What are your bad biking habits?
Mine is just I don't let off the throttle when changing up gears, never even knew why I have to, but I don't. Sometimes I do.
What about you?
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22-02-10, 06:48 PM
What are your bad biking habits?
Mine is just I don't let off the throttle when changing up gears, never even knew why I have to, but I don't. Sometimes I do.
What about you?
22-02-10, 06:58 PM
I should imagine my general observation isn't what it should be! Probably miss a lot of life savers etc
22-02-10, 07:20 PM
Yeah, I do them from stationary but, I don't see how, your going with speed, ready to turn, so, you disorientate yourself before doing so to check what's down beside you when there could be a car on the wrong side of the road around the bend? I think that happens more often than another cyclist down the side of you.
22-02-10, 08:34 PM
I have none I'm a perfect well behaved rider
As long as wheelies, stoppies and general hooliganism is under that banner - oh yeah I have no mirrors or indicators either. But on company bike its perfect riding (I wouln't want to tell the boss I trashed one of his bikes!)
22-02-10, 09:24 PM
Hehe, what's the company bike anyway?
23-02-10, 07:28 AM
At the moment a XJ6 diversion - dunno what it'll be next monthOriginally Posted by Bennett
23-02-10, 02:18 PM
Safety checks are mine....
23-02-10, 02:21 PM
Having just passed my IAM test in January, got no bad habbits, but by no means the perfect rider. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
23-02-10, 06:08 PM
A man with NO bad habits? hmmm didn't think one existed! ;D
BB
23-02-10, 06:33 PM
One of my bad habits is not leaving enough braking distance.
Another one is not using the rear brake enough and only using the front. I'm gradually easing myself out of that one and using the rear brake on corners, slow riding etc.
I know that if you don't practice your braking then it can all go horribly wrong. I locked up my rear once when someone pulled out on me. Luckily I managed to stay on the bike but did a massive wobble and was totally out of control.
Pure luck that I never hit anything whilst I lost control.
But I'm quite self-critical and constantly seeking improvement, so I do tend to correct my own bad habits.
Sadly I haven't become perfect yet, so there's still work to do.
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