crap, I am a little disappointed in myself. My first ever day at a track and riding seriously. At lake elsinore there are a series of 2 jumps that are right after a small burm. The tables are NOT really flat, but go down in the middle, sort of like a double, but not that far down. I always seemed to land on the 2nd hump/double (which is a hard landing). If I got more speed out of the burm it seems like I would go HIGHER and not much further. IN fact, 3 times I had the "oh, crap" feet off the pegs/hard landing (almost crashing) experience, so even though I know I probably need to hit it faster, in my head, I am just thinking that I will go higher, land harder and crash. In reality I should just go farther and hit the landing and be much smoother (like most the other guys were).
Do I just need to charge harder? When I first got to the track, I was a little gun shy because there were some tables that where >6' in ht, after riding, those aren't the ones I have problems with, it was thse 2 double/table jumps I had the problems with. The other problem is the burm just before the jump sucks and I don't seem to get a lot of momentum coming off it. Maybe I just need more time on the track, since this was my 1st day every. There were a couple of other guys I was passing, so I know I wasn't the only one with a problem, but when I use to race BMX and Down Hill Mountain bikes, Jumping was one of my strengths. Now I seem a little cautious.
Thoughts?
Do I just need to charge harder? When I first got to the track, I was a little gun shy because there were some tables that where >6' in ht, after riding, those aren't the ones I have problems with, it was thse 2 double/table jumps I had the problems with. The other problem is the burm just before the jump sucks and I don't seem to get a lot of momentum coming off it. Maybe I just need more time on the track, since this was my 1st day every. There were a couple of other guys I was passing, so I know I wasn't the only one with a problem, but when I use to race BMX and Down Hill Mountain bikes, Jumping was one of my strengths. Now I seem a little cautious.
Thoughts?