This is my first post in a while, and here are my notes on the 5th STEC “Sporty Ride Challenge”.
Because of the snowfall near my home, I can’t ride my bike.
Instead, I’m planning to attend STEC this winter to keep my body in shape.
This time, I will skip the lesson content and just take notes on things I noticed during the lesson and some useful advice.
If you point out that you didn’t take notes on the lesson content,
that’s the end of it…
冬用のバイクグローブは使わない?
According to the instructor who was in charge of us this time,
we don’t use winter gloves.
The reason is that thicker gloves make it more difficult to perform delicate movements.
I agree.
I didn’t wear winter gloves last winter,
but my fingers started hurting and I couldn’t operate the phone properly,
so this season I gave in to the cold and bought some winter gloves.
I also heard about the structure of the glove.
Since you grip the handlebars with the base of your little finger and the outside of your palm,
the area around there is reinforced with patches,
and the design is designed with riding in mind.
There are various ways to grip the brake lever,
such as using both your index and middle fingers,
using three fingers starting from the pinky side,
or just using one index finger,
but from what I’ve heard, it seems that the design makes it easier to use both your index and middle fingers.
I usually use two fingers, but when I get tired,
I sometimes use three fingers on the pinky side.
I think it’s a lever-like mechanism, but it doesn’t require much grip strength.
However, I find it difficult to make delicate movements.
Is it okay to use them differently?
Temperature 6℃ More slippery than summer rain
These were the words of the instructor who gave us a test run before the course slalom.
“Today is more slippery than when it rains in summer.”
To be honest, I didn’t realize how slippery it was when it rained, and I was just so afraid of it being slippery that I became extremely slow when it rained.
Even on this day, which was said to be more slippery than a rainy summer day,
I was able to run just as well as usual and it didn’t feel slippery at all.
Actually, I don’t know. The feeling of the tires touching the ground…
Start earlier
This has been said in past lessons,
but this time I learned the importance of taking the initiative and moving early.
He taught me this after following me through a course slalom,
but to summarise the main points, even if you lean the bike over when trying to turn, the turn doesn’t start right away.
(Of course. I thought I knew that, but…)
You lean the bike over, and after a short delay the steering turns, and you start turning.
(Yeah, that’s right. Wait a sec. That’s quite a distance, isn’t it?)
That’s when I understood!
Even when making small turns, I need to take action earlier!
Because I didn’t have enough time to make the turn,
the bike didn’t lie down and was in a waiting state.
Don’t knock it down any further
I was told it would be safer to not lean the bike any further and to move my body inward.
Could it be that the low road temperature on this day makes it easier for the tires to slip?
Move your body inward and stand the bike upright.
That may well be true.
These are my STEC lesson notes.
See you next time. I wonder when the next update will be…^^;
