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Old 10-16-05 | 02:29 PM
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Mchaz
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From: Central, Ok

Bikes: 2007 Surly Long Haul Trucker 54cm (Commuting/Wanna' go tour so bad), 1985 Trek 670 21" (Road), 2003 Gary Fisher Tassajara 17" (MTB), Cannondale DeltaV 600 (commuterized MTB), some junker bikes in my garage

Originally Posted by noisebeam
The best thing I ever did for my handling and crashing skills was riding on single track, off road.
I can relate to that. Handling a bike at high speeds on a dirt track often gets finicky. You really learn how to keep the bike under control instead of going down. There have many of times where I have had my back end start to slide out, or come up on me on a steep decent. Since crashes off road can get pretty nasty (trees, rocks, thorn bushes ) you tend to fight the bike like your life depends on it.
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