Off road cyclists are mental

[Glow worm]

Great vids Will. I've just remembered why I like living in the Fens so much!

 

[zizou]

Fun video

No doubt poor technique from some but i'm sure the camera also makes it look a bit flatter than it really was - dont know how many times i've gone down some really difficult, slippy or loose downhill almost sitting on the back wheel to get my weight back - then when viewing the footage afterwards it looks like nothing!

 

[darkstar]

The people riding in the second video are not worried about technique, it's just a laugh. The first video is where to look for some decent riding, recognise the odd name.

 

[Panter]

One of my students broke both wrists in university mountain biking a few year's back... that was a pretty good excuse not to get his essays in. He seemed remarkably pleased about it!

Mind you he was a half decent rider - I have just watched the XC video, and there is some really poor riding there - no line selection, completely stupid use of the breaks, we're not even getting anywhere near 'flow' - just people with no idea how to ride an mountain bike. Very entertaining though...

Surely not from a professor!!!

There did seem to be some unnecessary use of the front brake, but, I bet that hill was way steeper than it looked!
Takes more nerve than I usually have to lay off it on that sort of incline