Pick your Damn Feet Up!
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Put my foot down too early a few years ago, hit an uneven spot and broke my leg. Ended up in a ditch unable to hold the bike up.
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The reason they put the pegs under the seat on performance oriented or dual sport bikes is so the rider can apply more of their body weigh lower down. When you support all or part of your weight on the pegs you lower your center of gravity a substantial amount from just sitting on the bike with the legs unsupported. It actually makes the bike a lot more stable and controllable. This is the main reason you see experienced riders stand on the pegs or floor boards when riding rough terrain or sometimes during close quarters maneuvering.
Last edited by fat_tony; 01-27-2012 at 01:27 PM.
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The reason they put the pegs under the seat on performance oriented or dual sport bikes is so the rider can apply more of their body weigh lower down. When you support all or part of your weight on the pegs you lower your center of gravity a substantial amount from just sitting on the bike with the legs unsupported. It actually makes the bike a lot more stable and controllable. This is the main reason you see experienced riders stand on the pegs or floor boards when riding rough terrain or sometimes during close quarters maneuvering.
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The reason they put the pegs under the seat on performance oriented or dual sport bikes is so the rider can apply more of their body weigh lower down. When you support all or part of your weight on the pegs you lower your center of gravity a substantial amount from just sitting on the bike with the legs unsupported. It actually makes the bike a lot more stable and controllable. This is the main reason you see experienced riders stand on the pegs or floor boards when riding rough terrain or sometimes during close quarters maneuvering.
I thought the reason I did that riding MX was because it provided additional travel and absorption for lack of a better term and kept me from knocking my spine up through the top of my head. I have also tried trials before (failed miserably) you stand on the pegs to again allow more movement of the bike using your hands and feet. At a slow almost negative speed the gyroscopic action of the wheels doesn't apply to help keep you inline and upright so you stand up to shift your weight around on the bike and you can lean it over at extreme angles.
Sometimes in trials on very technical portions you may even have both hands on 1 grip your foot on the peg with your foot on the same side of bike or seat with the bike leaning to the opposite side.
So I guess short, in my experience standing up it isn't so much about a low center of gravity as it is about being able to shift the weight of the bike, the center of gravity, move the contact patch on the wheels, use your legs as an additional shock absorber, add up and down travel.
Ok now I am confused maybe we are saying the same thing. We are talking about paddle boats right?
Ultimately though if someone puts their feet down that is their gig doesn't bother me and frankly I don't mind at all in that it gives me a visual signal to keep well away from that person. however, muscle memory is a weird thing and if someone developed that habit and reinforced it... Really hard to break that. Like it point shooting or CQB training repetition is the key. You do it over and over again so that when you have to do it you don't think about it you just do it.
And that is why people like me with teeny tiny lil brains are still alive...
Last edited by RoaringRigid; 01-27-2012 at 01:55 PM.
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So I guess short, in my experience standing up it isn't so much about a low center of gravity as it is about being able to shift the weight of the bike, the center of gravity, move the contact patch on the wheels, use your legs as an additional shock absorber, add up and down travel.