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Originally Posted by Misti
See how I/we are dropping a little more into the turn while you are a little more crunched in tightly to the bike. Our hips are open more and pointing into the turn, hence the knee position as well.,... hope that helps?  |
Definitely not trying to be a 'mirror' of Lyle, it was more a 'compare and contrast' than a 'how can I make myself look just like Lyle' (though more like Lyle in some regards would obviously be a win, seeing how skilled a rider he is!)
As for your comments: Hmm... I think I can kind of see it. When you say 'open hips more' can you put that in different words? I think that was one of those phrases I was interpreting differently that made my BP such a struggle. Do you mean like a hip-flexor leg rotation (where the leg is rotated from the hip joint farther out) or do you mean something more like a body rotation where the hips themselves move into the turn more?
For the shoulder the same question -- do you mean his body is 'tilting' more to the side rather than falling/crunching towards the tank?
As for the eyes: Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's not 'dead on' at the camera, but I've purposefully been riding with a clear shield to test a theory that seems to be bearing out. When Keith does his wide view 'lecture' to start Level 4 he talks about how far something moves to the side before our heads turn rather than our eyes. I've been testing this myself and find turning my head is actually pretty unnatural -- I let my eyes follow it all the way to the edge of their limit before I move my head. When I look at pics of myself and other riders in corners while 'straight ahead' isn't common, I find their eyes are much more 'centered' than my own. I've got a couple shots where I'm clearly at just about the limit of how far my eyes can rotate. Part of me wonders if this is a stylistic difference, but I've started taking a SOMA series and we ended up talking about this and she mentioned she's run into it before and it's common with anxious personalities and is related to my 'tense shoulders' (she did a cool trick where she put her hands on my neck/shoulders and could tell me where my eyes were looking from behind me). I dunno if we'll be able to do anything with it but if you've got thoughts or advice I'm all ears!