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i had to think about this for a while. not really a good thing i suppose.
but if i had to pick something im better than most at it would be really badly rooted out sections, just a track covered in slick tree roots. and root step ups, you know the ones half way up a hill where someone has got there rear wheel stuck and dug out a massive hole so its like a step with a root at the top. line selection to i think. i can tend to pick cleaner firmer lines and get i tend to get stuck less. whether any of that is me or the fact that the combined weight of me and the bike is 160kg, 350lbs. im getting a lesson from nz best enduro rider, also a red bull sponsored rider, soon so hopefully i can improve a bit.... |
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The Things That I Am Good At Is The Sand, And Then Rocky Areas. This Is Due To I Mostly Ride At Red River Motorcycle Trails In Bulcher, Texas.
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[QUOTE=roostafish;34740]I love reading all these, it's great. I'm really good at cleaning my bike.
Interestingly enough, I'd say I'm "good" at riding in slick, horrifying conditions. sloppy, horrible mudfest.QUOTE] Just found my big dangerous problem: While standing, G-Forces during acceleration (like out of turn or up a hill) can make it a struggle to get OFF the gas: Can't twist the throttle back, or even let go. What's the technique? I'm really bad at keeping a clean bike. I'm used to white water kayaks: you get home, climb up onto the top of the van and throw the boats off onto the lawn and leave them there till next time. I do like the mud too. This winter has been a blast because it's been so muddy and greasey, and I just like those conditions. It seems to be a bit of an equalizer: slows down many of the faster guys more than it slows me down. Being able to predict and somewhat control the slides, where a lot of guys aren't used to it and seem to make quick movements that spin or down them. Another thing I really need to work on is skills while standing: mainly wheelieing and also shifting. Wheelieing while standing seemed less difficult when i last rode in the '70's when foot pegs were round, not flat platforms. Am I mistaken? |
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I'm good at staying up late and sleeping in. Why? Because I train at it almost every day. Only two good reasons for getting up early - fishing and riding dirt bikes - everything else can wait till later in the day.
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I seem to pass a lot of riders on the hill climbs. I suppose that comes from growing up in West Virginia where everything is on a hill. Everyone I pass going up passes me going back down, so not sure its anything to brag about.
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I have mastered the art of getting lost. More often than not on trails i have ridden several times before.
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Im great at making anyone thats following laugh at me falling down. Fallen logs or roots that are on a 45degree to the trail scare me, I usually end up laying down
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I am decent at riding in mud. Slick icy clay mud or deep rutted heavy mud. I love racing in the mud. I love before the races when everybody is bitchin and there heads are down before the race even starts. "Winning" I truely enjoy racing in the crappiest of conditions. I feel I am pretty mediocre in the easy fast stuff but make it hot, muddy, and tough and I just keep riding. I feel I actually ride faster in the mud. Something about crashing and sliding instead of screaching to a halt on dry ground while melting my gear to my flesh. It must be a mental thing.
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I'm good at knowing my limit and not crashing. I'll only have a crash or tip over on roughly every second ride. In a race situation this is a good quality as it saves me from having those frantic, gonna get passed, moments. I'm not the fastest guy out there though, and I really don't have time to train at all. But in over tens years of racing on and off, and playriding before that, I've never had a broken bone or missed a day of work.
Maybe this quality is why I've seemingly peaked at a mid-pack AA rider though? I still finish ahead of all the A riders at just about every race, but I can't seem to crack the lead group. Oh, well. I ride for fun and the moment I quit enjoying myself at a race, she'll be playriding only from there on. |
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