“When your talent runs out”, happens a lot here 😂😂

Great tips for doing something many are too embarrassed to admit. The best tip I have taken away is that if your leg is off the peg it should be doing something, not just dangling.

I recently went on a group adventure ride, the group was pretty mixed skill level but I would say it leaned more intermediate/some advanced. I've only been riding for 1.5 years but I have put a good number of miles under my belt in that time. This ride ended up being one of the more challenging rides I've ever done. A notable part was this steep incline, with a deep rut in the middle, and the hill on both sides was pretty steep too. The more advanced guys have no problem riding off camber, and they did it no problem. Some of the other guys tried following them without their level of skill and ended up falling into the rut, and breaking their windscreens. Being the most novice in the group, I recognized that there was no way I'd be able to do this hill climb off camber. But I also didn't want to turn around and re-route. So I rode up a little bit, and with no shame, I paddled my way up the rut. I definitely looked goofy but both me and my bike made it up an obstacle that I would've turned around for if I was on my own. But you're absolutely right in that it is incredibly tiring.

Very helpful. In every ADV training course we're told to be standing and to dab if needed. However, sometimes when the bike is gonna be all over the place, and the ground is soft enough where the bike sinks a foot into the ground, it always felt like sitting would help. Good to see there may be a time & place for it. Thanks

It’s defo a skill worth learning and embracing, I just wish people stopped pissing about with shit boots because get paddling wrong or when they are being dumb and have a dangling leg ploughing in the sand and it gets wrapped under the rear end, you aren’t gonna walk away from that one with a smile on your face! Brilliant as ever Llel, thanks 👍

Thanks for sharing this often overlooked technique. Many people are often laser focused on the Standing, never Dab trials technique like the Pro's do. We Ain't Profesional. Sadly. Having a good Paddle technique is obviously valuable and safer. Cheers 🍻 Brake dude.👍

Yet more Brake Mag gold!

I was thinking of recording exactly this subject recently (not as well, obviously)! It's those skills you need when you're starting out, or lose confidence, or just generally survive outside your comfort zone...having a non-perfect fallback that's a little less reliant on technique is perfectly valid and necessary imo. My very first set of experiences was riding bikes across India, across all sorts of terrain and I had zero technique or training...but using the dirty fallbacks, staying slow, and sitting down a lot kept me alive!

Great tips all! One thing from a safety perspective I think is to not let your legs get too far back when paddling keeping them forward as much as possible. When they go back your balance goes with them. I almost broke my leg letting this happen when in sand. "Purposeful paddleing" thats a good tip! Thank you!

This is a great tip, I got sucked into the big adv bike thing a few years back (2018 ATAS) It's an intimidating machine to ride in muddy ruts and I'd always avoid technical bits and think about trading it in for a dirtbike! This tip has helped immensely though, I'm not afraid to explore now, some chunky 50:50 tyres, sit fwd, get the legs out front and with smooth clutch control I'm tractoring through wet grassy bogged sections that guys with lighter bikes are falling on

Excellent video…as always. My skills have improved as I hear your voice in the back of my head telling me what to do. Thanks for that.

"Master Rut Paddler" - that would be me!! :D Another awesome video chap!

Great video! I enjoy the real world advice 👍🏻 The fun thing about adventuring riding is continuously challenging yourself with new skillZ and terrain. There will always be a section that is just above your current comfort zone so having a safe workaround is key!👍🏻

Best channel for ADV-riding. By far.

To be honest with you, I have ridden for a week the Ktm 790/890, the Tenere 700 and husqvarna 901 Norden in the same condition as chris birch. The Ktm 790/890 make you feel competent to pass through everything due to the weight being so low and but overall it is a great bike. The Tenere 700 feels more like a motocross bike then the Ktm because everything is more controllable and overall perfect for tight places. The Husqvarna 901 Norden is a mix of both in way it's hard to explain.

I’ve paddled my way out of all sorts of hurt. Big fan 💪🏻

Great video and real world advice thanks

That when an adventure definition is true..

Brilliant as always. Thank you.

Great advice

would love to see more frequent videos, great video

When my wheels fall into a groove, I prefer to take my feet off the pegs so I don’t jam them or get rammed onto a rock or object hiding in the grass (habit from riding in the days before flip pegs)

I hate paddling because, as you mentioned it's extremely tiring and I can pull a leg muscle very easily. These, I guess, are the reasons why I should go and practice that ;)

I'll be changing my nym to Master Rut Paddler.

That is an awesome tip!! Off-topic your Patreon link in most of your videos is not clickable. Other links are.

And keeping weight on the seat

I can't paddle, my legs are too short 😢

Gen X... " Obviously ".

Those trails are pretty shagged. Does anyone or riding group ever repair them? When it is so deeply rutted that your bike hangs up, eventually people will stop using this track and make a new one beside it, ruining the nature that people seek Good advice otherwise

Wtf?!