Sand?!

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nike_soccer · Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:21 pm

What's it like to hit a sand spot? I've been reading other posts and people have wrecked their biek swerving to avoid them....Are they bad to drive over? What's the fuss?

#2 Unread post by **Sev** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:49 pm

Riding over sand is like riding over ball bearings.

scan · #3 Unread post by **scan** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 2:14 pm

A little sand in a straight piece of road is not a big deal. Sand in turn - big problem. It all depends on speed, turning angle, and depth of sand. Basically, try to avoid it if you can. If you can't avoid it, go as slow as you can safely and get the bike a straight up and down as you can. If you are rolling through sweepers in the country though you just have to hope you see it early, or roll through with enough contact to the tarmac.

nike_soccer · Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:35 pm

**WARNING**
Simpson's Quote as follows:

"Just think of where we'd be without - sand? SAND! SAND! SAND! *tumpet solo*"

I had to....everyone else was thinking it, haha.

Itzamna · #5 Unread post by **Itzamna** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:39 pm

scanevalexec wrote:A little sand in a straight piece of road is not a big deal. Sand in turn - big problem. It all depends on speed, turning angle, and depth of sand. Basically, try to avoid it if you can. If you can't avoid it, go as slow as you can safely and get the bike a straight up and down as you can. If you are rolling through sweepers in the country though you just have to hope you see it early, or roll through with enough contact to the tarmac.

Yep, you try to avoid it. If you can't, slow down! Don't brake on it definitely.

Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:24 pm

Sand sucks on a road bike. My friend low sided on sand. It was on a turn and he was doing about 30 mph and was leaned over a bit. Not fun. this happened about 2 months ago, the road rash stillhasn't healed. Idiot only had his helmet on

. Now that i think of it, the people i know with fast bikes wear only helmets, and the guy i know with a slow bike has a nice leather jacket.

nike_soccer · Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:08 pm

i dont remember who said it on this forum but ill say it now:

dress for the crash, not the cruise.

Itzamna · #8 Unread post by **Itzamna** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:10 am

Another thing I've learned with sand and dirt, is to keep on the throttle somewhat through it. If you let off the gas, once your tire hits pavement again, you have a less chance of connecting again. Just keep on the gas a bit and you may slide somewhat, but the instant it hits some tarmac, it usually just grips back on to it.

#9 Unread post by **Jamers!** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:26 pm

nike_soccer wrote:i dont remember who said it on this forum but ill say it now:

dress for the crash, not the cruise.

ya there is really no excuse to not wear your gear.

JWF

skoebl · #10 Unread post by **skoebl** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:33 am

Riding a dirt bike through rather deep sand was quite the white-knuckle experience for me. Although it's probably a LOT different on a dirt bike than on a road bike; it was still scary for a first time rider. The back end was really swirly; sliding back and forth. I swear for the whole 3 hours we were riding through deep sand I thought I was going to die