Riding down steps...... the thought of it scares me :(

[Dayvo]

Presumably the answer is the same as the Everest question one.

WHAT!?

People try and ride their bikes UP Everest!?

 

[winjim]

Anyone remember my old avatar?

 

[derrick]

Riding down them is not a problem it's the going back up is the problem for me.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I wouldn't be averse to tackling steps on my fat bike. I'd be somewhat wary the first time or two but once I'd mastered it so to say I'd be more confident.

 

[steveindenmark]

I love my bikes too much to even try it.

 

[theclaud]

I will, once I learn the basic technique..... it might come handy one day, you never know

I learnt to ride with no hands on the handlebars some years ago.....

I don't recommend combining this with the steps.

Go for it - steps are fun, and easy on an mtb (especially one with suspension). Just choose a not-too-steep and not-too-long flight for your first go, and one where you can see it's clear at the bottom. Get your weight back and stay off the brakes! One tip, though - if you ride with your seat quite high, drop it. It is possible, if your seat is too high, to get stuck behind your saddle so that you can barely reach the bars. This may not necessarily result in a crash, but it will make you look like a right tit. DAHIKT.

 

[Dayvo]

When I was young(er) and fit, ca 1990, I cycled around the Sydney Opera House on a mate's MTB. I was chased by two 'security guards' (more like the Keystone Cops) yelling at me 'get off that bloody bike, ya fakn prikk' but I just rode rings round them and then finally down the steps to shouts of encouragement from a large-ish crowd that had gathered.

Looking back, I must have felt like Danny McAskhill does now.

 

[contadino]

There's a race around the old town each year. Plenty of steps...


View: https://youtu.be/irczUqBW5G0

 

[Mrs M]

I used to ride my "racer" down steps, (no helmet either) .
That was many moons ago, wouldn't dream of abusing my lovely bike like that now

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

WHAT!?

People try and ride their bikes UP Everest!?

Now there's an idea

 

[potsy]

@I like Skol

Show 'em kid.

View: https://youtu.be/LH2rNy__LpM

 

[Dayvo]

View: https://youtu.be/LH2rNy__LpM

What was the next video? Him being hauled out of the canal?

 

[MikeW-71]

Going down is no problem..... Going back up needs a bit more practice

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mpzm7b30mj0

 

[fossyant]

I've done about 5 steps on my fixed, not to be repeated - quite something on fixed gear.
.

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I thought that as soon as you learned how to ride a bike you also knew how to ride down steps. Do they not teach that skill anymore?