faffi Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 I have no clue if this is spot on or not, but I presume the instructors know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakaru Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 I'll admit I haven't watched it yet, but based on just the thumbnail it reminds me of a problem with "Copy the Pros" logic I see from a lot of riders -- If you try to just brake harder you're likely going to outrun your eyes and, in a best case scenario, will end up over slowing. Yes pros brake harder but how they do that with confidence is a bunch of background things that are much more involved to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faffi Posted November 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 You probably should watch the video 😉 On braking, he mentioned that some riders will lean the bike a bit when braking in order to get more deformation of the tire and hence more grip for retardation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybird180 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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