След много години безпътица, порочни сглобки, "борба" с маркетингови врагове, али-бали, многоговерене и малкоправене, най-накрая имаме един стабилен, зрял кабинет в управлението. Да пожелаем успех, спокойно управление и след 4 години - пак.
Дано само след 15 години не се появи някой пилот-генерал, който да изрита този симпатичен младеж като мръсно коте от политиката
I have two bikes, one handrail which has dual Ikons and a full-sus which came with dual Rekons. Is it worth it to move one of the Ikons to the full-sus and have a dual Ikon(r) and Rekon(f) on both? At the moment I use the hard tail for chill rides, for fast, timed efforts I use the full-sus. Does the Ikon have significantly better rolling resistance than the Rekon? How many watts are we really talking about?
What are good ways to improve the bike handling and technical descending skills? I am amateur XC rider, I do race events every now and then. In almost all events, I do relatively OK on the climbs, but I lose a lot of time and positions on the descents. When it comes to improving endurance and power, that's straight forward - just ride more. But I am not sure how to improve my technical skills. I just don't have the confidence to descent fast and I am in constant fear of crashing and hurting myself. I end up dismounting and walking many of the technical and steep sections and it feels embarrassing and it costs a lot of time.
On the trails near me, there are some sections I couldn't ride at first, but after some attempts I got the courage to ride them and now they don't feel too bad. But the problem is especially bad on unfamiliar courses. I often walk some sections, and after I walked them, I can see that they were not that bad and I could've ridden them, but when I don't know the course and the obstacles I am not brave enough to commit at the first sight.
I feel the problem is both with my bike handling skills and also psychological - I am not that young (40), I know that injuries in this age won't heal as fast as if was 20. Also, I have family, kids, responsibilities, and I feel guilty to take reckless risks. But that being said, I think if I become more confident, I will also ride better, which will also decrease the risk, I am just not sure how to get the confidence.
My XC bike is already optimised for descending (Rocky Mountain Element), so definitely my skills are the weak link in this.