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Originally Posted by Megadan
If sand is your biggest enemy, even with aggressive knobby tires you will still struggle. Some tires CAN do better than others in deep sand, but deep sand tends to be more about power and riding technique than the tires themselves. Aka, a super aggressive knobby or paddle tire will do a great job in sand, but if you don't have the momentum to keep those narrow tires from digging it, you will still sink, and unfortunately these CG engines aren't really high RPM high HP screamers to help push through.
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OK, I’m glad you posted this. Because yes. Deep sand is my biggest enemy. I did not grow up having to ride two wheels on the sand. I rode three wheels and it was simple.
I have been practicing a lot, things have been going pretty well. I can mostly go through whatever sand standing up and in a pretty straight line. I’m even able to take some large radius corners. The bike doesn’t go exactly where you want it. It goes just about where you want it. Lol
But the real issue is when I am in very tight trails with no room for error. The kind where you have to actually steer a little bit. And the kind that are all giant ruts and craters from side-by-side’s going through. This is in sand that’s like a foot deep. The kind you would find out the softest beaches in California or Florida. Basically, the entire state of Florida is made of that sand.
With the sand, and the kind of trail described above, when a corner comes up, I try to take it, and my front wheel plows and dumps the bike.
I can make it through straight patches of sand. But not twisty curvy ones where side-by-side‘s have gone through and where there is no room at all for error. Where the branches are touching both sides of the bike as you are trying to go around sharp corners. In a foot of sand. That stuff does not work well for me. And I have not been able to figure that out yet. People have been saying it’s my front tire like above in this thread.
Do you think it’s still technique?