TURNING ?

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hrm, i spent 1.25 hours today messing around much like yesterday (on the 24). I swapped out the pedals though and had different/better luck as could be expected. My pinned pedals are wider. I had good luck going up hills. I'd do 200m stints uphill, about 150 downhill. My uphill was better because my cadence is consistent. With downhill though, i let myself fly when i could but the fast cadence would kill me (6" cranks)... Then when rough terrain came, i'd power through it but getting back in a groove was not an option.
I'm handling the rough terrain well enough that i'm tempted to put shorter cranks on... but....

I practiced controlled turns. I can do some sorta tight turns... hah... like a 2m radius... IF my surroundings call for it. But turning around in the parking lot merely because i want to ? No way. I made 1/5 left turns, on about a 20m radius. And 0/5 right turns. All of these being 180's that i'm able to ride out of. Not good. Oh well though, this was a first try. I'm certain practicing all of this on the 20 will help. If i have problems on the 20 with the 5's i'll put the 6's on the 20 and the 5's on the 24 to see what that's like for speed-riding.

The killer gooch symptoms combined with sore knees/legs are telling me to take it easy-ish for a couple days. That and i'll be putting the 20" wheel back on to practice turning and mounting so that i can do more than just practice, ya know ?

time spent - 9.75 hours
$ spent - 395