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So I can scrub and whip really well with my backend going to the left, but I just can't seem to get them down the other way. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
This is me scrubbing
If you have a right hand corner instantly after the jump it will make sense to whip the back end of the bike to the left.
The Shop
That you "own".
Practice your weak side on that.
Pit Row
When it's done right.
If you "overjumped" wouldn't you be going further, faster?
On topic, it depends on the jump for me. If it's a jump that I hit straight on I will always throw the back end to the left but if the track is heading to the left its not even something I think about, I just whip to the right
I think that everyone is born way more ambidextrous than they think, they just never excersize that muscle memory, so one side "feels" dominate. when in actuality, it isn't. I guess my point is if you use and practice those movements you can definately improve them to almost the same level as your other side.
As mentioned earlier, you can charge into the jump (faster) and scrub it without over jumping into the flat. Staying lower means getting back to Earth sooner, so you can put the power back down sooner. You are sending energy into making the bike go sideways instead of up, and that keeps you flying lower.
But I hear you. I can't scrub, so I don't think it works either And I'll never convince my 76 yo father that it's faster either. In his generation, it is just showing off.
Another way to think of it is time that passes from take off to landing. Most people understand that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. So if two objects are covering the same horizontal distance, the object that goes in a straighter line will arrive sooner. Speed = Distance/Time. Same distance/less time = more speed. Since the time to clear that obstacle is less for the person scrubbing, he is going faster. That translates into faster lap times.
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