both mounting and dismounting are totally mental and a matter of muscle memory. just gotta work at it. a friend suggested hopping on the saddle from a standstill and building up to walking, then running, and so i’m doing that…still have the stutter step tho.
dismounting i don’t really have any worry about dismounting too soon. i’ve always kinda jumped off the pedal of a fixed gear as it comes up right in front of where i want to get off, distances aren’t a concern for me. but i’m just used to the feel of the pedal coming up and knowing just when and how to twist out and jump off. all mental and muscle memory.
agreed there is benefit to knowing how to right-side remount. everyone should get that tool in their arsenal for the time when chains drop (or you just want to fuck with everybody around you on a crowded run up).
step-throughs are a matter of comfort atmo. if you like them, do them. if not, i see zero situations where landing with right foot behind would be disadvantageous.
p.s. big ups to whoever posted the link to the on-one cx disc frame sale on the other cross thread. should be getting that frameset ordered in a couple days, and getting it built proper into a mean SS racer in the next month or so. $550 on a carbon disc frameset is tough to beat.
I bandit crossed! Mounting and dismounting went way smoother than I expected. Solid mid pack finish. Got a little sketched out on a loose gravel section, but no big deal. Hope to do lots more of this in the future. Woot!
Not bullshit. There’s a reason damn near zero pros do the step-through anymore. There’s honestly no advantage to step through. It’s not any faster and negligibly smoother. But the likelihood of tangling up in your own leg and crashing is a lot higher, to the point that I would never ever recommend someone chose step-through over step around.
Off-side dismount/remount on the other hand would be useful, especially in situations like right hand chicanes into a run up or right hand corners into barriers where it’s faster to dismount right before the corner. Wish I could get that one down solidly.
Found the Wellens clip I was talking about earlier. Start at the 8:00 mark. Seriously mesmerizing how fast he runs them.
No one should have to choose learning step-through vs step-around. Anyone who wants to race hard should know both. From personal experience, I would much rather do step-through on a smooth, fast barrier section. It is almost automatic now.
[quote=TimArchyLime]There are times when it is faster. Probably no times when it is necessary though.
How are you going to do the SS conversion?[/quote]
[quote=1percenttruck][quote=TimArchyLime]There are times when it is faster. Probably no times when it is necessary though.
How are you going to do the SS conversion?[/quote]
eno.[/quote]
It’s post mount so no eccentric caliper adapter for you.
[quote=tarckeemoon][quote=1percenttruck][quote=TimArchyLime]There are times when it is faster. Probably no times when it is necessary though.
How are you going to do the SS conversion?[/quote]
eno.[/quote]
It’s post mount so no eccentric caliper adapter for you.[/quote]
IMO, get a good chain tensioner and be done with it. An eno hub plus an eno disc mount is asking for all sorts of allignment and adjustment issues. I think we’ve discussed that Eno hubs don’t hold their adjustment well under race conditions.
since i currently ride singlespeed, occasionally i just can’t get traction in a spot and have to walk up. so i’ve been making myself run up all these spots with my bike on my shoulder and practice remounting. i can do it while walking now, stutter happens when running still but i’m working up to it. dismounting i have not been working on though. i should. when i get off, i just don’t really think about it. need to spend some time just only doing dismounts and remounts.
raced with a tensioner the last few seasons, mostly over it. even the best tensioner is still a weak point when it gets muddy out, and the best way to tension (push-up) means it’s a fucking shitshow pitting out a rear flat.
raced with a tensioner the last few seasons, mostly over it. even the best tensioner is still a weak point when it gets muddy out, and the best way to tension (push-up) means it’s a fucking shitshow pitting out a rear flat.[/quote]
I completely agree. I used several tensioners over the last few years and all of them were terrible. But I still hink it is a better solution than having multiple eccentric adapters. In the end I refused to ace another season on a conversion.
