MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice Articles

How To Brake Effectively on Your MTB

To save you from some scary bad advice, I have the 1st of my Braking Video Tutorials up. Yep, your Butt is Not Your 3rd Brake! Learn how to brake safer and with more confidence: Keep an eye out for my follow-up braking video with Braking Drills to greatly...

What are the most important MTB Skills to practice

Hierarchy of MTB Skills

Some skills have a much bigger return on investment than others. Here are the skills you should be practicing to ensure the biggest return!

MTB Skills: How to Progress Faster

You understand exactly how to do the skill, yet you still struggle! Read more about How To Progress Faster.

Video Review: ONYX Hubs & ENVE Rims Wheelset

When a bike shop owner suggested I buy a really expensive wheelset I was very apprehensive, but I bought it. Here is my long-term review:

Hierarchy of MTB Skills

Sep 18, 2022

How to Make the Most of Your MTB Practice Time You might not realize that some skills have a much bigger return...

MTB Skills: How to Progress Faster

Sep 4, 2022

There has been an amazing amount written about MTB skills and even more how-to videos on Youtube (of various quality)....

Video Review: ONYX Hubs & ENVE Rims Wheelset

Jul 17, 2022

This review is four years and two months in the making... I'm an extremely value-conscious person (my van is 19 years...

Video: Your MTB Cranks Are Too Long

Jul 3, 2022

This review is two years in the making... I'm always curious about the many standards in the bike industry and how...

4 Pro MTB Tips for Riding Mud, Wet Roots, & Off-Camber

Feb 13, 2020 | MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice

4 Pro MTB Tips for riding mud, wet roots, & off-camber You can learn a lot from studying the best riders in the...

Find Flow, Ride at Your Best

Feb 2, 2020 | MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice

What if I told you the best way to achieve or exceed your goal was to NOT think about your goal? There is...

This is How To Practice Your MTB Skills

Jan 16, 2020 | MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice

When Should You Practice like a Pro-Racer practices, and When Should You NOT. First, learn the correct...

Choosing a Fun and Confidence Inspiring MTB.

Sep 5, 2019 | Bikes, Mountain Bike Skills tips, Mountain biking, MTB Set Up, MTB Setup, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips, Your body

2019 is a great year to be a mountain biker! The industry is finally making bikes that are safer and more fun to ride...

29ers just aren’t that much fun!

Aug 29, 2019 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips

6 Years ago, I wrote an article with the title, “I was wrong! 29ers just aren’t as much fun!” (click here to read the...

The Space Between.

Aug 15, 2019 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips

I believe Myles Davis said something to the effect of, "the beauty in music is the space between the notes". I have...

Technique: Bermed Corners vs. Flat Corners

Aug 12, 2019 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips

A question I get all the time is some version of, “how is my technique different in a bermed (banked) corner than in a...

Mountain Biking Stronger at 53 Than I Was at 43, Wanted to Share How

Jun 19, 2019 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, Mountain biking, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice, MTB Training Tips, Your body

Life takes work, lots of work! I used to train so I could race well, then I stopped racing and stopped training,...

Choose to Be Unreasonably Happy When You Ride

Apr 25, 2019 | Mountain Bike Skills tips, MTB Skills Articles, Tips & Advice

Choose to Be Unreasonably Happy When You Ride Often when mountain biking we set ourselves up for failure and/or...

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