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duckonquack
8/12/2016 12:06pm
8/12/2016 12:06pm
Hey guys I hope this is the right forum type to post this is in, I have a question about my foot placement on my bike. when I ride I have the middle of my foot on the foot pegs and right about where my big toe starts rests on the brake. My boots actually have a wear pattern where my brake rests and I feel like I actually press down on the brake when I ride. I have been trying to ride on the balls of my feet more and use the front brake more. I used to never use my front brake and use exclusively my back one. Every time I try and ride on the balls of my feet in a more athletic stance with my weight more over my bars it feels so awkward. Does any one else have this problem? I have thought of a few things to try and fix this. the first would be to adjust my brake lever so that it sits lower than my foot peg or the second option would be to buy wider foot pegs. Let me know what you think I should do and what you guys have done to fix this problem. Thanks!
Bad habits die hard. Practice balls of feet and you will ride better.
I rode a buddy's KTM with extra wide foot pegs and it was the most distracting thing I've tried on a dirt bike. I like the foot pegs on my YZ250 much better.
The Shop
I think it came natural from riding a lot of heavy sand tracks where standing up is a must. Practice makes perfect.
That riding position is also less tiresome on your hands and arms as you will feel the bike pushing you thru the bottoms of your feet instead of hanging on with your hands
And last but not least, some boots are just really stiff which makes it awkard aswell.
Pit Row
In braking areas move your foot forward.
I used to always ride on the balls of my feet...ten back in the 90's I read an article in motocross action (tips from the pros or something), and in that article one of the pros said to ride on the arch...so I broke the habit of riding on the balls of my feet and started riding on the arch...now everyone says to ride on the balls of the feet. And the arch habit is hard to break.
I don't know how the pros do it so well.
Some of the pros run them for that reason.
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