metricHalfPint (Lurker)

Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:09 pm

How Short is Too Short to Drag a Knee on a Non-Modified Older 250?

I was hoping to eventually improve my skill at hanging off sufficiently to drag a knee in order to avoid dragging my peg feelers, which I accidentally did the other day. Although I didn't crash, it was startling enough to cause a disruption in my path of travel. Unfortunately, I'm thinking my legs may be too short for my knees to drag. In order to try to use geometry to calculate how long one's thighs would have to be, I looked online to attempt to find the maximum lean angle reached before peg feelers start dragging, but found nothing accurate enough to be useful. So if there are any other inseam-challenged 250 riders who knee drag who'd be willing to measure the length of their leg from bent-knee to thigh-crease, you might either inspire me or save me a lot of wasted effort (and potentially repairs) trying to learn something I'll never be able to do anyway.

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• How Short is Too Short to Drag a Knee on a Non-Modified Older 250? — metricHalfPint, Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:09 pm

  • There's so much wrong here it's not even funny. — BrianM, Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:47 pm

    • Yes, There's so much wrong there it's not even funny. — metricHalfPint, Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:36 pm

      • I should point out that in 2011 when you Started riding... — BrianM, Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:30 am

        • Ends vs. Means & Geometry vs. Technique — metricHalfPint, Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:46 pm

          • He is a lost cause, Brian. Leave him be. (n/t) — MIK, Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:12 pm

    • Absolutely agree with Brian on every point he made. — woot, Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:31 pm