Drafting in a MTB race

[evolve]

Best way to get ride of them lazy slippers..............sneeze, and then clear your throat....just before the single track. Lol lol

[Fire Engine]

 

 

Post picture of girlfriend please, sometimes sitting in a ladies slip is a nice place watch / ride

And can also get you through those really tough times

[ChUkKy]

 

.......so what do you do most........watch or ride slip?

 

If it's a quality bum on her, I do both

[Helpmytrap]

We don't all have "The Mountain" MH - us GP riders get our thrills by riding blind behind other riders ;-)

Don't forget the odd "switch" to keep things interesting.

[gtr1]

Drafting is always good. I even draft on the singletrack. If you can......why not ?

[TALUS]

Drafting is very acceptable, except when not available then bottles are prefered to cans.

[GLuvsMtb]

If the course is easy enough to think about drafting, it's not mountain biking.

Drafting happens in all races. From the Epic to BCBR. It just depends on your skills and confidence to be able to draft in technical situations. m

[Squier]

The perfect specimen: a bigger guy with some real power for the flats. Everyone needs a bit of shelter every now and again...

 

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[rouxtjie]

Go for the roadie approach.....start zig zagging, then sit up and wave them thru and finally tell them that its their turn now.

Agreed, dropping a wheel sucker is as much of a skill as drafting. Some sneaky sneaky russian maneuvers

 

Brake hard in corners....accelerate hard out of them

Brake in the bottom of a dip....accelerate hard for the first 50m on the proceeding bultjie

Gutter them if its a big group

 

This will rev their wheel sucking engine.

[BarHugger]

 

Agreed, dropping a wheel sucker is as much of a skill as drafting. Some sneaky sneaky russian maneuvers

 

Brake hard in corners....accelerate hard out of them

Brake in the bottom of a dip....accelerate hard for the first 50m on the proceeding bultjie

Gutter them if its a big group

 

This will rev their wheel sucking engine.

 

Ekspieriaaans and skiillzzzz......now you are just bragging.....you need POWER to do such manoeviers......

[LongDonkey]

Had a tannie draft me in a race last year on a flat open road..... Until the rain made a trench that you could not see until too late, i was too busy trying jump my wheels over to stop myself crashing that i did not have time to warn her. The face plant behind me sounded interesting.

She passed me again later when i had a puncture, and she was OK and said she would think twice before drafting again. Very nice lady actually.

Do what you must, but be aware i am looking after myself before i think about you.

[Gnarly]

I draught every night.

Edited July 11, 2014 by Gnarly

[fabs]

Drafting has aerodynamic advantages over speeds of 30 km/hr. If you find this is possible on MTB tracks, then go for it. In other slower cases, it could just be psychological. You can do it anywhere, but as Barney says, sharing is caring, do your bit at the front too.

[Baaisikilist]

You're more than welcome to sit behind me if you can, but I suffer from sinus issues, so don't be surprised at a little overspray from a snot rocket or 12...

[rouxtjie]

You're more than welcome to sit behind me if you can, but I suffer from sinus issues, so don't be surprised at a little overspray from a snot rocket or 12...

Another sure way to get them suckers of your wheel.....good addition.

[NotSoBigBen]

You're more than welcome to sit behind me if you can, but I suffer from sinus issues, so don't be surprised at a little overspray from a snot rocket or 12...

 

The training you doing there are few .....