Drop your heals on a landing and you rip your shins up
3 weeks ago | 17
I prefer to wedge my feet. Stronger ankle/foot/leg dropped, weaker ankle/foot/leg slightly forward. Unless it's super steep, 10+% >
3 weeks ago | 5
From other MTB instructors, front heel should be dropped and back heel slightly tilted forward. This is a more natural biomechanical position. Effectively forms a wedge on the pedals and makes you stable. Roxy’s ride and inspire has a good YouTube video on this.
3 weeks ago | 11
Best way to catch your heels on the ground for some fractured ankle mtb action! Just use clipless so you don't have to compensate for your feet flying off the pedals by dropping your heels
3 weeks ago | 3
Helps in really rough sections 👍🏻 But I think, you don't have to do that all the tim
3 weeks ago | 0
Didn’t learn that until I went to flats, the clipless peddles don’t allow you to perfect that.
3 weeks ago | 0
Far too much talk about pedal angles. If you get your body position right your pedals position themselves on their own, it’s true stand neutral and check your feet they will be wedged now put your bum on the back wheel and check your feet, your heels have dropped now tip your weight forward and all of a sudden as if by magic your toes are pointing at the floor. Think about the trail not your feet Only reason this will go wrong is if your feet are not positioned correctly on the pedal which is the thing you need to learn
3 weeks ago (edited) | 1
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3 weeks ago | 0
I used to do this until I hit a rock at high speed and it broke my ankle by splitting the bone behind my Achilles tendon. No thanks.
3 weeks ago | 0
It a nonsense tip. In fact it is very rarely needed to lower both heels, mainly on breaking only. Both heels down shifts your weight back from the front wheel and puts you out of control of the bike.
3 weeks ago | 4
I always hear this "drop your heels" thing but does anybody really drop their heels for real? I don't, and my feet are pretty planted on the flats. Dropping the heels this amount is just ridiculous and will have your ankles injured in no time.
3 weeks ago | 7
Drop your heels to get your feet knocked off the pedals and have pins in your shins! Haha, don't listen to these people
3 weeks ago (edited) | 1
Who ever made this post needs firing. Not only bad advice but also dangerous.
3 weeks ago | 0
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Do this to keep yourself feeling stable on the rough stuff! đźšµ
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