Originally Posted by
Steamer
Sounds like a combination of issues is at work. One, a 559 has a relatively high seat, little recline, and front weight bias. Two, you aren't used to the stopping power of discs. Three you must have some damn grippy tires. Four, if you have to panic stop the battle has already been lost. A superior pilot uses his superior judgement to keep him from needing to use his superior skills. A newbie is not yet a superior pilot.
With my QNT with a laidback hardshell seat, drum brakes, and not so grippy but fast F-lite tires, it's impossible for my rear wheel to become airborne. My front tires skid before that happens, even on steep downhills.
I assume there is no rear braking involved, correct? Cuz aggressive rear braking will crash you quite readily.
Pretty sure I am low on the, Pilot, ranking system.
The tires are Schwalbe Marathon, Performance Line Raceguard, LiteSkin, tires.
After the bike shop adjusted the brakes for the second time after the second incident. I was able to bring the back tire off the ground in their parking lot, not the to point of tipping, as I was not moving very fast.
There is no rear brake, just the front brakes.
There is no skidding for me. I just go over. Others that were around and behind me during the last incident all seemed to skid to a stop. some went off the trail. They all stopped just as suddenly but they did not have the same result as me. They were pretty much as stunned as I was.