I wasn’t able to clean a rather steep hill yesterday- 1/1 slope. The serface had some obsticles I had to clear (rebar, erosion undercuts) and I wanted to ride it oriented more or less down the slope (without alot of chiping). Perhaps I asked too much, but I also preffered to ride it at a total controll spead- pitching forward would have meant a nasty tumble, most likely all the way down. When I wasn’t pitching forward or falling back into the hill, the uni was shooting out from under me.
Is there a technique that might successfully address this, or are my expectations unrealistic and I should just travers my way down?
And while we’re on the subject: pointers for steep-pitch reversals would be much appreciated.
Rebar… yikes. That would make me really nervous. Thoughts of getting
impaled after a wipeout run through my mind.
John
rhysling wrote:
> I wasn’t able to clean a rather steep hill yesterday- 1/1 slope. The > serface had some obsticles I had to clear (rebar, erosion undercuts) > and I wanted to ride it oriented more or less down the slope (without > alot of chiping). Perhaps I asked too much, but I also preffered to > ride it at a total controll spead- pitching forward would have meant a > nasty tumble, most likely all the way down. When I wasn’t pitching > forward or falling back into the hill, the uni was shooting out from > under me. > > Is there a technique that might successfully address this, > or are my expectations unrealistic and I should just travers my way > down? > > And while we’re on the subject: pointers for steep-pitch > reversals would be much appreciated. > > Thanx, > > Christopher > > – > rhysling > Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums
>I wasn’t able to clean a rather steep hill yesterday- 1/1 slope. The >serface had some obsticles I had to clear (rebar, erosion undercuts) >and I wanted to ride it oriented more or less down the slope (without >alot of chiping). Perhaps I asked too much, but I also preffered to >ride it at a total controll spead- pitching forward would have meant a >nasty tumble, most likely all the way down. When I wasn’t pitching >forward or falling back into the hill, the uni was shooting out from >under me.
>Is there a technique that might successfully address this, >or are my expectations unrealistic and I should just travers my way >down?
>
>And while we’re on the subject: pointers for steep-pitch >reversals would be much appreciated.
Klaas, the only ‘rebar’ I know about is reinforcing steel used in
concrete construction.
Lowell
> Chris, just curious, what is rebar? > (The closest that my dictionary comes is rebarbarize, meaning "make > barbaric once more". Funny word eh?) > > Klaas Bil > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 02:35:59 +0000 (UTC), rhysling > <forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote: > > >I wasn’t able to clean a rather steep hill yesterday- 1/1 slope. The > >serface had some obsticles I had to clear (rebar, erosion undercuts) > >and I wanted to ride it oriented more or less down the slope (without > >alot of chiping). Perhaps I asked too much, but I also preffered to > >ride it at a total controll spead- pitching forward would have meant a > >nasty tumble, most likely all the way down. When I wasn’t pitching > >forward or falling back into the hill, the uni was shooting out from > >under me. > > >Is there a technique that might successfully address this, > >or are my expectations unrealistic and I should just travers my way > >down? > > > > > >And while we’re on the subject: pointers for steep-pitch > >reversals would be much appreciated. > > > > > >Thanx, > > > > > >Christopher > > > > > > > > > >– > >rhysling > >Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums > > – > "To trigger/fool/saturate/overload Echelon, the following has been picked automagically from a
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Yes, indead: rebar- short for reinforcing bar. I begin to susspect it’s placement serves some other perpose- like the spiked wire used to keep pigeons off roost.
I can see the salesman, “Yes, Sir, Mr. Grumpy: just place a few of these length wise into the ground every couple of feet, and your unicyclist problems are OVER. M-U-C-H cheeper than the alternative…”