Riding very skinnies

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Sofa

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2 April 2004, 13:13 UTC #1

OK, as soon as I get up on a skinny that starts to look
scary, I 'fall off' (it's my brain pushing me off at the
last 'safe' moment)

Luckily, not every time this happens do I actually hear
Harper's loud chicken clucking noise and see his flapping
arms....but it still haunts
me 🙁

Mountain bikers strategy is too look forward not at the
skinny, but they have their handlebars in their peripheial
(sp!) vision to guage themselves on.

So, you skinny riders, approx. how far do you look in front
of you? Do you look at the horizon, or do you try to see
'some' wood in front of you?

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Beelzebub Of Ba

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2 April 2004, 13:13 UTC #2

I try to remember the excellent advice Kris Holms give in
the Into Thunder Dragon movie. For still-stands, try to keep
your weight over the wheel. For skinnies, try to keep the
wheel under you. I think that's it, but I may have gotten
them backwards.

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Johnglazer

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2 April 2004, 13:14 UTC #3

I usually look 10-15 feet ahead, sometimes more, sometimes
less, but most of the time it is 10-15 feet.

john

Unless! the rail is shorter than that or when I am nearing
the end, I look at the end of the rail.

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