JT Video Part 2

Ride-A-Lot said:

The final DH into town! Tons of loose gravely fun and I
get to be in part of the video (I gave the camera to a
faster rider)!

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Very nice! You actually have some rocks on that trail :-)

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Slacker said:

Ride-A-Lot said:

The final DH into town! Tons of loose gravely fun and I
get to be in part of the video (I gave the camera to a
faster rider)!

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Low Bandwidth: schnauzers.wsjt2.wmvOpen ↗ (8 MB)

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Very nice! You actually have some rocks on that trail :-)

Actually it was more like some trail on those rocks.

Ride-A-Lot said:

The final DH into town! Tons of loose gravely fun and I
get to be in part of the video (I gave the camera to a
faster rider)!

I dunno about you, but I was thinking, "Why isn't anyone
pedaling and why is everyone sitting down?" The pace was
okay at times, but you can never have too much speed, even
with rocks! 😉 Maybe I'm not used to it because I'm a
Floridian...

Nice vid otherwise.

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Phil, Squid-in-Training

ZeeExSixAre said:

Ride-A-Lot said:

The final DH into town! Tons of loose gravely fun and I
get to be in part of the video (I gave the camera to a
faster rider)!

I dunno about you, but I was thinking, "Why isn't anyone
pedaling and why is everyone sitting down?" The pace was
okay at times, but you can never have too much speed, even
with rocks! 😉 Maybe I'm not used to it because I'm a
Floridian...

Nice vid otherwise.

OK. Point taken and let me explain.

It is very hard to see the degree of incline in the video.
It was steep, very steep. The rocks you see are not attached
to the ground. In other words, they are moving with the
bike. You'll notice on the way down, the first rider (me)
kicks a rather large rock out to the side. That was
happening quite often. The first two riders (me and the
other guy) are not experts. I don't mind a little speed now
and then, but the terrain was shaky. There are points at
which I reached a pretty fair clip, but the guy in front was
not to keen on technical DH. I don't like passing so I
slowed down for him. I also have two children that need a
working father to support them. Sometimes you have to weigh
the chance of ending up in the hospital or making a living.
When I was 20 it would have been a different choice, but at
40 you think more sanely. Well, at least I try to.

The guy shooting the video for this scene is a very
accomplished rider, which is why he wasn't content to sit
behind everyone else for too long. He's dong 35+ on the
loose stuff once he passes me.

There was no need for much pedaling here. You take your
hands off the brakes and you go pretty fast. I am sure if
I were a DHer/Slalomer/MTXer I would have been pedaling
some parts.

Why do you need to stand on the DH? I was always taught to
put your weight to the back and on the real steep stuff
almost lay on the seat. I would almost think that standing
on that loose stuff would cause one to lose balance.

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Ride-A-Lot said:

ZeeExSixAre said:

Ride-A-Lot said:

The final DH into town! Tons of loose gravely fun and I
get to be in part of the video (I gave the camera to a
faster rider)!

I dunno about you, but I was thinking, "Why isn't anyone
pedaling and why is everyone sitting down?" The pace was
okay at times, but you can never have too much speed,
even with rocks! 😉 Maybe I'm not used to it because I'm
a Floridian...

Nice vid otherwise.

OK. Point taken and let me explain.

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Quoted message said:

Why do you need to stand on the DH? I was always taught to
put your weight to the back and on the real steep stuff
almost lay on the seat. I would almost think that standing
on that loose stuff would cause one to lose balance.

I always stand on descents if I'm trying to go at any kind
of reasonable pace. It gives you much more room to move your
bike and body around to make weight adjustments as the
terrain changes. Sure you've got some suspension travel, but
not the kind of travel you can generate with legs and arms
on top of whatever travel your bike gives. I generally only
sit a DH if I'm just cruising or if I got too tired from
standing (like on a continuous 3000' DH).

Matt

Quoted message said:

OK. Point taken and let me explain.

Ah... the age/kids thing is an issue, as I'm the 20-year-old
you speak of 😉

Quoted message said:

Why do you need to stand on the DH? I was always taught to
put your weight to the back and on the real steep stuff
almost lay on the seat. I would almost think that standing
on that loose stuff would cause one to lose balance.

If I were ever going down an steep(er) descent, I would be
off the back with the saddle at my stomach or lower abdomen.
Then again, after a long descent, I'd probably want to sit
at least some of the time...

Too bad there aren't any long descents around here 🙁

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Phil, Squid-in-Training