12-15-2014, 11:51 PM
That picture of her on the dirt road was considered "normal" back when I rode in the late 70's and early 80's as adventure bikes were not invented (all bikes were an adventure!). A road was a road was a road, be it paved, dirt, gravel or had three foot tall grass between the tire tracks. You just rode it.
To be fair, tires had a lot more tread on them too. Remember the gold standard Continentals?
I found that case savers (I bought the SW Motech versions) make righting a bike pretty darn easy. Rock the bike up on the case savers, then it's just a small umph to pop her from there (assuming your feet are not in mud). Recommended if you don't have them now (dang help does not show up in a timely fashion all the time, you need a good Plan B
)
To be fair, tires had a lot more tread on them too. Remember the gold standard Continentals?
I found that case savers (I bought the SW Motech versions) make righting a bike pretty darn easy. Rock the bike up on the case savers, then it's just a small umph to pop her from there (assuming your feet are not in mud). Recommended if you don't have them now (dang help does not show up in a timely fashion all the time, you need a good Plan B
)