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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Hacks to Help You Descend Faster on Your Mountain Bike

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Singletracks mountain bike podcast, we share tips for getting faster on the descents. Here is an outline of the main topics we’ll cover:

* Trail vision, including line choice
* Technique, including body positioning
* Cornering
* Speed drills
* Mental tricks
* Braking tips
* Equipment selection and set up

--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks

Transcript

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0:30.2

This episode of the SingleTrak's podcast is sponsored by the Gunnison Crestabute Tourism Association.

0:36.4

SingleTracs readers rate the Crestabute Gunnison Valley area in Colorado, one of the top

0:41.5

five mountain bike destinations in the world.

0:44.3

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0:50.2

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0:52.9

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0:57.1

track in Crestabute and the Gunnison Valley. You can even earn prizes for unique trail miles

1:02.5

ridden. Learn more at mtbhome.com slash app. That's mtbhome.com slash app.

1:10.8

Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today Greg

1:16.3

and Aaron and I are going to be talking about getting faster on the descents on your mountain

1:21.7

bike. So a few weeks ago, we talked about becoming a better mountain bike climber.

1:27.1

So today, we're going to talk about getting down the mountain faster.

1:30.9

And we've got a bunch of tips and bikes set up ideas and things like that to share.

1:35.9

So we're really stoked about getting started with that.

1:38.6

So right off the top of the list, Greg, one of the things that you recommended is working on your vision and looking down the trail.

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