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Tricycle Rider said:
Dang, I envy his wide choice of tools and spacious workshop, he even has an industrial sewing machine! (I also love the pink slippers he's wearing at one point. :D)
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I spent many a night with a mechanic working on my motorcycle or bicycle.. Years later I wonder how much faster they would have finished without beer and the million questions I asked about how everything works. I will try to find the fabrication video of a guy who turns an old 1960s car into an EV , he gets a totaled Nissan Leaf and uses the parts, Guy has to build everything by hand. I never get tired of seeing people who are masters of working with their hands.
 
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I spent many a night with a mechanic working on my motorcycle or bicycle.. Years later I wonder how much faster they would have finished without beer and the million questions I asked about how everything works. I will try to find the fabrication video of a guy who turns an old 1960s car into an EV , he gets a totaled Nissan Leaf and uses the parts, Guy has to build everything by hand. I never get tired of seeing people who are masters of working with their hands.
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For sure! Quality craftsmanship seems a bit of a lost artform, and you know what they say: if you want a job done right you do it yourself! And it helps if you have the right tools for the job - I just love to see toolsheds or workshops that are perfectly organized and well equipped, my tools are just kinda wherever they're the most handy. On that note I'm grateful we have all these tools to make our lives a little easier, while it all added up I think I spent more money on bicycle repair tools than actual bicycles! :tearsofjoy:
 
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A noob question to riding motorcycles - is there an ideal body weight to riding motorcycles on the pro level? I mean, is it anything like riding a bicycle on the pro level?
 
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A noob question to riding motorcycles - is there an ideal body weight to riding motorcycles on the pro level? I mean, is it anything like riding a bicycle on the pro level?
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Same as triathlete horse racing jockey, bicycle racer..with biggest difference is complete cross training and motorcycle racers pay attention to upper body and core training. The guys in the front of any motorcycle race are primarily endurance athletes, if you get tired in these forms of racing you only have the 3 options, back off, fall off or quit. Very few quit. In many forms of circuit racing in motorcycle racing they have heats, so if you are off or screw up you often get another chance to qualify for the final. Many velodrome races use an omnium heat format.
Very often great motorcycle racers use bike riding and racing for cross training.. Famous example is the Tomac family.. John Tomac, ex pro bicycle racer, multiple formats, was a national champion.. His son Eli is a highly accomplished motorcycle racer, on and off of the top of motocross for years. If you watch pro motocross racers their abilities are super human.. If you Google search for a local race track, flat track, motocross track, watching is a blast, lack of pro level racers doesn't take away from the experience.. Tons of fun..cheap!
 
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