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Ride more +1 and [b]relax[/b]!
You want to be like mercury down the hills, don't rely on the forks doing it all for you. You have more than 140mm travel in your arms. Firm but loose.
It doesn't matter how rough the track is or how long I have been riding purely on my state of mind.
Again, try the Megavalanche 😛
grum - Member
It doesn't matter how rough the track is or how long I have been riding purely on my state of mind.
Again, try the Megavalanche
I haven't done the mega (would love to though) but I would imagine that Glen Helen or Pala would be more than a match especially as your hands have an extra control on a motocross bike and the gripping the bike when accelerating out of the rutted corners in the sand works your arms like nothing else.
Iain
It seems to cover a lot of things though, not convinced that everyone's idea of arm pump is the same. I used to get it something awful on the motorbike, and the solution for that was long sets of slow pressups, it was just my puny arms working too hard under braking. But on the mountain bike I still occasionally get it and it does seem to be fork related when I do, I made a balls of the setup on the hemlock last time out and started getting it even though the ride was no way long enough or hard enough to cause it normally.
So, what I guess I'm saying is don't assume it's all one thing and that there's one fix.
breathe!!