Why you should never ride 100% on the street.

Zaneris

Zaneris

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This just happened to me earlier today, if I had taken the corner at 100% of my ability, I would have had no tire left to give me the time to recover from the slip.
Keep the shiny side up!
 
Agreed.

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Repost, I know, I beg your pardons.
 
Gravel? Looked more like a bump in the road to me....More suspension travel then sliding of any kind

Not much of a close call IMO, maybe %10
 
I went down once on the adhesive pad....I'm tellin' ya, the pad just got ground down...it didn't BUDGE!!!!

Luckily that time I had the camera mounted on my helmet, not the adhesive pad that got scuffed / ground down.

Just be sure of where you stick them....it's gonna take paint off if you want to remove it!
 
I actually don't use the adhesive pads since I like to move the camera around a lot, so I just use zap straps/cable ties to hold it in place temporarily wherever I want it.
 
i got the smaller handlebar mount .4- 1 inch and with bmx pegs 3' long replacing the rear swingarm spools my favorite spot was the cam facing forward was able to see my foot shift and how much clearance I have from the road from my foot pegs.
 
N3WMAN said:
That only happened because that corner is ALWAYS has gravel in it. I'm surprised nobody in front pointed it out.
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Truth, the pavement there doesn't have a dip that severe, looks like you slid some and hooked up again. I think people drag trailers through that corner and kick up gravel and dust from the shoulder.
 
JohnnyP636 said:
Gravel? Looked more like a bump in the road to me....More suspension travel then sliding of any kind

Not much of a close call IMO, maybe %10
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Looks like a bump as well, I don't think gravel would have caused the compression. You can see the tire momentarily leave the ground before the dampening and rebound pushed the tire back on to the road.
I think if it had been a slide the compression would happen when the tire grabbed the road again which would be at the end not at the beginning.
 
Rode through today note that my suspension barely moves, I think the road is flat.
I tried to ride the same line, but my cheapo keychain cam isnt as wide angle as a gopro.

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mikbusa said:
Rode through today note that my suspension barely moves, I think the road is flat.
I tried to ride the same line, but my cheapo keychain cam isnt as wide angle as a gopro.

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I wish I had a 2nd cam pointing at the rear since that would settle this definitively lol, but from being the rider I can tell you that the rear did slip significantly, causing the bike to tilt further over, which I guess then resulted in the front suspension compressing from the increased torque on the front tire, then relaxing when the rear tire regained traction.

Of course, most of that is just speculation.
 
I never ride 100% on street, not even 80%! lol
 
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