Thanks AB...very well said. I think I was overusing the inside quad and underusing the outside calf-knee to lock in.
It's all about kinesthetic re-familiarization for me. More laps, more laps.....
-Dave
Here are three advantages to being square (not crossed up) on the bike:
1) Having your body parallel to the bike gets more of your weight down and to the inside of the bike. Keith mentioned
this too and this is the primary reason to hang off in the first place. Riders who cross up lose some or all of this
advantage.
2) When you are crossed up, your hips rotate around the tank. This forces your outside knee off the side of the tank
and prevents you from using your knee against the tank as an anchor. Most riders can't fiind a substitute for that
very critical anchor and end up latching onto the bars because they feel like they're about to fall off.
3) If you are going around a right-hand corner and you cross up, your body is rotating to the left. In order to look into the
corner (to the right), you need a neck like an owl.
ab