I live at the bottom of a long, steep dirt road. Going downhill on a dirt or gravel road is different than pavement. I set my pedals horizontal and lift my buns off the saddle. Keep the knees loose. I put my hands very loosely around the brake levers, mostly on the side to keep the wheel in a straight line. Relax. go.
Michael PS Flatted on a rough section of gravel about 7 miles from home yesterday, and then discovered the spare had a tear. Walked about a mile until an SUV with a bike rack went bye and didn't stop. Decided I had to get over the male ego I don't ask for help thing. Walked another mile till a Jetta wagon came along, picked me up and took me home. On Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:54:08 PM UTC-4, lungimsam wrote: > > Today I went to check out a new run of MUP they are doing on my wife's > route to work. We ride together, and it is fun. > Anyway, I went down to the new bridge and MUP sections they are soon to > complete (hopefully). One section was still all gravel, and since I didn't > go down it before, I was curious to see how and where it will connect to > the existing MUP. > > I took off down it and, wow, I don't know how you gravelly riders stay on > your bike on that stuff. Loose egg/palm sized gravel rocks were kicking my > back wheel sideways at times, and having me bouncing all over - wide > tires or no. > > Maybe you guys who gravel grind do it on hard packed flattish stuff. But > the loose stuff/large rocks had me wondering how you guys get anywhere on > the stuff. I'll be the first to admit I have zero experience with > offroad/gravel riding. I was trying to pick lines on some almost packed > looking areas, but it was really tough to stay on the bike and go more than > 2 miles an hour or so. This is a new project they are doing an maybe the > gravel just hasn't been own long enough to get packed enough to ride on it. > > Got any tips? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
