cobbled climb near my house

[gregod]

then there are a few hundreded meters of this kind of cobbles:

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it looks like a great climb. there is a cobbled climb near my house, but for some reason i am forgetting where it is. if i remember, i'll take some pics and post them here. unfortunately, i don't think it is good as yours.

 

[craig1985]

btw craig are you a good descender?

I'm not bad, I do take risks but I don't too crazy.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I love mountain bike and descending on a cobbled and bad roads.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

I love mountain bike and descending on a cobbled and bad roads.

descending on cobbles on a carbon road bike is freaking suicide went off the Oude Kwaremont, patersberg and Koppenberg. Scariest **** I've ever done

Although I love going downhill on dirt roads and rocky roads on a MTB

 

[Parrulo]

descending on cobbles on a carbon road bike is freaking suicide went off the Oude Kwaremont, patersberg and Koppenberg. Scariest **** I've ever done

Although I love going downhill on dirt roads and rocky roads on a MTB

ya thats why i never take my road bike to that climb. . .

also MTB are awesome, while they don't have the style and speed of a road bike you simply can take them anywhere, from the steepest climb to the most dangerous downhill, from the perfect tarmac roads to something that resembles a road but definitively isn't.

hell, if my MTB is fixed my the next weekend i go out on a mixed ride a take a picture of every type of road i pass

 

[GreasyMonkey]

descending on cobbles on a carbon road bike is freaking suicide

On any road bike, not just carbon..... didn't you watch the Muuseuw masterclass in RvV in 2000? with him coming down off Steenbeckdries toward the railway crossing - biggest gear he had and out of the saddle. I still have not worked out how he took the negative-cambered right-hand bend before the rail crossing, despite having ridden it multiple times over serval years.....

Road bikes, cobbles & descending - the only way is the biggest gear and keep driving hard, back off and the tail-end comes around, touch the brakes and you are gone.

 

[Parrulo]

On any road bike, not just carbon..... didn't you watch the Muuseuw masterclass in RvV in 2000? with him coming down off Steenbeckdries toward the railway crossing - biggest gear he had and out of the saddle. I still have not worked out how he took the negative-cambered right-hand bend before the rail crossing, despite having ridden it multiple times over serval years.....

Road bikes, cobbles & descending - the only way is the biggest gear and keep driving hard, back off and the tail-end comes around, touch the brakes and you are gone.

tbh i didn't known descending cobbles on a road bike was so hard( as i have never done it) i just didn't wan't to damage my road bike

 

[greenedge]

It looks good. Roads are narrow though of course.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

tbh i didn't known descending cobbles on a road bike was so hard( as i have never done it) i just didn't wan't to damage my road bike

hehe Your bike just jumps everywhere

 

[Zam_Olyas]

sometimes i have doubt about my road bike, i sometimes dont trust it esp while riding on city streets with heavy traffic ...dont get me wrong i i just doubt it on heavy traffic lol