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PhoenixWing posted:I want the CHP to run some sort of campaign saying lane splitting is legal for all the angry fuckwits in my area. I've just gotten my license after passing the riding test and having my permit for 6 months, but, still like to practice every day. There's nice outlets near the mall that have an unfinished parking lot to the side, and I've been practicing u-turns, threshold braking and one foot stopping for the past few weeks there since it's huge and always empty. The exit to this area though is horribly designed - Traffic always seems to back up through the whole area, as the lights let only a handful of cars out at a time. Instead of dying in the 100+ degree heat, I do the smart thing and filter between two turn lanes to the front. Normally I get a few honks for whatever reason, but, today I had two cars I was filtering past blast their horn and attempt to block my path by swerving out of their lane These are the same people, of course, who upon seeing you roasting in the sun or getting soaked in a downpour while waiting your turn(!) will think happy  thoughts about their choice of transportation.
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Actual cheating would be getting a car on stilts.
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Aug 17, 2015 21:43
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Ask Revmoo. (I would assume that it refers to stopping at a light while keeping your foot on the rear brake and your other foot on the ground (Though as motorcyclists we obv already have one foot in the grave anyway)?) captainOrbital fucked around with this message at 21:51 on Aug 17, 2015 |
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Aug 17, 2015 21:48
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captainOrbital posted:Ask Revmoo. That's how I stop, transitioning to the rear brake right at the end. If you only use the front brake, the forks bounce back as you stop, which is both annoying and looks stupid.
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Aug 17, 2015 21:56
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I was going to scoff about people with poo poo balance, then remembered I have an unfair advantage (more like a hidden learning curve) in the form of an ungodly number of miles on a bicycle before I ever got to bieks. Putting both feet down on a bicycle is a great way to get one of your shins mashed.
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I put both feet down all the time when I'm mountain biking; I didn't realize that was a thing. I only mash my shins when my foot slips off the pedal (no, I don't use clipless).
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captainOrbital posted:I put both feet down all the time when I'm mountain biking; I didn't realize that was a thing. I mountain bike clipless and I'm the opposite - one foot down on all occasions. And sometimes I'll notice myself twisting my heel out when my foot leaves the peg to "unclip."
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I always put one foot down, but its the wrong foot. It just feels natural to have my right foot down.
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Renaissance Robot posted:I was going to scoff about people with poo poo balance, then remembered I have an unfair advantage (more like a hidden learning curve) in the form of an ungodly number of miles on a bicycle before I ever got to bieks. I don't buy this, pushbikes are only similar to motorbikes in the grossest terms and riding the two is nothing alike. I know this because after half a decade on bieks I tried to ride a bicycle and had trouble making it out of the driveway..
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What part of "you never forget" do you not understand?
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Slavvy posted:I don't buy this, pushbikes are only similar to motorbikes in the grossest terms and riding the two is nothing alike. I know this because after half a decade on bieks I tried to ride a bicycle and had trouble making it out of the driveway.. You have to pedal them.
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Aug 17, 2015 23:22
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gently caress, I knew twisting the grip off the handlebars and making vroom noises wasn't working for some reason.
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I only ever have both feet on the ground if I'm backing out of a parking space or something, otherwise it's one foot on the ground (always the right, for some reason).
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KozmoNaut posted:That's how I stop, transitioning to the rear brake right at the end. If you only use the front brake, the forks bounce back as you stop, which is both annoying and looks stupid. ... or you could learn to not be a hamfisted clutz with your front brake when slowing down. Its not binary you know.
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Digital_Jesus posted:... or you could learn to not be a hamfisted clutz with your front brake when slowing down. Its not binary you know. Yeah this is great advice if your bike has suspension that works properly but not every bike is a superduke.
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Slavvy posted:Yeah this is great advice if your bike has suspension that works properly but not every bike is a superduke. Correct. Some of them are RC8Rs 
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Digital_Jesus posted:Correct. Some of them are RC8Rs Mini-390 dukes. 
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Digital_Jesus posted:... or you could learn to not be a hamfisted clutz with your front brake when slowing down. Its not binary you know. How else are you supposed to annoy people at the crosswalks? Endos erryday.
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Argh, gout flare in my left foot. Can't shift, can't ride. Maybe I need one of them ninjers that does 100 in 1st.
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Aug 18, 2015 15:46
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Comedy option, Honda NC700SD. 
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new bike time
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Dang it, Bobby.
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nsaP posted:new bike time holy poo poo I've only just noticed that Bobby HIll is the Texan Karl Pilington.
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Digital_Jesus posted:... or you could learn to not be a hamfisted clutz with your front brake when slowing down. Its not binary you know.  I let up on the front brake as I'm slowing down and right at the end I transition to the rear brake. That way I get a smooth but still firm and controlled stop. I'm not joking when I say this, I have actually been complimented several times on the smoothness of my driving/braking, both in cars and on bikes. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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You are smooth in my book, KozmoNaut. Every day this week. Every single time I go out to run an errand on my bike, or go to school, the weather goes from bright sunshine to thunderstorm downpour as I'm halfway into my gear, or 300ft down the road. It's better than waiting until halfway into my ride to rain, but it's still getting really old.
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KozmoNaut posted:I let up on the front brake as I'm slowing down and right at the end I transition to the rear brake. That way I get a smooth but still firm and controlled stop. When I was learning in the UK, this is exactly what I was taught. VV You're right, I just took "transition" to mean coming off the front while staying on the rear. ArcticZombie fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Aug 18, 2015 |
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ArcticZombie posted:When I was learning in the UK, this is exactly what I was taught. In the UK we're taught to use both brakes all the way down, but leave the back brake on once you've stopped. People not using the back brake properly is why we get stupid poo poo like linked brakes.
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clutchpuck posted:Argh, gout flare in my left foot. Can't shift, can't ride. Maybe I need one of them ninjers that does 100 in 1st. Stop eating so much liver ffs.
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I'm not supposed to be eating beef but I spent a week in Montana and Wyoming. Nothing else to eat. Also, I love beef so gently caress my foot.
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clutchpuck posted:I love beef so gently caress my foot. American.txt
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Collateral Damage posted:Comedy option, Honda NC700SD. The Honda DCT is loving awesome.
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My friend just texted me to ask where he could find an Aprilia SVX motor because he wants to build a track car around it. 
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clutchpuck posted:I'm not supposed to be eating beef but I spent a week in Montana and Wyoming. Nothing else to eat. Also, I love beef so gently caress my foot. There are other things to eat here but why would you? We get Japanese buyers that come here to buy cattle which becomes Kobe beef. It's what's for dinner.
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Deeters posted:My friend just texted me to ask where he could find an Aprilia SVX motor because he wants to build a track car around it. That'll be one really fast lap.
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clutchpuck posted:Nothing else to eat. Montana and Wyoming now devoid of fish, fowl, fruit, vegetables, and mammals other than cattle. I must monetize this.
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Deeters posted:My friend just texted me to ask where he could find an Aprilia SVX motor because he wants to build a track car around it. A go-kart, surely? It's only about 70hp and competition 250cc two-strokes make more than that. Maybe he means an RSV4 RF motor? 201 hp seems like a good start.
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Almost planted myself into the side of a taxi going home from work yesterday. Two lane street. I'm in the left lane puttering along at 30km/h or so, while traffic in the right lane is moving slower. The taxi was in a parking lane on the side of the street, spots a small gap in the right lane and decides to do a U-turn across both lanes, forcing both me and the car in the right lane to hit the brakes. Seriously gently caress cabbies and their "this is my livelihood so I can drive how I want" attitude. I hope your next passenger robs you.
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Marv Hushman posted:Montana and Wyoming now devoid of fish, fowl, fruit, vegetables, and mammals other than cattle. ...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.
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Outside Dawg posted:There are other things to eat here but why would you? We get Japanese buyers that come here to buy cattle which becomes Kobe beef. Pretty sure real Kobe beef is raised in Japan, so, hajimemashite
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