thecannibal
Retro Guru
merckx":3mfz13be said:13":3mfz13be said:Having spent a lot of my mtb life riding DH the etiquette on single track if you come up behind a slower rider is to stop wait a few minutes and then head off again. This clears the track for you and is safer for the rider in front. (these guys are riding dh, on flat or uphill yea let faster riders pass) "tailgating" is dangerous for the rider in front as it puts extra stress on them to go faster. I would think a guy on a long travel trail bike tailgating a guy on an old ridgid had no chance of crashing and what was the big rush?
Think this whole story is a "chicken or the egg" type of thing, no one will have the final say. But hopefully every rider will be respectfull to each other and share the trails, they belong to everyone after all.
X2 13. and in fact you see the professionals ride this way in practice sessions also.....
DH is a little different to XC though. When doing a DH run, if you come up behind someone you can stop, wait a minute and then continue unhindered. Often if you do that while XCing, you'll just find yourself up the same rider's arse a few hundred yards down the trail. Maybe the camera man could have been a bit more chilled, but he was basically following textbook trail etiquette and rockshox dude is clearly a f*cking loon.