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08-23-05 | 09:22 AM

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cyccommute

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SpiderMike

Watch your approach angle with those roots. Especially when the roots are wet.

Also watch linear ruts going in the direction of your travel. A suspended fork will climb out of them but a rigid fork will get trapped in them. You have to steer into the side of the rut to get out and that usually put me on the ground in a hurry

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