Mastering Mountain Bike Skills by Brian Lopes

Author:Brian Lopes [Lopes, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2010-10-20T03:11:46+00:00

126  •  Mastering Mountain Bike Skills

Applying Pump on Real Trails

It’s easiest to learn pump on a BMX track or pump track. The rollers are smooth, the shapes are obvious, and you can repeat the same move over and over without distractions.

Once you program your mind and body to pick up for every front and push down

every back, your trail riding will change forever—and for the better. One day you’ll be riding a trail you’ve ridden a hundred times, and all of a sudden, you’ll see a red dotted line going right over those big rocks, instead of around them. That’s OK: Go for it!

Even if you don’t actively gain speed, you’l  gain control, confidence, and braaap!

Pumping a natural roller

4. Extend fully

3. Push front end

2. Bend low and

1. Extend legs

for max pump.

down backside.

absorb high spot.

into low spot.

E4849/Lopes/author provided/7.7 pump terrain seq/r2-alw

And Keep in Mind

Look for your opportunities. Actively seek pumpworthy lines. The fronts of holes and the backs of humps, rocks, logs, and roots all beg to be pumped. Great riders seldom coast along; they constantly wring speed from the terrain. The more actively you scan the trail ahead, the more pump you’ll get, and the better you’ll ride overall. Unload the fronts. Beware frontsides. At best they slow you down. At worst they buck you into oblivion. Before you pump the back, you have to get over the front. You can unload, manual, hop, jump, or skip. Do whatever suits your fancy, as long as you have enough range of motion to push down the back—and as long as you

don’t bash into the thing full force.

Pump small things. You don’t need a long ramp. All you need is a little slope, a rock, or even a tiny root. Anything is better than nothing.

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