Good article on descending technique

chakattack

Quite detailed and long but useful

http://www.flammerouge.je/content/3_factsheets/2006/descend.htm

Harrybelafonte

Good article, timely too, I ended up screaming like a little girl on the descent into Enniskerry yesterday cos I couldn't stop (Apologies to the rider I narrowly missed). His piece about tension is exactly what I'm guilty of, when the road surface is really bad I can feel myself being thrown forward on the bike.

What do people feel about descents like Barrack Road coming from Johnnie Fox's? Found the amount of gravel in different parts of the road disconcerting, even shot into someone's driveway halfway down so I could stop picking up speed.

jag con

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Good article, timely too, I ended up screaming like a little girl on the descent into Enniskerry yesterday cos I couldn't stop (Apologies to the rider I narrowly missed). His piece about tension is exactly what I'm guilty of, when the road surface is really bad I can feel myself being thrown forward on the bike.

What do people feel about descents like Barrack Road coming from Johnnie Fox's? Found the amount of gravel in different parts of the road disconcerting, even shot into someone's driveway halfway down so I could stop picking up speed.

I think that was me was it between 1-2 pm

Harrybelafonte

jag con wrote: »

I think that was me was it between 1-2 pm

No, I remember checking time and then forgetting, it was around the 6pm mark. Glad I wasn't the only one though.

ednwireland

74kmh my most recent max speed coming down off the none zig zag side of glengesh didnt even ralise i was going that fast, just relax keep the wiehgt back, only brake for corners when you have to ! the Focus cayo is rock solid at those speeds though

but i do 60 kmh ever day going to work from my house to town maybe you just get used to it

ROK ON

ednwireland wrote: »

74kmh my most recent max speed coming down off the none zig zag side of glengesh didnt even ralise i was going that fast, just relax keep the wiehgt back, only brake for corners when you have to ! the Focus cayo is rock solid at those speeds though

but i do 60 kmh ever day going to work from my house to town maybe you just get used to it

What is your speed for the return leg?

ednwireland

ROK ON wrote: »

What is your speed for the return leg?

ha ha, i think the climb took me 17 mins (2km about 7km/h) (thats the main from the bottom of the switchbacks to the KOM line ) thats all i tiimed myself for, have to check the gps trace fro a more detailed analysis