Frostbite
TY 4 Stroke God
I finally got to climb a little more yesterday. My Mnt. performance transfer rods worked wonderfully. I could pop the nose in the air on each and every small bump and ride it that way as long as I was on the throttle. It worked well on the trail too, allowing me to wheelie over the larger whoops in the trail.
The 2.25" finger track sure does climb. You can FEEL IT hook up huge when you hit a spot where another sled has gone. It launches you ahead! In the deep fluffy stuff there appears to be less of an advantage. It works ok I guess but where my backside puckered a few times was coming back down (Hey Spray, can you relate)! The braking ability coming down the hill is not up to the level I am used to having. I was sliding faster than I wanted to be especially when reaching the road we'd jumped off from for climbing. I had to hockey slide (slide the rear end sideways to stop) If you went over the road, well......... we won't talk about it (ugly).
The thing that really concerns me is these hills aren't anything to write home about. The locals think they are something but I guess once you've been to Cooke City or somewhere similar you know what I mean. I can't imaging trying to stop on those hills. I'll have to throw out an anchor. Maybe a drag chute? It's not like I haven't decended big hills before. I just felt a lot more in control in the past. I was alternately hitting the brake and the gas trying to clear the track of snow and get a new grip on some fresh snow. Maybe a large runout on the bottom is the answer? PB
The 2.25" finger track sure does climb. You can FEEL IT hook up huge when you hit a spot where another sled has gone. It launches you ahead! In the deep fluffy stuff there appears to be less of an advantage. It works ok I guess but where my backside puckered a few times was coming back down (Hey Spray, can you relate)! The braking ability coming down the hill is not up to the level I am used to having. I was sliding faster than I wanted to be especially when reaching the road we'd jumped off from for climbing. I had to hockey slide (slide the rear end sideways to stop) If you went over the road, well......... we won't talk about it (ugly).
The thing that really concerns me is these hills aren't anything to write home about. The locals think they are something but I guess once you've been to Cooke City or somewhere similar you know what I mean. I can't imaging trying to stop on those hills. I'll have to throw out an anchor. Maybe a drag chute? It's not like I haven't decended big hills before. I just felt a lot more in control in the past. I was alternately hitting the brake and the gas trying to clear the track of snow and get a new grip on some fresh snow. Maybe a large runout on the bottom is the answer? PB
PB I also have a 2.25" finger track and have noticed the same thing. You don't seem to have as much brackng ability. It dosen't do as well in the deep powder either. So far this year that's all we've had! Last year was a perfect year for a finger track though.
Frostbite
TY 4 Stroke God
That figures doesn't it! I too based my decision for a finger track on last years (and all future years if you believe the global warming folks) conditions. Now, we have snow up the $%# and I feel like I'm riding a tobbagan down the hill :x Maybe if i keep swinging the back end back and forth I can slow it down?
I'll have to work on my technique for now until it warms up a bit and the snow firms up. From that time until the snow is gone the finger tracks will rule the mountains 8) I guess we'll just have to bide our time. PB
I'll have to work on my technique for now until it warms up a bit and the snow firms up. From that time until the snow is gone the finger tracks will rule the mountains 8) I guess we'll just have to bide our time. PB
