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I've also been meeting with City of Cedar Park and KOM Trails LLC about a re-build of Milburn.

Ah, so it's not just technique - you're actually doing it all wrong! just kidding...

On behalf of ARR, I participated in several public meetings and had private meetings with PARD and their contractor regarding a pump track/skills park at Sheffield Northwest District Park: https://www.facebook.com/AustinRidgeRiders/posts/10159409075345238

Was at 9th Street this morning working on their pump track. https://www.facebook.com/groups/134585416571747/posts/4718106974886212/

We didn’t get much rain. My gauge showed about a quarter inch. Currently at the office so I can’t confirm, but my guess is that this afternoon they’ll be fine.

Idk, but saddle to sternum contact going *up* just shouldn't happen. Seems like to you're way too compressed. Ledges are power (and finesse) and most of us need more, not less, leg extension to generate power and increase maneuverability (of our bodies, not nec the bike). Color me contrarian, but I think the saddle is only an *obstacle* going down or in the air; otherwise it's a critical fulcrum that focuses your riding position and enables leverage. I'll offer that bunny hops are not a good model for ledges, imo. You need more run-up distance and more time to provide for compressing/rebounding your suspension, which makes the coordination of the complete move trickier. I think there are also too many limits to that approach - tall ledges, consecutive ledges, dips before ledges, etc - where the technique isn't just harder, it's counterproductive. I also find that compressing shifts my weight forward precisely when I need it backwards. Using your torso as a lever to raise your front wheel can be quicker, more predictable, and more forgiving than compressing. More forgiving because bad timing on the compression can lead to an endo (up!), for instance, whereas if you lever your font wheel up but not enough, you can still roll it because your weight isn't working against you.

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I posted about the main man behind this pump track here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/austinmountainbiking/posts/1791857637689735/ I've known him since college, and I went out there to help out a bit and consult on behalf of Austin Ridge Riders (and just personally).

ok, thanks Antonio!! . I did used to post trail work in the Trail Work section of this page but did not get any responses or turnout if I remember correctly. https://austinmountainbiking.com/index.php?/forum/20-trail-work/

I'm successful ~90% of the time on that step up. One thing I noticed on your original picture is that your wheels is already on top of the ledge. Try focusing on your front wheel making contact about ~85% of the way up the ledge so that the front wheels is rolling up the ledge as you shift your weight forward. This gives you more time to react.

There was a Trailboss video where Jeff Lenosky talks about his hardtail and how he sets it up very differently from his FS bike. both require a different approach to geometry, setup, and of course, riding.

Yeah, ymmv! My *solution* may be for a different problem...

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I go to this outfit every 9-12 months and do a lot of hamstring and glute stretching in between. https://www.moenchmethodbodywork.com/

It’s a great shame that the Austin Ridge Riders seem to have no social media presence whatsoever.

Just an update: on behalf of Austin Ridge Riders, I worked with a Travis County grants writer to apply for a State grant to finish out the flow trail system at Reimer’s (four downhill trails and one return). We won the $200K grant! (There is not a specific date though to get started planning and building).

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Which HEB?

You can go to the bottom and change the theme. Invision is uglier, but has buttons, there is also the dark theme that seems to have them.

For everyone asking for a legitimate pump track in Austin, this is it! Its basically located at the end of sweet sixteen, Travis Country side, and its nice and shaded: https://goo.gl/maps/udUCnxUNsfPAfj4J9

For me the wheelie drop is a last-resort-too-late-to-bailout-not-enough-momentum thing to keep in the back pocket. It's a security blanket for me.