Tire pressures that not even Viviani at the Olympics on the track, forks so nailed that they would make 90% of alpha males turn up their noses, inclinations of illegal levers in 17 states, calibrations that not even in the Cup ... but I'm fine!
How often do we hear the typical phrase "But I'm fine", perhaps in people who, we know, have used three cross bikes in their entire life (yes, Pininfarina is one of them… a little stiff on bumpy but excellent on flow). I will be very provocative and "aggressive" in this editorial but the aforementioned fact always causes me a slight principle of anger: in the MTB courses at the Costa dei Gabbiani Bike Center and in Verona with the Fuorisella MTB School association, it often happens that there are bikers ready to listen , who try to steal the tricks, while others immediately go into protection with a "but I'm fine". You have to experiment, try new things, this is how it is in all areas and you must not be satisfied: being satisfied is the beginning of the decline! It's like talking about sex with Rocco Siffredi: it would be a bit presumptuous to expect more experience! Riders who have tried three cross bikes, two city bikes and 20 tires inflated to the wrong pressure should also listen and learn.
And how can we not mention the people who ride mountain bikes and who do not consider mounting a telescopic handler "well, but in the World Cup they don't use it "and then, getting off the sidewalk, they risk getting stuck blaming that hamster who crossed his street. But no, don't tell me “with the saddle between my buttocks I feel better” otherwise we will withdraw the discussion on Rocco Siffredi! For heaven's sake, I respect everyone's sexual tastes, but this is about driving technique and ... greater safety, who told us that we must necessarily ride the bike with a pole in the ... "but I'm fine"… And then visions of bikes that flap left and right, bikers at the mercy of their MTBs without having the slightest control of the vehicle, people with smiles on their lips and saddles on… no wait!
90% of the time the excuse, about the lack of a telescopic, is that the Pros don't use it and therefore it is not needed. Too bad that the Pros, in most cases, have a completely different driving technique and in XC races they are only interested in performance (losing even 1 second to pull down the telescopic is precious time), with races so nervous that at sometimes there is no material time to go and lower the seat. The marketing geniuses have called "All Mountain" the fact of climbing with your MTB and descending while having fun… but can't we do this also with our light bonnet? Nobody forbids it, they don't have to write it to us in big letters somewhere that is possible, so we don't think we have to suffer further even downhill just because we have a front bike, not advertised for jumping or whipping. So telescopic and off you go with a smile! Without having to take out a 160mm to make a downhill cycle path. Those who are satisfied enjoy… so-so! ?
