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ThunderGuts |
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ThunderGuts World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:40 - 24 Jan 2019 Post subject: Rough / uneven surfaces |
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I think this is probably the best place to put this query; so around here a lot of the roads are "well used" shall we say. Some have had a surface dressing treatment which has since started to flake off, resulting in high/low points. There's also the breaking up roads etc.
My question is how well does a bike deal with these sorts of surfaces when cornering; I am building confidence in corners on good surfaces, irrespective or wet or dry, but I'm still extremely wary of rough/poor surfaces and end up probably being over-cautious. I think this stems from car driving where you can quite easily feel the tyres scrabbling for grip and/or vagueness in the steering on such surfaces.
Just to clarify, I'm talking about poor but NOT loose surfaces.
Just wondering what are people's experiences? Am I over-thinking it and does a bike actually deal with such surfaces well, or am I right to be very cautious?
The bike is my ER5 on good, new rubber.
Cheers ____________________ TG. |
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Posted: 09:53 - 24 Jan 2019 Post subject: |
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Remain wary of poor/rough surfaces. Experience will tell you what you can and can't get away with. No miracle answers I'm afraid. Unless you want to get a dirt bike. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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ThunderGuts World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:59 - 24 Jan 2019 Post subject: |
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Thanks both. Yes that was kind of my thinking. Cheers ____________________ TG. |
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 19:20 - 24 Jan 2019 Post subject: |
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Look where you want to go, not at what you want to avoid. Visualise a line through the corner on the "cleanest" looking bit of road, and imagine the front tyre running along it. If you stare in horror at the bad bit, you WILL ride directly over it.
Try to avoid changing from one road surface to another mid corner because the overbanding between them can be slippery.
Corner on neutral power or under power, never while decellerating. COrnering under power will help prevent the front end washing out (the rear can but that's an order of magnitude more controllable) ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 91 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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