PinkBikeWhisperer

@KNOLLYBIKES: Tell me more about Ruby's build 27.5 front tire with 26" rear tire? Is that the frame only option built to suit her? Is there a flip chip on the XS to support 26" rear tires keeping geo? What is the weight of the XS (Frame and full build)?

@uh-no: The reason so many beginner riders (MX and Road) place the arch of their feet on the peg is because it ‘feels’ safer by offering a centered platform and it’s easier to reach the rear brake and shifter. Unfortunately, it builds bad habits and adds unnecessary risk once they try to go fast because it promotes poor attack/ready position, particularly flaring out the toes and the knees. All this adds to instability as they can’t squeeze the seat/tank as speeds increase and often inadvertently hit either the shifter or the rear brake. The easiest drill I could suggest to you is keeping your knees straight try jumping off a chair and land on your foot arches, next jump from the chair and land on the balls of your feet. Its easier landing on the balls of your feet because your feet absorb the landing through the flexibility in your ankles, whereas landing on your arches your feet have nowhere to transfer the momentum. As for shifting and braking, well you move your feet! All shifting and most of your braking should occur in a straight line as your upright on the motorcycle. You don’t want to upset the chassis as your leaning into a corner. You move your feet straight down at an angle and the heel of your boot hooks on the peg as a guide for when to stop sliding your foot forwards and you shift or brake as required. As for the personal antidotes, Jett Lawrence and Josh Herrin are both paid to go extremely fast and are both winning at the professional level. If you can provide examples of winning professional riders that say otherwise I would be interested in watching or reading their thoughts. I’ve tried to be reasonable in my response BUT I’m starting to wonder do you actually ride MX? Some of the questions your asking are pretty basic, like moving your foot to shift up and down is stuff you have to learn as soon as you get of a PW50.

@jokermtb: I whole heartedly agree with you. Everyone above my comment appeared to have the bicycle side of things covered, I was specifically covering the motorcycle side of things.

@uh-no: Hey fellow MX & Road Racer here. Not sure if your a woods guy or a MX guy, but the proper attack position starts with proper foot placement and proper foot placement is with you placing the balls of your feet on the footpeg NOT the arch or heel of your foot. Ball of foot placement allows you to use your ankles as additional suspension as your blitzing the whoops and provides stability on small bumps along the rest of the body position chain (knees, hips, shoulders, head) as you go faster. The exact same principle applies when road racing motorcycles, balls of feet on pegs. Dirt: https://youtu.be/1OVo89q_wrI?t=25 Dirt (Jett Lawrence) : https://youtu.be/5Qy5GUx0oUs?t=136 Road (Josh Herrin): https://youtu.be/b77E4Bl2hD4?t=465 Stay safe and keep it rubber side down.

@jaame: Max Biaggi is a legend, but he is also 50yrs old and last raced MotoGP in 2005 (17yrs ago). There is no one on the current MotoGP grid that raced against him and the oldest rider (Aleix Espargaró) on the current grid started riding when he was 6 and was 15 racing in the CEV when Max Biaggi last raced MotoGP. I am talking about kids that were 2-0yrs old when Max Biaggi last raced WSBK. I also stated multiple times "these are the realities of modern day motorsports", "example of a modern day insanely super fast paid pro-kid". But I digress I love the sport and would love to be proved wrong, so lets look at all the amateur feeder classes and find a single podium driver from 2021 that doesn't fit my fore-stated mold or who started racing older than 7 (so 8yrs and older) AMA MX/SX - Loretta Lynn's F1 - FIM World Karting Championship MotoGP - FIM CEV Moto3 MXGP - EMX125 I love the sport but when I use to go to the race track and see delusional parents with their 13yr olds, literally refinancing their home to go racing, I shake my head and think its not worth it. Just go out to race have fun and if your kid isn't selected by 13 forget doing national races and run the local circuits. Its so much healthier and the kid gets to be a kid.