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  1. Double Duty Bike

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    I noticed the DM Tuning app is no longer available in the App Store when I went to update it. I sent him a message, but didn't get a reply.

    Glad to know you got good weather at Barber. One of the local guys who I encouraged to do CSS last year was lusting after riding Barber but instead went to ViR due to convenience.

  3. Relative Fitness Levels Required

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    I recently changed back to putting my instep on the peg. I get better tank-knee contact, less leg fatigue and better blood circulation. The downside is the toe up thing, and I need to move my brake lever to accommodate.

    I was previously led to believe that ball of toes was “the right way” and I’d been doing that for about the last 10yrs. Switching was tough but I think I can do it, once I move the brake lever and make sure I keep my feet in-line with the bike.

  4. Relative Fitness Levels Required

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    I decided to rewatch T2 video and a lightbulb turned on (hope it doesn't dim later HAHAHAHA). SR#2 might be to blame for my tired. I also discovered on my last ride, that I do a weird thing with my feet sometimes: pull my toes up, which can be fatiguing. @Hotfoot, I have no idea how a coach might spot that one 😳, but I can see how it can cause a lower body stability problem. Once I get it sorted, I'm sure it will go a long way toward better endurance and better cornering all around.

  6. No Classified Forum?

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    @BikeSpeedman I've had very good success with Facebook sales. Sold my beloved F4i in about 2 days and thinking I should have raised the price because the guy didn't try to talk me down and nearly forced me to take a $1,000 cash deposit🤣. PLUS there are plenty of TD orgs on there. A few years ago, I posted that I was looking and it only took a couple days for me to get a recommendation for the trailer that I eventually purchased.

  9. The Aye's have it

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    I now wear glasses for distance. It’s a strange thing after a lifetime of excellent visual acuity. I sometimes notice some artifacts with depth perception in my periphery when driving. For example, a car or other passed object in the next lane seems closer than it is, distracting my eyes to look there. For this reason, I’m considering contact lenses so I can ride without the distraction. Last ride, I didn’t notice the problem as much, today I’m going to be keen on that observation.

    Thanks to Red Baron, I’m also going to observe my ocular moisture post ride.

  12. Relative Fitness Levels Required

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    6 hours ago, Red_Baron said:

    Come on now Jay, you are a Taekwondo practitioner and they use a lot of leg kicking. So you are fit for the 2 day school. Take it from a Karate and BJJ practitioner, plus 61 healthy years young. Stretch, hydrate and have fun.

    Are you by any chance doing Barber in a few weeks?

    I signed up for a single day camp and a 2 day camp.

    Oh yeah, rub it in my face 😂.
     

    I just reached out to my coach. Time to get back to training. Thank you.

    I've heard nothing but great things about Barber. I'm doing NJMP.

  15. 10 things racers do to go faster

    in Racing

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    Thank you for encouraging me to finally watch this video @faffi. I'd been intentionally avoiding it because the preview was a turnoff for similar reasons @yakarumentions. I usually enjoy his channel, videos and approach to various subject material and I'm glad that I finally watched this one.

    I've spent a lot of years in the academics of riding and if I could do it over again, I wouldn't have taken the same approach, borrowing ideas from various sources until I had a firm foundation on the practical application of the basics. Mr Code talks about this and when I went to my TOTWII book to find where, I was astonished to see it was as early as the Author's Note...before the book even starts.

    In the note, KC talks about technology vs tips. It's very insightful and I recommend anyone that if you have a copy of the book to have a re-read of that part.

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  18. Relative Fitness Levels Required

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    I've decided to come to the school again this year, but I'm a little split on the single days (back-back) or the 2-day camp and the deciding factor is confidence in my fitness level to be able to leverage the extra track time, coaching, etc that the camp offers. This would be my first camp.

    My norm has been to feel a bit tired by about day 1.5 during a normal back to back 1-day school. And honestly, it wasn't until about that point that I'd settled into a personal rhythm where I didn't feel like I was running from session to session or track to classroom to track. I recall my last school went better, because I went into it with a mindset to slow down (off track) and after day 2 I wasn't so tired as I'd been at previous schools.

    Looking for some guidance here. Does the camp require a higher physical fitness and/or mental endurance? 

  20. Improving Lap Times

    in Articles by Keith

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    On 1/7/2004 at 10:30 PM, Kevin Kane said:

    Guys,

    For any of you who have expressed concern about obtaining "value" by attending the School, re-read Keith's post here and then go the new section labeled "Web Related" and watch the Barber video. Nice ride, Will.

     

    Kevin Kane

    I would love to see this video if anyone can locate it.

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