Patrick, keep in mind Grant mentions a few times shifting to a higher gear for better traction (it also makes it easier to ride a smoother line, and easier in “trough” trails to not whack the pedal into the dirt wall on either side).
Different bike geometry, a shorter wheelbase, but riding my Hunqabeam on the Colorado trail recently I paid attention for a while to how often I am not fully sitting on the saddle. Most of the time on a technical trail like that, often just barely off the saddle, sometimes a fair bit up. And my saddle is lower (the equivilant to shorter stirrups) than it used to be, which allows for hitting the “sweet” spot power wise, like doing squats (the power sweet spot is in the middle, leg half bent, so I have that at the 1 or 2 o’clock position of the pedal stroke). With abandon, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
