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Originally Posted by
Hamslay
So, this thing is going down. A lot. How do I prepare?
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Everyone's different.
Take StumpyDave, or Stoic Bloke, or Uberthumper to name a few - they don't appear (outwardly in any case) to care what happens, the bike is a tool and accept it gets damaged sometimes
Me, I was a proper diva the first time it went down
Ask NickW, StoicBloke or TenereDoug they were there! After that I accepted it had some additional architecture and it's never bothered me since.
The less you (or at least in my case) worry about it going down, the less it goes down - odd but I guess you think more about the riding than the consequences, as a result your riding improves.
Some people won't take their bikes too far off road, some because they don't want to damage them, some can't afford to be without them, some can't afford to repair them, there are many reasons and all of them valid - it's your bike, you ride it where you want to.