| Having proper technique is crucial to being able to | | | | continue to ride normally. If you do not however, don't |
| power through sand. It makes the difference between | | | | panic because there are still ways to keep going. The |
| crashing and getting sand into every part of your body | | | | first is to KEEP pedaling, when you stop pedaling that |
| and some parts you didn't even know existed and | | | | allows the front wheel to sink in and then you are |
| floating over the top easily. | | | | stuck. You could try yanking up on the handlebars to |
| The first thing to do is to charge. If you are going to | | | | keep even more weight in the rear. You should look |
| beat sand you are going to need smooth power and a | | | | for areas in the sand pit that look more hard packed |
| lot of it. Shift to a higher gear so you can continue to | | | | then others and aim to ride on those because they will |
| put out a lot of power but at a lower speed. When | | | | be a lot easier to cross than deep sand. |
| you are approaching the sand, get your weight in the | | | | The final tip for conquering sand is to not try and turn |
| rear, the further back the better. The more weight that | | | | too much. While riding through sand your bike will |
| is in the rear is the more weight put on that rear wheel | | | | probably wiggle around a lot as the different and |
| which will be struggling to find you traction in deep | | | | varied currents of the sand will push your bike around. |
| sand. | | | | If you want to make it through the sand pit easily and |
| If you are lucky, you should have enough momentum | | | | without crashing than you should let this happen. You |
| entering a sandy area to just skim right across the top | | | | crash and bog down when you fight the natural |
| the whole way through at which point you can | | | | changes of a sandy area. |