Achieve the Proper Attack Position for Mountain Bike Racers

Video Transcript

"The major thing I keep coming back to over and over again when I am talking about distributing the weight is sort of think on the attack position which is just like in skiing, where like parallel, shoulders square off to the hill, what you are going for chromatically. The big thing you are going for chromatically in weigh distribution wise on a mountain bike is having weight evenly distributed between your two wheels and doing that in a way that allows you to control what you are doing. So it is hard to demonstrate just sitting here what I am doing just like even in my general position. Now my weight distribution is about 60 percent on the rear wheel sitting here, 40 percent on the front wheel. That is pretty good. I can drop my chest a little bit more to put more weight on that front wheel which is important any time you want to slow down because most of your braking is coming from your front brake and it is important any time you just need to be more stable. As I clip in, you know you can even just balance it. So when I am up here like this, a gust of wind tries to blow me over, that is going to blow me over a lot better if I am low, squat and aggressive. So really getting low and staying low and trying to force your body weight down to the wheels as much as you can makes a really big difference in how stable you ride and how successful you are when you are trying. So the corollary to this sort of attack position is mind set which is about committing to things that you are trying to do. So if you are committed in your body language and posture, it helps you stay committed mentally to what you are doing. "