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Re: turning

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  1. I learned to turn at a school playground. I sarted w/ VERY wide turns,
    like 50+ ft diameter. The painted lines on the asphalt were good
    things to focus on for where I wanted to go and to measure my progress
    in turn tightness.

    wobbling bear said:

    a trick to learn: if you want to turn right raise your left arm as if
    waving good bye, bend your forearm and point slightly to the right in
    the direction where you want to go, have your right thumb pointing down
    and back. That may oblige you to bend and twist your torso in a way
    that will facilitate turning.
    the other point is about handling an unequal pedaling.
    for sure we do not do that when we turn it's just to "dance" and
    exagerate the movement.

    Edit
    (I'm not sure if that's what you meant, but that's what I did, and it
    worked well.)

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  2. One suggestion I've heard for learning better turning is to hold on to a
    pole (like a netball goal post or something similar) and just practice
    going round and round in circles. Making sure to go in both directions
    of course. I haven't tried it myself but have been meaning to give it a
    go to improve my small turning ability.

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    TattooedBandit

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