what does it mean?

[Kham]

in this context "ride the front wheel" meaning what?


Riding Skills Series: Cornering Through a Crisis

By Jason Black
Photography: Wes Allison


1. This is the classic scenario: You're clipping along at a good pace, flicking through corners in a controlled rhythm, when around a blind bend you see water, dirt or some other debris directly in your path. What to do? Here, the rider has spotted the debris but is already committed to the cornering line, carrying a respectable amount of lean angle. This rider was able to spot the debris because he was looking well through the turn. Make sure you don't "ride the front wheel," which will limit your field of vision and therefore lessen the amount of time you have to react to certain situations. If it's water or dirt, it's not a good idea to cross it with very much lean angle. Once you've spotted the debris-but before you reach it-increase your lean angle to tighten your cornering line. This will give you more room to work later in the corner.

[Jank]

Look where you what to go.
Like, look down the road farther not down at the road right in front of you.

[LM954RR]

In that context..."Ride the front wheel" is used to discribe someone who doesn't look much past their front wheel while riding...Thereby limiting the reaction time they would have, should something (Debris in this case) come up.

By "Increasing the lean angle and tightening the line"...you early apex a turn and allow for an earlier decrease in angle, to create more time to stand the bike up to brake, should some debris be spotted ahead.

[Kham]

thanks very much!