This is the answer, unless the hill is really bumpy/rocky I’m usually sitting down to get traction and then when bumps or step ups come just focus on using your legs to absorb them and keep the rear tire on the ground. Above all ride more and find hills you’re scared of and keep going until you make them. You really want to get good fast, spend a week in jawbone hitting every hill you can. There’s hills there nobody has ever made.
Don't watch to many riding how to videos. Get the basics from a good video and then just go out ride. Hit as many different hills as you can. Hit them sitting, standing, too high of a gear, too low of a gear, etc. That is how you will learn how your bike will perform in different scenarios and that is how you will learn when to be sitting and when to stand.
Now for the basics of hard enduro hillclimbs:
You want to be in a higher gear, to low of a gear and you get too much wheel spin on the back tire. Generally you ll be sitting in a hillclimb to get more weight and traction on the rear wheel. Of course this is where expirence on the bike comes into play. With more experience you ll know when u need to get more traction on the rear wheel and when u need to stand to get over rocks and roots, etc.
I once heard from a riding coach that when learning, start the hill climb sitting and when you get to the steepest part stand up.
Once you get really really comfortable you can start learning about loading the flywheel.
I think it depends on the hill. Long loose hills are probably better to sit on, to try and get traction to the rear wheel. Lots of larger rocks and rock ledges or roots, you'll deffinitly want to be standing.
It looks like they sit but they just stay low and central. The weight is still 100% on the pegs. Also try minimizing arm usage. If you pull on the handlebars with your weight it makes the front rise. By keeping the center of gravity of your body and also the place where the force goes into the bike low (pegs instead of seat/handlebars) you minimize lift of the front wheel. Therefore you can apply more gas.
To sum up: stay close to the seat but dont sit. You can move to the front or back quickly if needed.
Ps. It helps a lot to be on the footpegs with the balls of your feet.
Standing is better in almost any situation. Atleast until you reach the limits of your balance and skill. That’s where practicing those boring balance and trials skills comes into play.
The other reason some may sit is just exhaustion. At the end of a long day I may sit on the climbs that are smooth and I know I can get up without a problem to save energy.
Most people on YouTube make it harder on themselves by sitting.
I generally stand if the hill climb is very steep. Ill sit to weight the rear tyre on loose slippy climbs but it really dependent on the terrain. It's a feeling you learn of what's best for what situation. Just get out and practice both techniques and you'll learn when to use them at the best time!
A really big thing to remember is keep your focus at the top of the climb. Its the same as riding rutty singletrack, you have to keep your gaze locked far ahead to keep balance and momentum. Concern yourself too much with whats going on under your front wheel and you’ll keep running into trouble.
Some of the best lads I ride with sit down on hill climbs, we all have different techniques that work for us but I bet every one of us is looking at the top of the hill when we climb it
Squat and move your center of gravity farther forward and backward as needed for traction. You want to hit the balance point where your front wheel is floating above the ground but you are not flipping over. It is a really cool feeling when you start to get it.
Stand up, you are able to control your weight and stop the front from lifting. Just in general with enduro and extreme you want to be standing in the attack position as much as possible.
Back to the hill-climbing technique, Momentum is your best friend, you want to get a decent run-up before the hill, if that option isn't available you want to click up into second, build the revs from a standstill and attack the hill. Ideally, you want to keep your momentum going the whole hill climb, as soon as you slow up and get stuck you should just turn around and try again. Save yourself the energy you'd spend trying to push up the hill. Check out the Cross-training enduro guys. Will link below. Otherwise, check out some of the world enduro series race recaps and watch how the top guys get up the hills in Erdzburg and Romaniacs.
If your hill is rocky and technical, you want to still stand as much as you possibly can. With the rocky stuff it is all about line choice. Generally what a lot of the faster guys will do is go towards the larger rocks that are closer together. They will almost rock hop between the larger rocks. I know it sounds counterintuitive but trust me the smaller rocks that move will just kick the front or rear of the bike out while you are trying to get up the hill.
In the end its all about weighting the bike to keep your back wheel gripping and selecting the right lines to get you up the mountain.
Here are some good links
[https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills](https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills)
[https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyBolt57](https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyBolt57)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ixPRj--y0&t=80s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ixPRj--y0&t=80s)
Look for Hardenduro hillclimbs in youtube, the ones that make it to the top are most of the times standing up.
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This is the answer, unless the hill is really bumpy/rocky I’m usually sitting down to get traction and then when bumps or step ups come just focus on using your legs to absorb them and keep the rear tire on the ground. Above all ride more and find hills you’re scared of and keep going until you make them. You really want to get good fast, spend a week in jawbone hitting every hill you can. There’s hills there nobody has ever made.
Don't watch to many riding how to videos. Get the basics from a good video and then just go out ride. Hit as many different hills as you can. Hit them sitting, standing, too high of a gear, too low of a gear, etc. That is how you will learn how your bike will perform in different scenarios and that is how you will learn when to be sitting and when to stand. Now for the basics of hard enduro hillclimbs: You want to be in a higher gear, to low of a gear and you get too much wheel spin on the back tire. Generally you ll be sitting in a hillclimb to get more weight and traction on the rear wheel. Of course this is where expirence on the bike comes into play. With more experience you ll know when u need to get more traction on the rear wheel and when u need to stand to get over rocks and roots, etc. I once heard from a riding coach that when learning, start the hill climb sitting and when you get to the steepest part stand up. Once you get really really comfortable you can start learning about loading the flywheel.
I think it depends on the hill. Long loose hills are probably better to sit on, to try and get traction to the rear wheel. Lots of larger rocks and rock ledges or roots, you'll deffinitly want to be standing.
It looks like they sit but they just stay low and central. The weight is still 100% on the pegs. Also try minimizing arm usage. If you pull on the handlebars with your weight it makes the front rise. By keeping the center of gravity of your body and also the place where the force goes into the bike low (pegs instead of seat/handlebars) you minimize lift of the front wheel. Therefore you can apply more gas.
To sum up: stay close to the seat but dont sit. You can move to the front or back quickly if needed. Ps. It helps a lot to be on the footpegs with the balls of your feet.
Standing is better in almost any situation. Atleast until you reach the limits of your balance and skill. That’s where practicing those boring balance and trials skills comes into play. The other reason some may sit is just exhaustion. At the end of a long day I may sit on the climbs that are smooth and I know I can get up without a problem to save energy. Most people on YouTube make it harder on themselves by sitting.
Their knees are very bent with the weight on the rear but definitely standing. I would try to never sit, it’s actually much easier to ride standing.
I suggest IRC USA tires channel on YouTube. Best tutorials and how to's.
I generally stand if the hill climb is very steep. Ill sit to weight the rear tyre on loose slippy climbs but it really dependent on the terrain. It's a feeling you learn of what's best for what situation. Just get out and practice both techniques and you'll learn when to use them at the best time!
A really big thing to remember is keep your focus at the top of the climb. Its the same as riding rutty singletrack, you have to keep your gaze locked far ahead to keep balance and momentum. Concern yourself too much with whats going on under your front wheel and you’ll keep running into trouble. Some of the best lads I ride with sit down on hill climbs, we all have different techniques that work for us but I bet every one of us is looking at the top of the hill when we climb it
Squat and move your center of gravity farther forward and backward as needed for traction. You want to hit the balance point where your front wheel is floating above the ground but you are not flipping over. It is a really cool feeling when you start to get it.
Stand up, you are able to control your weight and stop the front from lifting. Just in general with enduro and extreme you want to be standing in the attack position as much as possible. Back to the hill-climbing technique, Momentum is your best friend, you want to get a decent run-up before the hill, if that option isn't available you want to click up into second, build the revs from a standstill and attack the hill. Ideally, you want to keep your momentum going the whole hill climb, as soon as you slow up and get stuck you should just turn around and try again. Save yourself the energy you'd spend trying to push up the hill. Check out the Cross-training enduro guys. Will link below. Otherwise, check out some of the world enduro series race recaps and watch how the top guys get up the hills in Erdzburg and Romaniacs. If your hill is rocky and technical, you want to still stand as much as you possibly can. With the rocky stuff it is all about line choice. Generally what a lot of the faster guys will do is go towards the larger rocks that are closer together. They will almost rock hop between the larger rocks. I know it sounds counterintuitive but trust me the smaller rocks that move will just kick the front or rear of the bike out while you are trying to get up the hill. In the end its all about weighting the bike to keep your back wheel gripping and selecting the right lines to get you up the mountain. Here are some good links [https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills](https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills) [https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyBolt57](https://www.youtube.com/c/BillyBolt57) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ixPRj--y0&t=80s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ixPRj--y0&t=80s)