Decoding The Best Mountain Biking Body Position | How To Bike with Ben Cathro EP 3

"boss stance" is just your version of attack position, which you said was wrong, lol

that endo clip is at duomont in nanaimo 😅

My friend who has been introducing me to this taught me to "lean back." About to teach him some things lolll

Great thorough video that’s simple to follow. I suspect I have my legs bent too much, leading to lactic acid fatigue; I’m going to try keeping them only slightly bent and try locking them out from time to time for recovery!

These videos have definitely helped me progress more in the last few years than I did in 25 years of riding. @tillthewheelscomeoff

LEAN BACK!!!1😝

Great tips how to ride beter!

'Splains why I've lowsided on two berms recently. Front only grips what it digs into, regardless of how new and gnarly the tread is. That, and my 69° old-school rake angle has me a tad leery of twichiness.
You demonstrated a lot of centering technique on jumps and drops and rough stuff. Would have been nice to see a couple of berms demonstrated for the same reasons.

Lee likes bikes have this hip hinge theory and i think placing the chest close and over the bars that helped me distribute the weight better for more front wheel grip while cornering

Nice work with this video.
I teach skiing and snowboarding and you described perfectly how we teach people proper riding position for those sports. "bent knees and ankles but not too bent" "be confident and don't end up in the 'backseat'." "move in and out of a centered stance and return to center." "There is no right stance"
Oh and I'm stealing "passenger mode" for skiing and snowboarding as well.

I'm just happy to stay on the bike ATM. I think I'm thinking a bit ahead of myself. Good video though!

Love how you went head first over those handbars just for demonstration’s sake 🤣

So when do you need to shift weight to the front?

No humility

I love the liberal use of physics diagrams in Ben's videos. It makes things so logical and easy to understand.

Lovely stuff mate!

It's funny to watch my xc teammates when they go downhill on tech. They are told to be in attack position so they just stay they and they don't move with their bike

Brown eye..?

Great vid. I’m a roadie who keeps getting nagged by mates to ride trails, and I’m definitely in passenger mode as soon as it gets a bit tricky.

I’ll try and get more central now! 👍

i love this vid. the hilarious demonstrations reminds me very much how an anime on biking would look like.

Love the Scottish way of biking

Nice topic and explanation..

I'm a victim of passenger mode. Stupid bike throw me off a bridge and in to a tree.

I like a periodically switch between the two poses in the thumbnail, typically switching as fast as possible

Lol damn that last part about defensive mode is def me. I'm a few weeks into riding and I hang off the back of every moderate slope. I can tell though, I'm still learning to trust my bike so I approach things too slow and have to really lean back as I lay on the brakes. But I'm slowly getting that confidence as I learn how the bike (tires) grip

"I certainly can't because I don't have eyes on my butt."
chef's kiss

Remember when moutain biking involved a saddle and pedaling? I do.

Boss. These are surprisingly great and a helpful even for people who have been riding for a long time! Thanks!

Awesome! Thanks!

Dang every time I watch ur vid I learn something I hv been doing wrong learning from friends. 😂

Less passenger, more boss !

wait.. did you faceplant that drop just to make a point ?

I'm very surprised this video never mentions when the rider should just seat vs when he should stand up on the pedals. From the video it looks like you should always be standing up. Can you even pedal from the boss stance? Does all of this only apply to going downhill?. Very weird it is not mentioned at all.

Face down ass up that the way I like to .. Oh shit , no that’s what my girlfriend does .

Ben you are a very funny and informative man! thank you!

Idk why this is what I chose to watch while on the magic mushies, but holy shit! Watching him do all the funny body positioning has been a hell of a time!

Loving the videos guys. Great technical content and loving the Cathro banter!

super video ;)

I love this. Thanks Boss.

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Great video. Thank you. Worth watching multiple times to fully appreciate the valuable information. Keeping legs straight to relax really helped on my last ride.