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Transitioning to the Dark Side - a Detailed Log
Written by literidr on 4/1/2011 at 04:43 pm

Sorry,

The shape of the tire is a major factor in the ability of the tire to negotiate
a turn. When you are turning, the inside radius of the tire in contact with the
road is shorter than the outside radius of the tire, allowing your tire to
contribute to the steering ability of your bike. You can enhance your bike's
ability to steer by shifting your weight in the saddle, even dragging a knee if
you're that confident, but you have to start with the ability of your tires to
negotiate a curve and that means the shape of the tire. Obviously, the rider in
that picture was able to work with the bike to get around the curves but as the
pictures clearly showed as I looked at bikes before him and after him (which
would have limited how fast he was able to ride) he was working harder to get
the bike to do what he wanted. I've put over 200K on my PC's now and I've been
through the Dragon enough and seen pictures of me riding through the dragon
enough to know how it should handle and look. Your friend was clearly having to
work harder to get the same job done.

John Handford, literidr@...
Taylors, SC
'90 PC "Spirit"

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "David" <david.dockstader@...> wrote:
>
> I have to disagree. The lean angle for a give bike and rider position is just
a function of speed and radius of the turn. He was going fast! Anybody else
going that fast would also lean that far.
>
> --- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "literidr" <literidr@> wrote:
> >
> > That photo in the Dragon is scariest of all. When you see how far over that
bike had to lean to make that curve compared to all the other bikes, you'll
realize that curves are not what those darkside tires are good at.
> >
> > John Handford, literidr@
> > Taylors, SC
> > 90 PC "Spirit"
> >
>

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