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| 1104.1 | stalking the wild descent; | AHOUSE::ACKLEY | Still the King of Nothing | Wed Apr 12 1989 17:46 | 17 |
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For going down those real steep hills, you stick your butt back
farther over the back wheel. In some cases I have got the bellybutton
on the seat. Of course, this won't improve the braking much,
but at least it should keep you from going over the handlebars.
It does help if the seat is down. I sometimes practice with
staircases.
For braking I like to keep my brakes tight enough so that
fingers will fit between the brake handles and the handlebars,
even when the brakes are *on*. Then when you brake going down
a long trail section, you can brake with two fingers and hold
the bars with the other two fingers. You can even rotate to
use a different two fingers, since on a long descent, the braking
can really wear out the forearms.
Alan.
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| 1104.2 | Only genuine chamois brake pads will do. | WMOIS::N_FLYE | Y | Wed Apr 12 1989 21:30 | 1 |
| Drag your shorts on the rear knobbies.
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| 1104.3 | Short Saver | TILTS::KILDARE | | Sun Apr 16 1989 01:22 | 9 |
| <downhill descent>
If you find yourself going down hill alot, and don't want skid marks
on your shorts. Try installing a rear MTB Rack (a sturdy one) and
using it a psuedo seat.
bubba
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| 1104.4 | Mountain Dew commercials are done with mirrors | DONVAN::T_THEO | Intentionally left blank | Thu Apr 20 1989 12:39 | 14 |
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I was not as fortunate as the author of the basenote and wound up
under the bike (Three times, MAN that smarts!) I had attempted a
decent off the face of a rock ledge, about a 40 degree drop angle.
At 14 years of age on my first BMX bike, regaining my composure
would have been easy, but outta shape, outta style and 26, I took
the tumble. I survived the fall, but reflecting upon the decent
I should have lean back harder. I have to agree with one of the
previous replies in that resting your bellybutton against the back
of the seat is your best position while attempting steep downhills.
Tim
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| 1104.5 | | BTO::MANDILE_A | Just Do It | Mon May 08 1989 20:34 | 10 |
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My favorite way to handle the steep descents is to, put my Gluteus
over the rear wheel, and lock up my rear tire, and use enough brake
on the front to control speed, but not lock up the front tire....
It can be fun....
Albert
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| 1104.6 | Confidence... | LACV01::DAVIDSON | Have gun...will travel | Fri Jul 14 1989 17:10 | 11 |
| A lot of time and tail bustin' can be saved by watching other people
(successfully) negotiate downhills and hairball trails.
I practice on little steep ones until I can predict how the bike
reacts-ya' gotta' know your ride. Use the failures/successes of
the folks that you've seen before as your training material.
Confidence is what gets you down a lot of those downhills, you develope
that with successes. Start off small and you get confident quickly.
The fun really starts when you get cocky....
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