Mtb'er descending stairs :)

the mind boggles at him carrying the bike back up <G>

gescom said:

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Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail with a rack. 😉

gescom said:

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Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail with a rack. 😉

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing to ask?

&roo

hahah, yeah i was wondering that myself

Andrew Swan said:

gescom said:

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Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail with a rack. 😉

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing to ask?

&roo

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing to ask?

Skill? Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can drop 6", which might be a bit
of a disaster?

Terry Collins said:

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing to ask?

Skill? Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can drop 6", which might be a bit
of a disaster?

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel confident, but nobody rides
down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon
he's doing the steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could ride the
smooth bit if he chose.

&roo

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Quoted message said:

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

[Image of two azteks/whatever pushing a wheelbarrow up the stairs, one on each side]

Quoted message said:

Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel confident, but nobody rides
down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon
he's doing the steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could ride the
smooth bit if he chose.

Steps are fun, I used to do them a few times in Oslo - never had a puncture from them either.
However they'd be _nowhere_ as long as pictured.

j

Whoa, Whoa!

Not to offend anyone here in anyway, but hey people! Aren't we entitled to get our kick in any way we please (well, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else)? If someone gets the kick out of climbing down all those steps, and if he can do it correctly, what's wrong with that? Pretty sure these steps are not the only way to get off that hill, so why he does not use the smooth bit is, ehem..., irrelevant. And so is whether or not it's right to use a hardtail with a rack.

In my humble view, bike riders are the most accommodating and supportive bunch of people, so I'm gonna take it easy on him.

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Crazy! Don't have a mtb atm but when I do I'll make sure its a hardtail with a rack. 😉

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

I had the same thought, till I had seen a road bike go down. I don't even want to think about what
your $400+ road rims would look like by the time you get to the bottom of the stairs if there
wasn't a flat bit.

Certainly is more fun to do it on an mtb though. :-)

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its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a sledbarrow?

Big Bill Cody said:

its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a sledbarrow?

Um... I meant invented

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Quoted message said:

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Umm, isn't it built from concrete? I don't ever remember seeing mayan/inca/aztec handrails.

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Quoted message said:

its_stuart said:

'It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?'

Frightening thought but perhaps it was for a wheelbarrow?

:eek:

I didn't think they invested the wheel. Perhaps it was for a sledbarrow?

It would've been easier to pull sliding loads up a smooth incline, rather than up a series of steps.

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I think he should have got a good run up at it and hit it as hard as he could jackass style. Producing at least a 100 mtr flailing freefall followed by some very busy landing action. Now that would have impressed me 😄

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Originally posted by Andrew Swan

BTerry Collins said:

Andrew Swan said:

Why doesn't he ride down the smooth bit? Or is that just a roadie thing to ask?

Skill? Confidence?

The same reason people tend to walk rather than ride longitudinally planked bridges.

A practical consideration is if he drops off it, his front wheel can drop 6", which might be a bit
of a disaster?

It never occurred to me that it might be easier to ride the steps than the smooth bit. So why did
the ancient Mayans/Incas/Aztecs or whoever built the damn thing bother putting the smooth bit in?

Plank bridges are an unavoidable obstacle on which one might not feel confident, but nobody rides
down a pyramid/mountain thing (esp. on their rack) unless they are seriously confident - I reckon
he's doing the steps for fun (not my idea of it, though) or extra difficulty. He could ride the
smooth bit if he chose.

&roo [/B]

tracking a 6inch wide smooth bit would be even harder and just another thing to concentrate on.

The smooth bit was probably built into the steps to drag the stones/parts up during construction

There is a movement (albeit small) in the US (Gary Fisher, et al. but what would he know...) to 29" mtbs for smoothness an other issues. some framemeakers are building them now. Salsa and others...