"Craig Brossman" <
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> "Baelwulfe" <
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> > I just purchased a Giant NRS, and have noticed that I can't take
> corners
> > as fast as I could on my old hard tail. I was wondering if this could
be
> > due to having wider tires or even the air pressure I'm running at
(45PSI).
> > I was also wondering if its normal for my front tire to come off the ground while climbing
> > hills? I never noticed this before on my old
bike,
> > and if its not normal what I could do to keep it from occurring. Thanks for any help, I
> > experienced my first single track about 2
> months
> > ago and now I'm hooked.
> >
> >
> > RH
> >
> >
>
> It could very well be the tires and pressure, it could also be a change in the overall geometry,
> which could explain your other issue. Give the bike time, I rode a lot on hard tails for years
> before I bought
my
> first full susp. It took me a full season to get used to riding it, so
much
> was different. But now, as I begin to ride the old hardtail on occasion,
it
> seems odd to me.
>
> --
> Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado (remove .nospam. if replying)
What he said. I'd been off my mountain bike for about 3 weeks until tuesday, and only on the road
bike, which has radically different geometry, obviously. Anyway, when I got on the mounatin bike
Tuesday, it just didn't feel right - it was comfortable, but wrong. Too squishy in the back (its a
hardtail - and I don't think my little crack was enough to make it feel that way), too upright, etc.
etc. For a few minutes I had trouble keeping th front end down on semi-steep stuff (and again later
in the ride, I rode a wheelie halfway up a supersteep technical hill - but it was steep enough and
wet enough that there was no other way anyway!). Give it some time.
And tires really do change the ride, too, so if you can't stand it, throw some of your old style of
tires on there.
Jon Bond