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From: Kevin Gleeson on 18 May 2010 17:36 On Tue, 18 May 2010 21:23:31 +1000, TimC <tconnors(a)rather.puzzling.no-spam-accepted-here.org> wrote: >On 2010-05-13, Kevin Gleeson (aka Bruce) > was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: >> On Thu, 13 May 2010 21:46:48 +1000, "bikerbetty" >> <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> 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! >> >> Don't worry about it Betty. I absolutely loathe gravel on a road bike. >> I cannot deal with it. But I love riding trail bikes and quads and >> rally cars on dirt. A road bike is not set up for it. > >Having said that, I had a ball coming back through a few hundred km of >dirt around Kingstown station, Lake Keepit etc, from the Ruptured >Budgie this weekend. Probably shouldn't have been doing 120km/h given >my level of experience. Yeah, probably definitely. But it was fun. >Excellent countryside around there. The bike it filthy, but I haven't >had time to clean it before the sun goes down. > >> [1] That said, he always tried to pass me on the back wheel if we were >> riding together, even 2 up with his pregnant 2nd wife on the back. He >> has yet to achieve that. The laws of physics, Jim. > >She just didn't lean far back enough. Oh, it was well and truly on the back wheel. But maximum acceleration comes just before the front wheel lifts so I would just open the throttle and pull away before he got past. And as I know him really well, I could always tell when he was about to try it on. Having more horsepower than his Thunderace didn't hurt either :-) Kev
From: BT Humble on 19 May 2010 19:23
TimC wrote: > Hmmm, will have to keep that in mind for next year. > > There was a Ducati there that was far cleaner than my bike. Dunno how > they did it: > http://fat.ly/b3x6s > "Surprising seeing a sports bike successfully making it down the hundreds of km of slippery clay" ?! BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au |