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Cornering: Part 1
Cornering: Part 1
This section is designed for getting your beginning racers comfortable with
cornering in a group and going through corners at speed safely. This is best
taught in a large parking lot where you can set up a course with corners for
riders to go through without having to worry about traffic.
Cornering: Part 1
• Counter-steering
• Big lean
Introduction to cornering
Cornering: Part 2
Combine Protecting Front Wheel learning with Cornering Part 1
• Relaxed
• Assertive, not aggressive or passive
• Protect your front wheel
Warm-up
• Break into large groups (8-12) with “coaches” or rider leaders evenly
distributed among them
• Warm up with tight rotating paceline. Exchange as soon as the wheel is
cleared. Take the best (race) line possible.
• “One bike length” gaps in rotating paceline - forward line should be filled
by the returning line. This helps prepare riders that leave gaps to become
more assertive.
• Briefly mention any good observations and/or encourage the group to do
better. Positive feedback should be specific yet to a wider audience (“you
look relaxed because you’re smiling and taking a good line through those
corners”) while critical feedback should be less specific and not to the
whole group (rarely is the whole group that bad).