2nd day at swinley forest "blue trails"

First downhill on my first day was slow which is expected and today feels more confident but feels hard to turn when going downhill on berms I feel like my arms are locked.
Also I know someone who has 5"7/5"8 with bizango, do you feel like the bike is tall due to being a 29er? I feel like its tall which maybe I find it a little difficult to turn or just not used to it yet.
Also I know someone who has 5"7/5"8 with bizango, do you feel like the bike is tall due to being a 29er? I feel like its tall which maybe I find it a little difficult to turn or just not used to it yet.
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Another thing I found out on my first ride my tyres wasn't as grippy as some rocks are slippery then I lower the tyre pressure today it a little bit better than my first ride.
Regarding tyres, what kind of tyres do you recommend for blue and red trails? Would be nice if its tubeless ready then I can try how it feels riding on tubeless and would allow me to ride low psi without worrying pinch flats.
Swinley FB page is a good place to find out what's going on, if you ignore all the 'what tyre' threads (not a dig at you - it's a standing joke), and find people to ride with. Swinley Bike Hub organises rides as well.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SwinleyforestMTB/
We do a bit as well via London Calling (link down there vvvvvvvv).
There's some nice more natural off piste stuff if you know where.
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Arrange to ride with some locals and you'll pick up some skills quickly. More welcome to join us when we go, but ours tend to include a lot of talking and resting. Or just post up something and see who bites.
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Thanks cooldad, I've joined both groups on Fb
Yeah and I found that it has more deeper dips as well in when I took the red route to go back to the look out
I'm going back to the bike hub at Swinley today to return something and I will ask them about what's a good tyre to use on their trails, was looking at continental trail with black chili compound apparently its good and grippy would be good on the front-end.
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Aha just posted a comment on the fb page on your sig
As per the tyre pressure I've asked the bike hub and they recommended 30psi (the same pressure in all the rental bikes) and I found this has worked for me! I've tried 20psi and the rubber felt like it was slipping off the rim and 40 psi was too hard and loose.
You'll soon build more confidence the more you go around the blue route!
Yeah couldn't agree more, but hopefully I'll find my way to build my confidence it will take time surely aha.
I'm still playing with tyre pressure, might be ideal for me to bring tyre pressure gauge as I'm currently using the "thumb method" aha. Is that 30psi on both wheels?
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Thanks, I will check that tyre. Any good place to get tyres from? Currently looking on Chain Reaction
I'm thinking of going to Swinley , as a retaliative new rider would you say leave my 29 er at home and hire something from them ?
Thank's Ian
Personally your own bike will fit you better than a hire bike, how ever good it is. Swinley as it is isn't that twisty turny at least compared to what it was, so i'd be surprised if a 29er would feel sluggish in any way. but people are different and all that.
But compared to most I'm pretty slow anyway, except for the uphill bits.
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