think about it: you counter rotate your feet through the pedals for the same benefits.
There's a great article about counter rotation in a very early IMB mag.
On flatter DH tracks you'll find people run less height and more bar height in steeper tracks. It's just another of the 50 ways to adjust setup according to different tracks.
But to fully appreciate the way he advocates bike set up you need to engage with his more "aggressive" riding style. Put the two together and you're made, but for a lot of intermediate riders who might lack confidence or aggressive riding ability then my tips here are a good start. Its all about starting...:-)
Just my opinion, an open face is fine, if you know what your doing on a bike, you take your own risks.. I just feel that lots of novices looking for that "all mountain, Enduro experience" see good riders hucking "downhill" in lots of videos and monkey see monkey do.. At my local freeride park i see more and more guys who evidently dont have much skills rocking up on brand new "enduro" bikes with the in trend open face helmets.One of my friends knocked himself out and broke his collar bones on one of the Blue runs at this bikepark on a flat section at the start of the run, on a berm and he was wearing a full face that had to be replaced! I crashed on the same Blue run on a different section and believe if i wasnt wearing a helmet my jaw would have been smashed to pieces.
www.pinkbike.com/video/378087