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Not surprised
A "scrub" is to scrub height (not speed. read the parabola story above) so you can hit the same jump faster yet not jump as far.
I am a 50 year rider so my scrub is miniimal. However every now and then I will scrub more than I intended and then I will short the jump as the scrub took off more height then i wanted to.
The Shop
If you want better answers, ask better questions.
TM
I had no intention of getting into whatever kind of open hand slapfest you and searights have going on.
Read my post again and you may realize I was complementing your weight loss by pointing out that you are not "big" anymore......
Carry on without me please
But, Glover is also scrubbing, to stay low and position for the next turn or obstacle, regardless of how small it is or what it wasn’t called.
I think it is fair to say that Stewart was the absolute best at it though.
As far as me posting just so I could talk down to people, couldn't be further from the truth. I apologize if you feel attacked, it was not my intention. I just correct people to keep the discussion on topic. I stated numerous times that I wasn't discussing racing. It could be agued that without Jeremy throwing the bike around the scrub would never been attempted but it's foolish to suggest that the scrub did not have a bigger effect on motocross racing.
The extent of my freestyle was my patented "Sticker Kicker" back in the day. I started trying Nac Nacs after MC busted them out but the closest I could come was kicking my back fender, hence Sticker Kicker.
Pit Row
Ricky didn't invent training.
James didn't invent the scrub.
Jeremy didn't invent the NacNac.
But after one of those guys did what they did, every other racer was forced to fall in line or be irrelevant.
Which one was it, and which one had the greatest impact on moto?
If we are strictly talking racing the argument is much more complicated. Scrub makes you faster than training off the bike but if you're not in peak condition the guy not scrubbing who is in peak condition passes the scrub master at about 15-20 minutes.
The equipment today off the show room floor is argueably better than what MC did his nac nac on.
TM
It's still early in the off season, we need to pace ourselves. lol
a man that hasn't been on a race bike in about 45 years.
A man who at one time held the biggest motocross race in American history with a $100k purse as a sideshow to a special ride that he planned.
A man with more broken bones than any other rider in history.
A man that once beat up a bunch of hell angels.
A man that reportedly blew $1,000,000 (in mid 70's $$$) for a party in Vegas before his most famous event.
A man that, even though he failed spectacularly, is to this day a house hold name.
A man that never did a nac nac, or scrubbed, yet
That man had a bigger influence on "moto" as defined by mc194) than any other rider.
That man was of course, evel knievel......
As far as "A man who at one time held the biggest motocross race in American history with a $100k purse as a sideshow to a special ride that he planned." in late summer of 1974 I had just turned 7 years old, I lived in Michigan with my family and we drove cross country to Twin Falls Idaho to watch Evel jump the canyon.
Your discussion would die a quick and boring death if it was based solely on the A and B answers it appears you expected.
excuse me for not picking either of answers offered because using your criteria for one over the other, another choice is offered.
....... right there, in idaho, when you were 7 years old, evel planted his moto seed in your developing brain, and your world was never the same, even when mcgrath introduced the nac nac over 15 years later........
I suggest that you consider option "F"
It might be a better choice than "E", none of the above
James could have possibly surpassed Jeremy in terms of mainstream success, if not for one red-headed wrench in the works.
Love me some MC though
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