what sport are you involved in? lol
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knee down all day, do your legs get tired?
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what sport are you involved in? lol
At this moment, I have rub a535 smeared over my left knee wrapped tightly. I find the first track day of the season has you using your legs unlike all the leg exercises you can muster over the winter months. As the track season progresses, you'll get more adaptive to the position , I know I do.
I actually get a feeling of calmness when I drag my knees as I know I'm over as far as I want to be. In my opinion it really has nothing to do with how far the bike is leaned over but rather your body. You should be off the bike, I kind of think of it as the bike being almost vertical, but my body isn't, if that makes sense.
I actually get a feeling of calmness when I drag my knees as I know I'm over as far as I want to be. In my opinion it really has nothing to do with how far the bike is leaned over but rather your body. You should be off the bike, I kind of think of it as the bike being almost vertical, but my body isn't, if that makes sense.
If you weight your knee hard you will eventually highside. By weighting the knee you unweight the rear tire,,or take the weight off the bike and unload the shock right at the worst time. Except for some extreme situations, uphill corners,Tremblant and Calabogie,if you are wearing out sliders at Shannonville or Cayuga you are putting too much weight on your knee.Those tracks have really short corners and do not wear sliders. Heat is what wears out sliders. Just look at a cheap set coming off Bogie. There is a 3+ inch stream of melted-rehardened plastic trailing off.
There is no slider made by any leather company that will last,,FACT. There are made to wear. Injection moulded plastic is soft and some have honecombe cores.Once you hit the honeycombe you're done.
At Calabogie every factory made slider used by the pro's at CSBK a few years ago barely lasted a session. That's right a session. Michael Barnes was taping spare sliders inside the fairing. Then he bought a set of ******' and they lasted two full days.
Shannonville and Cayuga your sliders should last forever!
If your legs hurt your bike is probably not set up right or you're working way too hard or both.
There is no slider made by any leather company that will last,,FACT. There are made to wear. Injection moulded plastic is soft and some have honecombe cores.Once you hit the honeycombe you're done.
At Calabogie every factory made slider used by the pro's at CSBK a few years ago barely lasted a session. That's right a session. Michael Barnes was taping spare sliders inside the fairing. Then he bought a set of ******' and they lasted two full days.
Shannonville and Cayuga your sliders should last forever!
If your legs hurt your bike is probably not set up right or you're working way too hard or both.
mobius
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I found that as my riding improved, the better my body positioning became hanging off the bike and as a result, a lot less friction between my knee and the track.
maybe what you are doing is shifting your hips off the bike but your torso and head are still over the seat and tank. if that's the case, try to lead off the bike with your head instead of your butt. I found that this technique helps me a lot as I improve.
I'm no expert and this is only what I've gathered from my own experience, so I could be wrong.
maybe what you are doing is shifting your hips off the bike but your torso and head are still over the seat and tank. if that's the case, try to lead off the bike with your head instead of your butt. I found that this technique helps me a lot as I improve.
I'm no expert and this is only what I've gathered from my own experience, so I could be wrong.
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