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    leadpan
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    WOOT WOOT! 😄
    Yesterday on Saturday was the best on my attempt at MUni! I live in OC
    California near the mountains which has some awesome trails. I've been
    tentative and bit scared of MUni cause my beginning Level 2 skills and
    also I don't ride a 20' or 24' uni but a Coker. But following some MTB
    people I met at www.outdoorsclub.org, through a relatively easy trail
    boosted my confident TREMDOUSLY. Now I look forward to tagging along w/
    other MTB people on trails, even if I have to walk through difficult
    parts. It was some adrenaline-rushing ride through some crooked trail
    up and down a narrow path and even some 30 degrees slope down a hill.
    The funny thing was because I was a novalty to MTB people they all
    guide me ahead on the trail so I don't UPD. I felt like Lance
    surrounded by my own version of team Discovery. :p

    Now I did notice the most difficult part of MUni is not the steep hills
    but the sandy part of the trails(like beach sand), where I keep falling
    off my uni. Do you MUni people have any advice on riding through sand?

    All those skills I've been practicing(idle, mounts, standstill,
    backward riding) really helped. Lastly I don't fall back too much when
    the bikers speed away on flat part of trails thanks to Coker's speed;
    so don't ask me to go smaller with 20' or 24' 😄

    Someone here encouraged me to ride through it to get the 'feel' of
    MUni. That was some great advise. I am now a converted believer of
    MUni! More MUni to come!

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  2. markf
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    sand: don't try to go too fast, don't use too much pressure, never slow
    down. try not to turn.

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    stuck in iowa and unemployed.
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  3. briguymaine
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    yeah with sand, slow and steady. just stay centered and don't stop
    pedaling.

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  4. Klaas Bil
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    leadpan said:

    Do you MUni people have any advice on riding through sand?

    Yeah what they said: don't turn. What I do is stretch both my arms out
    to keep better balance, as if I'm riding a skinny but a little faster.
    The tyre will dig in with every little turn or other manoeuvre (like
    accel and decel).

    Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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  5. Loosemoose
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    leadpan said:

    Do you MUni people have any advice on riding through sand?

    Think floaty thoughts.

    Loose.

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  6. Mikefule
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    Fat tyre. here's where a Gazz does help because of its square profile.

    Don't try to go fast. Try to keep the uni as near to vertical as
    possible. Proceed with steady pedal strokes, stand on the pedals, with
    your hand lightly on the handle for maximum feedback of what the uni is
    doing. Compacted dark sand is easiest; dry pale sand is trickiest. No
    sharp turns.

    Don't look down.

    Shifting sand is one of the trickiest surfaces.

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