Body Position
Establishing Your Base: Intro & Terminology
Establishing Your Base: Contact Points – Hands Meet Bars
Establishing Your Base: Brake Lever Placement
Establishing Your Base: Brake Bite Point
Establishing Your Base: Foot Placement
Establishing Your Base: Foot Base – Which Foot Forward?
Knees Over Toes & Riding In Your Feet
Knees Over Toes
Above I show a simple way to feel the compromised nature of our stance when we get too far back on the bike. Trying this simple drill often motivates my students to work to keep themselves in a healthy bipedal posture on the bike.
Throne Position
Throne Position Below, you will see examples of where I naturally stand in neutral, or Throne Position. Throne Position reinforces a normal standing BiPedal posture, which allows us to remain athletic. We can move from this position through other positions with a sense of power. In this image, I’m in a Tall Throne Position as…
Throne And Attack Positions
Throne And Attack Positions While different instructional systems use different positions, the riding positions are not right or wrong. They are situational. The power of being in one position is that it allows the rider to move through that position into something new. It is this transition which really empowers riders to ride correctly over the……
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