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  • welcome to mountain biking for beginners in this video will be discussing some

  • like geometry

  • or at least some of the basic certainly should be aware of when buying your

  • first bike

  • since you're just starting off

  • going out and spending a decent amount of time and money on a properly fitted

  • racing bike is not likely what you're looking to do

  • afterall properly fitted bike must also take into account your own personal

  • writing style

  • body type

  • and trail type but you're just starting out so how could you possibly know all

  • that

  • you can until you get some experience

  • for beginner the first thing you need to do is ride the bike the church today ten

  • you need a ride at least one other bikes size to get a sense of the differences

  • this is usually compusa bike store with a simple test right

  • knowing your height and weight the bike technician can usually punch in the

  • direction of a bike that's

  • most likely to be your side

  • one thing to look closely at this to be sure that the pike doesn't feel too big

  • with the bike hits two big there's very little date you can do to make a right

  • right

  • however with a slightly smaller frame you have the ability to shift your body

  • weight to keep the bike balanced

  • another thing to keep in mind is if you get a twenty six yr you'll have more

  • room to make adjustments if the bike size isn't just right

  • if you buy twenty nine yr

  • plate closer attention to how large the bikes feels

  • don't be afraid to get a slightly smaller frame if it gives you the

  • sensation of being too big

  • once you owner bike there's certain do's and don'ts for just in the bikes

  • geometry

  • for example if you upgrade the front fork you'll want to try your best to

  • keep the angle close to seventy degrees

  • any longer suspension will decrease tangle more culture from into three plus

  • in your turning angle will be wider

  • pays surer front suspension will grip or bite more

  • and you will not do well with rocks bridges routes for sam

  • so what are some simple adjustments that have beginner can do to improve their

  • pride and improve the geometry imbalance well one of the things that are greatly

  • different from one writer to another is their torso and arm length

  • for this reason many manufacturers

  • will default to longer stamps to counter this you can make a slight adjustments

  • here subtle

  • but this could put you off balance

  • if you have too much we know rear

  • you'll find that downhill is easier but clients are harder to steer

  • however more common our new writers having too much weight to the front of

  • the body

  • since it's easy for your body to recognize way too far back

  • some of the common complaints for people that have too much weight forward are

  • over shooting thing turns and having a slow down just a mic turn

  • muscle soreness between your shoulder blades instead of in your forearms in

  • your packs

  • and frequent falling over the front of your bike when you hit a small obstacle

  • fortunately stems are relatively low cost and simple to replace

  • if you're having some of these problems check out your stem winder and angle and

  • look for one that's relatively the same angle but a shorter or longer depending

  • on your need for me

  • i had too much weight in the front on my first bike highways constantly having to

  • slow down for bankers and would frequently fall over the front of my

  • bike with a very small obstacles

  • my bike came with a one hundred ten millimeter stuff i've purchased in

  • eighty millimeters time on e-bay for twenty five dollars and it turned out

  • great

  • you can usually find stems on d_-day between ten and twenty dollars which

  • shipping included

  • i spent an extra five dollars just to get a call color

  • if your front wheel isn't cribbing like you want longer stan could be a low-cost

  • temporary solution

  • just keep in mind

  • this is your first bike so it's a learning curve

  • the bike fit does not need to be perfect

  • if you stick to the sport as you write certain things will start to bother you

  • just look into them one-at-a-time

  • as you fix or take steps to adjust one issue

  • you'll start to notice other things that you didn't know about

  • when you're ready to buy your second bike if you spent enough time at just

  • two parts on your first bite you'll know exactly what your writing style is and

  • how to fit into a bike that fits you back

  • please feel free let us know the comments section some of the things that

  • you do to adjust how your first bike fit u

  • thanks and have fun out there

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