We did a drill for that at the clinic if you recall. Get your weight forward--either a little or a lot depending on how steep the hill--in order to give your front wheel some traction. Think b**bs to the tube. Where it gets trickier--and the North Gate Connector is a good example of this--is when you're going uphill and need to get your weight off your front wheel a bit to deal with roots or rocks. I'm still trying to work on that; it's hard!!!!Originally Posted by Catrin
This is an interesting thread. On a related topic I TRIED to start going up a little hill on a mtb trail the other day...and lifted the front wheel off the ground in the attemptI walked it to the top and then started....
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08-30-2011, 07:02 AM #16
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