Originally Posted by
mandovoodoo
Bike fit, bike resilience and flexibility, wheel stiffness/flex, relationship of bike frame flex to wheel flex, grippy tires, and very very important - less tire pressure than you think. Without a bike that will do it easily you won't be able to do it easily. It might not be you!
Machak, my steel Marinoni Ciclo, is custom built to my size ... and I alway run quite low tire pressure.