[FilipgrooviesMTB]

Hello, i have a problem with landing nose first a lot. I dunno how to control it. Do you think that my bike is too big for me? i have an 29er size M and im like 165cm

 

[Cleared2land]

Just keep practicing

 

[Sparticus]

There's a YouTube vid for that.

 

[Shark]

At that height you could be a small or medium frame, depending on your inseam and the frame manufacturer.

It could be technique too.



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[jeremy3220]

You're loading the rear of the rear of the bike too much.

 

[TylerVernon]

Because you aren't any good.

 

[PhillipJ]

Hard to say for sure without video but IMO you're probably not actually boosting off the lip with your legs. You're probably being too passive which means your back wheel kinda goes into the lip rather than pushing off it. When that happens you end up rotating forward and landing front heavy. Being too passive on the jump provides at least 3/4 of every Pinkbike Friday Fails.

It probably is a little more difficult to get the "meercat" position going on a bike that's too big but all the little kids I see sending stuff on their Dad's bike tells me it's not impossible.

 

[Monty219]

Hello, i have a problem with landing nose first a lot. I dunno how to control it. Do you think that my bike is too big for me? i have an 29er size M and im like 165cm

Work your way up in small increments. Start with curb drops, pull up on your handlebars enough to land both wheel at same time if not rear wheel first. If that’s too hard practice pulling wheelies on flat ground. Keep working your way up to slightly larger drops.

If you have a full suspension bike and the rebound damping lets the suspension decompress faster on the rear than the front this will definitely contribute to your problem. If so make the front faster (counter clockwise knob turns) and the rear slower (clockwise turns).

 

[PhillipJ]

pull up on your handlebars

IME that is a really really bad way to explain to a beginner how to lift the front of their bike.

 

[Sparticus]

Because you aren't any good.

Ouch

 

[Nat]

I usually try to land nose first. It’s a smoother landing and gets you an extra bike length in distance. You just don’t want to land too nose heavy.

 

[Monty219]

IME that is a really really bad way to explain to a beginner how to lift the front of their bike.

IME it is a really really good way to explain how to do a 4” drop to a beginner and let the learner figure it out for themselves from there but feel free to provide to more detailed advice as you see fit.

 

[PhillipJ]

how to do a 4” drop

Riiiiight.

 

[Amt0571]

IME that is a really really bad way to explain to a beginner how to lift the front of their bike.

Not only that, but pulling the bars usually means a front wheel landing.

 

[FilipgrooviesMTB]

At that height you could be a small or medium frame, depending on your inseam and the frame manufacturer.

It could be technique too.




It probably is a little more difficult to get the "meercat" position going on a bike that's too big but all the little kids I see sending stuff on their Dad's bike tells me it's not impossible.

Hey, heres a video of me with my problem

 

[FilipgrooviesMTB]

Because you aren't any good.

Thx

 

[FilipgrooviesMTB]

Work your way up in small increments. Start with curb drops, pull up on your handlebars enough to land both wheel at same time if not rear wheel first. If that’s too hard practice pulling wheelies on flat ground. Keep working your way up to slightly larger drops.

If you have a full suspension bike and the rebound damping lets the suspension decompress faster on the rear than the front this will definitely contribute to your problem. If so make the front faster (counter clockwise knob turns) and the rear slower (clockwise turns).

Hey heres a my video with my problem

 

[FilipgrooviesMTB]

Hard to say for sure without video but IMO you're probably not actually boosting off the lip with your legs. You're probably being too passive which means your back wheel kinda goes into the lip rather than pushing off it. When that happens you end up rotating forward and landing front heavy. Being too passive on the jump provides at least 3/4 of every Pinkbike Friday Fails.

It probably is a little more difficult to get the "meercat" position going on a bike that's too big but all the little kids I see sending stuff on their Dad's bike tells me it's not impossible.

Look heres an example of me with my problem

 

[Sparticus]

That's not a problem.
=sParty

 

[TylerVernon]

Landing looked pretty good. I think you made this sound worse than it is.