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Description: crosstrainingenduro.com tractionerag.com Hard enduro hill climbs are my favourite! Slow technical hill climbs on dirt bikes. Into enduro riding? See all our dirt bike videos for dirt riding tips. Our channel now had hundreds of dirt bike videos covering reviews, and dirt riding techniques. Search our channel for dirt riding gear too. Our dirt riding tips also include wider topics such as the best dirt riding boots. I suspect most dirt riders prefer fast steep climbs? Me? I like them slow and technical. They still demand skill and you get plenty of challenge, but usually with way less risk. This is my favourite hill climb of them all. It's only a gradual slope at first. But it rained last night so the wet rocks and tree roots will be fun today. Up ahead is Batesy on his Sherco. You may have seen his Youtube channel, Dangermouse. He usually does less technical rides than this but seems to be doing just fine. You can see he's keeping his weight on the rear wheel, just lightly dabbing the ground with both legs to keep balance. The first time I did this climb it had just rained so the slick rocks and clay made this an incredibly difficult climb. This is the most difficult bit. You can't get much momentum as you lose traction on the wet rockface. Both footpegs hit a big rock on each side. Batesy takes his time, looks for the alternative line. Unfortunately it just slips back. This is easy stuff for the young fellas, but tough once you get past 50 years old. Where did all that cardio fitness go? Pushing it through takes a lot of work as the front wheel hits a very steep bit and stops the bike going forward. Okay, my turn. Check to see if the rear wheel can get traction. Can I get more run up? Hopefully I can wheelie to get past the rocks. A seat bounce for traction then a controlled drop of the clutch. Bugger, it just keeps slipping down the rock face. Jeff showed me a very cool trick for lifting the bike. I get the bike as high as possible. Stall the engine to hold the bike in place. Then I get my upper thigh against the seat and lean the bike onto my thigh. This reduces the energy needed to lift the bike by at least 50%...and it's been really good for my spine fracture which still isn't 100% yet. A seat bounce to get traction. Some of the guys just push their bikes up this steepest bit, I prefer to save energy so I do a few careful pivot turns to get the bike on to an easier line. Then a final seat bounce for traction to finish off this section. Lets see how Jeff goes. Poor bugger, his starter motor has gone so he has been kick starting the bike all day. I doubt he'll get traction on this rock face. He does a few seat bounces and then go! No luck. I suggest he gets the bike up high then rolls it onto his thigh and lifts the bike up, the way I did. The constant dilemma of the Youtuber. Do you drop the camera and help? Or just film the carnage? Lets just say I like to watch. Jeff goes back down anyway. He's determined to get through without lifting or pushing the bike up. Still no traction on that rockface. He tries an alternative line. No good. There are rocks or tree roots under that thin layer of dirt. Further back for maximum run up. Seat bounce for traction. He wants to wheelie through so the footpegs don't hit the rocks. Well done. So it is possible after all. This section isn't very hard when it's dry. But getting that traction to lift the front wheel in wet conditions is a big challenge. Then it's Gary's turn. He's doing well at 68 years of age. He says he needs to ride three times a week or his riding fitness drops fast. I know the feeling, even though I'm a few years younger. Good to see Imran pitching in to help. The rest of us are still trying to catch our breath. Good spotting by Imran. You don't want to roll backwards on this section. An auto clutch can make this stuff a lot easier when the fatigue starts to kick in. And that's pretty much it. Still lots of wet tree roots but we just keep the revs low and weight that rear wheel. Cross Training Youtube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCJAvmhgP0h1AEKY8vTEJPJg Cross Training Facebook page: facebook.com/cross.training.enduro.skills/?ref=ts Our enduro vlog series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlur54ugvzNJlUO0y6D10jVOGMLI4Raci Cross Training website: crosstrainingenduro.com Like to support our vids? crosstrainingenduro.com/cross-training-support-donations.htm Traction eRag: tractionerag.ca Let us know if we used your music but forgot to credit you. Many thanks to the following artists for their copyright free music in various vids: Music: purple-planet.com Music: audionautix.com Music by Tobu: tobu.io Music: bensound.com/royalty-free-music Music: soundimage.org #crosstrainingenduro #enduro #tractionerag #dirtbike