It even requires our bodies to be in a fairly similar position to when we’re on our bikes as we reach for the handlebars. To illustrate, let’s look at something we can all relate to like a computer keyboard. Seek what they sought.”įirst off, I noticed that the word “press,” no matter where in the cornering process it was placed, didn’t seem like the right word to me to describe what riders did to the bars during a turn. In the words of Zen master Basho, “Do not follow in the footsteps of the men of old.
While developing the beginner program we provide to the state of California, I did my best to look at everything with a fresh set of eyes and not be afraid to slay some sacred cows that had outlived their usefulness. That process may or may not work well depending on things like uphills, downhills, decreasing radius, etc. The same thing goes for multiple, linked turns. You can’t start by slowing when you’re already at 0 mph. those on a training range) but not necessarily in others. In both of those instances you have a physical, linear process that works well in some corners (i.e. The Idaho, Oregon and Ohio state programs teach a variation of this that goes Slow-Look-Roll-Press. Similarly, the Motorcycle Safety Foundation teaches a four-step cornering process known as Slow-Look-Press-Roll. This is in order to isolate cornering skills from braking skills, which are taught separately and later integrated into the curriculum.
The cornering process is one of those areas where the level of granularity desired can lead to very different results.įor instance, in our Total Control Advanced Riding Clinics we teach a process known as “The 10 Steps to Proper Cornering.” It provides a level of detail that would be overwhelming to a new rider, and does not include braking as part of the process. For instance, you might hear someone say, “When in doubt, gas it!” There are times when that is useful information but there are also times when that advice can get you killed. One of the challenges in the rider training field is describing incredibly complex phenomena in simple terms.
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