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Originally Posted by Misti
As long as your body is going with the bike while you are cornering and not leaning away from it (we call it being crossed up) you should be fine at normal street speeds.
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This is really good advice. The amount we hang off (to the inside of the turn) should be proportional to our speed, and on public roads, I think we should stay pretty close to in line with the bike. That being said, I do hang off quite a bit for street riding, but it's more of the upper body/head hang-off than a full knee and elbow dragging sort of thing.
One bit of advice I got from someone was to treat the mirrors like goalposts, your head like a football, and miss as you navigate the turn. As the pace picks up, I get my shoulders and upper body into this too. I found as I consciously did this, I was keeping the bike much more up-right through my turns and increasing the width of my chicken strips, all while picking up my pace. Seemed win-win to me.