Off Road Cycling Tips
Tip No1
When riding along a path and you come across pedestrians and you feel like being courteous and decide to pull off the path to ride on the grass:-
make sure that the grass verge is not going up hill, is so soft that your tyres and rims disappear and when you try to get back on the path there is not a drainage ditch for about 200 metres. Some drainage ditches can be difficult to spot due to the long grass.
Tip No 2
Disc brakes are not very efficient on very soft ground
Tip No 3
If as a result of your efforts you are in such oxygen debt that you must stop, try to find a spot where nobody can see you. It can be embarrassing if a little old lady comes up to you and asks "are you OK son" (or dear, not wishing to sound sexist)
I am new to this off road stuff, does anybody else have any tips they would like to share?
PS. does anybody know the minimum speed you need to be travelling at to jump an 18" drainage ditch?
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