So here’s the thing: to conquer sand you don’t need to love it. You don’t even need to be good at riding it. You just need to understand your options and how to deal with it. Then you can make your way through it and continue on your day.
Let’s face it, the majority of us only need to deal with small sections of unexpected sand. There aren’t too many riders that go searching for a full day spent riding in it.
From my experience, riders struggle so much with sand due to three things. The first is the obvious one: it’s soft, so it makes it hard to control your bike and you get