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How to ride in sand

Robert Mennen of Topeak Ergon pushes through the sandduring stage 3 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race held from Oak Valley Wine Estate in Elgin to HTS Drostdy in Worcester, South Africa on the 18 March 2015 Photo by Nick Muzik/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS

Mountain biking can take you to many places, and some areas are always going to be harder to ride than others. Along with mud, wet tree roots and pea gravel – sand can be pretty hard to master. Whether you’re racing in central Australia, in a beach race, or maybe in the Crocodile Trophy – being able to master sand is very useful. The sand on stage one of the Cape EPic in 2013 (above) proved very difficult – even for the world’s best.

Practice these tips on some sandy trails near you, and you should be getting through sand traps with relative ease.

 

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