How to Ride Over an Obstacle on a Mountain Bike

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How to Ride Over an Obstacle on a Mountain Bike More
Published: 9 years ago by Chris Walcott | permalink
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If you find yourself faced with a rock or log in the path, use this technique to scale it quickly. This works much like the bunny hop, except here, one wheel

For further reading: http://hansrey.com/how-to-ride-over-an-obstacle-on-a-mountain-bike/ ^[1]

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Mountain Biking - Dealing with Trail Obstacles More
Published: 9 years ago by Rik de Groot | permalink
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Mountain Biking - Dealing with Trail Obstacles: Mountain biking expert Scott Scudamore discusses how to deal with trail obstacles.
Tags: Bike, Bicycle, cycle, Biking, ride, riding, pedal, pedaling, climbing, trail, Outdoors, wilderness, woods, helmet, cornering, mountain, mount, dismount, uphill, downhill, road, International Mountain Biking Association, imba
For further reading: http://www.monkeysee.com/play/6412-mountain-biking-dealing-with-trail-obstacles ^[2]

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How to hop a log or rock on your mountain bike More
Published: 9 years ago by omar belkhodja | permalink
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How to hop a log or rock on your mountain bikeSingletracks Mountain Bike News mountain bike article covering news and reviews around the mountain biking world. From singletracks.com, updated daily.
Tags: mtb, articles, article, blog, news, mountain bike, bike blog, mountain biking, How, to, hop, a, log, or, rock, on, your, mountain, bikeSingletracks, Mountain, Bike, News

For further reading: http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-training/how-to-hop-a-log-or-rock-on-your-mountain-bike/ ^[3]

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How to Ride Over a Log More
Published: 9 years ago by Curtis Blanton | permalink
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Whether intentionally placed or the result of nature, logs are a common obstacle on trails. Smaller logs are easy to ride over, but larger logs, or logs that are partially elevate off the ground c...

For further reading: http://sandiegomountainbikeskills.com/2014/09/22/how-to-ride-over-a-log/ ^[4]

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1. http://hansrey.com/how-to-ride-over-an-obstacle-on-a-mountain-bike/

2. http://www.monkeysee.com/play/6412-mountain-biking-dealing-with-trail-obstacles

3. http://www.singletracks.com/blog/mtb-training/how-to-hop-a-log-or-rock-on-your-mountain-bike/

4. http://sandiegomountainbikeskills.com/2014/09/22/how-to-ride-over-a-log/