Sometimes you can’t ride the bike you want to ride. This happened to me–I’d given my Daytona to my suspension guy for its annual refresh and adding suspension potentiometers in early November thinking my track season was over. A little before Thanksgiving, some friends and I wanted to close out the season with the last …
As my pace improves, I’m using a lot more brakes. Consequently, I like to do a proper brake cleaning with about every front brake pad replacement. In general, a set of pads lasts me about 2-4 front tires worth. This is an easy service that, once you’ve done it a few times, only takes 30 …
In conducting data analysis of braking, people often assume that they need to have brake pressure sensor data. While this is ideal, it’s often complex and expensive to obtain. Alternatively, and admittedly not a perfect substitute, we can look at deceleration force (negative longitudinal G force). One consideration is that effective braking force (the aforementioned …
In working on my riding, 2020, in sum, was about working on accuracy. For me, this meant more than anything, hitting apexes and using the right controls at the right time. One that stuck with me from 2020 was when my coach said I should be using the brakes for Turn 6 at Thunderhill East. …
When I first started riding track, I used a couple of different SmartPhone apps for lap times with an external GPS unit. I was aware of real lap timers/data loggers but couldn’t get my head around the cost. Gratefully I came to my senses not too far into working on my riding that I bit …