Taking inspiration from other sources, I came across these on-line videos produced by the mountain bike magazine, 'SingleTrack', a 'snappily titled new video series where we get bike guides, skills instructors and the great and the good of mountain biking to tell us one thing that'll make you better on a bike'.
Forget the bike and the technical aspects that you normally see on these sorts of things, and concentrate on the core message that is being put across each time and remember that it is often being in the right frame of mind rather than on the right bike, or the most expensive board that will prevent or enable you to achieve something.
I've picked out a couple of the videos that seem most relevant to what we do - hope they help. They're only short, so enjoy!
In Video 1, Ed Oxley and his most excellent beard talks about 'keeping your chin up', and 'looking further ahead' in order to look where we're going and more importantly, where we want to go.
Be A Better Rider - Part 1 from
Singletrack Magazine on
Vimeo.
In Video 3, Tony 'Jedi' Doyle of UK Bike Skills talks about drops and why the simple physical action needed to perform a drop-off can be applied to any size of drop - it's all in the head...
Be a Better Rider: Part 3 - Drops from
Singletrack Magazine on
Vimeo.
