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Originally Posted by look 171
Curt, that looks like fun but I will kill myself in the dirt. CAn't and don't know how to ride it and during the mtb times, I was dead last on the trail coming down while eating everyone's dust. How much little rocks do you get in your shoe. That was the one things that killed me those damn little rocks that grind my ankle into pieces.
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Despite taking a shower, I seemed to be brushing sand off of me hours later
Chain was FULL of sand. So it looks like I'm going to wind up putting a cassette and rear derailleur on this thing. Single-speed would be fine for gravel only, but I've got to get to the gravel and transition between gravel sections on pavement. Max speed on pavement is a whopping 14MPH. And I've got to coast down hills because I can't spin it fast enough. The frame has track drop-outs so I'll need an adapter to hang a derailleur. And then I need to rig up a shifter somehow.
I love riding the loose surface stuff. Reminds me of rallying and ice racing. I'm sure it will sharpen my overall bike handling skills. I was already pushing much harder this morning, Day 2
What I've come to realize in Florida is we all basically live on one gigantic pile of sand.