How To Repair Dirt Trails
Road bikes on dirt trails?
07-27-fifteen, 03:21 PM
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Route bikes on clay trails?
Son and I went on a new (to us) hike and cycle trail on our road bikes. Thought it was all paved. ~ 7 miles into it came across a segment of a adequately rough dirt trail. Didn�t like the looks of it, tight up and downs, trees, roots, etc�.definitely mountain bike stuff. A passerby said information technology was less than a mile. If it was a flat walking trail, no trouble. I wimped out, didn�t want to have the roadies on it.
So how do you all feel about taking road bikes on mountain bike trails, non routinely but only in a pinch to get from Point A to bespeak B. Am I being overly protective?
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Cyclocross is Like old road Bikes on unpaved roads . The TdF was run over Gravel roads for a long time In the early Years .
Learn to judge what y'all have to end and carry the bike over and start again on the Contrary side of the obstacle.
07-27-fifteen, 03:42 PM
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I as well look at the condition of the trail itself. Skinny route tires can practise a lot of damage to soft trails creating ruts that fatty MTB tires barely touch. So at that place are places I will not ride even though my bike volition do fine.
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I ride my road bikes on dirt and gravel, but non on super wasted trails. I don't like sharp rocks, huge ruts, or lots of roots for my road cycle. tires are 28mm at the moment, but on one cycle that sees more gravel i'grand considering 32s with some tread.
handling is worse on dirt, tires slip a lot more than unless they are wide wide. fifty-fifty my 28mm tires slip a off-white bit. the good news is if you larn how to sideslip and slide effectually on gravel, riding the roads is that much easier.
I would not try this at dwelling, but this video volition open your eyes to just what a road bicycle is capable of. its a super lookout man, so much fun!!!
https://www.youtube.com/picket?v=HhabgvIIXik
have fun and be safe out at that place. bikes are supposed to have you to new places
heres my serotta road bike with 28s on a typical dirt trail in my area.
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I ride my road wheel over a ton of dirt, thorns, bad areas etc, (no sand) and never had any problems. I currently take 23 tires on it, but I did supervene upon my wafer thin tubes with these every bit they are extremely thick and I've fifty-fifty pulled thorns out of my tires later a ride and have yet
to get a puncture.
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I've never taken the road cycle on out and out mountain bike unmarried-track stuff, only I've ridden plenty of gravel and unpaved stuff on information technology. As long as the gravel isn't existent loose, it works fine.
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Agree that a road bike tin do only fine on gravel and dirt but there is nothing wrong with non riding a route y'all are not comfortable with. Sometimes it's good to push the envelope and sometimes you simply have to apply your judgment. Past the way, if you desire to ride a route cycle on a dirt trail, a little fatter tire is helpful.
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I do not accept my route bikes on trails with the conditions you draw, only I do accept my cross bike on trails like that...if it gets worse than that, i discover another route... i do not own an mtb.
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I have an '86 Cannondale SR400 that I toyed effectually with riding in the clay. The largest tire I can use is 28mm and I put on a couple of Kenda Karvs. They are a shallow knobby. I've ridden it on some mild single track with a fiddling stone only nada at all serious. Starting time couple of time I used downtube friction shifters, now that was an experience. I have since gone to flat bars, but I rarely take information technology on dirt anymore.
I don't know how severe the trail is when you say roots and trees. If you need to get over 6" or more, you lot will have to stop regardless equally I incertitude information technology will exist easy to become the front end up and over. Also I don't think a road bicycle can withstand drops. Biggest event is with a loose surface such every bit sand. The narrow tires really want to sink into it. And I don't remember I would take pure route tires off-road.
Difficult packed smooth dirt is something else.
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07-28-15, 11:01 AM
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Trail was much more "technical" than MZilliox's post. That would have been non problem. I accept 23'south on one road bike and 25's on the other. Will take me hybrid out there and check out all the trail. Thanks for all the inputs.
Originally Posted by MZilliox 
I ride my road bikes on dirt and gravel, just not on super wasted trails. I don't like sharp rocks, huge ruts, or lots of roots for my road bicycle. tires are 28mm at the moment, but on ane cycle that sees more gravel i'm because 32s with some tread.
treatment is worse on dirt, tires slip a lot more unless they are wide broad. even my 28mm tires slip a fair chip. the good news is if y'all learn how to slip and slide around on gravel, riding the roads is that much easier.
I would not try this at dwelling house, but this video will open your eyes to only what a road bike is capable of. its a super sentinel, so much fun!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?five=HhabgvIIXik
take fun and be safety out at that place. bikes are supposed to take yous to new places
heres my serotta road bike with 28s on a typical dirt trail in my area.
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I'm going to become out on a limb and say that if most of us tried that stuff with our bikes, we would stop upwardly with a broken bike. No doubt he is using tougher parts than we generally employ.
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I ride hardpack with sections swimming with loose pea sized gravel every twenty-four hours. It'southward an offshoot of a well known trail system actually. I ride either 23s @ 120psi or 25s @ 90psi with no bug. There are, nonetheless, no exposed tree roots or rocks large enough to warrant avoiding. Inadvertently I have ridden over crushed limestone, nasty ruts and piles of packed mud/debris from flood washout...and so far the my cheap FSA wheelset is holding up great and I have yet to flat. If I had to, I'd take ane mile of decent unmarried track but I'd be prepared to walk when needed. Isn't that called cyclocross?
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I watched the summary for those bike party films a while ago.
Obviously the bikes fared better than the riders (one of which was paralyzed),
I may accept to re-think the whole CF thing. If CF doesn't break, then it will spring dorsum to essentially its original shape, dissimilar Aluminum that can take some new and unique shapes. So, evidently the wheels fared quite well.
I do take my road wheel with skinny slicks out on gravel a bit. I'1000 non sure if command is defective a bit. Just fine if everything is straight, but recently I went down a gravel gradient that ended precariously close to a parked truck. No doubt with surveillance cameras. I narrowly missed BF infamy.
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Depending on the terrain y'all will not have any problems going thru dirt tracks.
Every year here we have our personal Castillian 'Roubaix' (cobbles included). Take a look.
GP Culvert de Castilla 2022
100 miles over tarmac, dirt and cobbles. No MTB needed, this year someone appeared with a CX bike merely mainly people went with road bikes and 25-28c tires.
700x28c tires are ideal for such terrain. Forget using wimpy 23c ones. 
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
I watched the summary for those bike political party films a while ago.
Manifestly the bikes fared ameliorate than the riders (1 of which was paralyzed),
At the risk of being pedantic, Martyn was doing a stunt for an unrelated result when he savage. 
I admire his spirit, though:
I do take my road cycle with skinny slicks out on gravel a bit. I'm non sure if control is defective a bit. Just fine if everything is straight, but recently I went down a gravel slope that ended precariously close to a parked truck. No doubtfulness with surveillance cameras. I narrowly missed BF infamy.
That'due south my matter, too. I dear taking the road cycle with 28mm tires on dirt and pea gravel trails, but I get a little nervous when the rocks get bigger and deeper. I'll mostly "tripod" for a bit to go through that.
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I have taken my old steel roadie up and down some quite technical slopes. 28mm tyres are pref to narrower ones. You can't slam the wheel effectually; you have to pick your way downwards advisedly.
If your local trails are all a bit easy and undemanding on your full-sus MTB, you don't demand to travel to observe harder terrain, just switch to a less suitable bike.
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Originally Posted by 12strings
I'm going to get out on a limb and say that if virtually of us tried that stuff with our bikes, we would cease up with a cleaved bike. No doubt he is using tougher parts than nosotros generally employ.
Well, it was a stock road cycle, and it didn't interruption.
But, the first guy in that video ended upwardly paralyzed waist-downwardly, and so.... a broken bike is the to the lowest degree of your worries if y'all attempt the stuff in those videos.
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