Patrick, I believe you're right, it's a matter of experience. For the first few rides descending fast, rough dirt roads it felt strange and unfamiliar to have the rear end moving around so far behind me. It felt like it was jumping around. Now I don't even notice that, but I do notice the smoothness and tracking from the long wheelbase.
It's the technical climbing that gets me- where you have to trackstand, bounce sideways, thread the needle through some rocks, hop up ledges, and so on. I can't ride that terrain well on any bike, so the wheelbase probably isn't at fault. 😉 On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 1:03 PM 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "Except for the shorter wheelbase, the Gus/Susie is the bike you describe." > > And a brilliant ride. My experience with Gus is the long wheelbase is > rarely to never a detriment, and always an asset. Smooth, better climbing, > better flow. Experience teaches the taking of slightly different curves in > the technical areas, but generally speaking point the front one where you > want to go and the rear follows smoothly, even if it goes over a bit more. > Need proof? Search YouTube for "downhill tandem MTB" and realize: oh. None > issue. Grin. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 1:44:58 PM UTC-6, S wrote: >> >> On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:16:43 PM UTC-7 Clark Fitzgerald wrote: >> >>> If I could ride here regularly I'd prefer a rigid mountain bike. In >>> particular, I'd like a bike with wider, knobby tires, much lower standover >>> for when I have to hop off, a higher bottom bracket for less pedal strike, >>> higher handlebars for descending, and a tighter wheelbase to thread through >>> the granite boulders. >>> >> >> Thanks for sharing the photos. >> >> Except for the shorter wheelbase, the Gus/Susie is the bike you describe. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/KsmFdQ7Pbsg/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a8095e82-8310-45a3-b885-83b4393e498bo%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a8095e82-8310-45a3-b885-83b4393e498bo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAE_rN%3D3aKFouaGCjOhmTMbdVRiaLJryH3YAGPhLDzDRpZJvaJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
