Pedal Scraping on the floor when cornering
leanback
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Whenever I corner at a fast speed and lean into the turn on the downstroke of the foot which matches the way i'm turning (e.g left foot when turning left) I keep hitting the floor which makes a nasty scraping sound and throws me off balance.
What is the problem here? Am I leaning into the turn too much?
What is the problem here? Am I leaning into the turn too much?
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Your inside foot should always be at the top position when turning to avoid exactly this problem.***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0
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I thought if you were cornering fast and low then you should stop peddling and do as above?0
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Oh okay, I seemed to remember reading somewhere that I shouldn't stop pedalling throughout a turn. I guess I can just put the corresponding pedal upwards, but I kind of like the feeling of spinning my way through a curve rather than just freewheeling it.0
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leanback wrote:Oh okay, I seemed to remember reading somewhere that I shouldn't stop pedalling throughout a turn. I guess I can just put the corresponding pedal upwards, but I kind of like the feeling of spinning my way through a curve rather than just freewheeling it.
Do you also like the feeling of eating gravel.0 -
IMHO I would have thought it a case of peddling in the ones you can, but when you make a judgement that its going to be too low then stop peddling for a couple of seconds until the really low bit has gone, as you say, its nice to peddle in a bend, but only to a point thats safe to do so. At least thats what I do, be it right or wrong
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Inside pedal up and weight down on outside pedal works for me.0
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Pedal Into a turn and out of it as you straighten... Never IN the turn... that's just wacky dangerous!
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mattward1979 wrote:Pedal Into a turn and out of it as you straighten... Never IN the turn... that's just wacky dangerous!
Unless you're riding fixed of course....More problems but still living....0 -
Go to YouTube, find some cycle race and watch them
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amaferanga wrote:mattward1979 wrote:Pedal Into a turn and out of it as you straighten... Never IN the turn... that's just wacky dangerous!
Unless you're riding fixed of course....
IMO fixies belong in a Velo or a Circus.. not on the roads =P
(*hears the sound of a can opening and the distinctive wiggling of worms*)0 -
If I'd have pedalled here, I'd have been off on every lap!!!!
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Jesus, nice work.
That's serious cornering, makes me wonder how you got dropped showing that type of commitment.0 -
Unless he was about to lap them.... :P0
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Looks to me like a lot of it it down to kahoona size, nice going
Tyres usually stick really really well in the dry, right up to the point where they don't 0 -
Didnt some wise oracle of cycling say "Your bottle will go before your grip"?
I remember reading that somewhere....0 -
mattward1979 wrote:Didnt some wise oracle of cycling say "Your bottle will go before your grip"?
I remember reading that somewhere....
only applies to people that dont pay for their own kitCrafted in Italy apparantly0 -
mattbass789 wrote:Unless he was about to lap them.... :P
Hmmmm, I seem to remember I was, I think I placed 4th in that race.....
As for grip, if the surface is half decent, dry and you've got decent tyres, then you have OOOODDDLLLEESSS of grip, way, way more than most people have got the bottle to push.0 -
Impressive, but the "before edit" photo explains it all.
Purveyor of "up"0 -
Damn, rumbled 0
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You must be shifting if you hit pedal. I often pedal through corners in races, sometimes I do just touch floor but not often.
Would not try it down hill though only in crits.0
