YADDA AKE KIBA KEKE: RAHOTO NA FARKO (A CIKIN RUN, BA KARA BA!)

Marubucin ya zana idanu (wadannan tayoyin!) Kuma yana samun shawarwari kan yadda ake kitso keke a cikin hunturu, mai zurfi a cikin Maine Woods.

Kekuna masu kitse suna jawo hankali.An yaudare su da tayoyin bulbous masu auna 3, 4, har ma da faɗin inci 5, sun fi dune buggy fiye da keken dutse.Kuma yayin da waɗancan tayoyin ke ba masu keke damar yin birgima a kusan kowane wuri, suna kuma jawo tsokaci daga masu kallo.Wanda ke nufin ni fiye da ɗan sanin kaina ne yayin da na daidaita wurin zama a kan Trek Farley na haya (faɗin taya: inci 4.5) a wurin ajiye motoci na AMC's.Medawisla Lodge & Cabinsa cikin Maine Woods.An haɗa shi cikin yadudduka na hunturu da takalmi dusar ƙanƙara, Ina ganin dama mai kyau na kunya akan ƙafar ƙanƙara 50 tsakanina da titin.

"Waɗannan su ne mafi girma tayoyin da aka taɓa gani!"wata mata ta yi furuci yayin da ta danna-take ta wuce ni a cikin takalman kankara.Wani skier ya zagaya don dubawa sosai kuma ya ce ya gwada yin keke mai kitse a karon farko a makon jiya.

Saitin wurin zama da kwalkwali a ɗaure, ba zan iya ƙara jinkiri ba.Na karkata kafa bisa babur, na shiga cikin sirdi, na fara birgima.Akwai gaskiya a cikin cliché cewa ba za ku taɓa mantawa da yadda ake hawan keke ba, amma wannan yana haskakawa a kan gaskiyar cewa kowane babur yana jin daban.Wannan keken mai kitse bai yi kusan nisa ba kamar keken hanyata.Ba zan sassaƙa kowane madaidaicin juyi a kan wannan tanki ba, amma yana yin raɗaɗi a kan ƙaƙƙarfan ƙanƙara ba tare da alamar zamewa ba.Ina tafiya akan hanya kuma a hankali na ɗauki gudu.Wani skier ya dakata don kallona na wuce."Kai, wannan yana kama da fun!"Ta ce.Ee.Ee, haka ne.

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Ɗaya daga cikin bayani game da girma mai fashewa na hawan keken taya shi ne cewa waɗannan tafiye-tafiye masu motsi na zane-zane sun cika buƙatu na masu hawan keke.Na ji fiye da ƴan mahaya suna nuni ga “kwargin” kekuna, kamar maharba ne ɗauke da kibau iri-iri, kowanne mai nauyi da gashin fuka-fukai don takamaiman yanayi.Keken titin titin titin, keken dutse don hanyoyi, gudu ɗaya don birni.Kekuna don siyayya, yawon shakatawa, tsakuwa, da balaguro.Mai keken keke mai ɗaurewa zai iya samun ƙayyadaddun tafiya don kowane yanayi, saman, da amfani.Amma har sai da keken taya mai kitse na farko ya haɗa tare, babu wani zaɓi da aka tsara musamman don dusar ƙanƙara ko yashi.

Wani bayani don shaharar kekuna masu kitse?Abin farin ciki ne kawai don hawakowanesaman.

Ina da kekuna guda biyu masu bakin ciki: Keken titi da kuma keken tafiya.A babban dusar ƙanƙara ta farko, sun hau kan wani akwati a baranda kuma suna rataye, ba a kula da su, na tsawon watanni.Don haka lokacin da na sami damar yin tafiya a karshen mako na Fabrairu a cikin Maine Woods, na ciro matsin keken keke daga bayan aljihun tufa, na shirya jakunkuna, na kira Erik daSilva, mai kula da shirin ilimi na makarantar.Ƙungiyar Kekuna ta Maine.Ofishin Maine Woods na AMC ya kasance yana tattaunawa da daSilva game da yin wasu shirye-shirye na ilimin kekuna da aminci ga ma'aikatan masauki, kuma ziyarar ta ita ce cikakkiyar uzuri a gare shi ya tashi daga gidansa a Orono, Maine, don yin hawan hunturu.

DaSilva's quiver yana riƙe da kekuna tara, gami da na baya-bayan nan mai sauri uku, recumbent, da tandem.Lokacin da ya yi tafiya ta bas, daSilva yakan ajiye babur a cikin ɗakin dakunan kaya don ya sami takalmi zuwa inda ya ke ta ƙarshe daga tashar.“Daya daga cikin imanina shi ne duk wata dama da aka ba mu na fitowa daga mota mu hau babur, zan kama,” in ji shi ta wayar tarho.A gare shi, yin keke ba aikin yini ne kawai ba.

Duk da cewa daSilva ya kasance yana tuka keke a duk rayuwarsa, babur ɗinsa mai kitse cikin sauri ya kwance sauran abubuwan hawansa bayan ya saya shekaru biyar da suka gabata.Ya ce: "Ba keken da na fi dogaro da shi kadai ba ne, har ma da keken da na samu mafi yawan kudin da zan samu," in ji shi.Yakan yi amfani da shi don jigilar kayan yaƙi ta cikin daji mai nisa na kwanaki a lokaci guda;yana zagawa da hanyoyin keken dutsen da yake yi;kuma, ba shakka, ya hau duk lokacin hunturu.Ya bayyana wata hanya ta baya-bayan nan wacce ta ratsa wuraren shakatawa da unguwanni, ta wuce gidajen abokai a kan hanya.Hoton da ke kaina ba na manya ba ne a kan tafiya mai nisa amma fakitin yara a cikiAbubuwan Baƙo, suna zagaya ƙaramin garinsu, suna jin daɗin ƴancin kai da babur suka ba su.

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Maine Woods na AMC - kadada 75,000, gidaje uku, mil 140 na hanya, duk a cikin jihar.Dajin Mile 100titin kiyayewa—ya kasance babban tafiye-tafiye, tafiye-tafiye, kamun kifi, da wurin ketare na sama da shekaru goma.Amma masu keken keke sun gano farin cikin yankin kwanan nan, lokacin da AMC ya buɗe mil 80 na hanyoyin keken dutse guda ɗaya a kan Dutsen Trout, kimanin mil 3 kudu maso gabas da sabon masaukinsa, Medawisla.Ƙara wannan zuwa mil 90-m na AMC na hanyoyin kankara, kuma yana yin ɗaya daga cikin manyan hanyoyin sadarwa a Maine buɗe don hawan keke na hunturu.Wasu tafiya nan don yinni na hawa.Wasu suna yin ajiyar wurin zama da masaukin feda-zuwa masauki.

Duk da haka, a ɗakin cin abinci a Medawisla, an fi ni yawa.Skiers shirya tebur.Sama da tarin rago da gilasai na giya, suna ba da labarin abubuwan da suka faru a wannan rana kuma suna taɗi cikin farin ciki game da guguwar dusar ƙanƙara da ke tafe da hasashen za ta sake yin wani rabin ƙafa.Yawancin lokaci ina raba farin cikin su, amma kafin wannan tafiya, an gaya mini akai-akai cewa kyawawan yanayin hawan keke mara kyau ne kuma akasin haka.Don haka lokacin da manajan masauki ya sabunta hasashen zuwa inci 1 zuwa 2 kuma masu wasan tseren suka saki nishi na gama-gari, na zamewa daga tebur kuma in kashe imel ɗin daSilva.Ya amsa nan da nan: “Yaushe kuma za mu yi farin ciki sosai game da mummunan dusar ƙanƙara?”

Daga Medawisla, masu keke da masu tseren kankara suna iya zare tsakanin jeri na gidaje zuwa Trail Lakeside.Daga can, zaɓin kasadar ku.Je zuwa hagu don bincika daskararre sararin tafkin Roach na Biyu.Tsaya kai tsaye don iska tare da bakin tekun kudanci.Ko ka juya dama ka hau cikin tuddai da tsaunuka, bayan haka zaku iya samun damar sauran wuraren kwana na AMC, Little Lyford da Gorman Chairback.Lokacin da daSilva ya isa Medawisla washegari, mun yi saurin duba taswirar kuma mu zaɓi zaɓi na uku.

Mun nufi gabas, nesa da masauki da kuma tsakanin dakunan.Abin ban mamaki ne, hawan keke mai kitse.Manyan tayoyin, da kyar suke kumbura, suna billa a hankali yayin da nake yin feda, suna sassarfa tururuwa a cikin hanyar.Da laushin dusar ƙanƙara, yana rage ƙarancin iska mai kyawawa, don haka ina hawa akan kusan fam 5 a kowace inci murabba'i (psi).Ta hanyar kwatantawa, Ina fitar da tayoyin keke na hanya har zuwa psi 120 kuma na iya jin kowane tsakuwa da tsattsage a cikin layin.

Ni da DaSilva muna tafiya kafada da kafada, muna hira game da yanayin hawan kekenmu.Yana da sauƙi a fara farawa, tare da tafiya yana tashi da faɗuwa a hankali.Sa'an nan kuma mu isa jujjuyar mu zuwa Dutsen Shaw kuma mu ɗauki dama zuwa tsaunuka.Hanya ta fara tashi.Ba da jimawa ba na fara jin wani ƙonawa mara nauyi a cikin quads dina.Wannan hawan yana gab da yin tsauri.

Na tsaya don ɗaukar numfashina, kuma daSilva cikin kirki na ƙyale iska kaɗan daga cikin tayoyina don kada su nutse har zuwa cikin dusar ƙanƙara.Muna taka leda, daSilva yana yin yawancin magana yanzu.Yana ba ni labari game da kwanakin tseren hanyarsa, lokacin da ya fitar da haƙoransa na gaba a wani hatsari.Hatsarin hawan keke mai sauri yana kama da dangi mai nisa ga ayyukanmu na yanzu.Ina tafiya cikin fushi duk da haka ina tafiya kamar mil 5 a kowace awa.

Komawa wurin masaukin, Shaw Mountain ya yi kama da hoton yatsa akan taswira, tare da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun kololuwar tagwayen taron (ƙafa 2,499 da ƙafa 2,641).Mun juya hagu a cokali mai yatsa na gaba, Trail Skyline ya fara ratsa kafadar arewacin dutsen.Dole na tsaya don maida numfashina.Sake dawo da kuzarina ba iska bane, ko da yake.Ina fitar da feda a fusace kuma na yi gaba kamar ƙaramin yaro a kan keken kafa biyu, ina nisantar hannun iyaye a karon farko.

Tsarin yana maimaita maimaitawa.DaSilva yanzu digo ne mai duhu a nesa.A ƙarshe na daina kuma na bi keke sama da mafi girman sassan.Ina samun ta'aziyya a cikin tunanin cewa yana kama da wasan tsere na baya: Ina kawai samun kuɗi na.Wannan haɓakar ƙafa 600 na haɓaka sama da mil na ƙarshe?Duk wannan aikin zai biya lokacin da na tashi komawa ƙasa.Amma da farko muna so mu taba taron koli.DaSilva yana jirana in kama kuma ya buge ni da komawa cikin sirdi.

Bayan tafiyar mil 4, muna zubar da kekunan mu kuma mu yi tafiya da nisan mil na ƙarshe zuwa babban koli.Sannan lokacin sauka yayi.DaSilva yana ɗaukar ƙarin hanya kai tsaye, yana harba kunkuntar tsiri guda ɗaya.Na sake komawa kan babban titin ski da za mu hau kawai in ji daɗin iska a fuskata yayin da nake ɗaukar gudu.Na ji an yi kururuwa ta bishiyu-“WOOOOO-HOOOOO!”— birki mai tsauri ya biyo baya.Na yi farin ciki da na bar abin hawa na fasaha zuwa daSilva.Ina riko sanduna na kuma na ruguza hanyar, ina danna birki zuwa jelar kifi cikin kowane juyi.Ba shi da kokari da farin ciki.

Na sake fara feda a lokacin da daSilva ta haye hanya don saduwa da ni.Yana ta hargitse."Abin da na yi shi ne hanya mafi kyawun bike mai dusar ƙanƙara da na taɓa kasancewa!"yana cewa."Smooth, mai sauri, ɗan zamewa: Yana da duk abubuwan da aka gyara."

Da shaukinsa da gaugawar saukowata, an manta da hawan cinya da ke konawa.Adrenaline famfo, muna komawa zuwa masauki don cin abinci mai zafi.

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Masu tseren keke da skiers suna raba hanyoyin ba da dadewa ba.Sai a shekarun 1980 ne wasu ’yan kasuwar kekuna suka sake gyara hawansu don yanayin dusar ƙanƙara da yashi.Kamar dai yadda aka yi dusar ƙanƙara ta farko ta hanyar haɗa skis biyu tare, waɗannan masu yin tinker sun haɗa ƙafafun gargajiya zuwa ninki biyu.Ta hanyar tweaking sanannun, sun ƙirƙiri sabon sigar wasanni.

Keken kitse ya fito daga taron yi-da-kanka don nemo manyan masu sauraro kimanin shekaru goma da suka wuce.A cikin 2005 Surly, masana'anta na tushen Minnesota, sun gabatar da keken kitse na farko na mabukaci, Pugsley mai haske mai haske.Tallace-tallace sun fashe cikin ƴan shekaru.Parts Bicycle Parts, wanda ya mallaki Surly da wani masana'anta, Salsa, sun sami karuwar kashi 187 cikin 100 a cikin 2010 sannan ya sami haɓaka kashi 246 a cikin 2011. Manyan masana'antun, irin su Trek da Specialized, sun fara yin nasu ƙirar kuma, bisa ga bayanin.Dillalan Keke da Labaran Masana'antu, Kasuwancin Keke mai kitse ya haura kashi 44 a cikin shekara guda, zuwa kusan kekuna 37,000, a cikin 2014.

Tun daga lokacin da tallace-tallace ya ƙare, amma tare da dubun-dubatar kekuna masu kitse yanzu ana amfani da su, ba su da wani sabon labari.Masu hawan keke suna hawan su duk shekara, a kowane wuri - ba kawai a kan yashi da dusar ƙanƙara ba har ma a kan hanyoyin gargajiya na keken dutse da kuma kan hanyoyi a cikin mummunan yanayi.Kuna iya siyan ɗaya a Wal-Mart akan $219 ko ku sauke $7,000 akan babban layi na musamman wanda aka yi kusan gaba ɗaya daga carbon.

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Komawa cikin ɗumi na masaukin, na zuga kwanoni biyu na miya na tumatir in bi wannan tare da isassun gasassun cuku don rasa ƙidaya.Na gaji gaba daya.Amma hanyoyin sun nuna, kuma nan da nan za mu koma cikin sirdi.

A wannan lokacin mun juya hagu daga Titin Lakeside kuma muka nufi tafkin Roach na biyu.DaSilva ya fito da keken hannu kuma yana ƙoƙarin yin feda akan taya ɗaya.Lokacin da ya rasa ma'auninsa ya kifa bayansa, sai ya yi ihu da dariya, har yanzu yana tafe keken da yake rike da shi a sama.

Ba da daɗewa ba muka harba wani tudu muka hau kan daskararrun tafki, inda wani ango ya shimfiɗa hanya zuwa kishiyar tudu.DaSilva yana tabo tarin duwatsun da ke fitowa daga kankara kuma yana haɓaka.Yana taka leda zuwa dutsen mafi kusa kuma, yana amfani da shi azaman tudu, ya harba cikin iska.Ya juyo don tsalle na gaba da na gaba har sai ya gwada su duka.

Lokacin da muka tashi zuwa gaɓar arewa, mun yi watsi da hanyar gaba ɗaya, muna yin saƙa tsakanin facin kankara da iska da kuma fashewar dusar ƙanƙara.Muna tafiya a layi daya zuwa wani tsibiri har sai daSilva ya hango budi.Yana huɗa ta cikin wani dutsen dusar ƙanƙara kuma a kan zaren maƙallan waƙoƙi guda ɗaya da ke kaiwa cikin bishiyoyi.Da zarar mun tashi daga kankara mai fadi, dole ne mu mai da hankali kan hawa madaidaiciyar layi.Zurfin foda yana barazanar cinye mu kamar yashi mai sauri idan muka karkata ƴan inci dama ko hagu.Muna yin duck a ƙarƙashin ƙananan rassan rataye, mu koma cikin ginshiƙai masu sauƙi, kuma muna mirgina kan duwatsu da tushen da ke fitowa daga dusar ƙanƙara.

Wannan shi ne.Wannan shine farin cikin hawan keke.Yin birgima a kan kankara sannan a mirgina cikin daji.Keken na mafarkin ƙuruciyata ce: babbar motar dodo mai ƙafafu biyu wadda za ta iya jujjuya kusan komai a hanyarta.Ka yi tunani sau biyu kafin ka yi ƙoƙarin hawan dutse.

KARA KOYI: BABU MATSI

Keke mai kitse da kulawa yana kama da na kekunan tsaunuka na gargajiya, tare da fitattun abubuwa guda biyu: waɗancan manyan tayoyin, waɗanda ke buƙatar ƙarancin iska fiye da yadda aka saba.Dan Meyer, marubucin ma'aikata donAdventure Cyclist,yana hawan keken sa mai kitse duk shekara akan hanyoyin kusa da Missoula, Mont., kuma yana ba da jagororin masu zuwa don haɓakawa da lalata:

Pavement: 8 zuwa 10 fam a kowace murabba'in inch (psi)
Cike da datti: 5 zuwa 8 psi
Dusar ƙanƙara da yashi: 2 zuwa 3 psi

Yanayin dusar ƙanƙara ya bambanta sosai, ya danganta da yanayin zafi da adon, kuma kuna iya buƙatar daidaitawa akan tashi.Yi hankali lokacin da kake gabatowa babba da ƙananan ƙarshen ma'aunin Meyer, kodayake.Ƙarƙashin matsa lamba, mafi girman haɗarin lalata ƙuƙuka idan kun buga wani abu da wuya.A ɗayan ƙarshen kewayon, matsa lamba mafi girma a cikin waɗancan manyan tayoyin suna sanya ƙarfi mai ƙarfi a kan rims, wanda zai iya haifar da lalacewa.

Babu adadin daidaitawa da zai iya kare wasu hanyoyi daga tayoyin ku.Meyer ya ce "Idan kun kasance a kan hanya mai amfani da yawa, yana da dumi, kuma yanayi yana da laushi, za ku yi wani lahani," in ji Meyer."Idan kun sami kanku kuna nutsewa cikin dusar ƙanƙara kuma kuna fafutuka don jan hankali, tabbas yana da zafi sosai don hawa."

Source:outdoors.org

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