Miles Davis looks at some key adventure-riding risks and how to best handle them.
A skilled rider has more control.Remember when you first rode and how out-of-control you were some of the time? It’s scary to think learner riders get a licence in Australia with such little training. I wish I had a dollar for every time a mature rider with 10 or more years of experience said to me at a training course, “I can’t believe how much I learned. I wish I’d done this sooner.”
Unless you’re a guru both on- and off-road, consider training and keep improving your skills.
You’ll have more fun and ride better, smoother and possibly faster.
Fitness and fatigue
Riding off-road can be extremely physically and mentally fatiguing. Being less skilful ramps up the fatigue drastically. I’ve seen it many times. Riders get tired, lose concentration, precision and end up crashing. I’ve also seen fitter riders in challenging situations simply keep going and going and come out the other side.