How do you hold on to your wheels?
Nov 28, 2006, 10:53 PM
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How do you hold on to your wheels?
This is a serious question I have wondered.
I find myself driving the MOMO with the palm of my hand below my pinkie finger in the little crooks in the corner where the stems meet the wheel, and hold on ovever the top with my fingers.
do you guys grab the wheel putting your thumbs through there and gripping then wheel?
just curious,
I find myself driving the MOMO with the palm of my hand below my pinkie finger in the little crooks in the corner where the stems meet the wheel, and hold on ovever the top with my fingers.
do you guys grab the wheel putting your thumbs through there and gripping then wheel?
just curious,
Nov 28, 2006, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Evolved Monkey
I grab it at the 10 and 2 o'clock positions where the wheel bulges out a bit. Its the best position for control, feel, and response
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Nov 29, 2006, 07:26 AM
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Actually 9 and 3 to me feels like most control and feedback and more direct. 10 and 2 is what they teach in driver's ed, but if you watch racing videos, most of the time they have it at 9 and 3 with the thumbs curling slightly into the little indentations in the wheel/spokes where the side spokes meet the wheel. That's what those round indentations are there for - to prevent hand slippage by using your thumbs. Plus, to me 10 and 2 feels like my arms are making the wheel sway due to their weight resting above the pivot point. Most people feel weird and unnatural when i teach them 9 and 3 method, but once you get used it, you prolly won't go back to 10 and 2.
and please guys, don't drive with just one hand anywhere below the pivot point, it is dangerous and you might not have enough time to grab in a better position when something happens, plus you can only turn the wheel far enough in one direction that way.
it cracks me up to see guys at an arcade driving with one hand and trying to play a rally game or a racing sim, they fail miserably.
and please guys, don't drive with just one hand anywhere below the pivot point, it is dangerous and you might not have enough time to grab in a better position when something happens, plus you can only turn the wheel far enough in one direction that way.
it cracks me up to see guys at an arcade driving with one hand and trying to play a rally game or a racing sim, they fail miserably.
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Nov 29, 2006, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by JoizeeX
Actually 9 and 3 to me feels like most control and feedback and more direct. 10 and 2 is what they teach in driver's ed, but if you watch racing videos, most of the time they have it at 9 and 3 with the thumbs curling slightly into the little indentations in the wheel/spokes where the side spokes meet the wheel. That's what those round indentations are there for - to prevent hand slippage by using your thumbs.
