Rdinig position
 

Hi All

I know that you should ride with the balls of your feet on the pegs and do this on motorways, etc. But I find it cumbersome to keep moving my foot positions to change gear, etc. when normal riding.

How do others find it?

Also, what about emergency stops? I do wonder how quickly I could get my right foot into position.

Thanks

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I always but always ride with my toes on the pegs and it's second nature to move my feet around as and when appropriate. In the dry I rarely use the back brake anyway so little right foot movement needed. I wonder what your body position is generally - it shouldn't be cumbersome to move around a bit, are you sitting bolt upright or are you holding the bars in a vice grip? Maybe I read too much into this, but if your feet can't move easily then you might need to relax more on the bike generally.

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It's been a while since I've ridden but for the brake pedal I ride with the front of my foot level with the brake pedal (so the ball of my foot isn't quite on the peg) and when I'm not brakeing have it against the side of the pedal. The gear foot I think I just rest my arch on the peg.

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I was a bit lazy when I started riding and would keep my gear changing foot under the lever ready to change up. That was until I kept scraping my toe on the floor as I was going round the corner!!!

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I found it awkward at first on the balls of my feet but I kept at it because I kept scraping my toes. I also found it uncomfortable being on the balls of my feet all the time and found that my legs were getting sore. Now I only go on to the balls of my feet on twisty roads or sharp turns. If you keep at it the gear changes will feel more natural. I wouldn't bother doing it on motorways

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I'm very new to riding but find having the ball of my foot on the pegs feels so much better than my arch. Moving the feet to brake or change gear isn't an issue.

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I always used to have the arch of my feet on the pegs so that my feet were in the correct position for gear changes etc, i first started putting the balls of my feet on the pegs about two years ago but now do it all the time & just move my left foot to change gear & my right foot to cover the back brake when i'm filtering, it really did feel awkward at first but now is second nature, stick with it & it will get easier.

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Thanks guys, the old practice makes perfect then?

I think I am still quite rigid on the bike, I think I may do a session at Ron Haslam's race school to try to loosen up a bit

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Hey you don't need to spend all that £££ just for that!!!

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I'm a bit of a wimp and don't really ride very fast on the roads, a track sounds safer to me, on someone else's bike too

I think I need to ride fast, corner fast, brake hard then I'll feel a lot more confident and hopefully loosen up a bit more

I did something similar in my car even though I'm a confident driver doing some track training was amazing, I'm super confident now