From Ride Basics – Autumn 2013
The way to do 360’s on flat is more about technique than strength and once you’ve mastered that you can take this trick to bigger drops and longer distances.
Tip: Use the left / right arrow keys
01
Firstly, find a smooth bit of flat ground. Approach your spot a bit quicker than walking pace. As you get within a couple of bike lengths of it, start carving into your spin. This needs to be more than you would for a 180, but not so much that it jackknifes you as you hop.
02
You need to be compressing down into the bike as you come up to the marker, bending your knees and arms, ready to burst up.
03
Your carve needs to tighten up a little just before you hop, this’ll really give you some momentum to start turning.
04
You’ll find you’ve already done some of the 360 in the carve. This is fine, just don’t carve too much into it as it’ll set you off spinning in strange directions. In frame four you can see this point just before you pop off the ground. You do need to hop in these 360’s too, much more than in a 180. At the point when your carve finishes, really pull up into a hop.
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