Riding Position

jt_intheuk

Just wondering whether when riding technical single track/trails
, does anyone stay dead centre and low on their bike or do you lean slightly left or right in favour of your leading foot while still staying low?

cooldad

Never thought about it - wherever I need to be to hopefully not fall off and die. Rarely stay still for long enough anyway.

danlikesbikes

Pretty much centre & move my weight around to the rear or sides as needed with the bike I guess. I don't think I tend to lean in favour of leading foot though.

jt_intheuk

I probably also just hang on and hope I don't die. Back in the days when I used to surf in SA , you were either a natural or goofy footed depending on which foot was facing forwards. Trying to copy that stance/feeling on the bike when you can really flow with the trails in some god-like state:)

cooldad

I'm old enough to remember hanging ten, and I don't mean the shorts.

YeehaaMcgee

You shouldn't be staying anywhere on the bike, you need to move about as the terrain changes, forwards backwards, up down, left right. It's a 3d experience, maaaaan.

anj132

heavy feet, lights hands

etc...

nicklouse

Hang off the back letting it all hang loose.

jt_intheuk

Think I understand the need to move about as the terrain changes, how about your ready "attack" position on the bike.

YeehaaMcgee

jt_intheuk wrote:

Think I understand the need to move about as the terrain changes, how about your ready "attack" position on the bike.

What about it?

jt_intheuk

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

jt_intheuk wrote:

Think I understand the need to move about as the terrain changes, how about your ready "attack" position on the bike.

What about it?

Dead centre and low?

YeehaaMcgee

Well, it constantly changes, so, briefly, yes, the rest of the time... not so much.

ddraver

To sum up, there is no one position that works for everything, you need to be constantly moving

I find this bloke explains it well - http://www.imbikemag.com/technique/

bennett_346

If you're learning technique from anything other than just riding or being taught by an actual person beside you, i'm sorry but you're not going to learn much.

Technique cannot be learned from text or video alone.

YeehaaMcgee

jt_intheuk wrote:

I probably also just hang on and hope I don't die. Back in the days when I used to surf in SA , you were either a natural or goofy footed depending on which foot was facing forwards.

Same thing applies in any boardsport.
However, I'm not aware of any discrepancy in mountain biking stance. It may well be because I've been riding for what seems like an eternity, but I personally find no preference for which foot leads, and will change depending on the situation, or what's coming up, or what I've just ridden over.

jairaj

jt_intheuk wrote:

Dead centre and low?

not too low though, you want your legs bent just a little . I was told on a coaching session that i was too low on the bike and was already in a cramped position so could not absorb all of the bigger hits as i had no where to move.