Great heads up and overview. Rode Moab in the mid 80's in the early days of mountain biking, yeah slick rock was one of the things. I super appreciated the crystal clear and ever changing angle in Google view, very nicely done. This is a great initiating video, it let's novices understand the complexities, and the section on riding the short slick rock trails to gain a modicum of confidence and experience was a super addition to the usual hard knuckle approach of just watching experienced riders tackle this other worldly terrain. Thanks for putting this up.
Thanks for the input, it's really helpful, and that's exactly what I was going for here. You always hear people saying so and so was easy, or extremely difficult, but I think half the battle is learning how to read and understand terrain, and knowing what you might see. Takes a lot of stress off not knowing and plowing into it. Good on you for riding it on a bike. That's challenging. We took a break at the end of slick rock and played Eye of the Tiger to cheer cyclists up the last hill!
Nice. Not sure what you are riding but 1st sounds very high for that terrain. I've got a DRZ-400S and it's a bit high for 1st too. One technique is to go more throttle and drag the clutch. I know! Hearing your clutch drag is unnerving but that gives you a lot of control and makes the power immediately available. In those situations you are using the clutch more so to deliver power, keeping the RPMs higher than needed.
Yes! More people need to hear about DMD2 (www.drivemodedashboard.com/)! The developer is a rider and interacts daily with the community, and it just keeps getting better. More and more companies are coming out with hardware...tablets, controllers, radios...definitely something to be in on.
Amazing graphics!! Well done...All the best from Canada!
Nicely done really enjoyed the video!
Great heads up and overview. Rode Moab in the mid 80's in the early days of mountain biking, yeah slick rock was one of the things. I super appreciated the crystal clear and ever changing angle in Google view, very nicely done. This is a great initiating video, it let's novices understand the complexities, and the section on riding the short slick rock trails to gain a modicum of confidence and experience was a super addition to the usual hard knuckle approach of just watching experienced riders tackle this other worldly terrain. Thanks for putting this up.
Thanks for the input, it's really helpful, and that's exactly what I was going for here. You always hear people saying so and so was easy, or extremely difficult, but I think half the battle is learning how to read and understand terrain, and knowing what you might see. Takes a lot of stress off not knowing and plowing into it.
Good on you for riding it on a bike. That's challenging. We took a break at the end of slick rock and played Eye of the Tiger to cheer cyclists up the last hill!
Nice. Not sure what you are riding but 1st sounds very high for that terrain. I've got a DRZ-400S and it's a bit high for 1st too. One technique is to go more throttle and drag the clutch. I know! Hearing your clutch drag is unnerving but that gives you a lot of control and makes the power immediately available. In those situations you are using the clutch more so to deliver power, keeping the RPMs higher than needed.
Isn't DMD2 the best? You almost couldn't get lost unless you tried.
Yes! More people need to hear about DMD2 (www.drivemodedashboard.com/)! The developer is a rider and interacts daily with the community, and it just keeps getting better. More and more companies are coming out with hardware...tablets, controllers, radios...definitely something to be in on.
what kind of panniers are you using a new bike at 5:40? are they custom-made they look pretty slim
Do you mean the ones up front? They're older Mosko Moto aux bags, but I can't seem to find them on their website.
I didn't do it because I travel solo on a big 950 with gear.
Bike and company definitely play a huge factor into the whole calculus.