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  1. Ok, I have noticed that my posture when racing is mainly dictated by where my body contacts the bike. I am medium height and well rounded with short arms. Last and current race bike have different positions for pegs and bars etc. From looking at photos the preferred position is to have the bottom half of you leg (below the knee) pretty parallel to the track when mid corner. Now mine generally are pointing straight up I.e knee is almost directly above my feet, or at least that's what it feels like. That and having fat legs makes it very difficult. The seem to be millions of articles on suspension setup is the anything anywhere on bike ergonomics? I am already looking at shifting seat up as my legs are cramped and that makes me very stationary. Cheers M
  2. Bit of an update. I have been working on fitness using a personal trainer to do one session upper body, 1 session lower body -both session are aiming at Core stability and strength ending with a cardio work out. This has seen good improvements in my physical fitness, mainly with race stamina and my ability to move about all race long on the bike. Bike ergonomics - I do not have much to adjust - mainly seat height and moving seat forwards / backwards Raced a different bike with a different seat / bars /pegs setup and it felt completely different. Only wish I had measured everything Compared to my bike so much happier to move around and my bum was definatelly further off the seat in corners. Suspect its the footpegs being further back. Tyre - the tyres I use are a soft road legal tyre (control tyre) and I am about 1mm from the edge. from looking back at photos I can see the bike angle is more extreme as I am not hanging off the bike, fellow racers who are off the bike more have their bikes closer to the vertical. Lower leg angle - Watching some people such as Lorenzo his lower leg on the inside appears to be parallel to the tarmac, while my lower leg is more vertical. Having sold my old race bike and buying another I have an excellent opportunity to address this again. Stomp grips did help on the old bike! all help gratefully received. M
  3. I have always had a problem with getting into what I will term as a racers cornering body position. On the road this has not been an issue. However after taking up racing this is now becoming an issue. Last time out I can see I am getting right to the edge of my tyre. Several people have picked up that I hardly move my backside off the bike but it feels awkward and it feels like I am hanging off a fair way. I got videod last time out and I can now see hat I am only moving a couple of inches for each corner. I am overweight with sho arms and legs which makes moving awkward. Any suggestions for what I can do to the bike such as lower the seat, move the pegs etc that may help? Need to find a way to get my weight over so I can keep the bike as straight as possible. Cheers
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