Fellow Downhillers,
I live in Florida and am able to do a race/see the mtns about once a month. I do not get the benefit of gravity riding to train. My hands are bombed by half a 4 minute run. I am having to take it easy to survive the bottom half. Rock gardens are the worst due to hand fatigue. On board video looks like I am getting bounced like crazy. I am not sure what the major problem is in the list below. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
1 spring too firm (fox 40 rc2 2009) getting about 1.75 inches of sag. I weigh 180 with the preload all the way out. Rock Gardens look and feel like a pogo stick but the wheel/shock does seem to get good traction and is not boucing me off..just a very rough ride. Purple spring maybe? Weird that I am not even using preload and I am at top of weight chart on blue medium spring and barely hitting a sag mark. Maybe the purple would be better and adjust preload. I have heard the springs run on the stiff side....?
2 Riding time downhill..cant help
3 rotating levers up and closer to bar..will do and try. Hard to beleive this is the only culprit.
4. training.. have been doing deadlifts (no hand straps) and the damn hand squeezers. Not much help. Hands still blowing up mid track.
5 Avid elixr r's...brakes too weak and causing fatigue?
Ride a 303RDH 2009
Thanks for any suggestions.
I live in Florida and am able to do a race/see the mtns about once a month. I do not get the benefit of gravity riding to train. My hands are bombed by half a 4 minute run. I am having to take it easy to survive the bottom half. Rock gardens are the worst due to hand fatigue. On board video looks like I am getting bounced like crazy. I am not sure what the major problem is in the list below. Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
1 spring too firm (fox 40 rc2 2009) getting about 1.75 inches of sag. I weigh 180 with the preload all the way out. Rock Gardens look and feel like a pogo stick but the wheel/shock does seem to get good traction and is not boucing me off..just a very rough ride. Purple spring maybe? Weird that I am not even using preload and I am at top of weight chart on blue medium spring and barely hitting a sag mark. Maybe the purple would be better and adjust preload. I have heard the springs run on the stiff side....?
2 Riding time downhill..cant help
3 rotating levers up and closer to bar..will do and try. Hard to beleive this is the only culprit.
4. training.. have been doing deadlifts (no hand straps) and the damn hand squeezers. Not much help. Hands still blowing up mid track.
5 Avid elixr r's...brakes too weak and causing fatigue?
Ride a 303RDH 2009
Thanks for any suggestions.