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Old 08-09-17, 12:55 PM
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TheLibrarian
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Going otb at slow speed if you've made it 90 degrees where your back tire is sticking pretty much straight up you may as well complete the flip and land on your feet but it really just happens and you don't have much choice. Going sideways in a kind of cartwheel summersault endo motion... may or may not help. Last/ only 2 times i went otb since I was 15 on a friends bike who didn't tell me the one brake he had was the front brake. More recent two times i went 1/2 cartwheel 1/2 flip centered between my head and shoulder. Think one time stopping for a car that cut me off i did a complete flip and the other time coming down a rock on singletrack I did kind of an endo 180 type thing.

When you're bombing downhill or just expecting/ prepared for that type of motion as mentioned put your weight back behind the seat and i tip my toes up and kind of brace your feet against the pedals pushing the weight/ force in and down to prevent you from flying forward.
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