MTB Preload for jumps explained… correctly

Finally! A clear description of the nuances of how to handle the take off - i’ve struggled to get this timing right for years.

Killed it brother. I hate hearing an instructor talking about holding the compression for 20 ft. Highly underrated information people.

Thank you! Great coaching! Thats the first time a pre loading video made sense to me.

I've made a lot of progress this year jumping as a 44 year old. Once I learned about preload I made huge strides, but I'm still struggling in a lot o areas with height and technique and I am realizing it is because I'm jumping up the lip as you showed. I'm preloading my body and bike at the same time. This video is so helpful and is coming at just the right time in my progression for me to make tweaks and continue past the plateau I've hit. Thanks for explaining it so well and for showing examples.

honestly everyone that wants to learn the mechanics of pumping rollers and jumping needs a bmx or DJ bike and to spend as much time at a pump track as possible. all the techniques are the same on a hardtail vs full suspension. all the magic comes from the back wheel, the front of the bike is only there for steering and stability. as long as you are pushing thru the jump until your back wheel has left the lip. Great video with no fluff

these are things, fine nuances, that nobody cared to understand and explain before.

old here (60+) learning to do jumps and drops in my quest to find the magic solution to jump without dying, this is the best explanation I have seen ... now please do one on how to survive the landings and I'm set to go :-)

Thanks - really nice tutorial. There are loads of MTB skills videos on YouTube, but surprisingly few that do what you've done here, i.e. tackle misconceptions which are giving people difficulties whilst learning. Unfortunately, channels like yours don't get the number of subscribers they deserve, whereas the big channels like GMBN get huge numbers of views for churning out the same old stuff time and again, but they haven't bothered to ask what people are having difficulties with or thinking about how to better explain it. So I've done my bit - subscribed...

bro actually very smart explenation. I watched 100+ tutorials on jumping and your explenation is the only one that is clear and describes technique instead of using buzz words.

Awesome! I watched a few videos and I got confused when they say "hold the preload" but you explained it quite well. Thanks!

This is one of the best explanations on YouTube tbh.

Great explanation Dusty. Most everyone else I have seen doesn't address or explain preload very well.

Mate, you just gave me the missing part of the equation and you solved jumping for me!

I am working on my jumping skills and this definitely helped. Not that I am a bad jumped but hearing the explanation helps with some of my confusion for bigger ones Thanks!

This was an AWESOME explanation. Cheers!

Amazing explanation. Finally, a video that makes perfect sense for me. Now, getting ready to recover from a fractured collarbone to try this out on my home trails.

This awesome tutorial, Now I will practice more as I was always curious and couldn't understand how to preload on long ramp on short, small jumps I got this but longer ramp, bigger jump I had difficulties. You have nailed the explanation, thanks a lot 🔥

Just subbed. Started trying to learn how to jump recently and feel like I've watched every video out there but this explains it like no other. I'm glad I saw this early on so I can learn it the right way since so far I've been doing that short sharp compression and it doesn't feel like a controlled movement, its sort of like yanking on the bars, its too easy to do it slightly off and go wonky.

What a great video, best jump tutorial I’ve seen so far!

omg i was wondering about his "suspension preload" someone tried to "ask" about when noticing i was hitting every drop on the trail. I was like "i just move my body back at the lip" . great video. keep making it simple for people. Can save many collarbones.