OFF ROAD ADVENTURE COACHING

[Anonymous]

#12481

I do hope the day will not be based on road tires. This is adventure riding and TK80 tires or similar type knobbly tires should be the minimum requirement. Remember you will need to pump your tires back up to ride home."The course takes in gravel road skills, sand, grass and mud around Auckland’s North West playgrounds"

[Clive Lawrence]

#12482

Mite have to sit this one out then.Can't justify a set of knobblies at the moment.

[Dave Ross]

#12483

Don't worry about it. Chris will tailor the training to the individual. There are plenty of training exercises you can do without riding your bike through mud holes. None of us know exactly what he is going to do. The course should challenge you at least a little, otherwise it's not worthwhile. I am after better bike control. I want to learn how to use the rear brake more effectively. How to approach steeper down hills. How ride long deep ruts etc. We have bought the latest advanced dual sport riding DVD from http://www.dualsportriding.com  It's an excellent DVD. I'd love to try some of those exercises as well.

[Anonymous]

#12484

Mite have to sit this one out then.Can't justify a set of knobblies at the moment.

Go mate I'll do some work around home sounds like I need an advantage course  😐 I'll keep my cash until an advantage course comes up.I have two sets of tyres road and knobbly. I get them changed as required.

[Dave Ross]

#12485

So first you stir everyone up and now you are chickening out? I'd say it's a very safe bet that Chirs Birch would be able to teach you a thing of two when it comes to riding. I've never actually seen you ride on an Adventure ride, so it's hard to say how much of an advantage you'd need.

[Clive Lawrence]

#12486

I'll see how it goes.. should be a good way to wake myself after coming from Welly.I just had a look and found I've done close to 20,000 k's on the Conti's.

[Dave Ross]

#12487

20000km, that is pretty good going. Are you using Conti Trail Attack tyres?  You'd soon need new tyres anyway. A fresh set of Dual Sport tyres will do the trick. Best I ever got out of a front tyre was 16000km. while it still had a bit of tread left, it had saw-toothed badly.

[Clive Lawrence]

#12488

Yep, Trail Attacks front and rear. Will have to start looking. I'm still doing a lot of road k's, thats the big issue.

[Anonymous]

#12489

Bwok-bok-bok  Bwok-bok-bok

[Jim Young]

#12490

Nice one Davie !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

#12491

So first you stir everyone up and now you are chickening out? I'd say it's a very safe bet that Chirs Birch would be able to teach you a thing of two when it comes to riding. I've never actually seen you ride on an Adventure ride, so it's hard to say how much of an advantage you'd need.

😀 see you there

[Anonymous]

#12492

Yep, Trail Attacks front and rear. Will have to start looking. I'm still doing a lot of road k's, thats the big issue.

TK80 is a good tyre you'll get 6k on the rear and 10k on the front

[Clive Lawrence]

#12493

Sorry guy's, not going to make it up in time… I was getting some new brake pads thrown in and end up getting the fork seals done at the same time. It just ended up taking a bit longer than expected. Not able to pick my bike up until tomorrow.Now I'm just traveling up for work.Bugga!!!!  😥

[Dave Ross]

#12494

Sorry to hear that, we'll take some pictures for you :-).

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