12 October 2022
Pump tracks have become increasingly common and an increasingly popular place to play on your bike. By incorporating many BMX techniques, a good pump track rider can generate speed without pedalling but also translate the skills from the pump track back out onto the trails.
Pump tracks have become increasingly common and an increasingly popular place to play on your bike. By incorporating many BMX techniques, a good pump track rider can generate speed without pedalling but also translate the skills from the pump track back out onto the trails. In the video below, PRO Community Rider, Stefan Garlicki shows you how to do just that.
By working on your pumping, cornering and jumping in the safe, sessionable and contained space of the pump track you take your mountain biking to new hights out on the trails. The skills you perfect on the track translate directly to more speed, better flow and increased safety on cross-country, down-country, Enduro and even downhill trails. So, take a look and get practicing.
Stefan’s dirt jump bike is optimized for fun and control with a PRO Koryak Riser Handlebar and Stem. Though he does not spend much time seated on the saddle he has a PRO Stealth Offroad Saddle fitted to his SCOTT Voltage YZ bike. The Stealth Offroad Saddle is his saddle of choice due to its shorter length, which keeps the saddle out of Sefan’s way while pumping, bunny hopping and jumping.
For more skill tips and tricks follow him on Instagram, @stefangarlicki, or TikTok, @stefangarlicki.
You should have noticed that Stefan is riding on flat pedals. When practicing new skills, it is best to do the same. This forces you to perfect the proper technique, rather than to use your SHIMANO SPDs to pull up and lift the bike off the ground. It also provides more safety, by allowing you to easily get a foot out if you get it wrong. When practicing wheelies, bunny hops or jumps clipped in the margin for error is small. With your feet free you can just put a foot down when it goes wrong at slow speed.
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