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How do you downhill?

• stavros 11mo ago
  Probably the same answer as "how do you brake", you use the pedals to slow down.
  • clort 11mo ago
    Normally your top speed is not really very fast as the pedals are fixed to the wheel, so you get one rotation per pedal (extremely low gear) and slowing down is not often necessary. You can overtake bicycles easily going uphill, but downhill is hard on your knees!
    • Unicycler 11mo ago
      I find that going downhill also uses different muscles than riding a bike or walking. I got really sore when I first started riding!
      • gosub100 11mo ago
        Has anyone tried a handheld brake? A handheld squeezer connected to a flexible hydraulic tube connected to a disc or caliper brake?
• jeffreygoesto 11mo ago
  https://youtu.be/wIvrPY-jIwE?si=sPvn4pMMVaozJzIf https://youtu.be/wIvrPY-jIwE?si=sPvn4pMMVaozJzIf
  • xarope 11mo ago
    makes me a feel a little bit better that they deigned to show a fall (~1:46mins in). some of those slopes I would have problems just hiking down (the scree, the pain)!
  • wiredfool 11mo ago
    I love how the brake lever positioning there makes it look like they're grabbing their crotch the whole way down.