What trail features do you want/need to get better at

[hellmansam]

I want to be able to do a stoppie turn

ooh yess I would so like to do those ! sick AF brakes required, and a soft landing area for the OTB moments

 

[pink poodle]

I had a cornering lesson main point was to stay off seat, keep body upright ,weight outside foot and lean bike over .
For those that ski its a bit like edging on ice.
when all else fails or the downhill corner is v tight I use the back brake to skid a bit !!!!

Sure you don't skid in corners? #shame

 

[Spike-X]

Sorry yes 50% chance I'd get it wrong.
Was trying to imagine it . He had us pushing the handlebars across to tip the bike.
Super tight corners pushing weight back helps.
We rode some v tight donkey track rocky switch backs with exposure with the inside foot + leg out like an outrigger to balance.

Yeah, I've found that getting your inside knee out as far as possible really helps in tight turns.

 

[Paulie_AU]

Yeah, I've found that getting your inside knee out as far as possible really helps in tight turns.

I stick my foot out and makes brap brap sounds on exit. More fun that way.

 

[Asininedrivel]

Me too. Corner speed and stopping the front wheel washing out... Less of the leaning with the bike and staying more upright - ie banished shitty habits!

Like many commenting here, I feel I could be better at most things except drinking beer at the end of the ride (got that down). Surprising recent improvement to cornering for me has been a new bike. I bought one with one of the longest wheelbases on the planet a longish wheelbase and a fairly low BB = nice and centred in the bike and carrying more speed through corners seems much easier.

Also remembering to push down on the inside grip rather than turning the bars = 9000% improvement in grip and cornering speed for me.

Would also like to ride more smoothly. Some of my mates ride like they're just levitating through gnar. Awesome to watch.

 

[Oddjob]

Surprising recent improvement to cornering for me has been a new bike. I bought one with one of the longest wheelbases on the planet and a fairly low BB = nice and centred in the bike and carrying more speed through corners seems much easier.

Which Pole or Geomotron did you get?

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[creaky]

Which Pole or Geomotron did you get?

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You assuming it’s not a DirtySixer?

 

[Oddjob]

You assuming it’s not a DirtySixer?

I'm an optimist.

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[Asininedrivel]

Which Pole or Geomotron did you get?

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Well f*** me. Just looked up the geometry on a Pole Machine and the equivalent size has an 11cm longer wheelbase than my monsterbike. Slight apples and oranges comparing 29er and 650b wheelbases but still, I'm shocked.

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[Ultra Lord]

Well f*** me. Just looked up the geometry on a Pole Machine and the equivalent size has an 11cm longer wheelbase than my monsterbike. Slight apples and oranges comparing 29er and 650b wheelbases but still, I'm shocked.

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Sp waddaya pedallin?

 

[Asininedrivel]

Sp waddaya pedallin?

Mojo HD4. Still got a little bit to go on tweaking the rabbit hole that is the Fox X2 but it already does a superb job of making me look like a far better rider than I actually am.