What did you do to your bike today?

snowflake

snowflake

I rode 3 times since sunday, the most I've done per week all year, since my last big crash, I rode like total shit the first 2 times I went out, today even if I didn't ride entirely too fast I feel like I did better. I think I'm a huge sinner in terms of trying to out ride the terrain, sit back and realize that not every situation needs to be top speed, sometimes 2nd to 3rd gear is plenty fast, and just focus on being smooth rather than launching from corner to corner or obstacle to obstacle.

Your regardless, I will likely finish this series in 9th overall. Not bad for a first year pro, but so much to improve upon, and I can do a lot of it by doing exactly what I did this week and thats going out and riding for an hour or so after work 2-3 times a week
 
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snowflake

snowflake

Although I'm sure drag race corner to corner on mx tracks works great, I don't think it works all that great in ungroomed terrain where you've got rocks, roots, and all sorts of natural formations (unpredictable)
 
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snowflake:
I rode 3 times since sunday, the most I've done per week all year, since my last big crash, I rode like total shit the first 2 times I went out, today even if I didn't ride entirely too fast I feel like I did better. I think I'm a huge sinner in terms of trying to out ride the terrain, sit back and realize that not every situation needs to be top speed, sometimes 2nd to 3rd gear is plenty fast, and just focus on being smooth rather than launching from corner to corner or obstacle to obstacle.

Your regardless, I will likely finish this series in 9th overall. Not bad for a first year pro, but so much to improve upon, and I can do a lot of it by doing exactly what I did this week and thats going out and riding for an hour or so after work 2-3 times a week
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Mihylo33

Mihylo33

snowflake:
I rode 3 times since sunday, the most I've done per week all year, since my last big crash, I rode like total shit the first 2 times I went out, today even if I didn't ride entirely too fast I feel like I did better. I think I'm a huge sinner in terms of trying to out ride the terrain, sit back and realize that not every situation needs to be top speed, sometimes 2nd to 3rd gear is plenty fast, and just focus on being smooth rather than launching from corner to corner or obstacle to obstacle.

Your regardless, I will likely finish this series in 9th overall. Not bad for a first year pro, but so much to improve upon, and I can do a lot of it by doing exactly what I did this week and thats going out and riding for an hour or so after work 2-3 times a week
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Whenever someone wants to go faster I always recommend a 125 2T for them. It will teach you to carry speed throughout the entire race rather than blowing out corner after corner. I also recommend ice racing to teach throttle control.
 
snowflake

snowflake

Mihylo33:
Whenever someone wants to go faster I always recommend a 125 2T for them. It will teach you to carry speed throughout the entire race rather than blowing out corner after corner. I also recommend ice racing to teach throttle control.
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I have a few more goodies to pick up and CRF will be reverted back to being moto bike, since the whole high rpms for hours at a time didn't work out too well for it.
 
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