Rocks like tennis balls

naefearjustbeer
naefearjustbeer Posts: 182
edited July 2011 in MTB general
The other day I was trying to pedal up a rocky path and a short section of it had a layer of rocks on it varying from golf ball size up to tennis ball size and they were a bit loose, in the end after skittering and sliding struggling for traction on them I got off and walked. However coming back down the hill at a bit of speed I thought I was going to stack it in a big way when I hit this loose patch, Is there a correct technique for such terrain or is it a case of close eyes grit teeth and pray.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Stand up, get your weight back and keep the front as light as possible, and let it do it's own thing, don't steer with the bars, use your thighs on the saddle. If that makes sense.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    But mainly grit teeth and pray.
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  • naefearjustbeer
    naefearjustbeer Posts: 182
    Yip that makes sense I think. Keeping eyes open may help a bit. I felt as though I was arm wrestling with the bars (and losing) as I ploughed through it in a most uncontrolled fashion.
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  • h34e0f
    h34e0f Posts: 370
    yeah you want to keep weight off the front, not only to help with traction, but to reduce shock loading on your forks

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