Sports: Re: [DucatiST] .......Ride, Slide, Oh Crap!...............

Well, a tiny bit of brake is OK but I'd shy away from the front brake and use back only. Unless of course you're a fan of washing out the front end and going down again. You'd be surprised how very little front brake is all that's needed to find yourself slapped on your side. The rear however, you can get pretty aggressive with it. I take my GC out in back roads and encounter stretches of gravel or packed fire roads on occasion. While it's not as sensitive on the front as an ST, you still need to be careful of the front. Think of dirt riding days is all.

JMHO,

On Jan 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, aeroplayne1 wrote:

there was about 100 yards of fresh, undistributed gravel, and despite my best efforts to arrest my (very slow)speed, the rear slid out and I jumped off to watch my baby slide about 20 feet on the right side.

All of the highly experienced riders I know who still went down at some point, went down due to gravel or sand.

The particles just a bunch of mis-shapen ball bearings as far as the tires are concerned.

I think tires deal with the water kinda okay but not at all with sand and gravel.

FWIW when I see either sand or gravel I immediately get upright, off the gas and no brake (okay, maybe a tiny bit of front, very tiny).

I just roll through at whatever speed I then have.

It's worked fine so far.

HTH.

Thanks,

M./

Michael Heth
mheth@motolectric.com
(415) 992-7840

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From: Michael Heth <mheth@motolectric.com>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 3:45 pm
Subject: [DucatiST] .......Ride, Slide, Oh Crap!...............

On Jan 2, 2012, at 9:02 AM, aeroplayne1 wrote:

there was about 100 yards of fresh, undistributed gravel, and despite my best efforts to arrest my (very slow)speed, the rear slid out and I jumped off to watch my baby slide about 20 feet on the right side.

All of the highly experienced riders I know who still went down at some point, went down due to gravel or sand.

The particles just a bunch of mis-shapen ball bearings as far as the tires are concerned.

I think tires deal with the water kinda okay but not at all with sand and gravel.

FWIW when I see either sand or gravel I immediately get upright, off the gas and no brake (okay, maybe a tiny bit of front, very tiny).

I just roll through at whatever speed I then have.

It's worked fine so far.

HTH.

Thanks,

M./

Michael Heth
mheth@motolectric.com
(415) 992-7840

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