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« Last post by dom17 on 13, January, 2022, 10:07:50 PM »Open to reasonable offers. You know you want to.
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John, that trail off the purple road is quite a difficult trail, so you shouldn't beat yourself up about it.Hey John,I walked (again) 96% of that trail off the purple road we did on the Xmas cycle
Completely understand what you are saying.
Like all sports MTB has a learning curve and its important to get the fundamentals in place to help progress. Personally I have made the mistake of just riding trails - never really sessioning sections and not working on skills. This has lead to me hitting a plateau and I am trying to change that. I am now looking to coaching to help address and my fundamentals that are no where as good as they need to be to progress they way that I want to. I am also starting to break down part of trails and do them again and again still I get them right.
One of the simplest and best things that I have come across in sports is the concept of the 'adventure zones'. No learning takes place in the panic zone - this is not where you need to be. All of our learning takes place when we push ourselves just outside of our comfort zone. This normally means learning a new skill on a trail that you are comfortable with and then stepping it up gradually. So if a trail is messing with your head, you are most likely in the panic zone - not a good place to be. Take a step back, work up to it and another day you will feel you can take on more.[size=78%] [/size]
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My 2 cent you are a great place atm to be able to move forward and get over your frustrations. You have spotted some limitations and gaps in your ability (better than not knowing they are they and ending up in a heap!) and you are looking for a path to improve.
Also don't ever be worried about walking a section - everyone does it at some stage!
Adrian [/size]. I think there’s a smallish descent behind the coffee shop in ticknock I’ll start trying to “session”. I had the same fear of the drop on the couplet black trail (afterburner I think) for 6 months - but now I can handle that. I hope descents don’t take the same amount of months !!!! Thanks
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John,Thanks Dave. I have looked a few times at that - but they seem to be infrequent. Deffo on bucket list though.
If you feel you are hitting a wall on your own then you could always look into getting a lesson or two.
The biking.ie lads do lessons for all levels and if you need a specific area you need to work on they can do private lessons.
I know some people in the club have gotten a lessons session together in the past.
Maybe a few other members might be interested in doing a session together.
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John,Thanks Dave. I have looked a few times at that - but they seem to be infrequent. Deffo on bucket list though.
If you feel you are hitting a wall on your own then you could always look into getting a lesson or two.
The biking.ie lads do lessons for all levels and if you need a specific area you need to work on they can do private lessons.
I know some people in the club have gotten a lessons session together in the past.
Maybe a few other members might be interested in doing a session together.
Steep stuff used to be my nemesis too. I think I actually sessioned that little descent behind the hut when I was trying to get over it too. I think the most important thing when looking for one to session is that it's fairly straight with a gentle run out. That way there's nothing to catch you out if you do start to lose control, you can just trust that you'll be fine if you point it straight down.Great video, I'm a big fan of these two, thanks for sharing
Technique-wise, there's a couple of things that can help with steep stuff, but I think the most important is having a good position on the bike. In particular, being able to hinge at the hip. This will actually help with almost everything you do on the bike, but I found it particularly useful when trying to stay in control on very steep trails. Here's a really good video on the subject.
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I'll see if I can organise a spin around a place I know that's ace for sessioning simple drops, did something similar before at the Epic race course and I know several people loved that session.YES PLEASE !!!!!
It's nothing scary (or else I wouldn't be doing it), but it has some blind crests, chutes and small (<8") drops plus some steeper tech descents. Once happy there we can do a follow up session on the race course and can show you how to stitch things together.
"MTB is very much a skills based activity. You can drop €10k on a bike but it won't improve your skill €0.01"Its not much of a lie Ian. We're not exactly talking about Rampage lines here.
This is a little bit of a lie - modern long, low & slack (LLS) bikes are massively confidence inspiring compared to the stuff even 10 years ago.
