Video: Silvia - Peaks with Dylan Sherrard

 Yes, I fear if you disappear like that again I may have to ride my bike off a drop far greater than my skills would allow me to survive (likely 5-6ft.)

 Already faved but saving it for the morning to get me stoked for the day !

 Go brakeless :p

 Maybe get some less powerful brakes? Therefore they wouldn't slow you down anywhere near as much. So maybe Elixer 1s? haha

 Doesn't seem related to the comment. What helped me is going chain-less for a bit. It helps you focus on keeping your speed.

 I am soooo happy right now!!

 @Pdownful watch this vid before your next ride?

 1 finger braking instead of 2

 use smaller discs and the most basic pads and yes, one finger braking.

 pdownful, just go to a trail that you know really well and take it section by section, just tell yourself im going to use the brakes for one second less then i usually do, and just work your way to less and less

 hard tails can help, forces you to smooth out the trail. Work on your basics and everything else gets easier. And if you really want a challenge ride it single speed, forces you to maintain your speed through corners and technical sections

 @Pdownful, so you're riding a specialized Enduro on DH trails, or just regular AM trails? I'd find a pumptrack, not only will that help with your endurance, but it will teach you how to keep and hold speed, and where and when you might need to use the brakes. If you don't have access to a pumptrack, then get a hardtail/bmx bike and ride at your local skatepark, see how many jump lines you can connect without ever pedalling or braking. If you can't do that then just ride street, downtown, there are soooooo many things that relate directly to DH riding/racing, and if you learn em on a hardtail, it pretty much directly translates to being faster and more efficient on a fully.

 Locking out your rear suspension in order to practice riding tech. stuff?

You're well on your way to a fulfilling and great career in mtbing!


That edit was so sick. I loved the time lapse chairlift shot next to the no-look backie. It's insane how fast he was going in some of those shots.

 As always sick stuff. Very cool edit and music added as well. ...and dreamy riding.

 It says Silvia?
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 I wish I could shred as hard as Sherrard

 @pdownful yeah one finger braking helped me a lot as well. if you know the trail well and realize that you are braking too much in a certain section, just keep riding it, slow at first, so that you build complete muscle memory for the whole line. Then try it again without touching the brakes. after riding the line about 5 or 6 times doing it without brakes will be so easy because it's almost like your bike just knows exactly where to go. If you're simply braking too much on certain kinds of features instead of one particular section, simply try to control the speed and direction of the bike with your whole body and not your fingers that are on the brake levers. I quote something in Bicycling magazine, "Think of your brakes as a dimmer, not an on-off switch"

your comment was also completely unrelated the the initial topic of the thread.

 The riding, terrain, and filming are sooooooooo good. I think I have watched this 15 times.

 off the lip to nose tap...insane control

 anyone see the little animal run out in front of him across the trail when he does the manual?

 some people have never heard of sarcasm

 that backflip had quite the hangtime...haha

 no no his clothes matched well

 Well spotted!

Style for miles, great vid

 He got taken out by someone sitting on the landing of a jump a few months back filming with Anthill(?), don't know if he's back on a bike yet.

 watch it again

 I totally agree.