The Hinge: The Most Essential Mountain Bike Skill | Keeper of the Shred | The Pro's Closet
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- On this episode of Keeper of the Shred, we learn about THE MOST important mountain bike skill. No, it’s not a wheelie, manual, bunny-hop, or jumping skill. The most essential mountain bike skill is learning to how properly hinge. Lee a lesson and drills for perfecting your riding position and how it can instantly improve your descending.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:42 How to Hinge
4:51 Square Stance Hinge
5:22 Low Hinge
5:29 High Hinge
8:03 Crazy Low Hinge
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Lee, you are the best. You remind me of a crazy physics professor I had in university. I say this with complete admiration and respect.
“A hunk of meat hurtling to an uncertain fate” sums up my early MTB experience. This video is a game-changer and I thank you for the lesson.
That line killed me, had to stop the vid. lmao
But really, most helpful vid I've seen on mtb theory
I was at the pump track one day while Lee was training a firefighter to pump. It was amazing the improvement he got in one hour. That said it all.
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This is a revealing and a breakthrough video, all new MTB riders must watch this video....!
6:24 “A hunk of meat hurtling to an uncertain fate”. I have been ‘that guy’ many times...had to laugh, as it is so aptly phrased. Bravo!
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Aloha from the Big Island - may I suggest that you should always use the " Hang Loose " hand gesture using the pinky finger and the thumb, this is the gesture of the Aloha spirit of Hawaii, it is one of athletic and earthly joy, the other gesture is one of darkness and ancient occult origins, just a thought. I just wanted to add that your incites into proper riding skills and posture are well presented, entertaining and profoundly useful. Carry on Bro and may you always " Hang Loose " Mahalo
Lee is such a great teacher! This hinge combined with his row/anti-row movement pattern works in all situations. I'm still learning it, but it's already making me a much better rider.
You know, I have never, ever, heard about keeping your knees inline with each other, but this makes soooo much sense. I will definitely pay attention to this next time I go out. Maybe it was mention before by Lee but I never took note.
Getting Ryan Hughes vibes.
Guru level tips.
Just took a 2 hour lesson from Lee… then road a rock garden for the first time that I could not complete. He is amazing
I watched a lot of bike body positioning videos. And in 3 years of riding MTB, I just couldn't figure it out, until I found this video. You made me a much faster and safer rider. Thank you!
The most Revealing mtb video tecnique I saw in the last times, for me at 4:19 is the key of the revolution! Thanks
Hope you do more videos with Lee - what an awesome teacher! This is a must-watch video for all riders regardless of skill level.
Saw it was Lee and hit like right away.
And helped out my skiing at the same time....hmmm! Nice biomechanical lesson. Subscribed
After years of THINKING I knew about how to hinge, this video made me realize that I was actually CROUCHING. Once I started hinging, my riding took an amazing leap forward that very day. Of course, losing 30 lbs helped me to be able to hinge at all....
Lee has dramatically improved my confidence on the bike through his book and videos - thx mate !
Thank you!!
the crazy low hinge, now i have a name for it! thanks lee!
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Good evening , I’m 62 years old , I have been mountain bike for two years.
Still scared of drops I watched some of your vids many times
Thanks for your help
That is awesome! Happy to help!
Nice video and presentation.
100% foot loading well, that made us a bike jockey.
This is awesome. It also puts you in a great position to pedal in control when in technical areas. Thanks for the vid.
Wow dude-amazing!
Lee has taught me so much about riding a MTB. Riding bikes with my son is one of the greatest experiences I caught have asked for, Lee is responsible for that. I'll always be indebted to him. @leelikesbikes, if you ever see this message, "thank you".
Thanks mate , so we’ll explain as per usual 👍🤟
Thats a really interesting video I will use it for my self teaching thank you
This is great! make me think back when I broke my Collarbone, I was too far back, felt my rear tire on my rear 😂 Going to watch this video a million times lol.
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Love the detailed explanation. You gained a sub!
Awesome, thank you!
Lee, your explanations help me understand visualize and Ride! Thank you, you make the world better.
Thank you Art! Namastoke to you, Sir.
Lee is the best🎉🎉
Awesome coaching! Thanks.
You're welcome!
The hinge brought incredible flow! Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
THANK you for this so simple but useful instruction. I knew before the concept of heavy feet, light hands but obviusly one can (or at least I could) achieve this in different ways. Sticking with the weight lifter terminology my positon was more of a backsquat. Hence alot of tension on my quarts and very tiring, esp on long descends and I often felt not secure on scetchy parts. Yes, Always afraid of OTB (well, you don't heel as fast close to 50 then you do with 25). Now, at the beginning of the descends and always in between, I repeat to myself: deadlift, bend knees. I swear I am alot faster on trails, I feel so much more secure and my riding is so much more controlled. So little things/tips can change so much and the picture of the Deadlift was the one I needed, to correctly distrubete myself and weight and have even more fun 🙂
Hinge!!!! That’s so effective. I also applied to doing deadlifts. Prior to knowing about hinge. I used to apply attack position and I can feel my quad burning.
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Masterclass. God damn.
Lee is simply one of the best in explaining and at the same time entertaining the audience. Deadlift position and the "hinge - out of the hinge" is key, I really wish we could have more videos like these. Ciao from Italy! 🇮🇹
Thank you!
Amazing video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for explaining this. My back leg was having such a hard time keeping me in the pedals that it was forcing me to go on the saddle and of course making it very difficult to do the trails and keep progressing. Now I understand why and how to fix it. You are a life saver :)
You're so welcome!
100% this has been happening to me as well and I thought it meant my legs weren’t strong enough! Glad I know better and have a new skill to practice from now on!
Thank you for making this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great stuff, Lee. Worked on the hinge today on our San Clemente trails. We have lots of loose sandy turns so the nasty front wheel slide out has left some of my DNA on the mountain. This helped a bunch. I need to work on holding the hinge while keeping the outside foot down. 😅 Steve 71.
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Just a newbie in mtbiking, this is a little to be off topic...
Let's say he has only 180 and 203...
How should should you modulate brakes in steep rocky corners and what rotor setup shoud you use?
A) 180F/203R - front modulation
B) 203F/180R - front modulation
C) 180F/203R - rear modulation
D) 203F/180R - rear modulation
Standing up and getting your but off the seat is something I see less of. Great info and well recieved
Knees in the middle OF THE BASE!!! I've been struggling trying to understand how to move from "Moto" stance to "Pedal" stance and keep my knees over my ankles (or the middle of my feet). But in Pedal stance, the ankle isn't in the center of the base!!! GOT IT!!
Super!!
Thank you!
This is the shit, and it's well-explained. Bravo!
This is new information for me. I get lower than everyone I ride with so I maybe I'm doing some of it. I will study this. Great video. What's with her helmet straps? The mention of short cranks is worth pointing out. For the last 3 years I've been experimenting with (in order) 153, 140, 130, 137 and 145. I'm much faster on all of them than the 165+ cranks. I'm 6'2". I settled on 145, but anything from the 153 to the 140 I climb 4 gears higher than 165.
I'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH VALUE OUT OF HIS WEBSITE AND BOOK HE TRULY CHANGED THE GAME OF RIDING MTB FOR ME ..
yes i really had to shout that out ! :D
The Eleventh commandment "Thou Shalt Hinge"
Lee , your videos are just great ! As an alpine skier, I totally get the down/up absorption by the legs over bumps. I'm just beginning to get into mountain biking, am I right that i can also use extension / compression to unweight the bike before turns and weight the bike through the turns , like in skiing?
YES!!
I heard about this about a year ago i think from this guy explaining this on another channel. What i figured out for me, pedal extenders, makes it easier to hindge. Give more stability on downhills and easier to climb. I use 20mm extenders. I know it sounds silly but think about your feet spread further apart as opposed to being to close in
Interesting, I'd like to give this a try. Do you get more pedal strikes, though?
Great
Thanks!
Ahhh, Bach!! The hinge - now I have great understanding of the basic mechanics taught so many different ways, but this hinge and isosceles triangle makes perfect sense why the strain has been happening on left side. Thanks, Lee. Just hope my left knee is up for the challenge on the low hinge moments.
Glad to help!
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I love your videos❤ please make a video „how to ride steep trails“. I don’t know how is the right position of my crank 😢
Your cranks should be level.
Can you identify where you picked up the expression of pressing your palms together in front of your chin, finger tips up, and what it means to you?
What are those additional grips in the middle of his bike handlebar? Does anyone know?
I need a helmet sticker that says "Isosceles Triangle of Awesomeness!"
Hi Lee, how would dropping your heels interact in the hinge positions? ive been told many times that dropping the heels and really getting the legs straight is an optimum position to try and maintain, which effectively is a high hinge. but not sure how dynamic this is?
If the terrain is dynamic, it seems your body should also be dynamic. In my world we've transcended positions in favor of dynamics.
when you get the position right and you have all your weight in your feet, your heels will drop almost naturally
Don't drop both your heels! Drop only the front heel and drop the back toes(meaning raise the heel of the back foot by a little) and that lets you stay in a "wedged" position and gives you more control over your position because you can push back and push forward to adjust your position without using your arms and potentially disrupting your bike. If you drop both heels, your bike will try to get away from you and you will be hanging on to your bars and you will lose control over your steering. I don't know why most coaching videos say "heels" yet if you watch them ride they use the "wedged" foot positioning!
Nice kameleon pants :D
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how is this not taught more often ???
How van you be so much bene forward and still have 0 weight on the handlebar?
I just have a question. I descend steeps with weight back. So why don’t riders just descend with weight over feet since it’s the “safest” place to be on the bike and you will never go OTB?
Hi everyone. My name is George and I like bikes.
"riding with both asses"😂
lol I clicked on this because I was like what's that b... "the hinge?!"
Ha. Ok, I'd name that the:
"every dude who has worked in a warehouse move"
Does anybody use this for mx/ enduro? 🙂
yes! watch 'em in the whoops.
It applies to any descent..
There are people that smoke weed and people that don’t. I have labeled u sir😁
More anterior pelvic tilt than not.
deadlifts
Fax
The shorter the cranks the easier the stance ... why not simply eliminate the cranks altogether and just slap the pedals directly to the bottom bracket and be done with it. Bonus: This would also benefit the the folks that swear by shaving grams off the weight as they eliminate the combined weight of 2 cranks.
All I got out of this video is I need to smoke weed before every ride... (so that I'm properly loose...)
I don't think I can hold the handles and have 0% weight on them
Both assess…😂
That "hinge" is wrong position,keep your back up and bottom low.
Awesome advice. Big thanks! - AB @ Sea Dragon Adventures - Borneo, hinging on a Spec Epic Expert EVO, :)
Since I got a riprow my hinge has improved a lot. I learned a hinge can be done in a chair. Simply place your knees over your arches and lean forward until your chest meets your thighs. It allows me to stretch in insulation.
Oddly enough, that is one of the few positions people suffering from lumbar pain and sciatica can find relief in (child’s pose the other).