Learner Rider

Via a great blog on biking in New York City called CityBiker: NY on Two Wheels, I just discovered a couple of great videos on tight slow cornering (or not-so-slow as is the case in the second video).

Check these out:

Hooray! Sunshine today and there’s no excuse to not go for a ride.

With time a little limited after work but before evening social catchups, I decided to ride over to my favourite empty carpark and practice my u-turns and cone-weaves - which are two of the (allegedly) trickier skills necessary for the provisional licence Motor Operator Skills Test (MOST) in this state. On the ride over, I feel the rustiness that has seeped back over 5 days of non-riding. A sure sign that I haven’t yet totally trained my muscle and body-memory with the feeling of riding - not that I’ve reverted back to complete beginnerdom, by a long shot!

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