Muskoka Freerider

[Teth-Air]

lots of the PROS do it

PRO trail riders or if they came from snowcross.

 

[greenthumb]

What a way to destroy the handling of a Polaris by putting a laydown steering post in it.

The steering post is my biggest gripe about the poo ergos. Didn't know it was possible to change it. I've had a couple friends convert their cats and preferred it that way.

 

[tmo1620]

The steering post is my biggest gripe about the poo ergos. Didn't know it was possible to change it. I've had a couple friends convert their cats and preferred it that way.

I sure hated the lay down style on my g5 when I got it, but after a full season on it I’m starting to like it and wondering if it would be worth it to try on my alpha. I know a few guys who loved the lay down post on their cats


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[06 Dragon]

Looks like decent snow conditions for April.
So they call call it lay down post, but it is actually moved forward and more vertical.

 

[Teth-Air]

I sure hated the lay down style on my g5 when I got it, but after a full season on it I’m starting to like it and wondering if it would be worth it to try on my alpha. I know a few guys who loved the lay down post on their cats


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Visualize this: If you are directly above the bars with a lay-down post (Doo) you can use your body weight to turn the steering (up and down), this takes less effort than horizontal bar swing "push and pull". BUT when you are hanging off the side of the sled and your arms are level with the the bars, then the "push and pull" (Polaris) is much easier. This is why the Polaris becomes easier when sidehilling super steep inclines. I do believe new riders find the Doo easier because they rarely hang out the side of the sled. No right or wrong here, only style of riding.

 

[tmo1620]

Visualize this: If you are directly above the bars with a lay-down post (Doo) you can use your body weight to turn the steering (up and down), this takes less effort than horizontal bar swing "push and pull". BUT when you are hanging off the side of the sled and your arms are level with the the bars, then the "push and pull" (Polaris) is much easier. This is why the Polaris becomes easier when sidehilling super steep inclines. I do believe new riders find the Doo easier because they rarely hang out the side of the sled. No right or wrong here, only style of riding.

Oh I know the difference, rode lots of Polaris sleds pre axys chassis as well, my dad ran them from 13-15, I never liked the Polaris but I could ride them and I really didn’t like the doos until the g5 came out, was always a cat guy, been riding them since 2009. I swore by the vertical post steering, but after getting used to the g5 I’m actually liking it, much nicer steering on trails as well.


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[Teth-Air]

Oh I know the difference, rode lots of Polaris sleds pre axys chassis as well, my dad ran them from 13-15, I never liked the Polaris but I could ride them and I really didn’t like the doos until the g5 came out, was always a cat guy, been riding them since 2009. I swore by the vertical post steering, but after getting used to the g5 I’m actually liking it, much nicer steering on trails as well.


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Of course it is because on trails your are sitting down or standing above the bars.

 

[greenthumb]

BUT when you are hanging off the side of the sled and your arms are level with the the bars, then the "push and pull" (Polaris) is much easier. This is why the Polaris becomes easier when sidehilling super steep inclines.

So you're saying this is your sidehill body position? Awesome.

 

[drew562]

lots of the PROS do it

The best all round rider in the world. Brett Turcotte runs laydown.

 

[NoBrakes!]

But only on certain sleds… why?

 

[sledneck__11]

But only on certain sleds… why?

Dif tools for dif tasks if u have the option for mutliple sleds u can set them up pretty nicely for what conditions/style a guy riding in that day. Im sure he knows what works for him for whats hes doin that day

 

[NoBrakes!]

 

[lilduke]

 

[niner]

But they got the shot they wanted…

 

[lilduke]

But they got the shot they wanted…

Cool shot forsure, lucky the person in the back stopped or he woulda been fuct

 

[niner]

As the second rider would you not start booking it down as you see that break?

 

[lilduke]

As the second rider would you not start booking it down as you see that break?

Hard to say how id react. Looks like it all worked out. Lucky that avy wasnt any wider though!

 

[MP Kid]

As the second rider would you not start booking it down as you see that break?

Absolutely......

 

[raven-lunatic]

Absolutely......

Got ch!t house lucky!!!

 

[FanaticalKilla]