HOW TO DO HILL CLIMBS: Cross Training Enduro Skills

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From our huge collection of free training vids at http://crosstrainingenduro.com Struggling with hill climbs? Here are the basic hill climbing techniques for enduro bikes and dirt bikes. This enduro skills video uses cross training: trials techniques applied to enduro riding on your dirt bike, as recommended by top and extreme enduro riders like Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker and Taddy Blasuziak who are all former trials champions. Cross Training Enduro Skills Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cross.training.enduro.skills/ Cross Training Enduro Skills Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAvmhgP0h1AEKY8vTEJPJg Remember we also have other Youtube channels: Adventure Oz Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/secretgardenproject Trials training Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6Lrqmphte_EJv-vjzj5gg As mentioned in Body positioning, hill climbs will need you standing on the footpegs with your body to the front of the bike! Keep your throttle and clutch control smooth. Spinning the rear wheel up may look impressive but will not provide maximum traction. Trials riding may not appear to share much with dirt riding - much of the action happens at walking speed - but the balance, precise, traction and clutch skills help with enduro riding, especially for hill climbs. The growing interest in extreme enduro led to an upsurge in trials riding riding internationally, and many dirt riders are now joining trials clubs to improve their overall technique for basic dirt riding and hill climbs. Maintain momentum, the main thing behind successful hill climbing. A note on extreme hill climbs - if you watch the extreme enduros you will see that eventually some climbs get so steep that even the top riders will deliberately sit down well to the rear of the bike. As Graham Jarvis says "Going fast is the easy bit, it’s going slowly that will help you develop control." The best extreme enduro riders like Jarvis are so smooth when climbing hills you don't realise how difficult the terrain is until you see them flying past the less experienced riders on hill climbs.

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Could the DR 650 have an advantage on hill climbing over dirt bikes, thanks not only to low end tourqe, but because it is heavier which gives it better traction?

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Check out the first 28 seconds of this video. It shows up hill switchbacks. This has proven time and again to be one of my biggest problems as we have this type of tight switchback all over our trails. Even though my clutch and throttle control is much better than this guy, I still end up feeling like my bike is going to tip over once I get it partially around the corner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77FY66SCFGk
Any advice?

Good stuff, thanks. I'm heading into a more hillclimb oriented riding style

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what you are doing is brilliant, you are helping immeasurably, and trying to apply it to big 4 strokes is entertaining and very tiring for us old blokes. thanks

Anybody else ride a kdx200 for hillclimbs?

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I absolutely owe your team BIG THANKS. i'm almost 50 years old and you DO lose skill & confidence over long periods of time. Without these videos I wouldn't be having half as much fun, having much more energy for longer periods, and I would probably have many more scrapes and bruises. Thank you SO VERY MUCH for these clips.

Easier said than done, practice every weekend and you will master MX. The ones that are riding better than most of us, are the ones with their own private MX tracks in their backyard. This video makes a lot of sense, if you apply it correctly without fearing the inevitable crashes.

good tips! keep it up! +1

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Great video - Thanks

AWESOME CHANNEL!!!!
I have been trying to practice your tips with my old XR400R and it works thanks for it!!!

Had a massive crash early on in my learning to ride off road. Came off the back of the bike flat on my back slapping my head hard on the ground. The bike was badly damaged, bent bars and exhaust. Ruined my confidence. I picked up the bike and had another go and got higher up but lost traction and had a repeat of the first crash. Each time I tried to pick up the bike it slid down the hill grinding away bits of the bike. Nightmare !

What about downshifting? Like if you hit it fast in second and slipping the clutch isn't enough? Every time I have to downshift I slow way down and just spin the wheel, and it screws me over big time. Advice?

One thing I've noticed about filming hill climbs with my GoPro is that you don't get a good sense of how steep the hill is

Lots of great info! Yesterday I was being trained by Steve Hatch on hill climbs. I overcome some fears to say the least. The hills were way outside of my ability as it was the third time riding a dirt bike since my teenage years. And to be honest, in my teenage years i never did any hard technical stuff. Maybe starting off on a ktm 500 wasn't the best idea but that's why I got and I'm making it work!

What to do at the top of a hill so you dont rocket out and land vertical on your rear tire?

I'm on a 80xr climbing hills so I have to stay in lower gears

I watched this when it came out and I enjoy watching it again and knowing I have used all your techniques. Everything you say I can tick off in my head knowing that I do that. Great video.