xc62701
Well-Known Member
If it's your goal to work on any of these three things there's one thing you should be doing:
SNOW RIDING!!!
The past couple of weekends have been great for it. Do it with or without studs. Of course studs help. But there's no better training for balance I think. Just picture yourself riding down a trail where your front wheel and back wheel are constantly doing their own thing and you need to stay upright. It surely helps.
As far as technical riding - think about all those roots that are bad in wet weather being even worse with ice and snow. It does tend to smooth out some of the techy stuff, but it also makes other areas worse.
And of course the endurance and spinning ability gets worked on as you slog though some of the nasty stuff. It takes spinning some nice circles to ride in these conditions. So....GET OUT THERE!!!
SNOW RIDING!!!
The past couple of weekends have been great for it. Do it with or without studs. Of course studs help. But there's no better training for balance I think. Just picture yourself riding down a trail where your front wheel and back wheel are constantly doing their own thing and you need to stay upright. It surely helps.
As far as technical riding - think about all those roots that are bad in wet weather being even worse with ice and snow. It does tend to smooth out some of the techy stuff, but it also makes other areas worse.
And of course the endurance and spinning ability gets worked on as you slog though some of the nasty stuff. It takes spinning some nice circles to ride in these conditions. So....GET OUT THERE!!!