A few weeks in on my new bike and I am amazed by how much more I am weighted up and forward on the forks, particularly when cornering, then on older bike.
I am also aware of how much I am lowering body rather than rear weighting - the old 'push down through' drop off's.
For the first time in a decade I have had pedal strikes too.
Any other tips or thoughts?
I had a ride on a long Pole tuther month (titter) and you had to lean it, like really lean it.
enduro elbows ftw.
Don't pedal on rough bits, or work on your timing if you've no choice.
This is the push down bit - whereas before I felt if I pushed down the bike was steep/folding under me. Now it feels in front and I can do this.
Don't you need to sit on the back wheel when going over a drop to be doing it properly?
Wee trick I saw on a vid, canny mind if it was barel or gracia, was to help lean the bike - have your inside arm straight, and outside arm bent at sorta right ang-lish (dependant on corner).
Works quite well for me, along with laser cock and laser knees, obviously.
Aye, my last few bikes have had me far, far further forward than older steeper bikes. Defo for the better.
Don't you need to sit on the back wheel when going over a drop to be doing it properly?
Yeah, assuming you don't want any control of the front wheel upon landing...
Don't you need to sit on the back wheel when going over a drop to be doing it properly?
Yeah, it stops you nicely. I have a *great* video of [s]a crash test dummy[/s] someone demoing that recently.
I ride a fairly LLS bike I find you have to be quite aggressive over the front of the bike to make it work properly.
I do ride off the back of the bike a bit so the really long stuff doesn't suit the way I ride, otherwise I just can't generate enough front end grip to make the bike work properly.
It's a bit of a balancing act to find something that works.
Wee trick I saw on a vid, canny mind if it was barel or gracia, was to help lean the bike - have your inside arm straight, and outside arm bent at sorta right ang-lish (dependant on corner).
Countersteering
thats why you land rear wheel first 🙄Yeah, assuming you don't want any control of the front wheel upon landing...
I ride a fairly LLS bike I find you have to be quite aggressive over the front of the bike to make it work properly.I do ride off the back of the bike a bit so the really long stuff doesn't suit the way I ride, otherwise I just can't generate enough front end grip to make the bike work properly.
It's a bit of a balancing act to find something that works.
Same here. One of my bikes is shorter reach but very slack, one is longer reach and less slack. The ratio of front-centre to chainstay length is pretty much identical, which seems to matter a lot to how I corner on the bikes.
The less slack one originally had longer reach (thanks to a shorter fork) and a slacker head angle (angleset) and the long front-centre meant I struggled for front wheel grip in flat turns.
Anyway, with the whole long low slack thing - brake less, look further ahead, pedal less, pump more, and trust the bike to carry way more speed through the gnar than you thought possible. And don't sit on the rear wheel! 😉
thats why you land rear wheel first
This is tongue in cheek isn't it?
This is tongue in cheek isn't it?
Tyre in cheek(s) from the sound of it
thats why you land rear wheel first
Ah, the old 'air steering'....what tyres for...?
Don't you need to sit on the back wheel when going over a drop to be doing it properly?Yeah, assuming you don't want any control of the front wheel upon landing...
You are allowed to move in between going over a drop and landing it.