Quoting GeorgeS <[email protected]>: > > Last week I posted a question about tires for gravel. Thanks for the > response. I've gone with the consensus and ordered a pair of Pasela's > w/o TG. > Since then, I've had two kind of scary falls, both in exactly the same > situation - fast descent on dirt/gravel road with sweeping right turn > at the bottom. In both cases there was loose stuff in the turn and my > rear wheel just slid out and I was down. Got some road burn but no > real damage other than to my dignity. Is it possible this is the > result of having the wrong tires, or (what seems more likely) I just > don't know how to handle this situation. I don't like the idea of > just riding the brake every time I start going down - takes some of > the fun out of it.
You mean, the part where you slide out on the loose gravel, crash, and then get to debride your wounds? Yes, slowing down will take that fun out of it, but most of us would prefer to skip that part. No tires are going to help you in the situation you describe. What will help is not going too fast to be able to make the turn, and learning how to turn without a lot of lean angle. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
