I encounter 14% ramps every time I ride and a number of the mountain passes here which hit 22% I have never done a wheely on any of those, but have gotten technically adept at both going up & down.
My technique for dirt and pavement are quite different. On dirt I never stand up because that will cause the rear wheel to loose traction. I sit far back and push the pedals forward. Going downhill on dirt I lift my but off the saddle, loosen my knees, and just barely guide the sides of the brake levers. On pavement I either stand or sit. At 22% standing is always in order. But instead of standing behind the pedals I lean over the bars with my weight straight down. I never pull up on the bars and instead gently rock the bike side to side so that my pedal stroke is straight down. If you are geard really low, below 1.0 you can try sitting back and spinning. Michael On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 7:29:29 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: > > So I rode my first 18% grade today and found myself poppin' a wheelie by > accident. > > It was hard to get into a comfy position and just get into a rhythm. > > Do you lean forward a lot, into hoods, or sit up more on the tops with > drops to get into the zone on those kinda grades? > > The only rhythm I got into was my anaerobic gasping. > -- 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.
