Tips for short riders by Jocelyn Snow

[xcaliber]

If your verticaly challenged, check her out on YouTube. She's only 5'1" and rides the big GSA 1200 both on and off road. Good tips for not so tall folks. I wish I could bring her in to train me to teach these techniques. As an instructor I am always faced with teaching short folks and nobody builds training bikes for shorter people.

 

[William Wolfen]

Bikes for short people? I think they call them cruisers! =P


Seriously though I have short legs myself, though not as bad as some. I always find myself drawn to taller bikes too. It just makes you learn to keep your feet up which you really ought to do anyway. I think it makes you a better rider, though it can occasionally make for sure embarrassing low to no speed tip overs!

 

[Tigerkf]

Bikes for short people? I think they call them cruisers!

Or.....just bikes!

 

[sharkey]

Short riders got no reason to.....live. Oh wait....

 

[gixxerjasen]

All the tips and tricks are well and good, but the problems are always when stopped, especially when you stop quickly and unexpectedly. Having a rider go down in front of you and laying there needing your help while you play the shifty back and forth tippy toe game trying to get your kickstand down on uneven terrain isn't very fun. Sure you could throw your own bike down, but now you'll have TWO bikes to pick up.

 

[sharkey]

Girl on the right in top Pic has a cool channel.

 

[xcaliber]

yep, she took lessons from J Snow.