Road works and new skill.....

[250learna]

hill start
you guys make it seem so easy

[Wolf]

Ah so sorry, you misunderstand...was referring to technique in a cage. As for a bike, I tend to use the front brake only.

Reread posts and saw you were refering to "hand brake" which I took as "front brake" (being a true biker and not a cager ) So yes, I misunderstood but you did so first as I was describing my technique for a bike and you assumed I was referring to a cage with a screwed hand brake...

[MSTRS:Me]

Reread posts and saw you were refering to "hand brake" which I took as "front brake" (being a true biker and not a cager ) So yes, I misunderstood but you did so first as I was describing my technique for a bike and you assumed I was referring to a cage with a screwed hand brake...

We are definitely at cross-purposes here. FWIW I don't find either type of vehicle 'easier' than the other. But I suppose I did learn both while living on the Western Hills of the Hutt Valley so hillstarts were always on the menu. I appreciate that for those doing their learning on the flat it is no small achievement to master the tricky art of hillstarts.

[surfchick]

i thought i'd sussed hills starts as there's heaps on the way to work- untill last weekend heading back from piha i had to give way to the right on a big highway, but i was on a hill & i forgot. started rolling backwards as i was concentrating on the bugger of a fact of having to wait for 3 cars. crammed on the back break and bunny hopped myself round eventually. mmm learning is all class. it's a bugger there's about a million diffferent was to expose your inexperience?!

also hello to palmerston north- used to live there when everyone rode bicycles and cued in a massive pack at the lights over the manawatu bridge. all gone now with the overpass...

[chickenfunkstar]

The theory is exactly the same as in a car, not sure if you drive or not. If its a steep hill it can be quite challenging on a 250.

Try practicing on roads with small inclines and then work up to steeper roads.

[XTC]

Blody hard when people make you think about how you do the things you've done automatically without thinking for the last 20 years.... There was a time once when I did my first hill start can't remember it but probably wasn't as polished as it is today practise practise practise....

[crashe]

No, it's one of the things I like about Palmie

If you go past Massey along Tennent Drive, and keep going past the Turitea Sawmill then a little further on is a left hand turn which is Old West Road. It probably changes name somewhere to confuse me but if you follow it you end up back at Summerhill Drive.

Nice little piece of road, a few corners and a couple of hills, just enough to keep things interesting :-)

Ang

Cheers....

And now back to discussion on how to do a hill start...