Jim's forward crouching tip works very well. Another tip is to sit on tip of saddle to shift your COG forward on steeper sections. Sometimes too much weight on rear can cause it to spin out contrary to what most people think. WTB makes a little hook on the front of their saddles just for that purpose. ( BTW...my 2nd favorite saddle to the B17 special is the WTB Pure V Team)
~Mike~ On Jul 26, 9:46 am, Lee <leec...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 24, 11:27 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > There's a technique in body position that will help keep the rear wheel > > weighted. Kind of a crouch position where you are out of the saddle, but not > > the straighter, more upright way you can get away with on pavement. > > > The other thing is kind of a micro-reseat, where you sit down for just > > enough time to engage the rear wheel. You'll get a better sense for when > > the wheel is just about to break free with practice, and if you can back off > > slightly or shift your weight back, you'll find your way up those bits. > > (though that first turn on Old Springs is a toughy!) > > Thanks, Jim! All tips on technique are encouraged. I think if I were a > little more confident on some of those stretches, I could have gotten > to those crests with a little more speed. That would have helped. But > definitely, I need to learn strategies on keeping my weight back--or > get stronger, haha. These are great--thanks again. > > > Thanks for sharing those images Lee - it's funny, I find that a lot of the > > times, my legs get more cooked on multi-geared coastables than they do on a > > fixed or singlespeed setup. I think that with a smaller selection of gears, > > you end up coasting or loafing a bit more, but with a full range, you can > > always drop it into a gear that you have to push. > > I'm interested in seeing how I feel after trying to keep up with a > speedier crew, or going longer distances. Maybe that'll give me a > little more perspective on the one-speed approach. Ultimately, I'd > like to try strapping some camping gear to the Quickbeam and seeing if > I can do some one-speed (really two) bike camping :) > > Best, > Lee > > > > > > > - Jim > > > -- > > Jim Edgar > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
