| Find Your Line While Mountain Biking |
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| by Diet Detective Editorial Staff | |
| Thursday, 29 June 2006 | |
When you're mountain biking you need to plot the best course for your
bike, which is not always the smoothest or shortest but the one that
keeps you moving the fastest while expending the least amount of
energy. This is known as the "line." It is one of the hardest skills in
mountain biking to learn. Here are the basics:
Look where you want to go. Our instinct is to fixate on what we want to miss. This is bad because our bikes follow our vision. So if you look at that rock, or that hole, you go there. Instead, aim your vision along the clear path. Concentrate only on the obstacles that require some technique to get past. Most of the obstacles you see can be simply ridden over. Look down the trail. If you look directly in front of your wheel, by the time you see objects you won't be able to react to them. On relatively smooth terrain aim your vision 25 to 40 feet down the trail. Adjust to conditions: as little as 10 feet on hard trails, as much as 100 feet or more on fast, flat paths. Bookmark:            Trackback(0)
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