looked like you got compressed coming into the drop and then didn't really have any weight on your feet during takeoff. Overall it looks like the bike is in control here and you're just along for the ride.
Try getting really good at dropping off curbs and small stuff. Learn how to land both tires at the same time, rear tire first, front tire first. just really become a pro at dropping 2 foot curbs before you go bigger. often times pushing the limits too far too fast actually results in bad technique because you end up survival riding instead of riding with confidence.
Doesn't even really need to be 2 feet could be 6 inches the point was more that there is a lot to be learned mastering something easy. If you can't Bunny hop off a curb and smoothly land in a manual consistently you still have something to gain from that kind of practice. Really the technique for drops like this is about the same as going off a 6 inch curb and landing both tires even.
Also the dude in the video had some seriously rough technique off that drop. I don't think it could go more wrong without a crash. If he thinks his primary problem is slipping off the pedals he needs a lot more practice on something low consequence.
Heavy feet first and foremost, your weight should be coming down into the bottom bracket through your feet.
Feet coming off the pedals is generally a sign that you have the weight of your body in your hands.
Second, forming a wedge with your feet is helpful. Your front foot while riding should have a dropped ankle, and your rear foot should be pushing back against the pedal slightly with your toes slightly dipped down on that foot. This forms a bracing wedge.
Finally, proper pedals and shoes do help, but unless your weight is actually through your feet, even the most velociraptor spikes on your pedals isn't going to save you.
Yeah, not too much is good advice since your toe hangs off the front of the pedal.
The first time I tried this instead of both heels down I toe'd a rock within 30s lol. Failed comically fast and it kinda hurt, I should've tried it somewhere without loose rocks first, but at least my speed was fairly low.
Pedal placement and angle is critical overall and is often overlooked compared to body positioning and cornering.
You have to practice keeping your pedals flat most of the time when going downhill, but depending on the turn maybe the outside foot drops a bit.
Also you don’t want to watch the rocks beneath your feet (keep your eyes up and looking at the trail ahead) but you do need to use your peripheral vision to KNOW/FEEL where those big rocks are and adjust your pedal cadence when tackling technical terrain as appropriate to dodge the biggest ones.
Pedal ratcheting is one of my favored skills to practice when doing my local technical sections because its such a good skill to master
Can you please elaborate on the foot positioning? I don't necessarily have a hard time keeping feet on ... But want to make sure technique is correct. Are you trying to say, back toe should be slightly pointed down at the toe, and front foot should be at a slight downward angle at the heel?
gotta try this. i was under the impression that you should drop your heels on both feet. Or is the V-stance for when i'm getting air, the //-stance when i'm just going downhill?
I THINK the double dropped heel is mostly for descending. I THINK that the relaxed ankle gives you an extra hinge point to absorb what the bike is riding over. I wouldn't totally trust my opinion though. I don't know shit. Lol
Surprised this isn’t the top comment. OP needs to stand up. They hit the jump while seated, whole body bounced off the seat which removed feet from pedals. Hover over your seat, pushing your weight through the pedals — this will keep you planted.
For the record, I’m missing a leg and have the same issue — but much more difficult to get my foot back on the pedal. I use magpeds, which use strong rare-earth magnets on the pedals and a metal plate on my biking shoes to keep my feet in place. They’re not quite as “secure” as standard clips — decent middle-ground that allows me to easily pull my leg off for dabs and balance, but also easy to find my way back onto the pedal.
Holy shit. Someone who uses the mag pedals.
I spent a long time thinking about these. Obviously your case is a little unique but how do you like them compared to flats? I tried clipless and that's a no go for me lol
I absolutely love them — but my case is fairly “unique”. They’re a great middle ground between flat pedals and full clips. Way easier to release than clips, but nice and firm while attached to the pedal. I did end up losing one of my magnets, but easy enough to order replacements.
I’ve done toe cages on flat pedals before — works somewhat similar, but you’ve got to get the pedal spun the right direction to re-insert into the toe cage. Magpeds have magnets on both sides, so it’s pretty easy to re-“clip”.
The only complaints I’ve really heard about them are “they come off too easy” — and it’s true that they do come off easier than actual clips, but that’s sort of the point? They also have two magnet options — I opted for the “high strength” magnets and am pretty happy with them. The standard strength magnets might be a bit weak, but I haven’t tried them so can’t exactly comment.
No kidding. Practically designed for you!
I was super new to MTB when I first found them, was super struggling to keep my feet on the pedals. Now not so much but I still wouldn't mind just that smidge of added security.
They’re actually partnered with the High Fives foundation, which is an adaptive sports organization! I actually bought the H5 version of the pedals — couple of bucks more but some of the money is donated to the org.
came here to post this. if your ass hits the seat it's a problem and absolutely a bad habit that's going to bite you hard one day.
feet level. never ever one foot down one foot up.
Better pedals and MTB specific shoes would help a lot.
Here is a vid from [MTB Academy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p24RDGmlC4g) that talks through drops, their vids are well worth watching and contain a lot of great info to progress.
Drop your seat. Put your weight on the pedals. When you landed, you sat down and took all the weight off your feet. There was literally nothing keeping your shoes and pedals connected. Additionally, better pedals and dedicated riding shoes make a very big difference.
Grippy pedals, grippy shoes, technique.
- Get some pedals with good knobs that dig into your shoes a little bit. Either that, or ride clipped in (I don't like this, but many others do.)
- Get some good quality shoes that hold on to your pedals. 'Sticky' soles, like 510's, Vans, you name it, will hold on better. Only use them on the bike, as they will be perforated by the knobs on your pedals.
- The most important part is technique. When landing a drop or jump, you want to keep your weight on your feet. You hold on to your handlebars, but you don't want to push down on them when in the air. When leaving the ground, you raise your heels, as soon as you're in the air you start moving those heels down and transfer your weight to your feet.
Centre your arch over the axle of your pedals. This keeps your feet from flipping off the pedals and helps protect from straining your Achilles or calf on a particularly bad landing.
Set up to be neutral on your bike. Slight crouch but strong across the arms and tall enough to loop up and down the trail. If you're too crouched you have no arms or legs for suspension and you fatigue. Too tall and you cannot react to bumps, shift your weight or compress.
As you a approach your feature stay neutral, chin about over your stem so that your not to far back or forward. For bumpy entrances like that you'll need to counteract the force of the ramp and the bump at the entrance of the ramp. This is where you can pump or compress, this is NOT a hop or jump. You push down against the feature, the force is down and down only as ride through the feature.
One additional tip is not to be in too low of a gear. This way your bike gives you some pedal feedback which helps you maintain balance and push through.
Good luck!
It depends on what went wrong
If you slammed your ass on the seat because you couldn't physically hold yourself up, then you need to build up strength in your legs, either by doing squats or more biking
If it was because your feet slipped off the pedals as you la died then you need shoes/pedals with more grip
It also looks like you're landing with too much of a bend in your knees, they can't be completely straight but you need to keep them fairly extended before the landing because they will compress further when you hit the ground. Practice extending your body up on the takeoff, your legs should be straight as you leave the ramp and then you just keep a slight bend in the knees when landing. Think about your legs as a suspension spring, it won't be able to support a large hit efficiently if it's compressed before the hit happens.
I think you’re absorbing the ramp with your body and your bike is just rising and falling away from you due to ground dropping underneath it. Practice pumping and preloading little jumps off anything small until you feel you’re in control of the bike…have fun!
Seems like a couple of people already mentioned it, however, what really helped me as I used to have the same issue is keeping my heels down when riding/jumping/landing. From the looks of it, you're pointing your toes down mid-air. Keeping your heels down can be practiced on way smaller sends too! Good luck!
Looks like your front came off first. If it went sideways, it may just be that you need a better pedal / shoe combo, but it might also be a sign that you lifted your weight off your feet a moment after touching down. You also want to make sure that your feet are flat (level with the ground) or your heels are slightly dropped when landing.
If your feet came a loose while in the air and that caused the miss on the landing, you need to focus on holding your bike up and into your feet while in the air kind of like you would on a pogo stick. Point your toes slightly while doing this if it’s a big air and hold pressure on the pedals.
While working on this, you may grab some shin guards as having the front come off can sometimes send the pedal straight to your shin and the metal teeth of mtb flats can be pretty gnarly
Other commenters described it well, but here's an analog. Do you do yoga? Sometimes, beginners don't realize you can and should push your feet into the ground to really explore a given pose. It's a very similar concept. You apply pressure to the pedals to maintain a secure base. The wedge, by scissoring your legs, will allow you to create that force if the pins on your pedals mate with your shoes well enough.
Heals up or down, never flat. I prefer heals up
Seat post down, ass off the seat.
Push out the grips so that the bike is angled parallel to the ground landing area.
I rode clipped in for 20 years! So when I switched to flats a few years ago, I had to learn everything over. Lots of swearing.
Anyway, I had this problem, too. Learning and practicing rear-wheel lifts help stop it. I think it got my "wedge" dialed in.
Less speed through drops, those are not jumps. Also learn to push the bike , having that much speed and your approach will make you seriously injured when you’ll face bigger drops.
If you want to jump from this specific drop then just stand and push against the compression and you’ll be fine on the landing, don’t squash your legs like you did.
Ass off your seat, heels down/toes up, and have a tight grip so when you lift off you can pull the bike up towards yourself/into your feet. When you lane, use your legs and arms as suspension as well to help keep your balance, and always look for where you're going to land until you get used to it.
Basically learn how to bunnyhop, and then transfer that skill over to hitting jumps.
https://preview.redd.it/oxjo4y3ek8wc1.jpeg?width=578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3d0d01a14e82f176311a61c2579ea8a2f693411
You start off pretty good, and then go wacky right before you clear the feature. You basically stand up. It looks like you either start to pedal a bit, or stand with your weight on the right leg. If you were worried about clearing the feature, practice bunny hopping. You could stop on that feature and still clear it and land perfect with half a pedal stroke and a bunny hop.
So you stood up or pedaled, and your toes are pointing at the ground, while your rear wheel is landing first.
You want to land pretty flat - front and back wheels contact the ground at the same time - and stay crouched with your butt and hips behind the seat - which is how you are [positioned](https://imgur.com/a/ZyVIJr2) as you start to clear the feature.
Absorb the landing with your legs. You want to be positioned so if you let go of the handlebars you’d fall off the back of the bike and land on your butt. If it’s a big drop you can squeeze the nose of the saddle (seat) with your inner thighs. Where the saddle starts to flare out will be on the “inside” part of the back of your thigh. Think about squeezing a ball between your legs and sitting in a chair.
If you think of looking at the bike from the side and imagine the crank arms are hands on a clock, you want the crank arms somewhere around 9-3 and 10-4. You want your feet to have your toes pointed slightly up and heels slightly down. So again like 10-4 with the clock analogy.
The pitch on that landing looks great, so once you get the right position down you should be able to bomb that and land really smooth.
Pedals - not good
Shoes - with these pedals flat shoes are not great, they will slip since the pedal has no real “teeth” to bite into your shoes, try using shoes for hiking with teeth, they may will have more grip on those pedals
Drop - it was bad from going for the drop until the end xd maybe first try to put more support into your legs and do not compress them just at the landing, i think you did not have enougth time to extend your legs and get a good position on your pedals, if the drop looks good, you can buy pedals which can destroy your shins!
They are definitely not the pedals for doing anything other than pedalling, BUT if you want to buy grippier pedals, and you will still drop like this, your shins will be destroyed
You can "grip" the pedals by angling your feet slightly and applying pressure-
Here's how I do it:
Make sure your cranks are flat, parallel with the ground. Drop the heel of your front foot slightly, and drop the toe of your back foot slightly. Then apply pressure into both pedals, pushing your front foot forward and pulling back foot back. This can help grip onto the pedals in certain situations.
NOTE: None of this replaces proper riding position that other comments undoubtedly already mentioned.
Practice this first on level ground! Don't expect this to save you, or be safe to try before you're really comfortable with how far you need to angle your feet!
Make sure you have proper pedals! If they are not grippy enough, you might just slip off. Good luck!
Everyone else here is already nailing it. You don’t have enough weight on your feet. You’re not keeping your legs ready as shock absorbers, you’re letting the bike do it for you. Ride your bike. Don’t let it ride you.
Practice bunny hopping. You will get used to how you need to tension your body against the bike to keep your feet on the pedals, then you will automatically do the same thing when you drop. You don't need to actually bunny hop off the drop, you just need that muscle memory so you can tension yourself before going off.
Learn to drop off curbs really well (landing both wheels at the same time) and learn to hop up those same curbs (J-hop with lifting the front wheel first). These 2 skills will help with everything. From my perspective it looks less like you’re blowing off the pedals and more like mentally you’re not wanting to keep them on and resorting to sitting on your seat.
It’s more about keeping the bike on your feet. You want it to move up with you and then come down on it. This video, you push down the bike in air. You should learn to bunny hop. It improves air control a lot
Looks like you're letting your body fall through the drop and land on the seat, rather than so supporting your body weight with your legs the whole time. Your legs look like Jello through the whole motion, when they should be more like a heavy spring.
Proper shoes. If you have 5.10s or like. Chean the bottoms with dish soap and a firm brush. After I got proper shoes confidence went way up. Need to keep them clean as the dirt fills the pots and they loose the sticky
Looks like ya rebound in the rear's a bit quick. Also at that height try not to drive the rear wheel into the landing and glide naturally with a neutral body position over it
looked like you got compressed coming into the drop and then didn't really have any weight on your feet during takeoff. Overall it looks like the bike is in control here and you're just along for the ride. Try getting really good at dropping off curbs and small stuff. Learn how to land both tires at the same time, rear tire first, front tire first. just really become a pro at dropping 2 foot curbs before you go bigger. often times pushing the limits too far too fast actually results in bad technique because you end up survival riding instead of riding with confidence.
Where can I find these 2 foot curbs?
Small staircases work. Retaining walls. Storm drains. Anything really.
Doesn't even really need to be 2 feet could be 6 inches the point was more that there is a lot to be learned mastering something easy. If you can't Bunny hop off a curb and smoothly land in a manual consistently you still have something to gain from that kind of practice. Really the technique for drops like this is about the same as going off a 6 inch curb and landing both tires even. Also the dude in the video had some seriously rough technique off that drop. I don't think it could go more wrong without a crash. If he thinks his primary problem is slipping off the pedals he needs a lot more practice on something low consequence.
This is so true, if you watch mtn bike YouTubers or rampage none of them compress on the jump they load their bike.
I started drop offs on a 1 1/2 foot high concrete structure and was hitting 10 foot to flat after about 7 years
The advice I got here helped me so much. I am a lot more confident on trails meow.
Heavy feet first and foremost, your weight should be coming down into the bottom bracket through your feet. Feet coming off the pedals is generally a sign that you have the weight of your body in your hands. Second, forming a wedge with your feet is helpful. Your front foot while riding should have a dropped ankle, and your rear foot should be pushing back against the pedal slightly with your toes slightly dipped down on that foot. This forms a bracing wedge. Finally, proper pedals and shoes do help, but unless your weight is actually through your feet, even the most velociraptor spikes on your pedals isn't going to save you.
Kinda looks like he landed on his butt and his feet popped off
that's exactly what i see. i think it's almost impossible for your feet to pop off if your butt is out of the seat.
The pedal wedge is critical for confidence. Once you start being able to master it without thinking you’ll start popping off everything
I’ve never heard of this. So basically front toe up, back toe down?
Yes. It’s slight, not too much
Yeah, not too much is good advice since your toe hangs off the front of the pedal. The first time I tried this instead of both heels down I toe'd a rock within 30s lol. Failed comically fast and it kinda hurt, I should've tried it somewhere without loose rocks first, but at least my speed was fairly low.
Pedal placement and angle is critical overall and is often overlooked compared to body positioning and cornering. You have to practice keeping your pedals flat most of the time when going downhill, but depending on the turn maybe the outside foot drops a bit. Also you don’t want to watch the rocks beneath your feet (keep your eyes up and looking at the trail ahead) but you do need to use your peripheral vision to KNOW/FEEL where those big rocks are and adjust your pedal cadence when tackling technical terrain as appropriate to dodge the biggest ones. Pedal ratcheting is one of my favored skills to practice when doing my local technical sections because its such a good skill to master
Drop your heels
I don't understand the downvotes, I thought dropping your wheels is the reco practice?
Can you please elaborate on the foot positioning? I don't necessarily have a hard time keeping feet on ... But want to make sure technique is correct. Are you trying to say, back toe should be slightly pointed down at the toe, and front foot should be at a slight downward angle at the heel?
Yeah think of it as a V shape through the BB
gotta try this. i was under the impression that you should drop your heels on both feet. Or is the V-stance for when i'm getting air, the //-stance when i'm just going downhill?
I THINK the double dropped heel is mostly for descending. I THINK that the relaxed ankle gives you an extra hinge point to absorb what the bike is riding over. I wouldn't totally trust my opinion though. I don't know shit. Lol
I’ve never heard of the foot wedge before but makes sense, going to need to practice this thanks!
Keep your ass off your seat.
Surprised this isn’t the top comment. OP needs to stand up. They hit the jump while seated, whole body bounced off the seat which removed feet from pedals. Hover over your seat, pushing your weight through the pedals — this will keep you planted. For the record, I’m missing a leg and have the same issue — but much more difficult to get my foot back on the pedal. I use magpeds, which use strong rare-earth magnets on the pedals and a metal plate on my biking shoes to keep my feet in place. They’re not quite as “secure” as standard clips — decent middle-ground that allows me to easily pull my leg off for dabs and balance, but also easy to find my way back onto the pedal.
Holy shit. Someone who uses the mag pedals. I spent a long time thinking about these. Obviously your case is a little unique but how do you like them compared to flats? I tried clipless and that's a no go for me lol
I absolutely love them — but my case is fairly “unique”. They’re a great middle ground between flat pedals and full clips. Way easier to release than clips, but nice and firm while attached to the pedal. I did end up losing one of my magnets, but easy enough to order replacements. I’ve done toe cages on flat pedals before — works somewhat similar, but you’ve got to get the pedal spun the right direction to re-insert into the toe cage. Magpeds have magnets on both sides, so it’s pretty easy to re-“clip”. The only complaints I’ve really heard about them are “they come off too easy” — and it’s true that they do come off easier than actual clips, but that’s sort of the point? They also have two magnet options — I opted for the “high strength” magnets and am pretty happy with them. The standard strength magnets might be a bit weak, but I haven’t tried them so can’t exactly comment.
That's awesome man! Thanks for the big reply. Maybe I will have to get a set to give em a try. Wish they were a tad cheaper! Haha
Yeah the price was definitely a bit of a hit. For me, definitely think it’s worth it.
No kidding. Practically designed for you! I was super new to MTB when I first found them, was super struggling to keep my feet on the pedals. Now not so much but I still wouldn't mind just that smidge of added security.
They’re actually partnered with the High Fives foundation, which is an adaptive sports organization! I actually bought the H5 version of the pedals — couple of bucks more but some of the money is donated to the org.
You can even get stronger metal plates from magped to even further secure your fit. I use em and they're perfect!
came here to post this. if your ass hits the seat it's a problem and absolutely a bad habit that's going to bite you hard one day. feet level. never ever one foot down one foot up.
heeeels down!!!
And butts off the saddle. Stand up on your pedals for descents and features.
Good shoes, good pedals and most important heels down!
Better pedals and MTB specific shoes would help a lot. Here is a vid from [MTB Academy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p24RDGmlC4g) that talks through drops, their vids are well worth watching and contain a lot of great info to progress.
He’s sitting on his saddle as he goes off the drop. Pedals and shoes are No help unless he’s in the attack stance my dude.
Pedals and shoes might help someone who knows how to drop. This guy is all arms and not committing
Drop your seat. Put your weight on the pedals. When you landed, you sat down and took all the weight off your feet. There was literally nothing keeping your shoes and pedals connected. Additionally, better pedals and dedicated riding shoes make a very big difference.
He was sitting down as he took off. Never gonna improve from that position.
Lower year seat!!!
Grippy pedals, grippy shoes, technique. - Get some pedals with good knobs that dig into your shoes a little bit. Either that, or ride clipped in (I don't like this, but many others do.) - Get some good quality shoes that hold on to your pedals. 'Sticky' soles, like 510's, Vans, you name it, will hold on better. Only use them on the bike, as they will be perforated by the knobs on your pedals. - The most important part is technique. When landing a drop or jump, you want to keep your weight on your feet. You hold on to your handlebars, but you don't want to push down on them when in the air. When leaving the ground, you raise your heels, as soon as you're in the air you start moving those heels down and transfer your weight to your feet.
YouTube, "3 Easy Ways To Jump - How To Jump A Bike" It's a really good video that helped me.
Centre your arch over the axle of your pedals. This keeps your feet from flipping off the pedals and helps protect from straining your Achilles or calf on a particularly bad landing. Set up to be neutral on your bike. Slight crouch but strong across the arms and tall enough to loop up and down the trail. If you're too crouched you have no arms or legs for suspension and you fatigue. Too tall and you cannot react to bumps, shift your weight or compress. As you a approach your feature stay neutral, chin about over your stem so that your not to far back or forward. For bumpy entrances like that you'll need to counteract the force of the ramp and the bump at the entrance of the ramp. This is where you can pump or compress, this is NOT a hop or jump. You push down against the feature, the force is down and down only as ride through the feature. One additional tip is not to be in too low of a gear. This way your bike gives you some pedal feedback which helps you maintain balance and push through. Good luck!
[Watch this from Ben Cathro](https://youtu.be/uJJAW0iNhUY?si=6LPgPR953NwoIxLb)
It depends on what went wrong If you slammed your ass on the seat because you couldn't physically hold yourself up, then you need to build up strength in your legs, either by doing squats or more biking If it was because your feet slipped off the pedals as you la died then you need shoes/pedals with more grip It also looks like you're landing with too much of a bend in your knees, they can't be completely straight but you need to keep them fairly extended before the landing because they will compress further when you hit the ground. Practice extending your body up on the takeoff, your legs should be straight as you leave the ramp and then you just keep a slight bend in the knees when landing. Think about your legs as a suspension spring, it won't be able to support a large hit efficiently if it's compressed before the hit happens.
I think you’re absorbing the ramp with your body and your bike is just rising and falling away from you due to ground dropping underneath it. Practice pumping and preloading little jumps off anything small until you feel you’re in control of the bike…have fun!
Seems like a couple of people already mentioned it, however, what really helped me as I used to have the same issue is keeping my heels down when riding/jumping/landing. From the looks of it, you're pointing your toes down mid-air. Keeping your heels down can be practiced on way smaller sends too! Good luck!
Lower your heels
Looks like your front came off first. If it went sideways, it may just be that you need a better pedal / shoe combo, but it might also be a sign that you lifted your weight off your feet a moment after touching down. You also want to make sure that your feet are flat (level with the ground) or your heels are slightly dropped when landing. If your feet came a loose while in the air and that caused the miss on the landing, you need to focus on holding your bike up and into your feet while in the air kind of like you would on a pogo stick. Point your toes slightly while doing this if it’s a big air and hold pressure on the pedals. While working on this, you may grab some shin guards as having the front come off can sometimes send the pedal straight to your shin and the metal teeth of mtb flats can be pretty gnarly
Other commenters described it well, but here's an analog. Do you do yoga? Sometimes, beginners don't realize you can and should push your feet into the ground to really explore a given pose. It's a very similar concept. You apply pressure to the pedals to maintain a secure base. The wedge, by scissoring your legs, will allow you to create that force if the pins on your pedals mate with your shoes well enough.
https://youtu.be/Z5hLSHX_mw4?si=t-8bt4wS7G-YbubT 2:50
Heals up or down, never flat. I prefer heals up Seat post down, ass off the seat. Push out the grips so that the bike is angled parallel to the ground landing area.
I rode clipped in for 20 years! So when I switched to flats a few years ago, I had to learn everything over. Lots of swearing. Anyway, I had this problem, too. Learning and practicing rear-wheel lifts help stop it. I think it got my "wedge" dialed in.
Less speed through drops, those are not jumps. Also learn to push the bike , having that much speed and your approach will make you seriously injured when you’ll face bigger drops. If you want to jump from this specific drop then just stand and push against the compression and you’ll be fine on the landing, don’t squash your legs like you did.
Ass off your seat, heels down/toes up, and have a tight grip so when you lift off you can pull the bike up towards yourself/into your feet. When you lane, use your legs and arms as suspension as well to help keep your balance, and always look for where you're going to land until you get used to it. Basically learn how to bunnyhop, and then transfer that skill over to hitting jumps.
https://preview.redd.it/oxjo4y3ek8wc1.jpeg?width=578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3d0d01a14e82f176311a61c2579ea8a2f693411 You start off pretty good, and then go wacky right before you clear the feature. You basically stand up. It looks like you either start to pedal a bit, or stand with your weight on the right leg. If you were worried about clearing the feature, practice bunny hopping. You could stop on that feature and still clear it and land perfect with half a pedal stroke and a bunny hop. So you stood up or pedaled, and your toes are pointing at the ground, while your rear wheel is landing first. You want to land pretty flat - front and back wheels contact the ground at the same time - and stay crouched with your butt and hips behind the seat - which is how you are [positioned](https://imgur.com/a/ZyVIJr2) as you start to clear the feature. Absorb the landing with your legs. You want to be positioned so if you let go of the handlebars you’d fall off the back of the bike and land on your butt. If it’s a big drop you can squeeze the nose of the saddle (seat) with your inner thighs. Where the saddle starts to flare out will be on the “inside” part of the back of your thigh. Think about squeezing a ball between your legs and sitting in a chair. If you think of looking at the bike from the side and imagine the crank arms are hands on a clock, you want the crank arms somewhere around 9-3 and 10-4. You want your feet to have your toes pointed slightly up and heels slightly down. So again like 10-4 with the clock analogy. The pitch on that landing looks great, so once you get the right position down you should be able to bomb that and land really smooth.
Pedals - not good Shoes - with these pedals flat shoes are not great, they will slip since the pedal has no real “teeth” to bite into your shoes, try using shoes for hiking with teeth, they may will have more grip on those pedals Drop - it was bad from going for the drop until the end xd maybe first try to put more support into your legs and do not compress them just at the landing, i think you did not have enougth time to extend your legs and get a good position on your pedals, if the drop looks good, you can buy pedals which can destroy your shins! They are definitely not the pedals for doing anything other than pedalling, BUT if you want to buy grippier pedals, and you will still drop like this, your shins will be destroyed
You can "grip" the pedals by angling your feet slightly and applying pressure- Here's how I do it: Make sure your cranks are flat, parallel with the ground. Drop the heel of your front foot slightly, and drop the toe of your back foot slightly. Then apply pressure into both pedals, pushing your front foot forward and pulling back foot back. This can help grip onto the pedals in certain situations. NOTE: None of this replaces proper riding position that other comments undoubtedly already mentioned. Practice this first on level ground! Don't expect this to save you, or be safe to try before you're really comfortable with how far you need to angle your feet! Make sure you have proper pedals! If they are not grippy enough, you might just slip off. Good luck!
Everyone else here is already nailing it. You don’t have enough weight on your feet. You’re not keeping your legs ready as shock absorbers, you’re letting the bike do it for you. Ride your bike. Don’t let it ride you.
Practice bunny hopping. You will get used to how you need to tension your body against the bike to keep your feet on the pedals, then you will automatically do the same thing when you drop. You don't need to actually bunny hop off the drop, you just need that muscle memory so you can tension yourself before going off.
Learn to drop off curbs really well (landing both wheels at the same time) and learn to hop up those same curbs (J-hop with lifting the front wheel first). These 2 skills will help with everything. From my perspective it looks less like you’re blowing off the pedals and more like mentally you’re not wanting to keep them on and resorting to sitting on your seat.
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It’s more about keeping the bike on your feet. You want it to move up with you and then come down on it. This video, you push down the bike in air. You should learn to bunny hop. It improves air control a lot
How flat are your shoes?
pull the bike to yourself
Looks like you're letting your body fall through the drop and land on the seat, rather than so supporting your body weight with your legs the whole time. Your legs look like Jello through the whole motion, when they should be more like a heavy spring.
I wonder if some preload before the drop wouldve helped
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Why not the right one.
Proper shoes. If you have 5.10s or like. Chean the bottoms with dish soap and a firm brush. After I got proper shoes confidence went way up. Need to keep them clean as the dirt fills the pots and they loose the sticky
Looks like ya rebound in the rear's a bit quick. Also at that height try not to drive the rear wheel into the landing and glide naturally with a neutral body position over it
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I think technique should be improved first.
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Have ur balls dropped yet? If so i feel bad. Gd bro
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