wb wrote:I know it's almost a heresy to say it, but I thought the Code books were utter rubbish!
Pretty strong don't you think? How does it compare to the books you have written? Are you a multi-championship winning voice of experience?
wb wrote:
Firstly because they are really badly written
"poorly written",not "badly". That would be badly English.
wb wrote:
but secondly (and this may well just be me of course) I find riding a bike is a really 'organic' and wholistic experience (er, man) that can't easily be broken down (other for descriptive purposes after the fact) in the way Code describes it.
Authors of racing education routinely break down the instruction into step or parts. What other way is there to do it? Holistic experience will only getting you so far. You must know be able execute honed skills with perfection if you want to be at the top of the game.
wb wrote:
I tried on a couple of occasions putting some of Code's stuff into practice and found that I went considerably slower because I was spending too much time actively thinking about what I was doing rather than just going with what 'felt' right.
And that is sort of the whole point. KC points out that you learn and practice the skills till you can do them without thinking about it.
wb wrote:
I seem to remember him even talking about getting all of the braking out of the way before turning in and stuff like that. That's all well and good on some heavy evil-handling old 80s 750 superbike or something, but it just doesn't translate at all to how I
True, the book was originally written in early '80s, but just because your not able to put things into perspective or context does not mean the book is crap or has no value.
wb wrote:
In all, the only stuff I thought was accurate were descriptions of things that are such common sense that they hardly need stating - working out and then 'adjusting' braking markers etc.
There is no such thing as common sense. Everything is learned. The whole point of books is to simplify the learning process.
wb wrote:
Like I said, maybe it's just me, or maybe I didn't follow it properly? The way it was written certainly frustrated me, so perhaps that had some bearing on things, but overall I thought it was little more than an overly-anal disection of the procedure of riding
There is a point to this type of education: It ensures every reader has all the information they will need. Otherwise it would be like trying to learn algebra without first knowing addition or subtraction. Sure, addition and subtraction seen pretty elementary, but if you were trying to teach an algebra to people who have never had any previous schooling, you would have to start with teaching the basics of math.
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