The #1 Skill Mountain Bikers Need to Work On

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Sports, Wilderness

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, we talk with professional mountain bike instructor Richard La China about the number one skill mountain bikers need help with, plus the biggest mistakes mountain bikers make when it comes to building technical skills. We also get the low down on how riders are able to progress from small jumps to nailing huge gaps. For more information, check out ridelikeaninja.com.

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0:00.0	Something unexpected has arrived in Happy Meal. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hello Kitty and friends are teaming up for the ultimate collab.
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0:20.1	Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.
0:23.2	My name is Jeff, and today I'm going to be talking with Richard Lakina,
0:28.0	who is a mountain bike skills instructor.
0:31.3	Richard is the founder and owner of Ninja Mountain Bike Performance,
0:34.7	where he's also a BICP and Fluid Ride Certified Mountain Bike Skills
0:41.3	Instructor. In addition to hosting popular skills clinics all over the USA, Ninja Mountain Bike Performance
0:47.1	also offers guiding services to epic mountain bike destinations like New Zealand. Thanks for joining us,
0:53.5	Richard. Yeah, thanks for having me.
0:55.4	So I want to start off getting a little more info about your background.
0:59.1	Tell us a little bit about your experience racing mountain bikes.
1:03.1	Sure. Yeah, I started racing mountain bikes back in the 90s, been racing more or less
1:08.6	ever since. I took a few breaks here and there. I've raced cross-country
1:12.4	endurance, Super D, and Enduro. Nice. Which of those is your favorite? I really enjoyed the intensity
1:18.3	of cross-country racing and the endurance and the training that went into endurance. But I think
1:23.9	Super D or Enduro are my favorite disciplines because it's a good mix of both.
1:28.0	You've got to be super, super fast and fit, but you've got to be a great ride or too.
1:32.3	And that really comes through in an indoor or Super D racing.
1:35.4	I'm sure you're a pretty competitive person.
1:37.2	Are you still racing or at least trying to ride really fast for fun?
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