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From: Lars Chance on 12 May 2010 07:53 Nev.. wrote: > I think leaning the body and keeping the bike upright is a better > cornering policy for gravel road. > Dammit! -- Elsie.
From: Lars Chance on 12 May 2010 07:58 Moike wrote: > Nev.. wrote: >> I think leaning the body and keeping the bike upright is a better >> cornering policy for gravel road. >> > Why? > For me it's the (perhaps) misguided belief that a tyre is elliptical and thus have more contact/grip when vertical. -- Elsie.
From: G-S on 12 May 2010 15:50 BT Humble wrote: > PostmanPat wrote: >> Heheheh... >> *Attempts to run away,hampered by his more-recently-acquired >> swollen,multicoloured foot* >> I certainly can't recommend slamming a Transalpsworth of weight on it. >> My Wedgetail Outriders should be arriving shortly... >> >> Postman Pat the Crippled (my levers are fine though) > > TransTankSlap? > > > BTH > Trannie Pat? Slapper Pat? Tanked Pat? G-S [1] [1] Also with swollen sprained ankle.
From: bikerbetty on 13 May 2010 06:53 "Lars Chance" <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:kJwGn.24363$pv.159(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Moike wrote: >> Nev.. wrote: > >>> I think leaning the body and keeping the bike upright is a better >>> cornering policy for gravel road. >>> > >> Why? >> > For me it's the (perhaps) misguided belief that a tyre is elliptical and > thus have more contact/grip when vertical. > -- > Elsie. I've been reading this thread conscientiously, and taking in everything people have said about riding on gravel, and you know what? It seems there are so many dfferent opinions about the best approach that I am going to just take my own bloody advice and avoid gravel altogether - a policy that has served me well over the years. betty
From: The Happy Drunk on 13 May 2010 07:13
On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 20:53 +1000, bikerbetty wrote: > "Lars Chance" <lars.chance(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:kJwGn.24363$pv.159(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > Moike wrote: > >> Nev.. wrote: > > > >>> I think leaning the body and keeping the bike upright is a better > >>> cornering policy for gravel road. > >>> > > > >> Why? > >> > > For me it's the (perhaps) misguided belief that a tyre is elliptical and > > thus have more contact/grip when vertical. > > -- > > Elsie. > > I've been reading this thread conscientiously, and taking in everything > people have said about riding on gravel, and you know what? It seems there > are so many dfferent opinions about the best approach that I am going to > just take my own bloody advice and avoid gravel altogether - a policy that > has served me well over the years. > > betty > > It appears that it hasn't served "that" well :-P Perhaps policies work better when used hehehehehe -- Cheers The Happy Drunk Breva 750 |