From: Marty H on
On May 13, 8:53 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
> "Lars Chance" <lars.cha...(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

and you will miss so much of this beautiful land of ours

mh
From: bikerbetty on


"Marty H" <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On May 13, 8:53 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
> "Lars Chance" <lars.cha...(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

and you will miss so much of this beautiful land of ours

mh

I just can't do gravel marty. Sad but true. If I don't accept my limitations
(not without having tested them ) I could end up missing a lot more....

I'm comfortable doing road-riding, and there are lots of (sealed) roads for
me to ride. Probably enough to fill up the 30 years of riding future I hope
I have left :-) As much as I would like to learn dirt riding, I'm not sure
that my body could take it!

I'm trying to be realistic here. I have arthritic spots in my spine &
shoulders. I have about 25% of a hamstring on my left leg. I'm short. I'm
unco. I'm 50.

None of these things are assets for the aspiring off road rider. My brain,
sense of humour and ability to laugh at fart jokes are stuck at 25
(actually, my ability to laugh at fart jokes is stuck at about 12!), but my
ligaments and bones aren't!

betty


From: bikerbetty on

"bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Marty H" <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:50144fcf-e9f8-412c-907a-6b109cbece2f(a)34g2000prs.googlegroups.com...
> On May 13, 8:53 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
>> "Lars Chance" <lars.cha...(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
>
> and you will miss so much of this beautiful land of ours
>
> mh
>
> I just can't do gravel marty. Sad but true. If I don't accept my
> limitations (not without having tested them ) I could end up missing a lot
> more....
>
> I'm comfortable doing road-riding, and there are lots of (sealed) roads
> for me to ride. Probably enough to fill up the 30 years of riding future I
> hope I have left :-) As much as I would like to learn dirt riding, I'm not
> sure that my body could take it!
>
> I'm trying to be realistic here. I have arthritic spots in my spine &
> shoulders. I have about 25% of a hamstring on my left leg. I'm short. I'm
> unco. I'm 50.
>
> None of these things are assets for the aspiring off road rider. My brain,
> sense of humour and ability to laugh at fart jokes are stuck at 25
> (actually, my ability to laugh at fart jokes is stuck at about 12!), but
> my ligaments and bones aren't!
>
> betty
PS - I felt immensely cheered on the weekend by this fact: arthritic and
middle-aged as I am, my off last weekend didn't shatter anything, apart from
the little tiny bit of confidence I might've had left regarding riding on
unsealed roads! Clearly my bone density is pretty good. YAY! Ride on I say
(but avoid gravel, ha ha ha!)

betty (again)


From: Marty H on
On May 13, 9:46 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
> "Marty H" <hyt...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:50144fcf-e9f8-412c-907a-6b109cbece2f(a)34g2000prs.googlegroups.com...
> On May 13, 8:53 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
>
>
>
> > "Lars Chance" <lars.cha...(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
>
> and you will miss so much of this beautiful land of ours
>
> mh
>
> I just can't do gravel marty. Sad but true. If I don't accept my limitations
> (not without having tested them ) I could end up missing a lot more....
>
> I'm comfortable doing road-riding, and there are lots of (sealed) roads for
> me to ride. Probably enough to fill up the 30 years of riding future I hope
> I have left :-) As much as I would like to learn dirt riding, I'm not sure
> that my body could take it!
>
> I'm trying to be realistic here. I have arthritic spots in my spine &
> shoulders. I have about 25% of a hamstring on my left leg. I'm short. I'm
> unco. I'm 50.
>
> None of these things are assets for the aspiring off road rider. My brain,
> sense of humour and ability to laugh at fart jokes are stuck at 25
> (actually, my ability to laugh at fart jokes is stuck at about 12!), but my
> ligaments and bones aren't!
>
> betty

hehehe... she said fart

mh
(twice)
From: atec7 7 ""atec77" on
bikerbetty wrote:
> "Marty H" <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:50144fcf-e9f8-412c-907a-6b109cbece2f(a)34g2000prs.googlegroups.com...
> On May 13, 8:53 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote:
>> "Lars Chance" <lars.cha...(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
>
> and you will miss so much of this beautiful land of ours
>
> mh
>
> I just can't do gravel marty. Sad but true. If I don't accept my limitations
> (not without having tested them ) I could end up missing a lot more....
>
> I'm comfortable doing road-riding, and there are lots of (sealed) roads for
> me to ride. Probably enough to fill up the 30 years of riding future I hope
> I have left :-) As much as I would like to learn dirt riding, I'm not sure
> that my body could take it!
>
> I'm trying to be realistic here. I have arthritic spots in my spine &
> shoulders. I have about 25% of a hamstring on my left leg. I'm short. I'm
> unco. I'm 50.
>
> None of these things are assets for the aspiring off road rider. My brain,
> sense of humour and ability to laugh at fart jokes are stuck at 25
> (actually, my ability to laugh at fart jokes is stuck at about 12!), but my
> ligaments and bones aren't!
>
> betty
>
>
DO you know anyone with decent trials bike ?
Have them take it and you to a gravel pit , ride the piles a while and
gravel will no longer present a problem as we ride gravel a little
differently
Oh and fish oil glucosamine and panadol oesteo
wont cure but it does help