Mountain Biking - Weight Distribution
Mountain Bikes are considered very stable bikes due to its wider tires. Shifting your weight to the sides is enough to turn the direction of your bike. The handlebar is used to make more precise movements. Here are some guidelines to help you in figuring out how to shift your weight in certain circumstances.
- When sitting down, weight distribution is 40:60 to the front and back respectively.
- When going downhill, lean back so you have more grip in the rear.
- When climbing a hill, lean forward or stand. This gives you more grip in the front tires. This will also help you not to flip over when climbing really steep hills.
You will experience that you will be doing a lot of weight shifting while Mountain Biking in a trail. If you watch a slalom or a downhill race, you will notice the constant weight shifting the rider will be doing in order to have the bike in the place they want it to be at.
Not everything that you need to know on distributing your weight is covered in this section, because it is not about just distributing your weight, but what you can achieve with it. Whether it is about Cornering, Descending or Climbing, good weight distribution is very important.
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YOU STATE TO STAND UP OUT OF THE SADDLE.
THE ONLY TIME YOU SHOULD GET OUT OF THE SADDLE TO CLIMB IS WHEN YOU ARE ON GOOD STABLE GROUND (ASPHALT)
IF YOU STAND UP AND CLIMB ON DIRT YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOUR WEIGHT FORWARD AND YOUR REAR TIRE IS NOT GOING TO GRAB , RESULTING IN A SPIN OUT.
TRUST ME , I USE TO ROAD RACE.
CLIMBING ON A ROAD BIKE YOUR TAUGHT TO GET OUT OF THE SADDLE ON STEEP CLIMBS OR WHEN NEEDED.
MY FIRST TIME MOUNTAIN BIKING I KEPT LOOSING MY TRACTION .
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