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Old 03-04-2015, 03:15 PM
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Would you, should you, could you dangle?
Taking tricks from the world of MotoGP....crazy? Or crazy like a fox?

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"The Dangle may just be the most inappropriate and useless bit of Cycling technique ever, or it could be the answer to your cornering prayers...."

http://www.velominati.com/technique/the_dangle/






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Old 03-04-2015, 03:21 PM
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In CX? All the time. On the road? Almost never, maybe on a low speed icy corner.
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Old 03-04-2015, 04:08 PM
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In CX? All the time. On the road? Almost never, maybe on a low speed icy corner.
Yup, countless times through any technical cx course (or mtb trail) but pretty much only in emergencies on road.
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Old 03-04-2015, 04:57 PM
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Oh, sorry. I thought this was the penis measurement thread.
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Old 03-04-2015, 05:30 PM
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I don't like stickng my feet out on the trails around here. Way too many rocks. But certainly use the dangle from time to time when conditions warrant.
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Old 03-04-2015, 05:43 PM
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Old 03-04-2015, 05:43 PM
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Nah, I can see out of my left eye. Besides no one is going to overtake the guy in the back anyway.
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Old 03-04-2015, 06:25 PM
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This thread is not about wether to wear underwear?
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Old 03-04-2015, 07:06 PM
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I've done it during CX races. Buddy of mine told me a friend of his broke his leg doing it and so I haven't done it since.
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Old 03-04-2015, 07:43 PM
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I was out last Sat and was dangling every time I had to go round a corner.

That weight shift seemed to help keep the front end planted.

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Old 03-05-2015, 01:54 AM
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Yeah, I have very little tread on my tires on the CX bike (I have new tires, just waiting for my new wheelset to put them to use) so I'm always putting a leg out. Used to be because I was scared of sliding, but it's helping with weight distribution and taking corners faster, at least in my mind
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Old 03-05-2015, 08:13 AM
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i do it on the velodrome
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Old 03-05-2015, 08:52 AM
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on purpose?
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Old 03-05-2015, 08:53 AM
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It's all about the ANGLE of the DANGLE !
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Old 03-05-2015, 10:25 AM
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Valentino Rossi makes a lot of things look good. Haven't followed motoGP for a while, but pre ducati in the yamaha days he was a god. Shumaker on a motorcycle.

Not to derail but a few minutes of the greatest motorcycle racing ever filmed Rossi and Lorenzo at catalunya

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