Cool! You're gonna have a blast and learn a lot. Remember all your gears, including your two feet. LCG (lowest common gear) is part of every bike. Grin.
The simple answer: Yes, but not riding like you describe. The longer answer: This ain't about speed, despide any videos of insane downhilling your son many be inspired by. It's about finesse, and making sure you see the trail even if that means you go slower. Always see your way through. There is a learning curve. Learn to flow with the trail, using diagonal lines to access the full width as needed. Platform pedals are better for pushing the envelope and learning as they afford instant dismounts. Don't outride your eyesight/brakes. Use your free wheel to avoid roots and rock with your downstroke. When going over obstacles, unweight the saddle. Absorb the shock with knees and elbows, letting the bike jounce beneath you. On steep climbs, sit as much as possible to weight your rear wheel, but when climbs and obstacles combine, stand and pedal with anticipatory burst in a higher gear than is may feel ideal (this means you are less likely to be in the downstroke at the rock or root). I prefer a higher gear for obsticles anyway, as speed can often help you though them (relatively speaking). There is also a balance between deflating your tires enough to get more cushion and keep enough air to avoid pinch flats. Ride slower than you think until you get the hang of it. I ride my Quickbeam on stuff like you describe. It's a very different ride from the Hunqapillar and fun in its own way, though it is definitely underbiking. Of course, by some people's definitions, my Hunqapillar is underbiking also, but I usually pass them. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 3:37:55 PM UTC-6, Lungimsam wrote: > > The kind with lots of sudden, deep, and uneven ruts, loose, big gravel > chunks, roots, and rocks that stick up 6 inches from the dirt that > your front tire will slam into when you can't see them coming because the > shade is so dark? > > Don't wanna trash my Synergies or bend my fork blades doing this. My > son-in-law (has mountain bike with shocks) is getting interested in the > dirt trails around here and asked if I would go along. > > Mind you, neither of us has really any experience with these trails like > this, though I fly along fast over hard packed fine gravel trails. Those > are fun. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
