Just thought I'd pull this out of the cops thread....
Denill proposes that dirbike riding makes people more competent on road bikes. Whilst I agree that you will encounter many low grip situations that you will have to deal with, and that you can take a tumble without serious injury I don't believe that the skills of dirtbike riding are directly transferable to the road. Here's my reasoning.
1) You don't learn any traffic/hazard awareness hooning across fields and through the woods.
2) You learn a rear brake bias to stopping; which is the opposite (for most road bikes) to road riding.
Yes you do get to learn good throttle control and a sense of the grip available. Yes popping a wheelstand is easier to learn. But making you a good roadrider...no! Well no more than racing around a track makes you a good roadrider.
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