I'd say stick with SPDs if you are used to them. Flats do have limitations in terms of pedalling technique. For DH work, flats are definitely it, but for XC SPDs are your friend.
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for the front end lifting thing, one simple trick someone showed me recently is to put your thumb over the top of the bar with your fingers, keeps you from unweighting the bars that way.
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Picking where and how much to brake matters because it de-stabilises the bike. So normally brake when going straight, before you ride into an obstacle
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And more generally, at speed look ahead for the smooth bits where you can push the bike down into the trail with your feet for braking traction or line changes, then unweight and "float" over the next rocky/rooty section. It becomes a rhythmn as much as cornering does.
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"front end lifting thing"
O yeah, rotate wrists toward you so that elbows are tucked in low, then pull on arms a bit to shuffle bum forward on saddle. Keep chest low. It keeps some pressure on the front wheel so you can steer.
That thumb-over-the-top tip sounds good too - nice one, I'll try that!
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Do a bit of this and then mtb will seem quite straight-forward.
Do abit of that and you'd score more with chicks!
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Gravelly offcamber corners are just horrible, we all hate those
i beg to differ!
Ajoten; sounds like you're in for an exciting day in the peaks! - take it easy, and accept that you'll either have to walk a few sections, and or crash a bit. (you're allowed to walk through tricky bits, really, you are)
you will of course crush your fat mtb mates with your roadie fitness as soon as the trail heads upwards, which is most of the time in the peak district...
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some top stuff above. I've been Road riding it a fair bit over the last few weeks with no mtbing. I went out on MTB today and it was really apparent that on a RB you just sit and pedal, sometimes grind out the saddle, and it's all legs. but On mtb you move the bike around underneath you and use your upper body a LOT more, it's a bit like the bike is an extension of yourself, an extra bike shaped limb. It's all cycling though. Just keep riding offroad more n more n more and you'll gradually get better and more confident. start off with some foresty singletrack with roots n stuff maybe?
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