After scoring a Nitto Racing cage at the RBW garage sale today, I took off for a couple laps on the mountain. It was hecka breezy out, and lots of downed debris from the trees near Rock City, making for slippery road surface. Something I noticed was that, after a few weeks riding the fixed-gear Quickbeam, my motorcycling technique has gotten better in the turns.
On the QB, I can't coast, and have to pedal through turns. Maybe not quite *powering* through turns, but not coasting or braking, either - I keep the momentum going and tension on the chain. Anything else, and I'll screw up the turn. It's the same on the motorcycle - the best technique is to roll on throttle through the turn. I wasn't thinking about this so much, but once on the curves of North Gate road, I realized I was taking them just a hair faster than last time, but more accurately, without coasting or chopping the throttle. Another example of how the two practices compliment each other. - Andrew, Berkeley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
