realskiers

What doesn't kill you makes you smarter.....

  If that is true, then by the end of the summer your IQ should be through the roof     Just when you thought you couldn't get any smarter, along comes a nasty, dirty old tree root, and Hey! Presto! you're in Mensa! 

Just curious.....what do you think contributed to the fall? Could you have set up your bike to help prevent this sort of thing? Tire pressure OK? Shock rebound OK? Or was it just that angle at which you struck the root, kicked the wheel out from under you?

BW is correct, in that tire pressure is a big deal in how a bike behaves on the trail.  Running lower pressure really helps the tread stick to things like roots and rocks.  I put about 25 to 30 psi when going off road; and about 35 to 40 when on smooth flat gravel such as rail trails. 

Anyway, take it easy out there my friend...