Post Your Chicken Strips

ShakenNstirred · 14 Jun 2015 at 21:01

getting your knee down doesn't mean your cranking the bike right over though and more than likely your not.
I have never in 35 years since I first got a road bike have I had my knee down.
yet many of my bikes I have had them right to the edge of the tyre so I know its well cranked over, its just I don't lean off the bike.
I find it very funny seeing guys do it on the road, because a lot of them look really silly from behind.
there right off the seat with there knee out , yet the bike is almost bolt upright lol, im sure we have all seen them lol.
I have found no need for it on the road and in not doing it, I am not any slower then if I did.

Captain · 14 Jun 2015 at 21:03

It was a joke

if I got my knee down on that I'd come off

wazza300 · 14 Jun 2015 at 21:15

Grab your scissors n snip em off,no one will point n giggle

Captain · 14 Jun 2015 at 21:41

I don't hang around enough for them to do that

Participant · 15 Jun 2015 at 08:12

ShakenNstirred said:
getting your knee down doesn't mean your cranking the bike right over though and more than likely your not.
I have never in 35 years since I first got a road bike have I had my knee down.
yet many of my bikes I have had them right to the edge of the tyre so I know its well cranked over, its just I don't lean off the bike.
I find it very funny seeing guys do it on the road, because a lot of them look really silly from behind.
there right off the seat with there knee out , yet the bike is almost bolt upright lol, im sure we have all seen them lol.
I have found no need for it on the road and in not doing it, I am not any slower then if I did.

Whilst I agree with the sentiment, there are reasons that you'd want to hang off the bike and keep the bike as upright as possible.

Kreeeee · 15 Jun 2015 at 08:43

Especially in adverse conditions!

Keeping the bike as upright as possible when it's slippy is very handy.

Dogbreath · 15 Jun 2015 at 09:38

ShakenNstirred said:
I find it very funny seeing guys do it on the road, because a lot of them look really silly from behind.
there right off the seat with there knee out , yet the bike is almost bolt upright lol, im sure we have all seen them lol.
I have found no need for it on the road and in not doing it, I am not any slower then if I did.

Do you realise the entire point of hanging off the bike is to reduce the angle of lean as much as possible?

I agree there's usually no need on roads unless you are doing silly speeds.

ShakenNstirred · 15 Jun 2015 at 09:54

Dogbreath said:
Quote:

Originally Posted by ShakenNstirred

I find it very funny seeing guys do it on the road, because a lot of them look really silly from behind.
there right off the seat with there knee out , yet the bike is almost bolt upright lol, im sure we have all seen them lol.
I have found no need for it on the road and in not doing it, I am not any slower then if I did.

Do you realise the entire point of hanging off the bike is to reduce the angle of lean as much as possible?

I agree there's usually no need on roads unless you are doing silly speeds.

Yeah I know the reason I was just saying most I see doing it are going not that fast and are leaning off for no good reason other than they think they look good

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ShakenNstirred · 15 Jun 2015 at 10:03

Kreeeee said:
Especially in adverse conditions!

Keeping the bike as upright as possible when it's slippy is very handy.

At the speeds you would be doing in adverse weather, your better off not moving around on the bike upsetting the balance, keep it smooth

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TallPaul_S · 20 Jun 2015 at 12:45

TallPaul_S said:
Less than 100 miles on the Angel GT rear (and not really trying to go low):

Feels sooooo nice having a round tyre again, the bike feels great to ride.

Some improvement after my Wales trip, chicken strips: be gone!!

Captain · 20 Jun 2015 at 13:19

Nice

How much does an Angel GT set you back? What bike is it?

4T5 · 20 Jun 2015 at 17:00

TallPaul_S · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:16

4T5, you weren't on the A483 in Wales yesterday around 12-1pm were you?

I was going south and had stopped off for some lunch and a triumph trophy in exactly the same colour, ridden by an 'older' bloke with a bright yellow helmet on went past going north, followed by about 3/4 other bikes.

uksoldierboy · 20 Jun 2015 at 18:43

scottomus0 said:
nice bike certainly much cleaner than mine!

Cheers Scott

Participant said:
What bike is that? R6?

Hi participant, yeah bud it's an R6.

wazza300 · 20 Jun 2015 at 20:23

new gt front

EDIT: anyone else with a Pirelli gt front tyre? the tread looks backwards to me,yet the markings are right

Stovepipes · 20 Jun 2015 at 21:42

Mine are huge but I'm a newbie and when I tried to go round a roundabout a bit quicker than usual I felt my toes scrape the ground which made me touch cloth a little bit lol. Still I'm blaming the bike a wee bit, leaning was a bit easier on the Kawasaki.

ShakenNstirred · 21 Jun 2015 at 00:53

Stovepipes said:
Mine are huge but I'm a newbie and when I tried to go round a roundabout a bit quicker than usual I felt my toes scrape the ground which made me touch cloth a little bit lol. Still I'm blaming the bike a wee bit, leaning was a bit easier on the Kawasaki.

ball of the foot on the pegs, not the instep, keeps your toes out the way.

wazza300 said:
new gt front

EDIT: anyone else with a Pirelli gt front tyre? the tread looks backwards to me,yet the markings are right

my conti's are like that

Stovepipes · 21 Jun 2015 at 04:29

ShakenNstirred said:
ball of the foot on the pegs, not the instep, keeps your toes out the way.

Yeah figured that out

One · 21 Jun 2015 at 10:37

wazza300 said:
EDIT: anyone else with a Pirelli gt front tyre? the tread looks backwards to me,yet the markings are right

The tread pattern is to do with braking performance/wear rather than water expulsion. Front tyre has the weight of the bike pushing it forwards when braking and when accelerating the back wheel has the engine pushing back on the tyre. This is why the patterns are usually revered for front and back wheels.

4T5 · 21 Jun 2015 at 12:19

TallPaul_S said:
4T5, you weren't on the A483 in Wales yesterday around 12-1pm were you?

I was going south and had stopped off for some lunch and a triumph trophy in exactly the same colour, ridden by an 'older' bloke with a bright yellow helmet on went past going north, followed by about 3/4 other bikes.

Not me mate I got a Black & White helmet & yesterday was one of the few days I've had Off the bike.