How Mountain Biking Terrain Dictates Rhythm

Video Transcript

"MICKEY DENONCOURT: The overall terrain of a trail really dictates the speed you need to ride something. Not just one section but all the sections put together. Where I'm standing right now, I can carry a lot of speed up top here but coming through the section right here, it's basically a mine field of little pointy rocks. So I've come through here, I know what's ahead of me because I've walked the trail and stuff like that and now I'm going to ride through here at a safe speed going the way that I need to go. I mean, there was all sorts of stuffs through there that--little sort of boulders that are sharp enough that when you hit them, you lose a lot of speed, you get shaken and stuff like that. And the entrance to that section coming through is really fast so never ride above your abilities and never ride faster than how well you know the trail because I could have been in a world of hurt if I had done that some other way. So it's good that if you could see a good exit to a section like its real fast and smooth after I got out of what I rode through. If I see a good exit, a good way out, it's worth it to slow down to stay safe, to get through a section and then you can start running faster again. So, you got to know the trail, respect the trail and don't ride over the ability of what you have."