Walked the scariest ones. It’s just looking and seeing nothing but sky in front of me.

What’s wrong with me?

Harris?

Jedi’s worth every penny

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Harris.

Ride it E to W and push up the zigzags?

Pushing up is giving up!

Is the correct answer

I have to admit those zig-zags on the postman’s path are pretty scary as you are on a very steep slope. The ant-clockwise loop that I’ve seen heads down the hillside further to the right, i.e. out to sea, bearing off near the summit.

We did the loop clockwise so went up the zig-zags.

Look where you want to go rather than over the edge. Also leaning the bike over a lot, way more than your body, seems to help get it round. Assuming you aren’t willing to try the endo technique. That said, no shame in walking.

I’ll do technical trails elsewhere that are as hard or harder than stuff at TCs.

[quote]We did the loop clockwise so went up the zig-zags.[/quote]lol 🙂

Gratuitous picture of amazing Harris views.

We were following a description so just went with that. Honest 😉 Don’t think I’d seen any reports of it being done the other way at that time, about eight or nine years ago.

Pfft, you want to try “the switchbacks of certain death” in Les Arcs if you want terrifying….. 😆

Indeed. Why would you want to climb that final descent towards Tarbert?

It’s because your wheels are too big 😉

but he would die

I kind of like being alive. It’s growing on me.

Watching the sky and earth swap places as I hurtle towards certain death does not appeal.

Like others have said – t’other way. Hike-a-bike the zig-zags and enjoy the long downhill back. Last time I was there there was a couple of ruts that would have been unrideable* on the way down there

(*for most people anyway. Jedi-enhanced Riding Gods excluded, of course)

Slam you seat and get your bottom so far back over the rear that the bike will go long before you do.

Was a long time ago, we walked up, no way would I have ridden down them !

Switchbacks? Try Switchbacks in the Sierra Nevada. They’ll sort you out. Or Jedi 🙂

Did it both ways, clockwise defo best, but switchbacks were fun.

Just huck the lot in one go then smash a redbull.

And pick up a bottle of harris gin for after.

Oldnpastit – nice pic..

I’m even more “oldnpastit” than oldnpastit is but I actually like steep, tight switchbacks. I always liked the idea of riding them but it’s probably only in the last four or five years that I’ve actually become halfway reasonable at actually doing so. Even now I find clockwise turns a lot harder than anti-clockwise, so I just try and spend more time practicing the thing that I’m more crap at.
Not much help, I know.

The OP has experienced what the locals call “Curam”. This is the abandoning of the wild ways of youth and letting the fear of god set you on the path of righteousness. Expect to start singing Metrical Psalms anytime soon! 😀