Tips and Tricks to help with MUnicycling

Kind of hard to be helpful if we don't know what kind of help you need.
Please describe the trails you ride, and the types of things you have
problems with.

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Practice... And remember, if yer not falling, the terrain is too easy
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I am fairly new to muni, but I've been riding about 1 hour 5-6days per
week. The trails that I ride are a mix of downhill and pretty steep
uphill stuff, so it is good endurance training. I used to be a runner,
and considered myself pretty fit-but I was quickly humbled after my
first muni ride! Downhill, no matter how technical, is easy compared to
riding up 30+ degree hills over and over! (well, "easy" it's not)
Taking the advice of more experienced muni-ers, I reduce PSI in my 2.6
down to about 18 lbs, and WOW! What a difference in rolling over
obstacles and hopping! NExt thing on my agends: Brakes! But which
kind??? Should I get Hydrolic? 😕

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okay, so in australian measurments, which is Psi, how much pressure
would 18 lbs be?

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silverfridge said:

I am a keen municyclist, and without being cocky i am pretty good, and i
would like to know some tricks that would make riding over really tough
terrain easier.
cheers🙂

If you get really good and comfortable with rolling hops you can use
small rolling hops to significantly smooth out the trail. For example
you can use a slight rolling hop to take the edge off of a root or
similar bump in the trail. You don't have to jump high enough and far
enough to clear the root, just enough that you lighten the load so you
sort of flow over it or just enough that you land on top of it (or skim
it) while still moving forward and still rolling.

Kris demonstrated that technique when I asked him how he rides so fast
and smoothly. I ride the trail like a tractor while Kris speeds along
floating above it all.

I do need to work on my rolling hops so I can improve my muni riding.
You need to get so that you can do a slight rolling hop with either
foot and even when not in the ideal pedal position. I need to put in
some practice time on that, but I'm very bad at actually practicing
anything. I'd rather be riding.

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Silverfridge... I think PSI stands for 'Pound per Square Inch'. So 18
lbs (pounds) would be 18 PSI.

But I could be wrong. The simpler a question is, the easier I seem to
completely misunderstand it.

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yes 18lbs is 18psi.

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Just keep your feet on your pedals and go for it, too many people bail
before they even lose their balance coz of the little voice in their
heads saying its too steep, too fast or too rough. Just hang on and
aggressively follow that line you've picked. Eventually you'll develop
a knack for weaving down technical sections in such a way that your
pedals will be in a "power position" when they need to be (launching
and landing big jumps).

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silverfridge said:

okay, so in australian measurments, which is Psi, how much pressure
would 18 lbs be?

Still 18. 18 lbs psi is always 18 lbs psi. If pounds is the pressure
number, the corresponding measurement is square inches.

Which may not be what's used in Australia, but you'll have to figure
that out on your end. Once you do, the Web is rife with sites that will
convert things to and from metric measurements.

But beware of specific pressure numbers. The key concept is the lower
pressure. The exact amount will depend on your tire fatness, your
weight, and the actual trail. You can lower pressure, but if your rim
keeps touching the ground you'll know it's too low.

On the other hand, if your terrain is not very rough, higher pressure
will generally be better. Unless it's muddy or otherwise slippery
perhaps. But you haven't shared any of that with us.

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silverfridge said:

i would like to know some tricks that would make riding over really
tough terrain easier.

🙂

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