Motorbike Riding Tip -- Ride With a Relaxed Riding Position

You've heard all the benefits:

1. Better control of the bike (immediate).

2. Less fatigue during the ride (today).

3. Prevention of damage to your body (tomorrow).

Yet, still, when you do a posture check, you discover your elbows locked, your hands tight on the grips and your shoulders up around your ears.

Why can't you remember to 'stay loose on the bike'?

You know that for some reason the bike's handling instantly improves with a slight bend in the elbows and an intentional decrease in tension.

Make a habit of consciously relaxing as you encounter any road conditions which seem to make you tense: poor road surface, a sharp turn, steep downhill. You can do it when you are aware you will become tense, and learn to predict when it is most severe (and most disadvantageous).

See a steep, downhill gravel section coming up?

You have three options:

...grit it out with a death grip on the bars, arms straight

...relax and ease through the section, keeping your eyes far ahead

...turn around.

Your choice partner.

Pete Tamblyn

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