MASTER THE MANUAL

We write these articles to be helpful guides to allow you to have control and confidence when you ride. Every so often though we like to get really specific and dive deep into the complexities of riding. Over the next few issues we’ll do this with some core mountain bike skills and provide you with an in-depth analysis of key areas so that you can gain a better understanding of why they’re so important, and how they fit into your riding.

Let’s start with the manual. This is a trick that few master, but is so far-reaching that once acquired you’ll look back on how you used to ride and think, ‘how did I used to do this before I could manual?’ It’s the holy grail of tricks and the backbone of modern riding. So how do you go about acquiring this skill? Let’s break it down into its component parts and layer it back up