You are reading a single comment by @Dammit and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Dammit
Yesterday I didn't have any, I don't know if that was because of the speed, the weather, the unknown terrain, the lack of sleep or a combination of all of these things.
Thinking back on the day I suspect that I was subconsciously moving my weight backwards (literally moving back from the thing scaring me) which unweighted the front wheel and made it get less lift from the lip, whilst the reverse was true of the rear wheel, sending me into the air in the first stages of an OTB.
I think it's just practice and familiarity really, I will go back - hopefully when I'm not pushing up via what appears to be a stream.