| Reading the road: |
- Pavement rough or smooth
- Gravel in road, on corners
- What type of corner and where you want to be at the exit of corner
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| Looking ahead: |
- What types of corners coming up?
- Oncoming traffic, dogs, cats etc.
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| Planning ahead for evasive maneuvers: |
- Braking
- Changing direction suddenly
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| Types of corners: |
- Steady state corner
- Decreasing radius--most challenging and dangerous
- Increasing radius
- Camber effects
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| Physical Conditioning: |
- Arm strength -- push-ups
- Hand strength -- Ball grip or spring
- Neck strengthening -- Head lifts
- Balance -- One leg balancing
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| Weather: |
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| Bicycle Condition: |
- Loose headset
- Wheels straight
- Q.R.'s tight
- Handlebars wide enough and adjusted correctly
- Frame alignment
- Brakes
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| Crashing: |
- DON'T PANIC!
- Do you have time to scrub speed
- Try to lay it down
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