jcw

Sometimes I'll experiment wedging my foot in like Corser teaches in one of those videos. If i do it just right, I can even get the feeling of locking in with my feet.

For me, weighting the pegs makes the bike respond quicker to inputs. Instead of changing c of g, which physically is not possible by changing your attachment point, i think the benefit of weighting pegs has to do with removing your dead weight from the seat and allowing your own suspension (ankle, legs, hips) to take up some of the work of moving the bike. Decoupling your mass from the bikes mass to a small degree. It is noticeable and dramatic for me, cornering with your butt planted in the seat and cornering weighting the pegs.

This talk about speed of weight transfer on the front brakes has some real world relevance. If you look at the anti dive front suspensions from recent past, even BMW's duolever front suspension, when you take away fork dive blunting the abrupt weight transfer, the sudden loading of the front wheel can overwhelm traction. I've never ridden a bike with anti dive forks. I only have read about this limitation. Any first hand experiences?