[dsn_klr650] first extended ride
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2000 2:37 pm
Actually, I'm even dumber than that. It's never a matter of braking or sliding (there's never time). I tip the bike to one side and instantly, down I go. Doesn't matter if I'm going 10mph or, as has happened twice, 35mph. Gravel on pavement to me might as well be ball-bearings. If I hit it perpendicular, it's as you say; you slide a bit but stay up. Bogdan> maybe it's all that WD40 you use? hahahahahahahahaha. but seriously. i get > my bike to slide a little all the time. after a few days of dirt play (and > 10 years of expert-class mountain bike racing) it doesn't bother me > anymore. i go pretty easy on the front brake at low speeds since front > wheel slides are more instantaneously bad than rear, plus the brake dive > seems to unsettle the balance alot at parking lot speeds. > mw >