If you feel you are going to get bucked off from hitting bumps or ruts, raise your butt off the seat, squeeze the seat or top tube between your legs (not tightly), and loosen your arms a tad to absorb the road shock and what ever the front end may do. I use this technique even in the city going over speed bumps, railroad tracks and really crappy roads. That dirt road should freeze up in the next month, so the more likely you will use the technique above.
On Monday, November 11, 2013 11:19:29 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > > You Riv-folks seem to be into off road riding a lot so I figured I'd ask. > > There is a section of a commute-route I am pondering that takes me along > what looks like an abandoned dirt road made and used by construction crews > for their big vehicles. > It cuts through a wooded area, runs along a river, and looks to be wide > and clear. I am gonna hopefully try it out soon and see how it goes. Looks > like fun and hopefully will be nice riding in such a secluded and private > area. > > I am Sam bar-ending with drops and just don't want to get bounced and > tossed off the bike during all the bumpiness. > I use Marathons at 55psi. > I guess go slow and keep it in a gear that you can just stay in the whole > time? > What should I look out for/avoid on these types of dirt runs? > > Thanks for any advice. > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
