A quick tip on building bike-handling skills that road and TT miles don’t develop: hit the technical, rocky single-track at Stillwell Woods and Cunningham Park to sharpen balance, adjustment, and recovery.
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Spending hours and hours on a road or TT bike doesn’t necessarily build bike handling skills. However, if you ever find yourself in the need for some skill building, let me recommend you Cunningham Park and Stillwell Woods. They both feature rocky and rooty terrain, with single one way tracks. These technical trails have tested my ability to adjust and recover.
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