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so maybe riding rigid SS wasn't the smartest idea) to actually ride without putting huge strains on stabilising muscles. That and disc brakes and fatter tyres means in theory I should crash less
The thing that eventually got me was my concentration slipping, so that after falling off the side of a hill about 2am ( going up it ) I lost my confidence in anything technical and decided to stop for a bit. Cue falling asleep, waking up really cold and struggling to get going again.
I'd use a sus fork if riding it again. Not so much for comfort, but more so I could relax and recover on the downhills, rather than having to concentrate so hard ALL the time
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I'd use a sus fork if riding it again. Not so much for comfort, but more so I could relax and recover on the downhills, rather than having to concentrate so hard ALL the time.
From riding my trail bike vs the hard tail the big difference between the two is grip, rather than what the bike will go through/over in terms of gnar.
With rear suspension the rear tyre has simply got more grip more of the time - both climbing traction and braking for more of the time as the rear wheel isn't skipping over stuff.
I'd imagine for a 24 hour ride the impact of having more grip more of the time would do wonders for your mental health.
Dammit
Could work. I've done 12hrs on the borrowed bike and I was in better shape than doing whatever laps we were doing over 24hrs in 4-man teams. I think because bikes now have low enough gears for people my size (ok, so maybe riding rigid SS wasn't the smartest idea) to actually ride without putting huge strains on stabilising muscles. That and disc brakes and fatter tyres means in theory I should crash less (also being old and crashtastic helps temper the race stupidity)