This thread got me thinking:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=41192
First, let me qualify my post by saying that I think skidding on any erosion sensitive or politically sensitive trail is pretty stoopid.
HOWEVER, what is up with the wholesale condemnation of locking-up the rear wheel? What do you all do in racing situations? Until someone comes up with a better ABS system for bikes, the best way to drop the most speed in the smallest amount of time is to lock 'em up. I think I remember reading back in the day about 'one-zero-braking' or 'binary-braking.'
Yes, I understand and apply the concept of modulation, but there are still situations where locking-up the rear wheel is faster AND smoother.
Another problem is drifting! Is drifting so much better for the trail than skidding? With a set of low pressure DH tires it's possible to leave veritable trenches in the ground (not mud) with a hard drift. Just rolling downhill on tacky soil or even on the fire roads, if I turn around, I can see clear tracks from my Minion DH tires. Should I stop riding because I leave tracks on the trail?
My point is that I agree that abusing the trails with wanton skidding is pretty lousy for everyone, but I guess the comment that got me in the other thread was:
Skinny-tire, are trail issues and trails so super sensitive in your area?
Btw, I realize it's a dead horse, I just didn't realize that locking-up my rear wheel occaisionally makes me a mtn. bike pariah.
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=41192
First, let me qualify my post by saying that I think skidding on any erosion sensitive or politically sensitive trail is pretty stoopid.
HOWEVER, what is up with the wholesale condemnation of locking-up the rear wheel? What do you all do in racing situations? Until someone comes up with a better ABS system for bikes, the best way to drop the most speed in the smallest amount of time is to lock 'em up. I think I remember reading back in the day about 'one-zero-braking' or 'binary-braking.'
Another problem is drifting! Is drifting so much better for the trail than skidding? With a set of low pressure DH tires it's possible to leave veritable trenches in the ground (not mud) with a hard drift. Just rolling downhill on tacky soil or even on the fire roads, if I turn around, I can see clear tracks from my Minion DH tires. Should I stop riding because I leave tracks on the trail?
My point is that I agree that abusing the trails with wanton skidding is pretty lousy for everyone, but I guess the comment that got me in the other thread was:
To me that statement seems over the top!skinny-tire said:LOL, you try skidding on our trails kiddo, and you have a mouth full of rocks.
Btw, I realize it's a dead horse, I just didn't realize that locking-up my rear wheel occaisionally makes me a mtn. bike pariah.