Hello All,
New poster here. I find your forum discussions extremely informative and valuable. I have been riding for two months after a 25 year "hiatus" so I'm trying to understand proper riding rather than just winging it. I plan on attending an advanced riding course ASAP but the availability here is somewhat limited so this site is extremely helpful at this moment.
FYI, I have been coaching skiing for the last 25 years and I find one can establish many parallels between the two disciplines. Obviously, the biggest difference is the weight of the equipment I ride on: I am sure my movement pattern would change dramatically if my skis weighed 400 pounds!
However there are a few constants: first, we are all subjected to similar forces, both lateral and fore-aft, which pretty much affect us in similar way. Secondly both sports deal primarily with the interaction between the Center of Mass (i-e your body) and the Base of Support (i-e the skis or the bike).
I would like to add just a few comments regarding some observations on previous posts and then seek a few answers from you guys.
M1 mention that in skiing most of the G force is exerted on the outside leg and he is right. However, in order to deal with these forces one has to move to the inside of a turn first. A ski racer does not ?put? his weight on the outside ski, nor does he actually push on the outside ski (at speed): but he does ?feel ? the weight on the outside merely because the G forces and trying to push his foot back up towards him. Hope this makes sense.
I think the confusion lies in the wording, I-e weighing a peg versus pushing off in order to move your body to the inside.
Now to my question: how do you move into a turn coming in from a straight line versus coming in from a previous turn?
Do you feel you have to push more from the outside peg coming from a straight ?
In a set of left- to- right turns do you feel more two footed and use the ?flex? of the bike to cross over?
Hope I?m not boring all of you with this diatribe.
Cheers,
Francois
