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Riding "Skyline" - 03.24.2013
Very loose conditions. Made for some interesting moments. Brakes were useless - was like riding on ice. At about 2:42 in the vid I had to use part of the hillside as a berm to help slow me down. It ended up being like a jump. :) Tons of ruts -- I think I hit every one of them too! Still a fun day ...
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- Date Posted
- Mar 25, 2013 at 22:16Mar 25, 2013
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro/DH
- Location
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Corona, California, United States
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.... and I freak out riding on the loose leaves that you guys have on your trails! 
Skyline is an interesting one. I suspect you find it very similar to your trails in Japan except for the loose sand and dirt. One thing I did not do and not sure if it would have helped was to drop the tire pressure. I had them pumped up pretty hard for the climb up.
Seeing as there wasn't really any deep dirt or sand, I don't know if having a softer tire would have helped.
I think you just need to let it go, ride it out, and hope for the best at the bottom!
Skyline is an interesting one. I suspect you find it very similar to your trails in Japan except for the loose sand and dirt. One thing I did not do and not sure if it would have helped was to drop the tire pressure. I had them pumped up pretty hard for the climb up.
Seeing as there wasn't really any deep dirt or sand, I don't know if having a softer tire would have helped.
I think you just need to let it go, ride it out, and hope for the best at the bottom!
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That was pretty much it! This was my 3rd riding this trail. the last two times it was after a rain so the ground at least had some tackiness to it. this time it was just dry and loose! Still fun ... felt bad for the 2 novice riders that came with us. The managed to make it down without crashing so all in all a good day
The managed to make it down without crashing so all in all a good day - + 1
great , fast ride mate.I see what you mean by big ruts lol...i saw the berm jump at 2:42....skill right there
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haha! thanks! just before that berm-jump-stunt-whatever you can see I start to slow down a bit. I was trying to see if I could line it up straight and just let it go but i had too much forward momentum and the steepness of the trail started to make me slide forward .. that's when I spotted the rather tall hillside and thought that I might be able to use it to catch me ...
In retrospect, I probably should have also grabbed a bunch of rear brake as I hit the hillside. Had I done that i probably could have rode it out.
But since i didn't do the aforementioned, I had too much speed and thought I was going to go up and over the hillside! That's when I sort of yanked the bike to the left (making it sort of like a hip jump) and managed (somehow) to land it square!
Ask me to do that again and I doubt I'd be able to!
But, yep ... wherever there was a rut, i was in it! In some ways it helped me prepare for my DH race this past weekend. There were a couple of deep rutted sections that I had to ride in
Cheers!
In retrospect, I probably should have also grabbed a bunch of rear brake as I hit the hillside. Had I done that i probably could have rode it out.
But since i didn't do the aforementioned, I had too much speed and thought I was going to go up and over the hillside! That's when I sort of yanked the bike to the left (making it sort of like a hip jump) and managed (somehow) to land it square!
Ask me to do that again and I doubt I'd be able to!
But, yep ... wherever there was a rut, i was in it! In some ways it helped me prepare for my DH race this past weekend. There were a couple of deep rutted sections that I had to ride in
Cheers!
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Thanks. .. We haven't done Skinsuit yet... I hear that's a pretty fun one. Any advice on that one?
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This trial must be a great ride!
How was the loose its always feels scary for me.
Here in japan we actually have wet conditions 90% of the time however when we do have a dry day I actually get more scared on the loose dry turf!
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